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laurificus at 08:31pm on 21/11/2011 under dear yuletide letter
laurificus at 08:31pm on 21/11/2011 under dear yuletide letterDear yuletide writer:
First and most importantly, thank you for writing me a story! You're already one of my favourite people just for that. And since you're doing that for me, I really want you to have fun with it. I'm talking about things I like and enjoy just so you aren't left flailing around in panic when you see the signup email, but it's your story, and you're the one putting the work in, so these aren't a list of demands, or anything. Well, with the caveat that rape/non-con are pretty huge do not wants for me, so please not to be including them?
As for the rest: I much prefer happy endings, or at least hopeful ones. I love banter and pining and best friends falling in love. If there's going to be sex, I like it when it's fun--when there's still teasing and laughter and affectionate insults throughout. I'm also a huge fan of saying I love you without actually saying it.
If you don't want to go shippy with any of the fandoms, don't feel like you have to. With all of them, the friendship is what I fell in love with first, so a story that focused on that would make me really happy.
Community
I've only very recently started watching it, so I'm at that new stage where I love everything about it, which means I'm primed to love any story you write. I'll enjoy a story where all they do is sit around and conjugate Spanish verbs, or go on a road trip, or put on their own versions of Shakespeare plays, or form a band or...anything you want, is what I'm saying. Something set in the future would be fun, if that's what you'd like to do, too, and I'll never get tired of one of them being in trouble or needing help, and the others stepping up to be there.
I love Troy and Abed--fic exploring them living together would be awesome, either as friends or as a couple--and I love Jeff and Britta too. But I also love Shirley and Pierce and Annie, and I love the relationship between all six of them, so please don't feel like you have to be limited by the characters listed in my request.
Justified
The thing I love about Raylan and Boyd is that they're both as crazy and as smart as each other. I'd love a fic where they really get how similar they are, and that if things had gone differently, they could be really good friends. It can be something big if you want--a daring rescue mission! Another hostage situation!--or something much smaller, like fixing the town up after a storm, or being trapped together somewhere, or some infinitely better idea you've already had. On the show, I'd happily watch them talk about the weather for an hour, because I adore how they riff off each other, so if you can capture their dialogue, I'll love you forever. Like I said in my signup, I don't see them as entirely slashy, but a story where they're kind of edging towards that could be really sweet.
I also really love the other supporting characters--Ava, and the other marshals, and I'm really interested in Raylan's relationship with his father, so if there's something with those people you'd rather explore, that's more than fine with me.
Die Hard
I dunno. I just love the teasing and the cuteness! I love how John's crankiness is tempered by Matt's sweetness and hopefulness, and I love it when they both realise how competent and awesome the other is. A story that involves any of that is really all I need. I kinda like the idea of them being in a situation that's out of both their comfort zones--like a weekend doing some sort of security overhaul for an organisation and them both trying to pretend they don't have a problem with authority, or just being in a place where shooting/hacking doesn't do them much good. Or just a story where they start introducing each other to their different worlds, and gradually start fitting in with each other. If you go the shippy route, I'd prefer a story where they get together, rather than an established relationship fic but that's not set in stone, either. Really, banter, or teasing. If you give me that, I'll be yours forever.
Seriously, whatever you write, I'm going to appreciate it. Please write something that's going to make you happy, too. ♥
First and most importantly, thank you for writing me a story! You're already one of my favourite people just for that. And since you're doing that for me, I really want you to have fun with it. I'm talking about things I like and enjoy just so you aren't left flailing around in panic when you see the signup email, but it's your story, and you're the one putting the work in, so these aren't a list of demands, or anything. Well, with the caveat that rape/non-con are pretty huge do not wants for me, so please not to be including them?
As for the rest: I much prefer happy endings, or at least hopeful ones. I love banter and pining and best friends falling in love. If there's going to be sex, I like it when it's fun--when there's still teasing and laughter and affectionate insults throughout. I'm also a huge fan of saying I love you without actually saying it.
If you don't want to go shippy with any of the fandoms, don't feel like you have to. With all of them, the friendship is what I fell in love with first, so a story that focused on that would make me really happy.
Community
I've only very recently started watching it, so I'm at that new stage where I love everything about it, which means I'm primed to love any story you write. I'll enjoy a story where all they do is sit around and conjugate Spanish verbs, or go on a road trip, or put on their own versions of Shakespeare plays, or form a band or...anything you want, is what I'm saying. Something set in the future would be fun, if that's what you'd like to do, too, and I'll never get tired of one of them being in trouble or needing help, and the others stepping up to be there.
I love Troy and Abed--fic exploring them living together would be awesome, either as friends or as a couple--and I love Jeff and Britta too. But I also love Shirley and Pierce and Annie, and I love the relationship between all six of them, so please don't feel like you have to be limited by the characters listed in my request.
Justified
The thing I love about Raylan and Boyd is that they're both as crazy and as smart as each other. I'd love a fic where they really get how similar they are, and that if things had gone differently, they could be really good friends. It can be something big if you want--a daring rescue mission! Another hostage situation!--or something much smaller, like fixing the town up after a storm, or being trapped together somewhere, or some infinitely better idea you've already had. On the show, I'd happily watch them talk about the weather for an hour, because I adore how they riff off each other, so if you can capture their dialogue, I'll love you forever. Like I said in my signup, I don't see them as entirely slashy, but a story where they're kind of edging towards that could be really sweet.
I also really love the other supporting characters--Ava, and the other marshals, and I'm really interested in Raylan's relationship with his father, so if there's something with those people you'd rather explore, that's more than fine with me.
Die Hard
I dunno. I just love the teasing and the cuteness! I love how John's crankiness is tempered by Matt's sweetness and hopefulness, and I love it when they both realise how competent and awesome the other is. A story that involves any of that is really all I need. I kinda like the idea of them being in a situation that's out of both their comfort zones--like a weekend doing some sort of security overhaul for an organisation and them both trying to pretend they don't have a problem with authority, or just being in a place where shooting/hacking doesn't do them much good. Or just a story where they start introducing each other to their different worlds, and gradually start fitting in with each other. If you go the shippy route, I'd prefer a story where they get together, rather than an established relationship fic but that's not set in stone, either. Really, banter, or teasing. If you give me that, I'll be yours forever.
Seriously, whatever you write, I'm going to appreciate it. Please write something that's going to make you happy, too. ♥
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