Dear Yuletide Writer:
I have been miraculously blessed to love every single thing that's been written for me each time I've participated in Yuletide. I have no doubt that whatever you write will also be loved by me, simply because you've written it with sharing in mind! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for writing me something! You're already a rock star! (Don't worry, I will still comment my thanks again on A03 after reading, that wasn't the last you'll hear from me)
GENERAL WANTS:
I love female characters and when they are messy and complicated and when they drive the plot forward with agency. I like relationships built on friendships and respect and couples who can laugh with each other, even though they endure hardship.
I like when people clearly adore one another and recognize how awesome their partner is as a person. I love consensual established relationships but I also like that flirty phase when two people clearly have crushes and all this sexual tension is between them but are too awkward to act on it. I prefer when love is shown through a gesture or inside-joke that is unique to the couple. Kissing (and smut) is also welcome (but obviously not mandatory)! You being comfortable with the story you're writing is paramount!
DO NOT WANTS:
I'm going through a bit of a dark patch and I'm going to request that you not mention suicide, suicidal ideation and any death by the cutting of wrists, hanging, or overdose. I'm also going to ask that you not have any of my requested characters commit acts of grievous self harm. I love them so much and don't want to see them hurting like that. I also do not enjoy dub-con or non-con. Even jokes about suicide, rape or self-harm will likely take me out of your story and I'd so like to be transported wholly into the world you're creating.
REQUESTS:
1. Healer (Young-shin and Jung-hoo)I love that these two are so tender and gentle with each other, not just physically, but emotionally too. They tread lightly (sometimes due to past trauma) but mostly out of respect for the other person. They TRUST each other and take turns building each other up when they doubt themselves. It's such a great relationship and I'd love anything more between them post-show timeline. I'm also a BIG fan of how important investigative journalism is to the show, both in the flashbacks and present time. Sure, Jung Hoo can beat up bad guys, but if you want to put them away, you need the skills that Young shin teaches him about exposing dark evils to the light of the world. I would really appreciate a story that incorporates how they go forward using investigative journalism to take down more corrupt officials and expose other stories that are harming people. They are a badass team and I think they both enjoy helping people in this way.
Here is my Healer tag on my tumblr (which is mostly very outdated, please do not look too closely) and you'll see that I often compare them to Lois Lane and Clark Kent/Superman because they are maybe my first ship as a kid and I love the parallels between the secret identity subplot.
2. Mythic Quest (Ian Grimm and Poppy Li)
I adore this show and how in the first season we see Ian open up to Poppy and be vulnerable (I do not believe he consciously manipulated her to stay, it was just a happy benefit) and we saw Poppy's vulnerable side in the Quarantine episode. I love that Ian recognized that he needed Poppy as a fully fledged partner and asked her to scratch her name on the beam. I loved watching them bicker and fight and re-evaluate each other in season 2 and we saw that they truly need each other to be the best, most creative version of themselves. What will they create together now that they are aware of how much they need the other person to be a good boss and great game designer? What does their future hold with Hera (Or whatever name they come up with together for this new game) It's okay if other members from Mythic Quest show up, but I'd really like the focus to be on Poppy and Ian's relationship.
REAL TALK: Do I ship them? Do I see them just as friends? I HAVE NO IDEA!!! (although, as of writing this, I am leaning a bit toward shipping them together, it's this
LOOK Ian gives Poppy as the last frame in season 2. No, wait, it starts earlier, in 2x02 when he got goosebumps! She inspired him! That little mess of a human being is a Boss (a high compliment from Ian!) and it's a subtle
"I'm impressed that you're a genius and therefore a little bit turned on that you manipulated us" look; but in 2x09 it turns into an
"I'm content to just sit here and watch you be a genius" look) after he's just presented her with her canvas and brush.
But whatever dynamic you write will be great, you don't have to smush their faces together if you see them as only platonic friends and the opposite holds true if you do ship them. I will simply be happy that there is a story about them because there is so little fic for them!!!!
3. 12 Monkeys (James Cole and Cassandra Railly)OH WOW. HOW DO I EVEN START WITH THIS SHOW?! I love it and it's crazy paradoxes and Primaries and time loops and telling fate to suck it to save your family. I love that you CAN alter history, that saving someone is what changed the plague, not all the killing that went before. I like that characters lose hope at times but that they always find it again, I love the callbacks and flashbacks and that people take happiness where they can find it. I love that the only world that ever meant a damn to Cole was the one with Cassie in it. I love that Cassie wears her watch at all times and that she went back for Cole in 1957 because she didn't want to be afraid anymore. I liked that they had rough times and fought, that it wasn't all sunshine and daisies, it made the scene where they exchange gifts feel all the more special because it was earned over time.
AS for what I want, I'd love exploration of Cassie and Cole's relationship through time. Not so much their time apart from one another or before they met each other. I'm interested in the couple we saw glimpses of in seasons one and then finally had realized in the last episode of season two. (They looked so happy in 1959 *cries*)
Look, full disclosure, I'm currently watching the show FOR THE FIRST TIME. I haven't read any fic yet because I'm afraid of being spoiled, ditto looking on tumblr for fun gifsets to reblog. I've been squeeing and screencapping on my private and locked twitter with a small group of friends who have also watched the show or are also watching for the first time. I am currently on S3 BUT!!!
I PROMISE I will have watched the entire show by the time stories are revealed so write basically whatever you want with Cole and Cassie and without worrying of spoiling the silly girl who just jumped into this fandom.
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