Dear Yuletide author
Oct. 18th, 2024 10:12 pmHi! ( Read more... )
"A house is built by hands, but a home is built by heart"
It combined my prompt of Jude meeting Laura and references to the home-building, and I loved the way they pulled that off. It just had the tender feeling to it that I adore about these two in private in canon, so it was a lovely surprise.
There is a legend that fallen knights return as great horses. Dagonet isn't ready yet. The horses run regardless.
Dear Yuletide Author,
I’m looking forward to your gift immensely! Yuletide is one of my fandom year highlights, so I’m stupidly excited. I’ve written the following letter as a sort of buffet so you can pick and select whatever catches your fancy and write something we’ll both enjoy.
I’m a firm believer in Optional Details are Optional, so as long as you respect my few DNWs it’s going to be great!
I can be found on AO3 as pameluke, on imzy as Pameluke at Jan Hits The Fan and on tumblr as janoda,
I’m so happy we matched on one of my rare fandoms, and I hope you have a great time writing for one of them.
This is crossposted from Tumblr, where I spend all my fannish time as
I’ve come up with a bunch of general prompts, more specific prompts, and if
I love some porn with my plot and some plot with my porn. If you'd rather write gen or PWP, that's fine as well. I've divided all my prompts into narrative prompts and porn prompts, ideally you can think of it as a buffet, where you choose and pick those ingredients you like, and combine the perfect dish for you.
I tend to be wordy, so if you’re not up to that, all important information should be in the AO3 assignment. However, if you’d like to know all the gritty dirty details per fandom, onwards it is.
First things first: I’m completely caught up with all fandoms I’ve requested, so no need to avoid spoilers!
Let's start with general DNWs and squicks so we can get those out of the way.
If it happens to characters in canon, I can deal with it happening to them in
Otherwise, I’m game. The rating can be as high or low as you want, as long as it’s consensual I’m okay with any
I love canon fic, case-fic,
I love fic in which a relationship is explored, and don’t mind if that’s the main plot. I love it when characters have a support network outside of their
I am always up for AUs, for all fandoms I’ve nominated. If any of these are your thing, feel free to run with it, or any combination of them.
For Alternate Canons, I’m very big on a lot of tropes. I love tropes. Seriously, give me all the fandom cliches, I gobble them up. I especially love inversions and subversions, or just played straight. Some of my favorites:
Kinks I’m into if
In general, I like narrative sex and a little plot with my porn. I love character introspection, character development, and relationship development through sex. For me, sex is both about the pleasure people can derive from each other and about the emotional connection that can be made.
Everything is hotter when emotions are involved.
You can ignore everything that’s not to your liking or doesn’t inspire you. On to the fandom-specific stuff, YAY.
Eve: Tell me now about entanglement. Einstein's spooky action at a distance. Is it related to quantum theory?
Adam: Hm. No, I mean, it's not a Theory, it's proven.
Eve: How does it go again?
Adam: When you separate an entwined particle and you move both parts away from the other, even at opposite ends of the universe, if you alter or affect one, the other will be identically altered or affected.
Eve: Spooky. Even at opposite ends of the universe?
Adam: Yeah.
Who I requested: Adam, Eve
Preferred Relationships: Adam/Eve
What I love about the canon: I am just so completely charmed by their relationship. I found it utterly fascinating how well they knew and understood each other, how in sync they were, the weird but charming habits they had (I could watch them sleep for hours, seriously). I’m also very intrigued how their views on love and romance and relationships would change and adapt to the times. Just imagining how long they’ve loved each other gives me the fuzzy and dreamy feelings.
I also loved all their hinted at and subtle superpowers, the brilliance of Kit Marlowe, and the idea that they’ve always had to let others claim credit for the art they made.
I love how different they are, and how they appreciate those differences, how free they let each other be, and how deeply connected they still manage to be. Basically, the quote I picked? I love how absolutely about them that is.
General Prompts
Porn Prompts
If you’d choose to include porn in your fic, I’d be so delighted because I think
I always knew. That it was too good to be true. That it couldn't last. That life isn't like that, life isn't generous. You mustn't love someone. You mustn't become attached to someone. Life begrudges you that. It takes everything away from you and it laughs in your face. It betrays you.
Who I requested: Didier | Monroe, Elise | Alabama
Preferred Relationships: Didier/Elise
What I love about the canon: The heartbreak.
Seriously, I cried my heart out for more than half of the movie. Fuck. But I also love that while this is a movie about a relationship falling apart, it’s also incredibly romantic in the building of the relationship. It’s not because they didn’t make it in the end, that the relationship on its own wasn’t worth it.
I also love the music, the setting (very close to where I live), their old farmhouse. How fucking happy they were. I’d watch an entire tv season of them singing by the campfire, seriously.
I really, really loved how this movie dealt with both atheism and spiritualism, and did so with respect for both sides. I love how Didier is a realist but also such a fucking dreamer, and how he puts all his romance and feelings in the people around them. I love how Elise is the opposite, who puts all her (broken) dreams and the people around her on her body, how she makes them both permanent and can cover them up and move on.
General Prompts:
All the fix-it fic, all the hurt/comfort.
Since there’s a canonical kid here, and I actually really like Maybelle, feel free to include her. References to religion that draw on canonical religious themes are OK, references to religion that don't have a clear basis in canon aren’t, please respect the character’s viewpoints on these issues. I’m okay with either angst or happy fix-it fic for them. Can be set anywhere in the canon timeline, or before, or even after.
Porn Prompts:
Nu legde hij, oneindig teder, zijn wang tegen de hare.
"Elvira, je bent zo lief. Jouw warmte, jouw oneindige bezorgdheid voor de medemens, die wil ik niet missen. Toe, blijf...”
Who I requested: Any characters from the tag-set,
Preferred Relationships: Elvira/Tjalf and/or Christian/Thura, got prompts for other combos as well. No Incest please.
What I love about the canon: 80s Feminist Environmentalist Post-Apocalyptic sci-fi set in Greenland, what’s not to love?
Seriously these are the first sci-fi books I ever read, and I’ve loved them since. I love the straight up “men have screwed up ruling for 1000s of years, we’re giving ALL positions of power to women”. I love that this mentality gets questioned during the novels, and balanced out a bit, but that the base still remains.
I love all the hiking through nature, and waging war with the elements and nature.
I love that the love-interest is the first two books is an Inuit woman, who ROCKS, both as a captain, and later as a guerilla war strategist. I love that she’s still rocking as a great-grandmother in book 3. I love all the female friendships (the sisters in book 3 are so awesome).
20 years after first reading them I still read them on occasion, and I still love this series to death. I requested any, so feel free to write about any of the characters that were in the tag-set. I’m especially interested in the following relationships and interactions.
Christian/Thura: I love that he’s the soft and kind one, and she’s the hard and tough one and that those traits are exactly why they love each other. Never have I met a YA couple that were so aware of each others strengths and weaknesses, and loved each other more for them.
Christian & Tjalf: In canon Thura says that Christian was the person Tjalf most admired and wanted to be like, when he was very much like her instead. I’d love to see this play out since we only meet Tjalf by the time Christian has died, so we miss out on this.
Elvira/Tjalf: Fuck, these two. Honestly, I speed read book 3 just to get to the scene where he’s all, "Elvira don’t leave I can’t miss your kindness." Argh. I just really love how kindness is the most coveted and appreciated trait in these books. And I always found it so frustrating that we never got see them later in life, because culture clash!!
Elvira & Thura: all the young ladies learning from old ladies, please. I love the whole mentoring thing.
General Prompts:
Anything, seriously. Since this is a Dutch series that’s never been translated, feel free to write in Dutch (I’m from Belgium) if you’d find that easier, but English is definitely okay as well.
Porn Prompts: Dirtying up clean canons is half the fun, so go wild!
“What if you formed your own pack?”
Her gaze flicked back to him. “I don’t understand.”
“You’re running with your brother and uncle right now. The wolf can never be part of that because you have too much history among the three of you. What if you formed a new pack, new friends to ride with? He’d be part of those new bonds as they strengthened out of nothing. He would feel as if they were his pack, too.”
Who I requested:
Preferred Relationships: Condari/Nori
What I love about the canon: The wolfwalker series was my white whale bookseries for years. It took me over 15 years to get my hands on all the canon in the same language, and my craving for more never stopped. Especially because the last book is mostly a set-up for new events. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
I love the nature and the adventures in the wild these books have. The rockclimbing, the traveling on dnu, the wildness of the environment. I ADORE the wolfwalking, telepathic animals were my thing as a teenager, and I never got over it when it comes to these books.
I love all the different counties and cultures and the fact that there’s nine moons and that those mess up the tides. I love that these books have always been about family and found families. I love the extremely convoluted politics, and that everybody is always playing at something. I love the hinted at history, and that there are actual aliens on this planet, who screw things up.
General Prompts:
What happened next?
Porn Prompts
Don Keefer: Yes.
Sloan Sabbith: Yes, what?
Don Keefer: Yes, I'd love having a gal pal with no commitment and tons of sex.
Sloan Sabbith: Great.
Don Keefer: Just not you.
Sloan Sabbith: What's wrong with me?
Don Keefer: Plenty, but I really like you anyway.
Sloan Sabbith: I'm not good at not being alone. It's what I'm used to.
Don Keefer: Let me know if you want to get good at it.
[He walks down the hall]
Sloan Sabbith: [to his back] The sex is good.
Don Keefer: Thank you.
Who I nominated: Don Keefer, Sloan Sabbith
Preferred Relationships: Don Keefer/Sloan Sabbith
What I love about the canon: There’s a lot that can be critiqued about this show, but when it was awesome it was really awesome, and as often with Sorkin, in the end it’s the characters that pulled me in and wrapped me around their fingers.
I cannot express how much I love Sloan Sabbith. She’s caring and kind, and fucking brilliant. She knows her value, and she’s not afraid to insist others value her like she deserves. Never have I cheered so hard as when Sloan said, Don’t call me girl, sir. Fuck yeah.
I also absolutely love Don. I love that he’s ambitious and not afraid to speak his mind to anyone, and that he’s not afraid to make the hard call. I love that he still manages to have a moral code, and doesn’t cross it, for anyone or anything, and is willing to walk into doors for it. I love how utterly bad he is at any and all relationships, so much so that his coping mechanisms are named after himself.
I love their relationship so much you have no idea. It’s one of the best friends to lovers stories I’ve seen because they truly become friends first, friends who support each other through some truly epic horrible stuff, friends who respect each others strengths and weaknesses and dreams for the future. I love how careful they went about it and how slow they took it, and yet once they got going how in tune they were. The I Love You test was brilliant. I want more of it.
General Prompts:
Porn Prompts:
THE SEX IS GOOD is canon, so bring it on. I imagine them having a varied and interesting sex life, simply because Sloan seems someone who would want to try out stuff just to see if she’d like it, and Don just wants to make her happy.
“Well,” Bren said, “I shall not leave him, and he will not leave the people out there, and you for some reason a human can never understand will not leave me, so here we sit, one supposes, until the sun goes down, deeply appreciative of your analysis, Gini-ji, ever so appreciative.”
“Salads,” Algini said.
He had to laugh. He had to laugh aloud, touched to the heart.
“Extraordinary salads, Gini-ji.”Algini was a grim fellow. But he smiled, all the same. “Aiji-ma,” he said, not nandi. Not nand’ paidhi, not even Bren-ji. And one could hardly believe one had just heard that word. He supposed he stared at Algini for a second.
Who I nominated:
Preferred RelationshipsAlgini/Tano or Algini & Tano, Background Algini & Tano & Bren/Jago & Banichi aka the Aishid is definitely welcome
What I love about the canon: Argh this series. I’ve loved it for a long time, because it’s so introspective and focuses so much on interspecies politics and social constructs and language. It's terrible because with every new installment I get swept up again and before I know I’ve reread 15 books for the umpteenth time and I’ve lost two weeks of productivity and sleep.
I love the politics, the machinations, EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ATEVI, the whole human/atevi interface, all the different kinds of human society.
But what does it most for me in these books is the evolution of Brens relationship with his Aishid. I cried when Tano hugged Bren when he left for Reunion. I cried so hard I had to stop reading when Algini first called Bren Aiji-ma (I was also seriously frustrated with Bren when he questioned Algini’s manchi in later books). Seriously, it’s all in little words and subtle gestures, and it gives me the biggest emotional punches ever.
I’ve requested Tano and Algini specifically because they’ve been more in the background lately, but I’m honestly into the whole aishid. Also, I ship Algini/Tano like burning, but if you would rather keep them platonic that’s also definitely fine, manchi isn’t necessarily different with or without sex.
General Prompts:
Porn Prompts: