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Dear Yuletide Author
Oct. 22nd, 2014 09:12 pmDear Yuletide Author 2014:
(The beginning of this letter is a C&P from previous letters because my fic preferences and feelings about Yuletide in general remain the same.)
Let me say upfront that I will be pleased with anything you choose to write for me. We are all busy people with other engagements in our lives, and that you took the time out of your busy schedule to write something expressly for me is enough to make my Yuletide a very happy one. Although I'm sharing with you here the things that grab me about these fandoms, please feel free to go where the muse takes you. I want you to write the story that best pleases *you* and your vision of these characters and this fandom rather than worrying about whether I'm going to like the story. I will. Trust me. :)
I have no squicks. Character death, violence, mpreg, what-have-you, all five by five with me. I love gen, het, and slash equally. No taboo story elements for Lorraine. I do not particularly care for the We're Not Gay slash trope (I find it irritating on multiple levels), but I have on occasion read stories with that trope that I have enjoyed despite it.
In terms of general preferences for fanfic, I most often write and like to read stories that are canon-compliant, stories that live behind the scenes or in missing moments, stories that tell us what characters were doing before they showed up on our screens and where they are going once the credits roll. However, this does not mean that I would not be delighted with a college AU or a fic that shows the effects of changes in canon. I am a huge fan of peripheral characters and love to see the action through their eyes. Finally, I am never so happy as when I am crying, so feel free to bring on the weepy. :)
( Rome, Keeping up Appearances, Penny Dreadful, Gotham, and Deadwood )
(The beginning of this letter is a C&P from previous letters because my fic preferences and feelings about Yuletide in general remain the same.)
Let me say upfront that I will be pleased with anything you choose to write for me. We are all busy people with other engagements in our lives, and that you took the time out of your busy schedule to write something expressly for me is enough to make my Yuletide a very happy one. Although I'm sharing with you here the things that grab me about these fandoms, please feel free to go where the muse takes you. I want you to write the story that best pleases *you* and your vision of these characters and this fandom rather than worrying about whether I'm going to like the story. I will. Trust me. :)
I have no squicks. Character death, violence, mpreg, what-have-you, all five by five with me. I love gen, het, and slash equally. No taboo story elements for Lorraine. I do not particularly care for the We're Not Gay slash trope (I find it irritating on multiple levels), but I have on occasion read stories with that trope that I have enjoyed despite it.
In terms of general preferences for fanfic, I most often write and like to read stories that are canon-compliant, stories that live behind the scenes or in missing moments, stories that tell us what characters were doing before they showed up on our screens and where they are going once the credits roll. However, this does not mean that I would not be delighted with a college AU or a fic that shows the effects of changes in canon. I am a huge fan of peripheral characters and love to see the action through their eyes. Finally, I am never so happy as when I am crying, so feel free to bring on the weepy. :)
( Rome, Keeping up Appearances, Penny Dreadful, Gotham, and Deadwood )
