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mindsplinters) wrote2013-10-21 07:46 pm
mindsplinters) wrote2013-10-21 07:46 pm
Dear Yuletide Santa
Dear Yuletide Santa of Amazing Awesomeness,
Firstly, I want to thank you for taking the time to sign up for Yuletide and then for liking/offering the same things I'm all obsessed over. It's super nifty and I appreciate it. I am also suffering from Monday brain-death so this letter might be more insane than usually and possibly more juvenile than I usually get. Just interpret it in the fangirl manner I mean it and know that I'm a very easy person to please and the last thing I want is for you. The content here lately has been rather wimpy but you can always refer back to the archives here or at my LJ - shortcakegreen or, heck, my Ao3 account for the sort of thing I myself write. If you get curious or bored.
Remember. I have just met you and I love you. /Dug quote But I promise you won't find me hiding under your porch.
Do:
* Have fun. I don't want this to be a chore.
* I adore a sense of humor and I'm a glutton for puns. Feel free to unleash your inner Spider Robinson if you must.
* I do like a well-written bit of heated prose so don't shy away from hot and heavy. I would rather not a complete Plot What Plot but no one said the plot has to be deep. It could be "help me research this case, oh, my panties fell off." I'm not picky. It can also range from sweet to rough, BDSM to blushing missionary. You can even toy with dub-con if you think the story warrants it.
* I am a total tramp when it comes to a well-written bit of character development. I drool over interactions and have been known to overlook plot weaknesses when given yummy character interaction and brilliant dialogue. Seriously, I <3 slice of life stories to a totally unhealthy degree.
Don't:
* Please no main character death. I don't mind angst or trauma or unhappy topics when done well because, hey, it's life but I really do want to keep my Yuletide free of wearing-black.
* If you go the pr0n route, do not make it non-con. No rape, incest, or pedophilia please.
* Aim for stridently offensive humor. My sense of humor is very broad indeed but reading about people embarrassing themselves solely for the sake of embarrassing themselves... Makes me uncomfy. To frame this up for reference, I get up and leave the room during viewings of Something About Mary, Dumb And Dumber, etc. (But, strangely, I love me some Zoolander.)
... That's really about it. I told you I was easy.
Modesty Blaise
Simply put, I am going to keep requesting this bloody thing until, some magical year, I get it. If this is what you're doing... I will bear your kittens/puppies/lizards. As I said, the only thing I ask that you avoid in this one is the end game. If you got this fandom, then you know just as well as I do how the end comes and I would much rather read about something before that. Something witty, maybe even full of caper-type goodness. The main point I would love is something showcasing the relationship between Modesty and Willie. It is such a rare, powerful bond and not something I've found anywhere else, really. It could be romantic but, then again, it could be strictly platonic. It could be beyond romance and into the spiritual. They know each other better than anyone else and they're both painfully pragmatic people. I find it constantly fascinating how they damn well know they are each other's Achilles' Heels but they have trained themselves to ignore it and work around it. Sure, they would crumble without each other but they have to function as if they wouldn't. They're proud and close and brilliant and they accept each other, warts and all. There is actually a Rumi poem that makes me think of them and, if you know Rumi and his friendship with Shams-e Tabrizi, then you probably know where I'm coming from.
The Mirror Between Us
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
Well... This would be the dark request, I imagine. There is no way around it. Though if you could make a story about this series fluffy and cheerful and candy-coated as well as in-character and logical, you would have the keys to the kingdom. Seriously. This is where I really don't mind the blood and gore. Knock yourself out but please never forget the characters. By the way, I have a strange particular fondness for Yata. I don't know. It's just there. He's so awkward and sheepish and trying hard to avoid embracing the madness that the others seem to enjoy. Also, as of this moment, I've only read up to volume 10 in the English translations so...
Hansel & Gretel: Witch-Hunters
This is my new guilty pleasure movie and you can ham it up all you like here because the movie itself treads heavily on that line of ultimate cheese. Let's face it. It's an action B-movie with surprisingly sound character bases and a fairly hole-free plot. It definitely reminds me in all sorts of good ways of The Brothers Grimm and Van Helsing (the good bits of that one, at least). I love the slight anachronisms throughout and, more than anything, the character interaction between Hansel and Gretel. Can we say unhealthy? I know we can... It's also adorkable. Pro-tip, this would be the one instance where you can ignore my request of "no incest" because, well... Yeah.
For some more concrete ideas, I'm particularly interested in the fall-out after the movie ends. The siblings know who and what they are and where they come from. Their former lifestyle is different now; they are a foursome and not a twosome. How do Edward and Ben fit into that tightly knit duo? How do the adventures go? Any tension, growing pains, fall-out from Muriel's wand? Does Ben ever get over his borderline creepy fanboy behavior? Go bonkers but please don't kill anyone. You can do a bit of maiming, though, if you like. They live an awfully dangerous life.
The Losers
This one is another guilty pleasure movie and I have no regrets at all. None. I regularly inflict this on friends to their surprised delight and then we all sing "Don't Stop Believing."
Okay so maybe I'm being a little silly but that's just to show you that you are more than welcome to take this request as silly or as serious as you like. My only real preference is I would like to avoid romance mostly if not entirely. I would rather it be about their friendships or their enemities, their capers and their downtimes. Use any and all of the characters but Jensen is most definitely my favorite. What can I say? I like snarky dorks who can't stop running their mouths. I honestly do enjoy all of the characters, though, so feel free to use and abuse them in the quest for good fic. Just please don't kill them. Wounding, maiming, kicking, etc... That's all peachy.
Firstly, I want to thank you for taking the time to sign up for Yuletide and then for liking/offering the same things I'm all obsessed over. It's super nifty and I appreciate it. I am also suffering from Monday brain-death so this letter might be more insane than usually and possibly more juvenile than I usually get. Just interpret it in the fangirl manner I mean it and know that I'm a very easy person to please and the last thing I want is for you. The content here lately has been rather wimpy but you can always refer back to the archives here or at my LJ - shortcakegreen or, heck, my Ao3 account for the sort of thing I myself write. If you get curious or bored.
Remember. I have just met you and I love you. /Dug quote But I promise you won't find me hiding under your porch.
Do:
* Have fun. I don't want this to be a chore.
* I adore a sense of humor and I'm a glutton for puns. Feel free to unleash your inner Spider Robinson if you must.
* I do like a well-written bit of heated prose so don't shy away from hot and heavy. I would rather not a complete Plot What Plot but no one said the plot has to be deep. It could be "help me research this case, oh, my panties fell off." I'm not picky. It can also range from sweet to rough, BDSM to blushing missionary. You can even toy with dub-con if you think the story warrants it.
* I am a total tramp when it comes to a well-written bit of character development. I drool over interactions and have been known to overlook plot weaknesses when given yummy character interaction and brilliant dialogue. Seriously, I <3 slice of life stories to a totally unhealthy degree.
Don't:
* Please no main character death. I don't mind angst or trauma or unhappy topics when done well because, hey, it's life but I really do want to keep my Yuletide free of wearing-black.
* If you go the pr0n route, do not make it non-con. No rape, incest, or pedophilia please.
* Aim for stridently offensive humor. My sense of humor is very broad indeed but reading about people embarrassing themselves solely for the sake of embarrassing themselves... Makes me uncomfy. To frame this up for reference, I get up and leave the room during viewings of Something About Mary, Dumb And Dumber, etc. (But, strangely, I love me some Zoolander.)
... That's really about it. I told you I was easy.
Modesty Blaise
Simply put, I am going to keep requesting this bloody thing until, some magical year, I get it. If this is what you're doing... I will bear your kittens/puppies/lizards. As I said, the only thing I ask that you avoid in this one is the end game. If you got this fandom, then you know just as well as I do how the end comes and I would much rather read about something before that. Something witty, maybe even full of caper-type goodness. The main point I would love is something showcasing the relationship between Modesty and Willie. It is such a rare, powerful bond and not something I've found anywhere else, really. It could be romantic but, then again, it could be strictly platonic. It could be beyond romance and into the spiritual. They know each other better than anyone else and they're both painfully pragmatic people. I find it constantly fascinating how they damn well know they are each other's Achilles' Heels but they have trained themselves to ignore it and work around it. Sure, they would crumble without each other but they have to function as if they wouldn't. They're proud and close and brilliant and they accept each other, warts and all. There is actually a Rumi poem that makes me think of them and, if you know Rumi and his friendship with Shams-e Tabrizi, then you probably know where I'm coming from.
The Mirror Between Us
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
Well... This would be the dark request, I imagine. There is no way around it. Though if you could make a story about this series fluffy and cheerful and candy-coated as well as in-character and logical, you would have the keys to the kingdom. Seriously. This is where I really don't mind the blood and gore. Knock yourself out but please never forget the characters. By the way, I have a strange particular fondness for Yata. I don't know. It's just there. He's so awkward and sheepish and trying hard to avoid embracing the madness that the others seem to enjoy. Also, as of this moment, I've only read up to volume 10 in the English translations so...
Hansel & Gretel: Witch-Hunters
This is my new guilty pleasure movie and you can ham it up all you like here because the movie itself treads heavily on that line of ultimate cheese. Let's face it. It's an action B-movie with surprisingly sound character bases and a fairly hole-free plot. It definitely reminds me in all sorts of good ways of The Brothers Grimm and Van Helsing (the good bits of that one, at least). I love the slight anachronisms throughout and, more than anything, the character interaction between Hansel and Gretel. Can we say unhealthy? I know we can... It's also adorkable. Pro-tip, this would be the one instance where you can ignore my request of "no incest" because, well... Yeah.
For some more concrete ideas, I'm particularly interested in the fall-out after the movie ends. The siblings know who and what they are and where they come from. Their former lifestyle is different now; they are a foursome and not a twosome. How do Edward and Ben fit into that tightly knit duo? How do the adventures go? Any tension, growing pains, fall-out from Muriel's wand? Does Ben ever get over his borderline creepy fanboy behavior? Go bonkers but please don't kill anyone. You can do a bit of maiming, though, if you like. They live an awfully dangerous life.
The Losers
This one is another guilty pleasure movie and I have no regrets at all. None. I regularly inflict this on friends to their surprised delight and then we all sing "Don't Stop Believing."
Okay so maybe I'm being a little silly but that's just to show you that you are more than welcome to take this request as silly or as serious as you like. My only real preference is I would like to avoid romance mostly if not entirely. I would rather it be about their friendships or their enemities, their capers and their downtimes. Use any and all of the characters but Jensen is most definitely my favorite. What can I say? I like snarky dorks who can't stop running their mouths. I honestly do enjoy all of the characters, though, so feel free to use and abuse them in the quest for good fic. Just please don't kill them. Wounding, maiming, kicking, etc... That's all peachy.