Yuletide 2020

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Dear Author,

 

Thank you very much for writing for me! I'm bygoshbygolly on AO3. Below are some general details on the things I am into, and below that are more specific prompts and ideas for each fandom. While pretty much anything that doesn't hit my DNWs will make me happy, I know it can be helpful to have something more specific than 'go wild.'

 

Likes: fairytales (both fairytale AUs and just the general tone and language), quiet intimacy, trust, loyalty, superhero AUs, deep friendships, wrong choices made for the right reasons, get-together fic, 'i hate them but it's complicated', slow burn, focusing on hands, monsters, everyday magic and magical realism, expectations vs reality, fake dating/married, awkward flirting, canon-divergence AUs, missing scenes, metaphors taken as literal, bitterness, worldbuilding

 

If you want to include sex: body worship, intercrural, teasing, frottage, fingering, oral (esp. cunnilingus), and foreplay are all A+ in my book. I am lukewarm on actual penetration but do your thing

 

DNW: A/B/O or biological imperative, rape, underage sex, major character death, pregnancy, nonconsensual surgery/body modification, hopeless endings, real world politics, poetry as a fill

 

I like gen, het, slash, and femslash. I also like unconventional formatting and style, if you want to get experimental, up-to and including IF. 


Revolutionary Girl Utena
Utena, Anthy

It was love at first viewing for me with this series, and every time I rewatch it I get something new out of it. I love the playing with fairy tale ideas, and the weirdness of Ohtori, and all the endless symbolism. And I love Utena's well meaning cluelessness, and how manipulative and bitter and tragic Anthy is.

I ship Utena/Anthy, but as long as they're important to each other, even if they don't entirely understand why, I'll be happy.

Ever since I heard Ikuhara tossed around the idea of the duelists using guns, I've wanted a Western!AU for this series. Utena the drifter wanders into a weird town and gets more than she bargained for, Anthy is the mysterious mayor's sister, duels and Weird West tropes everywhere. Anything playing with this idea!

I'm also interested in post-series fic, especially in the wasteland the movie shows. But anything exploring how the series affected the characters and what life is like outside of Ohtori would be good. Do Anthy and Utena meet again, and what are the circumstances there?

Any fairy-tale AU, or messing with fairy tale tropes would be great. Or, and I can't believe I'm writing this, something along the lines of Shrek? What happens when a witch and a would-be prince fall in love, when there's nothing in the stories that allows for that?

Anthy's Malice- fun five-times fic or something darker, or anything really that explores the ways Anthy messes with people would be great.

Definitely feel free to get weird, and to include any other characters. If there's any ideas you've had for this series/these characters but thought "Hmm, maybe that's too self-indulgent" I am interested! I love that!

If you are in the US, Nozomi Entertainment has the full series up on YouTube for free!

Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers- Alyssa Wong
Any

This is my favorite short story, and I've read it so many times I've lost track. It's wonderfully creepy and atmospheric and fraught, and the last scene! It's amazing. It can be read here.

I'd love to read more about Jen and Aiko, whether it be pre-canon fic with Jen realizing how tantalizing Aiko's thoughts are, or post-canon fic where she's managed to bring Aiko back, especially came-back-wrong fic. How do they continue, after what happened at the party?

I'd also love to read something focusing on Aiko, and how she knew about Seo-Yun (and must have suspected about Jen) all that time. How did she keep that a secret? How did she feel about the whole idea of eating thoughts, and how do you cater that?

Anything more about Seo-Yun would be great, whether that be how she started having her parties, or how she picks her caterers/guests/victims, or her time with Jen.

General worldbuilding would also be wonderful! Or recipe fic, if that's something that interests you. Any ship, or no ship, is good with me here.

The short story is available for free at Nightmare Magazine here


Infinity Train
Lake | MT

Infinity Train is a charming and unexpectedly emotional cartoon series about a magical neverending train that forces people to confront their issues. It's anthology style, with each season following a different set of main characters, but all the stories are linked. There are cool robots and cute animals and some wonderfully bizarre characters and events.

While I love all the main characters, I really want to see fic about Lake in the real world, considering she's made of chrome and also just magically appeared there one day. What is it like living in a world she's only ever seen from a reflection's point of view? Does she bump into Tulip again, or does she do everything she can to avoid that? Does she become a successful punk rocker? Does she find herself mirroring others, however unintentionally, and how does she react to that? Does she miss the train?

I'd also be interested in seeing Lake's adventures on the train, either before she met Jesse and Alan Dracula, or a "missing episode" style story. There are so many cool possible ideas for cars.

Lake discovering she's her own person rather than simply a reflection could also be really interesting, especially given how much her world seems to frown on that.

I don't particularly ship Jesse/Lake, but I don't not ship them either, so feel free to write it if you want! I'd just prefer it not be the central focus. And a fandom-specific DNW: I DNW fic explicitly comparing Lake's situation to undocumented immigrants. Offhand references to her not having any real world paperwork and potential problems resulting from that are fine, but please don't get overtly political. 

Infinity Train is available on HBO Max.


Jurassic Park
None

I love these movies, I love dinosaurs, I love Laura Dern, and I love the music. I've watched all of them multiple times, and I will watch them many more. They're just so great! Even the second and third ones, which aren't as good as the first, are great.

I'd really love to see some worldbuilding fic for Jurassic Park. There has to be a whole world of conspiracy theories surrounding the islands and the T.Rex in San Diego, and I would love to read some of them. Perhaps on a message board?

Jurassic Park 3 shows there are people willing to take tourists to Isla Sorna, and I'd love to see one of those trips- millionaires who want the world's most exotic hunting trip? Scientists who want to see dinosaurs in the flesh to study them? Does it end well or does everyone die a comic and/or karmic death?

Another option is pre-canon fic, back when people were still hopeful and believed in the idea of Jurassic Park. Or something from the point of view of Clever Girl.

If there is a story you've been dying to tell with any of the selected characters, though, go for it! I've loved these movies since I was a kid and there isn't much I wouldn't be interested in.

Unfortunately I don't think it's streaming anywhere at the moment, but it is available for purchase from a bunch of places.

Bartimaeus Trilogy- Jonathan Stroud

Bartimaeus, Kitty Jones, Ptolemy

 

I requested, and received, a fic with these three several years ago, and it was absolutely lovely, and now my love for them has bubbled back up. I love this series, especially Ptolemy's Gate, which hits so many things that I love, with the team-up between Bartimaeus and Kitty, the Gate, the look into Bartimaeus and Ptolemy's relationship...

 

I'm not going to lie, I ship the three of them. I love the fierce idealism of Ptolemy and Kitty, combined with Bartimaeus' cynicism and begrudging affection. I think they'd be great together if, you know, they weren't separated by 2,000 years, a separate dimension, and Ptolemy being dead. If you can finagle a way to write OT3 fic for them, I would be absolutely over the moon.

 

Other possible ideas: Ptolemy, Kitty, and Bartimaeus meeting in the Other Place, thanks to the mutability of time. Bartimaeus thinking about Ptolemy and Kitty and what it would be like if they met properly. Ptolemy gets resurrected, somehow, and chaos ensues. Alternatively, Kitty travels back in time, somehow, and chaos ensues.

 

I'm really interested in the dynamic between these three characters- their similarities and differences and goals. Also, Ptolemy being dead is kind of a big deal for Bartimaeus, so the 'no major character death' DNW is handwaved for this.

The Bartimaeus trilogy should be available at plenty of bookstores/libraries, and is almost definitely available online.