Dear Yuletide Writer 2018

Dear Author,

Another year, another Yuletide! I love this fest, and I love all of these canons very dearly, so I am glad to get to read your work for whichever one you matched me on. If you feel inspired to write something that I don't prompt for, feel free to go in that direction--these prompts are definitely optional, and if you're itching to write something in particular that doesn't hit my DNWs, please do. This letter has turned into a bit of a monster, but I promise that's all enthusiasm and not pressure!

My AO3 is at lady_ragnell and my tumblr at theladyragnell, if you want to find me elsewhere to know more about my taste (though I'll give you both general and fandom-specific likes and dislikes below).

General Likes and Dislikes:

Likes:

• A focus on relationships--not just romance, but family (or found family) and friendships and even rivalries. I do love romantic fic (especially the pining kind), but I'm just as happy with gen that's about two or more characters interacting, working together, and communicating.
• Happy endings! I'm happy to have the characters earn a happy ending with angst along the way (I love a good old-fashioned hurt/comfort fic), but I prefer to have things happy or at least hopeful in the end.
• Worldbuilding--feel free to delve into an interesting location, have the characters interact with some in-world pop culture, and generally play with the worlds the canons give us, because they're all great.
• Tropes--fake dating, marriage of convenience, huddling for warmth, I'm kind of a sucker for the classics! (Though I am fairly picky about soulmate AUs.)
• AUs: I love all these canons, but I also like seeing the characters set in new worlds if that's something you're interested in, whether that's a romcom fusion AU, a space AU for a canon not in space, or something completely different. I also particularly like AUs of the canon-divergence "what-if" sort.
• All ratings! I like G, I like E, I like everything in between, so wherever the story takes you is good with me.

Dislikes:

Character death through terminal illness is my biggest DNW, whether of a minor or major character. I also prefer not to read character death in general, infidelity, incest, graphic depictions of abuse, non-con, horror-type elements, and gore. My general preference is to acknowledge the darkness of a canon--I definitely don't want things sanitized--but not focus on it or make it darker. I'm not one for Crueltide, basically!

Fandom-specific prompts below! Assume spoilers for all, just in case. Some prompts have been re-used from last year, so if they seem familiar, that is why!


( Jupiter Ascending (2015) )

( Killjoys (TV) )

( Still Star-Crossed (TV) )

( Tom Corbett: Space Cadet Series - Carey Rockwell )

( Voynich Manuscript (Book) )

( White Boots - Noel Streatfeild )

 

Happy writing, author! I hope you enjoy whatever you choose to write, and thank you in advance for it. <3