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2015-08-09 05:05 pm

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My general exchange letter is here.

If you're here for the poetry snippets to use as story titles, these are the links for the indexes:

The indexes for snippets by author.

The indexes for the snippets by word (some words not yet indexed due to not having 5 snippets).

A few sets of snippets by broad category (like 'birds' or 'flowers').

All snippets are as is, and I can't guarantee no errors in attribution, indexing, spelling, etc. Not all come from poems or poets I liked/enjoyed reading or whose beliefs I endorse (or, sometimes, understand). They're all out of context and may mean something quite different in context.

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I also use this account to store story fragments and drafts that I don't have backed up anywhere else outside of my house. Some of this stuff is more than twenty years old and pretty terrible. Most of it will never be finished. There's original fic and fanfic both here. I'm keeping almost all of those access locked, because I don't see that any of it is of much interest to not-me people.

Most new public things will be exchange letters.

I don't object to giving people access if they have some reason to want to see this stuff, even if it's just curiosity, and I know who they are. I just can't think why anyone would care, apart from a few people I've already given access to because they're beta reading and/or cheerleading on specific projects.

I post story fragments occasionally and in largish batches, so following this account may clog your feed. As a rule, I backdate poetry snippet documents and check the box for not putting them in people's feeds; once in a while, I'll slip up, but it shouldn't happen often.

If I set this up correctly, the entire journal is open to anonymous comments, and all comments on all entries are screened. I will unscreen if the commenter gives me permission but will otherwise assume things should remain screened.

I'm trying to tag very thoroughly, but I forget sometimes. This is mainly an issue if the tags are meant to serve as warning of disturbing and/or NSFW content. Let me know if you think I left a tag that ought to be there off of a post.
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2016-09-01 05:27 pm

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I am pretty much always looking for first readers and/or beta readers. The difficulty is that I may take months or even years to finish something and actually need more help the longer something takes rather than less. I'm also looking for help with inconsistencies in characterization, with failures to fire Chekov's gun, with things that are perfectly clear to me but need elaboration, possibly major elaboration (adding two or three thousand words to fix one of those is not out of the question), with structural stuff like needing to start in a different place or to end in a different place or to actually show something I had off screen. SPaG isn't as much of a concern for me. It's definitely helpful, but if I don't get it, the story will likely be mostly all right anyway.

I write in a lot of different fandoms. I'm still writing a lot of Weiss Kreuz and Chronicles of Narnia. I've started writing several Chronicles of Amber stories. Most other fandoms, I write once and never go back, and I only tend to do really big fandoms for Remix.

I write gen, het, and m/m. I expect I'll get to f/f eventually. I just haven't at this point.

I write all ratings.

I write a fair amount of non-con in Weiss Kreuz and have started writing that in Amber, too. Other fandoms are much, much less likely to have that, but when I go for explicit sex, even if it's consensual, it's likely to be kind of messed up in terms of the participants not being able to relate in a healthy way because I'm more interested in psychological complications than in sex.

I have about eight novel length WIP, but I only tend to work on each of them sporadically. I'm more likely to work on something if I know that I have a first reader who wants to see what I come up with. Most of them are Weiss Kreuz, but there's a Harry Potter one and a Rurouni Kenshin story and a mish-mash DC universe one.
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2022-10-17 04:34 pm
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Dear Yuletide 2022 Writer

Treats welcome. My settings allow them.

General likes and commentary )


My requests )


My DNWs )
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2022-04-15 01:05 am

Things I probably know well enough to enjoy gifted fic for

Last updated in June of 2024.

This is mostly for Battleship, WDLF, and similar exchanges. If I've said "creator's choice," I meant it, but I know that some writers prefer to have some idea of what fandoms they have in common with the recipient.

All subdivisions are arbitrary about edge cases. Some things may be in more than one category, but other things that could fit more than one category may be only in one place.

Also, 'know well enough' in no way guarantees that I remember all details; proper nouns tend to slip out of my memory fairly quickly, for example. It also doesn't mean that the work is something I adore, just that I didn't dislike it. These are all fine.

For things I only know parts of, I really don't mind spoilers as long as I can understand what's going on.

Children's books )

Fantasy books )

General Fiction
Bengtsson, Frans G. The Long Ships
Bradshaw, Gillian. Histories published before about 2000
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights

Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities

Graves, Robert. Homer's Daughter
Graves, Robert. I, Claudius; Claudius the God
Guareschi, Giovannino. Don Camillo series

Malvern, Gladys. Behold Your Queen

Powell, Richard. Don Quixote, USA
Powell, Richard. Pioneer, Go Home!
Powell, Richard. The Soldier
Powell, Richard. Whom the Gods Would Destroy

Renault, Mary. The Mask of Apollo
Renault, Mary. The Praise Singer

Smith, Dodie. The New Moon with the Old

Stewart, Mary. Works (published up through the mid-1980s)

Twain, Mark. Tom Sawyer; Huckleberry Finn

Winters, Cat. The Cure for Dreaming


Romance novels )


Spy stories and mysteries (books) )

Star Trek books )

Science fiction books )


Anime/Manga )


Movies )


TV )



Difficult to sort:
Arthurian Legend
Beatrix Potter books
Beowulf
Byzantine Empire RPF
El Cid (have read the epic and seen the movie)
Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen
The Eddas
English history RPF from the Conquest through Elizabeth I
Gilgamesh
Greek Mythology
Greek Tragedies
Icelandic Sagas
Late Roman Republic RPF
Roman Empire RPF
The Odyssey
Sentinels of the Multiverse card game
The Song of Roland
The Sundiata
The Volsung Saga

Any fairy tale that I can find quickly online
Any myth or religious story that I can find quickly online
Any RPF for people who died before 1900 CE and who I can find quickly online
Historical fiction for events before 1900 CE that I can find quickly online


Comics/animated shows/animated movies )

Plays )


Superhero and Adjacent )
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2021-04-06 06:19 pm
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Fandom 5K 2021 Letter

The thing I want most is a story that the writer had fun writing and that respects my DNWs.

I'm in my 50s, and that skews my perceptions of fandoms and characters. It means that I'm actually very interested in Tsunade and Charlene and Josie at their canon ages and in the characters who're younger in canon getting stories even when they're older. It also means that I look at a lot of canons and think that everyone needs another decade before they should think about longterm romantic relationships.

Quite apart from that, I'm mostly ship agnostic. If I ask for it, I do want it, but I'm not starting from any sort of OTP assumption. I'm also mostly interested in established relationships and, further, in those as a secondary or tertiary aspect of the story.

I like time travel fix-its, missing scenes, backstory, post-canon, canon divergent AUs, character development, worldbuilding, canon typical plots, humor, hopeful endings, open endings, exploration of dark implications in otherwise cheerful canons. I like seeing female characters centered and interacting with other female characters. I like adults interacting with other adults.

I'm fine with OCs as long as the focus is on the requested character(s). I'm also fine with characters encountering a portal to another world and having to deal with what's on the other side (or what comes through) as long as it's interstitial to canon or post-canon or diverging from canon well after the characters and their relationships, skills, etc. have been established.

I like crossovers but am unfamiliar with broad swathes of currently popular stuff. If you can write a crossover without anything depending on me knowing the second canon involved, I won't mind particularly. I'm just likely to miss nuance.

A lot of my DNWs are things that I can handle if they're done exactly right, but trying to explain that 'exactly right' is difficult, and I'd rather not ask my writer to try to read my mind or to risk stumbling on some variant of me realizing I put the lines in the wrong places. Either one is likely to make the exchange less fun for all concerned.

DNW: PWP; Underage sex (under 18); Incest; Cancer; Child harm (beyond canonical levels); Graphic violence/gore (beyond canonical levels); Drowning or risk of drowning; Unicorns; Vampires; Werewolves; Zombies; Setting change AUs; Mundane AUs; Female characters as sexual victims or as sexually submissive; Trans characters as sexual victims or as sexually submissive; Unhappy/hopeless endings; Death of requested characters; Suicidal ideation; Chronic pain; Mentor/protege sex or romance; Soulmates; Fusions; Bestiality; Focus on homophobia or transphobia or racism or ablism or similar prejudice; Body horror; Grimdark
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2020-12-15 06:16 pm
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Dreaming of Sunshine Exchange 2020C Letter

What I want most is a story that you enjoyed writing. In many cases, I nominated and/or requested single characters. That's more aimed at not limiting you than at me not wanting those characters interacting with others. For / character interactions, I'll be as (and often more) happy with a G or a T rated interaction as with something E rated.

I'm more interested in character development and non-romantic plots, generally speaking, but don't mind romance and/or sex. If I've asked for an / pairing, I'm expecting it. For happy relationships, I prefer established relationships.

I'm usually good with most background pairings and with appearances by characters I didn't request but who fit the story. I will generally specify if there's a character or pairing I wish to avoid.

I would much prefer getting a story you loved writing that avoids my DNWs than something you didn't enjoy writing but think is exactly what I want. Exchanges are imperfect things.

In some cases, my DNWs include things I have written and/or things that would be okay under very specific circumstances. Those DNWs are simply because it's easier to detour around the field entirely than to define the exact route for avoiding the landmines.

Me not giving a specific prompt for a character or grouping that I requested does not mean I want them less. It means I got overwhelmed with all of the detail.

Generally speaking, I like::
Canon divergence.
Time travel fix-its.
Time loops with humor.
Unreliable narrators.
Two or more characters simultaneously trying to manipulate each other.
Divided loyalties.
Characters having inexplicably survived their tragic, canonical deaths.
Crossovers.
Established relationships with trust and good boundaries.
Worldbuilding, generally.
Worldbuilding that explores scaffolding/logistics in the background of canon.
Explorations of the dark implications that canon ignores.
Bisexual characters.
Genderqueer characters.
Poly characters and relationships.
Open ended stories.
5 things and variants.

Note: What I write is not necessarily consistent with what I like to read. I read a lot less porn than I write and am not necessarily interested in any particular kink, even when I've written it more than once. Gen is good. G, T, or M rated relationships are also good. I'm not saying no sex scenes or no explicit sex, more that such things aren't the point for me.

Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen )


Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/Avatar: The Last Airbender )



Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/Babylon 5 )


Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) )


Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/Labyrinth (1986) )


Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/Shoujo Kakumei Utena | Revolutionary Girl Utena )


Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/The Librarians (TV 2014) )


Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/The Pretender (TV) )
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2020-12-15 12:24 am
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Past Imperfect 2020 Letter

What I want most is a story that you enjoyed writing. In many cases, I nominated and/or requested single characters. That's more aimed at not limiting you than at me not wanting those characters interacting with others. For / character interactions, I'll be as (and often more) happy with a G or a T rated interaction as with something E rated.

I'm more interested in character development and non-romantic plots, generally speaking, but don't mind romance and/or sex. If I've asked for an / pairing, I'm expecting it. For happy relationships, I prefer established relationships.

I'm usually good with most background pairings and with appearances by characters I didn't request but who fit the story. I will generally specify if there's a character or pairing I wish to avoid.

I would much prefer getting a story you loved writing that avoids my DNWs than something you didn't enjoy writing but think is exactly what I want. Exchanges are imperfect things.

In some cases, my DNWs include things I have written and/or things that would be okay under very specific circumstances. Those DNWs are simply because it's easier to detour around the field entirely than to define the exact route for avoiding the landmines.

Me not giving a specific prompt for a character or grouping that I requested does not mean I want them less. It means I got overwhelmed with all of the detail.

Generally speaking, I like:
Canon divergence.
Time travel fix-its.
Time loops with humor.
Unreliable narrators.
Two or more characters simultaneously trying to manipulate each other.
Divided loyalties.
Characters having inexplicably survived their tragic, canonical deaths.
Crossovers.
Established relationships with trust and good boundaries.
Worldbuilding, generally.
Worldbuilding that explores scaffolding/logistics in the background of canon.
Explorations of the dark implications that canon ignores.
Bisexual characters.
Genderqueer characters.
Poly characters and relationships.
Open ended stories.
5 things and variants.

Note: What I write is not necessarily consistent with what I like to read. I read a lot less porn than I write and am not necessarily interested in any particular kink, even when I've written it more than once. Gen is good. G, T, or M rated relationships are also good. I'm not saying no sex scenes or no explicit sex, more that such things aren't the point for me.

DNW: PWP, cancer, underage sex, non-canonical death of requested characters, unicorns, vampires, zombies, were-creatures, alpha/beta/omega, mpreg, mundane AU, non-canonical harm to or death of children, drowning or risk of drowning, incest, mentor/protege sex or romance, soulmates/soulbonds, bleak/hopeless endings, fusions, non-canonical reincarnation, women as victims of sexual violence, focus on homophobia or transphobia or racism or ablism or similar prejudice, bestiality,


Dreaming of Sunshine )


Phineas and Ferb )


Sky High )



A Tale of Time City )
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2020-11-10 03:34 pm
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General Exchange Letter

What I want most is a story that you enjoyed writing. In many cases, I nominated and/or requested single characters. That's more aimed at not limiting you than at me not wanting those characters interacting with others. For / character interactions, I'll be as (and often more) happy with a G or a T rated interaction as with something E rated.

I'm more interested in character development and non-romantic plots, generally speaking, but don't mind romance and/or sex. If I've asked for an / pairing, I'm expecting it. For happy relationships, I prefer established relationships.

I'm usually good with most background pairings and with appearances by characters I didn't request but who fit the story. I will generally specify if there's a character or pairing I wish to avoid.

I'm in my 50s and am definitely interested in seeing older characters I've requested as adults. If one of my prompts or tags contradicts this, go for it; this is more of an I-like-this than an I-don't-want-that.

I would much prefer getting a story you loved writing that avoids my DNWs than something you didn't enjoy writing but think is exactly what I want. Exchanges are imperfect things.

Unless I specify otherwise in my sign up details, I am always open to recursives of my own work. My blanket permission statement is here.

I have visual processing issues that mean that I can't really appreciate a lot of art, vids, and the like. It has gotten worse over the last few years, and I can't offer clear parameters regarding what I can or can't manage because it varies.

In some cases, my DNWs include things I have written and/or things that would be okay under very specific circumstances. Those DNWs are simply because it's easier to detour around the field entirely than to define the exact route for avoiding the landmines.

Me not giving a specific prompt for a character or grouping that I requested does not mean I want them less. It means I got overwhelmed with all of the detail.

Generally speaking, I like:
Canon divergence.
Crack treated seriously.
Time travel fix-its.
Time loops with humor.
Unreliable narrators.
Two or more characters simultaneously trying to manipulate each other.
Divided loyalties.
Characters having inexplicably survived their tragic, canonical deaths.
Crossovers.
Established relationships with trust and good boundaries.
Worldbuilding, generally.
Worldbuilding that explores scaffolding/logistics in the background of canon.
Explorations of the dark implications that canon ignores.
Bisexual characters.
Genderqueer characters.
Poly characters and relationships.
Open ended stories.
5 things and variants.
Post-canon genre change via portal fantasy or alien invasion or similar. Also mid-canon divergence via such means.

If this is an exchange for which I've requested Creator's Choice or some other version of letting the creator pick, I have a long but not exhaustive list of canons that I know well enough to probably understand fic for them here. There's probably something on there that we have in common. If you don't want to deal with the list, that's fine, too. Any means any, and I knew that when I signed up.

Note: What I write is not necessarily consistent with what I like to read. I read a lot less porn than I write and am not necessarily interested in any particular kink, even when I've written it more than once. Gen is good. G, T, or M rated relationships are also good. I'm not completely against sex scenes or explicit sex; it's more that such things aren't the point for me.

As always, if I actually request explicit sex, take me at my word.

DNW: PWP, cancer, underage sex (I'm okay with the idea that it happens; I don't want to have to read about it), non-canonical death of requested characters, vampires, zombies, were-creatures, alpha/beta/omega, mundane AU, any sort of transplantation AU, non-canonical harm to or death of children, drowning or risk of drowning, incest, mentor/protege sex or romance, soulmates/soulbonds, bleak/hopeless endings, fusions, non-canonical reincarnation, focus on homophobia or transphobia or racism or ablism or similar prejudices, women as victims of sexual violence, detailed descriptions of food or food preparation, focus on chronic pain
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2020-10-23 11:44 pm
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2020 Yuletide Letter

What I want most is a story that you enjoyed writing. In many cases, I nominated and/or requested single characters. That's more aimed at not limiting you than at me not wanting those characters interacting with others. For / character interactions, I'll be happy with a G or a T rated interaction with a lot of plot.

I would much prefer getting a story you loved writing that avoids my DNWs than something you didn't enjoy writing but think is exactly what I want. Exchanges are imperfect things.

In some cases, my DNWs include things I have written and/or things that would be okay under very specific circumstances simply because it's easier to detour around the field entirely than to define the exact route for avoiding the landmines.

Me not giving a specific prompt for a character I requested does not mean I want them less. It means I got overwhelmed with all of the detail.

Generally speaking, I like::
Canon divergence.
Time travel fix-its.
Time loops with humor.
Unreliable narrators.
Two or more characters simultaneously trying to manipulate each other.
Divided loyalties.
Characters having inexplicably survived their tragic, canonical deaths.
Crossovers.
Established relationships with trust and good boundaries.
Worldbuilding, generally.
Worldbuilding that explores scaffolding/logistics in the background of canon.
Explorations of the dark implications that canon ignores.
Bisexual characters.
Genderqueer characters.
Poly characters and relationships.
Open ended stories.
5 things and variants.

Note: What I write is not necessarily consistent with what I like to read. I read a lot less porn than I write and am not necessarily interested in any particular kink, even when I've written it more than once. Gen is good. G, T, or M rated relationships are also good. I'm not saying no sex scenes or no explicit sex, more that such things aren't the point for me.

DNW: PWP, cancer, underage sex (I'm okay with the idea that it happens; I don't want to have to read about it), non-canonical death of requested characters, vampires, zombies, were-creatures, a/b/o, mundane AU, any sort of transplantation AU, non-canonical harm to or death of children, drowning or risk of drowning, incest, mentor/protege sex or romance, soulmates/soulbonds, bleak/hopeless endings, fusions, non-canonical reincarnation, focus on homophobia or transphobia or racism or ablism or similar prejudices

Hamster Princess Series - Ursula Vernon
Harriet Hamsterbone

I don't have a lot of specific prompts for this one. I'll just wave my hand at canon and say, "More of that, please!" Feel free to pull from fairy tales that I might not know (I'd appreciate a link in an author's note, though).

I like how Harriet's general (but skewed) practicality and her tendency to ask important questions pushes angst and expectations off-track. Always, always ask things like 'Who cleans the kitchen?' and 'But what do they eat?'

Also, 'But... Why?'

I'm fine with vampires, zombies, and were-creatures for this fandom as long as they're written as fitting the canon. Break all the tropes.

Fandom specific DNW: Sex, romance, Harriet experiencing angst, dark themes, human characters


The Witch Family - Eleanor Estes
Little Witch Girl | Hannah (The Witch Family)

Feel free to jettison the bit about the magical characters never growing up; I'd rather that you did that or avoided the topic.

I'm curious about worldbuilding here. More about witch school or about magic. Something about what the Little Witch Girl does after canon. Does she become more traditionally witchy or does she find her own way to be a witch? Does she interact with Amy and/or Clarissa again?

Witch parties, witch holidays, witch traditions for interacting with non-witch magical beings.

I'd enjoy seeing other canonical characters show up and am open to OCs.

Fandom specific DNW: Sex or romance. The witches being entirely (or even mostly) imaginary. Violence beyond canon levels.


The Hollow (Cartoon)
Adam (The Hollow)
Kai (The Hollow)
Mira (The Hollow)
Vanessa (The Hollow)


I'm open to either season 1 versions or season 2 versions or to some mix of both. I don't need all four characters in the fic if a subset ends up working better. I also don't mind additional canonical characters.

We don't see a lot of the world outside of the game. Are there other applications of the technology? Are there carryovers from the game into the characters' offline lives? Do the season 1 versions ever find out about the season 2 versions?

I took the ending of season 2 as a happily-for-now. I can't picture the kids being longterm happy with the situation. Parts of it-- particularly the people-- are going to feel very cardboard very fast. They can't even be completely sure that the MC told them the truth about him not telling anyone or about him having hidden them in a safe partition.

I have no idea what any of them would do with that or who they might become over the course of months or years. Do they figure out ways to manipulate their environment? Are there ever other people coming in? Do they age physically? Do they get sick of each other and bicker about ridiculous things?

I'm open to a fix-it for the death in season 2. I'd rather keep the death, but I could see the characters looking for a way to bring him back.

I'm fine with vampires, zombies, and werecreatures for this fandom as long as they're written as fitting the canon. I just don't want to have to take the usual associated tropes seriously.

Fandom specific DNW: Explicit sex. Alteration of Adam's stated sexual orientation. Other characters making a big deal about Adam's sexual orientation.


Phoebe and Her Unicorn Series - Dana Simpson
Marigold Heavenly Nostrils

This, obviously, is an exception to my usual DNW for unicorns. I'm kind of fascinated by unicorn culture and magic in this series. I'm also curious about unicorn friendships with non-unicorn magical creatures.

If you want to bring in Marigold's canonical sister, feel free. I'm also open to Lord Splendid Humility and other canonical unicorns. I'm also fine with a story that has Marigold interacting with just Phoebe or with some subset of the nominated human characters.

Or maybe Marigold interacting with Phoebe's parents?

Marigold has a lot of stories about unicorn history. I would not be averse to her telling more of those.

I like that this comic has gentle humor and no out and out villains.

If you're interested in crossing this with Calvin & Hobbes, I'd love to see Marigold and Hobbes interact.

Fandom specific DNW: Any correlation between virginity and unicorn friendship. Sexual/romantic relationships that go beyond a G rating on page. Violence or gore. Marigold as a human.


Every River Runs to Salt - Rachael K. Jones
Imani (Every River Runs to Salt)
Quietly Jensen (Every River Runs to Salt)


I'm mostly wondering about post-canon stuff here. I'm pretty sure that the magic won't leave the characters be even if they try to avoid it.

If you want to go pre-canon, I'd be curious about how the characters met and when (and why!) Imani told Quietly her family stories.

Given the stuff with oceans and rivers and so on, I understand that there may be going onto or into water involved. Please just avoid anything that makes me or the characters think that drowning is a risk.

For post-canon, please assume currently happy Imani/Quietly and focus conflict (if any) on external to the relationship things. If they have conflict with each other, I'd prefer it to be about things like, "No, bringing home Lake Michigan is not less of a big deal than bringing home the Pacific!" or "Maybe taking a job in California is a bad idea even if it would be a good career move."

I'm curious about how their families react to the magic related changes in Quietly and/or Imani. I'm also kind of fascinated by the general personification of things like the states and the university. Are most people aware of those things? Nobody seems to have really freaked out about the impossibility of Imani turning to salt, and I wondered about that.

Canon specific DNW: Making either Quietly or Imani white.


Sky High (2005)
Josie Stronghold
Layla Williams
Magenta (Sky High)


I'm kind of curious about how Josie might be a role model or advisor for Layla and Magenta. I don't mind other characters, nominated or not, showing up as long as the focus is on those three. Layla's mother and/or Principal Powers might be interesting additions.

I'd also enjoy seeing the three of them interact after Layla and Magenta have graduated and found their feet as adults.

A case fic set at any point would be fun or some sort of school project/assignment.

I tend to view this setting as a candy coated dystopia. I'm not sure if the characters realize it, of course, and I'll be fine if the story doesn't touch on them noticing the issues or trying to deal with them. I'd just be interested to see how the characters talk about their world when they're not in a G-rated movie.

Layla/Magenta is fine. I'm also good with them as friends. No strong feelings there.

I haven't requested Gwen, but I'm very interested in who Sue Tenny was. I'm much less interested in Gwen because I'm not sure how easy it would be to write about her without addressing her relationship with Stitches which I can't view as anything but deeply fucked up. If you write Sue, you can omit any or all of the requested characters. I don't think getting Layla and Magenta in would be easy to do, and Josie might not make sense. Obviously, this is an extremely ODAO request.

I don't object to the high school age characters dating the other high school age characters (in any configuration as long as it's consensual all around), but I'm not interested in seeing those relationships as guaranteed to be permanent. I don't mind if the adult versions of those characters are still together, but I'd like an acknowledgement that most people don't end up happily married to someone they met in high school.

Fandom specific DNW: Focus on Stitches. Adult/teen relationships. Josie/Layla or Josie/Magenta.
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2020-08-22 10:38 pm
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Fic in a Box 2020

[This is still a WIP, but I also may not update it further. This week is stressful, and I expect next week and the week after to be worse. I hope there's enough here to go on.]

What I want most is a story that you enjoyed writing. In many cases, I nominated and/or requested single characters. That's more aimed at not limiting you than at me not wanting those characters interacting with others. For / character interactions, I'll be happy with a G or a T rated interaction with a lot of plot.

I would much prefer getting a story you loved writing that avoids my DNWs than something you didn't enjoy writing but think is exactly what I want. Exchanges are imperfect things.

In some cases, my DNWs include things I have written and/or things that would be okay under very specific circumstances simply because it's easier to detour around the field entirely than to define the exact route for avoiding the landmines.

Me not giving a specific prompt for a character I requested does not mean I want them less. It means I got overwhelmed with all of the detail.

Generally speaking, I like::
Canon divergence.
Time travel fix-its.
Time loops with humor.
Unreliable narrators.
Two or more characters simultaneously trying to manipulate each other.
Divided loyalties.
Characters having inexplicably survived their tragic, canonical deaths.
Crossovers.
Established relationships with trust and good boundaries.
Worldbuilding, generally.
Worldbuilding that explores scaffolding/logistics in the background of canon.
Explorations of the dark implications that canon ignores.
Bisexual characters.
Genderqueer characters.
Poly characters and relationships.
Open ended stories.
5 things and variants.

Note: What I write is not necessarily consistent with what I like to read. I read a lot less porn than I write and am not necessarily interested in any particular kink, even when I've written it more than once. Gen is good. G, T, or M rated relationships are also good. I'm not saying no sex scenes or no explicit sex, more that such things aren't the point for me.

DNW: drowning or risk of drowning, sinking ships or boats, anything underwater, cancer, incest, non-canonical death of requested characters, gore, underage (under 18), A/B/O, mpreg, bleak/hopeless endings, vampires, were-creatures, unicorns, zombies, mundane AUs, women as victims of rape, harm to children, death of children, mentor/protege sex or romance, humiliation of requested characters, soulmates/soulbonds, reincarnation, bestiality, fusions

Requested Fandoms:

Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny )

Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen )


The Hollow (cartoon) )


Phineas and Ferb )


The Pretender (TV) )


Sky High (2005) )


Weiss Kreuz )


Crossover Works
TBA. I haven't signed up for these yet and may not.
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2020-07-26 07:56 pm
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Five Figure Fanworks Exchange 2020 Letter

(I'm still hoping to edit this to put in anchors, but I'm having connectivity issues and want to get this up now. I've never used anchors before and will require time to get them right.)

What I want most is a story that you enjoyed writing. In many cases, I nominated and/or requested single characters. That's more aimed at not limiting you than at me not wanting those characters interacting with others. For / character interactions, I'll be happy with a G or a T rated interaction with a lot of plot.

Generally speaking, I like::
Canon divergence.
Time travel fix-its.
Time loops with humor.
Unreliable narrators.
Two or more characters simultaneously trying to manipulate each other.
Divided loyalties.
Characters having inexplicably survived their tragic, canonical deaths.
Crossovers.
Established relationships with trust and good boundaries.
Worldbuilding, generally.
Worldbuilding that explores scaffolding/logistics in the background of canon.
Explorations of the dark implications that canon ignores.
Bisexual characters.
Genderqueer characters.
Poly characters and relationships.
Open ended stories.
5 things and variants.

Note: What I write is not necessarily consistent with what I like to read. I read a lot less porn than I write and am not necessarily interested in any particular kink, even when I've written it more than once.

DNW: drowning or risk of drowning, sinking ships or boats, anything underwater, cancer, incest, non-canonical death of requested characters, gore, underage (under 18), A/B/O, mpreg, bleak/hopeless endings, vampires, were-creatures, unicorns, zombies, mundane AUs, women as victims of rape, harm to children, death of children, mentor/protege sex or romance, humiliation of requested characters, soulmates/soulbonds, reincarnation, bestiality, fusions

Requested Fandoms:

Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny )


Dreaming of Sunshine )


The Hollow (cartoon) )


Phineas and Ferb )


The Pretender (TV) )


Sky High (2005): )


Weiss Kreuz )
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2020-03-08 10:46 pm

Potential Titles: Crib

In a crib of black twigs and moss - Seth Abramson "The Woods in Concord"

Holed and cribbed with light - Joan Houllihan "RAG SMELL. FIRE"

The earth a broken crib - Maureen N. McLane "From A Book of Hours"

Weaves a crib for my heart - Naomi Shihab Nye "No One Thinks of Tegucigalpa"

From the dark cribs of doorways - Derek Walcott "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Part II"


Navigation Links:
Go to C word index.
Go to Potential Titles: Furnishings/Furniture [category].
Go to author indices.
Go to word indices.
Go to category indices.
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2020-01-05 09:34 pm
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Chocolate Box 2020 Letter

I will figure out anchors tomorrow. It's bedtime now, and my eyes ache.

My having more words about a fandom or a grouping does not mean that I'm more interested in receiving a story about that fandom and/or those characters. Even when I say very little, I want a story with those characters. I wouldn't have requested them if I wouldn't be pleased to get them.

Chronicles of Amber )


Crossover Fandom (Leverage with Person of Interest) )


The Librarians (TV 2014) )


Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension )


Sky High )


Weiss Kreuz )
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2019-11-03 10:48 pm
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2019 Yuletide letter

Still a WIP.

General things about my preferences:
I like time travel fix-its.
I like character backstory.
I like characters talking to each other.
I like characters being complicated in the ways that real people are.
I like friendship and chosen family.
I like people finding a way forward even when things are hard.
I don't mind romance but won't necessarily notice if it's entirely absent.
I like worldbuilding.
I like humor, fluff, and angst.
I prefer endings that have some hope.
What I write is not necessarily what I read.
I assume most characters are bi unless I have strong evidence to the contrary and possibly even then. I'm good with het, m/m, f/f, and/or poly relationships.
I like canon divergence AU and seldom like AUs that transplant the characters.
I like fantasy, SF, and conspiracy elements.
I don't like horror.
I like all ratings of fic.
I have no objection to OCs, even as POV characters.

Sky High (2005) )

Hamster Princess Series - Ursula Vernon )

Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny )

The Pretender (TV) )

The Witch Family - Eleanor Estes )
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2018-10-18 06:29 am
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Yuletide Dear Author Letter

I write a lot of darkfic, but that’s not necessarily my go-to as a reader. I’m okay with darker themes in the Chronicles of Amber, The Hollow, or Sky High

I’m pairing agnostic in all fandoms and good with gen, het, poly (in various configurations), m/m, f/f.

For some of my requests this year, however, I strongly prefer gen and a G or T rating. I’ve said as much in the signup details for those fandoms. I find explicit underage sex feel really, really squicky. I’m okay with references to teenagers making out with other teenagers or wanting to, but I’d rather not see anything more than hugs/kisses. Anyone younger than that, please just don’t.

Background/referenced relationships, canonical or otherwise, existing in a gen story when they’re not the point of things is still gen enough for me. If there is sex, I’m a lot more interested in character development through sex than I am in sex for its own sake.

Generally speaking, I’m not a fan of unicorns, zombies, vampires, or were-creatures. This doesn’t rise to a DNW level, especially if you’re running counter to usual narrative tropes (put any or all of these into the Hamster Princess series! Please!) or if they’re canonical (Chronicles of Amber) or potentially in genre (The Hollow).

I like character backstory, five things stories (or four or six things. However many works out). I enjoy canon divergent AUs but am seldom interested in other types of AU. I really enjoy characters being ridiculously competent and particularly like ridiculously competent characters crossing genres to Fix All the Problems. I like humor. I like crossovers, generally, but am not a huge fan of fusions.

I prefer hopeful endings to bleak ones and like to see characters maintaining some resilience.

Time travel is not a completely bulletproof trope for me, but it’s about as near as I come, particularly if it’s a fix-it attempt.

I’m fine with first or third person POV. Second person is a harder sell for me as a reader, but I’m okay with it if you’ve got a story that really wants it. I’m also fine with past or present tense and willing to be convinced on any other tense (I’m more than a little dubious about how well a fic written in future tense would work because English kind of resists that).

I’m going to be thrilled to get a gift. Write something that you’ll enjoy, and let that come through, please, so that we can share a bit of happiness over the process.


Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny )


Hamster Princess Series - Ursula Vernon )


The Hollow (Cartoon) )


Little Lunch (Australian TV) )


Sky High (2005) )


The Witch Family )
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2018-06-04 03:57 pm

Index Post for Not Ready to Swallow Oblivion

Series: Not Ready to Swallow Oblivion.

This is a long exploration of what people do when all of their choices suck.

Intent on Its Angles - T rating. 7 chapters. 33044 words. Covers Homecoming (29 October 2005) through the end of the year. This is a separate, happier branch than the rest with the implicit ending of 'and then they all got lots and lots of therapy.'

Would Feed on Ashes - T to M rating. 5 chapters. 13161 words. Branches from "Intent on Its Angles" on 3 December 2005 (at the end of the chapter titled "Brave at the Shore") and goes in a darker direction. Covers December 2005 to January 2006.

Drilled Through Empty Spaces - M rating. 8 chapters. 25138 words. Follows "Would Feed on Ashes," picking up in February 2006 and ending in fall 2008. Non-explicit underage (all participants) dub-con, mostly just mentioned, but one chapter goes as far as two teens with their shirts off. Murder. Really, really unreliable narrators.

From the Chalice of Their Common Need - T rating. 4 chapters. 11591 words. What was happening elsewhere during events of "Would Feed on Ashes" and "Drilled Through Empty Spaces." Covers July 2006 through October 2006 with parts looking back from much later on (but probably not anything after "Who Have Waited for Water").

Who Have Waited for Water - T rating. 3 chapters. 11499 words. Starts and ends approximately 6 years after Homecoming.

Locked with a Twisted Key - M rating. Complete in one chapter. 4641 words. Diverges during "Who Have Waited for Water" in as much as Layla's father never visits Sky High. Set about 12 years after Homecoming. References to and discussion of offscreen rape.

A Ladder of Driftwood - T rating. 3414 words. Diverges between "From the Chalice of Their Common Need" and "Who Have Waited for Water." Set between four and five years after Homecoming. Will and Warren talking in a dingy hotel room.

You Cannot Fold a Flood - E rated. This one is full of potentially triggery things. I mean every tag and warning in the author's notes. 7 chapters and 22524 words. In the same branch as "Locked with a Twisted Key" but explicit about what happens with Warren. Set about twelve years after Homecoming.

Clearing the Soil of Stones - M rated. 3475 words. Warren POV. Set about one year after "You Cannot Fold a Flood." Nothing explicitly violent or sexual. There's a baby and care for said baby in the text.
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2018-01-19 04:13 pm

Worldbuilding Exchange Letter

DNW: child harm of any sort; explicit underage sex; cancer; snuff; suicide; completely tragic/hopeless endings; embarrassment/humiliation; mutilation; infidelity; forcible physical transformation; incest; mentor/protege pairings; isms not native to the setting; bestiality (xeno with intelligent beings is fine); setting change AUs; mundane AUs; mpreg; A/B/O; soulbonds; RPF involving modern characters; PWP; fluff; disrespect for real world religions


I've written all of these fandoms except Utena and have come up with some world building ideas for them. I am absolutely not wedded to a specific interpretation of the characters or the backstory or any of that. Most of the time, when I start poking at this sort of stuff, I get half a dozen ideas that all go at angles from each other, so other angles are welcome.

That said, I have a transformative works policy and am open to anyone yanking bits of world building, non-canonical backstory, etc. from my existing stories and doing whatever the hell they want with it, including proving why it couldn't possibly work that way.

General )

Chronicles of Amber )


Two Narnia requests )


Labyrinth (1986) )


Phineas and Ferb )


Shoujo Kakumei Utena )


Sky High (2005) )


Two Weiss Kreuz requests )
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2017-07-31 09:25 pm

Darkest Night Dear Writer Letter

I'm still editing this and adding details. My intention is to be done before assignments go out.

Likes and dislikes )

DNW: child harm of any sort; explicit underage sex; cancer; snuff; suicide; completely tragic/hopeless endings; embarrassment/humiliation; mutilation; infidelity; forcible physical transformation, incest; mentor/protege pairings; isms not native to the setting; bestiality (xeno with intelligent beings is fine); setting change AUs; mundane AUs; mpreg; A/B/O; soulbonds; RPF involving modern characters; PWP; fluff; disrespect for real world religions; death of requested characters


Phineas and Ferb )


The Pretender )


Ranma 1/2 )


Sky High )


Star Wars Original Trilogy )


Weiss Kreuz )


Original Works )
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2017-07-03 09:27 pm

CaptiveAudience Dear Writer Letter

Sorry. Time got away from me. If we matched on something that I haven't written any details for, it's not that I don't want it as much. It's just that I got distracted by writing things with deadlines and kept thinking I had more than enough time with this.

Oops. This had a deadline, too. I think that the only things I didn't comment on were original fic groupings. I will try to get to that after I finish the story I need to post today.

Thanks!

ETA: As of now, I think everything's there.

General information )

DNW: child harm of any sort; cancer; snuff; suicide; completely tragic endings; embarrassment/humiliation; mutilation; forcible physical transformation, incest (except in Amber); isms not native to the setting (and they don't have to be for most original fic); bestiality (xeno with intelligent beings is fine); setting change AUs; mundane AUs; mpreg; A/B/O; soulbonds; RPF involving modern characters; disrespect for real world religions

Weiss Kreuz )

Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny )

The Pretender )

The Flash (TV 2014) )

Princess Tutu )

Original Fic )
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2017-02-24 08:35 pm
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Transformative Works Policy for The RCK

I had this in my profile at AO3, but there's not enough space there for everything I want to say.

My transformative works policy:

For anybody interested-- I give permission for translating, remixing or podfic'ing any of my stories. I'm also fine with people writing sequels or prequels or whatever to my stories or making art or music based on my work.

This includes taking world building elements, backstory elements, situations, etc. Basically, taking bits of my fic in whatever way you'd take bits of something original is fine.

Just let me know you've done it so that I can link. If I don't give specific permission for whatever transformative work interests you, it's most likely because I didn't think of it rather than because I object to it. Feel free to do whatever occurs to you as long as it is transformative.

Please do not repost my fic elsewhere without my express permission.

Specifically for podfic:

If you ever need to change words, omit dialogue tags, add dialogue tags, or just generally adjust one of my fics for better podficcing purposes, please do so! As this is original work that deserves recognition, and an alteration of my own work, please mentioned it in your notes, wherever you would normally have notes: "this fic is by [author] with (additions/alterations/ease-of-podfic transformations/contributions/however you want to describe it) by [your name]," or "adapted for podfic by [you] from a work by [author]" or whatever—whether that's in your post or in the "headers" in the podfic.

If you would like me to make alterations specifically for you, or if you have any questions about what exactly I was going for when I decided to leave out half a sentence somewhere, please feel free to ask—I may not want to revise an older fic, but it's worth a try.
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2017-01-10 04:59 pm

Amber: House of Sulfur and Mercury - AU of an AU branches

Canon: Luke traps Merlin in the blue crystal cave. Jasra comes to retrieve Merlin, and Merlin escapes.

Every single one of the stories below has-- at the very least-- references to rape.

Nothing False and Possible: Branches from canon. Luke comes back, and he and Merlin negotiate.

They Come Knocking Like Hearts Asking: Branches from canon. Jasra comes for Merlin and does not let him escape. Eventually they reach an understanding.

The Fruit of Your Intents: Branches from "They Come Knocking Like Hearts Asking." Luke comes home before Jasra and Merlin can reach their understanding, and things get much nastier for Merlin. Then things get nasty for Luke. Merlin POV. Explicit.

No Decisions to Master: In continuity with "The Fruit of Your Intents." Takes place midway between when Ghostwheel kidnapped Luke and when Martin came to visit. Totally not plot necessary. 1500 words of Merlin torturing Luke. Luke POV. Explicit.

Garden Our Shadows: Follows "The Fruit of Your Intents." Merlin's POV. WIP. Nothing posted. Possibly abandoned.

Less Than Dust: Follows "The Fruit of Your Intents." Overlaps "Garden Our Shadows." Luke's POV. Contains Martin/Luke.

We Are Where We Began: Follows "Less Than Dust." Heavy angst but a happier outcome than "Your Future Has a History" Luke gets. Luke's POV.

Your Future Has a History: Diverges after "Less Than Dust" and takes place about a year later. Incorporates elements of "Garden Our Shadows." Luke's POV. Probably the darkest outcome for Luke.

Trapped Between the Memory and the Moment: Direct sequel to "Your Future Has a History." Martin POV. Mostly him talking to Coral but a little bit of him interacting with Luke Reynard. Part of the underpinning for this branch is Martin interacting with Coral in the ways that Merlin did in canon, so warnings for the Pattern having made them do it (while she was unconscious) and for the resulting pregnancy.

At the Edge of Centuries: Diverges somewhere around "We Are Where We Began," incorporating some parts of that but not most of it. The branching point is that Ghostwheel says no to the idea of Merlin having more biological children. Set about ten years later. Luke and Merlin find a relative who is under a curse. Part Luke's POV, part Merlin's POV, and part Ghostwheel's POV.

Welcome and Unwelcome Both: In the same continuity with "We Are Where We Began" but set about thirty years later on. Luke talking to his and Merlin's second child. Gen and very short. Probably the fluffiest story in the arc so far. Which doesn't make it fluffy. Luke's POV.

Love Sold, Hope Dead, and Honour Broken: In Merlin's timeline, this is about eight years after the end of "The Fruit of Your Intents." From Dalt's point of view, Rinaldo and Jasra have only been missing a few months. This may end up chaptered, but chapter 1 stands more or less on its own and might fit with either "We Are Where We Began" or "At the Edge of Centuries." Ariyus exists in both continuities and has a similar origin in both. Dalt's POV.

Hold Nothing to Desire: Long PWP from Martin's POV. Martin/Merlin, explicit with lots of kink. Set in the "We Are Where We Began" branch but definitely not plot necessary for that. I'm pretty sure that reading the other stories in that branch isn't necessary for understanding it. Explicit. Possibly complete. Possibly not.

The Pedigree of Honey: M rated. Luke POV relatively early in the branch that leads to "At the Edge of Centuries." Martin/Luke with Martin giving Luke a little comfort and Luke desperate enough to take it. Approximately 6100 words. Stands alone but makes zero sense without the backstory from "The Fruit of Your Intents."

Surprised by the Hard Glass : M rated. Merlin's POV starting a decade or so after "Welcome and Unwelcome Both." Really, really won't make sense without that and the preceding stories in that branch.