Yuletide 2023
Oct. 19th, 2023 02:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
babsterDear Yuletide 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 (under 16), 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. Feel free to get weird and self-indulgent.
Nina Forever
Holly, Nina
Sometimes you see a boy who misses his dead girlfriend so much he tries to commit suicide multiple times, and you're kinda into that. Sometimes you start dating that boy, and every time you have sex, his dead girlfriend manifests, and it turns out you're kinda into that as well.
This was such a weird, messed up movie and I was so deeply into its whole deal. I want more of Nina and Holly's whole deal- I wish had more specific prompts but "more" is all I can think of. Post-canon fic where they're dealing with their new reality. Dreamy erotic-horror. Just absolutely batshit scenarios. Shipfic, genfic, whatever!
Nina Forever is available in the US for free on Tubi, Crackle, Vudu, Roku, Redbox, Plex, and Amazon Prime.
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers- Alyssa Wong
Any (Jen, Aiko, Seo-Yun)
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.
- 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.
Any ship, or no ship, is good with me. I'd also be interested in anything to do with worldbuilding, or recipe-fic.
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers is available here.
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.
- 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! It's also available on Crunchyroll.
The Righteous Gemstones
Judy Gemstone, BJ Barnes
The Righteous Gemstones is such a fun, weird show full of ridiculous, weird people. When we first met Judy, I thought "oh, she's being sidelined because of sexism," and then we watched more and I realized "ok sexism plays a part, but she's also completely unhinged." And then BJ shows up and comes off as normal, but turns out to also be a weird little guy. I love Judy's relationship with her family, and how BJ's relationship to them changes over the seasons. Also, while it sometimes sucked to see Judy being dismissive of BJ, the moments where they just get each other were so delightful, and where they are at the end of s3 made me so happy. I'm so excited for more of them.
- I'd love to see a story about how they first met- what was it that drew them to each other, and kept them together- they definitely don't seem like they'd work, but there was clearly something that did!
- Judy and BJ competing against Jesse and Amber (and possibly Kelvin and Keefe too!) to see who can be America's Next Top Megachurch Power Couple- up to you whether the others are aware this is a competition that is even happening or if it's just something Judy and BJ decided to do on their own
- Smut option- just them having fun weird sex! I'd love to see a weird roleplay from them, but from what we've seen in the show I think there are a lot of possibilities for just going hard on whatever unconventional sex you can see them having (Note- I know there's a watersports reference for them, and honestly I love that for them, but for fic I'd prefer if it stayed a reference rather than being a focus of the fic).
- I love that painting of them fully nude in their living room- what sort of decision making happened there? How did they get that done? Do they have other erotic and/or religious artworks of them in the house?
Judy Gemstone, BJ Barnes
The Righteous Gemstones is such a fun, weird show full of ridiculous, weird people. When we first met Judy, I thought "oh, she's being sidelined because of sexism," and then we watched more and I realized "ok sexism plays a part, but she's also completely unhinged." And then BJ shows up and comes off as normal, but turns out to also be a weird little guy. I love Judy's relationship with her family, and how BJ's relationship to them changes over the seasons. Also, while it sometimes sucked to see Judy being dismissive of BJ, the moments where they just get each other were so delightful, and where they are at the end of s3 made me so happy. I'm so excited for more of them.
- I'd love to see a story about how they first met- what was it that drew them to each other, and kept them together- they definitely don't seem like they'd work, but there was clearly something that did!
- Judy and BJ competing against Jesse and Amber (and possibly Kelvin and Keefe too!) to see who can be America's Next Top Megachurch Power Couple- up to you whether the others are aware this is a competition that is even happening or if it's just something Judy and BJ decided to do on their own
- Smut option- just them having fun weird sex! I'd love to see a weird roleplay from them, but from what we've seen in the show I think there are a lot of possibilities for just going hard on whatever unconventional sex you can see them having (Note- I know there's a watersports reference for them, and honestly I love that for them, but for fic I'd prefer if it stayed a reference rather than being a focus of the fic).
- I love that painting of them fully nude in their living room- what sort of decision making happened there? How did they get that done? Do they have other erotic and/or religious artworks of them in the house?
The Righteous Gemstones is on Max
