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Dear Creator (YULETIDE)
**I'm so sorry. I've been traveling a lot for work and pleasure and never unlocked this.
Dear Creator:
Let me start with a tremendous thank you and I'm so excited. The fact that you were willing to write one of these fandoms is wonderful and no matter what, I know I'll love whatever you come up with. I tend to take a lot from previous year letters as I'm a simple girl that continues to like the same things (or I'm just set in my ways). So if you peruse previous years, this will seem very similar.
Please take as little or as much of this as you want into consideration. I know some writers like a lot of information to work with (like myself) and others can find it to hinder their creative processes. This letter is to provide some ideas and help, but as I love these fandoms and characters, I'd honestly be pleased with almost anything.
So the basics: I’m tommygirl on DW. I’m maredarlin on twitter. I'm not nearly as involved in fandom as I used to be, but I’m always reading fic and bookmarking it to eventually rec. Under the tag of "challenges: yuletide" you can find past letters and information if that helps (I think most of it is unlocked).
Things in fic I love: hurt/comfort (with happy endings), schmoop, happy endings, domestic fic, jealousy/possessiveness (without going over into uber creepy territory), banter, crossovers (as long as I know the fandoms), close familial units, awesome besties/partners that have each other’s backs, cuddles, fun, angst if it ends happily and lots and lots of banter.
Things in fic I dislike: Please no rape/noncon/dubcon/child-animal harm pieces for me. It’s not my cup of tea. I don’t mind angst, but I’d like it to be somewhat sorted out and for my characters to have a chance at happy endings.
My feelings on AUs – I enjoy a great genderbend. I do enjoy crossovers that make sense and don't turn all the characters OOC. I like some of the other AUs out there (Soulmates - totally on board; space operas if it's a show not in space? not so much), but it's not my go-to for stories if I'm searching for things to read.
Overall, I like the characters to be true to who they are in whatever story they end up in. If you give me that, I'll love whatever you written (again, as long as it doesn't go into the rape/noncon/dubcon/harm world. I just can't read that stuff.)
So the actual requests and some rambling on them. Please note these weren’t done in any particular order and the notes below are ideas and things I'd like to see, but again, tell your story.
1) Gifted (2017) - Frank Adler, Mary Adler - I love the relationship between Mary and Frank. I'd love anything that focuses on their relationship. A prompt if you want: I would especially love fic that's set between Frank coming to get Mary back and the last scenes where she's in college classes part time. I'd love to see the affects on both of them of what happened.
2) Champions (TV 2018) - Matthew Cook, Vince Cook, Michael Patel - I am so depressed this show was cancelled as I loved it. I love Matthew especially and how he loves being an uncle and brother more than anything else. Just some random bonding of the family fic would be great. Feel free to throw in any of the other characters.
3) Cal Leandros - Rob Thurman - Cal, Niko - Cal and Niko's relationship hits everyone of my loves. They're do-or-die for each other and protect each other, even if the other doesn't want them to. Co-dependent in all the best ways. Since most of the books tend to be from Cal's point of view, I always love fic from Niko's POV, especially set during the books. A prompt if you want - I love fic that deals with how Niko handled the time Cal was missing with his amnesia. If you want do do Cal/Niko, I'm fine with that, but I do love their gen relationship. I also love the idea of girl!Cal too.
4) Manifest (TV 2018) - Olive Stone, Ben Stone, Cal Stone, Grace Stone - I love this show. It can be cheesy and ridiculous, but at the heart of it, I really do enjoy the family dynamics and how you deal with someone showing back up five years after the fact. Olive is my favorite and how she's trying to deal with not only her grief, how she had to deal with her mom's grief, her loyalty to her dad versus caring about Danny and how her relationship to her twin has changed. A Prompt: I'd really love to see a fic that focuses on Olive and Ben trying to reconnect.
5) Crooked Media RPF - Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor - My only real must is Jon Lovett. I love him so much. I equally ship him with Favs and Tommy, so if you're a fan of those pairings I'm on board. The occasional Jon/Tommy/Jon is okay, but I'm more of a regular old shipper for them. I'm a sucker for schmoop and hurt/comfort, especially hurt/comfort if it leads to the pairing getting together. I love the idea of Lovett being pursued and never being aware of it. I love jealous Favs. I love sweet-but-devious Tommy. And I just love Lovett being his usual self. Banter is always welcome. I can't really think of any specific prompts because I tend to love most things for them as long as it brings some schmoopy angst.
6) Earth 2 - True Danziger, Ulysses Adair, John Danziger - I love True Danziger. She's my favorite. I love her relationship with her dad. I love both her and Uly trying to navigate suddenly having a friend (as it seems like neither of them really ever did). Anything True is great. Prompt: I love the idea of True/Uly in the future. It would be interesting to see them get together and/or just established relationship or if a pairing isn't your thing, I love exploring True and John's bond, but what if he had left her on the station and he came back and she was a grown up.
So basically, that's it. Take what you want from this letter or ignore it completely. Try not to pull your hair out (I'm already considering it with my assignment) and I hope you have fun writing it. I know I'll enjoy the finished product no matter what route you go in. Thank you again.
Dear Creator:
Let me start with a tremendous thank you and I'm so excited. The fact that you were willing to write one of these fandoms is wonderful and no matter what, I know I'll love whatever you come up with. I tend to take a lot from previous year letters as I'm a simple girl that continues to like the same things (or I'm just set in my ways). So if you peruse previous years, this will seem very similar.
Please take as little or as much of this as you want into consideration. I know some writers like a lot of information to work with (like myself) and others can find it to hinder their creative processes. This letter is to provide some ideas and help, but as I love these fandoms and characters, I'd honestly be pleased with almost anything.
So the basics: I’m tommygirl on DW. I’m maredarlin on twitter. I'm not nearly as involved in fandom as I used to be, but I’m always reading fic and bookmarking it to eventually rec. Under the tag of "challenges: yuletide" you can find past letters and information if that helps (I think most of it is unlocked).
Things in fic I love: hurt/comfort (with happy endings), schmoop, happy endings, domestic fic, jealousy/possessiveness (without going over into uber creepy territory), banter, crossovers (as long as I know the fandoms), close familial units, awesome besties/partners that have each other’s backs, cuddles, fun, angst if it ends happily and lots and lots of banter.
Things in fic I dislike: Please no rape/noncon/dubcon/child-animal harm pieces for me. It’s not my cup of tea. I don’t mind angst, but I’d like it to be somewhat sorted out and for my characters to have a chance at happy endings.
My feelings on AUs – I enjoy a great genderbend. I do enjoy crossovers that make sense and don't turn all the characters OOC. I like some of the other AUs out there (Soulmates - totally on board; space operas if it's a show not in space? not so much), but it's not my go-to for stories if I'm searching for things to read.
Overall, I like the characters to be true to who they are in whatever story they end up in. If you give me that, I'll love whatever you written (again, as long as it doesn't go into the rape/noncon/dubcon/harm world. I just can't read that stuff.)
So the actual requests and some rambling on them. Please note these weren’t done in any particular order and the notes below are ideas and things I'd like to see, but again, tell your story.
1) Gifted (2017) - Frank Adler, Mary Adler - I love the relationship between Mary and Frank. I'd love anything that focuses on their relationship. A prompt if you want: I would especially love fic that's set between Frank coming to get Mary back and the last scenes where she's in college classes part time. I'd love to see the affects on both of them of what happened.
2) Champions (TV 2018) - Matthew Cook, Vince Cook, Michael Patel - I am so depressed this show was cancelled as I loved it. I love Matthew especially and how he loves being an uncle and brother more than anything else. Just some random bonding of the family fic would be great. Feel free to throw in any of the other characters.
3) Cal Leandros - Rob Thurman - Cal, Niko - Cal and Niko's relationship hits everyone of my loves. They're do-or-die for each other and protect each other, even if the other doesn't want them to. Co-dependent in all the best ways. Since most of the books tend to be from Cal's point of view, I always love fic from Niko's POV, especially set during the books. A prompt if you want - I love fic that deals with how Niko handled the time Cal was missing with his amnesia. If you want do do Cal/Niko, I'm fine with that, but I do love their gen relationship. I also love the idea of girl!Cal too.
4) Manifest (TV 2018) - Olive Stone, Ben Stone, Cal Stone, Grace Stone - I love this show. It can be cheesy and ridiculous, but at the heart of it, I really do enjoy the family dynamics and how you deal with someone showing back up five years after the fact. Olive is my favorite and how she's trying to deal with not only her grief, how she had to deal with her mom's grief, her loyalty to her dad versus caring about Danny and how her relationship to her twin has changed. A Prompt: I'd really love to see a fic that focuses on Olive and Ben trying to reconnect.
5) Crooked Media RPF - Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor - My only real must is Jon Lovett. I love him so much. I equally ship him with Favs and Tommy, so if you're a fan of those pairings I'm on board. The occasional Jon/Tommy/Jon is okay, but I'm more of a regular old shipper for them. I'm a sucker for schmoop and hurt/comfort, especially hurt/comfort if it leads to the pairing getting together. I love the idea of Lovett being pursued and never being aware of it. I love jealous Favs. I love sweet-but-devious Tommy. And I just love Lovett being his usual self. Banter is always welcome. I can't really think of any specific prompts because I tend to love most things for them as long as it brings some schmoopy angst.
6) Earth 2 - True Danziger, Ulysses Adair, John Danziger - I love True Danziger. She's my favorite. I love her relationship with her dad. I love both her and Uly trying to navigate suddenly having a friend (as it seems like neither of them really ever did). Anything True is great. Prompt: I love the idea of True/Uly in the future. It would be interesting to see them get together and/or just established relationship or if a pairing isn't your thing, I love exploring True and John's bond, but what if he had left her on the station and he came back and she was a grown up.
So basically, that's it. Take what you want from this letter or ignore it completely. Try not to pull your hair out (I'm already considering it with my assignment) and I hope you have fun writing it. I know I'll enjoy the finished product no matter what route you go in. Thank you again.