Heading out to case the promise land

Dear 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.

( Some slightly more specific stuff for Community, Justified and Die Hard )

Seriously, whatever you write, I'm going to appreciate it. Please write something that's going to make you happy, too. ♥

Mad Men! A show in which nothing happens! (Excepting that time that British dude had his foot run over by a tractor.) Nothing happens, and many, many of the people in it are awful. And yet...it is impossibly addictive. I had the highly exciting event of not having to go anywhere at all this weekend, and I took advantage of this to mainline about 16 episodes, and promptly ordered season 4 as soon as season 3 was done. I must see more of this nothing happening business!

There are many burning questions. such as: will Joan (who is my very favouritest!) do as I hope and kill her horrorshow of a husband? Will Roger continue to be a charmingly funny douche? Will Don continue to be a strangely compelling tool? Will my intense dislike of Betty continue to intensify? (really, I think I'm driven to keep watching by the twin impulses of seeing how much more awesome Joan can get, and how much more unbearable Betty will become. I want to be sympathetic to her. I do! But it's like she comes with some anti-sympathetic forcefield. And also, you know it's bad when I'm judging her for her lack of maternal feelings.)

While I wait for season 4 to arrive, I will also consider the important issue of who I would like to hook Joan up with. Peggy is currently winning, though last night I did consider the possibility of Joan/Trudy. I have rejected all of the men for her, on account of how none of them are good enough for her. Though I do like it when she and Don are friends. She makes him laugh, you know. It is a mark of her special Joan awesomeness that she can pull that off.