Yuletide meta
Jan. 7th, 2025 11:21 pmNotes on Wake the Dead (Kill the Dead - Tanith Lee)
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Notes on The Great Circle (Alliance-Union - CJ Cherryh)
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Notes on The Great Circle (Alliance-Union - CJ Cherryh)
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Yuletide reveals
Jan. 2nd, 2025 02:28 pmThe story I wrote for ginger_green was:
Title: Wake the Dead
Fandom: Kill the Dead - Tanith Lee
Relationship: Myal Lemyal/Parl Dro
Characters: Myal Lemyal, Parl Dro
Rating: Teen
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Ambiguous Relationship, Commitment Issues, Ghosts of the Past, Love Confessions, Post-Canon
Summary: Parl wants to bury the past. Myal wants to lay a ghost.
The treat I wrote for UrsulaKohl was:
Title: The Great Circle
Fandom: Alliance-Union - CJ Cherryh
Relationship: Paul Dekker & Ben Pollard
Characters: Paul Dekker, Ben Pollard, Ensemble
Rating: General
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Time Loop, In Media Res, One Scene, Yuletide Treat
Summary: Dekker knows what year it is.
Meta to follow.
Thank you again to misura for unwritten and lea_hazel for Seasonal Companion, wonderful stories that made my Yuletide. <3
Title: Wake the Dead
Fandom: Kill the Dead - Tanith Lee
Relationship: Myal Lemyal/Parl Dro
Characters: Myal Lemyal, Parl Dro
Rating: Teen
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Ambiguous Relationship, Commitment Issues, Ghosts of the Past, Love Confessions, Post-Canon
Summary: Parl wants to bury the past. Myal wants to lay a ghost.
The treat I wrote for UrsulaKohl was:
Title: The Great Circle
Fandom: Alliance-Union - CJ Cherryh
Relationship: Paul Dekker & Ben Pollard
Characters: Paul Dekker, Ben Pollard, Ensemble
Rating: General
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Time Loop, In Media Res, One Scene, Yuletide Treat
Summary: Dekker knows what year it is.
Meta to follow.
Thank you again to misura for unwritten and lea_hazel for Seasonal Companion, wonderful stories that made my Yuletide. <3
Yuletide collection opens!
Dec. 27th, 2024 09:53 pmAfter a hectic Christmas Day and Boxing Day, time to dive into the Yuletide collection! And I am so incredibly lucky this year, to have received two fantastic gifts:
Title: unwritten
Fandom: Falcon Series – Mark Smith & Jamie Thomson
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Falcon, Agidy Yelov, Book 1, POV Second Person, Alternate Timelines
Summary: You are Falcon. (Five timelines that never happened, all relating to the first book.)
I've been requesting this fandom every Yuletide since 2009, and finally some amazing person has made my wish come true! (Never give up your dreams!) I love a good five things fic, because it lets me have all these different stories rolled into one. I love seeing all these possible time travel adventures for Falcon and Yelov.
Title: Seasonal Companion
Fandom: Fallen London | Echo Bazaar
Tags: Major Character Death, Original Fallen London Character(s) & Original Fallen London Character(s), Original Fallen London Character(s), Urchins, The Noman, Developing Friendships, Christmas, Mortality, Worldbuilding, Child Lore, Poetry, (technically poetry), season of being exposed to the author's dubious rhyming skills, Yuletide 2024, Betaed
Summary: January 1899. A chance encounter between a Midnighter's doppelganger and an urchin with aspirations to poetry.
I've been playing Fallen London for over a decade, but I only made my first Noman this year. I kept it alive as long as I could, and though it inevitably melted away, the whole idea still hung around in my head. I love that this story captures that feeling, that a transient existence can still hold joy and friendship and meaning. (And how are any of us remembered in the end?)
Thank you so much, dear authors! You really make it feel like the most wonderful time of year.
1760 stories in 1156 fandoms in the Yuletide collection, and 350 stories in 272 fandoms in the Yuletide Madness collection. Happy Yuletide, one and all!
Title: unwritten
Fandom: Falcon Series – Mark Smith & Jamie Thomson
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Falcon, Agidy Yelov, Book 1, POV Second Person, Alternate Timelines
Summary: You are Falcon. (Five timelines that never happened, all relating to the first book.)
I've been requesting this fandom every Yuletide since 2009, and finally some amazing person has made my wish come true! (Never give up your dreams!) I love a good five things fic, because it lets me have all these different stories rolled into one. I love seeing all these possible time travel adventures for Falcon and Yelov.
Title: Seasonal Companion
Fandom: Fallen London | Echo Bazaar
Tags: Major Character Death, Original Fallen London Character(s) & Original Fallen London Character(s), Original Fallen London Character(s), Urchins, The Noman, Developing Friendships, Christmas, Mortality, Worldbuilding, Child Lore, Poetry, (technically poetry), season of being exposed to the author's dubious rhyming skills, Yuletide 2024, Betaed
Summary: January 1899. A chance encounter between a Midnighter's doppelganger and an urchin with aspirations to poetry.
I've been playing Fallen London for over a decade, but I only made my first Noman this year. I kept it alive as long as I could, and though it inevitably melted away, the whole idea still hung around in my head. I love that this story captures that feeling, that a transient existence can still hold joy and friendship and meaning. (And how are any of us remembered in the end?)
Thank you so much, dear authors! You really make it feel like the most wonderful time of year.
1760 stories in 1156 fandoms in the Yuletide collection, and 350 stories in 272 fandoms in the Yuletide Madness collection. Happy Yuletide, one and all!
Yuletide letter
Oct. 7th, 2024 11:30 pmDear Yuletide Writer,
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their interactions. I'm not a stickler about researching 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, or where the future might take them.
LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, risking self to protect others, displaying cool competence, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, banter, hijinks, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. Some of my favorite tropes and genres are: amnesia, angst with a happy ending, animal transformation, arranged marriage, bodyswap, cosmic horror, curtainfic, five things fic, getting together, hurt/comfort, marriage of convenience, mystery solving, requited pining, road trips, sex pollen, slice of life, stranded together, and time travel.
DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or hopelessly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness during the story, as long as there is a glimmer of light at the end. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.
DO NOT WANT: Noncon, underage, bleak endings, crossovers, setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).
RATING: I am open to gen or ships for these characters. For the latter, I'd enjoy anything ranging from unresolved sexual tension, to getting together, to established relationship. I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.
STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.
POV: I'm open to stories from the point of view of a different character from the ones requested, especially if they provide an interesting perspective on the requested characters.
INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.
AO3: I have gifts enabled and am open to treats.
I've listed more details under each individual request.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
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meteordust
(AO3 name Serenade)
***
( Request 1: Falcon - Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson (Falcon, Agidy Yelov) )
( Request 2: Fortress Series - CJ Cherryh (Tristen, Barrakkêth) )
( Request 3: Fallen London (The Noman) )
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their interactions. I'm not a stickler about researching 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, or where the future might take them.
LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, risking self to protect others, displaying cool competence, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, banter, hijinks, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. Some of my favorite tropes and genres are: amnesia, angst with a happy ending, animal transformation, arranged marriage, bodyswap, cosmic horror, curtainfic, five things fic, getting together, hurt/comfort, marriage of convenience, mystery solving, requited pining, road trips, sex pollen, slice of life, stranded together, and time travel.
DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or hopelessly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness during the story, as long as there is a glimmer of light at the end. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.
DO NOT WANT: Noncon, underage, bleak endings, crossovers, setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).
RATING: I am open to gen or ships for these characters. For the latter, I'd enjoy anything ranging from unresolved sexual tension, to getting together, to established relationship. I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.
STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.
POV: I'm open to stories from the point of view of a different character from the ones requested, especially if they provide an interesting perspective on the requested characters.
INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.
AO3: I have gifts enabled and am open to treats.
I've listed more details under each individual request.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust(AO3 name Serenade)
***
( Request 1: Falcon - Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson (Falcon, Agidy Yelov) )
( Request 2: Fortress Series - CJ Cherryh (Tristen, Barrakkêth) )
( Request 3: Fallen London (The Noman) )
Getting back into things
Oct. 4th, 2024 11:42 pmReal life has been kind of exhausting this past month, and I've fallen behind on basically everything. But now things have finally settled down somewhat, and I want to start catching up again.
I owe a bunch of posts about what I've been reading and watching, when I have the time and energy to write it all up. But right now I'm most excited about the recent reveal of the Yuletide tagset! It feels like an event in itself.
So many exciting nominations. So many beloved fandoms showing up. I can't wait to see what requests come out of it.
I owe a bunch of posts about what I've been reading and watching, when I have the time and energy to write it all up. But right now I'm most excited about the recent reveal of the Yuletide tagset! It feels like an event in itself.
So many exciting nominations. So many beloved fandoms showing up. I can't wait to see what requests come out of it.
Yuletide reveals
Jan. 1st, 2024 11:03 pmThe story I wrote for PenguinZero was:
Title: The Skies of Orion
Fandom: Star Trek: Lower Decks
Relationships: D'Vana Tendi/T'Lyn
Characters: D'Vana Tendi, T'Lyn, Ensemble
Rating: General
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Belonging, Orion Culture, Piracy, Astronomy, Pre-Femslash
Summary: Tendi finds a way home.
Meta to follow.
Thank you again to lastwingedthing for by such dreaming high, a gorgeous Fallen London story that was like walking through a dream of the Second City.
Title: The Skies of Orion
Fandom: Star Trek: Lower Decks
Relationships: D'Vana Tendi/T'Lyn
Characters: D'Vana Tendi, T'Lyn, Ensemble
Rating: General
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Belonging, Orion Culture, Piracy, Astronomy, Pre-Femslash
Summary: Tendi finds a way home.
Meta to follow.
Thank you again to lastwingedthing for by such dreaming high, a gorgeous Fallen London story that was like walking through a dream of the Second City.
Yuletide collection opens!
Dec. 26th, 2023 11:39 pmThe highlight of my fandom year!
Title: by such dreaming high
Fandom: Fallen London | Echo Bazaar
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, The Duchess, The Roseate Queen, The Second City, Estival, Worldbuilding
Summary: It is summer, in a fallen city; and someone, somewhere, is doing something unwise...
My gift is a gorgeous and poetic story of the long ago Second City, and the then Fourth Princess and Fifth Princess, in their earlier lives. It's written like a fable, and has the feel of a legend, and conjures up all the perilous beauty and deep mystery of Fallen London.
Thank you so much, dear author! This is everything I could have hoped for. It feels like opening a hidden door into a slice of the past.
1790 stories in 1131 fandoms in the Yuletide collection, and 311 stories in 261 fandoms in the Yuletide Madness collection. Happy Yuletide!
Title: by such dreaming high
Fandom: Fallen London | Echo Bazaar
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, The Duchess, The Roseate Queen, The Second City, Estival, Worldbuilding
Summary: It is summer, in a fallen city; and someone, somewhere, is doing something unwise...
My gift is a gorgeous and poetic story of the long ago Second City, and the then Fourth Princess and Fifth Princess, in their earlier lives. It's written like a fable, and has the feel of a legend, and conjures up all the perilous beauty and deep mystery of Fallen London.
Thank you so much, dear author! This is everything I could have hoped for. It feels like opening a hidden door into a slice of the past.
1790 stories in 1131 fandoms in the Yuletide collection, and 311 stories in 261 fandoms in the Yuletide Madness collection. Happy Yuletide!
Yuletide letter
Oct. 21st, 2023 09:56 pmDear Yuletide Writer,
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their interactions. I'm not a stickler about researching 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, or where the future might take them.
LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, risking self to protect others, displaying cool competence, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, banter, hijinks, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. Some of my favorite tropes and genres are: amnesia, angst with a happy ending, animal transformation, arranged marriage, bodyswap, cosmic horror, curtainfic, five things fic, getting together, hurt/comfort, marriage of convenience, mystery solving, requited pining, road trips, sex pollen, slice of life, stranded together, and time travel.
DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or hopelessly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness during the story, as long as there is a glimmer of light at the end. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.
DO NOT WANT: Noncon, underage, bleak endings, crossovers, setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).
RATING: I am open to gen or ships for these characters. For the latter, I'd enjoy anything ranging from unresolved sexual tension, to getting together, to established relationship. I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.
STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.
POV: I'm open to stories from the point of view of a different character from the ones requested, especially if they provide an interesting perspective on the requested characters.
INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.
AO3: I have gifts enabled and am open to treats.
I've listed more details under each individual request.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust
(AO3 name Serenade)
***
( Request 1: Falcon - Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson (Falcon, Agidy Yelov) )
( Request 2: Fortress Series - CJ Cherryh (Tristen, Barrakkêth) )
( Request 3: Fallen London (Worldbuilding) )
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their interactions. I'm not a stickler about researching 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, or where the future might take them.
LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, risking self to protect others, displaying cool competence, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, banter, hijinks, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. Some of my favorite tropes and genres are: amnesia, angst with a happy ending, animal transformation, arranged marriage, bodyswap, cosmic horror, curtainfic, five things fic, getting together, hurt/comfort, marriage of convenience, mystery solving, requited pining, road trips, sex pollen, slice of life, stranded together, and time travel.
DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or hopelessly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness during the story, as long as there is a glimmer of light at the end. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.
DO NOT WANT: Noncon, underage, bleak endings, crossovers, setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).
RATING: I am open to gen or ships for these characters. For the latter, I'd enjoy anything ranging from unresolved sexual tension, to getting together, to established relationship. I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.
STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.
POV: I'm open to stories from the point of view of a different character from the ones requested, especially if they provide an interesting perspective on the requested characters.
INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.
AO3: I have gifts enabled and am open to treats.
I've listed more details under each individual request.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust(AO3 name Serenade)
***
( Request 1: Falcon - Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson (Falcon, Agidy Yelov) )
( Request 2: Fortress Series - CJ Cherryh (Tristen, Barrakkêth) )
( Request 3: Fallen London (Worldbuilding) )
Yuletide reveals
Jan. 2nd, 2023 11:30 pmThe story I wrote for natsinator was:
Title: Ulysses and Ozymandias in the Labyrinth
Fandom: Gattaca
Relationship: Jerome Morrow/Vincent Freeman
Rating: Teen
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Angst, Identity, Mortality, Codependency, Literary References, Mythology References
Summary: It becomes a nightly ritual, reading aloud to each other.
The treat I wrote for kangeiko was:
Title: Vows
Fandom: Seafort Saga
Relationship: Nicholas Seafort/Edgar Tolliver
Rating: General
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Marriage of Convenience, Public Declarations of Love, Yuletide Treat
Summary: It had seemed like a good idea at the time.
Meta to follow.
Thank you again to Penknife for Parallel Tracks, an incredible Fallen London interactive fiction adventure, that gave me all the futures for Mr Transport I could have wished for.
Title: Ulysses and Ozymandias in the Labyrinth
Fandom: Gattaca
Relationship: Jerome Morrow/Vincent Freeman
Rating: Teen
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Angst, Identity, Mortality, Codependency, Literary References, Mythology References
Summary: It becomes a nightly ritual, reading aloud to each other.
The treat I wrote for kangeiko was:
Title: Vows
Fandom: Seafort Saga
Relationship: Nicholas Seafort/Edgar Tolliver
Rating: General
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Marriage of Convenience, Public Declarations of Love, Yuletide Treat
Summary: It had seemed like a good idea at the time.
Meta to follow.
Thank you again to Penknife for Parallel Tracks, an incredible Fallen London interactive fiction adventure, that gave me all the futures for Mr Transport I could have wished for.
Yuletide collection opens!
Dec. 27th, 2022 02:30 pmMy favourite time of year!
Title: Parallel Tracks
Fandom: Fallen London | Echo Bazaar
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Mr. Transport, Interactive Fiction
Summary: Mr. Transport has lived an exciting and varied life. Or possibly more than one.
My gift is a gorgeously written work of interactive fiction, featuring everyone's favourite baby alien space bat (or at least mine), and perfectly capturing all the wonder of Fallen London.
Thank you so much, dear author! I was so excited to see the title and summary, because it promised we would get to see those alternate lives for Mr Transport. I feel so lucky getting to have all my prompts fulfilled.
1865 stories in 1135 fandoms in the Yuletide collection, and 248 stories in 211 fandoms in the Yuletide Madness collection. Happy Yuletide!
Title: Parallel Tracks
Fandom: Fallen London | Echo Bazaar
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Mr. Transport, Interactive Fiction
Summary: Mr. Transport has lived an exciting and varied life. Or possibly more than one.
My gift is a gorgeously written work of interactive fiction, featuring everyone's favourite baby alien space bat (or at least mine), and perfectly capturing all the wonder of Fallen London.
Thank you so much, dear author! I was so excited to see the title and summary, because it promised we would get to see those alternate lives for Mr Transport. I feel so lucky getting to have all my prompts fulfilled.
1865 stories in 1135 fandoms in the Yuletide collection, and 248 stories in 211 fandoms in the Yuletide Madness collection. Happy Yuletide!
Yuletide letter
Oct. 14th, 2022 10:01 pmDear Yuletide Writer,
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their interactions. I'm not a stickler about researching 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, or where the future might take them.
LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, risking self to protect others, displaying cool competence, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, banter, hijinks, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. Some of my favorite tropes and genres are: amnesia, angst with a happy ending, animal transformation, arranged marriage, bodyswap, cosmic horror, curtainfic, five things fic, getting together, hurt/comfort, marriage of convenience, mystery solving, requited pining, road trips, sex pollen, slice of life, stranded together, and time travel.
DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or hopelessly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness during the story, as long as there is a glimmer of light at the end. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.
DO NOT WANT: Noncon, underage, bleak endings, crossovers, setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).
RATING: I am open to gen or ships for these characters. For the latter, I'd enjoy anything ranging from unresolved sexual tension, to getting together, to established relationship. I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.
STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.
POV: I'm open to stories from the point of view of a different character from the ones requested, especially if they provide an interesting perspective on the requested characters.
INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.
AO3: I have gifts enabled and am open to treats.
I've listed more details under each individual request.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust
(AO3 name Serenade)
***
( Request 1: Falcon - Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson (Falcon, Agidy Yelov) )
( Request 2: Fortress Series - CJ Cherryh (Tristen, Barrakkêth) )
( Request 3: Fallen London (Mr Transport) )
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their interactions. I'm not a stickler about researching 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, or where the future might take them.
LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, risking self to protect others, displaying cool competence, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, banter, hijinks, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. Some of my favorite tropes and genres are: amnesia, angst with a happy ending, animal transformation, arranged marriage, bodyswap, cosmic horror, curtainfic, five things fic, getting together, hurt/comfort, marriage of convenience, mystery solving, requited pining, road trips, sex pollen, slice of life, stranded together, and time travel.
DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or hopelessly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness during the story, as long as there is a glimmer of light at the end. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.
DO NOT WANT: Noncon, underage, bleak endings, crossovers, setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).
RATING: I am open to gen or ships for these characters. For the latter, I'd enjoy anything ranging from unresolved sexual tension, to getting together, to established relationship. I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.
STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.
POV: I'm open to stories from the point of view of a different character from the ones requested, especially if they provide an interesting perspective on the requested characters.
INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.
AO3: I have gifts enabled and am open to treats.
I've listed more details under each individual request.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust(AO3 name Serenade)
***
( Request 1: Falcon - Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson (Falcon, Agidy Yelov) )
( Request 2: Fortress Series - CJ Cherryh (Tristen, Barrakkêth) )
( Request 3: Fallen London (Mr Transport) )
Yuletide meta
Jan. 2nd, 2022 11:15 pmNotes on Murderbot and Birthdays (The Murderbot Diaries)
( Notes )
Notes on Commitment (Seafort Saga)
( Notes )
( Notes )
Notes on Commitment (Seafort Saga)
( Notes )
Yuletide reveals
Jan. 1st, 2022 10:14 pmThe story I wrote for GlowsInTheDark was:
Title: Murderbot and Birthdays
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Characters: Murderbot, Amena, Dr Mensah, Asshole Research Transport
Rating: G
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Birthdays, Existential Crisis, Ice Skating
Summary: Murderbot does not have a birthday.
The treat I wrote for kangeiko was:
Title: Commitment
Fandom: Seafort Saga
Relationship: Nicholas Seafort/Edgar Tolliver
Rating: G
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Sharing a Bed, Feelings Realisation, Yuletide Treat
Summary: Nick and Tolliver share a bed.
Meta to follow.
Thank you again to opalmatrix for Another Door Opens, a perfect grace note to the Chanur series.
Title: Murderbot and Birthdays
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Characters: Murderbot, Amena, Dr Mensah, Asshole Research Transport
Rating: G
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Birthdays, Existential Crisis, Ice Skating
Summary: Murderbot does not have a birthday.
The treat I wrote for kangeiko was:
Title: Commitment
Fandom: Seafort Saga
Relationship: Nicholas Seafort/Edgar Tolliver
Rating: G
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Sharing a Bed, Feelings Realisation, Yuletide Treat
Summary: Nick and Tolliver share a bed.
Meta to follow.
Thank you again to opalmatrix for Another Door Opens, a perfect grace note to the Chanur series.
Yuletide stories!
Dec. 27th, 2021 06:01 pmIt's been a hell of a year. But Yuletide is one constant, and I'm grateful for that.
Title: Another Door Opens
Fandom: Chanur Series - CJ Cherryh
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Hilfy Chanur/Tully, Hilfy Chanur, Tully, Geran Anify, Chur Anify, Original Characters, Hallan Meras, Memories, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Unrequited Love
Summary: Hilfy seizes a chance to finally have a private talk with Tully.
Thank you so much, dear author! This is exactly the kind of futurefic I hoped for. I only finished the Chanur series this year, and loved how it ended. But there was still one scene I wanted to see. The magic of Yuletide: making a wish into the ether and having it appear. It still feels kind of wondrous to me.
1962 stories in 1083 fandoms in the Yuletide collection, and 350 stories in 243 fandoms in the Yuletide Madness collection. Happy Yuletide reading!
Title: Another Door Opens
Fandom: Chanur Series - CJ Cherryh
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Hilfy Chanur/Tully, Hilfy Chanur, Tully, Geran Anify, Chur Anify, Original Characters, Hallan Meras, Memories, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Unrequited Love
Summary: Hilfy seizes a chance to finally have a private talk with Tully.
Thank you so much, dear author! This is exactly the kind of futurefic I hoped for. I only finished the Chanur series this year, and loved how it ended. But there was still one scene I wanted to see. The magic of Yuletide: making a wish into the ether and having it appear. It still feels kind of wondrous to me.
1962 stories in 1083 fandoms in the Yuletide collection, and 350 stories in 243 fandoms in the Yuletide Madness collection. Happy Yuletide reading!
Yuletide letter
Oct. 19th, 2021 11:18 pmDear Yuletide Writer,
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their interactions. I'm not a stickler about researching 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, or where the future might take them.
LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, risking self to protect others, displaying cool competence, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, banter, hijinks, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. Some of my favorite tropes and genres are: amnesia, angst with a happy ending, animal transformation, arranged marriage, bodyswap, cosmic horror, curtainfic, five things fic, getting together, hurt/comfort, mutual requited pining, mystery solving, road trips, sex pollen, slice of life, stranded together, and time travel.
DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or hopelessly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness during the story, as long as there is a glimmer of light at the end. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.
DO NOT WANT: Noncon, underage, bleak endings, crossovers, setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).
RATING: I am open to gen or ships for these characters. For the latter, I'd enjoy anything ranging from unresolved sexual tension, to getting together, to established relationship. I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.
STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.
POV: I'm open to stories from the point of view of a different character from the ones requested, especially if they provide an interesting perspective on the requested characters.
INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.
I've listed more details under each individual request.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust
(AO3 name Serenade)
***
( Request 1: Falcon - Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson (Falcon, Agidy Yelov) )
( Request 2: Fortress Series - CJ Cherryh (Tristen, Barrakkêth) )
( Request 3: Chanur Series - CJ Cherryh (Hilfy, Tully) )
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their interactions. I'm not a stickler about researching 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, or where the future might take them.
LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, risking self to protect others, displaying cool competence, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, banter, hijinks, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. Some of my favorite tropes and genres are: amnesia, angst with a happy ending, animal transformation, arranged marriage, bodyswap, cosmic horror, curtainfic, five things fic, getting together, hurt/comfort, mutual requited pining, mystery solving, road trips, sex pollen, slice of life, stranded together, and time travel.
DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or hopelessly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness during the story, as long as there is a glimmer of light at the end. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.
DO NOT WANT: Noncon, underage, bleak endings, crossovers, setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).
RATING: I am open to gen or ships for these characters. For the latter, I'd enjoy anything ranging from unresolved sexual tension, to getting together, to established relationship. I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.
STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.
POV: I'm open to stories from the point of view of a different character from the ones requested, especially if they provide an interesting perspective on the requested characters.
INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.
I've listed more details under each individual request.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust(AO3 name Serenade)
***
( Request 1: Falcon - Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson (Falcon, Agidy Yelov) )
( Request 2: Fortress Series - CJ Cherryh (Tristen, Barrakkêth) )
( Request 3: Chanur Series - CJ Cherryh (Hilfy, Tully) )
Yuletide reveals
Jan. 1st, 2021 10:30 pmHappy New Year! Bonus video: Hamilton Australia cast sings 'Auld Lang Syne' for NYE.
The story I wrote for blueorangecrush was:
Title: An Evening With Music and Peril
Fandom: Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny
Rating: G
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Flora, Merlin, Original Male Character, Concerts, Monsters, Magic Mirrors, Hidden Depths
Summary: Flora hosts an event. It proves more eventful than planned.
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Thank you again to moemachina for His Heart, Chambered Like A Nautilus, an awesome adventure sequel to City of Bones.
The story I wrote for blueorangecrush was:
Title: An Evening With Music and Peril
Fandom: Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny
Rating: G
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Flora, Merlin, Original Male Character, Concerts, Monsters, Magic Mirrors, Hidden Depths
Summary: Flora hosts an event. It proves more eventful than planned.
Meta to follow.
Thank you again to moemachina for His Heart, Chambered Like A Nautilus, an awesome adventure sequel to City of Bones.
Yuletide stories!
Dec. 26th, 2020 09:10 pmAnd I thought I was exhausted last year. But amid everything going on, for the holidays and in real life generally - Yuletide!
After discovering Martha Wells through The Murderbot Diaries and The Books of the Raksura, I've been reading my way through the rest of her works. City of Bones is one that really captured my imagination. I wanted more of Khat and Elen, and more of their post-apocalyptic fantasy world and the ancient mysteries of its past. And Yuletide delivered! My author wrote a great adventure full of things I loved.
Title: His Heart, Chambered Like A Nautilus
Fandom: City of Bones - Martha Wells
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Khat/Elen, Khat, Sagai, Elen
Summary: In a spiraling city, Khat receives a bad gift, meets an old friend, and goes down a hole.
Thank you so much, dear Yuletide Writer! This is like the sequel I wished for come to life.
2104 stories in 1175 fandoms in the Yuletide collection, and 360 stories in 274 fandoms in the Yuletide Madness collection. Tomorrow will probably be eating cake and reading fic.
After discovering Martha Wells through The Murderbot Diaries and The Books of the Raksura, I've been reading my way through the rest of her works. City of Bones is one that really captured my imagination. I wanted more of Khat and Elen, and more of their post-apocalyptic fantasy world and the ancient mysteries of its past. And Yuletide delivered! My author wrote a great adventure full of things I loved.
Title: His Heart, Chambered Like A Nautilus
Fandom: City of Bones - Martha Wells
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Khat/Elen, Khat, Sagai, Elen
Summary: In a spiraling city, Khat receives a bad gift, meets an old friend, and goes down a hole.
Thank you so much, dear Yuletide Writer! This is like the sequel I wished for come to life.
2104 stories in 1175 fandoms in the Yuletide collection, and 360 stories in 274 fandoms in the Yuletide Madness collection. Tomorrow will probably be eating cake and reading fic.
