Dear Yuletide Santa
Firstly, and most importantly, THANK YOU!
Secondly, optional details are optional details. As long as the story's about my favourite two characters, I will love it dearly.
General likes & loves:
I love my OTP's and stories about how they get together. I like a little bit of angst so long as there's a happy ending (for my character or OTP) at the end. I like third person POVs and enjoy R and NC17 ratings if the rating is relevant to the plot. I love touching, making out, fighting (physical and/or verbal), sexing (fade to black or not), banter/good dialogue, and characters who are competent. Five times styled fics are awesome, as are the more traditional beginning-middle-end.
Tropes et al (aka, things I'm a sucker for):
There was only one bed... marriage of convenience... aliens made them do it... fix-it fic... yelling 'because I love you' unexpectedly in an argument... fake dating... time travel fixes everything... stranded alone together... forced to work together... it's the apocalypse... groundhog day time loops... only calling each other by rank until one of them gets injured then using their real name... road trip fic... snuggling for warmth because it's freezing... natural disasters... <3 <3 <3
Do not wants:
AUs where everyone's in high school, or the wild west, or they're all vampires, or running coffee shops, etc; established relationships, character deaths and/or relationships other than the ones requested (unless otherwise noted); first/second POVs; character bashing; porn without plot (PWP), BDSM, non-con, sub-dom, rape, abuse, gore, child harm/abuse/death, bestiality, etc.
Aliens (1986), Dwayne Hicks, Ellen Ripley (Aliens)
Prompt suggestions:
- "Alien3" fix-it fic: the egg is still on board but Ripley and Hicks (and Newt) are able to wake before the alien causes the fire...
- Ripley refuses to go back to LV426; Hicks (and some of the others?) survive the mission somehow; the alien threat stretches across the stars to Earth. How do these changes change nothing at all?
My favourite movie of all time. The end.
Seriously. I love everything about this movie. I love that Ripley is strong and broken and unrelenting. I love that she has PTSD and smokes constantly and is too busy and afraid to sleep. I love that she sees danger and terror everywhere, and that it's real, which is why she will use anything she can find or learn to defend herself and hers. And I love that Hicks is her perfect match, that he is exactly the same, and that he sees all her strengths and faults and never doubts her for a second.
Alien (Prequel Movies), Walter (Alien Prequels), Daniels (Alien Prequels)
Prompt suggestions:
- "Covenant" fix-it fic. Walter follows Daniels, and helps her save herself and her ship from David.
- Slow burn 'ship fic. Tension and wanting and feelings.
I hated pretty much everything about "Alien: Prometheus", from the story to the characters, so I was happily surprised to find how much I enjoyed "Alien: Covenant" and the characters of Daniels and Walter.
I love everything about Walter. His competence, his accent, and his devotion (love?) for Daniels. Similarly, I love Daniels for her quiet strength and competence, and the way she just keeps on going even though she's grieving and in a horrible, terrifying situation. (I'm very much reminded of Ripley and Hicks' partnership every time I watch Daniels and Walter.)
The only thing I want to see of David is his total and complete destruction, so anything fix-it for the end of the movie would be fabulous, especially if it also progresses Walter and Daniels' relationship.
Dredd (2012), Cassandra Anderson (Dredd 2012), Joseph Dredd (Dredd 2012)
Prompt suggestions:
- Slow burn 'ship fic. Tension and wanting and feelings that neither will admit out loud until they can't deny it any longer.
- Dredd and Anderson have to go on the run together, hiding undercover.
I can admit it, I have a little bit of an obsession with this movie. I love Dredd's stoicism and competence; Anderson's mental skills and intuition. Anything that captures that feel of "them against the rest of the world" from the movie, and which adds in some wonderful sexual tension and wanting (and feelings) that progresses to an in-character get together will be adored forever.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Movies), Alex Vreeke, Bethany Walker
Prompt suggestions:
- Bethany, post-"Welcome to the Jungle". Dealing with PTSD from their experiences in the game and not just a little heartbroken now that the guy she'd most definitely fallen for is 20 years older than her and, oh yeah, married with kids. Alex, similarly trying to deal with the fact that he's falling for a girl half his age in spite of (or because of?) everything that's happened since he first played that game in 1996.
- Post-"The Next Level", and based on the mid-credits scene, Brantford has become a real-life Jumanji (similar to how the game affected the town in the original "Jumanji" movie). How do Bethany and Alex (and the others) survive in the quasi-apocalyptic world and win the game? And what if it takes weeks or months to win the game this time - how does that affect Bethany and Alex's relationship?
My personal headcanon is that Bethany definitely falls for Alex during the game, but that Alex's fall is more complicated and only starts being fully realised after they reunite at the end of the first movie (because, really, until that moment there was still the possibility that his time in the game was all just some horrible nightmare that couldn't have really happened...)
I love their age difference, and the tension in their few brief scenes together in their own bodies, and really just everything about how complicated a relationship between them would be. Note: I do not 'ship their canon avatars or avatar appearances, so no Seaplane/Shelly or Seaplane/Cyclone or M/M or human/horse relationships thank you; I 'ship Bethany and Alex as they appear in the real world.
Starship Troopers (1997), Johnny Rico, Dizzy Flores
Prompt suggestions:
- Dizzy lives. She lives, and she and Johnny are together, and (for all intents and purposes) invincible, and just damn epic at killing bugs together.
- A 'what if' where Johnny doesn't enlist straight after high school. In an attempt to get over Johnny, Dizzy enlists to get as far away from him as possible, but then the bugs attack Buenos Aires... how does she cope with the 'death' of the guy she loves? And, more importantly, what happens next when she runs into him later, and realises he's not only alive but has also enlisted? And why is he suddenly acting like he's missed her almost as much as she's missed him...?
I've written in this fandom a couple of times for Yuletide, but never requested it, and I feel like that's something that shouldn't be allowed to continue for another year when I just love this cracky movie so damn much. I remember going to see this at least half a dozen times the summer it came out in the cinemas, and hating Dizzy's death (and her final words) each and every time. I've given two "what if" suggestions above but feel free to choose your own adventure here because all I really need is an alive Dizzy, a Johnny who's a little smarter (emotionally), and a bug-killing super-couple who are just as awesome at making out as they are at marine-ing.
World War Z (2013), Gerry Lane, Segen
Prompt suggestions:
- Gerry and Segen's journey from Wales to safety. I loved the country hopping in the movie, so a journey with lots of stops and backtracks and not-so-shortcuts would be awesome. How do they survive in unfamiliar locations in an apocalyptic nightmare? Do they visit any other locations from the book? Does Nova Scotia remain a safe zone or is it eventually broken and a new safe zone created?
- # Christmases Gerry and Segen survive together.
Yup, I 'ship it: Gerry/Segen, but in a slow burn sense. Like, if the movie had been greenlit for a trilogy, I imagine Karin would have tragically died in movie two, and movie three would have ended with Gerry and Segen walking off into a zombie free sunset together (and if not necessarily romantically walking off, then with the hope that it could go that way after the fade to black).
Karin is great, and I do believe that Gerry loves her and their marriage, so please no character bashing or adultery. Just kill her off respectfully (and easily -- there is a zombie plague after all, and the movie ends with the idea that they're all going to go around injecting each other with fatal diseases, heh) and have Gerry move on appropriately. Or, you know, keep her in Nova Scotia with the kids, and instead focus the story on Gerry and Segen's one true partnership as they traverse the world, learning and killing zombies and surviving.
Finally, while I know this is a zombie movie, I do not want any baby or child deaths (or babies/children turning into zombies) or gore -- decapitate the dead, sure, but please don't describe every piece of rotting or severed flesh in excruciating detail. Thank you.
Links:
My fic: AO3
My recs: Pinboard
Again: thank you!!
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Secondly, optional details are optional details. As long as the story's about my favourite two characters, I will love it dearly.
General likes & loves:
I love my OTP's and stories about how they get together. I like a little bit of angst so long as there's a happy ending (for my character or OTP) at the end. I like third person POVs and enjoy R and NC17 ratings if the rating is relevant to the plot. I love touching, making out, fighting (physical and/or verbal), sexing (fade to black or not), banter/good dialogue, and characters who are competent. Five times styled fics are awesome, as are the more traditional beginning-middle-end.
Tropes et al (aka, things I'm a sucker for):
There was only one bed... marriage of convenience... aliens made them do it... fix-it fic... yelling 'because I love you' unexpectedly in an argument... fake dating... time travel fixes everything... stranded alone together... forced to work together... it's the apocalypse... groundhog day time loops... only calling each other by rank until one of them gets injured then using their real name... road trip fic... snuggling for warmth because it's freezing... natural disasters... <3 <3 <3
Do not wants:
AUs where everyone's in high school, or the wild west, or they're all vampires, or running coffee shops, etc; established relationships, character deaths and/or relationships other than the ones requested (unless otherwise noted); first/second POVs; character bashing; porn without plot (PWP), BDSM, non-con, sub-dom, rape, abuse, gore, child harm/abuse/death, bestiality, etc.
Aliens (1986), Dwayne Hicks, Ellen Ripley (Aliens)
Prompt suggestions:
- "Alien3" fix-it fic: the egg is still on board but Ripley and Hicks (and Newt) are able to wake before the alien causes the fire...
- Ripley refuses to go back to LV426; Hicks (and some of the others?) survive the mission somehow; the alien threat stretches across the stars to Earth. How do these changes change nothing at all?
My favourite movie of all time. The end.
Seriously. I love everything about this movie. I love that Ripley is strong and broken and unrelenting. I love that she has PTSD and smokes constantly and is too busy and afraid to sleep. I love that she sees danger and terror everywhere, and that it's real, which is why she will use anything she can find or learn to defend herself and hers. And I love that Hicks is her perfect match, that he is exactly the same, and that he sees all her strengths and faults and never doubts her for a second.
Alien (Prequel Movies), Walter (Alien Prequels), Daniels (Alien Prequels)
Prompt suggestions:
- "Covenant" fix-it fic. Walter follows Daniels, and helps her save herself and her ship from David.
- Slow burn 'ship fic. Tension and wanting and feelings.
I hated pretty much everything about "Alien: Prometheus", from the story to the characters, so I was happily surprised to find how much I enjoyed "Alien: Covenant" and the characters of Daniels and Walter.
I love everything about Walter. His competence, his accent, and his devotion (love?) for Daniels. Similarly, I love Daniels for her quiet strength and competence, and the way she just keeps on going even though she's grieving and in a horrible, terrifying situation. (I'm very much reminded of Ripley and Hicks' partnership every time I watch Daniels and Walter.)
The only thing I want to see of David is his total and complete destruction, so anything fix-it for the end of the movie would be fabulous, especially if it also progresses Walter and Daniels' relationship.
Dredd (2012), Cassandra Anderson (Dredd 2012), Joseph Dredd (Dredd 2012)
Prompt suggestions:
- Slow burn 'ship fic. Tension and wanting and feelings that neither will admit out loud until they can't deny it any longer.
- Dredd and Anderson have to go on the run together, hiding undercover.
I can admit it, I have a little bit of an obsession with this movie. I love Dredd's stoicism and competence; Anderson's mental skills and intuition. Anything that captures that feel of "them against the rest of the world" from the movie, and which adds in some wonderful sexual tension and wanting (and feelings) that progresses to an in-character get together will be adored forever.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Movies), Alex Vreeke, Bethany Walker
Prompt suggestions:
- Bethany, post-"Welcome to the Jungle". Dealing with PTSD from their experiences in the game and not just a little heartbroken now that the guy she'd most definitely fallen for is 20 years older than her and, oh yeah, married with kids. Alex, similarly trying to deal with the fact that he's falling for a girl half his age in spite of (or because of?) everything that's happened since he first played that game in 1996.
- Post-"The Next Level", and based on the mid-credits scene, Brantford has become a real-life Jumanji (similar to how the game affected the town in the original "Jumanji" movie). How do Bethany and Alex (and the others) survive in the quasi-apocalyptic world and win the game? And what if it takes weeks or months to win the game this time - how does that affect Bethany and Alex's relationship?
My personal headcanon is that Bethany definitely falls for Alex during the game, but that Alex's fall is more complicated and only starts being fully realised after they reunite at the end of the first movie (because, really, until that moment there was still the possibility that his time in the game was all just some horrible nightmare that couldn't have really happened...)
I love their age difference, and the tension in their few brief scenes together in their own bodies, and really just everything about how complicated a relationship between them would be. Note: I do not 'ship their canon avatars or avatar appearances, so no Seaplane/Shelly or Seaplane/Cyclone or M/M or human/horse relationships thank you; I 'ship Bethany and Alex as they appear in the real world.
Starship Troopers (1997), Johnny Rico, Dizzy Flores
Prompt suggestions:
- Dizzy lives. She lives, and she and Johnny are together, and (for all intents and purposes) invincible, and just damn epic at killing bugs together.
- A 'what if' where Johnny doesn't enlist straight after high school. In an attempt to get over Johnny, Dizzy enlists to get as far away from him as possible, but then the bugs attack Buenos Aires... how does she cope with the 'death' of the guy she loves? And, more importantly, what happens next when she runs into him later, and realises he's not only alive but has also enlisted? And why is he suddenly acting like he's missed her almost as much as she's missed him...?
I've written in this fandom a couple of times for Yuletide, but never requested it, and I feel like that's something that shouldn't be allowed to continue for another year when I just love this cracky movie so damn much. I remember going to see this at least half a dozen times the summer it came out in the cinemas, and hating Dizzy's death (and her final words) each and every time. I've given two "what if" suggestions above but feel free to choose your own adventure here because all I really need is an alive Dizzy, a Johnny who's a little smarter (emotionally), and a bug-killing super-couple who are just as awesome at making out as they are at marine-ing.
World War Z (2013), Gerry Lane, Segen
Prompt suggestions:
- Gerry and Segen's journey from Wales to safety. I loved the country hopping in the movie, so a journey with lots of stops and backtracks and not-so-shortcuts would be awesome. How do they survive in unfamiliar locations in an apocalyptic nightmare? Do they visit any other locations from the book? Does Nova Scotia remain a safe zone or is it eventually broken and a new safe zone created?
- # Christmases Gerry and Segen survive together.
Yup, I 'ship it: Gerry/Segen, but in a slow burn sense. Like, if the movie had been greenlit for a trilogy, I imagine Karin would have tragically died in movie two, and movie three would have ended with Gerry and Segen walking off into a zombie free sunset together (and if not necessarily romantically walking off, then with the hope that it could go that way after the fade to black).
Karin is great, and I do believe that Gerry loves her and their marriage, so please no character bashing or adultery. Just kill her off respectfully (and easily -- there is a zombie plague after all, and the movie ends with the idea that they're all going to go around injecting each other with fatal diseases, heh) and have Gerry move on appropriately. Or, you know, keep her in Nova Scotia with the kids, and instead focus the story on Gerry and Segen's one true partnership as they traverse the world, learning and killing zombies and surviving.
Finally, while I know this is a zombie movie, I do not want any baby or child deaths (or babies/children turning into zombies) or gore -- decapitate the dead, sure, but please don't describe every piece of rotting or severed flesh in excruciating detail. Thank you.
Links:
My fic: AO3
My recs: Pinboard
Again: thank you!!
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