Yuletide 2022 Dear Author Letter
Oct. 15th, 2022 08:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stifledlaughter My third year doing Yuletide! Once again I am requesting some self-published novels in the hopes that someone else has also read them, but also a more traditional choice, a manga that can be bought in bookstores! Incredible. I pitched all three fandoms here on this page in the fandom post (just search for 'stifledlaughter' to find my three posts in a row) https://yuletide.dreamwidth.org/281559.html?page=11#comments.
The majority of this likely will have already been in the prompts. Basically, I like hopeful/positive with some thoughtful ideas content, romance when applicable, and found family/friendship dynamics as well. Since we are still having a Really Bad Time this year, I'm definitely not looking for angsty/traumatic/any fic dealing with the current state of things (covid-19/politics), or just deeply negative in general. I'm also somewhat adverse to deep dives into religious thought or focusing on the ins and outs of religion (it's just not what I'm interested in reading!)
I'm always down for humor, if you enjoy writing that! If there is hurt/angst, I'd really like it resolved/to have comfort at the end of it. I'm not particularly looking for smut this particular Yuletide.
I like fic that's character focused, slice of life/daily life focused, and interpersonal relationships (platonic, romantic, familial) focused. Especially if fic acknowledges the uniqueness of the character (like an artist integrating art/their practice into their life, or a magic-user studying up on their magic to improve their life.) I, as someone who works in education, am a huuuge fan of lifelong learning/self improvement, although I know that's a fairly niche thing to write about ^^; But it's an idea, if you want to write about it for any of the below fandoms!
My AO3 is https://archiveofourown.org/users/stifledlaughter/pseuds/stifledlaughter if you'd like to see the kind of fics I like! Also I welcome treats, if anyone would be so kind as to write any :D
My requests:
Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites - Joy Demorra
Characters requested: Vlad Blutstein & Ursula Brandr & Nathan Northland
DNW: major character death, depression/major illness, events in the real world/our Earth, focusing on religious themes, genderswap, smut, AUs
(The below ideas are not required/necessary, just ideas/prompts!)
I'd love a canonverse "small moments" sort of fic, like any time during the main plot, maybe one of them asking each of the other members of this team a question and going to each member musing on it, or one character assessing their different relationships with the others. I just wanna see these three together in some way, whether they are in love yet, working their way there, or any variation on that journey. While I'm not adding it as a character tag, I'm also down for any worldbuilding you want to work in there, as I adore the magic/gaslamp fantasy/supernatural themes in the book.
The Warrior's Guild - Scarlett Gale
Characters: Lucían (The Warrior's Guild) Glory (The Warrior's Guild)
DNW: major character death, depression/major illness, noncon/infidelity, smut, AUs
(The below ideas are not required/necessary, just ideas/prompts!)
If this had a tag, I'd want it to be "Lucían and Glory living their best lives"! What other jobs do they do with the Warrior's Guild? How does Lucían improve his magic? How do they deepen their relationships with the people they met along the way in their journey in the books? Do they take up knitting, gardening, or (gasp) get a pet? How is the abbey doing, and do they help out a lot? Basically this is me asking for any sort of continuation after the books!
The majority of this likely will have already been in the prompts. Basically, I like hopeful/positive with some thoughtful ideas content, romance when applicable, and found family/friendship dynamics as well. Since we are still having a Really Bad Time this year, I'm definitely not looking for angsty/traumatic/any fic dealing with the current state of things (covid-19/politics), or just deeply negative in general. I'm also somewhat adverse to deep dives into religious thought or focusing on the ins and outs of religion (it's just not what I'm interested in reading!)
I'm always down for humor, if you enjoy writing that! If there is hurt/angst, I'd really like it resolved/to have comfort at the end of it. I'm not particularly looking for smut this particular Yuletide.
I like fic that's character focused, slice of life/daily life focused, and interpersonal relationships (platonic, romantic, familial) focused. Especially if fic acknowledges the uniqueness of the character (like an artist integrating art/their practice into their life, or a magic-user studying up on their magic to improve their life.) I, as someone who works in education, am a huuuge fan of lifelong learning/self improvement, although I know that's a fairly niche thing to write about ^^; But it's an idea, if you want to write about it for any of the below fandoms!
My AO3 is https://archiveofourown.org/users/stifledlaughter/pseuds/stifledlaughter if you'd like to see the kind of fics I like! Also I welcome treats, if anyone would be so kind as to write any :D
My requests:
Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites - Joy Demorra
Characters requested: Vlad Blutstein & Ursula Brandr & Nathan Northland
DNW: major character death, depression/major illness, events in the real world/our Earth, focusing on religious themes, genderswap, smut, AUs
(The below ideas are not required/necessary, just ideas/prompts!)
I'd love a canonverse "small moments" sort of fic, like any time during the main plot, maybe one of them asking each of the other members of this team a question and going to each member musing on it, or one character assessing their different relationships with the others. I just wanna see these three together in some way, whether they are in love yet, working their way there, or any variation on that journey. While I'm not adding it as a character tag, I'm also down for any worldbuilding you want to work in there, as I adore the magic/gaslamp fantasy/supernatural themes in the book.
The Warrior's Guild - Scarlett Gale
Characters: Lucían (The Warrior's Guild) Glory (The Warrior's Guild)
DNW: major character death, depression/major illness, noncon/infidelity, smut, AUs
(The below ideas are not required/necessary, just ideas/prompts!)
If this had a tag, I'd want it to be "Lucían and Glory living their best lives"! What other jobs do they do with the Warrior's Guild? How does Lucían improve his magic? How do they deepen their relationships with the people they met along the way in their journey in the books? Do they take up knitting, gardening, or (gasp) get a pet? How is the abbey doing, and do they help out a lot? Basically this is me asking for any sort of continuation after the books!
A Witch's Printing Office (Manga)
Characters: Mika Kamiya
DNW: major character death, depression/major illness, smut, AUs, events in the real world/our Earth, focusing on religious themes
(The below ideas are not required/necessary, just ideas/prompts!)
I would love to just see "the continuing adventures of Mika" in her fantasy world! I love how the canon goes into the ins and outs of doujin publishing, working at conventions, and fannish writing - expansions on that would be really great. As someone that has worked in publishing and attended many conventions, those things particularly speak to me, and there are so many scenarios that you could put into this fantasy world that translate over from ours. (While she is the only requested character, you can obviously have other people in the fic, as long as she's the focus!)
