Yuletide 2025

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 Dear Yuletide Author:

 

After a year off, I'm back, and 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, the gap between expectations and 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, ageplay, unrequested 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.

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.

- Weird smut between any of them, especially with the thought-eating aspect!

 

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

 

I feel this series is nearing the end of its Yuletide eligibility, and I'm going to request fic as long as I can. I've received some wonderful fic before, too! 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! You can include rape as part of the fill in a canon-typical way, I'd just prefer it not be the entirety of the fill.

 

If you are in the US, Nozomi Entertainment has the full series up on YouTube for free! It's also available on Crunchyroll.

 

Teppuu (Manga)

Ishidou Natsuo

 

Teppu is great, for me, because Natsuo is basically a super-villain in training while also being the protagonist. The fight scenes are intense and I love the different relationships between all the girls. Plus, a sports manga thats a) about girls, b) not full of weird fanservice, and c) actually complete! I love all the women and their rivalries and insecurities and weirdness.

 

I only requested Natsuo because she's my favorite but also because I like all her relationships. All other characters are more than welcome!

I’m interested in: post-series fic where Natsuo keeps training- where does she go after the last chapter? What about G-Girl? Does Kei become a ring girl? (probably not but hey) Are Natsuo and Kei dating? Do Sanae and Natsuo ever make up? How does Natsuo and Karin's mentor/mentee relationship develop? Do Natsuo and Lindsay ever fight?

 

Also good: supervillain AU, monsters AU, if you have knowledge of/experience with women's MMA and want an excuse to show it off through fic. Gen or shipfic is fine; additional, unnominated characters are definitely fine.

Since the last time I requested this series, it's been licensed in English and fully released digitally through Kodansha!


Snotgirl
Lottie "Snottie" Persons, Caroline | Coolgirl

The title is kind of offputting, but I really enjoyed this series! Leslie Hung's art is gorgeous and Bryan Lee O'Malley's writing is solid, and I love the creepiness of Caroline and the way the conspiracy has been developing (and also: the recent appearance of the TikTok cult).

Lottie and Caroline's relationship is so obviously toxic and Caroline is clearly manipulative, and even though I want good things for Lottie I'm loving it anyway. Other characters from the series are definitely welcome in the fic!

- What do you think has happened before, and where do you think Lottie fits into it? Do you think she can break the cycle?

- More about Lottie and Caroline's relationship, with Lottie thinking it's perfect but obviously it isn't? Appearances are so important to her, after all.

- Social media outside perspective fic? So much of Lottie's life is about her social media presence, and they've already had a moment their relationship go viral, I think this could be great

- Lottie's nightmares are so creepy- I'd love to see them played with more. Caroline as an actual monster? A succubus or vampire?

Snotgirl is available through Image Comics, and I read it through Libby, so worth checking if it's there!