You are officially the best and I am officially the worst for being so late with my DYA letter. Hopefully, like me, you're embroiled in NaNo and haven't missed it (if so, good luck; if not, my bad D: ). Apologies, though. So many abject apologies.
My requests:Supurbia; Gio Taviani, Paul Fritsche.
I adore this series and what I would dearly love to see is anything involving the relationship between Paul and Gio. How it started, how it progressed and how it will unfurl after that final panel. I adore sidekick/mentor dynamics and would love to see more. Any and all background characters and relationships are incredibly welcome.This pairing, for me, is the ultimate in sidekick/mentor pairings, with all its attendant tropes. Gio is so much more comfortable with his sexuality than Paul so how does it all get started? Or how does it continue? The final panel is so deeply domesticated but we also see that Gio is still recovering. How does his recovery fit in with their new life together? What about
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen; Fanny Price, Edmund Bertram
I'd love to see a twist on this narrative. It's pretty much my favourite Austen novel but I would really like to see how things might have gone. If Fanny had accepted Henry? If Tom Bertram had died? I also really enjoy gender-swapping so if there's a story about Francis Price (het or slash), I want to read it.Seriously, if AUs are not your thing, that's totally fine but ... gender-swapped Austen fascinates me. Obviously, she wrote what she knew and that was women, and their dynamics, but how would things have gone if Fanny were a man? Or if Edmund were a woman? Or if any number of decisions had gone differently?
If AUs aren't your thing, what happens next? How does their life together go? What about Edmund's siblings? Do they improve as human beings or not?
The Charioteer - Mary Renault ;Ralph Lanyon, Laurie Odell, Andrew Raynes
As always, I love post-canon explorations but I would have absolutely no objection to AU, or popular fandom tropes, being applied to this book; a different era or a space opera or gender-swapping. Honestly, canon or AU are equally welcome but I'd love to see something featuring all three named characters. I adore Lanyon/Odell, as a pairing, and I love the background characters too.So this is a question of what happens next? Do Laurie and Ralph have their happy ever after or does Andrew feature in Laurie's life again? While Laurie and Ralph is my preferred pairing, I'm perfectly happy if their happy ever after isn't together (if they have one at all).
My guilty secret is that I'd love to see any manner of mundane or fandom-trope-y AUs here.
Imagine an A/B/O 'verse. Just imagine.Political Animals ;Thomas "T. J." Hammond, Douglas Hammond, Bud Hammond, Elaine Barrish
Once more, my love of AU comes to the fore: as much as I enjoyed this series, I would love to read a story in which TJ, the gay son of the former president, is the well-adjusted twin, in a relatively functional relationship, while Dougie is the one who goes off the rails periodically... If this doesn't appeal, virtually any story focusing on TJ will make me oh so happy.If the AU/What if storyline doesn't appeal, my adoration for post-canon shenanigans will hopefully work: TJ after the series is over. Does Elaine become President? How does TJ cope with being the gay first son again? Does he ever meet someone who'll treat him right?
Captain America (Movies) RPF; Chris Evans (Cap RPF), Sebastian Stan (Cap RPF), Anthony Mackie (Cap RPF), Scarlett Johansson (Cap RPF)
Get-together fic is my kryptonite. Cross references to their characters in Captain America very welcome but I'd love to see references to the decisions they make. I want a soap opera of a get-together story, with Anthony and Scarlett as their long-suffering friends/face-palming observers. Accidental dating, obliviousness, pining, pining while fucking, allll of it.
Soap opera get-together fic would be the best. How do their professional decisions impact on their potential relationship? Chris in LA, Sebastian in NYC. Chris barely remembering to tweet, Sebastian an instagram legend. And Mackie and Scarlett watching all of this and just shaking their heads and opting not to intervene.
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General dislikes: Non-Con/Dub-Con/BDSM. Not a fan of these things.
General likes: Every other thing.
General loves: AUs. For all of the above. Crossovers. Between all of the above (could that even work?!). What-ifs, gender-swapping.
Once again, thank you so so much, Yuletide Author. You are my favourite person and I hope you enjoy writing this season. :)
