Yuletide letter
Oct. 23rd, 2014 12:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meteordustDear Yuletide Writer,
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm really keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but please don't feel constrained to follow them. I'd be happy to go with anything that captures your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their relationships. I'm not a stickler for canon details, as long as the spirit of the characters and the flavour of their world is there. I want to see adventures that might have been, or missing moments from between scenes, or a slice of their daily lives.
Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, subtle tension, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. I also like tropes such as amnesia, bodyswap, sex pollen, and undercover as a couple. But if the story that grabs you isn't about any of these, that's perfectly fine, run with it!
I like seeing the characters in their own settings, so I would prefer no alternate universes like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse. However, alternate universes where something happened differently in canon are fine.
I'm a slash fan, but I also enjoy het and gen. Explicit sex is fine, but I'm much more interested in story than PWPs.
I'm an optimist at heart, and I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or depressingly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness as long as there is a glimmer of light.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
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meteordust
(Yuletide signup name Serenade)
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Request 1
Fandom: Falcon by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson
Characters: Falcon, Agidy Yelov
Details: I've always been fascinated by Yelov and the complicated relationship Falcon has with him - once chief and subordinate, now renegade and enforcer. I'd love to see any story where they interact, whether they're working together, or hunting each other, or having a doomed torrid affair. I also like the interactions between Falcon and the other Special Agents, so I'd be interested in anything from dramatic joint missions to the office Christmas party. I'm not that fussed about continuity, given it's a gamebook series, and I like alternate universes too. I'm fine with gen, het, or slash, of any rating. (Incidentally, in my head, I think of Falcon as male, but gender ambiguity is also cool!)
Resources: There are six books in this series. However, I would be perfectly happy with a story based only on the first book. They are out of print, but they can be found secondhand on AbeBooks, eBay, and Amazon. Falcon at Demian's Gamebook Web Page contains brief information about the series. PDFs of the books used to be available for download at Home of the Underdogs, but not anymore, although copies of the archive seem to float around on filesharing sites. There is also a community playthrough of the entire series on the RPG.net forums, although I haven't read the whole thread.
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Request 2
Fandom: Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny
Characters: Morganthe
Details: The thing about Amber is that we get so many tantalising tidbits of history and legend that we never get to explore. Morganthe is one of these. All we know about her are half a dozen lines: her heritage, seduction, pregnancy, abandonment, childbirth, and suicide. A tragic figure in someone else's story. But I want to know her story, or at least one of them. Something that brings her to life as a person, that tells me a little bit more about her than I already know. For me, Yuletide is about hopeful stories, so I would rather not focus on her despair and death. I'm fine with ominous foreshadowing or bittersweet sorrow, just not crushing doom.
Some ideas: What does it mean to be a Rebman, living in a mirror image city? What is her relationship like with her aunt Llewella? Does she know Vialle, also a lady of the court, and are they friends? What does she make of the reversed Pattern that lies in the palace? Has she ever visited Amber or anywhere else? Or maybe something different happens in a canon divergence AU. Feel free to go wild with exploring the world, bring in whatever other characters you like, or invent characters of your own.
Resources: The First Chronicles of Amber are five books that focus on Corwin, and the Second Chronicles of Amber are another five that focus on his son Merlin. Some fans only like the first series, but I like both. Morganthe is only mentioned in the first book of the first series. They are all in print and should be available in bookstores and libraries, but often as omnibus collections.
***
Request 3
Fandom: Tekken (Video Games)
Characters: Lee Chaolan, Jin Kazama, Hwoarang
Details: Lee Chaolan is my favourite Tekken character, because he walks the line between cheesy and cool, and he does not care. He is charming and flamboyant and badass! He goes undercover by dying his hair purple, wearing leather pants and a ruffled shirt, and adopting the name "Violet" - and no one recognises him! And he's smart enough to get out of family succession plots, and go build his robot factory in the Bahamas. He has been around for over two decades of Iron Fist tournaments, and I would love to see him interacting with the characters from the younger generation. Jin and Hwoarang are my favourites, with their awkward friendship and sparking rivalry (I ship them, but I'm fine if they're with others, as long as they're still friends). I'd also be happy to see more of the younger generation in addition to them.
Some ideas: Jin is sort of Lee's nephew, but I have no idea if they've even met. Does Lee ever try to provide him with sage advice about life? Do they talk about family, dating, mystical curses, making a career outside of fighting? Hwoarang is the kind of rebellious punk that Lee might see something of his younger self in. Would they ever encounter each other at a tournament, or a motorcycle club, or a pool hall, and would they fight or bond? For this fandom, I'm fine with something cracky or something serious, I'd love to read either. I'm fine for anyone to be shipped with anyone else, except for relatives (for Lee, this includes his adopted family, the Mishimas) and except for animal characters (though Kuma/Panda or Roger/Mrs Roger background romance is fine).
Note: I've played up to and including Tekken 5. I don't mind spoilers for the later games, and I'm fine for you to include those characters and events, as long as the story can be understood without having played them.
Resources: There are several games in the series, on various consoles. Lee is in Tekken 1 onwards (except Tekken 3), and Jin and Hwoarang are in Tekken 3 onwards. Tekken Zaibatsu has pretty comprehensive character profiles and story summaries. (It also has cutscenes for paid members, but you might be able to find them on YouTube.)
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm really keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but please don't feel constrained to follow them. I'd be happy to go with anything that captures your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their relationships. I'm not a stickler for canon details, as long as the spirit of the characters and the flavour of their world is there. I want to see adventures that might have been, or missing moments from between scenes, or a slice of their daily lives.
Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, subtle tension, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. I also like tropes such as amnesia, bodyswap, sex pollen, and undercover as a couple. But if the story that grabs you isn't about any of these, that's perfectly fine, run with it!
I like seeing the characters in their own settings, so I would prefer no alternate universes like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse. However, alternate universes where something happened differently in canon are fine.
I'm a slash fan, but I also enjoy het and gen. Explicit sex is fine, but I'm much more interested in story than PWPs.
I'm an optimist at heart, and I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or depressingly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness as long as there is a glimmer of light.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust(Yuletide signup name Serenade)
***
Request 1
Fandom: Falcon by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson
Characters: Falcon, Agidy Yelov
Details: I've always been fascinated by Yelov and the complicated relationship Falcon has with him - once chief and subordinate, now renegade and enforcer. I'd love to see any story where they interact, whether they're working together, or hunting each other, or having a doomed torrid affair. I also like the interactions between Falcon and the other Special Agents, so I'd be interested in anything from dramatic joint missions to the office Christmas party. I'm not that fussed about continuity, given it's a gamebook series, and I like alternate universes too. I'm fine with gen, het, or slash, of any rating. (Incidentally, in my head, I think of Falcon as male, but gender ambiguity is also cool!)
Resources: There are six books in this series. However, I would be perfectly happy with a story based only on the first book. They are out of print, but they can be found secondhand on AbeBooks, eBay, and Amazon. Falcon at Demian's Gamebook Web Page contains brief information about the series. PDFs of the books used to be available for download at Home of the Underdogs, but not anymore, although copies of the archive seem to float around on filesharing sites. There is also a community playthrough of the entire series on the RPG.net forums, although I haven't read the whole thread.
***
Request 2
Fandom: Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny
Characters: Morganthe
Details: The thing about Amber is that we get so many tantalising tidbits of history and legend that we never get to explore. Morganthe is one of these. All we know about her are half a dozen lines: her heritage, seduction, pregnancy, abandonment, childbirth, and suicide. A tragic figure in someone else's story. But I want to know her story, or at least one of them. Something that brings her to life as a person, that tells me a little bit more about her than I already know. For me, Yuletide is about hopeful stories, so I would rather not focus on her despair and death. I'm fine with ominous foreshadowing or bittersweet sorrow, just not crushing doom.
Some ideas: What does it mean to be a Rebman, living in a mirror image city? What is her relationship like with her aunt Llewella? Does she know Vialle, also a lady of the court, and are they friends? What does she make of the reversed Pattern that lies in the palace? Has she ever visited Amber or anywhere else? Or maybe something different happens in a canon divergence AU. Feel free to go wild with exploring the world, bring in whatever other characters you like, or invent characters of your own.
Resources: The First Chronicles of Amber are five books that focus on Corwin, and the Second Chronicles of Amber are another five that focus on his son Merlin. Some fans only like the first series, but I like both. Morganthe is only mentioned in the first book of the first series. They are all in print and should be available in bookstores and libraries, but often as omnibus collections.
***
Request 3
Fandom: Tekken (Video Games)
Characters: Lee Chaolan, Jin Kazama, Hwoarang
Details: Lee Chaolan is my favourite Tekken character, because he walks the line between cheesy and cool, and he does not care. He is charming and flamboyant and badass! He goes undercover by dying his hair purple, wearing leather pants and a ruffled shirt, and adopting the name "Violet" - and no one recognises him! And he's smart enough to get out of family succession plots, and go build his robot factory in the Bahamas. He has been around for over two decades of Iron Fist tournaments, and I would love to see him interacting with the characters from the younger generation. Jin and Hwoarang are my favourites, with their awkward friendship and sparking rivalry (I ship them, but I'm fine if they're with others, as long as they're still friends). I'd also be happy to see more of the younger generation in addition to them.
Some ideas: Jin is sort of Lee's nephew, but I have no idea if they've even met. Does Lee ever try to provide him with sage advice about life? Do they talk about family, dating, mystical curses, making a career outside of fighting? Hwoarang is the kind of rebellious punk that Lee might see something of his younger self in. Would they ever encounter each other at a tournament, or a motorcycle club, or a pool hall, and would they fight or bond? For this fandom, I'm fine with something cracky or something serious, I'd love to read either. I'm fine for anyone to be shipped with anyone else, except for relatives (for Lee, this includes his adopted family, the Mishimas) and except for animal characters (though Kuma/Panda or Roger/Mrs Roger background romance is fine).
Note: I've played up to and including Tekken 5. I don't mind spoilers for the later games, and I'm fine for you to include those characters and events, as long as the story can be understood without having played them.
Resources: There are several games in the series, on various consoles. Lee is in Tekken 1 onwards (except Tekken 3), and Jin and Hwoarang are in Tekken 3 onwards. Tekken Zaibatsu has pretty comprehensive character profiles and story summaries. (It also has cutscenes for paid members, but you might be able to find them on YouTube.)
