Yuletide 2024 Letter
Oct. 18th, 2024 03:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kay_obsessiveDear Yuletide Writer,
First of all, thank you so much for writing something for me! I really love all of these fandoms and characters I’m requesting, so I’m sure I’ll like anything you make for any of them!
I also have gifts enabled and welcome treats!
My previous exchange letters can be found here, my AO3 account is here, and my tumblr is here.
General Likes/Dislikes
Likes: Characters who know each other better than anyone else, whether they are friends, lovers, colleagues, enemies, or any combination of the above. Trust and loyalty. Competence kink. Casually intimate body language. People who have no sense of personal space with each other. Outsider POVs. Interweaving plots. Slice of life. Weird domesticity. Roadtrips. Mission fic. Future fic. Canon divergence AUs. Supernatural/fantasy/______punk/in space! AUs. Interesting little worldbuilding details. Undercover as a couple. Sharing a bed. Culture clashes. People who are bad at communicating finally managing it. Drabbles and drabble sequences. Epistolary formats and in-universe documents. 5+1 things format.
DNWs: Non-canon permanent major character death. Explicit, onscreen non-con. Underage sex under 15 or so. Unrequested parent-child incest. Unrequested crossovers. ‘Modern mundane’/high school/coffee shop-type AUs. Anything omegaverse, dom/sub world AU, soulmates, or soulbonds (canonical supernatural bonds and connections are fine).
Requests
Any prompts listed are just ideas and suggestions, and if you have your own super great idea for any of these fandoms and relationships you should totally go for it!
Dollhouse
Requested Characters: Claire Saunders, Topher Brink
I was getting ready to wrap up my letter and put in my sign up when I noticed this was in the tagset and got immediately smacked in the face with all my old feelings about these two. Their delightfully fucked up and fascinating relationship was easily my favorite part of the show, perfectly exemplified by that confrontation in Topher’s room in the season two opener: all that hate, guilt, self-loathing, fixation, attraction, pride, shame, and even a bit of twisted affection.
I would love to read anything more about them: dysfunctional codependency in the face of the apocalypse, losing themselves together as the world ends, slowly coming to forgive each other or at least making some kind of peace, maybe an exploration of how things would have been if Claire had stayed around instead of leaving the Dollhouse in season two or if she had come back earlier, etc.
Girl Genius
Requested Characters: Agatha Heterodyne, Martellus von Blitzengaard
I don’t know how or why, but I came out the other end of my latest catch-up read really enjoying Martellus as a character. He tends to be on generally the same side of major conflicts as Our Heroes, with a few crucial divergences that keep him from being an actual ally, which makes for some fun interactions.
I liked all the times he and Agatha wound up working together (and really liked when he was dependent on her mercy and physical touch due to his own bad choices), and I’m a sucker for a classic “oops, caught feelings”. I would just love anything more along any of those lines. Maybe with Martellus continuing to try and do better with Agatha and winding up more genuinely on her side, and Agatha reluctantly becoming a bit fond of him. Or at least tolerating him in larger doses.
(I am okay with the general background poly assumption of Agatha’s Future Harem being a thing here, as long as the focus is on the requested characters. I’m also okay with it not being assumed.)
Lackadaisy
Requested Characters: Ivy Pepper, Viktor Vasko
Ivy and Viktor have my favorite relationship in this comic. Big, strong, curmudgeonly characters who have a not-so-secret soft spot for small, sweet, perky characters are a weakness of mine. I love that he can be murderously protective of her, but she also has a clear power over him, to the point where others will bring Ivy along as a shield if they think Viktor might be unhappy with them. I love how Ivy reacts to Viktor being in danger by being aggressively cheerful and unwilling to let him mope alone, while Viktor reacts to Ivy being in danger by being an asshole and trying to drive her away – and neither of them quite understands what the other is doing and they just wind up arguing. I do ship it and would enjoy some tension in that direction – doesn’t have to be anything explicitly stated – but I also genuinely enjoy their platonic relationship and would enjoy more of that as well.
I’m really interested in where their recent (well, in comic time, anyway) falling out has left them, with Viktor obviously terrified of the danger Ivy is in now that she’s starting to get deeper into the Lackadaisy’s more unpleasant business and lashing out, and Ivy frustrated with him getting way too involved in her personal life while also trying to push her away, plus her dealing with all this new information she has about Viktor’s past now. I would love anything exploring where they might go from there. Or something looking at where they might be further down the line – does Ivy get in even deeper, maybe under Viktor’s reluctant tutelage, or do they both manage to get out and do their own thing?
Spyro the Dragon
Requested Characters: Elora, Spyro, Worldbuilding
The original trilogy of games are super nostalgic for me, and I love the remake for making everything as pretty as my memories told me it was. I love all the vibrant, varied worlds full of vibrant, varied creatures, all the fun characters, the humor, and all the odd little implications of just how this world works. And I definitely shipped Elora/Spyro as a kid before I knew what shipping was, and the improved animations and cutscenes in the Reignited Trilogy just made them even cuter. Even without overt romance, I just really like how well they seem to get along and how Spyro clearly enjoys Elora’s physical affection toward him, and I would love to see more of them and this world.
I was always disappointed that Elora only had a brief cameo in Year of the Dragon, so it would be fun to see her help out with more world saving adventures. Or just see them exploring other worlds together, or Spyro taking her to visit the Dragon Realms. Explorations of dragon and faun cultures and how they differ, and how other members of their species react to them would also be fun.
The Wild Robot
Requested Characters: Brightbill, Fink, Roz
I just saw this movie the other day and really enjoyed it, so I was happy to see it had been nominated! I just love this weird little family so much, and they love each other so much, and I want more.
Let the robot mom reunite with her co-parenting fox partner and their tiny goose son, and let them all be happy. Or show me some more sweet little moments of odd domesticity from when Brightbill was growing up. Or show me how they continue to become part of the broader island community. Or Brightbill properly introducing his new goose friends - or maybe even kids of his own down the line - to his parents.
Well, that about sums it up, I think. Again, thank you so much for writing something for me! If you like prompts, I hope what I gave you is helpful. If you prefer to work without them, I look forward to seeing whatever you come up with. I’m sure whatever you make will be awesome!
First of all, thank you so much for writing something for me! I really love all of these fandoms and characters I’m requesting, so I’m sure I’ll like anything you make for any of them!
I also have gifts enabled and welcome treats!
My previous exchange letters can be found here, my AO3 account is here, and my tumblr is here.
General Likes/Dislikes
Likes: Characters who know each other better than anyone else, whether they are friends, lovers, colleagues, enemies, or any combination of the above. Trust and loyalty. Competence kink. Casually intimate body language. People who have no sense of personal space with each other. Outsider POVs. Interweaving plots. Slice of life. Weird domesticity. Roadtrips. Mission fic. Future fic. Canon divergence AUs. Supernatural/fantasy/______punk/in space! AUs. Interesting little worldbuilding details. Undercover as a couple. Sharing a bed. Culture clashes. People who are bad at communicating finally managing it. Drabbles and drabble sequences. Epistolary formats and in-universe documents. 5+1 things format.
DNWs: Non-canon permanent major character death. Explicit, onscreen non-con. Underage sex under 15 or so. Unrequested parent-child incest. Unrequested crossovers. ‘Modern mundane’/high school/coffee shop-type AUs. Anything omegaverse, dom/sub world AU, soulmates, or soulbonds (canonical supernatural bonds and connections are fine).
Requests
Any prompts listed are just ideas and suggestions, and if you have your own super great idea for any of these fandoms and relationships you should totally go for it!
Dollhouse
Requested Characters: Claire Saunders, Topher Brink
I was getting ready to wrap up my letter and put in my sign up when I noticed this was in the tagset and got immediately smacked in the face with all my old feelings about these two. Their delightfully fucked up and fascinating relationship was easily my favorite part of the show, perfectly exemplified by that confrontation in Topher’s room in the season two opener: all that hate, guilt, self-loathing, fixation, attraction, pride, shame, and even a bit of twisted affection.
I would love to read anything more about them: dysfunctional codependency in the face of the apocalypse, losing themselves together as the world ends, slowly coming to forgive each other or at least making some kind of peace, maybe an exploration of how things would have been if Claire had stayed around instead of leaving the Dollhouse in season two or if she had come back earlier, etc.
Girl Genius
Requested Characters: Agatha Heterodyne, Martellus von Blitzengaard
I don’t know how or why, but I came out the other end of my latest catch-up read really enjoying Martellus as a character. He tends to be on generally the same side of major conflicts as Our Heroes, with a few crucial divergences that keep him from being an actual ally, which makes for some fun interactions.
I liked all the times he and Agatha wound up working together (and really liked when he was dependent on her mercy and physical touch due to his own bad choices), and I’m a sucker for a classic “oops, caught feelings”. I would just love anything more along any of those lines. Maybe with Martellus continuing to try and do better with Agatha and winding up more genuinely on her side, and Agatha reluctantly becoming a bit fond of him. Or at least tolerating him in larger doses.
(I am okay with the general background poly assumption of Agatha’s Future Harem being a thing here, as long as the focus is on the requested characters. I’m also okay with it not being assumed.)
Lackadaisy
Requested Characters: Ivy Pepper, Viktor Vasko
Ivy and Viktor have my favorite relationship in this comic. Big, strong, curmudgeonly characters who have a not-so-secret soft spot for small, sweet, perky characters are a weakness of mine. I love that he can be murderously protective of her, but she also has a clear power over him, to the point where others will bring Ivy along as a shield if they think Viktor might be unhappy with them. I love how Ivy reacts to Viktor being in danger by being aggressively cheerful and unwilling to let him mope alone, while Viktor reacts to Ivy being in danger by being an asshole and trying to drive her away – and neither of them quite understands what the other is doing and they just wind up arguing. I do ship it and would enjoy some tension in that direction – doesn’t have to be anything explicitly stated – but I also genuinely enjoy their platonic relationship and would enjoy more of that as well.
I’m really interested in where their recent (well, in comic time, anyway) falling out has left them, with Viktor obviously terrified of the danger Ivy is in now that she’s starting to get deeper into the Lackadaisy’s more unpleasant business and lashing out, and Ivy frustrated with him getting way too involved in her personal life while also trying to push her away, plus her dealing with all this new information she has about Viktor’s past now. I would love anything exploring where they might go from there. Or something looking at where they might be further down the line – does Ivy get in even deeper, maybe under Viktor’s reluctant tutelage, or do they both manage to get out and do their own thing?
Spyro the Dragon
Requested Characters: Elora, Spyro, Worldbuilding
The original trilogy of games are super nostalgic for me, and I love the remake for making everything as pretty as my memories told me it was. I love all the vibrant, varied worlds full of vibrant, varied creatures, all the fun characters, the humor, and all the odd little implications of just how this world works. And I definitely shipped Elora/Spyro as a kid before I knew what shipping was, and the improved animations and cutscenes in the Reignited Trilogy just made them even cuter. Even without overt romance, I just really like how well they seem to get along and how Spyro clearly enjoys Elora’s physical affection toward him, and I would love to see more of them and this world.
I was always disappointed that Elora only had a brief cameo in Year of the Dragon, so it would be fun to see her help out with more world saving adventures. Or just see them exploring other worlds together, or Spyro taking her to visit the Dragon Realms. Explorations of dragon and faun cultures and how they differ, and how other members of their species react to them would also be fun.
The Wild Robot
Requested Characters: Brightbill, Fink, Roz
I just saw this movie the other day and really enjoyed it, so I was happy to see it had been nominated! I just love this weird little family so much, and they love each other so much, and I want more.
Let the robot mom reunite with her co-parenting fox partner and their tiny goose son, and let them all be happy. Or show me some more sweet little moments of odd domesticity from when Brightbill was growing up. Or show me how they continue to become part of the broader island community. Or Brightbill properly introducing his new goose friends - or maybe even kids of his own down the line - to his parents.
Well, that about sums it up, I think. Again, thank you so much for writing something for me! If you like prompts, I hope what I gave you is helpful. If you prefer to work without them, I look forward to seeing whatever you come up with. I’m sure whatever you make will be awesome!
