Beware: The Chibis Have Taken Control!

End of an Era?

eirenical — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 03:07:18 GMT

Well, guys... it's finally happened. LJ broke the ability to mirror posts from DW. And as this is just the last in a long line of shady shit LJ has done over the years to prove they don't play well with others, I think I'm well and truly done. I DO want to start using my journals more, but I'm not going to manually copy/paste each entry from DW to here. That's just... I'm sorry, but that's stupid.

And since I don't seem to be getting consistent email notifications from LJ anymore, either, if you're trying to reach me here, you probably won't.

If you'd still like to reach me through my journal, you can find me @ http://eirenical.dreamwidth.org, but if you REALLY want to know where you can find me most often and consistently these days, it's on tumblr @ http://eirenical.tumblr.com.

If any of you are still here, I hope I see you around!

Year End Word Count Meme 2021

eirenical — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 19:50:40 GMT

Didn't get this done before the end of the year, but on the upside, it means I can include my and exchange fic I wrote that were revealed today. ;D Not my most prolific year, by far, but I do have one very large WiP that's literally two scenes from being done, so that's something? Anyway... enjoy?

Note: all links are to their respective tumblr posts except for "The Way to a Man's Heart," "To Drive the Dark Away," and "Cherished." These are recently revealed exchange fic, and don't yet have tumblr posts (I've added brief tag summaries to those so you have some idea of what you're getting into before you click). For all fic with a "!" or "$" tag, PLEASE read the tags and warnings before going on to the fic. I do not use those warnings frivolously and there IS some "dead dove: do not eat" stuff in there. Read at your own risk... or pleasure. ^_~

		Key: ! = Rape/Dub/Noncon elements \| $ = Grievous Bodily Harm \| M=mature \| E=explicit
Date		Title	Fandom	Words
1/23		Soup Is the Highest Expression of Love... but So Is a Venus Hand Trap In the Right Circumstances	Guardian	9,473
1/27		Nothing but Filial	Guardian	1,261
3/28-3/31	!M	Awakening	GYADL	15,018
4/25	$	beyond the end of the story	Guardian	5,988
4/29		A Man Obsessed*	Les Mis	1,349
8/11	E	the stories say more than that	DMBJ/TLT2	8,072
8/22		When Is a Curse Not a Curse? When It Becomes a Gift.	DMBJ/TLTR	16,289
9/5-9/25	!E	Reclamation	GYADL	21,835
12/7		The Way to a Man's Heart (Iron Triangle OT3, fluff fic, food as a metaphor for love, cooking)	DMBJ/TLTR	3,202
12/12	!	sometimes the cure is worse than the disease	DMBJ/TLTR	5,485
12/22		To Drive the Dark Away (E&C&C, C/C, MC2 (d/s undertones, nonsexual subspace), polyamorous!Courfeyrac (no cheating), canon era, holiday traditions and fluff	Les Mis	2,714
12/22	!E	Cherished (Dark!Wu Xie, Pingxie, captive Xiaoge, manipulation, gaslighting, dead dove: do not eat)	DMBJ	2,637
			Subtotal	93,323
Tumblr Fic
N/A		none this year
			Subtotal	0
WiPs
3/22		Nightmare Art	GYADL	2,158
6/8		Time Share fic [snippets]	TLTR	1,058
6/23		Legacies Found (total: 10,133; new since last year: 2,091) [snippets]	The Untamed	2,091
4/10		Mirror, Mirror [snippets]	Guardian	3,477
7/28		Lighthouse Keeper!Shen Wei fic (cowritten with elenothar ) [snippet]	Guardian	3,432
9/25		piaopiao fic	TLTR	353
10/15		behind the door au [snippet]	DMBJ	687
10/17		this jadeite is too big	DMBJ/TLTR	27,932
11/10		Fusheng lives BUT AT WHAT COST [snippet]	GYADL	609
12/7		elenothar birthday fic	Guardian	330
12/10		cure is worse than the disease sequel	DMBJ	276

			Subtotal	42,403

			Total	135,726

(This entry was originally posted on DW @ https://eirenical.dreamwidth.org/263490.html)

Dear Yuletide Author,

eirenical — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:36:27 GMT

(This entry was originally posted on DW @ https://eirenical.dreamwidth.org/262946.html)

[DMBJ novels] Behind the Door (snippet)

eirenical — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:37:31 GMT

OK, I know it’s stupid late to be posting a fic snippet, and it's been a very long time since I've posted fic from this blog, but I need to do something to make myself feel better and tumblr is... let's just say I'm not trusting them to protect my stuff at the moment, so here we are. Hopefully people will find it?

This snippet takes place during the last chapters of “Ten Years Later” and will eventually follow the Iron Triangle as they recover from that separation. Enjoy? ^_^ (And yes, the below gif is mine; I did not repost it. I’m just... hopefully temporarily locked out of my main blog. :P)

"What will you do? When this is all over?"

Pangzi turned his head, catching just a glimpse of the man sitting beside him. Pangzi didn't need more than that to know that he had his attention. "Will you go back to the life you knew before? Always chasing the next tomb, the next mystery?" He bumped their shoulders together. "Or do you think you'll be ready to try something new?"

"Something new…?"

Pangzi nodded. "He's going to need time when he comes out. Time to readjust. To remember what it's like to be human and not… whatever it is that he became…"

"Behind the doors."

A soft sigh. "Yeah. We can't expect him to just pick up and go haring off into tombs with us again without missing a beat. Even he may not bounce back from 10 years of solitary confinement so quickly. So what will you do? Leave him somewhere to work it out for himself while you go off having adventures? Or…"

The barest quirk of lips gave him away long before the words emerged. "Or try something new."

A quiet laugh followed those words—breathless, almost mirthless—but it cheered Pangzi to hear it just the same. It had been a long time since he'd heard his friend laugh, seen him smile. The journey up the mountain had taken its toll on all of them, even him. Pangzi nudged his shoulder again. "Well?"

A deep breath, only slowly released, and with it, much of the tension in that lithe frame eased. That tiny quirk of a smile widened, just a hint, just enough. "Would it be premature to retire at my age?"

Pangzi snorted out a great laugh, hooking his arm around those slim shoulders and pulling him in for a tight hug that might have been more wrestling move than actual hug, but what did that matter between friends as good as they? "Premature to retire at your age?" He snorted. "Well, it's not premature to retire at *my* age, and that makes it two against one. We'll talk him into it somehow."

"Yes. We will. A quiet place. A gentle place. Where he can spend his hours however *he* choses. Where he can just… be."

Pangzi released him with a fond pat. "I think that sounds lovely. And I'm sure once we've talked him into it, he will, too." Pangzi turned his attention back to the silent doors they had been sitting vigil in front of for the past twelve hours. He shifted, digging a stone out from under his ass with a low growl. "If it takes much longer for these damned things to open, I'm going to blast them down, consequences be damned."

Pangzi was tired of waiting. He wanted his friend back.

"Be patient, Pangzi. They *will* open. You'll see."

Pangzi snorted. "Patience may be a virtue, but it's not one of mine. Ten years, on the dot, you said. The dot passed an hour ago."

"'At my best guess,' I said. Give him time."

Pangzi crossed his arms over his chest and rolled his eyes, but otherwise subsided. If he'd been here with them ten years ago, this wouldn't have happened; he was sure of it. But of course, Tianzhen hadn't called him, hadn't told him, hadn't warned him, so he could be prepared, and they could talk some *sense* into—

No. There was no point in recriminations, in wishing the past could have happened differently. It was done, and there was no changing it. But they *could* start from now, and help their friend pick up the pieces when he emerged from whatever he'd been through while behind those damned doors.

"There. Pangzi, look!"

Pangzi jerked his gaze up just in time to see the doors ease open a hair, and then a crack, and then finally widely enough for a person to pass through. Pangzi was just numb enough from the cold, just stiff enough from having sat on the cold ground all night, that he wasn't the first person to reach the door. He wasn't the one to catch their missing third when he all but fell through it, either, but he was there barely a second later, crouched down beside them both, laughing through tears as he gazed upon that face that he'd missed so very, very much—more than he'd realized he could miss anyone.

Dazed eyes took in both their faces, wrinkles drawing those brows together as he fought to find words after not needing them for ten years.

"…you're here."

Pangzi wrapped his arms around his friends, drawing them into an even closer embrace. "He promised, didn't he?"

At the slow nod he received in response, Pangzi couldn't help himself anymore. He leaned forward and pressed a kiss to that sweat-dampened brow, wrapped a hand around his friend's nape and squeezed just a little, just enough to reassure them both that he was really there.

"Welcome back, Tianzhen. Welcome back." (This entry was originally posted on DW @ https://eirenical.dreamwidth.org/262455.html)

Year End Word Count Meme 2020

eirenical — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 02:50:52 GMT

And now... for my 2020 year end word count meme! I... don't imagine it will change much in the next 2 days, so I'm going to go ahead and post it now.

So, exciting things in the spreadsheet this year... I WROTE THINGS. Seriously, guys, this is the best year I've had in terms of word count in a very long time. (Like... 7 years ago kind of long time.) Who knew that this clusterfuck of a year would be the year that got me writing again? XD ...then again, I'm not wasting all my energy on commuting to work and dealing with BEING at work and I'm free to use my downtime at home however I choose. Combine that with finally falling into a new muse fandom? It was a match made in quarantine hell. ;D

Even though I've sort of moved on to other fandoms at this point, I really have to thank The Untamed for that. It was exactly the fandom I needed at exactly the time I needed it, and I made some amazing friends who were very encouraging, too. I'm still kind of... half-in the fandom, and I have some other stories that I would really like to finish for it, so I haven't left it entirely, but that's the fandom that got me going again and it will forever have a special place in my heart.

And now... what you all came here for! (And if there are any WiPs or tumblr ficlets which strike your fancy, by all means, let me know! ^_^)

Key: ! = Rape/Noncon/Dubcon elements | M=mature | E=explicit

Date

Title

Fandom

Words

2/21

A Prize So Precious

The Untamed

1,457

3/1

Warming the Cold Frost

The Untamed

1,481

3/1

Breathe… Just Breathe…

The Untamed

703

3/19

Unexpected Play Dates

The Untamed

1,326

4/9

Long, Long, and Long Ago... and Not So Long Ago, At All

The Untamed

6,193

5/6

Cracked Earth

Les Miserables

7,188

6/12

The Next Best Thing 01

The Untamed

700

6/14

The Next Best Thing 02

The Untamed

1,180

6/23

The Care and Training of a Former Megalomaniac 01

Guardian

1,779

6/26

No Man is an Island 05

Les Miserables

2,918

7/6

The Care and Training of a Former Megalomaniac 02

Guardian

3,847

7/11

Lost Touch

The Untamed

2,659

7/24

The Care and Training of a Former Megalomaniac 03

Guardian

5,014

7/14-9/13

Legacies Lost (1-9)

The Untamed

41,962

10/1

…indefinitely…

GYADL

1,684

10/4

Obedience

GYADL

2,044

10/10

Grief

GYADL

2,225

10/13

Afterlife (1-2)

GYADL

6,588

10/17

Nostalgia

GYADL

3,738

11/23

This is Not a Shovel Talk

Guardian

2,209

11/27

The Inherent Intimacy of Walking Barefoot Around Someone Else's Home

Guardian

2,194

12/18

Unrevealed Yuletide Fic 01

3,723

12/21

Unrevealed Yuletide Fic 02

1,317

12/25

Unrevealed Yuletide Fic 03

5,969

Subtotal

110,098

Tumblr Fic

6/2

3-sentence fic: Jiang Cheng & music

The Untamed

117

6/2

3-sentence fic: Jiang Cheng & morning

The Untamed

207

6/3

3-sentence fic: Lan Xichen & Regret

The Untamed

185

8/4

Arrangements of Convenience (beginning of the threesome fix-it fic)

GYADL

1,058

12/12

Shen Wei in College snippet

Guardian

864

Subtotal

2,431

WiPs

2/17

Untitled Courferre Bed Sharing Fic

Les Miserables

646

3/31

Muet 14

Les Miserables

2,398

6/17

Untitled Lin Xiuya recovery fic

Fight Breaks Sphere

1,271

7/16

Legacies Found

The Untamed

8,042

8/16

Luo Fusheng & Mei Gao Mei fic

GYADL

719

8/16

The Care and Training of a Former Megalomaniac 04

Guardian

4,495

10/21

Awakening (next in the Whumptober series)

GYADL

9,825

Subtotal

25,806

Total

139,925

(This entry was originally posted on DW @ https://rchan.dreamwidth.org/261662.html)

Year End Word Count Meme Retroactive (2013)

eirenical — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 02:11:08 GMT

I never did the year end word count meme for 2013, which is a SHAME because apparently I wrote a metric fuckton. XD So, with <lj-user=zoicite>'s encouragement, I went back and did it retroactively... to the best of my ability. It may not be wholly accurate (especially as regards all the WiPs), but it's as close as I can get.

Things of note: LOTS of porn. WOW I wrote a lot of smut that year. XD Also wrote way more Being Human UK fic than I thought that year. This was ALSO the year that I wrote the bulk of FYFM and I really can't believe I let THAT one get by me without doing the year end word count. To date, that's still my longest fic... and it's still a WiP. O_O

Anyway, without further ado...

Key: ! = Rape/Noncon/Dubcon elements | M=mature | E=explicit

Date

Title

Fandom

Words

1/4

Operating on Instinct

Teen Wolf

8,555

1/7-8/14

Our Place in Time (1-5)

Teen Wolf; The 4400

22,642

1/26

One Day More

Teen Wolf

680

2/1

You Only Think You Know Me

Book of Mormon

501

2/9

In Search of Paradise Lost

Being Human UK

1,013

2/16

Coping Mechanism

Being Human UK

1,557

2/24

What's in a Name?

Book of Mormon

4,790

3/4

Control

Being Human UK

1,119

3/4

Victory

Three Musketeers (1993)

384

3/15

Sometimes We All Prefer the Lie

Being Human UK

1,373

3/22

A New Day Dawning: Feeling the Light

Newsies!

3,624

3/31

Calm

Power Rangers

1,691

4/9

Smother

Teen Wolf

346

4/13-4/23

A Great and Terrible Price

JCS

23,074

4/22

Reasons Enough to Surrender

Vikings

2,804

5/21

FYFM 01

Les Miserables

4,336

5/23

FYFM 02

Les Miserables

4,168

5/25

To Dance to His Tune

Vikings

2,433

5/25

FYFM 03

Les Miserables

3,315

5/29

FYFM 04

Les Miserables

4,741

5/31

FYFM 05

Les Miserables

3,285

6/7

FYFM 06

Les Miserables

6,133

6/10

Put Up or Shut Up

Saved by the Bell

1,705

6/12

Kiss You, Kiss Me

Les Miserables

8,492

6/15

FYFM 07

Les Miserables

6,093

6/20

And the Fox Declared to the Hound...

Mighty Ducks Movies

28,089

6/26

About My Neck Was Hung

Les Miserables

2,063

6/28

FYFM 08

Les Miserables

4,555

7/2

Best Kept Secrets

Les Miserables

7,114

7/22

FYFM 09

Les Miserables

9&10 >

7/30

Exit Stiles, Stage Floor... Exhausted

Teen Wolf

2,174

8/19

FYFM 10

Les Miserables

10,890

8/21

To Live, Dying

Les Miserables

2,284

8/24

Let the Rain Come Down

Les Miserables

3,782

8/29

Save You, Save Me

Les Miserables

2,436

9/13

Echoes of Love

Power Rangers

5,032

9/15

FYFM 11

Les Miserables

5,315

10/5

A Proper Dressing Down

Les Miserables

3,801

10/25

FYFM 12

Les Miserables

6,824

11/18

All of the Above and Much More Besides

Les Miserables

12,007

11/20

To Make His Mistress Laugh

Les Miserables

5,302

12/5

FYFM 13

Les Miserables

9,451

12/20

The Space Between

Les Miserables

2,847

Subtotal

215,220

Tumblr Fic

1/18

Gentlemanly Behavior

Teen Wolf

3,633

3/11

Hal x Hal

Being Human

539

3/30

Neal/August fic

Once Upon a Time

2,189

5/28

Wreck It Derek

TW; Wreck It Ralph

449

5/31

Frustration

Teen Wolf

652

6/5

LM x L&O:SVU fic

LM; L&O SVU

263

7/28

Reincarnation fic (WOW my headcanons on this would be so different now)

Les Mis; Gundam Wing

201

10/1

Courfius Canon Era

Les Miserables

503

10/20

Courfius Canon Era (Porny Bits)

Les Miserables

392

10/28

McKinley/General fic

Book of Mormon

9,092

Subtotal

17,913

WiPs

2/21

Hal / Mr. Snow fic

Being Human

230

2/28

Untitled DP fic

Danny Phantom

5,738

2/28

Hatter fic

Hatter (?)

2,319

2/28

OB Rewrite 05

Fushigi Yuugi

10,626

3/21

Hal Mitchell (???)

Being Human

215

3/27

Hal Fergus (Steam?)

Being Human

1,731

5/5

Hal x Fergus x Cutler

Being Human

2,816

5/31

Hal x Fergus fic (mouthy little dicksplash)

Being Human

1,964

8/23

BH x N2N xover

Being Human; Next to Normal

2,372

9/5

Tommy x Kevin fic

Tommy

1,259

Subtotal

29,270

Total

262,403

(This entry was originally posted on DW @ https://rchan.dreamwidth.org/261466.html)

Dear Yuletide Author,

eirenical — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 02:55:10 GMT

(Note: This letter is complete, but I may come back and add additional Yuleporn and Crueltide prompts to it later.)

Rating and kink:

Any rating can fly. Really. Any rating. And for shipfic, my general preferences tend towards slash or femslash and/or polyamory, but I'll specify preferred ships in the individual fandoms.

As for kink, if you'd like to write something on the higher end of the rating scale, I'll specify within specific fandoms if there are any particular kinks I might be interested in. (If you'd like to include a kink and you aren't sure I'll be OK with it, please ask the mods to contact me and ask. I'm pretty approachable and I really won't mind being spoiled with something like that. If anything, it will only heighten my gleeful anticipation. ^_^)

General likes and dislikes:

AUs, particularly mundane AUs (i.e. coffeehouse AUs, high school AUs, etc.), unless specified. As mentioned above, AUs of the canon divergence/"What if?" variety (i.e. what if character A had made a different decision here; what if character B hadn't died) are fine.
Infidelity/cheating/going behind someone's back/etc.
Embarrassment/secondhand embarrassment/humiliation
Animal abuse or pet death. Referring to animals with the pronoun “it.”
The following kinks: Age play/infantalism, scat, watersports, a/b/o dynamics/omegaverse. (... basically, if I haven't listed it as something I'd like for a particular story, please err on the side of caution and just don't include it. Thanks!)

Specific Requests:

You are free to utilize any prompt I toss out there or none of them. If reading what I like about the characters/worlds sparks a fic idea in your head, feel free to ignore the prompts and run with it. ^_^

Also, length of babble in no way indicates my fandom preferences. (i.e., one, in particular, is a very new fandom to me, and I have very few people to talk to about it, so I ended up having a LOT more to say about that canon than some of the others, but it in no way means that I care less about the others.) I promise I'm equally excited about the possibility of all of these requests. ^_^ Some of these are also cribbed from earlier letters because I just honestly can never get enough of them, so here we are. ^_^

All Seeing Eye - Rob Thurman
Characters: Jackson Lee Eye, Hector Allgood, Meleah Guerrera, Abigail "Abby" (All Seeing Eye)

One of the most compelling parts of the book to me is the enemies-to-friends(-to-lovers? ^_~) thing going on between Jackson and Hector. I absolutely love the entire arc of their developing friendship from angry and antagonistic to deep-seated trust and practical co-dependency. Anything that looks at that friendship (or romance, if you want to look at it that way!) through that lens is something I'd really enjoy. The other most compelling part of the book to me is how Jackson thinks he is this surly, antisocial hermit... and yet many times when he meets someone new, they end up being friend-shaped somehow. This happens with Charlie, with Abby, with Hector (eventually), with Meleah... honestly, for someone who's so antisocial, he's done a pretty good job of building himself a family, and I am a sucker for found family tropes. ^_~

Specific prompts:

I mentioned in my likes that hurt/comfort is one of my favorite tropes? Jackson is practically made for it if that's something you're into writing. ^_^ (I mean... at least half the book is Hector/Jackson hurt/comfort. ;D) So, something where Jackson's powers get him into trouble (i.e., coming into contact with something someone died on violently) and one of the others having to take care of him while he puts himself back together would be right up my alley. ^____^
And again, if you're slash minded, we know that Jackson and Hector once had a really awkward conversation about why Jackson doesn't have sex. Do they ever try it? What do they do to try to get around the whole overly enforced intimacy? Do they end up in a relationship where they're platonically intimate but not having sex? Hell, do they ever even manage to sleep in the same bed, for that matter? Inquiring minds want to know!
The other thing that I really love about this book is the way it ends. I love that Jackson has started to open himself up to other people. I love that he has a second chance to do right by Tess. I love that he's built this family for himself out of nothing and completely against the odds. And I would love to see what happens from there. The adventures of Jackson raising Tess, for instance. What's it like for him and his powers living with another person? What's it like for someone who didn't have ANY kind of a healthy childhood to try to raise a child? How involved is Abby in the rearing of little Tess? Where do Meleah and Hector fit in to this happily ever after? They were there the night Tess arrived; what do they think of him trying to be any kind of father? Maybe they become honorary (or actual) godparents, or something? The punch line is that I'd love to see a little more of everyone's found-family-happily-ever-after. ^_^

What about ships?

Honestly, I love the canon ships and would be perfectly happy with them written/included exactly as they are. I think Hector and Meleah are awkward and adorable and I would love to see her managing him with that quietly competent way she has. And I am so on board for Jackson's asexual-by-default situation that he's landed in thanks to his powers.

However... !

I also ship Hector and Jackson and would be thrilled to see how that might or might not work out, giving the restrictions of Jackson's powers. How do they get around that? Do they get around that? What would a relationship between them look like? And if you choose to go that route, since we know that Abby is canonically bi/pan... maybe she and Meleah find some happiness with each other, too? ^_~ I'd love to see what a relationship between the two of them would look like!

Yuleporn prompts:

As mentioned above, Jackson and Hector once had a really awkward conversation about why Jackson doesn't have sex (he's a very powerful touch-postcognitive; so that much skin on skin contact generally gives him way too much information about his partner). So, I wonder... do Hector and Jackson ever try it? What do they do to try to get around the whole overly enforced intimacy of Jackson's gift? ...or not? How does that play out in bed? Do they end up in a relationship where they're platonically intimate but not having sex?
For that matter... what might they do instead, if Jackson can't stand to be in physical contact during sex? Maybe some toys and voyeurism are involved? Maybe Hector invests in lots of latex gloves so that fingering and/or fisting can be options? All of these are fair game! ;D

Jeremiah (TV)
Characters: Markus Alexander, Jeremiah (Jeremiah)

(At this point, this is a perennial request, and I don't think I'll ever get tired of it, so this is pretty much cribbed from my last letter. ^_^)

Oh... Jeremiah. ^_^ Your dystopian, disaster-ridden, well-intentioned, mommy/daddy-issued, fucked up plottiness gets me every time. I am always a sucker for the idea of an entire world full of people who grew up from childhood with no guiding parental force and how that affects the society that emerges. I love how there is a range in attitude from those old enough to remember the days before the Big Death (and thus endlessly angst and wish after those lost technologies and the easy lives they had) and those who were so young at the time that this screwed up remnant of a world is all they know and they embrace it. I love how there are pockets of people trying to reclaim civilization and others that embrace the utter lawlessness of a world with no rules. Most of all I love how every single person in this world has a touch of the sulky and rebellious teenager in them and how, ironically, it's the oldest ones who cling to each other most desperately to assuage their fears of abandonment.

... and that brings us to my requested characters. ;D

Jeremiah & Markus

I don't know what it is about those two that I love so. By all rights a relationship between them should not work, hell, even a friendship between them shouldn't work, but somehow it does. There are moments between them when you see that Jeremiah is the only one that Markus lets his guard down around -- the time he gets drunk and Jeremiah is the one to find and take care of him, the way that Jeremiah is the only one he's comfortable enough around to show his rage and frustration, the way that Jeremiah doesn't believe in anyone... yet he believes in Markus. I love that. Everything about it.
The truth is, I have a fealty/loyalty kink a mild wide, and Jeremiah and Markus exemplify that trope in a very unique way. Jeremiah is loyal to Markus and, more importantly, to the ideals that Markus is almost too afraid to have in the beginning but wantsto have. And Markus recognizes early on that the only way to keep Jeremiah's loyalty is to give him complete freedom and autonomy, to deny him even the trappings of that fealty. It's the epitome of "if you love something let it free," and it's fascinating watching that play out and watching Jeremiah slowly but surely accept a more traditional form of loyalty -- even when that means protecting Markus from himself.
I'd love to see something exploring that relationship and how it changes, even just looking at a snapshot of it along the way. Markus carries the weight of the world on his shoulders and has always acted far older than his age. Jeremiah is the only one who consistently gets him to drop that, even if only for a moment, and act like he's no older than the rest of them. Markus accepts things from Jeremiah in a way he doesn't from anyone else -- if he's not Jeremiah's leader, he doesn't have to stay strong, after all -- and maybe that allows him to accept comfort from Jeremiah after Meghan's death.

Some more specific prompt thoughts:

What was going through Jeremiah's head when Markus got shot?
Maybe you want to look at what happens after the finale. Does Markus stay in charge? What does he do if he doesn't?
Slice of life at Thunder Mountain
Markus overworks himself/gets sick/gets injured/has a major hangover from that drinking binge/etc. and Jeremiah has to be the one to sit on him and get him to rest?
This one is a little specific, but I've always wondered what it would be like to have these two dropped into an alternate future—i.e., one where the Big Death didn't happen—and have to find each other there and decide whether or not they even want to try to get home to the other people they care about, or if they just want to take the blessing for what it is and live out their lives in this new world.

Tir Alainn Trilogy - Anne Bishop
Characters: Morag (Tir Alainn Trilogy), Padrick (Tir Alainn Trilogy), Ashk (Tir Alainn Trilogy)

(Another perennial request, pretty much cribbed from last year's letter. ^_^)

I love these three. I just really, really do. I love Ashk and Morag's friendship, how well they understand each other, how, in each other, they've finally found someone else who can match their strength, someone who wouldn't be afraid of them just because of who they are. I love Padrick and Ashk's relationship, how Padrick not only accepts, but revels, in Ashk's strength but still looks for opportunities to pamper her and show her a little softness, how he loves the Green Lady and respects and follows the Hunter and everything in between. And I love Padrick and Morag's friendship, how he treats her to that same blend of tough love and kindness that he does Ashk, how he revels in the fact that he gets to stand by her side and see that she's taken care of, not just because Ashk would want it, but because, in his own way, he loves her, too. I love how he sees so easily that Morag has been starved for simple things like friendship and affection from all but her sister and is eager to coddle her and take of her but is equally easy with stepping aside and accepting her lead, how he just lets her be who she is, like he does for Ashk. I just love the entire dynamic between these three. ^___________^

Prompts:

FIX IT, OMG, PLEASE FIX IT. I mean, the ending where Morag ends up getting to grow up as Ari's beloved wiccanfae daughter is great. It really is. But I'd be even happier if they'd found a way to cure her or if she'd never been turned to begin with. So what happens? How does that get fixed? How do they deal with the close call/might-have-been? Is Morag even happy to be saved?
Or maybe we just want to skip the how and go straight to what happens next? I would love some happy threesome fic for these three. I really would. ^_^ Whether that's an Ashk/Padrick + Morag situation or it's a full-on Ashk/Morag/Padrick situation, I just want more of the three of them and that dynamic I described above. ^_^ For example:
The war is over and Morag returns to Bretonwood with Ashk and Padrick. Does one of them have to talk the other into wooing Morag or are they already on the same page? How does Morag react? It seems like she, at least, would need some convincing. She's had too many years of thinking herself a freak and completely undesirable. (I mean, she's shocked as all get out by Padrick's appreciation of her beauty on the journey.) Has she ever even been intimate with anyone? Is she afraid she'll ruin things? Or do they just click into place like they belong together?
If we are in happy threesome territory already (either romantically or platonically), what is that like? Some happy slice-of-life fic for them would be lovely. A Harvest Fair, maybe? Helping Ari celebrate the Solstice? A quiet evening at home tucked in by the fire while it snows outside? (We know that Padrick loves petting shadowhounds and Morag has a brand new shadowhound-mix puppy to cuddle, so maybe we have a literal puppy pile by the fire? ;D) Padrick and Ashk trying to introduce Morag to the finer points of human life?
I'd also just love honestly ANYTHING about Ashk and Morag's friendship. They've both been so starved for someone who understands them and doesn't fear them. Ashk at least has the second in Padrick, and Morag with Morphia, but having someone who understands them is a different thing entirely. I love those moments when they work in such perfect gestalt that neither even needs to speak because they just GET IT. And I love that. I love their friendship. I love that deep level of understanding. I love that recognition in them both, that feeling of “I KNOW you. I get you. Yessssss,” and how as wary as everyone is of each of them alone, the two of them together are just Not To Be Trifled With Ever. I just love them, OK? ^_^ (And I'm OK with this prompt being just the two of them; the only thing I ask is that if you take this down a romantic road that it's understood that Padrick is included, as well, even if he isn't explicitly present in the fic.)

许你浮生若梦 | Xǔ Nǐ Fú Shēng Ruò Mèng | Granting You a Dreamlike Life (TV)
Characters: Luo Fusheng

Right. So. I'll own up to this one: I fell into this fandom out of Guardian in pursuit of more Zhu Yilong content. And... he's very, very pretty when he cries, and this series delivers on Luo Fusheng angst in SPADES, so I've been living here happily ever since. ^_^ (You could pretty much give me anything for this fandom, and I'd be over the moon that I'm not the only one writing for it. ;D)

But, in particular, what I love about Luo Fusheng is that he is just SUCH A GOOD. He may be the King of Hell on the outside, but on the inside, he is the softest, squishiest person on the show. His entire motivation throughout the show is to keep as many of his loved ones as happy as he can for as long as he can. And when he can't, you can see that it just kills him. He will forgive any and every slight against him, no matter how badly he's been hurt, as long as it will make the other person happy. And no matter how much he's suffering, he still manages to find a smile for everyone he cares about and I just... I go absolutely FERAL for characters like that. If you had picked out my every favorite character trait and stuck it in a character... you'd get Luo Fusheng. So, essentially, anything about him and this series would be wonderful.

(Side note: If you are the type of person who likes to browse your recipient's AO3, please don't let the fic I've written for this fandom scare you off of it. There is dub/noncon abounding in what I've written, and while I am (clearly) into that for this series, it's not the only thing I'm into and I mean... it was for Whumptober. ^_^ *shrugs*)

But if you'd like more guidance than that...

Solo prompts:

Anything to do with Luo Fusheng and Mei Gao Mei would be wonderful. Was that his baby; did he create it? Or did it exist before he came along, and he just took it over? What kind of relationship does he have with the people who work there? The entertainers and the serving staff? Did they take him in as a wide-eyed youngster and teach him how their world works? I just love the idea of Luo Fusheng and the Mei Gao Mei people as a little network of found family. ^_^
Fusheng's nightmares. OMG, there's so much potential there. Some hurt/comfort maybe? Someone catching him mid-nightmare and helping him through it? We got a little of that with Tianying in canon, did it ever happen with anyone else? (I'd be OK with pretty much any other named character in the tagset for this idea.) Just the thought that he tries so hard to fend them off with Mei Gao Mei's bright lights and music and then with Tianying's voice, even going so far as to never sleep in his own bed, even when no one else is around. (Really, the only time we see him sleeping in his own bed, undisturbed by nightmares of his father's death is when he's unconscious from injury or illness... or when he's with Xingcheng. There's CERTAINLY a story there!)
Fusheng has built quite a reputation for himself in Dongjiang. He is feared by all other gangs (and many of the average citizens). He's taken on scores of men, alone, more than once, and beaten them all. Where did he even learn to fight like that? What was that training like?

(Or, hey, if you want an absolutely wild crossover idea... maybe it's inborn talent. Maybe he's secretly Shen Wei. Maybe he doesn't even KNOW he's Shen Wei. I COULD BE DOWN FOR THAT. Just saying. ^_^)

I'm also a bit obsessed with Fusheng's walking wounded self at the end of episode 15, right after that horrific movie confession that Hong Lan dragged him to. The look on his face... FUCK. He's just bleeding inside. What was that like for him? What happened when he went back to Mei Gao Mei? It was the first time he'd been back since before he was injured, and he slunk back there like he was desperately looking for a place to hide and lick his wounds. And I'D LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.
And ANY kind of fix-it for the end would be WONDERFUL. How about an everybody lives fix-it? Please?
A pet headcanon I'd love to see played out: I am obsessed with mixed reincarnation/immortality/etc. modern day stories. And the framing for this whole show always felt to me like it SHOULD have been a reincarnation story, but somehow wasn't. What if Chen Musheng IS Fusheng somehow? Immortality, reincarnation, whatever you want to play with. And he remembers everything, and encounters any of the others in the present day, as his broken, bitter, angry alcoholic self? Do they remember too? Do they get a chance to help put him to rights? Would he even LET them? Anything like that could be fun with any of the other characters in the tagset. ^_^
(And I have to put this in here for crack's sake, but that AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL olive green polyester suit. DID HE LOSE A BET???? *shudders* HOW did that end up in his wardrobe? Seriously, that outfit is so hideous, there almost HAS to be a story behind it. XD)

Prompts including other characters in the tag set, because honestly, I love them ALL and would be happy to see any of them included:

Note: The spoiler-cuts are only there to shorten up this part of the letter, because it was getting a bit unwieldy...

Xu Xingcheng:

... I ship them. I ship them A LOT. Give them to me in any configuration and I will be over the moon. Honestly, you can take these two as fluffy or as dark as you like, and I am HERE FOR IT. I love them at their fluffy xiongdi best and I love them at their twisted, sadistic dominance games worst. I am here for fluffy awkward first times, and I am here for Xingcheng abusing his power over Fusheng in dub/noncon ways. Whatever you're into writing for them, I AM HERE FOR IT. ^_^

Youthful adventures?
Stumbling first kisses or first times?
The infamous night after their reunion in episode 2/3 when they wake up in Fusheng's bed all tangled up around each other?
How would they navigate the introduction of Tianying into their lives?
What about when things finally turn absolutely and thoroughly toxic for them? Is there still some fucked up hate-sex going on, on the side? Or is Fusheng so desperate that he'd agree to that hate-sex just so he can do something to try to make Xingcheng smile at him again or even forgive him? (Because I could absolutely see that.)

For that matter, after Tianying moves out of the apartment she and Fusheng shared, did Xingcheng ever visit for... hm... conjugal reasons? ^_^

Duan Tianying:

I love that they just genuinely enjoy each other's company, long before they're “together.” They are snarky little shits to each other, even once they've worked out their differences, and I LOVE IT.
I love, love, LOVE how respectful Fusheng is of Tianying's boundaries. Even down to: when every instinct he has must be SCREAMING at him to stay with her after Tianci's attack, he still backs away. He knows that she needs to be away from any men more than she needs him close, so he puts himself outside to protect her from a distance.
Honestly, they're so adorable I can't even STAND IT. My favorite part of the show with them is the Fusheng and Tianying show in Shikumen. They're RIDICULOUS and neither of them has really ever had to be a proper adult on their own and it SHOWS. But they somehow fumble through and figure it out together, and I LOVE that. Any curtain fic or slice-of-life from that era would be adorable. ^_^

Threesome variation: Luo Fusheng x Xu Xingcheng x Duan Tianying

Holy HELL did this show miss an incredible threesome opportunity. *_* Honestly, I love every side of this triangle. I love that when his father tried to make Xu Xingcheng pick between Fusheng and Tianying, he couldn't. I love that Tianying has an outlet for her wistful, girlish side in Xingcheng's courtly gallantry and an outlet for her wild, independent tomboy side in her battling with Fusheng. And I love how Fusheng just truly, genuinely wants the two people he loves the most to be happy. And if that means they're happy with each other without him? He's willing to step back. And the restaurant meeting after that disastrous night at Mei Gao Mei's reopening would have been a PERFECT opportunity for Tianying and Xingcheng to invite him into a threesome. WHY DIDN'T THAT HAPPEN? TT^TT

Anyway, for the three of them, I'd honestly just love to see them get a happy ending together. Fluff where they work out the threesome thing before things go so wrong? Fix-it fic for the end where they have to figure out how to even be around each other with all that water under the bridge, much less be anything more to each other? I'm here for ALL OF IT, as long as they somehow get a happy ending. ^_^

Shuang-jie:

I. Love. Shuang-jie. SO MUCH. I love her sense of propriety. I love her cool competence. I love her willingness to play along with a joke. I love her ability to see right through to the heart of a problem and say exactly the right thing at the right time to bring things to a solution. And I love, love, LOVE her big-sister-little-brother relationship with Fusheng.

What's her story? She seems to be Hong Zhengbao's constant companion, how does she fit into the Hong family hierarchy? How did she end up so close to Fusheng in the first place? Did they meet when Fusheng took over Mei Gao Mei or did know each other when they were younger? He says she's closer to him than his mother ever was, but she then refutes that she's not that old—how much older than him is she really? Did they grow up together? Anything about their backstory would be wonderful. ^_^
Or just give me their day-to-day interactions. What's a day-in-the-life like for them? A young Fusheng getting into a fight going to her for kisses and cuddles? An older Fusheng going to her with a problem because he knows she won't judge him and she'll always listen? I just love her and I wish we'd gotten more than that little snapshot of how close she and Fusheng are.

Luo Cheng

GREMLIN DIDI. ^_____________^
OK, so I canNOT for the life of me figure out if they are supposed to be actual brothers (though their EVERY. SINGLE. INTERACTION. as well as Fusheng's particular brand of concerned overprotectiveness and their shared last name seem to indicate they are) or if Luo Cheng is just supposed to be a particularly close subordinate who took Luo Fusheng's last name or just coincidentally had the same one? I have no idea and since people call their good friends ‘ge' and ‘da-ge' all the time, that's no help, either. HOWEVER, for the purposes of fic, I like to think they are actually biologically brothers. And I love EVERYTHING about their interactions. I love how Luo Cheng is 1000% supportive of every move Fusheng makes, and yet he is still such an absolute pure little SHIT to him. The entire scene in the hospital when Luo Cheng is eating Fusheng's food right in front of him when he knows Fusheng can't eat and is teasing the hell out of him? PURE KID BROTHER VIBES. And Fusheng insisting Luo Cheng go with him later on to the bakery and then leaving him there because he needs the seat for the cake? XD I LOVE THEM. They are SUCH shits to each other, but they clearly love each other a LOT. But I have SO many questions.

What was their childhood like? Fusheng is at some point acknowledged as Hong Zhengbao's heir, and Luo Cheng is much lower down on the hierarchy. And that could just be age (he's like... 18/19 to Fusheng's 24, but still... ), but there's also the issue of Fusheng clearly can read while Luo Cheng said he never learned. Why treat one son of your beloved friend like your own son and heir and never make sure the other got a full education? Fusheng does mention at one point that his mother died in childbirth. Maybe it was Luo Cheng's birth, or maybe it was his own and Luo Cheng was... a by-blow, let's say? Either way, another unanswered question. So, any of their history would be fun to explore. ^_^
I'd also just love any look at their relationship now. They love each other SO MUCH and they are SUCH brothers and any more of them being their snarky yet loving selves to each other would be wonderful. ^_^ And honestly, Luo Cheng's take on like... ANY of the canon awfulness, or him trying to take care of Fusheng when he's had his heart broken by someone he cares about would be lovely, too. ^_^

Hong Zhengbao & Hong Lan

I'm going to lump them in together, because what I am most fascinated by is how the two of them and Fusheng function as one SUPER fucked up family.

Again, any backstory about Fusheng growing up in that household would be wonderful. How did he find his footing? How did Hong Lan react to no longer being an “only” child? (You can't tell me she wouldn't have been jealous at first.) When did that change? What was it like for Fusheng to try to find his place in that house? He was the son of Hong Zhengbao's second-in-command, and now he's the heir apparent? That must have been one hell of a seismic shift in his world.
And when did Fusheng figure out that Hong Lan was in love with him (because he clearly knew long before she confessed)? Did he ever try to love her back, just because he knew it would make her happy if he could? How did he navigate that relationship once it became a landmine field of potential hurt feelings? And what about that AWFUL movie date/confession? How did he feel about her after that went down? He's definitely bleeding inside from the second the lights go up in the movie house and we see him, and for the first (and last) time in the entire show we see him actively ignore Hong Lan. What was going through his mind there?
And Hong Zhengbao. WOW. Yeah. That's a complicated mess. On some level (maybe because they're identical? ;D), Hong Zhengbao almost treats Fusheng as though he's Qingeng come back to him. He puts a LOT on Fusheng's shoulders. And Fusheng has a MASSIVE fealty thing going on with Hong Zhengbao. It's far more than the respect he would have even for a foster father. It's very much a King and Lionheart trope. And he understands Hong Zhengbao like few other people do. It's why he didn't fight it when he got kicked out of the family. It's why he was so unbelievably torn when Hong Zhengbao asked him to kill Ruomeng. He wasn't going to do it, but the fact that Hong Zhengbao had asked him to do something and HE COULDN'T was so anathema to his being that he literally made himself sick.
What was it like for him coming up through the ranks of the Hong family? He calls Hong Zhengbao his adopted father, and by the time of the show, he's the heir apparent to the Hong family, but how did he get there? Did he have to work his way up the ranks? Or was he always destined to be the heir once Hong Zhengbao took him in? Basically, I'd love to see any piece of this relationship explored at any point in canon. ^_^

And last but DEFINITELY not least... Lin Qikai

OMG, Lin-dage. I love him SO much and he deserved exactly NONE of what happened to him in canon. I love how he tries so hard to mediate between Fusheng and Xingcheng, even when everything goes fully to hell. I love how he does his best to take care of Fusheng, especially because Fusheng would be the last person to ask him to, so he has to find ways to do it sneakily. Like showing up to celebrate Fusheng's birthday the night before, so he doesn't break Fusheng's non-tradition, but he's still there for him on the eve of the most painful day of his year.
And I love, love, LOVE him showing up at Tianying and Fusheng's apartment the morning after Fusheng is kicked out of the Hong family. Did Fusheng actually ever reach out to him for help?
For that matter, did Fusheng EVER reach out to Lin Qikai for help? Where was Lin-dage after Tianying and Xingcheng ripped Fusheng's heart out? I'd love to see him stepping in at that point, maybe when Fusheng got back to Mei Gao Mei after the movie, belatedly realizing that he'd unknowingly had a hand in breaking his friend's heart and trying to do what he could to set it right.
We also know that Lin-dage WILL directly confront Xingcheng on Hong Lan's behalf. What if he were willing to do it for Fusheng? What if he'd called Xingcheng out on his shitty behavior when they were younger? Might things have worked out differently?
But yeah, I love these two and how absolutely close they are, and how they close ranks to protect and care for Ruomeng at the end. IF ONLY THAT COULD HAVE ENDED HAPPILY. I NEVER mind a fix-it. ^_~

*tiny voice* ...I think I'm done now. -.-;;; Sorry, but this is my newest fandom of the bunch and I'm still very excited about it and that's been hard because it is SO SMALL, especially on the English-speaking side of the fence. *wistful sigh* ^_^

Holy cow, as usual, that's a really long letter. Hopefully the spoiler-cuts made it easier to navigate. ;D Hopefully you found something at least a little bit helpful in there, somewhere. If you didn't, however, they really were just thoughts and suggestions. So, if any of the details I provided don't work for you, feel free to toss them out the window and write what's most comfortable for you. If you are happy and excited about what you're writing, I'm sure I will love it. Passion comes across and I do not in any way want to dampen yours. ^_^ Go with your gut. The fact that you're writing something for me in one of these tiny fandoms is plenty enough to have me thrilled and excited and looking forward to reading it. ^_^

Happy writing! ^_^
A grateful recipient

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Year End Word Count Meme (2019)

eirenical — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 01:24:13 GMT

I almost decided not to post one of these this year. Because holy fuck, I barely wrote anything. :P But I'm going to post it anyway. Because some years are just like that. And that's nothing to be ashamed of. I had a full time job for the first time in a very long time and I had virtually no downtime at any point of the year. So... it is what it is. And my sense of self-worth is not tied to how many words I've written. So. ^_^

Date	Title	Fandom	Words
10/19	Fame Without a Life is No Life At All	PRiS	1885
12/18	A Moment to Wonder	Rocketman	1370

		Subtotal	3255
Tumblr Fic
8/31	Things You Said With Too Many Miles Between Us	PR	996
8/31	things you said when you thought i was asleep & things you said when you were scared	Binderverse	860
		Subtotal	1856
WiPs
10/9	Immutable Facts of Being a Big Sister, as explained by Kat Neese	Raising Dion	715
7/19	butterfly	Rocketman	245
7/7	Muet 14	LM	1735	Total: 2307
2/17	C/C Bedshare Fic	LM	646
		Subtotal	2381

		Total	7492

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Dear Yuletide Author

eirenical — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 19:30:01 GMT

Any rating can fly. Really. Any rating. And for shipfic, my general preferences tend towards slash or femslash and/or polyamory. ^_^

As for kink, if you’d like to write something on the higher end of the rating scale, I'll specify within specific fandoms if there are any particular kinks I might be interested in. (If you'd like to include a kink and you aren't sure I'll be OK with it, please ask the mods to contact me and ask. I'm pretty approachable and I really won't mind being spoiled with something like that. If anything, it will only heighten my gleeful anticipation. ^_^)

General likes and dislikes:

Likes:
I like fluff. I like angst. I like hurt/comfort (emotional or physical) and sick!fic. I like found family stories. I like shipfic. I like plotty fic. I like long fic. I like short fic. I like character studies. I like AUs of the "What if?" variety (i.e. what if character A had made a different decision here; what if character B hadn't died). I like explorations of things beyond canon (i.e. continuations of canon, deeper explorations of things only mentioned in passing in canon, expanding on the stories of minor characters, backstories, etc.).

I like a whole lot more than that, but in the interest of not writing a 20,000 word letter, here's the punch line to all of this babbling: what draws me to fandom is the characters and the interactions between them. So, if you keep the story focused on the characters, I'll generally be happy with whatever other plot trappings fall around them. ^_^

DNWs (do not wants):
1) AUs, particularly mundane AUs (i.e. coffeehouse AUs, high school AUs, etc.), unless specified. As mentioned above, AUs of the "What if?" variety (i.e. what if character A had made a different decision here; what if character B hadn't died) are fine.
2) Infidelity/cheating/going behind someone's back/etc.
3) Embarrassment/secondhand embarrassment/humiliation
4) Any talk of animal abuse or animal death makes me really upset. So, if there are any animals in your stories, I’d appreciate it if none of them were hurt or killed, and that they are all treated with care and respect. Thanks!
5) The following kinks: Age play/infantalism, scat, watersports, a/b/o dynamics/omegaverse. (…basically, if I haven't listed it as something I'd like for a particular story, please err on the side of caution and just don't include it. Thanks!)

Specific Requests:

You are free to utilize any prompt I toss out there or none of them. If reading what I like about the characters/worlds sparks a fic idea in your head, feel free to ignore the prompts and run with it. ^_^

Also, length of babble in no way indicates my fandom preferences. (i.e., some of these I literally just finished a full re-up of canon before sign-ups so I ended up having a LOT more to say about those canons than some of the others, but it in no way means that I care less about the others. Some are just fresher in my mind.) I promise I’m equally excited about the possibility of all of these requests. ^_^ Some of these are also cribbed from earlier letters, because I just honestly can never get enough of them, so here we are. ^_^

1. The 4400 (TV)
Characters: Shawn Farrell, Jordan Collier

I still get a major kick of nostalgic missing this show sometimes, particularly Shawn. I mean, I can’t think of many characters that tick more of the boxes of things I love than Shawn does. He may start out as a self-centered teenager, seeing everything from his own point of view first (as most teenagers do, to be fair), but he grows into this self-sacrificing, altruistic adult with an almost desperate need to put himself on the line between the people he cares about and whatever might hurt them… and he cares about EVERYONE. He just tries so, so hard to do what’s right, to help as many people as he can, and he gets stomped on so hard for it and it KILLS ME… in all the best ways. ^_^ Any exploration of that character arc would be WONDERFUL.

Holy shit, do I still ship these two like WHOA. ^_^ It’s fucked up and disturbing and manipulative and SUPER unhealthy (and I’m pretty sure it at least started out in mildly dubcon territory), but I LOVE IT, and I would not at all mind you including some of those fucked up power dynamics if you choose to go down this road, because dubcon is definitely a kink I enjoy. ^_~ I love how Jordan manages to ride that line of grooming Shawn to be his heir-apparent, taking over that mentor/father role that Shawn no longer has in Tom, yet also still treats Shawn like someone desirable, that he is willing to take into his confidence and (almost) treat as an equal. He trusts Shawn with the truth about his debilitating headaches post-encounter with Isabel, for example. And I love how their relationship changes throughout the series, too, and how there's almost potential for equality by the end.

I would love anything exploring that thoroughly fucked up patch of their relationship, when Jordan first takes Shawn in:

Give me Shawn’s doubts about Jordan’s intentions
Give me his uncertainty about whether or not this is really what he wants from Jordan
Give me how he feels about Jordan’s string of famous lovers: Is he jealous? Does he feel special in comparison or just used?
Or for that matter, just straight up PWP would be welcome, NGL. I just… miss these two a LOT. *_*
…Jordan’s death. Give me ALL of Shawn’s heart-broken angst. ALL OF IT.
I am also a sucker for sick!fic and hurt/comfort. How about Shawn overdoing it on a healing and needing to be looked after? Does he feel conflicted about Jordan taking on more of the father figure role here, or does that feel more right for him?

Or how about post-canon?

Tom mentions that in order to get rid of his unwelcome Marked passenger, Jordan is going to have to mend fences with Shawn. What does that look like? Do they become wary allies? Potential friends?
Does this slip into one-night-stand territory that they both regret come morning, even if it felt good to fall back into that pattern for just the one night?
Or do they come out of that mending fences with a better sense of who the other is now and willing to try a relationship of true equals? Maybe Jordan is finally willing to see Shawn as his own person and not just an appendage.

(I had originally written this sign-up with just Shawn before deciding to choose Jordan, too, so here are the Shawn-only prompts, in case you’re interested. ^_^)

I am also a total sucker for hurt/comfort and sick!fic, so really anything taking place exploring the events of the inhibitor/re-quarantine events and how that went for Shawn, before, during, or after, would be lovely. *_*
What was it like for Shawn coming back to a world that was so familiar, yet so unfamiliar? To have his little brother turn into an enemy in his own home?
For that matter, his recovery from the coma that Kyle woke him up from. What was that like to move back into his childhood home, still half-an-invalid, to a world that is once again totally unfamiliar, when he was so recently ago one of the most powerful men in the country?
What happens to Shawn post-canon? He’s lost his whole family now. How does he cope with that? What becomes of him?
I’m also a little obsessed with that one terribly bleak future that Maia saw for the Promycin-positives (with them all being branded and herded off into camps/quarantine facilities/etc.). What if that had come to pass? Where would Shawn have ended up in all that? You can’t convince me that the government wouldn’t have tried to use all those rounded up Promycin-positives once they had them. That could have gone pretty badly for a healer who has trouble saying “No…”

Other nominated characters that I wouldn’t mind seeing show up, if you are so minded…
Shawn and Kyle:
Another relationship with SO much potential. I know they’re cousins, but NGL, I ship them too. ^_~ They go SO far out of their way for each other, each willing to put themselves at risk (or the other at risk, for that matter), if it might mean saving their cousin. And FUCK, but the shifting dynamic between them all throughout the show just KILLS ME. I love how they trade roles back and forth: the coma victim, the savior, the hunted, the revered, and PARTICULARLY how they swap roles and opinions around Jordan. I could write a whole damned essay about all that role swapping that goes on between them. *_* So, any exploration of their relationship would be welcome. ^_^

And what was their pre-canon relationship like? We know that they used to drink together, that they grew up closer to each other than either of them was with Danny… did that ever go any farther? I’d love to see some endearingly awkward first-time fumbling around between them. ^_^

Shawn and Danny:
Oh, Danny. :’( Fuck, but you have no idea how much his entire arc breaks my heart, especially where Shawn is concerned. And seeing them finally come together as brothers, as people who care about each other, when they did, in the way they did? BROKE ME. And it all comes back to Shawn’s reaction, again. Forget a one-two punch. This is a one-two-three-four-five-six punch! His mother is dead. Danny killed her. Danny killed (and gave abilities) to many, many, many more people. Danny has to stay on the inhibitor, or he is going to kill many more people… but he’ll die if he does. And then that final coup-de-grace… Shawn has to kill him. And the way Shawn just curls up next to Danny on the bed after it’s done and just… sobs? Just… what… how… HALP. TT^TT How the hell that didn’t break Shawn completely, I will never know. But I would love to read anything more about it that you care to give me. ^_^

What lead to them being in this place? How did their relationship go so far off the rails that they can only relate to each other in extremes?
How does Shawn cope with all of this horror coming at him all at once?
What was that like for Shawn to be forced to choose between his brother and the rest of humanity?
What was the aftermath of that like? How long did Shawn lay next to Danny before he could force himself to move? Did he regret what he’d done? Feel free to go as full-blown angst here as you like. ^_^

Yuleporn Prompts: I would love to see some dubcon here. I love how Jordan manages to ride that line of grooming Shawn to be his heir-apparent, taking over that mentor/father role that Shawn no longer has in Tom, yet also still treats Shawn like someone desirable, that he is willing to take into his confidence and (almost) treat as an equal. I'd love an exploration of Shawn getting manipulated into a relationship with Jordan, unsure if it's what he wants, or how he feels about it, if he feels reassured by this turn in their relationship... or just used and dirty about it.

Alternately, a post-canon one-night stand would be lovely, too. *_* Jordan realizes he needs to mend fences with Shawn. Shawn has literally just lost almost everyone he cares about, in some way or another. Jordan reappearing in his life at that point might be seriously tempting... maybe they both let themselves fall into that one-night stand because it's easier than dealing with all of the changes they've been through. Maybe the old dynamic of letting Jordan be in full control is comforting... in a disturbing sort of way. I also wouldn't mind seeing the aftermath of that. Does Shawn feel dirty after that? Like he's let himself be used... AGAIN. Or maybe he comes out of it determined to make Jordan finally see him as an equal and this leads to a (finally) healthy relationship between the two of them? ^_^

2. All Seeing Eye - Rob Thurman
Characters: Hector Allgood, Jackson Lee Eye

OK, the first thing I should say about this canon is that I really enjoy the other nominated characters (Abigail "Abby" (All Seeing Eye), Meleah Guerrera), as well, and if you want either of them to make appearances, I’m more than good with that. ^_^ So why request this particular set of characters?

One of the most compelling parts of the book to me is the enemies-to-friends(-to-lovers? ^_~) thing going on between Jackson and Hector. I absolutely love the entire arc of their developing friendship from angry and antagonistic to deep-seated trust and practical co-dependency. Anything that looks at that friendship (or romance, if you want to look at it that way!) through that lens is something I’d really enjoy.

Specific prompts:

I mentioned in my likes that hurt/comfort is one of my favorite tropes? These two are practically made for it if that’s something you’re into writing. ^_^ (I mean… at least half the book is Hector/Jackson hurt/comfort. ;D) So, something where Jackson’s powers get him into trouble (i.e., coming into contact with something someone died on violently) and Hector having to take care of him while he puts himself back together would be right up my alley. ^____^
And again, if you’re slash minded, we know that Jackson and Hector once had a really awkward conversation about why Jackson doesn’t have sex. Do they ever try it? What do they do to try to get around the whole overly enforced intimacy? Do they end up in a relationship where they’re platonically intimate but not having sex? Hell, do they ever even manage to sleep in the same bed, for that matter? Inquiring minds want to know!
The other thing that I really love about this book is the way it ends. I love that Jackson has started to open himself up to other people. I love that he has a second chance to do right by Tess. I love that he’s built this family for himself out of nothing and completely against the odds. And I would love to see what happens from there. The adventures of Jackson raising Tess, for instance. What’s it like for him and his powers living with another person? What’s it like for someone who didn’t have ANY kind of a healthy childhood to try to raise a child? The punch line is that I’d love to see a little more of Jackson’s happy-ever-after. ^_^
Again, if slash is a thing you’re into, I wouldn’t mind seeing how Hector fits into that future situation, either. ^_^ Because if anything is more likely to be awkwardly adorable than Jackson trying to raise a child, it’s Jackson and Hector trying to raise a child. ;D
I also mentioned that I wouldn’t mind the other nominated characters making an appearance, so here are some thoughts about that – there was NOT enough Abby in the book. Not anywhere near enough. She’s been Jackson’s only family for years—how does SHE fit into the happy ever after? She’s canonically bi/pan-sexual (never explicitly specified which way she identifies, but her dating men and women is mentioned) – if Hector ends up with Jackson, I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing a little Abby/Meleah on the side! ^_^
For that matter, if you are not slash minded, I do enjoy Hector/Meleah, so how do the two of them fit into Jackson’s life post-Tess adoption? Do they have children of their own and do they and Jackson end up leaning on each other to commiserate about parenting problems? (I mean, couldn’t you just see it? “Jackson, the baby’s been crying non-stop for three hours, for the love of all that’s holy, please touch them and tell us what’s wrong, WE BEG YOU.” ;D

Yuleporn prompts:

As mentioned above, Jackson and Hector once had a really awkward conversation about why Jackson doesn’t have sex (he's a very powerful touch-postcognitive; so that much skin on skin contact generally gives him WAY too much information about his partner). So, I wonder... do Hector and Jackson ever try it? What do they do to try to get around the whole overly enforced intimacy of Jackson's gift? ...or not? How does that play out in bed? Do they end up in a relationship where they’re platonically intimate but not having sex?
For that matter... what might they do instead, if Jackson can't stand to be in physical contact during sex? Maybe some toys and voyeurism are involved? Maybe Hector invests in lots of latex gloves so that fingering and/or fisting can be options? All of these are fair game! ;D

3. Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Characters: Elmont (Jack the Giant Slayer)

I admit, I stumbled across this movie at a time when I was looking for anything I could find with Ewan McGregor in it, but I quickly became a bit obsessed with it, in its own right. It’s exactly the right amount of corny to not take itself too seriously, to still be able to have a little fun with itself, but the characters are so sincere in themselves and with each other, their relationships so real, that it’s hard to remain unmoved by them. And Elmont. Elmont is my favorite of the bunch for that. He’s competence porn incarnate. He’s just so. incredibly. good. at. his. job. He’s calm and cool as hell in a crisis and he’s such a good judge of people and abilities that he’s able to incorporate those people and abilities into whatever plan he’s concocting on the fly. I also love that he’s another character who doesn’t hesitate to take on the darker, expediently necessary deeds to spare the people he cares about having to commit them. I love that he doesn’t ask anything of anyone that he wouldn’t do, himself. I JUST LOVE HIM, OK. ^_^

General Elmont Prompts: (I… may have way too many of these for this one. OOPS. My imagination ran a bit wild. ^_^)

Elmont is so gentle and so easy-going most of the time. And then there are moments when you’re reminded that he is a very dangerous man—like when he carries through on the decision that, for the good of the kingdom, Roderick has to die. He’s a man capable of doing anything to keep the kingdom and its monarchs safe. His duty is everything to him. What kind of upbringing does he come from that the thought of, essentially, coldblooded assassination doesn’t even slow him down? Do these things ever haunt him (either literally or figuratively)? What else has he done in the name of duty?
What if Elmont hadn’t gotten onto the beanstalk before the army cut it down? What if the other bean had been lost? What if he’d been trapped on the giants’ island alone with the giants, forced to run and hide, constantly keeping one step ahead of them, lest he become dinner or a plaything? What would that do to him? (And, feel free to take that as dark as you want to—torture, noncon, tentacle porn (hey, who knows what else lives up there? There are giants with two heads, after all!), are all fair game. Or if you want to just stay on the psychological trauma aspect, that’s fine with me, too!) Does he ever find a way back to Earth? If so, does he return to Cloister? What kind of shape is he in when he does? (I wouldn’t mind seeing either Brahmwell or Isabelle and Jack helping to put him back together, in that case. ^_^)
What would the land be like if the giants had won? What if humanity became a captive and/or hunted species? Was Elmont captured or did he escape? Who else might still be alive? How about a giant apocalypse scenario, instead of a zombie apocalypse? (Again, feel free to take that one to a really dark place, if you like.)
As I mentioned above, Elmont is like competence porn incarnate. Any fic of him just being damned good at his job would thrill me to no end. Stories about him being head of the guard, protecting the kingdom, talking tactics and strategy, etc. YES, PLEASE.
Elmont backstory would also be awesome! What was his upbringing like? How did he rise to be the captain of the king’s guard? Did he grow up at the palace or come to it later in life?
I’m also just a complete sucker for hurt/comfort and sick!fic, especially for characters who are the ones usually doing the caregiving/protecting, like Elmont. Maybe he gets injured on duty or maybe he just gets sick and has to let someone take care of him for a change?

Inclusion of the other nominated characters, if you are so minded:

In the case of either potential ship (Brahmwell/Elmont, Elmont/Isabelle/Jack), I could see it starting out as Elmont just wanting to do whatever it takes to make the other person happy. He’s very much a product of a vassal mentality, where everything he does is to make is ruler happy and keep them safe. But then, over time, he slowly realizes that he isn’t just a convenience, that Brahmwell, or Isabelle and Jack, want him because he’s HIM, that they see him as an equal, that he is valued. I just want to see Elmont happy. ^_^
This is probably one of the few fandoms I wouldn’t mind a bit of AU for. I love that snapshot into the future they show of the Crown in modern day England. I’m also a sucker for reincarnation fic. Maybe Elmont (and some of the others, maybe Brahmwell, Isabelle, and/or Jack?) get reincarnated into the present day and the giants once more become a threat? What do they do? How does that go down? Do they have their memories? Maybe Elmont remembers and the others don’t? There’s some delicious angst potential down that road. ^_~ Or maybe the giants aren’t a threat. How do they meet? Do they have their memories? Honestly, I’d be happy with a meet-cute here, too. ^_^ Because as much as I love my angst, I also really want Elmont to just be able to claim a little happiness for himself. ^_^

Specifically Shippy Prompts:

I may be on this little rowboat all by my lonesome, but I do ship Elmont with King Brahmwell. I’m not even sorry. ^_^ What it basically boils down to is that the King and Lionheart trope is one of my favorite tropes. (I tried to find a better link for you, but that’s the only reference I could actually find to the trope? O_o;;;) Anyway, the basic deal with a King and Lionheart trope is that there is a ruler and their vassal/guard/champion/what-have-you, and there is MAD FEALTY AND RESPECT between the two and, while it may be only the vassal showing fealty in public, in reality, it goes both ways, with the vassal able to take liberties in private that they would never dream of taking in public. (…I definitely have a loyalty/fealty kink. ^_^) And Elmont exemplifies that Lionheart character achetype. He has such utter, absolute, unshakable faith in his monarchs – both Brahmwell and Isabelle – but you can see in the beginning that neither of them quite lives up to his mental image of what they could be: Isabelle because she’s too young and too sheltered, and Brahmwell because he’s been so devastated by loss that he’s let fear coax him into making selfish and poor decisions. Then, through the course of the movie, both Isabelle and Brahmwell step up to the plate and grow up a little, until by the end he’s so proud of both of them and so full of love for them that he’s practically glowing with it. And from there, it’s a very short step to shipping, if you choose to go in that direction? ^_^ If not, I’d love to see Elmont’s loyalty discussed in a platonic sense, as well, just king to vassal.
(Also, you’re welcome to check out my tumblr tag for them, if you’re interested -- it’s pretty short, but there’s some fun stuff in there. ^_^)
I… also ship him with Isabelle and Jack, if you choose to go that way. I love the three of them, too. ^_^ Elmont obviously cares a great deal for Isabelle, going above and beyond the call of duty to keep her safe and happy. And he comes to care just as deeply for Jack, both as the man who makes Isabelle happy and in his own right. But that affection he has for the two of them doesn’t extend to coddling either one of them—if they insist they can do something, he accepts it unquestioningly and does whatever he can to support them without interfering. And there’s a bit of King and Lionheart going on between Elmont and Isabelle, too. So, I could very happily see Isabelle and Jack coaxing him into a relationship with the two of them.
Man, ANYTHING Brahmwell x Elmont (shippy) or Brahmwell & Elmont (platonic) would make me happy. Slice of life? PWP? Aftermath of the giant battle? Elmont comforting Brahmwell (either emotionally or physically/sexually) after his wife’s death? Brahmwell realizing that he’s done a really poor job of being king since his wife’s death and deciding it’s damned time he turned it around and started living up to Elmont’s hopes for him as a ruler? (I’m pretty sure I’m on this little rowboat of a ship by myself, so really, anything would be welcome. ^_^)
I would also love to see happy threesome Isabelle/Jack/Elmont. How did it come about? Was it Jack’s idea? Isabelle’s? Was there any pining on Elmont’s part? Was he resigned to the fact that it would never happen (or that it shouldn’t happen)? Or maybe we want to skip all that and just have happy threesome cuddles or sex? Or the three of them raising Isabelle and Jack’s kids? Is this an acknowledged, public, threeway marriage? Or is Elmont a dirty, little secret? I just love their whole dynamic together and the dynamics of each of the pairings in the threesome, so more of all of it would be welcome. ^_^

Yuleporn prompts: What if Elmont hadn’t gotten onto the beanstalk before the army cut it down? What if the other bean had been lost? What if he’d been trapped on the giants’ island alone with the giants, forced to run and hide, constantly keeping one step ahead of them, lest he become dinner or a plaything? What would that do to him? (And, feel free to take that as dark as you want to—torture, noncon, tentacle porn (hey, who knows what else lives up there? There are giants with two heads, after all!), are all fair game.

4. Jeremiah (TV)
Characters: Markus Alexander, Jeremiah (Jeremiah)

The first thing I should mention is that I requested only Jeremiah and Markus to make the matching easier. If, however, you’d prefer to write for Erin and Theo, I am totally cool with that and will leave prompts, just in case. ^_^

Oh... Jeremiah. ^_^ Your dystopian, disaster-ridden, well-intentioned, mommy/daddy-issued, f'ed up plottiness gets me every time. The idea of an entire world full of people who grew up from childhood with no guiding parental force is not entirely original (Peter Pan, Star Trek TOS's "Miri", the list goes on), but how they handled it in this show, I thought, was particularly brilliant. I love how you have a range in attitude from those old enough to remember the days before the Big Death and thus endlessly angst and wish after those lost technologies and the easy lives they had and those who were so young at the time that this screwed up remnant of a world is all they know and they embrace it. I love how there are pockets of people trying to reclaim civilization and others that embrace the utter lawlessness of a world with no rules. Most of all I love how every single person in this world has a touch of the sulky and rebellious teenager in them and how, ironically, it's the oldest ones who cling to each other most desperately to assuage their fears of abandonment.

1) Jeremiah/Markus

Uh... this actually isn't what it looks like... but I wish it were. ^_~ [From Season 1, Episode 18 ~29 minutes in]

What was going through Jeremiah's head when Markus got shot?
Maybe you want to look at what happens after the finale. Does Markus stay in charge? What does he do if he doesn't?
Slice of life at Thunder Mountain
Markus overworks himself/gets sick/gets injured/has a major hangover from that drinking binge/etc. and Jeremiah has to be the one to sit on him and get him to rest?
This one is a little specific, but I’ve always wondered what it would be like to have these two dropped into an alternate future—i.e., one where the Big Death didn’t happen—and have to find each other there and decide whether or not they even want to try to get home to the other people they care about, or if they just want to take the blessing for what it is and live out their lives in this new world.

Yuleporn prompts: For Markus/Jeremiah, I'd honestly love to see Markus just running off the rails with self-doubt/stress/what-have-you and basically Jeremiah fucking him right out of his own head as a form of stress relief. Because Markus has been the one in charge for so long and he never really hands those reins over to anyone else... except Jeremiah. Even if only briefly.

Again, I'd love it if this went in a slashy direction with these ideas, but if that's not your thing, I'd be perfectly happy with an exploration of those ideas from a platonic/friendship direction.

2) Erin/Theo -- I didn't request these two, because I didn't want to make the matching harder, but I love them just as much as I do Jeremiah and Markus, so if that is your cup of tea, feel free to click the spoiler tag... ^_^

Season 2, Episode 5:

If women/femslash is more your cup of tea, then I love these two just as much as Jeremiah and Markus. There's something about a pair of women who are each practically competence porn incarnate, yet straddle opposite sides of the good/evil line. I just love that. ^_^ I love how Theo is so evil and just revels in it, yet when she decides to stand up and put her foot down for what's right… holy hot damn does everyone sit up and listen and follow. And yet, at the same time, because of her season 2 situation, she ends up vulnerable. Then you have Erin, the warrior woman, standing for all that is good and right, but not afraid to get her hands dirty to accomplish it. And after all the men in the series prove that they are woefully inadequate at dealing with Theo, Erin just walks right up and slams all of Theo’s shit right back into her teeth. And Theo takes it. Then when they recognized that kindred spirit in each other and became fast, though uneasy, friends, every male in Thunder Mountain probably dove for cover when they joined forces. ^_^ So. Yeah. Love.

(The one thing I ask is that either no big deal be made of Theo's pregnancy or that this take place either before the pregnancy or after she's already had the baby. I think Erin and Theo and the baby making a little found family would be lovely, but pregnancy really isn’t something I enjoy delving into the details of, even in fic.)

More specific prompt thoughts:

I'd love to see a snapshot of future life for them -- what are their new roles in the government once it's in place?
Is Theo's baby a boy, a girl, or the feared twins? Do they grow closer? Does Erin do as offered in 2.05 and help Theo raise her child? Do they ever become more than friends?
Or maybe the future domestic bliss scene isn't your cup of tea? I'd also love to see something looking at their shared traits and how they present so differently in each woman. They are both warriors. They are both leaders. They are both fiercely protective individuals. At the core, they have so much in common, but they couldn't be more different. I'd love to see how that dichotomy plays out in their friendship/relationship. We know that Theo has been brought into Erin's world during the series. Does Theo ever bring Erin into hers? There is so much potential to explore between the two of them, either as friends or as lovers, and so little fic devoted to them and I'd love to see more!

Yuleporn prompts: Oh, gosh, my greatest desire with them is just to see them taking care of each other. Slow, gentle, sweet sex. Because neither one of them has ever had the time or the opportunity to really let themselves be pampered. I just want to see them happy and taking their time with each other. Like, a day away from the mountain and all responsibilities woudl be lovely. Maybe Theo found a hot spring somewhere and drags Erin along or something? The one thing I ask is that either no big deal be made of Theo's pregnancy or (preferably) that this take place after she's already had the baby. I think the two of them and the baby making a little found family would be lovely, but pregnancy sex isn't a kink I really enjoy.

5. Raising Dion (TV)
Characters: Kat Neese, Nicole Warren, Suzanne Wu

I fell hard and fast for this show and had absolutely no one to flail about it with for SO LONG, so I’ve had all these thoughts and feelings colliding around my brain for weeks and it’s all gotten a little incoherent. OOPS. One of the things I love so much about this show is that there are so many complex, interesting characters, especially women, who all have very different strengths and weaknesses, and that they come together in pairs and trios and little teams and found families and support each other, and THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ALWAYS.

Kat & Nicole & Suzanne:
I’m pretty sure these three have never been all in one place in canon, but holy HELL are there possibilities galore for fun shenanigans post-S1 canon. ;D For one thing, all three of them have one major driving force in common: protect Dion. And I would love to see them team up in some capacity, maybe in the name of accomplishing that.

Kat is a doctor who no longer has a job. Suzanne is the CEO of a major scientific/medical research company. SCIENCE WOMEN UNITE.
This doesn’t even have to run down an angst road. I would love to see some shenanigans here: Kat picking up on an undercurrent of not-quite-platonic interest from Suzanne to Nicole and deciding it’s time to introduce her new boss to the fun of dating an employee’s little sister?
AWKWARD TEAM BONDING. Seriously, just the three of them deciding that they could use a little team building, because sometimes it’s like they’re all speaking different languages, and Kat, at least, knows how important it is for the team to be able to work together and anticipate each other’s needs, and honestly, you could take this to a serious heartfelt place or an awkward shenanigans place, and I’d be equally thrilled. ;D

(As detailed above, I would not at ALL mind a super team up of these three women to Get Shit Done, but if you want to treat this as a bit of an ‘or’ instead of an ‘and’ situation, I’m OK with that, especially considering that I don’t believe that Kat and Suzanne have even met in canon, yet. So, in deference to that, here are some pair-up prompts…)

Kat & Nicole:
I feel SO MUCH for Kat. Being an older sister whose younger sister has made questionable choices that made her worry MORE THAN ONCE and who has also been a worn-out medical professional, I just empathize with her a LOT. I love the relationship between her and Nicole and how they support each other and love each other and will drop everything for each other, but there’s still that classic sibling relationship, as well: rivalry and misunderstandings and worry and love all rolled into a tangled up ball. I would love to see more of that in any capacity: pre-show, during the show, post-show.

For example, we saw how there has been a loss of trust between them in the past and how that informs the way they keep secrets from each other—I’d love to see how that developed and how they moved past it. (i.e., How does Nicole handle finding out about Danielle? Now that Kat is over the shock of Dion having powers, I can’t imagine she’d just drop off the map. Does she get more involved? How?)
They’ve been through so much, I would even love a little domestic slice-of-life fluff for them. Maybe a little holiday fun for the sisters, or the sisters and Dion? Maybe double dates with Danielle and Mark? Basically just LET THEM BE HAPPY.

Suzanne Wu:
THE SEEMINGLY COLD, CALCULATING, BRILLIANT, SCIENTEST CEO OF MY HEART. I cannot possibly express to you how much I loved watching her entire arc unfold. I love how you start out pretty much convinced that she’s the villain, or at least hiding something REALLY hinky at BIONA, with “nefarious purposes” practically stamped on her forehead. And in the end, it turns out that she’s been trying to protect Dion all along?? I admit, I did not see that one coming at ALL, and as a twist it was PERFECT. After that reveal, Suzanne is still not sugar and spice and everything nice—she’s still looking out for her own interests and those of the greater good first—but so many of the things she did take on a whole new light in that context. AND I LOVE IT. I would honestly just love more Suzanne in any way, shape, or form.

Backstory? YES, PLEASE. She’s the CEO of a major science research company and got into some REALLY interesting shit in the name of that research. She has SERIOUSLY protective vibes: whether it’s for her IP, the world, children of her most promising scientists/superheroes, etc. What went into that? How did she become who she is? I’D LOVE TO KNOW. *_*

…I also ship her and Nicole kind of a lot. ^_^

Nicole & Suzanne or Nicole/Suzanne:

I am an absolute sucker for an enemies-to-friends-to-lovers scenario, and Nicole and Suzanne would be PERFECT for it. I love that in the beginning, Nicole is almost a non-entity to Suzanne. She’s insignificant. She doesn’t really matter. Dion is the one who matters. And then there is that SHINING, GLORIOUS MOMENT when Nicole busts into BIONA and demands they give Dion back to her, and you can practically SEE the recalibration happening in Suzanne’s head as she realizes “Holy SHIT. You SO need more careful handling than I thought, LET’S GET ON THAT.” And whether these two land as fiercely protective women working in tandem to keep Dion safe and to take down Pat or it turns into a romantic situation between them, I am SO DOWN for either possibility. I will literally take these two any way I can get them. *_*

And also, though she wasn’t nominated and I’m not going to expound on her too much in deference to that, I am a HUGE fan of Charlotte and the little found family that she and Nicole and Dion have built (and I also ship HER and Nicole more than a little, both platonically/in-a-found-family-way and/or romantically), and if you felt like running down that road a little or including her, I would DEFINITELY not mind.

6. Tir Alainn Trilogy - Anne Bishop
Characters: Morag (Tir Alainn Trilogy), Padrick (Tir Alainn Trilogy), Ashk (Tir Alainn Trilogy)

I love these three. I just really, really do. I love Ashk and Morag’s friendship, how well they understand each other, how, in each other, they’ve finally found someone else who can match their strength, someone who wouldn’t be afraid of them just because of who they are. I love Padrick and Ashk’s relationship, how Padrick not only accepts, but revels, in Ashk’s strength but still looks for opportunities to pamper her and show her a little softness, how he loves the Green Lady and respects and follows the Hunter and everything in between. And I love Padrick and Morag’s friendship, how he treats her to that same blend of tough love and kindness that he does Ashk, how he revels in the fact that he gets to stand by her side and see that she’s taken care of, not just because Ashk would want it, but because, in his own way, he loves her, too. I love how he sees so easily that Morag has been starved for simple things like friendship and affection from all but her sister and is eager to coddle her and take of her but is equally easy with stepping aside and accepting her lead, how he just lets her be who she is, like he does for Ashk. I just love the entire dynamic between these three. ^___________^

Prompts:

FIX IT, OMG, PLEASE FIX IT. I mean, the ending where Morag ends up getting to grow up as Ari’s beloved wiccanfae daughter is great. It really is. But I’d be even happier if they’d found a way to cure her or if she’d never been turned to begin with. So what happens? How does that get fixed? How do they deal with the close call/might-have-been? Is Morag even happy to be saved?
Or maybe we just want to skip the how and go straight to what happens next? I would love some happy threesome fic for these three. I really would. ^_^ Whether that’s an Ashk/Padrick + Morag situation or it’s a full-on Ashk/Morag/Padrick situation, I just want more of the three of them and that dynamic I described above. ^_^ For example:
The war is over and Morag returns to Bretonwood with Ashk and Padrick. Does one of them have to talk the other into wooing Morag or are they already on the same page? How does Morag react? It seems like she, at least, would need some convincing. She’s had too many years of thinking herself a freak and completely undesirable. (I mean, she’s shocked as all get out by Padrick’s appreciation of her beauty on the journey.) Has she ever even been intimate with anyone? Is she afraid she’ll ruin things? Or do they just click into place like they belong together?
If we are in happy threesome territory already (either romantically or platonically), what is that like? Some happy slice-of-life fic for them would be lovely. A Harvest Fair, maybe? Helping Ari celebrate the Solstice? A quiet evening at home tucked in by the fire while it snows outside? (We know that Padrick loves petting shadowhounds and Morag has a brand new shadowhound-mix puppy to cuddle, so maybe we have a literal puppy pile by the fire? ;D) Padrick and Ashk trying to introduce Morag to the finer points of human life?
I’d also just love honestly ANYTHING about Ashk and Morag’s friendship. They’ve both been so starved for someone who understands them and doesn’t fear them. Ashk at least has the second in Padrick, and Morag with Morphia, but having someone who understands them is a different thing entirely. I love those moments when they work in such perfect gestalt that neither even needs to speak because they just GET IT. And I love that. I love their friendship. I love that deep level of understanding. I love that recognition in them both, that feeling of “I KNOW you. I get you. Yessssss,” and how as wary as everyone is of each of them alone, the two of them together are just Not To Be Trifled With Ever. I just love them, OK? ^_^ (And I’m OK with this prompt being just the two of them; the only thing I ask is that if you take this down a romantic road that it’s understood that Padrick is included, as well, even if he isn’t explicitly present in the fic.)

Holy cow, as usual, that’s a really long letter. O_O Sorry about that, I just tend to get excited. ^_^ Hopefully you found something at least a little bit helpful in there, somewhere. If you didn’t, however, they really were just thoughts and suggestions. So, if any of the details I provided don't work for you, feel free to toss them out the window and write what's most comfortable for you. If you are happy and excited about what you're writing, I'm sure I will love it. Passion comes across and I do not in any way want to dampen yours. ^_^ Go with your gut. The fact that you're writing something for me is plenty enough to have me thrilled and excited and bouncing for joy. ^_^

Happy writing! ^_^
A grateful recipient

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Year End Word Count Meme (2018)

eirenical — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 22:11:55 GMT

Since I doubt I'm getting anything written between now and the 1st, I thought I'd go ahead and get this posted. It was another slow year, but I think I'm starting to understand why, at least. The good news, though, is that even though it was a slow year, and I didn't post as much to AO3, it was a more consistent year than I've had in a while. Even if they were only little less-than-1000-worders, I wrote something most months. So, I'm going to go ahead and count that a win. ^_^

Date	Title	Fandom	Words
1/12	Muet 12	LM	5903
2/23	That's What Friends Are For	LM	1667
3/6	Muet 13	LM	5056
5/14	A Word For That (Rated: E, mild D/S undertones)	LM	5632
10/14	Twenty-Four Years Late and $200 Short	Power Rangers	4708
12/18	Anon YT fic		4640

		Subtotal	27606
Tumblr Fic
1/9	Luke Skywalker ficlets	SW	564
1/23	Courferre: "I almost lost you" kiss	LM	353
1/23	Exhausted Parents Kiss (A Jehan Muet backstory fic)	LM	664
2/8	Kiss Me (A Grantaire/Jehan Muet outtake)	LM	766
2/21	Enjolras/Feuilly: "I'm not going to hurt you."	LM	281
3/5	Enjolras/Feuilly: Druxy	LM	612
3/5	Enjolras/Feuilly: Gymnophoria	LM	711
3/5	Poetry Smash: "Am I dreaming?"	LM	733
5/4	Jango/Obi-Wan: “I immediately regret this decision.”	SW	545
6/10	Enjolras/Jehan: Hair brushing/braiding, sick/injured HC	LM	671
7/8	Billy/Jason: "I saved a piece for you."	Power Rangers	664
10/1	Inktober #1 -- The Old Man	LM	1014
10/3	Inktober #2/4 -- The Forest Witch/The Ancient Wizard	LM	766
10/5	Inktober #3 -- The Dryads	LM	593
10/7	Inktober #5 -- The Lost Girls	LM	848
10/30	Enjolras/Courfeyrac Sick!Fic	LM	886
12/30	Inktober #6 -- The Ancient Robot	LM	875
		Subtotal	11546
WiPs
6/22	Muet 14	LM	1072
12/8	Our Place In Time 6	Teen Wolf/The 4400	1795
		Subtotal	2867

		Total	42019

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Dear Yuletide Author,

eirenical — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 02:28:24 GMT

First and foremost, I'd like to offer up a huge "Thank You!!" to you for writing a story for me. I know how difficult it can be to put any part of your creative process into the hands of another individual, so I will do my best to treat that trust with the care and respect it deserves. ^_^

(11/3/18) All done! Sorry that took so long, Author. It’s been a doozy of a month and too many things fell through the cracks and finishing up my letter was one of the balls I dropped. It’s done now, though, so have at! And if you need any clarification on anything, feel free to send another query through the mods. ^_^

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Rating and kink:

General likes and dislikes:

Likes:
I like fluff. I like angst. I like hurt/comfort (emotional or physical) and sickfic. I like found family stories. I like shipfic. I like plotty fic. I like long fic. I like short fic. I like character studies. I like AUs of the "What if?" variety (i.e. what if character A had made a different decision here; what if character B hadn't died). I like explorations of things beyond canon (i.e. continuations of canon, deeper explorations of things only mentioned in passing in canon, expanding on the stories of minor characters, backstories, etc.).

I like a whole lot more than that, but in the interest of not writing a 20,000 word letter, here's the punch line to all of this babbling: what draws me to fandom is the characters and the interactions between them. So, if you keep the story focused on the characters, I'll generally be happy with whatever other plot trappings fall around them. ^_^

DNWs (do not wants):
1) I prefer to keep other kinds of AUs (i.e. coffeehouse AUs, high school AUs, etc.) to my larger fandom explorations. For exchanges, I prefer to stay closer to actual canon.
2) I have a huge fealty/loyalty kink, and discussions of infidelity/cheating/going behind someone's back/etc., make me highly uncomfortable. So, if you could avoid that kind of thing, I'd appreciate it.
3) I have a huge embarrassment/public humiliation squick, so if you could avoid that, I'd be grateful.
4) I’m a veterinarian and an animal lover and any talk of animal abuse or animal death makes me really upset. So, if there are any animals in your stories, I’d appreciate it if none of them were hurt or killed, and that they are all treated with care and respect. Thanks!
5) The following kinks make me very uncomfortable: Age play/infantalism, scat, watersports, a/b/o dynamics/omegaverse. Basically, if I haven't listed it as something I'd like for a particular story, please err on the side of caution and just don't include it. Thanks!

Specific Requests:

You are free to utilize any prompt I toss out there or none of them. If reading what I like about the characters/worlds sparks a fic idea in your head, feel free to ignore the prompts and run with it. ^_^

Also, length of babble in no way indicates my fandom preferences. (i.e., some of these I literally just finished a full re-up of canon before sign-ups so I ended up having a LOT more to say about those canons than some of the others, but it in no way means that I care less about the others. Some are just fresher in my mind.) I promise I’m equally excited about the possibility of all of these requests. ^_^

1. All Seeing Eye - Rob Thurman
Characters: Hector Allgood, Jackson Lee Eye

OK, the first thing I should say about this canon is that I really enjoy the other nominated characters (Abigail "Abby" (All Seeing Eye), Meleah Guerrera), as well, and if you want any of them to make appearances, I’m more than good with that. ^_^ So why request this particular set of characters?

One of the most compelling parts of the book to me is the enemies-to-friends(-to-lovers? ^_~) thing going on between Jackson and Hector. I absolutely love the entire arc of their developing friendship from angry and antagonistic to deep-seated trust and practical co-dependency. Anything that looks at that friendship (or romance, if you want to look at it that way!) through that lens is something I’d really enjoy.

Specific prompts:

I mentioned in my likes that hurt/comfort is one of my favorite tropes? These two are practically made for it if that’s something you’re into writing. ^_^ (I mean… at least half the book is Hector/Jackson hurt/comfort. ;D) So, something where Jackson’s powers get him into trouble (i.e., coming into contact with something someone died on violently) and Hector having to take care of him while he puts himself back together would be right up my alley. ^____^
And again, if you’re slash minded, we know that Jackson and Hector once had a really awkward conversation about why Jackson doesn’t have sex. Do they ever try it? What do they do to try to get around the whole overly enforced intimacy? Do they end up in a relationship where they’re platonically intimate but not having sex? Hell, do they ever even manage to sleep in the same bed, for that matter? Inquiring minds want to know!)
The other thing that I really love about this book is the way it ends. I love that Jackson has started to open himself up to other people. I love that he has a second chance to do right by Tess. I love that he’s built this family for himself out of nothing and completely against the odds. And I would love to see what happens from there. The adventures of Jackson raising Tess, for instance. What’s it like for him and his powers living with another person? What’s it like for someone who didn’t have ANY kind of a healthy childhood to try to raise a child? The punch line is that I’d love to see a little more of Jackson’s happy-ever-after. ^_^
Again, if slash is a thing you’re into, I wouldn’t mind seeing how Hector fits into that future situation, either. ^_^ Because if anything is more likely to be awkwardly adorable than Jackson trying to raise a child, it’s Jackson and Hector trying to raise a child. ;D
I also mentioned that I wouldn’t mind the other nominated characters making an appearance, so here are some thoughts about that – there was NOT enough Abby in the book. Not anywhere near enough. She’s been Jackson’s only family for years—how does SHE fit into the happy ever after? She’s canonically bi/pan-sexual (never explicitly specified which way she identifies, but her dating men and women is mentioned) – if Hector ends up with Jackson, I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing a little Abby/Meleah on the side! ^_^
For that matter, if you are not slash minded, I do enjoy Hector/Meleah, so how do the two of them fit into Jackson’s life post-Tess adoption? Do they have children of their own and do they and Jackson end up leaning on each other to commiserate about parenting problems? (I mean, couldn’t you just see it? “Jackson, the baby’s been crying non-stop for three hours, for the love of all that’s holy, please touch them and tell us what’s wrong, WE BEG YOU.” ;D

Yuleporn prompts:

As mentioned above, Jackson and Hector once had a really awkward conversation about why Jackson doesn’t have sex (he's a very powerful touch-postcognitive; so that much skin on skin contact generally gives him WAY too much information about his partner). So, I wonder... do Hector and Jackson ever try it? What do they do to try to get around the whole overly enforced intimacy of Jackson's gift? ...or not? How does that play out in bed? Do they end up in a relationship where they’re platonically intimate but not having sex?
For that matter... what might they do instead, if Jackson can't stand to be in physical contact during sex? Maybe some toys and voyeurism are involved? Maybe Hector invests in lots of latex gloves so that fingering and/or fisting can be options? All of these are fair game! ;D

2. Coldfire Trilogy - C. S. Friedman
Characters: Gerald Tarrant (Coldfire), Damien Vryce

I'm in the midst of a re-read of this trilogy for the first time in many years and remembering all over again how much I love these two and just couldn't resist requesting them for Yuletide. ^_^ If you were going to explicitly design a set of characters to my personal likes and preferences to throw at each other and watch how they play together… Damien and Gerald would be it. These books were absolutely formative for me in terms of my character preferences and the two of them are a large part of why. ^_^ If you read through my All-Seeing Eye babble above, you’ll already know that the whole enemies-to-friends(-lovers? ;D) thing is a favorite trope. (And if you didn’t, you do now!) I love how these two start out so absolutely deeply antagonistic. I love how due to his nature, Gerald molds himself into the thing that Damien fears most every time they interact. I love how complex Damien’s feelings are in particular—Gerald is not just one of the greatest evils their world has ever known, he’s also the Prophet who literally wrote the book of Damien’s entire faith and worldview. And I love how absolutely fucked in the head Damien gets over that dichotomy. And when he starts to have some hope that the Prophet can be redeemed out of the irredeemable mess that is the Hunter? I GET CHILLS. Especially because Gerald does, more and more as the books go on, mold himself to Damien’s views of him—both bad and good. So, when Damien starts to truly believe that Gerald can be redeemed… I think there’s a part of Gerald that starts to believe it, too, and conform to it whether he wants to or not. So, basically, anything that explores the nature of that complex, evolving relationship between the two of them would thrill me to no end. ^_^

Prompts:

I am always up for hurt/comfort. Always. ^_^ And since Gerald seems to get himself weakened/injured at the drop of a hat throughout the books and Damien ends up having to take care of him/save him from himself (the fire pit in Lema, the voyages by water/through the Canopy, Gerald tapping into the Earth fae right after the quake and scalding himself inside and out, rescuing Gerald from literal Hell, not to mention all the times that Gerald has gone off into existential angst mode and Damien ends up talking him down, ffs, and THE LIST GOES ON), I’d say they’re well suited to that. :D I’d love to see this either while Gerald is still his Hunter-self or after he’s been made human—both would make for a great story!
If you are slash-minded, I ship these two very, very much. I’d love to see how their relationship would evolve if it went in that direction, again, either before or after Gerald gets made human. Is there any existential angst on Damien’s part if it’s while Gerald is still the Hunter? Or maybe this is all part of his plan to redeem the Prophet? Or maybe he figures he’s already damned for what he’s condoned so far, and in for a penny, in for a pound? And what about Gerald’s side of things? Is this just one more aspect to him becoming the evil Damien most fears? Or is it something more?
The Ending. Hmm. I… honestly am not sure I ever made peace with how the books end. It seems to vary by the day. On the one hand, I kind of love the whole idea of Gerald cheating his own fate by literally becoming a different person. On the other hand… I love Gerald as he is, even with everything stacked against him. I also don’t believe for one second that either of them could really walk away from each other after all they’ve been through together. So, I’d love to see what happens after the End. Whether you choose to play with the Gerald-isn’t-Gerald-but-wants-to-stay-with-Damien-somehow thing or the Gerald-somehow-stayed-himself-but-got-his-second-chance-anyway-and-wants-to-stay-with-Damien-somehow thing, I’ll leave up to you.
OK, sorry, this one is going to get long, but I feel the need to quote:

The Hunter turned on him angrily; his eyes were red-rimmed, bloodshot. “Don’t be a fool,” he snapped. “Of course it makes a difference. Not because of gender, but because of power. Raw physicality. What can you know of it—you, who were born with the size and the strength to defend yourself from any physical threat? What can you know of the mind-set of the weak, whose lives are centered around vulnerability? When you hear footsteps behind you in a darkened street, do you fear being kidnapped? Raped? Overcome by the sheer physical strength of your attackers? Or do you feel confident that with firm ground and a reliable weapon in your hands you could hold your own against any reasonable threat? How can you possibly understand what it means to lack that confidence—or what it can drive a human to do, to try to gain it?”

“And you do, I suppose?”

The Hunter glared. “I was the youngest of nine sons, priest. My brothers took after their father, in form and spirit: a hulking, crude beast of a man, who believed that there wasn’t an enemy on Erna he couldn’t bring to his knees if only he swung his fist hard enough. I grew up among them, sole inheritor of our mother’s mien—and I didn’t come into my height until late, or my power. Now, you think about the cruelty of that kind—and of sibling youths, in general—and the brutality of my age, which was at the end of the Dark Ages—and then tell me how much I don’t understand.” He turned away. “I think I understand it very well.”

“They died,” Damien said. “Within five years of your disappearance. All of them.”

“It was the first thing I did, once I had gained the power—and the moral freedom—to work my will upon the world. And those eight murders are among my most pleasurable memories.”

Friedman, C.S.. Black Sun Rising: The Coldfire Trilogy, Book One (pp. 522-523). DAW. Kindle Edition.

Dear holy FUCK, there is so much to unpack there, and I love every single implication in it. Give me more about Gerald’s backstory. Does it ever play into the nightmares he spins for Damien? Give me every gory detail, if you’re so minded. (…this is the part where I confess that dub/noncon is a kink I enjoy, and if you want to play with that in the context of Gerald’s backstory, FEEL FREE.)
On a world-building side of things, I’m also kind of fascinated and horrified by the changing of the very nature of Erna by the Patriarch. On the one hand, I recognize that in order for humanity to thrive on Erna, something like that would have been necessary eventually. OTOH, I’m kind of disgusted by how humanity thought they had the right to alter an entire natural ecosystem just so they could survive in it when they were never meant to be there in the first place (especially when Jenseny (and the adepts themselves) were proof that humans were finally, FINALLY beginning to fully adapt to living on Erna). So, if you want to take that part of the ending in a different direction, I’d love to see what that world looks like—where humanity DOES fully adapt to living on Erna. Alternately, if you choose to keep that part the same (the fae now only workable by altruistic sacrifice), I’d be curious to see how adepts like Gerald were affected by that change. (Though, knowing Gerald, he probably found a way to retain his power in spite of it. ;D) Was it a major loss? Is it like being able to listen to music but knowing you’ll never play it again? How would something like that affect a man like Gerald? And how conflicted would Damien feel over it? Knowing that he gave humanity its best chance to live up to the Church’s dream… and that he’s condemned himself to never again being able to touch the thing he craved most. Maybe Gerald finds a way to give it back to both of them? Who knows? But I’d love to see the aftermath of that. ^_^

3. Dark Visions -- L.J. Smith
Characters: Gabriel Wolfe, Rob Kessler

I am absolutely fascinated by the dynamic between Gabriel and Rob. They're opposites in every way and start out hating each other, yet by the end of the story they're the closest of friends. OH, HEY, LOOK. Yet another enemies-to-friends(-to-lovers? ;D) set. I… really do have a type, don’t I? XD That’s three in a row. ANYWAY. Here’s another thing I love about them: between Rob's altruistic caretaker mentality and Gabriel's surly angst and self-loathing, they're an emotional hurt/comfort lover's dream come true. ^_~ Basically, I'd love any story that explores their relationship at any point along the transformation, pre-canon, canon, or post-canon.

Prompts:

What was their shared past like? What was it like for the two of them as they slowly worked their way towards becoming friends? What is it like for them to learn the ins-and-outs of being in that five-way psychic matrimony, so to speak? Does Rob ever win Gabriel over completely to trusting that their friendship is solid?
…does their relationship ever become more than friendship? (I love Kaitlyn like mad, I really do. And I rooted for her and Gabriel to get together when I read the books… but these days, I ship Rob and Gabriel like mad. So, if you are also slash-minded and want to take it in that direction, I would not object in the slightest. ^_^ You could look at all those above things from the point of view of a budding relationship in addition to a friendship. Who is attracted to who first? Who is the first to admit how they feel? How does that affect the already sordid triangle between Rob, Gabriel and Kaitlyn? Does it end in threesome land (I'd be totally OK if it did, even though I didn't specifically request Kaitlyn.) Does it end amicably with Kaitlyn finding love elsewhere? Or maybe you don't want to deal with any of that plotty/emotional stuff at all and the boys just have really hot, telepathy-ridden sex while trying (and/or failing) to not include everyone else in the web. After all… what's a little accidental voyeurism between webmates, right? ^_~ It's all good. ^_^ My only request is please don't bash Kaitlyn on the way to getting them together if you go that route, because I love her too and the only reason I didn't request her is that she and Gabriel already have several amazing stories and the boys have well… one. Granted, it's an amazing one, but still… one.)
Another thing I would love to see if shipping is not your cuppa is a more in-depth look at Gabriel's telepathy. Considering how much he walls himself off to protect himself, considering how he's become almost phobic about relationships with other people and how he violently rejects overtures of friendship, having telepathy has to be a total nightmare for him. How does that affect his interactions with Rob? Rob is definitely the love-me-hug-me type. He doesn't understand the need to put walls between himself and other people because his entire life is an open book which he invites everyone to read. Does he even try to understand Gabriel's point of view? Does he try to change him or does he respect that Gabriel is a different person than he is and find a way to work with that? (Because the books certainly suggest the former… and that it doesn't go well.)
Another set of tropes I really enjoy is hurt/comfort and sick!fic and Gabriel and Rob make such a perfect set-up for something like that. ^_^ Maybe the web occasionally causes psychic overload for Gabriel? Maybe it's just a plain old stress-induced illness situation and Rob ends up having to take care of Gabriel? Maybe having so many people in his head all the time—both in the web and outside of it once his power gets kicked into overdrive—is just too much and Gabriel’s peace of mind and sanity take a super hard knock or two? Any way you want to play with that works for me. ^_^

4. Ephemera Series - Anne Bishop
Characters: Danyal (Ephemera), Lee (Ephemera)

My history with these books is a really interesting one. On first read-through, the character I hooked into most was Sebastian. On the second read-through, it was Glorianna. Right now, I seem to be falling further and further in love with Danyal and Lee. I am always a sucker for the self-sacrificing types who may angst quietly to themselves but would never even dream of not helping the people who need them. And both of these characters fit into that archetype, though Lee a bit more so than Danyal. More importantly, though, I absolutely love how they manage to get each other past that and form a truly supportive and thriving partnership where both can live fully up to their strengths and potential. And, for the record, I love their canon friendship, but I’d also love to see them romantically shipped, so whichever way you want to go there is fine by me!

Prompts:

When Lee and Danyal first meet, Lee is blind and thought to be insane, and is thus wholly dependent on those around him. This plays out in some vicious and cruel abuse by his keepers, essentially torture under the guise of caretaking. I’ve mentioned I’m a fan of hurt/comfort and sick!fic, yes? We know that Sholeh and Khobrah are the ones who mostly take care of him, but I’d love to see Danyal in there, too.
I’m just honestly fascinated by their dynamic all the way through. Once Lee starts to recover, it isn’t long before Danyal starts leaning on him as though he’s another Shaman. Certainly, Danyal’s instincts are pretty damned good, but that’s still an extreme level of trust in someone who is supposedly mad. It is pointed out to Danyal that he treats Lee like a colleague who is there to rest and heal, rather than like a patient. How did that come about? What was going through Danyal’s mind? How did he finally decide he could trust Lee that much? What tipped the balance?
Lee, by contrast, has been working himself into an early grave most of his life, and now finds himself forced into a life of leisure. He seems to swing back and forth over how much he accepts that. What was it like for him to find himself suddenly forced to take a backseat after years of being crucial in the fight against the Eater of the World? And once he accepted that he had to step back, was Danyal reaching out to him for assistance more of a blessing or a curse? Was he eager to get back into things or did he resent it?
Lee is just so, so bitter at the beginning of the book. He’s given up everything for Glorianna, always, and he’s feeling abandoned, pushed aside. You can still see flashes of it in the beginning of his friendship with Danyal. Do they ever talk that out? Does Lee tell him willingly or is it a forced necessity when Danyal meets Lee’s family? Does that bitterness ever really heal or is it just dormant, waiting to flare up into resentment at a time that isn’t even appropriate for it?
What about after the events in Bridge of Dreams? They have this beautiful new complex and a huge playground for Ephemera to play around in. I just kind of want to know everything about what happens next. ^_^
A kind of case fic, maybe? They’re going to use the playground to help people find the landscapes they belong in. Tell me about someone’s journey and how they help them on the way.
Those quiet moments between them. Oh, man. I loved the little walks they used to take with Lee acting as teacher and guide for Danyal, as Lee slowly coaxed him to accept truths about the world that he hadn’t been ready for. Do those talks continue? I just loved how at peace they both were with each other. How does that evolve?
Both Danyal and Lee were almost starved for friendship by the time they met—Lee because he hadn’t dared befriend anyone and Danyal because, even among other Shaman, he was always different. What was that like to find someone they could finally connect to? Did it ever progress to also include intimacy? Friends with benefits? Lovers? Beloved?
…does Ephemera ever try to play matchmaker for them in its own awkwardly endearing way?
For that matter, I’d love to just see them relaxing into that partnership, learning to work together in this new venture of theirs, growing closer over time +/- falling in love… sex. Really, just anything involving the two of them taking care of each other and supporting and appreciating each other. Really, I’ll take anything I can get for the two of them. ^_^

5. Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Characters: Elmont (Jack the Giant Slayer)

I admit, I stumbled across this movie at a time when I was looking for anything I could find with Ewan McGregor in it, but I quickly became a bit obsessed with it, in its own right. It’s exactly the right amount of corny to not take itself too seriously, to still be able to have a little fun with itself, but the characters are so sincere in themselves and with each other, their relationships so real, that it’s hard to remain unmoved by them. And Elmont. Elmont is my favorite of the bunch for that. He’s competence porn incarnate. He’s just so. incredibly. good. at. his. job. He’s calm and cool as hell in a crisis and he’s such a good judge of people and abilities that he’s able to incorporate those people and abilities into whatever plan he’s concocting on the fly. I also love that he’s another character who doesn’t hesitate to take on the darker, expediently necessary deeds to spare the people he cares about having to commit them. I love that he doesn’t ask anything of anyone that he wouldn’t do, himself. I JUST LOVE HIM, OK. ^_^

Prompts: (I… may have way too many of these for this one. OOPS. My imagination ran a bit wild. ^_^)

Elmont is so gentle and so easy-going most of the time. And then there are moments when you’re reminded that he is a very dangerous man—like when he carries through on the decision that, for the good of the kingdom, Roderick has to die. He’s a man capable of doing anything to keep the kingdom and its monarchs safe. His duty is everything to him. What kind of upbringing does he come from that the thought of, essentially, coldblooded assassination doesn’t even slow him down? Do these things ever haunt him (either literally or figuratively)? What else has he done in the name of duty?
What if Elmont hadn’t gotten onto the beanstalk before the army cut it down? What if the other bean had been lost? What if he’d been trapped on the giants’ island alone with the giants, forced to run and hide, constantly keeping one step ahead of them, lest he become dinner or a plaything? What would that do to him? (And, feel free to take that as dark as you want to—torture, noncon, tentacle porn (hey, who knows what else lives up there? There are giants with two heads, after all!), are all fair game. Or if you want to just stay on the psychological trauma aspect, that’s fine with me, too!) Does he ever find a way back to Earth? If so, does he return to Cloister? What kind of shape is he in when he does? (I wouldn’t mind seeing either Brahmwell or Isabelle and Jack helping to put him back together, in that case. ^_^)
What would the land be like if the giants had won? What if humanity became a captive and/or hunted species? Was Elmont captured or did he escape? Who else might still be alive? How about a giant apocalypse scenario, instead of a zombie apocalypse? (Again, feel free to take that one to a really dark place, if you like.)
This is probably one of the few fandoms I wouldn’t mind a bit of AU for. I love that snapshot into the future they show of the Crown in modern day England. I’m also a sucker for reincarnation fic. Maybe Elmont (and some of the others, maybe Brahmwell, Isabelle, and/or Jack?) get reincarnated into the present day and the giants once more become a threat? What do they do? How does that go down? Do they have their memories? Maybe Elmont remembers and the others don’t? There’s some delicious angst potential down that road. ^_~ Or maybe the giants aren’t a threat. How do they meet? Do they have their memories? Honestly, I’d be happy with a meet-cute here, too. ^_^ Because as much as I love my angst, I also really want Elmont to just be able to claim a little happiness for himself. ^_^
As I mentioned above, Elmont is like competence porn incarnate. Any fic of him just being damned good at his job would thrill me to no end. Stories about him being head of the guard, protecting the kingdom, talking tactics and strategy, etc. YES, PLEASE.
Elmont backstory would also be awesome! What was his upbringing like? How did he rise to be the captain of the king’s guard? Did he grow up at the palace or come to it later in life?
In the case of either potential ship, I could see it starting out as Elmont just wanting to do whatever it takes to make the other person happy. He’s very much a product of a vassal mentality, where everything he does is to make is ruler happy and keep them safe. But then, over time, he slowly realizes that he isn’t just a convenience, that Brahmwell, or Isabelle and Jack, want him because he’s HIM, that they see him as an equal, that he is valued. I just want to see Elmont happy. ^_^
I’m also just a complete sucker for hurt/comfort and sick!fic, especially for characters who are the ones usually doing the caregiving/protecting, like Elmont. Maybe he gets injured on duty or maybe he just gets sick and has to let someone take care of him for a change?

OK, I realize that Elmont is the only character I requested, BUT I’m perfectly OK with Brahmwell and/or Isabelle and Jack being included, if you want to go there, because…

Shippy Prompts:

I may be on this little rowboat all by my lonesome, but I do ship Elmont with King Brahmwell. I’m not even sorry. ^_^ What it basically boils down to is that the King and Lionheart trope is one of my favorite tropes. (I tried to find a better link for you, but that’s the only reference I could actually find to the trope? O_o;;;) Anyway, the basic deal with a King and Lionheart trope is that there is a ruler and their vassal/guard/champion/what-have-you, and there is MAD FEALTY AND RESPECT between the two and, while it may be only the vassal showing fealty in public, in reality, it goes both ways, with the vassal able to take liberties in private that they would never dream of taking in public. (…I definitely have a loyalty/fealty kink. ^_^) And Elmont exemplifies that Lionheart character achetype. He has such utter, absolute, unshakable faith in his monarchs – both Brahmwell and Isabelle – but you can see in the beginning that neither of them quite lives up to his mental image of what they could be: Isabelle because she’s too young and too sheltered, and Brahmwell because he’s been so devastated by loss that he’s let fear coax him into making selfish and poor decisions. Then, through the course of the movie, both Isabelle and Brahmwell step up to the plate and grow up a little, until by the end he’s so proud of both of them and so full of love for them that he’s practically glowing with it. And from there, it’s a very short step to shipping, if you choose to go in that direction? ^_^ If not, I’d love to see Elmont’s loyalty discussed in a platonic sense, as well, just king to vassal.
(Also, you’re welcome to check out my tumblr tag for them, if you’re interested -- it’s pretty short, but there’s some fun stuff in there. ^_^)
I… also ship him with Isabelle and Jack, if you choose to go that way. I love the three of them, too. ^_^ Elmont obviously cares a great deal for Isabelle, going above and beyond the call of duty to keep her safe and happy. And he comes to care just as deeply for Jack, both as the man who makes Isabelle happy and in his own right. But that affection he has for the two of them doesn’t extend to coddling either one of them—if they insist they can do something, he accepts it unquestioningly and does whatever he can to support them without interfering. And there’s a bit of King and Lionheart going on between Elmont and Isabelle, too. So, I could very happily see Isabelle and Jack coaxing him into a relationship with the two of them.
Man, ANYTHING Brahmwell x Elmont (shippy) or Brahmwell & Elmont (platonic) would make me happy. Slice of life? PWP? Aftermath of the giant battle? Elmont comforting Brahmwell (either emotionally or physically/sexually) after his wife’s death? Brahmwell realizing that he’s done a really poor job of being king since his wife’s death and deciding it’s damned time he turned it around and started living up to Elmont’s hopes for him as a ruler? (I’m pretty sure I’m on this little rowboat of a ship by myself, so really, anything would be welcome. ^_^)
I would also love to see happy threesome Isabelle/Jack/Elmont. How did it come about? Was it Jack’s idea? Isabelle’s? Was there any pining on Elmont’s part? Was he resigned to the fact that it would never happen (or that it shouldn’t happen)? Or maybe we want to skip all that and just have happy threesome cuddles or sex? Or the three of them raising Isabelle and Jack’s kids? Is this an acknowledged, public, threeway marriage? Or is Elmont a dirty, little secret? I just love their whole dynamic together and the dynamics of each of the pairings in the threesome, so more of all of it would be welcome. ^_^

6. Tir Alainn Trilogy - Anne Bishop
Characters: Morag (Tir Alainn Trilogy), Padrick (Tir Alainn Trilogy), Ashk (Tir Alainn Trilogy)

FIX IT, OMG, PLEASE FIX IT. I mean, the ending where Morag ends up getting to grow up as Ari’s beloved wiccanfae daughter is great. It really is. But I’d be even happier if they’d found a way to cure her or if she’d never been turned to begin with. So what happens? How does that get fixed? How do they deal with the close call/might-have-been? Is Morag even happy to be saved?
Or maybe we just want to skip the how and go straight to what happens next? I would love some happy threesome fic for these three. I really would. ^_^ Whether that’s an Ashk/Padrick + Morag situation or it’s a full-on Ashk/Morag/Padrick situation, I just want more of the three of them and that dynamic I described above. ^_^ For example:
The war is over and Morag returns to Bretonwood with Ashk and Padrick. Does one of them have to talk the other into wooing Morag or are they already on the same page? How does Morag react? It seems like she, at least, would need some convincing. She’s had too many years of thinking herself a freak and completely undesirable. (I mean, she’s shocked as all get out by Padrick’s appreciation of her beauty on the journey.) Has she ever even been intimate with anyone? Is she afraid she’ll ruin things? Or do they just click into place like they belong together?
If we are in happy threesome territory already (either romantically or platonically), what is that like? Some happy slice-of-life fic for them would be lovely. A Harvest Fair, maybe? Helping Ari celebrate the Solstice? A quiet evening at home tucked in by the fire while it snows outside? (We know that Padrick loves petting shadowhounds and Morag has a brand new shadowhound mix puppy to cuddle, so maybe we have a literal puppy pile by the fire? ;D) Padrick and Ashk trying to introduce Morag to the finer points of human life?
I’d also just love honestly ANYTHING about Ashk and Morag’s friendship. They’ve both been so starved for someone who understands them and doesn’t fear them. Ashk at least has the second in Padrick, and Morag with Morphia, but having someone who understands them is a different thing entirely. I love those moments when they work in such perfect gestalt that neither even needs to speak because they just GET IT. And I love that. I love their friendship. I love that deep level of understanding. I love that recognition in them both, that feeling of “I KNOW you. I get you. Yessssss,” and how as wary as everyone is of each of them alone, the two of them together are just Not To Be Trifled With Ever. I just love them, OK? ^_^ (And I’m OK with this prompt being just the two of them; the only thing I ask is that if you take this down a romantic road that it’s understood that Padrick is included, as well, even if he isn’t explicitly present in the fic.)

Dear PR Femslash Ficathon Writer

eirenical — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 02:51:28 GMT

Most of this letter is cribbed from my last Yuletide letter, and is mostly intended to give you a guidepost for my general likes and dislikes in fic, if you like to have that sort of thing. All other specific request details can be found in my sign-up. ^_^ Thank you for writing for me!

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Rating and kink:

General likes and dislikes:

Likes:
I like fluff. I like angst. I like hurt/comfort (emotional or physical) and sickfic. I like found family stories. I like shipfic. I like plotty fic. I like long fic. I like short fic. I like character studies. I like AUs of the "What if?" variety (i.e. what if character A had made a different decision here; what if character B hadn't died). I like explorations of things beyond canon (i.e. continuations of canon, deeper explorations of things only mentioned in passing in canon, expanding on the stories of minor characters, backstories, etc.).

I like a whole lot more than that, but in the interest of not writing a 20,000 word letter, here's the punch line to all of this babbling: what draws me to fandom is the characters and the interactions between them. So, if you keep the story focused on the characters, I'll generally be happy with whatever other plot trappings fall around them. ^_^

DNWs (do not wants):
1) I prefer to keep other kinds of AUs (i.e. coffeehouse AUs, high school AUs, etc.) to my larger fandom explorations. For exchanges, I prefer to stay closer to actual canon.
2) I have a huge fealty/loyalty kink, and discussions of infidelity/cheating/going behind someone's back/etc., make me highly uncomfortable. So, if you could avoid that kind of thing, I'd appreciate it.
3) I have a huge embarrassment/public humiliation squick, so if you could avoid that, I'd be grateful.
4) I’m a veterinarian and an animal lover and any talk of animal abuse or animal death makes me really upset. So, if there are any animals in your stories, I’d appreciate it if none of them were hurt or killed, and that they are all treated with care and respect. Thanks!
5) The following kinks: Age play/infantalism, scat, watersports, a/b/o dynamics/omegaverse. Basically, if I haven't listed it as something I'd like for a particular story, please just don't include it. Thanks!

Happy writing! ^_^
A grateful recipient

(This entry was originally posted on DW @ https://rchan.dreamwidth.org/258822.html)

Year End Word Count Meme (2017)

eirenical — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 04:42:14 GMT

That time of year again? Yikes.

Date	Title	Fandom	Words
3/26	Muet 9	LM	3429
4/8	Muet Feuilly/Jehan outtake	LM	556
7/12	As It Should Be	LM	2563
9/4	Muet 10	LM	5495
10/14	Bahorel/Jehan ghost fic	LM	629
10/14	E/F fantasy AU	LM	691
10/14	"You Need to Eat Something" (Cody & Obi-Wan)	SW	582
10/22	Muet 11	LM	5655
10/24	flutter for a day and think it is forever	Dark Matter	6007
10/28	Coffee Shops and Daffodils	Power Rangers	2669
12/18	Anon YT fic		1413
		Subtotal	29689
WiPs
6/21	Andros/Zhane Sick!fic	PRiS	778
6/24	No Man is an Island 5	LM	393
8/23	Tiniest Jedi Master (Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan)	SW	491
10/28	Untitled E/F Fall fic	LM	1341
	Untitled Jehan/Combeferre platonic meme fic	LM	889
		Subtotal	3892

		Total	33581

So, last year was pretty pathetic. This year was worse. O_o;;; Remember back in 2010 when I wrote 380,000 words worth of fic in one year? *wistful sigh* I miss my days in Hair. I was way more productive then. :P Anyway, this year we continue the trend of ever decreasing word counts AND I've officially written my first piece of coal for YT. No comment from the recip. Not even a kudos. So, that sucks. I also utterly failed at responding to AO3 comments this year. I have like... 6 or 7 I still have to answer, but I've been so damned unmotivated with everything. Everything just feels like too much work. Even taking out my computer and turning it on feels like too much work some days.

I don't know. I just feel like I'm stretched way too thin, lately. I haven't had time to finish my schoolwork. My assignment turn-around time to my students was ridiculous. I mean... we're talking WEEKS. That's too damned long. Not to mention that I'm spinning my wheels in a currently dead end job where I'm constantly being taken advantage of with no sign of a way out anytime soon, and I'm starting to really resent it.

Honestly, I just haven't had the energy to DO anything. I've been in a perpetual state of existential ennui. Like, the world is going to hell in a handbasket, so why the fuck should I care about anything? It takes too much effort and we live in a dystopia that's going to end tomorrow anyway. a.k.a. I've been living in depression land for too damned much of this year. And that explains the word count more than anything else could.

*sigh* I'd say, "Here's hoping I'll do better next year," but I said that last year and look how well it didn't turn out. :P (This entry was originally posted on DW @ https://rchan.dreamwidth.org/258795.html)

Dear Yuletide Author

eirenical — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 04:30:11 GMT

General likes and dislikes:

Likes:
I like fluff. I like angst. I like hurt/comfort (emotional or physical) and sickfic. I like found family stories. I like shipfic. I like plotty fic. I like long fic. I like short fic. I like character studies. I like AUs of the "What if?" variety (i.e. what if character A had made a different decision here; what if character B hadn't died). I like explorations of things beyond canon (i.e. continuations of canon, deeper explorations of things only mentioned in passing in canon, expanding on the stories of minor characters, backstories, etc.).

I like a whole lot more than that, but in the interest of not writing a 20,000 word letter, here's the punch line to all of this babbling: what draws me to fandom is the characters and the interactions between them. So, if you keep the story focused on the characters, I'll generally be happy with whatever other plot trappings fall around them. ^_^

DNWs (do not wants):
1) I prefer to keep other kinds of AUs (i.e. coffeehouse AUs, high school AUs, etc.) to my larger fandom explorations. For exchanges, I prefer to stay closer to actual canon.
2) I have a huge fealty/loyalty kink, and discussions of infidelity/cheating/going behind someone's back/etc., make me highly uncomfortable. So, if you could avoid that kind of thing, I'd appreciate it.
3) I have a huge embarrassment/public humiliation squick, so if you could avoid that, I'd be grateful.
4) I’m a veterinarian and an animal lover and any talk of animal abuse or animal death makes me really upset. So, if there are any animals in your stories, I’d appreciate it if none of them were hurt or killed, and that they are all treated with care and respect. Thanks!
5) The following kinks: Age play/infantalism, scat, watersports, a/b/o dynamics/omegaverse. Basically, if I haven't listed it as something I'd like for a particular story, please just don't include it. Thanks!

Specific Requests:

You are free to utilize any prompt I toss out there or none of them. If reading what I like about the characters/worlds sparks a fic idea in your head, feel free to ignore the prompts and run with it. ^_^

Also, length of babble in no way indicates my fandom preferences. (i.e., some of these I literally just finished a full re-up of canon before sign-ups so I ended up having a LOT more to say about those canons than some of the others, but it in no way means that I care less about the others. Some are just fresher in my mind.) I promise I’m equally excited about the possibility of all of these requests. ^_^

1. All Seeing Eye - Rob Thurman
Characters: Hector Allgood, Jackson Lee Eye

OK, the first thing I should say about this canon is that I really enjoy all of the other nominated characters (Abigail "Abby" (All Seeing Eye), Meleah Guerrera), as well, and if you want any of them to make appearances, I’m more than good with that. ^_^ So why request this particular set of characters?

One of the most compelling parts of the book to me is the enemies-to-friends(-to-lovers? ^_~) thing going on between Jackson and Hector. I absolutely love the entire arc of their developing friendship from angry and antagonistic to deep-seated trust and practical co-dependency. Anything that looks at that friendship (or romance, if you want to look at it that way!) through that lens is something I’d really enjoy.

Specific prompts:

I mentioned in my likes that hurt/comfort is one of my favorite tropes? This relationship is PERFECT for it if that’s something you’re into writing. ^_^ (I mean… at least half the book is Hector/Jackson hurt/comfort. ;D) So, something where Jackson’s powers get him into trouble (i.e., coming into contact with something someone died on violently) and Hector having to take care of him while he puts himself back together would be right up my alley. ^____^
And again, if you’re slash minded, we know that Jackson and Hector once had a really awkward conversation about why Jackson doesn’t have sex. Do they ever try it? What do they do to try to get around the whole overly enforced intimacy? Do they end up in a relationship where they’re platonically intimate but not having sex? Hell, do they ever even manage to sleep in the same bed, for that matter? Inquiring minds want to know!)
The other thing that I really love about this book is the way it ends. I love that Jackson has started to open himself up to other people. I love that he has a second chance to do right by Tess. I love that he’s built this family for himself out of nothing and completely against the odds. And I would love to see what happens from there. The adventures of Jackson raising Tess, for instance. What’s it like for him and his powers living with another person? What’s it like for someone who didn’t have ANY kind of a healthy childhood to try to raise a child? The punch line is that I’d love to see a little more of Jackson’s happy-ever-after (and how Hector fits into that happy-ever-after). ^_^
Again, if slash is a thing you’re into, I wouldn’t mind seeing how Hector fits into that future situation, either. ^_^ Because if anything is more likely to be awkwardly adorable than Jackson trying to raise a child, it’s Jackson and Hector trying to raise a child. ;D
I also mentioned that I wouldn’t mind the other nominated characters making an appearance, so here are some thoughts about that – there was NOT enough Abby in the book. Not anywhere near enough. She’s been Jackson’s only family for years—how does SHE fit into the happy ever after? She’s canonically bi/pan-sexual (never specified) – if Hector ends up with Jackson, I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing a little Abby/Meleah on the side! ^_^
For that matter, if you are not slash minded, I do enjoy Hector/Meleah, so how do the two of them fit into Jackson’s life post-Tess adoption? Do they have children of their own and do they and Jackson end up leaning on each other to commiserate about parenting problems? (I mean, couldn’t you just see it? “Jackson, the baby’s been crying non-stop for three hours, for the love of all that’s holy, please touch them and tell us what’s wrong, WE BEG YOU.” ;D

Yuleporn prompts:

As mentioned above, Jackson and Hector once had a really awkward conversation about why Jackson doesn’t have sex (he's a very powerful touch-postcognitive; so that much skin on skin contact generally gives him WAY too much information about his partner). So, I wonder... do Hector and Jackson ever try it? What do they do to try to get around the whole overly enforced intimacy of Jackson's gift? ...or not? How does that play out in bed? Do they end up in a relationship where they’re platonically intimate but not having sex?
For that matter... what might they do instead, if Jackson can't stand to be in physical contact during sex? Maybe some toys and voyeurism are involved? Maybe Hector invests in lots of latex gloves so that fingering and/or fisting can be options? All of these are fair game! ;D

2. Black Jewels - Anne Bishop
Characters: Rainier (Black Jewels)

I just did a full re-read of the entire Black Jewels series this year and was reminded of how much I absolutely adore Rainier… and how I feel that he kind of got the short end of the stick in many, many ways. Either way, though, I just really, really love him and would love to see more of him. ^_^ I also have no objection to the other characters in the tagset (Daemon Sadi, Jaenelle Angelline, Karla (Black Jewels), Saetan SaDiablo, Surreal SaDiablo) making appearances in the story.

Prompts:

Anne Bishop is really, pretty good about including queer characters… but she’s frustratingly equally good at insuring that they end up in heteronormative-looking relationships in the end. I mean, I actually really do enjoy the close queerplatonic relationship that Rainier and Surreal end up in… but Rainier is the only openly gay character in the entire series and there is SO MUCH POTENTIAL for interesting fic down that road! Rainier is a dark-Jeweled Warlord Prince. What kind of man might he fall in love with? How would that play out within the context of Court and caste? Would he be another Warlord Prince? Someone of a lesser caste? Darker Jewel or lighter? What is that power dynamic like either out of bed or in bed? i.e., I could see a younger Rainier, who’s always been feared by those he loved, enjoy having a more powerful partner who wasn’t afraid of him and could meet him strength for strength in every way or an older Rainier, who is finally secure in who he is, embracing the fact that he gets to be the strong protector for someone else. (I would be OK with you using a character from canon for these or making up an OMC.) Really, just the whole question of how a same sex relationship would work among the Blood, given how strictly the gender roles are defined, really fascinates me, so any exploration of that would be welcome. ^_^
Rainier and Surreal ARE really close and I love that partnership—so how might a potential husband for Rainier fit into that? Is there friction? Jealousy? Or do they fall into a happy little puppy pile (i.e., if you’re into Sense8 at all, maybe this falls out in a Lito/Hernando + Daniela way—all three live together in a happy little found family and Daniela may occasionally watch the other two having sex, but while all three of them are platonically intimate and tend to puppy pile, she’s never sexually intimate with either of them.)?
Good grief, could you just imagine Jaenelle and the coven trying to play matchmaker for Rainier? It would either go really well or be a complete disaster, but either way it would be hilarious. XD
I DO love Rainier and Surreal’s relationship, so if you want to include her, too, I’m totally down for that. I mean… that moment in Dreams Made Flesh when Daemon describes how devastated she was when Rainier died? OH GOSH, THAT DEPTH OF FEELING. TT^TT So, yeah, I would love a story about the two of them. You want to go full-on angst and explore that time when Rainier was getting older and Surreal knew she was going to lose him? I’m up for that. Did he stick around afterwards and become a demon? That could be fun, too. I’d also love to see some happy, cozy times in their relationship—like when they ended up snuggled up reading and laughing together that one time, thanks to Daemon’s interference.
I’d also love to see some of Rainier’s backstory fleshed out. We know that his family is super uncomfortable around him—not because he prefers men, but because he wears dark Jewels. He goes into (and comes back from) any visit with said family looking emotionally bruised and battered. What was it like for him to grow up in a family that didn’t understand how to deal with dark Jeweled males? Did he ever lash out to protect someone in his family and then get punished for it? What was it like for him growing up and knowing that everyone he loved was afraid of him? How did that change as he got older and made the Offering? When he joined the Dark Court?
On the happier side of backstory, we know that he became the coven’s dance instructor that summer they all spent at the Hall. What was THAT like? To finally be around people who weren’t afraid of him? After so many years of being the most powerful, most dangerous person in his home, what was it like to be one of many?
For that matter, did Rainier have any crushes on the boyos? Any fumbling adolescent experiences? How precious would that be? ^_^
Rainier’s injury. TT^TT On the one hand, I love a good wallow in the darker emotions, especially things like the driving self-hatred he has going on after he gets hurt. So I’d enjoy a closer look at that, too.

3. Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Characters: Bran Davies (Dark Is Rising), Will Stanton

I don’t remember exactly when I first read these books, but they’ve been perennial favorites for some time. I’ve been meaning to request them for Yuletide for years and keep managing to forget. NOT THIS YEAR. Anyway, what I love about them is that old-time myth and legend feel and how connected they feel to autumn and winter for me. I honestly can’t even put it into words. Suffice to say, I love them, and every time I come back to them, they still manage to feel fresh and new, like I remember the overall shape of them but the details blur between readings. As such, I haver fewer plot-related prompts to offer, as I’m still in the middle of my current reread, but if there’s something specifically plot-related you want to explore, I’m totally down for that, too.

I’ll also be up front about this: I ship Bran and Will a LOT. It’s that deep, almost mystical connection between the two of them that exists from the moment they meet that utterly captivates me. However, if you’re more into exploring that on a platonic/gen level, I’m down for that, too. ^_^ As mentioned in the general likes/dislikes section, I also have a HUGE fealty/loyalty kink, and Will and Bran definitely have a healthy helping of that going on. It may look different because this is modern day, but it’s clear in many of their interactions that Will kind of… belongs to Bran, very much in a king/vassal kind of way. He has all this power at his beck and call, and you just get the feeling that nothing would make him happier than to lay that all at Bran’s feet for whatever he needs. Very “command me and I’m yours,” and I LOVE that dynamic. Not so sure I’d be into that playing out in a sexual way, though, if you want to take this in a shippy direction. I like them on more equal footing when it comes to relationship explorations.

Prompts:

One of the saddest things about the DiR books to me is how everyone but Will just… forgets, leaving him to carry that memory all on his own. It feels especially tragic to me because asking children to make a choice like that—that will affect their entire lives going forward—really isn’t fair. After all, the choice a child would make in those circumstances might vary significantly from the choice an adult would make. So, even though I’ve read about a million of them already, I never tire of the “Bran gets a do-over at remembering and reconnects with Will” idea. ^_^ Whether they’ve been friends and Will has just had to be careful what he says and does and now no longer has to or whether Will has stayed mostly away from Bran to keep him safe and his memory loss intact and now no longer has to, I just love that whole reunion trope idea, however you want that to play out. And I’d be happy to see this play out in a shippy way, but am totally cool with gen on this one, too.
Speaking of tropes… I love all that time these two spend in the Welsh countryside on Clwyd farm and there is so much potential for tropey goodness there. ^_^ Trapped on the mountain in a storm and find shelter in a cave/abandoned cottage/what-have you? Blanket scenarios? Someone gets injured/sick and has to be nursed back to health? (Bonus points if it’s Will, since he’s normally the one expected to fix everything? ^_~) I am totally down for all of these things.
And speaking of Will being ill—I’m also kind of fascinated by that bit at the beginning of the Grey King when Will is very seriously ill (and Merriman hints that he was even sicker than he seemed, which much have been pretty bad considering how sick he WAS O_o;;;) and ends up losing all memory of having been an Old One, even if only temporarily. Maybe that happens again? And maybe Bran is aware that something is very, very wrong with Will afterwards, but he doesn’t know what. Because even if Bran doesn’t have conscious memory of the Dark and Light, Will is always just a bit odd because of it and Bran must pick up on that… until suddenly he isn’t. What happens then? Does losing his memory get him over any resistance he might have had to finally make something happen with Bran? Does Will get his memory back? How? And if so, how does he feel about that? Does he take it in stride? Is he disappointed? Does it mess up whatever he might have started with Bran? Does this push Will into finding a way to give Bran another crack at that choice? Like I said, there is so much potential with something like this and it fascinates me, so… ^_^
And what about Will? For an Old One, he’s so, so young in the books. When the others leave he has some idea of what that will mean for him… but he can’t really know. What happens when he finally gets it? Finally realizes how alone he’s going to be, for all eternity, really. An angst-filled look at what that realization looks like could be fun. ^_^ For that matter, what does that look like 100 years from now? 1000 years? (I’m also a sucker for reincarnation AUs, so if you wanted to look at a Will who’s been alone for a very long time and suddenly gets Bran back in some way, shape or form, that could also be a lot of fun. ^_^)
MORE tropey goodness—I’m a bit in love with all things autumn and winter and snug and cozy. I’d be over the moon happy with even just a slice-of-life, post-canon, post-get-together fic where everything is happy and they’re living in a cottage together on a farm with dogs and sheep and Bran playing the harp and fires in fireplaces and cuddling on couches and just BEING HAPPY. Like, full on winter Yuletide cliched goodness. Or a slow day of lazy cuddling and sex? TOTALLY here for that, too.
I also love how Will maintains this innocent little boy thing around his family. I’m sure that it’s at least in part because during canon he IS a little boy and it’s real, but he also has this way of pulling an “aw, shucks, I’m nothing important, don’t mind me” thing that is VERY much contrived… until he slips up and reveals the Old One underneath. Around Bran, especially a Bran who has his memories, he seems to slip up CONSTANTLY, almost forgetting he’s putting on an act to begin with. How might that play out if he were introducing Bran to his family? Would any of them catch on? (Paul came close once.) Or would they just think Will and Bran were into some we-don’t-need-it-explained-honest kind of roleplay relationship? I could see that situation going really dark or really humorous depending on the situation. ^_^

4. Ephemera Series - Anne Bishop
Characters: Danyal (Ephemera), Lee (Ephemera)

It occurs to me that I have re-read a lot of Anne Bishop this year and it really shows in my sign-ups. O_o;;; ANYWAY. For some reason, with each passing re-read, I fall further and further in love with these two characters. I am always a sucker for the self-sacrificing types who may angst quietly to themselves but would never even dream of not helping the people who need them. And both of these characters fit into that archetype, though Lee a bit more so than Danyal. More importantly, though, I absolutely love how they manage to get each other past that and form a truly supportive and thriving partnership where both can live fully up to their strengths and potential. And, for the record, I love their canon friendship, but I’d also love to see them romantically shipped, so whichever way you want to go there is fine by me!

Prompts:

When Lee and Danyal first meet, Lee is blind and thought to be insane, and is thus wholly dependent on those around him. This plays out in some vicious and cruel abuse by his keepers, essentially torture under the guise of caretaking. I’ve mentioned I’m a fan of hurt/comfort and sick!fic, yes? We know that Sholeh and Khobrah are the ones who mostly take care of him, but I’d love to see Danyal in there, too.
I’m just honestly fascinated by their dynamic all the way through. Once Lee starts to recover, it isn’t long before Danyal starts leaning on him as though he’s another Shaman. Certainly, Danyal’s instincts are pretty damned good, but that’s still a pretty extreme level of trust in someone who is supposed to be mad. It is pointed out to Danyal that he treats Lee like a colleague who is there to rest and heal, rather than like a patient. How did that come about? What was going through Danyal’s mind? How did he finally decide he could trust Lee that much? What tipped the balance?
Lee, by contrast, has been working himself into an early grave most of his life, and now finds himself forced into a life of leisure. He seems to swing back and forth over how much he accepts that. What was it like for him to find himself suddenly forced to take a backseat after years of being crucial in the fight against the Eater of the World? And once he accepted that he had to step back, was Danyal reaching out to him for assistance more of a blessing or a curse? Was he eager to get back into things or did he resent it?
Lee is just so, so bitter at the beginning of the book. He’s given up everything for Glorianna, always, and he’s feeling abandoned, pushed aside. You can still see flashes of it in the beginning of his friendship with Danyal. Do they ever talk that out? Does Lee tell him willingly or is it a forced necessity when Danyal meets Lee’s family? Does that bitterness ever really heal or is it just dormant, waiting to flare up into resentment at a time that isn’t even appropriate for it?
What about after the events in Bridge of Dreams? They have this beautiful new complex and a huge playground for Ephemera to play around in. I just kind of want to know everything about what happens next. ^_^
A kind of case fic, maybe? They’re going to use the playground to help people find the landscapes they belong in. Tell me about someone’s journey and how they help them on the way.
Those quiet moments between them. Oh, man. I loved the little walks they used to take with Lee acting as teacher and guide for Danyal, as Lee slowly coaxed him to accept truths about the world that he hadn’t been ready for. Do those talks continue? I just loved how at peace they both were with each other. How does that evolve?
Both Danyal and Lee were almost starved for friendship by the time they met—Lee because he hadn’t dared befriend anyone and Danyal because, even among other Shaman, he was always different. What was that like to find someone they could finally connect to? Did it ever progress to also include intimacy? Friends with benefits? Lovers? Beloved?
…does Ephemera ever try to play matchmaker for them in its own awkwardly endearing way?
For that matter, I’d love to just see them relaxing into that partnership, learning to work together in this new venture of theirs, growing closer over time +/- falling in love… sex. Really, just anything involving the two of them taking care of each other and supporting and appreciating each other. Really, I’ll take anything I can get for the two of them. ^_^

5. Tir Alainn Trilogy - Anne Bishop
Characters: Morag (Tir Alainn Trilogy), Padrick (Tir Alainn Trilogy), Ashk (Tir Alainn Trilogy)

…I mentioned I was doing a lot of Anne Bishop re-reading this year, yes? Third and last time she appears in the requests. ^_^ SO. I love these three. I just really, really do. I love Ashk and Morag’s friendship, how well they understand each other, how, in each other, they’ve finally found someone else who can match their strength, who wouldn’t be afraid of them just because of who they are. I love Padrick and Ashk’s relationship, how Padrick not only accepts, but revels, in Ashk’s strength but still looks for opportunities to pamper her and show her a little softness, how he loves the Green Lady and respects and follows the Hunter and everything in between. And I love Padrick and Morag’s friendship, how he treats her to that same tough love and kindness that he does Ashk, how he revels in the fact that he gets to stand by her side and see that she’s taken care of, not just because Ashk would want it, but because, in his own way, he loves her, too. I love how he sees so easily that Morag has been starved for simple things like friendship and affection from all but her sister and is eager to coddle her and take of her, but is equally easy with stepping aside and accepting her lead, how he just lets her be who she is, like Ashk. I just love the entire dynamic between these three. ^___________^

Prompts:

FIX IT, OMG, PLEASE FIX IT. I mean, the ending where Morag ends up getting to grow up as Ari’s beloved wiccanfae daughter is great. It really is. But I’d be even happier if they’d found a way to cure her or if she’d never been turned to begin with. So what happens? How does that get fixed? How do they deal with the close call/might-have-been? Is Morag even happy to be saved?
Or maybe we just want to skip the how and go straight to what happens next? I would love some happy threesome fic for these three. I really would. ^_^ Whether that’s an Ashk/Padrick + Morag situation or it’s a full-on Ashk/Morag/Padrick situation, I just want more of the three of them and that dynamic I described above. ^_^ For example:
The war is over and Morag returns to Bretonwood with Ashk and Padrick. Does one of them have to talk the other into wooing Morag or are they already on the same page? How does Morag react? It seems like she, at least, would need some convincing. She’s had too many years of thinking herself a freak and completely undesirable. (I mean, she’s shocked as all get out by Padrick’s appreciation on the journey.) Has she ever even been intimate with anyone? Is she afraid she’ll ruin things? Or do they just click into place like they belong together?
If we are in happy threesome territory already (either romantically or platonically), what is that like? Some happy slice-of-life fic for them would be lovely. A Harvest Fair, maybe? Helping Ari celebrate the Solstice? A quiet evening at home tucked in by the fire while it snows outside? (We know that Padrick loves petting shadowhounds and Morag has a brand new shadowhound mix puppy to cuddle, so maybe we have a literal puppy pile by the fire? ;D) Padrick and Ashk trying to introduce Morag to the finer points of human life?
I’d also just love honestly ANYTHING about Ashk and Morag’s friendship. They’ve both been so starved for someone who understands them and doesn’t fear them. Ashk at least has the second in Padrick, and Morag with Morphia, but having someone who understands them is a different thing entirely. I love those moments when they work in such perfect gestalt that neither even needs to speak because they just GET IT. And I love that. I love their friendship. I love that deep level of understanding. I love that recognition in them both, that feeling of “I KNOW you. I get you. Yessssss,” and how as wary as everyone is of each of them alone, the two of them together are just Not To Be Trifled With Ever. I just love them, OK? ^_^ (And I’m OK with this prompt being just the two of them; the only thing I ask is that if you take this down a romantic road that it’s understood that Padrick is included, as well, even if he isn’t present.)

6. The White Mists of Power - Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Characters: Abington Byron Adric, Seymour (The White Mists of Power - Kristine Kathryn Rusch)

I loved this book so much as a kid, so much so that I think it influenced a lot of the tropes (…and kinks) I now love as an adult. There was something about it that just stuck with me, and I ended up revisiting it so many times over the course of my life that it’s become a comfort book for me. And one of the most compelling parts of the story to me is the relationship between Byron and Seymour. Byron, the charming bard and sometime rogue, who’s being hunted down for pissing off the wrong powerful lord once too often, but is determined to make a secure future for himself and for the people he comes to care about, too (like Seymour), and Seymour, the forever fearful amateur wizard, hunted by the same offended lord as Byron, his greatest crime being to be born the son of a great and powerful wizard… and not live up to his legacy. He wants nothing more than to hide away from everyone and everything and be a disappointment in peace, and yet somehow he and Byron make for the most unlikely of friends, a decision to help Byron being the thing that forces Seymour back into the land of the living, whether he wants it or not. That friendship, rocky though it often is, drives the entire story and I love everything about it.

Prompts:

There is honestly a part of me just sitting here saying “ANYTHING FOR THEM. JUST ANYTHING. REALLY,” because I kind of proto-shipped these two before I even know what shipping WAS and really just ANYTHING about this amazing, kind of fucked up yet super supportive and somewhat codependent pairing would be welcome. ^_^
Here’s one of those hurt/comfort prompts again… ^_~ And it could go either way. Byron had a terrible time against Dakin’s hounds and was badly injured by the time he reached Seymour. I’d love to see more about that little idyll of time the two of them spend in the cabin while Byron was injured. Or the reverse, when Seymour was hurt by that spell backfiring. Byron nursed him for several days, knowing that nothing he could do would help, until an Enos finally stepped in. What was that like for him? Knowing that all his charisma and charm and cleverness couldn’t help his friend that one time he needed it?
As cliched and tropey as it may be (what can I say? I like cliched and tropey. ^_~), Byron and Seymour have to share a bed/sleeping arrangement more than once on their journey. Blanket scenario/bed-sharing leading to revelations or sexytimes between them would be great. ^_^
I love how at the end of the book, both Seymour and Almathea have more of a care for Byron’s welfare than Byron does, himself. Byron is all but putting the knife to his own neck and writing his eulogy and Seymour and Alma are frantic to knock some sense into him and get him out of this fatalistic, self-sacrificing rut he’s fallen into. What was that time like for Seymour? What was it like for him to watch his friend, who had fought so hard for so long to stay alive in spite of tremendous odds, just… give up like that? Did he try to talk him around? Was there cuddling involved? Life-affirming sex? I’m good with any and all of the above. ^_~
What about a post-canon story? I know I didn’t request Almathea, but I really do love her as a character and I think she and Byron would be very good for each other… but I’d love to see what would happen if Seymour were there, too. Maybe Alma realizes that managing Byron is going to be a more than fulltime job and she’ll take all the help she can get. Maybe she just comes to see how much Seymour and Byron care for each other, how much they’ve risked for each other, and wants an opportunity to be a part of that. After all, her arrangement with Byron starts out as purely political with Byron assuming that he isn’t going to survive long past the marriage. Maybe she wants something more than that and sees Seymour’s closeness with Byron as a way to get it. Or, given Alma, maybe this is a kink thing. Maybe, as much as she enjoys having one man in her bed, having two would be better still, especially if she can get them to put on a show for her. ^_~
Back to this idea of Byron being a self-sacrificing fatalistic so-and-so towards the end of the book. It fascinates me because, in canon, Byron kind of has this reputation as a pleasure seeking, charming flirt who is only out for himself. And that is… really, really not who he is. And I adore how all the people who love him figure this out and realize that Byron has… kind of a crushingly low sense of self-worth. Seymour, Afeno, Colin (I know he’s not in the tagset, he’s just another example, but if you want to include him, too, that’s also cool), Alma—everyone who actually gets to know him has this figured out and decides that they’re going to do whatever they can to take care of him whether he likes it or not. I’d love to see some of that. ^_^ I’d love to see him figuring out that people DO care about him, not just because of his position, but because he’s him and he matter to them.

Dear Trick or Treat Writer

eirenical — Sun, 17 Sep 2017 18:16:29 GMT

[Sept. 22: It's done, it's done, it's done! Thank you so much for your patience, trick or treat writer! ^_^]

Hello! This is my first time doing Trick or Treat, and I'm very excited about it! ^_^ First and foremost I'd like to offer up a huge "Thank You!!" to you for writing a story for me. I know how difficult it can be to put any part of your creative process into the hands of another individual, so I will do my best to treat that trust with the care and respect it deserves. ^_^

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Rating and kink:

General likes and dislikes:

Likes:
I like fluff. I like angst. I like hurt/comfort (emotional or physical) and sickfic. I like found family stories. I like shipfic. I like plotty fic. I like long fic. I like short fic. I like character studies. I like AUs of the "What if?" variety (i.e. what if character A had made a different decision here; what if character B hadn't died). I like explorations of things beyond canon (i.e. continuations of canon, deeper explorations of things only mentioned in passing in canon, expanding on the stories of minor characters, backstories, etc.).

I like a whole lot more than that, but in the interest of not writing a 20,000 word letter, here's the punch line to all of this babbling: what draws me to fandom is the characters and the interactions between them. So, if you keep the story focused on the characters, I'll generally be happy with whatever other plot trappings fall around them. ^_^

DNWs (do not wants):
1) I prefer to keep other kinds of AUs (i.e. coffeehouse AUs, high school AUs, etc.) to my larger fandom explorations. For exchanges, I prefer to stay closer to actual canon.
2) I have a huge fealty/loyalty kink, and discussions of infidelity/cheating/going behind someone's back/etc., make me highly uncomfortable. So, if you could avoid that kind of thing, I'd appreciate it.
3) I have a huge embarrassment/public humiliation squick, so if you could avoid that, I'd be grateful.
4) I’m a veterinarian and an animal lover and any talk of animal abuse or animal death makes me really upset. So, if there are any animals in your stories, I’d appreciate it if none of them were hurt or killed, and that they are all treated with care and respect. Thanks!
5) The following kinks: Age play/infantalism, scat, watersports, a/b/o dynamics/omegaverse. Basically, if I haven't listed it as something I'd like for a particular story, please just don't include it. Thanks!

Specific Requests:

You are free to utilize any prompt I toss out there or none of them. If reading what I like about the characters/worlds sparks a fic idea in your head, feel free to ignore the prompts and run with it. ^_^

Also, length of babble in no way indicates my fandom preferences. (i.e., I literally just finished watching the last season and then doing a full series rewatch of Dark Matter before sign-ups so I ended up having a LOT more to say about that canon than some of the others, but it in no way means that I care less about the others. DM is just fresher in my mind.) I promise I’m equally excited about the possibility of all of these requests. ^_^

1. Chronicles of Narnia - All Media Types
Characters: Edmund Pevensie

I have a type. I really do. And Edmund Pevensie was one of the first indications I had of what that type was going to be. There’s something about a character who has done something egregiously wrong, whether for the wrong or right reasons, and ends up turning it around, being willing to pay the ultimate sacrifice to redeem themselves. And when that character, even in redemption, is still a shade darker, is still haunted by their past mistakes, forever trying to make up for them? Yeah. I’m gone. Sign me right the fuck up.

…enter Edmund Pevensie. ;D

Potential ships:

I ship Edmund and Peter pretty hard, ngl, so if you want to play with that, I am totally down for it, either in a Trick or a Treat. ^_^

Trick Prompts:

The aftermath of Narnia – I’m always on board for this idea. It was hard for all the Pevensies to return from Narnia that first time. There was still a war going on. They were still alone in the country, away from their family. How much worse was it for Edmund? Not many adults can say that they’ve gone through what he went through. How much worse was it for him to be an adult who has… in the body of a child everyone still sees as young and innocent?
Is Edmund ever haunted by his time with the White Witch? Either literally or figuratively?
In the 2008 Prince Caspian movie, the White Witch nearly tempts Peter into letting her through into Narnia and it’s Edmund who saves him. And he’s so bitter—yet matter-of-fact—about it, it makes one wonder how often the White Witch has haunted him exactly the same way. I wouldn’t mind seeing some of the fall-out afterwards, either – maybe the two brothers discussing what happened, and how often it’s happened before? A little emotional hurt/comfort?
In the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the sailors are haunted by voices in a dense fog bank. Does Edmund hear the White Witch, then? How about the voices of Narnians dead because of his early treachery?
Edmund’s time in the White Witch’s palace, perhaps? What was it like being held captive, knowing that he’d betrayed his family, knowing that things were only going to get worse? How was he treated while he was there? (I’m not averse to a little mental/physical/sexual torture here, either, if you want to take it that way. Noncon is definitely a kink I like. ^_^)
I also really enjoy the headcanon that King Edmund the Just was also the palace spymaster/executioner/assassin/what-have-you, the one in charge of handling the less… pristine side of being a ruler. Since his soul is already darkened by what he did in LWW, he’ll take on all those tasks, take all the further stains on his soul that he can, in order to spare his siblings being sullied in the same way. There’s a world of potential darkness in the pursuit of being “just” and “fair,” after all.

Treat Prompts:

Hurt/comfort is one of my favorite tropes, ngl. Lucy wasn’t able to stay with Edmund after she saved him in LWW, but what about later? Any of the siblings getting a chance to reconnect here, and to coddle Edmund a bit, after what happened would be welcome. ^_^
Or for that matter, anywhere else within the Narnian timeline. We know there were other wars; maybe someone had to nurse Edmund back to health because he’s still in the habit of taking those huge risks to try to make up for what he did in LWW.
I talked about the darker side of their return from Narnia in the Trick section, but there’s a lighter side, too. A story of Edmund dancing verbal rings around teachers/bullies/fellow classmates/people he doesn’t like the way he did to Miraz in Prince Caspian could be a lot of fun. ^_^
Coming back to the ship I mentioned above, I’m pretty much always down for Peter x Edmund fluff. Did the fact that they’re brothers even come up or was this a totally accepted Narnian thing? (It was pretty common for royalty to marry very close relatives, even brothers/sisters, in certain historical dynasties, after all. Maybe it was common in Narnia, too?) So, feel free to go full on fluff here, because I love seeing them happy. ^_^
Incest not your thing? Cool beans. I’d be just as happy to see happy sibling moments, too, either with Peter, Lucy, or Susan, either in Narnia or when they return.
I’d love to see Edmund either comforting or being comforted after a nightmare about his time in Narnia once they returned. Maybe he was dreaming about something truly terrible (i.e., the White Witch), or maybe he was dreaming about something wonderful and missing it.

2. Dark Matter (TV)
Characters: Three | Marcus Boone

…I’ve mentioned I have a type, yes? Three honestly fascinates me because through most of season one, he convincingly plays the part of the irredeemable jerk, but even then you can see these cracks in his armor starting to appear, like when he gives up the passcode to try to save Two. And the further along you go through the series, the more those cracks appear and widen, until by season three, he’s revealed to be… pretty much the biggest sap of them all? He’s happiest when his family is around him, when he can do whatever needs doing to keep them all safe. Like I mentioned with Edmund above, he’s another one who will gladly do the dirty work so no one else has to. And I just can’t get enough of him and that dichotomy. ^_^

Potential Ships:

Six: I am… SUCH A SUCKER FOR THESE TWO. I really am. I love how they run the gamut from distrust to solid working relationship back to distrust to Three climbing him like a tree while he’s out of his mind from the voices in his head at Nova-17 and Six cradling him close and— SORRY, got a bit distracted. *sheepish grin* ^_^ Also, the way Three just grins like mad every time someone punches him or roughs him up a bit makes me think he’d appreciate a partner who had the strength to manhandle him a little. ^_~

Other Character Interactions I enjoy:

Two: Three has a real fealty thing going on with Two and it fascinates me. He definitely loves her, but I don’t know that he’s necessarily IN love with her. What fascinates me about that love, though, is that it’s really so all-encompassing. He looks to her first for everything, especially by the time season three comes around. She wants sex? He can definitely do sex. She’s happy? He’s happy. If she’s unhappy, he will break everything in the galaxy if that’s what it takes to make her happy. If she asks something of him, he’ll turn himself inside out to do it for her. And the way he perks up like a happy puppy in the time travel episode when he realizes she really IS happy? BREAKS MY HEART A LITTLE EVERY TIME. Like, he just wants so much to see her happy and to give her whatever she wants, whatever form that may take, and I really enjoy their interactions. ^_^
Five: Oh gosh, THAT EPISODE. FUCK. I was slowly sliding towards falling in love with Three that whole season, but the one where he rescued Five from the kidnappers? After that I was GONE. The way he doesn’t even question it or stop to get reinforcements when he finds out she’s been taken, he just GOES FOR IT, metaphorical guns blazing. The way he’s so focused on making sure that she not only is safe but that she FEELS safe. The way that he’d rather break her heart (and his own in the process) than see her get really hurt, and she sees RIGHT THROUGH IT. I CAN’T. TT^TT I just love their big brother/little sister relationship SO MUCH. And then there’s the time loop episode where one of the things that gets to him the most in that whole loop is seeing Five upset and he finally breaks down with “You’re upset and it upsets me to see you upset and PLEASE HELP, I DON’T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT,” just COME ON. And then when it turns out that that DID help, he’s just as happy that he made her happy as he is when he makes Two happy.

Trick Prompts:

What really happened when Three and Six were captured by Dwarf Star? We know there was mind-fuckery with the alien, but what else happened? Torture? Tentacle rape? I’m game. ^_^
How about the aftermath? Does Three have flashbacks to his time at Dwarf Star? To having the alien inside his body? Nightmares? (This may be more of a treat prompt, but I wouldn’t mind a little post-game hurt/comfort to these, either. ^_^)
I’m also a bit fascinated by how quickly and frantically he responded to Five’s kidnapping. Could that have been a little muscle memory/deep instinct going on from a man who was once a little boy taken by a band of criminals? Obviously, he had a little Stockholm Syndrome going on when he was taken, himself. Was there more to it than that?
How about Nova-17? Honestly, anything that happened to him in that whole episode is great fodder for fic: him knowing something was wrong even before he even really knew the aliens were there, his entire breakdown, his conversation with the aliens – did they try to take him over again? How did he react if they did?
The prison. He honestly seemed a bit more beaten down than either Two or Four while he was there. It might have been something as simple as just knowing that his little family that he’d just started to settle into had been broken up or that he was helpless to really protect any of them, especially Five… or maybe it was something more sinister. Between him, Two, and Four, he’s the least effective at unarmed combat—note Two having to rescue him when that gang tried to get some of their own back—maybe one time she wasn’t on hand? (My kinks may be showing, but I wouldn’t be averse to a little prison rape going on here.)
The time loop. I am a sucker for a time loop, too. ^___^ Especially because… dude. HOW LONG DID THAT GO ON FOR? He had time to learn French. Considering he was completely fluent at the end and couldn’t even get a single word right at the beginning… he could have been stuck in that time loop for months. YEARS. What was that like? What happened while he was stuck in the loop that we didn’t see?
Alt!Two taking possession of him at the end of Season three. YIKES. What goes down after that? I mean, Alt!Three definitely came off like he was Portia’s boy toy. What does Portia decide to do with him once she has him? Does Alt!Three get involved? Maybe she’d like to see alt!Three fuck actual!Three? SO many possibilities!

Treat prompts:

The time travel episode, OH GOSH. That whole date between him and Two? I CAN’T. *flails about incoherently* That was adorable. And she was so happy! And he was so happy! And just… COME ON. ^_________^ More of anything like that would be welcome.
For that matter, what if they ended up stuck in the past? As much as he grumbled about all the things he’d miss, I think that a large part of Three would not have minded in the SLIGHTEST if they got stuck there. All the people he cared about, forever safe from the GA and all the shit waiting for them back home? SIGN HIM UP, right? ;D I’d love a further exploration of that. ^_^ (This is also probably one of the places where I still ship he and Two a bit, even if I still think it would start with him just being so eager to see her happy, I could easily see it morphing into more, so if you wanted to go that route, I could get behind that. ^_^)
Any shenanigans between Three and Five. Really, just, anything with their ridiculous big brother/kid sister teasing-yet-truly-caring dynamic. ^_^
Anything with Three getting to have happy family/crew times. Like, legit I just want to see him happy in the long run. Maybe they take a vacation on a planet and rent a cabin and go to a fall festival or something with all the expected clichés like bonfires and hayrides and apple cider? I could totally get behind that! :D
I would honestly love a regular old get-together fic for Three and Six, too. Smut would also be very welcome, especially if there was a little bonus Three getting off on getting manhandled a bit. ^_~

3. Dark Visions - L. J. Smith
Characters: Gabriel Wolfe

This book (and this character) has been a favorite of mine for a long time. ^_^ I kid you not… I named my cat after him. ^_^ That type I talked about with both Edmund and Three? He definitely falls under there, too. He’s done some Bad Shit in his life, unintentional though it might have been, but once he lets Kaitlyn and the others in, he spends a good amount of time trying to redeem himself. And he’s willing to do the darker things, commit the bigger crimes, to keep the others from having to do the same. As much as he snarks against them, he really would do anything to protect them, and I love that. ^_^

Potential Ships:

Rob: I just honestly love their dynamic. They’re such polar opposites, but because of that, they complement each other so well. I love that antagonistic, push-pull, striving against each other aspect to their relationship. I love how they each push the other to be better than they were just by existing in the same space. I think they have a lot to offer each other if they could every go so far as to let it happen.
On a side note, I do really like Kaitlyn and I wouldn’t mind her being included (and I certainly don’t want her bashed in the process of shipping Gabriel and Rob if you go that route), but I honestly ship her far more with Anna than I do either Rob or Gabriel, so if you could avoid Rob x Kate and Gabriel x Kate, I would appreciate it. Thanks!

And now is my moment to be upfront – it’s been a couple of years since my last readthrough, so I’m a bit hazy on some of the specific plot points, so my prompts are going to reflect that. Also, I’m just so starved for ANY fic in this fandom that I’ve become far less picky about what I want. So, yeah. Really ANYTHING in this fandom focused on Gabriel would make me really, really, REALLY happy. *_*

Trick Prompts:

The whole idea of Gabriel’s telepathy is practically a set up for a trick prompt. I could just imagine when he was younger and didn’t understand and couldn’t control his telepathy. How terrifying must that have been for him?
And once he’s inside that stable link, and no longer in contact with the crystal, does his telepathy become more along the lines of “normal” telepathy? Does he hear the thoughts of people outside the link? Considering how private he is, that must be invasive and exhausting if he does. How does he cope with that? Do the others help?
For that matter, between fueling the web and protecting himself against outside thoughts, I imagine that overuse strain/psychic overextension/massive headaches are probably part and parcel of the deal. And hurt/comfort is totally my jam, even though I’m sure Gabriel would be reluctant to even admit anything was wrong, much less let himself be coddled. For that matter, how much pain would he have to be in to actually go along with being taken care of?
We know that Gabriel did some terrible things in the past and preyed on innocents while the five of them were on the run—do those actions ever haunt him?
For that matter, he was in prison (even if it was the juvenile version) with wildly out of control telepathy. And considering how closed off and like a cornered animal he was when he got to the center, that must have been pretty rough on him. What was that time in prison like?

Treat Prompts:

I would love to see something with Gabriel actually getting to connect with someone else in the web, not just Kaitlyn. Or all five of them having time to just relax and enjoy something innocuous, like a camping trip or a day at the beach. Maybe Gabriel would be bristly to begin with, but secretly really pleased to be included? I just would love to see him uncoil, even just a little, from all that mistrust and let himself be friends with the others.
How about post-book canon when they go up to help the Fellowship rebuild? Is Gabriel happy there, even for a little while? Does he ever get to find any peace?
On the naughtier side of happiness, I always wondered what would happen if sex was happening anywhere in the web. Does Gabriel get caught up in it no matter who having sex? Do we end up in puppy pile territory if we’re not careful or is he just an unwilling (…or willing ;D) voyeur to whatever is going on? I know I said I ship Rob x Gabriel, but in this case, I wouldn’t mind one giant pile of web-friends polyamory, if you wanted to go that road. ^_~
As I said above, I’m not picky here, so anything with some Rob x Gabriel in it would make me happy.
Get together fic?
Slice of life fic?
Smut with total lack of personal boundaries thanks to telepathy?
Gabriel slowly opening up to the idea of letting Rob take care of him a little, slowly learning to accept those small gestures of kindness without needing to attack afterwards?

4. Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Characters: Finnick Odair

Oh, Finnick. Talk about someone who absolutely deserved better than what canon gave him. FUCK. Thrown into the Hunger Games at 14… and won, just to be sold into prostitution in the Capitol. Had to stand by and watch the woman he loved (or would soon love?) risk her life in the games five years later, then lose her sanity as a result. Was reaped AGAIN at the Quarter Quell, nearly saw Annie get reaped, again, only to be saved by Mags—the only other person he truly loves—getting reaped in her stead. Losing his own sanity for a while when Annie gets taken by the Capitol. THE LIST GOES ON. Like… life just does not give him a break, ever. And then finally that thing that happens in book three that I like to pretend never did.

Then again… I do so love those breaking noises. ^_~

Potential Ships:

Of the other characters listed, I don’t really have strong shipping feelings any which way. I don’t mind a little Haymitch x Finnick sometimes, but again, I don’t feel entirely strongly about it.

Trick Prompts:

Anything exploring that time after Annie was taken by the Capitol and Finnick lost his sanity. It starts off as soon as they pick up he and Katniss from the arena.
”I wish [Annie] was dead,” he says. “I wish they were all dead and we were, too. It would be best.”

This is a Finnick who suggested killing himself so they wouldn’t need to keep Annie as bait. How low does someone’s self esteem have to fall that that’s the first thing they think of in a situation like that? FUCK.

And then later: Despite serious reservations, I had to forgive Finnick for his role in the conspiracy that landed me here. He, at least, has some idea of what I’m going through. And it takes too much energy to stay angry with someone who cries so much.

When the restless, wiggling majority has settled into sleep, I carefully extricate myself from my blanket and tiptoe through the cavern until I find Finnick, feeling for some unspecified reason that he will understand. He sits under the safety light in his space, knotting his rope, not even pretending to rest. As I whisper my discovery of Snow’s plan to break me, it dawns on me. This strategy is very old news to Finnick. It’s what broke him.
…
Finnick and I sit for a long time in silence, watching the knots bloom and vanish, before I can ask, “How do you bear it?”

Finnick looks at me in disbelief. “I don’t, Katniss! Obviously, I don’t. I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there’s no relief in waking.” Something in my expression stops him. “Better not to give in to it. It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”
Well, he must know.

…don’t mind me as I quote the whole book at you apparently? -.-;;; But yeah, anything delving further into what’s going on with him during this time period would be welcome. ^_^
“Concentration problems, eh?’ Beetee smiles grimly. ‘If you knew what Finnick’s been through the last few years, you’d know how remarkable it is he’s still with us at all.”

YOU’RE NOT KIDDING. What else has he been through? Considering how quickly he jumps to suggest suicide as a solution, how many times did he ride too close to that edge? Did he ever make the attempt? Or maybe it was an edge of a different kind—drugs or alcohol. Maybe he overdosed. In either case, who found him? Maybe Haymitch? Who’s all too familiar with the road excessive drinking can take you down? (Maybe more of a treat prompt, but maybe Haymitch tries to take care of him for a while at this point? Mitigate some of what’s going on?)
Finnick has been getting sold around the Capitol since he was 14. Yikes. Then again… noncon is a kink I enjoy. ^_~ So, as far as you want to go there… I’m definitely on board! I’m sure some of the people who bought him wanted him fawning all over them and happy to be with them… but some of them must have wanted to feel they held power over him. Some of them must have wanted him to be afraid. Did Snow ever sell him to someone deliberately cruel who would revel in hurting him, in scaring him?
Kind of a sub-prompt of that last one… what if in the in between times, the people of the Capital liked a different kind of Hunger Games involving the victors? The one who loses ends up having to service the others in a demonstration for all those watching? What if Finnick was the one who ended up in that position? As young as he was, especially in the beginning, and as big as some of the other victors were, that would have been terrifying.
For that matter, what was it like for Finnick being so young and winning the Hunger Games? What was it like for him to come home after that, so young and so twisted by what he had to do to survive, both in the Games and in the Capitol afterwards? Was he welcomed back with open arms or was he shunned for what he’d become?

Treat Prompts:

FIX IT. FIX IT, FIX IT, FIX IT. PLEASE. Even if you just want to handwave away Finnick’s death and give me happy slice-of-life post-series fic, I’M GOOD WITH THAT. I just want to see him alive and happy.
What was his life like growing up? He was a Career, so I assume he spent time training, but did he ever have moments where he could just be happy? District Four is a shoreline district. I’d love to see a happy Finnick getting to show that connection he obviously has to the ocean.
Or if you want to look at it post-series because he naturally didn’t die—does he ever bring anyone with him to District 4? Maybe he brings Katniss and Peeta with him and he and Katniss finally teach Peeta to swim?
Maybe he brings Haymitch to District 4. Haymitch has been through so much in his life and so has Finnick—maybe he wants to try to get Haymitch to relax, have a vacation. Maybe something develops between them when he does… ^_~
Honestly, for a treat fic for him, I really am just looking for a happy Finnick. Because he has been through so much crap in this series and he deserves a little happy!

5. Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Characters: Elmont (Jack the Giant Slayer)

King Brahmwell: …no, but really. Hear me out?

What it basically boils down to is that the King and Lionheart trope is one of my favorite tropes. (I tried to find a better link for you, but that’s the only reference I could actually find to the trope? O_o;;;) Anyway, the basic deal with a King and Lionheart trope is that there is a ruler and their vassal/guard/champion/what-have-you, and there is MAD FEALTY AND RESPECT between the two and, while it may be only the vassal showing fealty in public, in reality, it goes both ways, with the vassal able to take liberties in private that they would never dream of taking in public. (…I definitely have a loyalty/fealty kink. ^_^) And Elmont exemplifies that Lionheart character achetype. He has such utter, absolute, unshakable faith in his monarchs – both Brahmwell and Isabelle – but you can see in the beginning that neither of them quite lives up to his mental image of what they could be: Isabelle because she’s too young and too sheltered, and Brahmwell because he’s been so devastated by loss that he’s let fear coax him into making selfish and poor decisions. Then, through the course of the movie, both Isabelle and Brahmwell step up to the plate and grow up a little, until by the end he’s so proud of both of them and so full of love for them that he’s practically glowing with it.

And from there, it’s a very short step to shipping? ^_^

(Also, you’re welcome to check out my tumblr tag for them, if you’re interested -- it’s pretty short, but there’s some fun stuff in there. ^_^)
Isabelle/Jack/Elmont: I love the three of them, too. ^_^ Elmont obviously cares a great deal for Isabelle, going above and beyond the call of duty to keep her safe and happy. And he comes to care just as deeply for Jack, both as the man who makes Isabelle happy and in his own right. But that affection he has for the two of them doesn’t extend to coddling either one of them—if they insist they can do something, he accepts it unquestioningly and does whatever he can to support them without interfering. And there’s a bit of King and Lionheart going on between Elmont and Isabelle, too. So, I could very happily see Isabelle and Jack coaxing him into a relationship with the two of them.

Trick Prompts:

Elmont is so gentle and so easy-going most of the time. And then there are moments when you’re reminded that he is a very dangerous man—like when he carries through on the decision that, for the good of the kingdom, Roderick has to die. He’s a man capable of doing anything to keep the kingdom and its monarchs safe. His duty is everything to him. What kind of upbringing does he come from that the thought of, essentially, coldblooded assassination doesn’t even slow him down? Do these things ever haunt him (either literally or figuratively)? What else has he done in the name of duty?
What if Elmont hadn’t gotten onto the beanstalk before the army cut it down? What if the other bean had been lost? What if he’d been trapped on the giants’ island alone with the giants, forced to run and hide, constantly keeping one step ahead of them, lest he become dinner or a plaything? What would that do to him? (And, feel free to take that as dark as you want to—torture, noncon, tentacle porn (hey, who knows what else lives up there? There are giants with two heads, after all!), are all fair game. Or if you want to just stay on the psychological trauma aspect, that’s fine with me, too!) Does he ever find a way back to Earth? If so, does he return to Cloister? What kind of shape is he in when he does? (This last bit is more of a treat prompt, but if you take it this direction, I wouldn’t mind seeing either Brahmwell or Isabelle and Jack helping to put him back together. ^_^)
What would the land be like if the giants had won? What if humanity became a captive and/or hunted species? Was Elmont captured or did he escape? Who else might still be alive? How about a giant apocalypse scenario, instead of a zombie apocalypse? (Again, feel free to take that one to a really dark place, if you like.)
This is probably one of the few fandoms I wouldn’t mind a bit of AU for. I love that snapshot into the future they show of the Crown in modern day England. I’m also a sucker for reincarnation fic. Maybe Elmont (and some of the others, maybe Brahmwell, Isabelle, and/or Jack?) get reincarnated into the present day and the giants once more become a threat? What do they do? How does that go down? Do they have their memories? Maybe Elmont remembers and the others don’t? There’s some delicious angst potential down that road. ^_~

Treat Prompts:

In the case of either potential ship, I could see it starting out as Elmont just wanting to do whatever it takes to make the other person happy. He’s very much a product of a vassal mentality, where everything he does is to make is ruler happy and keep them safe. But then, over time, he slowly realizes that he isn’t just a convenience, that Brahmwell, or Isabelle and Jack, want him because he’s HIM, that they see him as an equal, that he is valued. I just want to see Elmont happy. ^_^
Man, ANYTHING Brahmwell x Elmont (shippy) or Brahmwell & Elmont (platonic) would make me happy. Slice of life? PWP? Aftermath of the giant battle? Elmont comforting Brahmwell (either emotionally or physically/sexually) after his wife’s death? Brahmwell realizing that he’s done a really poor job of being king since his wife’s death and deciding it’s damned time he turned it around and started living up to Elmont’s hopes for him as a ruler? (I’m pretty sure I’m on this little rowboat of a ship by myself, so really, anything would be welcome. ^_^)
I would also love to see happy threesome Isabelle/Jack/Elmont. How did it come about? Was it Jack’s idea? Isabelle’s? Was there any pining on Elmont’s part? Was he resigned to the fact that it would never happen (or that it shouldn’t happen)? Or maybe we want to skip all that and just have happy threesome cuddles or sex? Or the three of them raising Isabelle and Jack’s kids? Is this an acknowledged, public, threeway marriage? Or is Elmont a dirty, little secret? I just love their whole dynamic together and the dynamics of each of the pairings in the threesome, so more of all of it would be welcome. ^_^
As I mentioned above, Elmont is like competence porn incarnate. Any fic of him just being damned good at his job would thrill me to no end. Stories about him being head of the guard, protecting the kingdom, talking tactics and strategy, etc. YES, PLEASE.
Elmont backstory would also be awesome! What was his upbringing like? How did he rise to be the captain of the king’s guard? Did he grow up at the palace or come to it later in life?
This is probably one of the few fandoms I wouldn’t mind a bit of AU for. I love that snapshot into the future they show of the Crown in modern day England. I’m also a sucker for reincarnation fic. Maybe Elmont (and some of the others, maybe Brahmwell, Isabelle, and/or Jack?) get reincarnated into the present day and the giants aren’t a threat? How do they meet? Do they have their memories? Honestly, I’d be happy with a meet-cute here, too. ^_^ Because as much as I love my angst, I also really want Elmont to just be able to claim a little happiness for himself. ^_^
I’m also just a complete sucker for hurt/comfort and sick!fic, especially for characters who are the ones usually doing the caregiving/protecting, like Elmont. Maybe he gets injured on duty or maybe he just gets sick and has to let someone take care of him for a change?

6. Les Misérables - Victor Hugo
Characters: Courfeyrac (Hugo)

Oh, Les Mis. *shakes head fondly* This is probably my most active fandom year round, but I still never get enough of it, or of Courfeyrac, specifically. ^_^ (I’d send you to browse my tumblr tag for him, but it’s terrifyingly large. *sheepish grin*) Anyway, that aside, I just love Courfeyrac. I do. He has this blazing passion that just never quits, he’s unfailingly optimistic, and he wouldn’t hesitate to give his friends the shirt off his back if he thought they needed it. I just really love him. ^_^

Potential Ships:

Marius: I am an absolute sucker for these two. I really am. ^_^ Marius is so endearing and well-intentioned, but shy and so, so awkward, and I feel like Courfeyrac would understand how to bolster his confidence without coddling him and how to push him outside his comfort zone without truly doing him damage. And when push comes to shove, they’re both equally passionate about the things they believe in and I think that would make them pretty well matched. And I mean… come on. “I have come to sleep with you!” Need I say more? ;D (Oh, Marius. *shakes head fondly*)
Marius/Cosette/Courfeyrac: Yep. Also a sucker for MC2. ^_^ Pretty much for all the above reasons, plus I think that Cosette would be a really good balancing influence on the two of them. Because I think both Courfeyrac (“I do not like this thing so I will SET IT ON FIRE”) and Marius (“I am so sad that Cosette is leaving and so swept up by what’s going on at the barricade that I will THREATEN TO BLOW IT ALL UP INCLUDING MYSELF”) have ABSOLUTELY ZERO CHILL when it comes to the things that they’re passionate about. Cosette has enough of that in her to understand the impulse, but she’s also a much more practical, even-tempered kind of a person. I feel like she’d be up for shenanigans if they were, but also the one to make sure they’re less likely to get arrested for whatever those shenanigans were. ;D

And now before I list prompts, I’ll put this one right out there—this is the other fandom I’m cool with either a canon era or a modern AU take. Both are equally awesome and I’ll try to give both kinds of prompts.

Trick Prompts: You know that phrase “you always hurt the ones you love?” Well… I adore Courfeyrac. *evil grin*

(Canon Era) Courfeyrac is the only one to survive the barricade. Just… even just thinking about it makes me want to cry. Considering that Courfeyrac is one of Les Amis most attached to his friends I think if he alone were to survive the barricade it would… not go well. O_o;;; …and I’d love to read about it. ^_^
(Canon Era) Courfeyrac and Marius survive the barricade. I feel as though this would be slightly less sad, maybe? At least they’d have each other to lean on. As depressed as Marius is post-barricade, I feel like Courfeyrac would probably try to be strong for both of them, and between he and Cosette, they’d get Marius back on his feet and on the road to recovery. And then Courfeyrac would be oh-so-careful to not fall apart where he could be caught at it… but he would fall apart. After all, these were his friends; Marius only peripherally knew them. I could quite envision him having a real breakdown once Marius no longer needed him to be quite so strong for him. (And I would be happy with some emotional hurt/comfort here from Marius and Cosette, even though it’s a trick prompt. I like to see him suffer, but I’m not totally heartless. ^_~)
(Canon Era) As a more traditional Halloween trick prompt—the Romantics were very fond of hanging about in cemeteries and such. What if Courfeyrac, again, survived the barricade alone and was haunted by Marius’ spirit? Maybe Marius hears him sobbing one night—basically having his own variation on the Empty Chairs at Empty Tables breakdown—and manifests in their once-shared rooms to try to comfort him. I’d be OK with this played seriously, as a sad, angst-ridden prompt, or as a more treat-like ghostly shenanigans/ghost roommate type prompt. ^_^
(Canon Era or Modern AU) Unrequited love… or is it? Courfeyrac is pining for Marius while Marius is pining for Cosette. I’d be OK with this being unrequited, with Courfeyrac doing his best to step aside and be self-sacrificing so Marius can be happy. I’d also be OK with this ending up requited in the end, either as MC or MC2.
(Canon Era or Modern AU) I’m always a sucker for hurt/comfort or sick!fic. ^_^ I’m pretty much always up for any variation of “Courfeyrac gets hurt or sick or has an emotional breakdown of some sort and needs to be taken care of.”

Treat prompts: (Going to list some of the above prompts here, too, too, in case you only offered treats and thus didn’t read the trick prompt, because depending on how they end they could go either way.)

(Canon era) As a more traditional Halloween trick prompt—the Romantics were very fond of hanging about in cemeteries and such. What if Courfeyrac, again, survived the barricade alone and was haunted by Marius’ spirit? Ghostly roommate shenanigans ensue? ;D For that matter, I could also see this working as Marius surviving the barricade and Courfeyrac haunting him.
(Canon Era or Modern AU) Unrequited love… or is it? Courfeyrac is pining for Marius but does his best to not let his feelings show, either because he thinks Marius is straight or because Marius is pining over Cosette. Marius, however, figures it out and isn’t willing to let him step aside like that…
(Modern AU) Courfeyrac is pining over Marius and is half in love with Cosette, too, but is So Determined to see them settled together, in spite of his feelings, because really they're perfect for each other?? But Marius and Cosette can see how secretly sad and lonely he is and mutually decide that if they're going to be together, he should really be part of that because they love him, too.
(Canon Era or Modern AU) I know his death in canon is a perfectly valid and happy completion of Valjean’s character arc in Les Mis. I still wish he’d gotten to live and be a grandpapa to all of Cosette’s children and gotten to interact with more of Les Amis than just Marius. This would have to be another “survives the barricade” AU if you write it canon era, I guess? Anyway, I would love to see Courfeyrac get to meet Valjean and hear the story of his life. Especially because you can damned well bet that Courfeyrac wouldn’t have let him get away with slinking off like an old dog to die if he did.
(Canon Era) An everyone lives canon era AU where Marius and Cosette get married and Courfeyrac is somehow just part of that i.e., Courfeyrac is rich bachelor "Uncle Courfeyrac" to Marius and Cosette's children who just often sleeps over and is as much a parent to them as Marius and Cosette and no one questions it?
(Modern Era) OK, so, there was this one specific ridiculous tumblr post that I think would be perfect for an MC2 if you’re looking for something really specific -- with Courfeyrac as Jared and Marius and Cosette on the date, and they all end up together in the end. ^_^
I’ll be honest that I’m having difficulty coming up with a prompt that centers on just Courfeyrac because I so often think of him in the context of his friends, since he’s one of the most gregarious, passionate, outspoken of Les Amis. -.-;;; But really, I’d be OK with just about anything centered around him, because I just love him as a character so much. ^_^
I’m also a sucker for reincarnation AUs for Les Mis. Just putting that out there. ^_^

Holy cow, that’s a really long letter. O_O Sorry about that, I just tend to get excited. ^_^ Hopefully you found something at least a little bit helpful in there, somewhere. If you didn’t, however, they really were just thoughts and suggestions. So, if any of the details I provided don't work for you, feel free to toss them out the window and write what's most comfortable for you. If you are happy and excited about what you're writing, I'm sure I will love it. Passion comes across and I do not in any way want to dampen yours. ^_^ I certainly won't object if you want to accommodate me in my far-too-verbose additional requests, but as stated many times -- totally not a requirement. ^_^ Go with your gut. The fact that you're writing something for me is plenty enough to have me thrilled and excited and bouncing for joy. ^_^

Thank you so much for your patience as I finished this monster up, and happy writing! ^_^
A grateful recipient

(This entry was originally posted on DW @ http://rchan.dreamwidth.org/258078.html)

Yearly Show List

eirenical — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 17:39:35 GMT

Because I'm paranoid about the other post getting lost. -.-;;;

zoicite, I'm stealing an idea from you. Since my calendar has been less than reliable long term, I'm going to start keeping track of my shows in my LJ. ^_^

Theatre:

2019:

May 4, 2019 -- Paul Nolan @ 54 Below w/ zoicite
March 17, 2019 -- Frozen w/ Mom, L, E, J, & J -- E & J's 1st Broadway show! :D
February 10, 2019 -- The Ferryman -- Fra Fee as Michael -- w/ Mom
February 6, 2019 -- The Cher Show w/ Mom
January 30, 2019 -- Pretty Woman -- Samantha Barks as Vivien -- w/ Mom
January 17, 2019 -- Waitress -- Sara Bareilles & Gavin Creel -- w/ Mom
January 7, 2019 -- Fra Fee; Seisún @ 54 Below

2018:

December 22, 2018 eve -- A Sign of the Times -- Chilina Kennedy as Cindy, Natalie Charle Ellis (ensemble)
October 19, 2018 -- Rise of the Jack o'Lanterns w/ Tina -- Old Westbury, NY
October 6, 2018 matinee -- Les Miserables w/ Marion -- New Haven, CT
September 16, 2018 eve -- Once on this Island w/ Mom
September 12, 2018 eve -- Frozen w/ Mom
August 10, 2018 eve -- Julius Caesar w/ redjacket -- Stratford, TO
August 9, 2018 eve -- The Music Man -- Mark Uhre as Marcellus Washburn, Marcus Nance as Olin Britt
August 8, 2018 matinee -- Coriolanus -- w/ redjacket -- Stratford, TO
July 26, 2018 -- Hello, Dolly! -- Bette Midler as Dolly, Gavin Creel as Cornelius Hackle -- w/ emilyelin2002
July 13, 2018 -- Across the Universe -- in movie theatre (...I SAY IT COUNTS)
June 6, 2018 -- Drunk Shakespeare -- MacBeth
May 23, 2018 -- Hello, Dolly! -- Bernadette Peters as Dolly -- w/ Mom
May 10, 2018 -- Indigo Girls -- w/ sister
April 5, 2018 -- Escape to Margaritaville w/ Mom -- Paul Nolan as Tully Mars
March 27, 2018 -- Beautiful w/ Mom -- Chilina Kennedy as Carole King
January 15, 2018 -- Hernani
January 10, 2018 -- Miss Saigon

2017:

October 8, 2017 (mat) -- Les Miserables w/ Marion -- Hartford, CT
September 24, 2017 -- Les Miserables w/ Marion -- Providence, RI
September 15, 2017 -- Anastasia w/ Mom -- Ramin Karimloo as Gleb
September 10, 2017 -- Aladdin w/ Mom
September 9, 2017 -- Hello, Dolly! w/ Mom -- Donna Murphy as Dolly
September 6, 2017 -- Book of Mormon w/ Mom
August 3, 2017 -- Hello, Dolly w/ redjacket -- Bette Midler as Dolly
August 2, 2017 -- Sweeney Todd w/ redjacket and doh_rae_me
May 21, 2017 -- Waitress -- Sara Bareilles and Will Swenson -- w/ zoicite
April 25, 2017 -- BNL Concert @ the Paramount w/ sister (...I say concerts count. ^_^)
March 4, 2017 -- Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical
February 25, 2017 -- Aaron Tveit concert @ the Paramount w/ doeskin-pantaloons
February 22, 2017 -- Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical w/ Mom
February 20, 2017 -- Presidents’ Day Be-In @ Joe’s Pub organized by Anthony Hollock
February 16, 2017 -- Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical

2016:

December 9, 2016 -- Kinky Boots -- Killian Donnelly as Charlie Price -- w/ redjacket
December 4, 2016 -- Nutcracker @ Molloy College w/ Mom, sister, niece, nephew
November 18, 2016 -- Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder in Wilmington
October 27, 2016 -- Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder in Hartford w/ missmarionmac
September 15, 2016 -- The Color Purple w/ Mom
September 7, 2016 -- An American in Paris w/ Mom
September 4, 2016 -- Les Miserables -- Closing Show of Les Mis Broadway :(
September 3, 2016 (eve) -- Les Miserables
September 1, 2016 -- Les Miserables
August 30, 2016 -- Les Miserables
August 23, 2016 -- Les Miserables -- J. Michael Finley as Valjean, Andrew Love in Aaron Walpole's old track/Loud Hailer; Understudy Board; also this happened. AW. ^_^
August 19, 2016 -- Finding Neverland w/ Mom
August 18, 2016 -- Les Miserables -- Andrew Love in Aaron Walpole's old track/Loud Hailer; Understudy Board
July 2, 2016 -- Les Miserables -- Andrew Love as Javert; Cathryn Basile as Factory Woman/on for Meghan Osterhaus; Alan Shaw as Jean Prouvaire; Understudy Board
June 30, 2016 -- She Loves Me via Livestream on BroadwayHD w/ Mom
June 18, 2016 (eve) -- Bright Star w/ redjacket
June 18, 2016 (mat) -- Beautiful The Carole King Musical w/ Mom
June 17, 2016 -- The Crucible w/ redjacket
June 5, 2016 -- Les Miserables
April 28, 2016 -- Wicked w/ Mom and Sister
April 23, 2016 -- Drunk Shakespeare (Macbeth) w/ zoi_no_miko
April 21, 2016 -- Les Miserables w/ zoi_no_miko
April 7, 2016 -- Tuck Everlasting w/ zoicite
April 5, 2016 -- Distant Thunder w/ Mom
March 22, 2016 -- Bright Star w/ zoicite
January 20, 2016 -- Les Miserables
January 2, 2016 -- Di Goldene Kala w/ Mom and sister

2015:

December 29, 2015 -- The Color Purple w/ redjacket
December 29, 2015 -- Di Goldene Kale w/ redjacket
December 28, 2015 -- Allegiance w/ redjacket
December 27, 2015 -- Beautiful The Carole King Musical w/ redjacket
December 27, 2015 -- King Charles III w/ redjacket
December 26, 2015 -- Something Rotten w/ redjacket
December 17, 2015 -- Di Goldene Kale w/ Uncle
December 11, 2015 -- Lord of the Dance w/ Uncle
December 10, 2015 -- Daddy Long Legs via livestream
November 23, 2015 -- Chilina Kennedy @ the Cutting Room w/ zoicite
November 22, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Arbender Robinson's Second to Last Show/Last Day :( -- J. Michael Finley as Valjean; Andrew Love as Javert; Cathryn Basile as Eponine; Jason Forbach as Enjolras; Andrew Kober as the Bishop; Matt McMahon as Feuilly; Understudy Board
October 18, 2015 matinee -- Les Miserables -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean; Aaron Walpole's Last Valjean/Second to last show :( -- Melissa Mitchell as Fantine; Christianne Tisdale as Mme. Thenardier; Understudy Board/tumblr post
October 11, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean; Briana Carlson-Goodman as Eponone; Christianne Tisdale as Mme. Thenardier; Terance Cedric Reddick as the Foreman; Understudy Board
September 24, 2015 -- Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (tour; Schenectady) -- (John Rapson cast as the D'Ysquiths)
September 17, 2015 -- Will Swenson @ 54 Below
September 16, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Arbender Robinson as Marius
August 30, 2015 -- Les Miserables w/ redjacket -- Ramin Karimloo and Samantha Hill's last day; tumblr post
August 25, 2015 -- Hamilton on Broadway w/ dirtyinfluences
August 23, 2015 -- Les Miserables w/ dirtyinfluences
August 16, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean; Jason Forbach as Enjolras; Natalie Charle Ellis' last day; Understudy Board
August 12, 2015 -- Amazing Grace w/ zoicite
July 7, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- ANDREW LOVE'S FIRST BROADWAY JAVERT; Joe Spieldenner's first show as Grantaire and (suprise!)Bishop
July 5, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- John's last day :( -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean; Adam Monley as Javert; Siri Howard as Cosette; Andrew Love as the Bishop
June 28, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Jason Forbach as the Foreman; Understudy Board
June 15, 2015 -- Blame Canada! @ 54 Below
June 5, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Terance Cedrick Reddick as the Foreman; Weston Wells Olson as Courfeyrac; Andrew Love for Andrew Kober; Richard Barth for Tyler Muree; Rachel Rincione for Christianne Tisdale; Matt McMahon
All my West End theatre tumbling
May 18, 2015 -- Memphis; West End -- Rachel John as Felicia; tumblr post
May 16, 2015 -- Memphis; West End w/ redjacket
May 16, 2015 -- Les Miserables; Anton Zetterholm as Enjolras!! :D; James Gant as Javert; Carolina Gregory as Eponine; Jade Davies as Cosette -- West End w/ redjacket
May 15, 2015 -- Memphis; West End w/ redjacket -- tumblr post
May 14, 2015 -- Les Miserables; West End w/ redjacket
May 13, 2015 -- Memphis; West End w/ redjacket -- tumblr post
May 13, 2015 -- Gypsy; West End w/ redjacket
May 12, 2015 -- Romeo and Juliet in Dublin; Fra Fee as Romeo!! XD
April 30, 2015 -- Hamilton @ the Public w/ Mom
April 26, 2015 -- Dr. Zhivago w/ redjacket
April 25, 2015 -- The Audience w/ redjacket
April 23, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean; Andrew Kober as the Foreman; Weston Wells Olson as Courfeyrac; Max Quinlan as Joly; Andrew Love for Aaron Walpole -- w/ redjacket
April 8, 2015 -- Dr. Zhivago -- w/ zoicite and Ran
April 4, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Adam Monley as Javert; John Rapson as the Bishop; Weston Wells Olson for Adam Monley
April 2, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean; John Rapson as Javert; Tyler Muree as Grantaire; Weston Wells Olson as Bamatabois; Andrew Love in Aaron Walpole's track
March 22, 2015 -- Paint Your Wagon -- Nathaniel Hackmann, Adam Monley, Melissa Van der Schyff
February 27, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- John Rapson as the Bishop
February 8, 2015, 7 PM -- THE CAST OF LES MIZ IN CONCERT: BEYOND THE BARRICADE @ Studio 54
February 5, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean
February 1, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Adam Monley as Javert; John Rapson as the Bishop; Understudy Board
January 24, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean; Jason Forbach as Enjolras; Understudy Board
January 8, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Arbender Robinson as Marius; Weston Wells Olson as Feuilly; Terance Reddick as the Foreman; Max Quinlan as Montparnasse; Understudy board
January 7, 2015 -- Les Miserables -- Heidi Giberson as Cosette, Weston Wells Olson as FeuillyJanuary 3, 2015 -- Once

2014:

December 6, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Alan Shaw as Joly; John Rapson as Thenardier; Weston Wells Olson as Bamatabois; tweet
November 24, 2014 -- This is Thirty; Allison Case and Andrew Kober @ 54 Below
November 2, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Andrew Love and Weston Wells Olson as Combeferre and Courfeyrac?; tweet
October 8, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean; Adam Monley as Javert; Jason Forbach as Enjolras; John Rapson as the Bishop; Understudy Board
September 27, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Jason Forbach as Enjolras
September 4, 2014 -- Lee Siegel @ Broadway Sessions
August 30, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- John Rapson as Thenardier; Andrew Kober as Bamatabois; Dennis Moench as Grantaire; tweet
August 24, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Melissa O'Neill as Eponine; Dennis Moench as M. Thenardier; Understudy Board
August 17, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Earl Carpenter returns as Javert!
August 13, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean; Adam Monley as Javert; tweet
July 31, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean; Adam Monley as Javert; Andrew Love as the Bishop/Combeferre; tweet
July 26, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Adam Monley as Javert; Andrew Love as the Bishop; Melissa O'Neill as Eponine; Playbill insert
July 19, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Jason Forbach as Enjolras; Chris McCarrell as Marius; tweet
July 8, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Melissa O'Neill as Fantine
June 30, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Jason Forbach as Enjolras
June 25, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean; Arbender Robinson as Marius; Max Quinlan as Enjolras; Understudy Board
June 16, 2014 -- The Lord and the Master @ Joe's Pub -- Josh Young, Lindsey Mendez, many more
June 14, 2014 -- Les Miserables
May 20, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean
April 12, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Jason Forbach as Enjolras; post
April 7, 2014 -- This is Thirty; Allison Case and Andrew Kober @ the Cutting Room
March 23, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Opening Night!
March 19, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- Aaron Walpole as Valjean; Andrew Kober as the Foreman; Understudy Board
March 14, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- John Rapson as the Bishop; Understudy Board
March 10, 2014 -- Rory O'Malley -- Pub Crawl @ Joe's Pub
March 1, 2014 -- Les Miserables -- 1st preview on Broadway!
Jaunary 12, 2014 mat -- Les Miserables (Toronto)
January 11, 2014 eve -- Les Miserables (Toronto) -- Colm Wilkinson as the Bishop; Andrew Love as Javert
January 11, 2014 mat -- Les Miserables (Toronto); Aaron Walpole as Valjean; Andrew Love as Javert; John Rapson as the Bishop

2013:

December 17, 2013 -- Once w/ zoicite
December 7, 2013 -- Sarah Bareilles @ The Paramount in Huntington (w/ Carissa)
December 7, 2013 -- Little Miss Sunshine w/ zoicite; tweet
November 10, 2013 -- Les Miserables (Toronto)
November 9, 2013 mat -- Les Miserables (Toronto)
November 8, 2013 eve -- Les Miserables (Toronto); tweet
November 7, 2013 -- Les Miserables (Toronto); Aaron Walpole as Valjean; tweet
October 27, 2013 -- The Rocky Horror Show @ Bucks County Playhouse w/ Carissa
September 28, 2013 -- Romeo and Juliet w/ Carissa; post
September 7, 2013 -- The Machine w/ zoicite
August 24, 2013 -- Soul Doctor w/ Mom and Uncle?
July 6, 2013 -- The Who's Tommy @ Stratford Festival
July 5, 2013 -- Fiddler on the Roof @ Stratford Festival
July 5, 2013 -- Measure for Measure @ Startford Festival -- Geraint Wyn Davies and Nigel Bennett!
July 4, 2013 -- Light in the Piazza @ Shaw Festival
June 10, 2013 -- The Skivvies @ 54 Below: Rory O'Malley and many others
May 20, 2013 -- The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
May 12, 2013 -- Theatre @ Northport Broadway Concert: Anthony Crivello; Randy Graff; Alan H. Green; Rory O'Malley; Tonya Pinkins -- w/Carissa
April 13, 2013 -- Hands on a Hardbody w/ Carissa
April 10, 2013 -- Pippin
March 14, 2013 -- Newsies
February 19, 2013 -- Newsies w/ Rachel
February 4, 2013 -- Cutting Edge Composers Concert @ Joe's Pub; program
January 26, 2013 -- Book of Mormon -- Rory O'Malley's second to last day as Elder McKinley

2012:

February 26, 2012 -- The Addams Family in Hartford

(This entry was originally posted on DW @ https://rchan.dreamwidth.org/257123.html)

Year End Word Count Meme 2016

eirenical — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 06:08:13 GMT

Well... it's that time of year, again. And what a truly pathetic year it's been for writing. O_o;;; It was saved from total failure by a few last minute exchange stories I wrote (seriously, those 4 exchange fic were about 2/3 of the writing I did for the year), but that's really all I can say about it. :P Then again, I did a LOT of writing for the doctoral program I'm in this year, and my anxiety has been through the roof as a result.

...seriously, I should do a school word count meme. :P MAYBE I WILL. Anyway. Here it is, in all it's pathetic glory. *sigh*

Date Published	Fandom	Title	Words
1/10/2016	Les Miserables	Muet (8)	2855
3/26/2016	Les Miserables	Follow You, Follow Me (19)	4754
9/17/2016	MMPR	Watching Your Back	3366
9/29/2016	Les Miserables	No Man Is An Island (4)	3741
11/11/2016	PRiS	To Match My Worst… And My Best	1629
12/17/2016	Les Miserables	Of Tuxedos and Tuition Breaks	17290
12/18/2016	PRiS	Milkshakes and Grilled Cheese	1455
12/24/2016	D.E.B.S.	Postcards From Barcelona	1758

		Total Words	36848

OK. I really am that anal. Here's the stuff I wrote for school:

Date Published	Class	Title	Words
6/12/2016	Qual	Article Review 1	5447
6/13/2016	Qual	Article Review 2	5445
6/11/2016	Qual	Final Paper	7435
2/24/2016	Qual	Memo 13	490
5/10/2016	Qual	Memo 14	552
5/10/2016	Qual	Memo 1	763
5/10/2016	Qual	Memo 11	604
3/6/2016	Qual	Memo 12	732
5/10/2016	Qual	Memo 15	398
5/10/2016	Qual	Research Proposal	2120
5/10/2016	Stat II	Final Paper	2930
8/1/2016	Stat III	Final Paper	2941
5/10/2016	Stat II	Research Design	1030
6/17/2016	Lit Review	Critical Article Review	2419
8/8/2016		Qualifying Exams	5644

		Total Words	38950

Which is STILL not a whole lot, but it takes a LOT more effort, reading, and research to do this kind of writing than it does. And this isn't counting the almost 12,000 words of transcription I did.

So, totaling up EVERYTHING... somewhere between 80 and 90K? Which is still pretty pathetic, but I really did have a lot on my plate this year. So. That's not nothing.

Oh well? Here's to a better writing year next year? :P (This entry was originally posted on DW @ http://rchan.dreamwidth.org/256632.html)

Dear Yuletide Author,

eirenical — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 18:51:46 GMT

Dear Yuletide Author,

First and foremost I'd like to offer up a huge "Thank You!!" to you for writing a story for me. I know how difficult it can be to put any part of your creative process into the hands of another individual, so I will treat do my best to treat that trust with the care and respect it deserves. ^_^

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Rating and kink:

General likes and dislikes:

Likes:
I like fluff. I like angst. I like hurt/comfort (emotional or physical) and sickfic. I like found family stories. I like shipfic. I like plotty fic. I like long fic. I like short fic. I like character studies. I like AUs of the "What if?" variety (i.e. what if character A had made a different decision here; what if character B hadn't died). I like explorations of things beyond canon (i.e. continuations of canon, deeper explorations of things only mentioned in passing in canon, expanding on the stories of minor characters, backstories, etc.).

I like a whole lot more than that, but in the interest of not writing a 20,000 word letter, here's the punch line to all of this babbling: what draws me to fandom is the characters and the interactions between them. So, if you keep the story focused on the characters, I'll generally be happy with whatever other plot trappings fall around them. ^_^

DNWs (do not wants):
1) I prefer to keep other kinds of AUs (i.e. coffeehouse AUs, high school AUs, etc.) to my larger fandom explorations. For Yuletide, I prefer to stay closer to actual canon, because there is usually so little canon based fic for these tiny fandoms.
2) I have a huge fealty/loyalty kink, and discussions of infidelity/cheating/going behind someone's back/etc., make me very sad and highly uncomfortable. So, if you could avoid that kind of thing, I'd appreciate it.
3) I have a huge embarrassment/public humiliation squick, so if you could avoid that, I'd be grateful.
4) I’m a veterinarian and an animal lover and any talk of animal abuse or animal death makes me really upset. So, if there are any animals in your stories, I’d appreciate it if none of them were hurt or killed, and that they are all treated with care and respect. Thanks!

Specific Requests (in no particular order):

You are free to utilize any prompt I toss out there or none of them. If reading what I like about the characters/worlds sparks a fic idea in your head, feel free to ignore the prompts and run with it. ^_^

Also, length of babble in no way indicates my fandom preferences. It’s just that I’ve been requesting some of these longer than others and those requests have taken on a life of their own. -.-;;; I promise I’m equally excited about the possibility of all six of these requests. ^_^

1. All Seeing Eye - Rob Thurman
Characters: Hector Allgood, Jackson Lee Eye, Tessa ‘Tess’ Lee”
Link to Canon: My Goodreads review

OK, the first thing I should say about this canon is that I really enjoy all of the other nominated characters (Abigail "Abby" (All Seeing Eye), Charles "Charlie" Allgood, Meleah Guerrera), as well, and if you want any of them to make appearances, I’m more than good with that. ^_^ So why request this particular set of characters?

One of the most compelling parts of the book is the enemies-to-friends thing going on between Jackson and Hector. I absolutely love the entire arc of their developing friendship from angry and antagonistic to deep-seated trust and practical co-dependency. Anything that looks at that friendship (or romance, if you want to look at it that way!) through that lens is something I’d really enjoy.

Side note: I mentioned in my likes that hurt/comfort is one of my favorite tropes? This relationship is PERFECT for it if that’s something you’re into writing. ^_^ (I mean… honestly half the book is Hector/Jackson hurt/comfort. ;D) So, something where Jackson’s powers get him into trouble (i.e., coming into contact with something someone died on violently) and Hector having to take care of him while he puts himself back together would be right up my alley. ^____^

(And again, if you’re slash minded, we know that Jackson and Hector once had a really awkward conversation about why Jackson doesn’t have sex. Do they ever try it? What do they do to try to get around the whole overly enforced intimacy? Do they end up in a relationship where they’re platonically intimate but not having sex? Hell, do they ever even manage to sleep in the same bed, for that matter? Inquiring minds want to know!)

(Also, in the above scenarios, you have my permission to write that pre-Tess.)

So, why Tess? The other thing that I really love about this book is the way it ends. I love that Jackson has started to open himself up to other people. I love that he has a second chance to do right by Tess. I love that he’s built this family for himself out of nothing and completely against the odds. And I would love to see what happens from there. The adventures of Jackson raising Tess, for instance. What’s it like for him and his powers living with another person? What’s it like for someone who didn’t have ANY kind of a healthy childhood to try to raise a child? The punch line is that I’d love to see a little more of Jackson and Tess’ happy-ever-after (and how Hector fits into that happy-ever-after). ^_^

(Again, if slash is a thing you’re into, I wouldn’t mind seeing how Hector fits into that future situation, either. ^_^ Because if anything is more likely to be awkwardly adorable than Jackson trying to raise a child, it’s Jackson and Hector trying to raise a child. ;D)

I also mentioned that I wouldn’t mind the other nominated characters making an appearance, so here are some thoughts about that – there was NOT enough Abby in the book. Not anywhere near enough. She’s been Jackson’s only family for years—how does SHE fit into the happy ever after? She’s canonically bi/pan-sexual (never specified) – if Hector ends up with Jackson, I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing a little Abby/Meleah on the side! ^_^ For that matter, if you are not slash minded, I do enjoy Hector/Meleah, so how do the two of them fit into Jackson’s life post-Tess adoption? Do they have children of their own and do they and Jackson end up leaning on each other to commiserate about parenting problems? (I mean, couldn’t you just see it? “Jackson, the baby’s been crying non-stop for three hours, for the love of all that’s holy, please touch them and tell us what’s wrong, WE BEG YOU.” ;D)

And finally Charlie—NGL, I ship he and Jackson a little, too. So, I wouldn’t mind seeing a glimpse of what it was like for the two of them in the group home; or a what-if situation—what if they’d met up again earlier? What if they’d gotten out together? How might that have changed things? (And if this scenario intrigues you, you have my permission to include Hector and Tess or not, as you choose.)

So, yeah. Sorry about the babble, but I recently reread the book and got all excited about it, again. ^_^

Yuleporn Prompts:Jackson and Hector once had a really awkward conversation about why Jackson doesn’t have sex (he's a very powerful touch-postcognitive; so that much skin on skin contact generally gives him WAY too much information about his partner). So, I wonder... do Hector and Jackson ever try it? What do they do to try to get around the whole overly enforced intimacy of Jackson's gift? ...or not? How does that play out in bed? Do they end up in a relationship where they’re platonically intimate but not having sex? For that matter... what might they do instead, if Jackson can't stand to be in physical contact during sex? Maybe some toys and voyeurism are involved? Maybe Hector invests in lots of latex gloves so that fingering and/or fisting can be options? All of these are fair game! ;D

The Fire's Stone - Tanya Huff
CharactersAaron (Fire's Stone), Chandra (Fire's Stone), Darvish (Fire's Stone)</u>
Link to Canon: Link to Goodreads page

Holy, oh my goodness, there are so many tropes going on in this book that I love. *_* We have a broken, exiled prince. Who is small yet savage and scary as fuck when he needs to be. We have the wastrel prince who thinks he’s worth nothing and acts accordingly. And together… they heal each other and bring meaning back to each others lives. I CAN’T. I just love that so much. *_* And then CHANDRA. OH CHANDRA. Where were you as a character when I was a child? Fall for a prince, get married, and have babies when I could be Learning and Doing Magic? PFFT. YEAH, RIGHT. I love that no matter how people tempt her into doing the accepted thing, she just tosses it all off like, “Nope. Not for me. Thanks for playing, though.”

And then the book subverts every trope on its ear by ALLOWING HER TO MAKE THAT CHOICE AND STICK TO IT. And I love how the three of them are stronger together in the end and everyone gets their perfect happy-ever-after. Chandra’s and Darvish’s families get to have that alliance-by-marriage they’ve been wanting. Chandra gets everyone the hell off her back and gets to pursue the magic she loves. Darvish and Aaron get to have each other in a place where they’re safe and protected and free. And they’re all such good friends, supporting each other and loving each other within the limits of what they’re all comfortable with and OMG, seriously, where was this book when I was a kid??

*coughs* Anyway, hopefully that spate of babble gives you some idea of what appeals to me about this book and these characters. ^_^ So, what I’d like to see for a fic is, just like for All-Seeing Eye… their happy-ever-after. What are their lives like now that Darvish and Chandra are married (in name only) and Darvish and Aaron are married (in heart and body), and yet they’re all close friends? How does that dynamic work? How do those frienships grow and evolve once they’re not in immediate life-threatening danger? (i.e., I wouldn’t mind a cuddly midwinter night story with them all snuggled up by a fireplace pursuing their own hobbies and enjoying some closeness, however that might translate between the three of them ^_^)

Yuleporn prompts: On the flipside, I’d be totally down for some Darvish/Aaron porn, too. ^_~ Also, here’s a thought… just because Chandra is asexual, and has no interest in participating in sex with another person, it doesn’t mean that she doesn’t have a libido or wouldn’t get off on watching. What’s a little voyerism between close friends? ^_~ I could see Darvish, in particular, enjoying putting on a show for her. Just a thought. ^_^

3. Island City (1994)
Characters: Greg 23, Michael Mindy, Connie Sealle, Andy Sealle
Link to Canon: Youtube or watch embedded video below

This is one of those perennial requests that I never thought would get filled, and I thought that once it did, I’d be done, but… nope. That experience was so awesome it just whetted my appetite for more! :D

Greg 23, Andy and Connie Seale:
I love the entire relationship between the three of them–as noted above, I have a fealty/loyalty kink. Well, I also have a thing for found families, and the way the three of them support, love and nurture each other into this tight knit little found family is one of the central draws for me to this movie. I would love to see an exploration of that relationship in some way, either from a platonic viewpoint or as… something more. ^_~

i.e., Are threesomes your thing? Because I sure wouldn't mind seeing one between Andy, Connie, and 23 -- even if it's unrequited. 23's body language around Connie and the way he talks about Andy when he's missing and how desperate 23 is to find him… Well. There's a fertile ground for a pining story if you ever wanted one. And 23 pining after both Andy AND Connie would be lovely. ^_^ Of course, if you're going to go the requited route, there's the added dynamic that 23 and Connie can't risk reproducing since he’s a Green and she’s a Red. There are the obvious ways to handle that and I would definitely enjoy the hell out of those ways, but… if pegging or toys are your thing, those are also kinks I enjoy and would be a neat way for a threesome to happen with no risk of a 23/Connie pregnancy. Just saying. ^_~

Another thing I’d love to see explored about these three: JFC, I love Connie. She is the ultimate power in that family and she has this intuitive knowledge for when to chain that power up and when to unleash it that is amazing. How does someone with that much force of personality and passion of physicality willingly chain herself to a desk? What was her life like when she did? Did she resent it? Or did she channel all that force into her administrative tasks like some raging lion in the assembly to better their entire society? After the pilot, does she stay with the unit, helping people one on one, or does she return to the government, determined to end up in charge and improve things for everyone? I JUST LOVE CONNIE, OK?

Greg 23, Michael Mindy:

These two are what first made me want fic for this series/movie. I love their relationship. They start out absolutely hating each other. Michael has a chip on his shoulder the size of Russia and is out to prove himself 7 ways to Sunday. 23 hates Michael on general principle because he's been put on the team to replace Andy -- 23's best friend -- who is missing in the Wastelands. It doesn't help that Michael is half-recessive. Throw in how 23's technical know-how and faith in computers clashes with Michael's enhanced recessive senses and his faith in his own intuition and it's a breeding ground for constant fighting. Yet, despite all that stands between them, by the end of the pilot they have made peace with each other by finding common ground in their own genetic freakishness and by finding that there is room for both science and intuition and that they can best serve their team by melding the two.

I would love to see something exploring that changing friendship. I would also love to see background story for 23. He grew up the sole bookish and clumsy individual among 41 identical and mean superhuman brothers. He got bullied his entire life before joining the RCF. What was that like? How did it feel for him to get bullied right in front of Michael and have Michael have to step in when he couldn't defend himself? Maybe 23 and Michael bond over the fact that they've had to struggle not to be seen as anything like those with whom they share blood. Maybe they get drunk one night and have a science versus intuition debate which ends in tipsy, drunken treasure hunts around the base. ^_^ I just love these two and would love anything exploring their relationship.

(And if you're as slash happy as I am and want to take it in this direction, I would note that Michael's black implant only means he can't have sex with someone with whom he can produce children. He interprets that as that he can never have sex, but as 23 says… "You can never… with a woman?" Which sort of implies that he could… with a man. ^_~ And I ship these two like crazy. 23 he is overly curious/concerned about the fact that Michael can't have sex with a woman, even in their first ever real conversation. Maybe there is a discussion between them about alternatives to women, and that gets 23 thinking. Maybe they have post-mission, stress relief sex with Michael taking advantage of that superhuman strength and pinning 23 somewhere (against a wall, a bed, a desk, I'm not picky ^_~) and driving him mindless with lust to help shut that giant brain of his down and give it a rest. Maybe as that friendship blossoms and finds common ground, they find themselves liking each other far more than they anticipated… and that takes their burgeoning friendship in an unexpected direction. Also, both 23 and Michael had to be ordered to take R&R time at one point, so we know that 23 has a tendency to work himself into the ground. We also know that he's a major klutz. Maybe he gets hurt? Or overworks himself into getting sick? And Michael ends up tricked into taking care of him (and maybe that prompts certain tender feelings and confessions ^_~)?

Other things to consider: since there are such strict societal controls and the "normal" population of the planet is dwindling, are there proscriptions against homosexuality? Or is this an open-minded, futuristic, "find love where you will because life is dangerously short" kind of situation? Maybe because of the rigid controls on mating, if there is no one of your color around, the only accepted alternatives ARE homosexuality? All those possibilities are intriguing to me. ^_^)

And, on a more general note, if you wanted to do some world building, they gave us so little of the world outside of the rescue units and a bit of the social scene and medbays. What's the government like? Do they have a President? A council? Is their society even a democracy? If that's you're kind of thing, I've always wanted to know more about their world. What part of the world even is this? Are there other cities tucked away around the world or is Island City really it? For that matter, did this really affect everyone? Or is this happening say… in the US and all of Europe is totally unaffected? So, if you wanted to play a little with world-building aspects, that would be cool with me, too. ^_^

Yuleporn prompts:Oh gosh. Andy, Connie, and 23. First of all, there's another interesting dynamic at play here. 23 and Connie can't risk having a child together. And Connie is unquestionably the strongest personality among these three. Andy is "laid-back" incarnate and 23, while snarky, is so eager to please when it comes to Connie that it's ridiculous. They're such a tightly knit found family, too, and I love that. What I'd really love to see here is either some 23 x Andy with Connie watching and directing the proceedings or some 23 x Connie PEGGING. Because this would be perfect for it. *_* And if you really want to go all out, maybe start off in the first scenario and then have Connie wanting to get in on that action and discovering the world of strap-ons and deciding to fuck 23, herself.

I also ship Michael and 23 like WHOA. So, another scenario I would enjoy is the idea of 23 deciding he's maybe in love with Michael but being terrified of the idea of sex with another man (or anyone, for that matter), and having Andy and Connie invite him to their bed to show him how it's done... and then 23 going after Michael with this newfound knowledge and looking to get some practical experience. ;D Or if you want to go ALL out, maybe 23, Connie, and Andy had an established thing going, and when 23 falls for Michael (who has ZERO practical experience, maybe Connie and Andy invite BOTH of them to their bed for some extracurricular lessons. ;D

4. Jeremiah (TV)
Characters: Markus Alexander, Jeremiah (Jeremiah)
Link to Canon: Hulu

The first thing I should mention is that I only requested Jeremiah and Markus to make the matching easier. If, however, you’d prefer to write for Erin and Theo, I am totally cool with that and will leave prompts, just in case. ^_^

Oh... Jeremiah. ^_^ Your dystopian, disaster-ridden, well-intentioned, mommy/daddy-issued, f'ed up plottiness gets me every time. The idea of an entire world full of people who grew up from childhood with no guiding parental force is not entirely original (Peter Pan, Star Trek TOS's "Miri", the list goes on), but how they handled it in this show, I thought, was particularly brilliant. I love how you have a range in attitude from those old enough to remember the days before the Big Death and thus endlessly angst and wish after those lost technologies and the easy lives they had and those who were so young at the time that this screwed up remnant of a world is all they know and they embrace it. I love how there are pockets of people trying to reclaim civilization and others that embrace the utter lawlessness of a world with no rules. Most of all I love how every single person in this world has a touch of the sulky and rebellious teenager in them and how, ironically, it's the oldest ones who cling to each other most desperately to assuage their fears of abandonment.

1) Jeremiah/Markus

Uh... this actually isn't what it looks like... but I wish it were. ^_~ Season 1, Episode 18 ~29 minutes in -- the episode this scene comes from (on Hulu)

I don’t know what it is about those two that I love so. By all rights a relationship between them should not work, hell, even a friendship between them shouldn't work, but somehow it does. There are moments between them when you see that Jeremiah is the only one that Markus lets his guard down around -- the time he gets drunk and Jeremiah is the one to find and take care of him, the way that Jeremiah is the only one he's comfortable enough around to show his rage and frustration, the way that Jeremiah doesn't believe in anyone… yet he believes in Markus. I love that. Everything about it.

The truth is, I have a bit of a fealty/loyalty kink, and Jeremiah and Markus exemplify that trope in a very unique way. Jeremiah is loyal to Markus and, more importantly, to the ideals that Markus is almost too afraid to have in the beginning, but wants to have. And Markus recognizes early on that the only way to keep Jeremiah's loyalty is to give him complete freedom and autonomy, to deny him even the trappings of that fealty. It's the epitome of "if you love something let it free," and it's fascinating watching that play out and watching Jeremiah slowly but surely accept a more traditional form of loyalty -- even when that means protecting Markus from himself.

I'd love to see something exploring that relationship and how it changes, even just looking at a snapshot of it along the way. Markus carries the weight of the world on his shoulders and has always acted far older than his age. Jeremiah is the only one who consistently gets him to drop that, even if only for a moment, and act like he's no older than the rest of them. Markus accepts things from Jeremiah in a way he doesn't from anyone else -- if he's not Jeremiah's leader, he doesn't have to stay strong, after all -- and maybe that allows him to accept comfort from Jeremiah after Meghan's death.

Some more specific prompt thoughts:
What was going through Jeremiah's head when Markus got shot? Maybe you want to look at what happens after the finale. Does Markus stay in charge? What does he do if he doesn't? Maybe you just want to look at a slice of life at Thunder Mountain.

Yuleporn prompts: For Markus/Jeremiah, I'd honestly love to see Markus just running off the rails with self-doubt/stress/what-have-you and basically Jeremiah fucking him right out of his own head as a form of stress relief. Because Markus has been the one in charge for so long and he never really hands those reins over to anyone else... except Jeremiah. Even if only briefly.

Again, I'd love it if this went in a slashy direction with these ideas, but if that's not your thing, I'd be perfectly happy with an exploration of those ideas from a platonic/friendship direction.

2) Erin/Theo

Season 2, Episode 5:

If women/femslash is more your cup of tea, then I love these two just as much as Jeremiah and Markus. There's something about a pair of women who are each practically competence porn incarnate, yet straddle opposite sides of the good/evil line. I just love that. ^_^ I love how Theo is so evil and just revels in it, yet when she decides to stand up and put her foot down for what's right… holy hot damn does everyone sit up and listen and follow. And yet, at the same time, because of her season 2 situation, she ends up vulnerable. Then you have Erin -- the warrior woman, standing for all that is good and right, but not afraid to get her hands dirty to accomplish it. And after all the men in the series prove that they are woefully inadequate at dealing with Theo, Erin just walks right up and slams all of Theo’s shit right back into her teeth. And Theo takes it. Then when they recognized that kindred spirit in each other and became fast, though uneasy, friends, every male in Thunder Mountain probably dove for cover when those two joined forces. ^_^ So. Yeah. Love.

More specific prompt thoughts:
I'd love to see a snapshot of future life for them -- what are their new roles in the government once it's in place? Is Theo's baby a boy, a girl, or the feared twins? Do they grow closer? Does Erin do as offered in 2.05 and help Theo raise her child? Do they ever become more than friends? Or maybe the future domestic bliss scene isn't your cup of tea? I'd also love to see something looking at their shared traits and how they present so differently in each woman. They are both warriors. They are both leaders. They are both fiercely protective individuals. At the core, they have so much in common, but they couldn't be more different. I'd love to see how that dichotomy plays out in their friendship/relationship. We know that Theo has been brought into Erin's world during the series. Does Theo ever bring Erin into hers? There is so much potential to explore between the two of them, either as friends or as lovers, and so little fic devoted to them and I'd love to see more!

Yuleporn prompts: Oh, gosh, my greatest desire with them is just to see them taking care of each other. Slow, gentle, sweet sex. Because neither one of them has ever had the time or the opportunity to really let themselves be pampered. I just want to see them happy and taking their time with each other. Like, a day away from the mountain and all responsibilities woudl be lovely. Maybe Theo found a hot spring somewhere and drags Erin along or something? The one thing I ask is that either no big deal be made of Theo's pregnancy or (preferably) that this take place after she's already had the baby. I think the two of them and the baby making a little found family would be lovely, but pregnancy sex isn't a kink I really enjoy.

5. Power Rangers Dino Thunder
Characters: Conner McKnight, Derrick (Power Rangers), Eric McKnight
Link to Canon: Netflix

I got an amazing NYR story for this request this year and I really debated requesting it again, because I didn’t want to seem too greedy, but like with Island City, I realized that greedy-seeming or not, that one story definitely whetted my appetite for more, so here we are. ^_^ This was the season that got me back into Power Rangers after I'd left it post-Power Rangers in Space. And it was Conner who pulled me in. They drop so many interesting tidbits about him in the series and still he often gets brushed aside as the token dumb jock. This is a problem that PR has had in the past -- pigeon-holing characters into their stereotypes -- but if you look behind the surface of what's there, there is a lot to see.

Conner is a soccer player. He's no great shakes in school. He often jumps to conclusions before examining the evidence. But during the episode Leader of the Whack (episode 15), a meteor reveals hidden aspects to the Rangers' personalities. Conner is revealed to be highly intelligent and sensitive and (oddly) to wear glasses. O_o;;; (I have a theory there, too -- because revealing a hidden part to your personality won't suddenly make you need glasses, and becoming highly intelligent and sensitive likely wouldn't make you want to wear fake ones as an affectation, either. So I think Conner usually wears contact lenses and when this part of his personality comes out, he opts for his glasses instead. Just a minor personal headcanon. ^_~)

What else do we know about Conner? He plays on the school soccer team, which I believe is intramural? He's friends with Derrick and, presumably, everyone else on the team. He's popular. Yet, somehow he manages to hang out with Kira and Ethan, two people on the "fringe" of high school society, without putting a dent in his own popularity. In "A Bully For Ethan" (#18; the ep. the above capture is from), he's clearly torn between wanting to help Ethan and wanting to maintain his friendship with Derrick.

The point is, he has a life outside of the Rangers. He has a twin. He plays soccer. He has an entire set of friends that aren’t involved in Ranger business. And he gets torn in every which way all over the place throughout the series between those opposing responsibilities.

More specific prompt thoughts:
How does he deal with that? What is his life like outside of Ranger business? Do Derrick and the others on the team ever suspect something unusual is going on? Are they supportive? Do they help cover for him when he has to duck out of practice? And what about Eric, his twin brother? Does he suspect anything? How does he react? Given that Conner knew about his "super secret ninja academy" training, does Eric know that Conner is a Ranger? Do they have any of the stereotypical twin behaviors and connections? Does Eric know when Conner is hurt?

What I’m basically getting at is that I'm fascinated with Conner's character and how he presents this front of being a dumb jock when that clearly isn't all there is to him. He's the most sensitive and easily hurt of the entire group and for some reason, he never lets that show and I'm dying to know why he feels like he has to hide it. So, any exploration of that would be awesome. ^_^

(And if you want to just write about Conner and Eric or Conner and Derrick (or, for that matter, just Conner) I'd be OK with that. And if you're slash minded, twincest is definitely a kink I enjoy and there are SO many fun twin tropes to explore down that road. ^_^ I could also make a case for something going on between Conner and Derrick. After all, Derrick's body language is oddly possessive of Conner when it looks like Conner may choose Ethan over him, even though Conner is clearly the one leading that situation. So, I certainly wouldn't object to you looking at these things from either of those angles. ;D)

Yuleporn prompts: This is another either/or situation. First of all, twincest is TOTALLY my jam and I would love to see some Conner/Eric. REALLY. I don't know that I have any more specific prompts for them, but hurt/comfort is another kink I enjoy and if Conner had gotten hurt and Eric was looking after him, I certainly wouldn't mind that being tossed in there. ;D Your choice whether Eric knows Conner is a Ranger or not, because I like both sides of that dynamic. As for Conner/Derrick, it always seems to me like Derrick is a little possessive of his friendship with Conner. And he's built kind of muscular and stocky to Conner's lean and lanky musculature. And I love the idea of him being a bit physically possessive of Conner, too, especially because Conner (once he's a Ranger) could easily get out of whatever hold Derrick has him in and chooses to submit to him, anyway. I'm not looking for negotiated BDSM here, but some roughhousing as foreplay or a little manhandling would be welcome. ^_^

*deep breath* And I think that's it. Like I said, if any of the details I provided don't work for you, feel free to toss them out the window and write what's most comfortable for you. If you are happy and excited about what you're writing, I'm sure I will love it. Passion comes across and I do not in any way want to dampen yours. ^_^ I certainly won't object if you want to accommodate me in my far-too-verbose additional requests, but as stated many times -- totally not a requirement. ^_^ Go with your gut. The fact that you're writing something for me is plenty enough to have me thrilled and excited and bouncing for joy. ^_^

Thank you, again, and HAPPY YULETIDE! :D
A grateful recipient

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PR Femslash Ficathon 2016/2017

eirenical — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 04:05:43 GMT

[I cribbed this straight out of my last Yuletide letter, and this basically exists to give you a little more information about my general likes and dislikes in case you like to have that sort of thing for an exchange, otherwise, feel free to ignore. ^_^]

First and foremost I'd like to offer up a huge "Thank You!!" to you for writing a story for me. I know how difficult it can be to put any part of your creative process into the hands of another individual, so I will treat that trust with the care and respect it deserves by trying not to be too greedy or selfish in my requests.

AO3: eirenical (chibi1723)
tumblr: eirenical

Rating and kink:

Any rating can fly. Really. Any rating. And my general reading preferences tend towards slash or femslash and polyamory. ^_^

If M or E ratings are your writing drinks of choice, that is more than cool with me! ;D I'll try to specify within fandoms if there are any particular kinks I might be interested in for those pairings. (To be on the safe side, if you'd like to include a kink and you aren't sure I'll be OK with it, please ask the mods to contact me and ask. I'm pretty approachable and I really won't mind being spoiled with something like that. If anything, it will only heighten my gleeful anticipation. ^_^)

General likes and dislikes:

Likes:
I like fluff. I like angst and hurt/comfort (emotional or physical) and sickfic. I like ship-fic. I like plotty fic. I like long fic. I like short fic. I like character studies. I like AUs of the "What if?" variety (i.e. what if character A had made a different decision here; what if character B hadn't died). I like explorations of things beyond canon which still adhere to canon (i.e. continuations, deeper explorations of things only mentioned in passing in canon, expanding on the stories of minor characters, backstory).

I like a whole lot more than that, but in the interest of not writing a 20,000 word letter, here's the punch line to all of this babbling: I'm in fandom for the character development and relationships (romantic and otherwise), so if you keep the story focused on the characters and how they feel and interact, I'll generally be happy with whatever else falls around them.

DNWs (do not wants):
1) I prefer to keep other kinds of AUs (i.e. coffeehouse, high school, gender swaps, etc.) to my larger fandom explorations. For this exchange, I prefer to stay in the realm of actual canon.
2) I have a huge fealty/loyalty kink, and discussions of infidelity/cheating/going behind someone's back/etc., make me very sad and highly uncomfortable. So, if you could avoid that kind of thing, I'd appreciate it.
3) I’m a veterinarian and an animal lover and any talk of animal abuse or animal death makes me really upset. So, if there are any animals in your stories, I’d appreciate it if none of them were hurt or killed, and that they are all treated with care and respect. Thanks!

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It's That Time of Year Again...

eirenical — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 21:58:18 GMT

So, I've done one of these most years and today's the day. I'm not counting WiPs this year because I honestly just don't have the energy, but here's everything that I published within 2015... and wow. Turns out this was my most pathetic year yet. *sigh*

There were three months (July, September, and October) in which I wrote absolutely nothing, and most other months the best I managed was to write 5K-6K words. That's pathetic for me. It really is. Then again, this semester was a disaster for me in more ways than one. Healthwise... ugh. I've been sick so often, I really wonder wtf my immune system is even DOING. And mentally I've not been anywhere near at my best. School and work are both kicking my ass and I don't see that situation improving any time soon. I've become almost phobic about writing and the fact that I'm getting so little feedback on the things I post is leading me to think that I really am sucking that badly these days. And since just about everything I write feels completely uninspired right now... I'm willing to believe that it's all crap. And that's not helping. *sigh*

I don't know if I just need a break from Les Mis? Or from writing? Or from life? I have no idea. But i do know that on my worst years I still have always cracked 100,000 words worth of writing and this year I didn't even come close. I think in the coming year I'm going to try to actually build time into my schedule for writing and try to get myself back in the habit. Because habit and hard work trump inspiration any day of the week.

...here's hoping that'll work, anyway. *sigh*

Date Published	Fandom	Title	Words
1/24/2015	Les Miserables	A Dream Deferred	10586
2/14/2015	Les Miserables	Feels Like Flying	6329
2/20/2015	Les Miserables	I Have Come To Sleep With You	2550
3/9/2015	Les Miserables	Would You Lie With Me?	4101
3/23/2015	Les Miserables	A Very Merry Unbirthday	2685
3/29/2015	Les Miserables	Follow You, Follow Me (18)	5179
2/25/15-4/13/15	Les Miserables	Muet (7-8)	7092
5/5/2015	Les Miserables	It's My Party	4546
6/13/2015	Les Miserables	Je me souviendrai	5366
8/9/15-11/1/15	Les Miserables	No Man is an Island (1-3)	9140
11/16/2015	Les Miserables	I Shall Give You Wings	5393
12/19/2015	Les Miserables	Purr-fection is Overrated	3275
12/20/2015	unrevealed	Anon YT fic	11229

		Total Words	77471

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Dear Yuletide Author,

eirenical — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 14:41:52 GMT

(Updated 10/24/2015 to include Yuleporn prompts at the bottom of each section and a link to my Crueltide prompt for Request #1. This should be the last major update, apart from me catching typos. ^_^)

Dear Yuletide Author,

First and foremost I'd like to offer up a huge "Thank You!!" to you for writing a story for me. I know how difficult it can be to put any part of your creative process into the hands of another individual, so I will treat that trust with the care and respect it deserves by trying not to be too greedy or selfish in my requests.

AO3: eirenical (chibi1723)
tumblr: eirenical

Rating and kink:

General likes and dislikes:

Likes:
I like fluff. I like angst and hurt/comfort (emotional or physical) and sickfic. I like ship-fic. I like plotty fic. I like long fic. I like short fic. I like character studies. I like AUs of the "What if?" variety (i.e. what if character A had made a different decision here; what if character B hadn't died). I like explorations of things beyond canon which still adhere to canon (i.e. continuations, deeper explorations of things only mentioned in passing in canon, expanding on the stories of minor characters, backstory).

I like a whole lot more than that, but in the interest of not writing a 20,000 word letter, here's the punch line to all of this babbling: I'm in fandom for the character development and relationships (romantic and otherwise), so if you keep the story focused on the characters and how they feel and interact, I'll generally be happy with whatever else falls around them.

DNWs (do not wants):
1) I prefer to keep other kinds of AUs (i.e. coffeehouse, high school, gender swaps, etc.) to my larger fandom explorations. For Yuletide, I prefer to stay closer to actual canon, because there is usually so little canon based fic for these tiny fandoms.
2) I have a huge fealty/loyalty kink, and discussions of infidelity/cheating/going behind someone's back/etc., make me very sad and highly uncomfortable. So, if you could avoid that kind of thing, I'd appreciate it.
3) I’m a veterinarian and an animal lover and any talk of animal abuse or animal death makes me really upset. So, if there are any animals in your stories, I’d appreciate it if none of them were hurt or killed, and that they are all treated with care and respect. Thanks!

Specific Requests (in no particular order):

You are free to utilize any prompt I toss out there or none of them. If reading what I like about the characters/worlds sparks a fic idea in your head, feel free to ignore the prompts and run with it. ^_^

Also, length of babble in no way indicates my fandom preferences. It’s just that I’ve been requesting some of these longer than others and that’s given me time to try to streamline things down. I promise I’m equally excited about the possibility of all six of these requests. ^_^

1. Cal Leandros -- Rob Thurman
Characters: Robin Goodfellow (Cal Leandros), Ishiah (Cal Leandros), Caliban Leandros
Link to Canon: Again, I don’t have a free link to canon, but here are the books on Goodreads and on Amazon. (Only the first 10 are in that Amazon link, but really that’s more than enough to get you started if you need a refresher. ^_^)

Japanese cover art of Madhouse

I’ve been working my way through a re-read of this entire series since last month. By the time we get to Yuletide proper, I’ll probably be finished with said re-read, but as of when I’m writing this letter, I just finished Blackout (#6) and three things really struck me as I’ve been going through:

1) I really love Robin. I mean, I love all of them, but Robin has a special place in my heart and always has. There’s something about a lonely, immortal character, who puts a good face on being immortal, on being untouchable, on being shallow and too good for the likes of humanity to do more than brush against… but at the core just wants people to call his own, wants a family, wants to be touched. Robin breaks my heart in all of the best ways and there is so much depth to his character to explore.

2) I really love the growing friendship between Robin and Cal. Because Cal is another one who just wants to skim the surface of the rest of humanity. He has his brother, and that’s enough for him, thank you very much. But then he has Robin. And suddenly he’s thrust into this situation where he wants to reach out to someone else and he doesn’t even know how. And Robin is equally abysmal at it, but they both TRY. And it’s so awkward, but so completely endearing – like watching kittens try to wrestle but they just keep tripping over their own feet and landing in a heap and chewing on each others’ ears for a bit. ^_^

3) And then there’s Ishiah. And let me tell you, if I ever had him figured out, it wasn’t by book 5, because on re-read I STILL don’t have him figured out. O_o;;; But there’s something about the contradiction of him that I really enjoy. He’s the one who’s righteous and holier than thou and long live monogamy and all that jazz, but he has this massive temper and between he and Robin he is definitely the less gushy and romantic of the two, even though he’s the one who first wants monogamy from Robin.

And because this is all narrated from Cal's POV, we get VERY little of the story of Robin and Ishiah. One minute they hate each other's guts, the next minute there's angry!sex, then they're falling into monogamy. And because Cal pays so little attention to that sort of thing, it seems to happen just that fast. So, another thing I wouldn't mind seeing is more of their story, either backstory -- because that's a HELL of a lot of feeling and there must be a fire under all that smoke somewhere, right? ^_~ -- or even just fleshing out their current courtship origin. How DID they go from HATE YOU to WANT YOU to LOVE YOU? And it was clear how panicked Ishiah was when Robin got stabbed -- more opportunity for some good old hurt/comfort! ^_~

More specific prompt thoughts:
So, what do I want out of all of this for Yuletide? Well, what I’m seeing here is Robin slowly but surely forming a little family of his own. Niko is part of it and Salome, too, and others, I’m sure, but the core of his own little family is Ishiah and Cal. I would love to see fic exploring that, either during canon… or post-canon. Because part of me really, really wants to know what happens when Niko eventually dies. *eg* What happens if Cal DOES stick around? Is having Robin and Ishiah enough to offset Niko’s loss (at least until Niko comes round again in a new incarnation, since I seem to recall that being a thing that comes up in later books)? How does that play out?

And I really run the gamut of things that would make me happy for this request. If you want to go with deep, angst-ridden, post-canon (i.e., post-Niko’s death), dark!fic where Cal goes off the deep end and carves a swath of murderous Auphe mayhem for a while until Robin and Ishiah reel him back in? I’d be so down for that. Or this is a perfect opportunity for some sick!fic or h/c – that scene when Cal goes to visit Robin when Robin’s been poisoned and Cal has all those confused/sad/angsty thoughts about Robin being ill when he’d thought nothing could touch him? Love that scene. ^_^ I’d love to see something exploring that in more depth or just something similar (or more life threatening ^_~). Or if you wanted to do some future world-building, what does this world look like 1000 years from now? 10,000? It’s implied that Cal could have an Auphe-like life span and possibly last as long as Robin or Ishiah. What does that trio of relationships look like far in the future? Does Cal ever connect to anyone else the way Robin did to him? Or if you want to go in the fluff direction, I’d love some Found Family Feels. ^_^ Maybe Robin drags Ishiah and Cal over for some festive holiday family goodness that involves fireplaces and hot cocoa and gift exchanges of the happy and gushy variety? Or out for drinks? Or to the Caribbean or some posh Italian villa for a vacation? I’m totally down for that, too (and if this is within canon and you want to include Niko even though I didn't request him, feel free). ^_^

(…as a side note, it’s also been greatly amusing me on this re-read how often Cal mentions the size of Robin’s dick once he’s seen it once. Like… really amusing me. Generally speaking I don’t ship the three of them and I’m pretty happy with Robin/Ishiah, but, NGL, sometimes I wonder what would happen if Robin teased Cal about it one time too many and Cal took him up on it. ;D)

Anyway, I'm going to stop babbling now, I promise. -.-;;; Basically I’d love to see some kind of exploration of this little family that Robin is forming around himself, however you choose to do that, whether by angst or by fluff. ^_^

Yuleporn prompts: I don't have any specific kinks in this fandom I'd like, but I'd love to see some Robin/Ishiah. Since Cal is often our narrator, we get so little of that relationship and it's fascinating to me. I mean, Robin is voracious in his sexual appetites. He's the freaking orgy king. And he gave all that up for monogamy with Ishiah. And then we never get to see it! So... I'd like to. ^_^ (Also, I can't help but notice how many times Cal gets stuck thinking about Robin's dick once he's seen it once, and then he'll go on to loudly proclaim his heterosexuality. A case of "the lad doth protest too much" I think. ^_~ So, there's a part of me that would really like to see Robin call him out on it and Cal just deciding to throw heterosexuality to the wind and have threesome fun ensue. ;D)

Crueltide prompts: I do also have some Crueltide prompts for this request, but I'm not going to list them here, at the risk of triggering anyone. If you'd like to see them, here is my comment on the Crueltide post. ^_^ (Rape TW, Torture TW in the link)

2. Doctrine of Labyrinths -- Sarah Monette
Characters: Mehitabel Parr, Enid Lemeria, Stephen Teverius
Link to Canon: I don’t know a free link to canon, but here they are on Goodreads and Amazon?

About a year ago, I reread these books, and I don’t know if it’s because I’m in a different place in my life than I was before, or if my interests have shifted, or I’ve just read them so many time now that I’m noticing things I wasn’t before, but something happened on this particular reread – I fell in love with Mehitabel.

I had always liked Mehitabel, but she was never one of my go-to characters, never someone I wanted to know more about than what was given to me in the books. This time through, though? HOLY SHIT, I LOVED HER. I LOVED HER SO SO SO MUCH. And at the end of the Mirador, when Felix and Mildmay rode off into the sunset and I knew we were going to follow them, for a minute I was really, REALLY disappointed because I wanted to know what was going to happen next for Mehitabel and Stephen and I knew I wasn’t going to get that. And furthermore, I found myself wanting to know more about Enid, too.

In particular, I’m fascinated by the complex tangle of relationships that Mehitabel, Enid, and Stephen are currently in. Because Enid has a bit of a celebrity crush on Mehitabel, and they’re shown to be in collusion with each other (in a way that seems almost casual and completely nonchalant) when it comes to Enid’s half brother, Semper. And Enid doesn’t strike me as the type to rock the boat as regards Stephen having a mistress, especially given the way such things are handled in Melusine.

So, you have Stephen in strong like/lust with Mehitabel and resigned to Enid but not having strong feelings for her even though they are to marry. You have Enid also resigned to her situation (and perhaps looking forward to it?) in marrying Stephen and already forming the base of what could be a strong friendship with Mehitabel. And you have Mehitabel working with Enid’s half-brother, also forming the base of a strong friendship with Enid and respecting and possibly even liking Stephen. That whole situation just FASCINATES ME. Like, I really, really want to know how that develops. Do they all become fast friends? Hold small intimate soirees? …land in happy threesome territory? I mean… I WANT TO KNOW MORE.

So, anything involving the three of them and how their relationship develops would make me really happy. I’d be OK with a look at this from a platonic or romantic perspective – like I said, that’s an extraordinary tangle of relationships you have there, so you can untangle it (or tangle it further ^_~), however you like.

Yuleporn prompts: Threesomes really seem to be my thing this year. ^_^ We already have a set-up of Mehitabel basically teaching Stephen to be a better lover. Then we throw Enid into the ring, too, and she's pretty much an innocent, sheltered young woman, so I can't imagine she knows much about sex. Stephen is the Lord Protector but a student of Mehitabel's as regards sex. Enid is Stephen's soon to be second wife and even more inexperienced as regards sex, but more experienced in navigating the court. And then there's Mehitabel who has learned to navigate the court, but is still somewhat naive about the ways of courtiers, but is an expert actress and well-practiced in bed, and Stephen's official mistress... and is shaping up to end up good friends with Enid. That's such a brilliant power dynamic and I'd love to see it play out in the bedroom. I could just imagine a wedding night going maybe not so well and Enid slyly suggesting inviting Mehitabel to join them, and she might be exasperated at first, but then really end up getting into the teaching role. Or maybe she and Enid have a little fun for themselves someday and Stephen walks in on them and can't believe that all this time he's been keeping his time with his Wife and his Official Mistress separate when he could have been watching and enjoying them Together. ^_^

3. Island City (1994)
Characters: Greg 23, Connie Sealle, Andy Sealle
Link to Canon: Youtube or watch embedded video below

This show had such promise and I’m sorry it never actually saw the light of day as a full series. The relationships set forth in the pilot alone are so rich and complex that it's a veritable breeding ground for plotty ideas. ^_^ And last year I GOT AN ISLAND CITY FIC. (Technically two, if you count the one that was written for someone else, as well, WHICH I DO. ^_^) This is one of those perennial requests that I never thought would get filled, and I thought that once it did, I’d be done, but… nope. That experience was so awesome it just whetted my appetite for more! :D

Since last year I got those glorious 23 x Mindy stories, this year I thought I’d focus on the other character set: 23 and Andy & Connie Sealle.

I love the entire relationship between the three of them–as noted above, I have a fealty/loyalty kink. Well, I also have a thing for found families, and the way the three of them support, love and nurture each other into this tight knit little found family is one of the central draws for me to this movie. I would love to see an exploration of that relationship in some way, either from a platonic viewpoint or as… something more. ^_~

i.e., Are threesomes your thing? Because I sure wouldn't mind seeing one between Andy, Connie, and 23 -- even if it's unrequited. 23's body language around Connie and the way he talks about Andy when he's missing and how desperate 23 is to find him… Well. There's a fertile ground for a pining story if you ever wanted one. And 23 pining after both Andy AND Connie would be lovely. ^_^ Of course, if you're going to go the requited route, there's the added dynamic that 23 and Connie can't risk reproducing since he’s a Green and she’s a Red. There are the obvious ways to handle that and I would definitely enjoy the hell out of those ways, but… if pegging or toys are your thing, those are also kinks I enjoy and would be a neat way for a threesome to happen with no risk of a 23/Connie pregnancy. Just saying. ^_~

Another thing I’d love to see explored about these three: JFC, I love Connie. She is the ultimate power in that family and she has this intuitive knowledge for when to chain that power up and when to unleash it that is amazing. How does someone with that much force of personality and passion of physicality willingly chain herself to a desk? What was her life like when she did? Did she resent it? Or did she channel all that force into her administrative tasks like some raging lion in the assembly to better their entire society? After the pilot, does she stay with the unit, helping people one on one, or does she return to the government, determined to end up in charge and improve things for everyone? I JUST LOVE CONNIE, OK?

And, on a more general note, if you wanted to do some world building, they gave us so little of the world outside of the rescue units and a bit of the social scene and medbays. What's the government like? Do they have a President? A council? Is their society even a democracy? If that's you're kind of thing, I've always wanted to know more about their world. What part of the world even is this? Are there other cities tucked away around the world or is Island City really it? For that matter, did this really affect everyone? Or is this happening say… in the US and all of Europe is totally unaffected? So, if you wanted to play a little with world-building aspects, that would be cool with me, too. ^_^

Yuleporn prompts:Oh gosh. These three. (Yes, another threesome. ^_^) First of all, there's another interesting dynamic at play here. 23 and Connie can't risk having a child together. And Connie is unquestionably the strongest personality among these three. Andy is "laid-back" incarnate and 23, while snarky, is so eager to please when it comes to Connie that it's ridiculous. They're such a tightly knit found family, too, and I love that. What I'd really love to see here is either some 23 x Andy with Connie watching and directing the proceedings or some 23 x Connie PEGGING. Because this would be perfect for it. *_* And if you really want to go all out, maybe start off in the first scenario and then have Connie wanting to get in on that action and discovering the world of strap-ons and deciding to fuck 23, herself. Another possibility: even though I didn't nominate Michael this year, I do also ship he and 23. So, another scenario I enjoy is the idea of 23 deciding he's maybe in love with Michael but being terrified of the idea of sex with another man (or anyone, for that matter), and having Andy and Connie invite him to their bed to show him how it's done. ^_^ And if threesomes aren't your thing, I wouldn't mind some 23/Connie emotional hurt/comfort sex when Andy is lost in the Wastelands.

4. Jeremiah (TV)
Characters: Markus Alexander, Jeremiah (Jeremiah), Erin (Jeremiah), Theo Coleridge
Link to Canon: Hulu

First, here is the section of my DYA letter for Jeremiah from YT 2012 and from YT 2014. Again, I'm trying to prune this letter down (though I'm not sure I'm succeeding -.-;;;) because this section, in particular, is a big, gigantic sprawling MESS and there are more pictures and favorite quotes and such in the older letter. ^_^

Oh... Jeremiah. ^_^ Your dystopian, disaster-ridden, well-intentioned, mommy/daddy-issued, f'ed up plottiness gets me every time. The idea of an entire world full of people who grew up from childhood with no guiding parental force is not entirely original (Peter Pan, Star Trek TOS's "Miri", the list goes on), but how they handled it in this show, I thought, was particularly brilliant. I love how you have a range in attitude from those old enough to remember the days before the Big Death and thus endlessly angst and wish after those lost technologies and the easy lives they had and those who were so young at the time that this screwed up remnant of a world is all they know and they embrace it. I love how there are pockets of people trying to reclaim civilization and others that embrace the utter lawlessness of a world with no rules. Most of all I love how every single person in this world has a touch of the sulky and rebellious teenager in them and how, ironically, it's the oldest ones who cling to each other most desperately to assuage their fears of abandonment.

NGL, my request for this fandom causes me angst every time I request it. -.-;;; Here’s why: what I’d really like is fic about Jeremiah and Markus OR Erin and Theo and I’m never sure if people who are willing to offer all four offer them with that possible split in mind. -.-;;; So I always go through this round of angst about whether or not I should only request one set of those characters and just leave the other in the letter, or if I should request all four of them and just hope it all works out. So, here’s the story: I’m going to set this up in two pieces and if you only want to write for one set of the characters, I’m perfectly OK with that. If you want to write for both, I’m OK with that, too, but it’s not necessary. Did that make any sense? -.-;;; OK MOVING ON, NOW.

1) Jeremiah/Markus

I don’t know what it is about those two that I love so. By all rights a relationship between them should not work, hell, even a friendship between them shouldn't work, but somehow it does. There are moments between them when you see that Jeremiah is the only one that Markus lets his guard down around -- the time he gets drunk and Jeremiah is the one to find and take care of him, the way that Jeremiah is the only one he's comfortable enough around to show his rage and frustration, the way that Jeremiah doesn't believe in anyone… yet he believes in Markus. I love that. Everything about it.

The truth is, I have a bit of a fealty/loyalty kink, and Jeremiah and Markus exemplify that trope in a very unique way. Jeremiah is loyal to Markus and, more importantly, to the ideals that Markus is almost too afraid to have in the beginning, but wants to have. And Markus recognizes early on that the only way to keep Jeremiah's loyalty is to give him complete freedom and autonomy, to deny him even the trappings of that fealty. It's the epitome of "if you love something let it free," and it's fascinating watching that play out and watching Jeremiah slowly but surely accept a more traditional form of loyalty -- even when that means protecting Markus from himself.

I'd love to see something exploring that relationship and how it changes, even just looking at a snapshot of it along the way. Markus carries the weight of the world on his shoulders and has always acted far older than his age. Jeremiah is the only one who consistently gets him to drop that, even if only for a moment, and act like he's no older than the rest of them. Markus accepts things from Jeremiah in a way he doesn't from anyone else -- if he's not Jeremiah's leader, he doesn't have to stay strong, after all -- and maybe that allows him to accept comfort from Jeremiah after Meghan's death.

Some more specific prompt thoughts:
What was going through Jeremiah's head when Markus got shot? Maybe you want to look at what happens after the finale. Does Markus stay in charge? What does he do if he doesn't? Maybe you just want to look at a slice of life at Thunder Mountain.

Yuleporn prompts: For Markus/Jeremiah, I'd honestly love to see Markus just running off the rails with self-doubt/stress/what-have-you and basically Jeremiah fucking him right out of his own head as a form of stress relief. Because Markus has been the one in charge for so long and he never really hands those reins over to anyone else... except Jeremiah. Even if only briefly.

Again, I'd love it if this went in a slashy direction with these ideas, but if that's not your thing, I'd be perfectly happy with an exploration of those ideas from a platonic/friendship direction.

2) Erin/Theo

Season 2, Episode 5:

If women/femslash is more your cup of tea, then I love these two just as much as Jeremiah and Markus. There's something about a pair of women who are each practically competence porn incarnate, yet straddle opposite sides of the good/evil line. I just love that. ^_^ I love how Theo is so evil and just revels in it, yet when she decides to stand up and put her foot down for what's right… holy hot damn does everyone sit up and listen and follow. And yet, at the same time, because of her season 2 situation, she ends up vulnerable. Then you have Erin -- the warrior woman, standing for all that is good and right, but not afraid to get her hands dirty to accomplish it. And after all the men in the series prove that they are woefully inadequate at dealing with Theo, Erin just walks right up and slams all of Theo’s shit right back into her teeth. And Theo takes it. Then when they recognized that kindred spirit in each other and became fast, though uneasy, friends, every male in Thunder Mountain probably dove for cover when those two joined forces. ^_^ So. Yeah. Love.

More specific prompt thoughts:
I'd love to see a snapshot of future life for them -- what are their new roles in the government once it's in place? Is Theo's baby a boy, a girl, or the feared twins? Do they grow closer? Does Erin do as offered in 2.05 and help Theo raise her child? Do they ever become more than friends? Or maybe the future domestic bliss scene isn't your cup of tea? I'd also love to see something looking at their shared traits and how they present so differently in each woman. They are both warriors. They are both leaders. They are both fiercely protective individuals. At the core, they have so much in common, but they couldn't be more different. I'd love to see how that dichotomy plays out in their friendship/relationship. We know that Theo has been brought into Erin's world during the series. Does Theo ever bring Erin into hers? There is so much potential to explore between the two of them, either as friends or as lovers, and so little fic devoted to them and I'd love to see more!

Yuleporn prompts: Oh, gosh, my greatest desire with them is just to see them taking care of each other. Slow, gentle, sweet sex. Because neither one of them has ever had the time or the opportunity to really let themselves be pampered. I just want to see them happy and taking their time with each other. Like, a day away from the mountain and all responsibilities woudl be lovely. Maybe Theo found a hot spring somewhere and drags Erin along or something? The one thing I ask is that either no big deal be made of Theo's pregnancy or (preferably) that this take place after she's already had the baby. I think the two of them and the baby making a little found family would be lovely, but pregnancy sex isn't a kink I really enjoy.

5. Power Rangers Dino Thunder
Characters: Conner McKnight, Derrick (Power Rangers), Eric McKnight
Link to Canon: Netflix

Nostalgia for people I'd never met

eirenical — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:32:50 GMT

My mother moved from one town to another when she was 16 years old. Just a couple of miles away, but at that age, that may as well be a continent. Her father had just died, and she left all her friends and everything familiar behind. Her last two years of high school were... well. Not pleasant ones. Fifty years later, you can still here the resentment in her voice when she talks about that move. There are really only three people from her second school that she ever mentioned with any fondness at all, only one of those three was someone she called a friend -- her best friend, Diane.

Now, I never met Diane. She moved to England at least 8 years before I was born. And my mom never really talked about her when I was growing up -- not until I was older. Turns out, they'd lost touch. My mom had been to visit her before I was born, but by the time we visited England when I was 16, they'd lost track of each other. But when I was old enough to understand that that could happen, my mom talked about her and the memories were always good ones.

Then a few years ago, my mom got on Facebook, and, lo and behold... they found each other! And since then they've been in constant contact, talking on Facebook, emailing, you name it. It got to the point that they were comfortable enough with each other again that when I went to England this past May, my mother was actually sad that Diane was going to be in Spain when I was there, because I couldn't go meet her. And honestly, I was sad, too. Because one thing I've noticed about my mother is... she doesn't always seem to like her friends much? They were friends of convenience or people who liked her and she felt bad for so she hung out with them or people who were parents of mine or my sister's friends, but there aren't many women that I can remember her really enjoying spending time with, apart from her friend Bette. Who died of ovarian cancer... fuck, 10 years ago, now? But she always sounded so happy when talking about Diane and I was genuinely upset that I missed a chance to meet her but ONE. FUCKING. WEEK.

Anyway. Back to present day. This weekend is their high school reunion. And get this -- Diane came over here for it! And she came over for dinner tonight and I got to meet her! Now, when someone gets built up in your head that much over a lifetime, you always worry that they won't live up to your expectations or you won't live up to theirs, right? So, I actually got a bit dressed up for dinner (to compensate for having no voice, THANKYOUVERYMUCH LARYNGITIS), and went over early to my mom's house. And mom and I were talking and she's kind of dancing around telling me something and finally 'fesses up that Diane is living with a woman and calls her "her mate" and she doesn't really know what that means, but it might mean something and it might not, but basically don't bring it up unless she does because my Uncle is occasionally weird about that kind of thing and mom just didn't want to deal.

So... not only is this lady already Really Awesome and super built up in my head, but now she was potentially Not Straight, too?? :D (She was married to a man, so whether this other lady is just a good friend, a queerplatonic partner, a lover, or whatever, I don't want to make assumptions about lesbian/bisexual/whatever.) Anyway, she finally arrives and just super super nice and has a wonderful sense of humor and fits right in with the rest of us. Not only that, but you know how I'm a veterinarian who became a teacher and then pursued a doctorate in education? Well, she's a teacher who became a nurse who now has a doctorate in education. A mirror image of my own life path.

Have you ever started talking to someone you never met and it's like you've known them forever? We were just... bit in the teeth and off to the races. ^_^ (And that was NOT easy with as little voice as I had, let me tell you! Seriously. Fucking laryngitis. UGH. :P) And I feel like I could easily have talked to her for four hours more and not run out of things to say. She snuck in some career/research advice while we were talking and eventually left promising to email me an article she thought I'd enjoy reading. Not only that, but my mom called me later, to tell me that when she'd been driving her back to the hotel, she told my mom that she was really impressed with me and really enjoyed talking to me. And my mom then said that she thought I'd enjoyed talking to her, too, and she'd known I would. And I said I really had. And somehow that sent me a little over the moon that Diane was impressed with me?

And that got me thinking... apart from my mother, I feel like I had so few women to look up to in my life, certainly no academics. My mom got a master's degree and she taught middle school her whole life. She enjoyed her education, but mostly for its practical value. And apart from her... I can't honestly think of a single other woman I knew growing up who I could look up to for that kind of guidance and to potentially emulate. I forged my path completely on my own. The few people in my field that I looked up to for that kind of mentorship were pretty much all men or, by the time I met them... my own age. :P Until last year and my one doctoral professor with whom I occasionally squee about Hamilton. But as well matched as we are in some areas... she's social studies, not science. And it's silly but, I never really thought about it until tonight that maybe I missed out on something by not having academically minded woman with an advanced degree (i.e., a doctorate) to act as a mentor for me growing up.

Now, had Diane not moved to England, she might have stayed an elementary teacher. Had she not moved to England at a time when they didn't recognize U.S. teaching credentials, she might not have pursued nursing. She might never have ended up with a doctorate in education. She might not be the same person I so easily saw myself looking up to tonight. But even so, I'm a little sad that she wasn't in my life before age 37, and I'm feeling kind of nostalgic for what might have been. It's left me feeling mildly melancholy.

Then again, I'm sure we'll be in touch via email now, and I've already been promised dire circumstances if I don't tell her the next time I hop across the Pond, so that's kind of awesome. ^_^ I look forward to it. ^_^

(This entry was originally posted on DW @ http://rchan.dreamwidth.org/250766.html)

Final nominations decision

eirenical — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 03:41:15 GMT

Well, the nominations trading post went up today and here's my contribution.

I limited it down to the following:

Doctrine of Labyrinths

Mehitabel Parr

Enid Lemeria

Stephen Teverius

Kay Brightmore

Power Rangers Dino Thunder

Conner McKnight

Derrick (Power Rangers)

Eric McKnight

Island City (1994)

Greg 23

Connie Sealle

Andy Sealle

...with hopes that someone else will nominate Erin and Theo (+/- Jeremiah and Markus) from Jeremiah for me.

And I'm pretty content with that. ^_^ MAN, though, now I'm really impatient for nominations to open. :P

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OMG, YULETIDE IS COMING. XD

eirenical — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 03:12:36 GMT

...AND I'M NOT READY.

But that means that I'm going to start using my journal again, I guess. ^_~

The purpose of this post is a short one... link to my brainstorming post.

...LBH, though, it'll probably be the first four. ^_~

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The state of me; end of summer edition

eirenical — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 18:59:46 GMT

So, I finally decided it was time to start making calls and hunting up a new therapist. I have an appointment with someone on Monday and of course I’m now mildly freaking out about it. My last two experiences with such things have NOT turned out that well. *heavy sigh* But I'm getting really really really tired of living my life through the lens of anxiety. And I'm getting really really really tired of being so fucking tired all the time. I live most of my life feeling exhausted, like I can't budge to do the things I really need to do. And it's frustrating because I keep feeling like I should be able to just kick this thing in the ass and move on. Thing is... it doesn't work that way, does it?

So, yeah. Therapy. Here's hoping that this new person is a good fit for me, but if they're not, at least I know better than to stew in it for several weeks, hoping it will get better. There are certain questions I know to ask now that I didn't before. *crosses fingers* So, here's hoping, right?

In other news, I'm SO OVER SUMMER. I'm sorry. I know that many people like summer. For me... it's too hot and I end up spending most of it hiding indoors in the air conditioning so I don't pass out. I have constant headaches from the heat and it's even harder for me to go out and do things than usual. But it's mid-August, so that means I'm in the home stretch of the thing. And so my brain automatically turns to craving fall things. (Tumblr people: I know that some of you live in more northern climates than I do and seeing autumn stuff on your dash can be triggering as we're heading into winter. I promise I'll tag all my autumn posts so you can avoid them if you need to. My autumn tag is 'autumn is always my favorite' but just blocking 'autumn' should block that, too.)

But as a result of all these feels, I find that I'm dressing more autumn, too. I'm dressing in my autumn colors, I've even worn my boots once or twice (even though it's WAY too warm for that, still), I ordered a new pair of mocassins from Manitobah Mukluks and have been staring longingly at the harvester moccasins and the winter mukluks on the website. And all these autumn things make me happy. They make me want to go to craft fairs and fall harvest fairs and do all the fall things.

And I know that with fall comes a return to school and work and an end to endless free time... but really, I'm starting to think I need that. My anxiety preys on uncertainty. When I don't know what I should be doing or don't know where I'm supposed to be or don't know what's expected of me, my anxiety spirals out of control. When I have open, unlimited tracts of time with nothing scheduled, my anxiety spirals out of control. I NEED structure in my life. And as much as I needed a break this summer, because I never revved down from school, part of the reason I was so stressed was that my first class (the longer of the two) was run by someone who was VERY loosy goosy in her teaching style and from one second to the next, I never knew what we were doing. And even though my next class was back to structure structure structure, by then I was just so exhausted and burnt out that it didn't help. But now... these past few weeks, I've had just enough rope to hang myself with, but not enough free time that I can structure my OWN day the way I need it and it's not been working out well for me.

I think that's why I've fallen into the spiral of binge-watching SPN. It's comfortable. It's easy. It doesn't require anything from me but that I enjoy the angst and manpain. And it makes me nostalgic for a time when my head was WAY more together than it is now. And I think I needed that. I needed to retreat from tumblr a bit, too -- for those of you who noticed that I was pretty much just letting my queue run and not interacting with anyone, sorry about that, it wasn't anything personal. But ironically... the feeling that my summer is coming to a close (because really it kind of is -- come Thursday, I'm scheduled out the ass pretty much every day until school and work start) is decreasing my stress level? Just knowing that there is somewhere that I'll be required to be at certain times of every day is making me feel SO MUCH BETTER. And I think there's an important takeaway message for me in that.

The punchline is that this was the first time that I was ever in school with my anxiety revved up full gear. Even vet school wasn't this bad. And last year? I TANKED. I utterly, completely fucking TANKED. And it was as ugly as I was afraid it would be. I somehow still pulled As (and one A-) out of my ass, even WITH being sick, run down, and loaded to the gills with anxiety, but it was NOT a pretty picture to get me there and I did NOT do it with the ease I usually do. And that pisses me the fuck off. Because I'm GOOD at school. I'm really, really, really good at it. And this year? This year I was really, really, really not. I need to do better. And if that means I need to schedule my ass to go sit at the school library to work, then I need to do that.

And you know what else I need? I need to schedule time to write. Because "oh I want to write today" always turns into "or I could watch five episodes of SPN" instead. And not writing? That's not good for my anxiety either. Writing is how I cope. When I don't write, I've reached a low in my mental health where I'm burnt so far the fuck out that NOTHING is picking me up again. Not being able to write? Not being able to read? That's mental health ground zero for me. The year I went out on disability was kind of a rough year, but it was also the year when I was the most mentally stable I'd been in a while. I was out of a toxic work situation. I'd discovered something new to be passionate about and started making friends (thank you, Hair). I'd started to think about life beyond veterinary medicine. I'd started to heal. And my anxiety wasn't ruling my life. Not yet. I wrote 367,037 words that year. That's over 30K words a month. That's a FUCKTON. Last year? I wrote 110,071. But here's the real kicker. I had SIX MONTHS last year when I wrote NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. And that's the best indicator of how my mental state has been that I can think of. In short? Not good.

So, what this all boils down to is goals.

I'm going to stay on top of my school assignments and get them done in a timely fashion, starting with the book I have to read this summer.

I'm going to try to do the things my therapist recommends rather than just shooting them down right out of the gate.

I'm going to write. It doesn't matter what. But I'm going to write.

If I do end up teaching two classes, I'm going to stay on top of those, too. I will make schedules. I will plan in advance.

I'm going to lean as hard as I can toward the 'J' half of my personality when it comes to work and school and hope like fuck that the 'P' half doesn't pull me off the rails.

...here's hoping?

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