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To All the Letters I've Written Before...
Oct. 20th, 2018 07:02 pmYuletide is upon us once again, so it's time to brush off the old Dreamwidth and crank out the annual DYW letter. 2018 has been a shitshow, politically and personally, so welcome to the year of my happy place fandoms! With any luck, this will be my least rambly year yet. (For previous wordiness, see my LJ Yuletide tag.)
Generally…
Yes, please: Found families. Platonic soulmates. Canon divergence. Demonstrations of love, not declarations. Magical realism. Verbal sparring (TO THE DEATH). Internal vs. external conflict. Symbolism, subtext, and stories that live between the lines. Broken-boy soldiers, magnificent bastards, snarky sidekicks with hearts of gold. Strong women whose strength isn't all (or at all) physical. My tropetastic trinity: amnesia, huddling for warmth, and fake relationships (when they both have Feelings!). Hero's Trials (especially when said hero is female). And good old-fashioned jealousy, as long as the jealous party is the person who holds the balance of emotional power.
No, thank you: Incest and infidelity. If you take nothing else away from this section, please take that. Curtainfic — I like a dash of salt with my sugar. Marginalized characters of color. Misunderstandings that could be easily solved with basic communication. Pieces that are all internal narrative with no dialogue (or vice-versa). Second person (sorry!). Animal abuse. Fridging. Rape as a plot device. PWP. For Yuletide, D/s, BDSM, kinks that end in "play" (and don't start with "fore") and completely non-canon AUs (i.e. of the book shop, coffee shop, or college variety) unless otherwise noted. Any kind of focus on feet. And bananas. Because reasons.
Specifically…
( Being Human (US) )
( The Good Place )
( The Greatest Showman )
( To All The Boys I've Loved Before (2018) )
And that's it! When in doubt, please write the story that wants to be told. I look forward to whatever you have in store for me, and hope you have a wonderful Yuletide.
Generally…
Yes, please: Found families. Platonic soulmates. Canon divergence. Demonstrations of love, not declarations. Magical realism. Verbal sparring (TO THE DEATH). Internal vs. external conflict. Symbolism, subtext, and stories that live between the lines. Broken-boy soldiers, magnificent bastards, snarky sidekicks with hearts of gold. Strong women whose strength isn't all (or at all) physical. My tropetastic trinity: amnesia, huddling for warmth, and fake relationships (when they both have Feelings!). Hero's Trials (especially when said hero is female). And good old-fashioned jealousy, as long as the jealous party is the person who holds the balance of emotional power.
No, thank you: Incest and infidelity. If you take nothing else away from this section, please take that. Curtainfic — I like a dash of salt with my sugar. Marginalized characters of color. Misunderstandings that could be easily solved with basic communication. Pieces that are all internal narrative with no dialogue (or vice-versa). Second person (sorry!). Animal abuse. Fridging. Rape as a plot device. PWP. For Yuletide, D/s, BDSM, kinks that end in "play" (and don't start with "fore") and completely non-canon AUs (i.e. of the book shop, coffee shop, or college variety) unless otherwise noted. Any kind of focus on feet. And bananas. Because reasons.
Specifically…
( Being Human (US) )
( The Good Place )
( The Greatest Showman )
( To All The Boys I've Loved Before (2018) )
And that's it! When in doubt, please write the story that wants to be told. I look forward to whatever you have in store for me, and hope you have a wonderful Yuletide.
