Yuletide Letter 2023
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pluvial_poetryI'm very happy to be doing Yuletide this year, and happy to know that you love one of my favorite rare fandoms enough to offer to write in it! ♥
You should know up front that I'm ridiculously easy to please, whatever you decide to write. And I'm a big believer in optional request details being optional. I keep my Yuletide sign-up pretty bare because I don't want you to feel limited by whatever prompts I happened to come up with spur of the moment. And honestly some people are really skilled at prompting ideas, but I am not made that way. Along that vein, I really don't have one specific story that I'm dying to read for the canons I chose; the kind of idea where nothing else will do. So if you already have a fic brewing for these characters in these fandoms - write that! Seriously. I will read it and like it.
But while I don't have extremely detailed scenarios spelled out for you here, I did manage to write down some things that I like that I would enjoy seeing more of. Hopefully you can find a story to tell in that. If you need more from me (ie: clarification or detail), I'm usually never far from an internet connection, so feel free to have the mods hit me up!
My Likes: I like stories about people being in love, whether or not the story has the fairy tale happy ending. I'm a character first kind of person - plots don't hold the same importance to me. But I like people having adventures, great and small, whether they're fighting crime or going to the grocery store. I like funny, I like angsty, I like sexy, I like friendships. To that end, I am fine with either porn or gen fic, pick your poison!
My Dislikes: Try to avoid non-canon character death, animal cruelty, long suffering from disease, and sexual abuse. I like these characters and I like these canons and I'd rather not have to cry over them come Christmas morning.
And here are my requests! (in random order):
The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner - I powered through this series in under a day the first time I read it because I loved it. And Thick as Thieves ended up being my favorite of all the novels. I just loved Costis and Kamet together. I love that whole evolution of enemies becoming friends and opposites finding out how well they complement each other. I loved the element of mythology that ran through the whole novel, and the parallels between their relationship and the one between Ennikar and Immakuk. You could write me missing scenes from their journey to Attolia, or perhaps expand on what their life in Roa is like. Return of the King also offers a lot of territory for expansion. What happened when Costis went to find Kamet and bring him back to Attolia? What are their lives like at the end of their stories? I would be excited to find out!
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting - K.J. Charles - I'm going to start this prompt off controversially; I think KJ Charles' novels can be hit or miss. But I ended up really loving this one for all the drama. I enjoyed the cat and mouse game while Robin and John were enemies and John was trying to expose Robin's fortune hunting; I wouldn't mind some expanding on that. But I also thought the second half of the novel was quite sexy, with Robin in debt to John and offering himself in exchange. I definitely could see some possibilities for extra scenes set there. Or you could pick up where the story left off, in their happy ending. Building their brewing empire and living quietly in the countryside. I would love a peek at their life.
Harley Quinn (cartoon 2019) - Women being villains together is my everything. Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are an old school OTP for me, from before I knew what an OTP was. And I loved this new version of their relationship. I love Ivy's world weary ambition/activism, I love Harley's zany anger. I like how they lift each other up and support one another in world domination, while also slowly realizing that they are co-dependent and in love. Maybe this is a heist story, or something where one has to rescue the other from danger. Or maybe they stay in and eat pizza and heckle their enemies on the news and make out a little. Feel free to throw in any Gotham favorites you need to flesh out your story, I am okay with appearances by anyone from the verse; Kite Man, King Shark, anyone. I would be happy with anything.
Young Justice (2019 Comics) - Tim and Kon are just one of those pairings that I keep coming back to, year after year. I should probably admit - I don't really read a ton of comics, so I don't have a preference on specific runs/timelines. I definitely have not kept up on whatever they are currently doing or not doing with Tim and Kon. I did see that Tim is now canonical bisexual, and I had a ton of feelings about that. I just love Tim and Kon's dynamic. That bristly rivalry turned best friends then to more. I love stories about Tim being a great detective and solving cases with Kon's help. I love stories about Kon's daddy issues. I love long distance romance tales. Or alternate universe takes where they stumble on each other's secret identities. They're just fun together, doing nothing, and I would love to read that too.
Dune (2021) - I will be honest upfront and say that I don't know much about Dune. I have not read the novel. But I have watched the 2021 movie an absurd number of times in part because I was obsessed with what Oscar Isaac and Rebecca Ferguson were doing with these characters. Two powerful leaders who are in love but doomed - it's a catnip to me. I do know a little about their canon backstory - but if you want to invent something new in your fic; feel free! Or if you want to come up with a fix-it or alternate universe where everybody lives, I would be interested in that. Or show me a slice of life on Caladan when Paul was young. I just vibe whole heartedly with how Jessica and Leto interact and would love to spend more time with them.
And, in case I wasn't clear, any rating is welcome, from gen up to and including explicit porn. I'm really easy.
So basically, dear author, don't worry and write whatever makes you happy. Trust me, if you're happy, I'll be happy. Have fun and thanks for writing this fic!
♥ ,
Roxie Ann (pluvial_poetry)
You should know up front that I'm ridiculously easy to please, whatever you decide to write. And I'm a big believer in optional request details being optional. I keep my Yuletide sign-up pretty bare because I don't want you to feel limited by whatever prompts I happened to come up with spur of the moment. And honestly some people are really skilled at prompting ideas, but I am not made that way. Along that vein, I really don't have one specific story that I'm dying to read for the canons I chose; the kind of idea where nothing else will do. So if you already have a fic brewing for these characters in these fandoms - write that! Seriously. I will read it and like it.
But while I don't have extremely detailed scenarios spelled out for you here, I did manage to write down some things that I like that I would enjoy seeing more of. Hopefully you can find a story to tell in that. If you need more from me (ie: clarification or detail), I'm usually never far from an internet connection, so feel free to have the mods hit me up!
My Likes: I like stories about people being in love, whether or not the story has the fairy tale happy ending. I'm a character first kind of person - plots don't hold the same importance to me. But I like people having adventures, great and small, whether they're fighting crime or going to the grocery store. I like funny, I like angsty, I like sexy, I like friendships. To that end, I am fine with either porn or gen fic, pick your poison!
My Dislikes: Try to avoid non-canon character death, animal cruelty, long suffering from disease, and sexual abuse. I like these characters and I like these canons and I'd rather not have to cry over them come Christmas morning.
And here are my requests! (in random order):
The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner - I powered through this series in under a day the first time I read it because I loved it. And Thick as Thieves ended up being my favorite of all the novels. I just loved Costis and Kamet together. I love that whole evolution of enemies becoming friends and opposites finding out how well they complement each other. I loved the element of mythology that ran through the whole novel, and the parallels between their relationship and the one between Ennikar and Immakuk. You could write me missing scenes from their journey to Attolia, or perhaps expand on what their life in Roa is like. Return of the King also offers a lot of territory for expansion. What happened when Costis went to find Kamet and bring him back to Attolia? What are their lives like at the end of their stories? I would be excited to find out!
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting - K.J. Charles - I'm going to start this prompt off controversially; I think KJ Charles' novels can be hit or miss. But I ended up really loving this one for all the drama. I enjoyed the cat and mouse game while Robin and John were enemies and John was trying to expose Robin's fortune hunting; I wouldn't mind some expanding on that. But I also thought the second half of the novel was quite sexy, with Robin in debt to John and offering himself in exchange. I definitely could see some possibilities for extra scenes set there. Or you could pick up where the story left off, in their happy ending. Building their brewing empire and living quietly in the countryside. I would love a peek at their life.
Harley Quinn (cartoon 2019) - Women being villains together is my everything. Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are an old school OTP for me, from before I knew what an OTP was. And I loved this new version of their relationship. I love Ivy's world weary ambition/activism, I love Harley's zany anger. I like how they lift each other up and support one another in world domination, while also slowly realizing that they are co-dependent and in love. Maybe this is a heist story, or something where one has to rescue the other from danger. Or maybe they stay in and eat pizza and heckle their enemies on the news and make out a little. Feel free to throw in any Gotham favorites you need to flesh out your story, I am okay with appearances by anyone from the verse; Kite Man, King Shark, anyone. I would be happy with anything.
Young Justice (2019 Comics) - Tim and Kon are just one of those pairings that I keep coming back to, year after year. I should probably admit - I don't really read a ton of comics, so I don't have a preference on specific runs/timelines. I definitely have not kept up on whatever they are currently doing or not doing with Tim and Kon. I did see that Tim is now canonical bisexual, and I had a ton of feelings about that. I just love Tim and Kon's dynamic. That bristly rivalry turned best friends then to more. I love stories about Tim being a great detective and solving cases with Kon's help. I love stories about Kon's daddy issues. I love long distance romance tales. Or alternate universe takes where they stumble on each other's secret identities. They're just fun together, doing nothing, and I would love to read that too.
Dune (2021) - I will be honest upfront and say that I don't know much about Dune. I have not read the novel. But I have watched the 2021 movie an absurd number of times in part because I was obsessed with what Oscar Isaac and Rebecca Ferguson were doing with these characters. Two powerful leaders who are in love but doomed - it's a catnip to me. I do know a little about their canon backstory - but if you want to invent something new in your fic; feel free! Or if you want to come up with a fix-it or alternate universe where everybody lives, I would be interested in that. Or show me a slice of life on Caladan when Paul was young. I just vibe whole heartedly with how Jessica and Leto interact and would love to spend more time with them.
And, in case I wasn't clear, any rating is welcome, from gen up to and including explicit porn. I'm really easy.
So basically, dear author, don't worry and write whatever makes you happy. Trust me, if you're happy, I'll be happy. Have fun and thanks for writing this fic!
♥ ,
Roxie Ann (pluvial_poetry)