Yuletide Letter 2024
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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 Doomsday Books - K.J. Charles - I'm going to start this prompt off controversially; I think KJ Charles' novels can be hit or miss. But what I ended up really loving about this one was all the drama. Missing gold, kidnapping, blackmail, family secrets. And at the heart of it all, someone who just wants to look at cool bugs in the marsh. I really love Joss and Gareth together. You could take an alternate history route; what if they met for the first time on the marsh? I would also love to pick-up with them at the end of the book and see what happens next. What other surprises and mysteries would a Doomsday fall in to on the marsh? Or let the poor man finally look at some bugs and be happy/in love. It would all be fun!
The Atlas Series-Olivie Blake - will you think less of me when I admit that I have no idea what was going on in this series? But the vibes were cool and I am a sucker for stories where the guys who want control meet someone who makes them lose it. And stories about someone who wants to be really seen and the one person who can see them. Again, I'm so serious, I do not think I understand what happened at the end of book 3 - but is there a way forward for Tristan and Callum? Or take us back to book one, what did these 2 talk about over drinks? Or AU idea, what does their relationship look like with no magic?
Dune (Movies-Villeneuve) - I will be honest upfront and say that I still don't know much about Dune lore because I have not read the novel. But I have watched part 1 an absurd number of times mostly 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 Doomsday Books - K.J. Charles - I'm going to start this prompt off controversially; I think KJ Charles' novels can be hit or miss. But what I ended up really loving about this one was all the drama. Missing gold, kidnapping, blackmail, family secrets. And at the heart of it all, someone who just wants to look at cool bugs in the marsh. I really love Joss and Gareth together. You could take an alternate history route; what if they met for the first time on the marsh? I would also love to pick-up with them at the end of the book and see what happens next. What other surprises and mysteries would a Doomsday fall in to on the marsh? Or let the poor man finally look at some bugs and be happy/in love. It would all be fun!
The Atlas Series-Olivie Blake - will you think less of me when I admit that I have no idea what was going on in this series? But the vibes were cool and I am a sucker for stories where the guys who want control meet someone who makes them lose it. And stories about someone who wants to be really seen and the one person who can see them. Again, I'm so serious, I do not think I understand what happened at the end of book 3 - but is there a way forward for Tristan and Callum? Or take us back to book one, what did these 2 talk about over drinks? Or AU idea, what does their relationship look like with no magic?
Dune (Movies-Villeneuve) - I will be honest upfront and say that I still don't know much about Dune lore because I have not read the novel. But I have watched part 1 an absurd number of times mostly 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)