Yuletide letter
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jainasDear Yuletide writer,
This letter is meant to help you if you need or want precise prompts, (and also to make you want to discover some fandoms you may not know). If you don't need prompts or already have an idea, go ahead and write whatever you want, I will be delighted to read pretty much anything in the fandoms I asked for. :)
Hob Series - Alex Wells (books)
Hello Yuletide writer! If you don't know the Hob Series, let me try to get you interested!
It's a SF duology (Hunger make the Wolf, and Blood bind the Pack) with kickass female leads and plenty of plot and action.
You may be interested if you like:
- kickass female characters as mentioned above
- one-eyed witchy bikers angry at themselves and the world
- plain looking girls with a core of steel
- lovable bands of outlaws
- westerns
- people finding their strength together and uniting to fight the Man and corporate greed
- creepy villains
- matter of fact diversity in the cast: races, sexualities... that aren't a big deal. By the end of the book there are het, f/f and minor m/m relationships
- train heists and action
- mysterious hermits that may be friend or foes
I'll honestly delighted by anything about that fandom: there is so much space left at the end, but also about the worldbuilding of the 'verse and all the wonderful characters, primary and secondary alike!
Backstory for the Bone Collector and how he came to be? I'm in!
Anything by his point of view about Tanagawa World, where the witchy powers are coming from, or his links to (in)humanity? I'm in!
Post-canon fic about his relationship with Hob? I'm in! (And even extra in for any smut, because knowing Hob there is bound to be actual sparks flying).
Story about the romance of Mag and Anabi? I'm in!
Story about the grim reality of being the de facto leader of a successful uprising of the miners’ union against Transrift, and rebuilding something while the dust is still settling? I'm in too.
Coyote and his new powers? Coyote and his brother? Coyote/Dambala? Guess what, I'm in for that too or anything else you may want to write.
Basically you can do almost whatever you want for this fandom, and I'll be happy. :)
I'd rather not have Hob/Mag or AUs, but even that is not a firm DNW if you really feels like writing that.
Uprooted - Naomi Novik (book)
I'd love to read about Agnieszka/the Dragon post-book, or anything about Kasia and Agnieszka, either as friends or more.
Feel free to up the rating for smut. ;)
I would totally be happy with a story that doesn’t include all of the characters. Focus on whoever you want to focus on!
Sweet/Vicious (TV)
I'd just love something cute about Jules and Ophelia post-show. I can totally ship them and I adore get-together, but I'll be as happy with gen!
Given the show I'm not opposed to some bitter-sweetness or darker hints, or links to real time politics like #metoo, as I like my fluff with a bit of sharpness anyway, but I'd rather not have something too angsty for Yuletide. :)
Feel free to use any other character of the cast!
DNW: No Tyler-bashing! He is perfectly nice, but it's just that he and Jules are built on many lies, and I feel it can't be sustainable very long, regardless of the state of the relationship between Jules and Ophelia.
Sense8 (TV)
I'm interested in either Wolfgang/Kala/Rajan or Hernando/Lito & Daniela centric, around the finale episode or post-show. I enjoyed the happy endings of the show, but there were things that were handwaved and felt too easy in the finale and I'm interested in seeing the characters work for their happy ending, emotionally speaking. I wanted to see the process of the revelation (especially for Lito and Hernando, whom I love), and the misgivings, the in-between steps and missteps, along the way.
I'm especially interested in a focus on:
a) Rajan, as it's his characterization that felt the more unlikely in the show, given the situation and his background,
b) The dynamics of the threesome, how they would find a balance that works for them, and manage to (at last) communicate, how either Wolfgan of Rajan would handle any potential jealousy between them
c) Hernando dealing with the fact that his couple is now somewhat closer to a nonaple and what it means for him and Lito (and Daniela), or with all the interactions between the families and loved one of the cluster brought together. .
Feel free to turn up the rating for sex if you want to! ;)
I would totally be happy with a story that doesn’t actually include all of the characters. Focus on whoever you want to focus on and feel free to use other members of the cast!
LastMan (cartoon)
Lastman is a French 26 episode adult action cartoon following the adventures of lazy boxer Richard Aldana who is thrust down a rabbit hole of eldritch monsters and secret organizations when his friend and mentor Dave is killed and turns out to have a secret adoptive daughter hunted by the aforementioned secret organization.
It's a bizarre mix of styles, humor, action, old-fashioned settings, overheated emotions, over-the-top scenarios and sometimes fucked-up moments, intricate fight scenes served by a stylish animation with obvious anime inspirations and compelling aesthetics, and the best way to get an idea of the style is probably to watch a least a few episodes (episodes are 11 minutes long, so it goes pretty fast).
Here is a short trailer. The show is available on French Netflix, and apparently on VRV.
I would absolutely read the hell of a fix-it for Detective Mendoza, where she get to keep on kicking ass and deals with Howard (and Daniel) and the aftermath of episode 21... (And maybe even turns it in a fix-it for the whole show ending? <3)
Arguably, the main flaw of the show is its casual sexism and how it sometimes handles its otherwise pretty interesting female characters, and so I'd love to read something challenging that, whether it is about Siri, Tomie, Mendoza...
I enjoy the other characters as well - Richard of course, for his well-meaning and a bit dumb personality, his humor but also his loyalty to Siri and Dave; Howard, he is an asshole, but a competent and very focused one and I like the ambiguity of his relationship with Rizel (foe yay anyone?); and Chubby with his empathy super-power, who is sadly overlooked and deserved better!) but I don't have specific prompts in mind for them.
DNW: wallowing in angst and negativity. Anger and dark-humor are fine. Canon-level of violence and sex and body-horror are totally fine as long are they are not the only thing the story is about. I actually really enjoy the global tone of the show, except for the ever-present underlying machismo.
This letter is meant to help you if you need or want precise prompts, (and also to make you want to discover some fandoms you may not know). If you don't need prompts or already have an idea, go ahead and write whatever you want, I will be delighted to read pretty much anything in the fandoms I asked for. :)
Hob Series - Alex Wells (books)
Hello Yuletide writer! If you don't know the Hob Series, let me try to get you interested!
It's a SF duology (Hunger make the Wolf, and Blood bind the Pack) with kickass female leads and plenty of plot and action.
You may be interested if you like:
- kickass female characters as mentioned above
- one-eyed witchy bikers angry at themselves and the world
- plain looking girls with a core of steel
- lovable bands of outlaws
- westerns
- people finding their strength together and uniting to fight the Man and corporate greed
- creepy villains
- matter of fact diversity in the cast: races, sexualities... that aren't a big deal. By the end of the book there are het, f/f and minor m/m relationships
- train heists and action
- mysterious hermits that may be friend or foes
I'll honestly delighted by anything about that fandom: there is so much space left at the end, but also about the worldbuilding of the 'verse and all the wonderful characters, primary and secondary alike!
Backstory for the Bone Collector and how he came to be? I'm in!
Anything by his point of view about Tanagawa World, where the witchy powers are coming from, or his links to (in)humanity? I'm in!
Post-canon fic about his relationship with Hob? I'm in! (And even extra in for any smut, because knowing Hob there is bound to be actual sparks flying).
Story about the romance of Mag and Anabi? I'm in!
Story about the grim reality of being the de facto leader of a successful uprising of the miners’ union against Transrift, and rebuilding something while the dust is still settling? I'm in too.
Coyote and his new powers? Coyote and his brother? Coyote/Dambala? Guess what, I'm in for that too or anything else you may want to write.
Basically you can do almost whatever you want for this fandom, and I'll be happy. :)
I'd rather not have Hob/Mag or AUs, but even that is not a firm DNW if you really feels like writing that.
Uprooted - Naomi Novik (book)
I'd love to read about Agnieszka/the Dragon post-book, or anything about Kasia and Agnieszka, either as friends or more.
Feel free to up the rating for smut. ;)
I would totally be happy with a story that doesn’t include all of the characters. Focus on whoever you want to focus on!
Sweet/Vicious (TV)
I'd just love something cute about Jules and Ophelia post-show. I can totally ship them and I adore get-together, but I'll be as happy with gen!
Given the show I'm not opposed to some bitter-sweetness or darker hints, or links to real time politics like #metoo, as I like my fluff with a bit of sharpness anyway, but I'd rather not have something too angsty for Yuletide. :)
Feel free to use any other character of the cast!
DNW: No Tyler-bashing! He is perfectly nice, but it's just that he and Jules are built on many lies, and I feel it can't be sustainable very long, regardless of the state of the relationship between Jules and Ophelia.
Sense8 (TV)
I'm interested in either Wolfgang/Kala/Rajan or Hernando/Lito & Daniela centric, around the finale episode or post-show. I enjoyed the happy endings of the show, but there were things that were handwaved and felt too easy in the finale and I'm interested in seeing the characters work for their happy ending, emotionally speaking. I wanted to see the process of the revelation (especially for Lito and Hernando, whom I love), and the misgivings, the in-between steps and missteps, along the way.
I'm especially interested in a focus on:
a) Rajan, as it's his characterization that felt the more unlikely in the show, given the situation and his background,
b) The dynamics of the threesome, how they would find a balance that works for them, and manage to (at last) communicate, how either Wolfgan of Rajan would handle any potential jealousy between them
c) Hernando dealing with the fact that his couple is now somewhat closer to a nonaple and what it means for him and Lito (and Daniela), or with all the interactions between the families and loved one of the cluster brought together. .
Feel free to turn up the rating for sex if you want to! ;)
I would totally be happy with a story that doesn’t actually include all of the characters. Focus on whoever you want to focus on and feel free to use other members of the cast!
LastMan (cartoon)
Lastman is a French 26 episode adult action cartoon following the adventures of lazy boxer Richard Aldana who is thrust down a rabbit hole of eldritch monsters and secret organizations when his friend and mentor Dave is killed and turns out to have a secret adoptive daughter hunted by the aforementioned secret organization.
It's a bizarre mix of styles, humor, action, old-fashioned settings, overheated emotions, over-the-top scenarios and sometimes fucked-up moments, intricate fight scenes served by a stylish animation with obvious anime inspirations and compelling aesthetics, and the best way to get an idea of the style is probably to watch a least a few episodes (episodes are 11 minutes long, so it goes pretty fast).
Here is a short trailer. The show is available on French Netflix, and apparently on VRV.
I would absolutely read the hell of a fix-it for Detective Mendoza, where she get to keep on kicking ass and deals with Howard (and Daniel) and the aftermath of episode 21... (And maybe even turns it in a fix-it for the whole show ending? <3)
Arguably, the main flaw of the show is its casual sexism and how it sometimes handles its otherwise pretty interesting female characters, and so I'd love to read something challenging that, whether it is about Siri, Tomie, Mendoza...
I enjoy the other characters as well - Richard of course, for his well-meaning and a bit dumb personality, his humor but also his loyalty to Siri and Dave; Howard, he is an asshole, but a competent and very focused one and I like the ambiguity of his relationship with Rizel (foe yay anyone?); and Chubby with his empathy super-power, who is sadly overlooked and deserved better!) but I don't have specific prompts in mind for them.
DNW: wallowing in angst and negativity. Anger and dark-humor are fine. Canon-level of violence and sex and body-horror are totally fine as long are they are not the only thing the story is about. I actually really enjoy the global tone of the show, except for the ever-present underlying machismo.
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