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green_idylls) wrote2023-10-22 02:24 am
green_idylls) wrote2023-10-22 02:24 am
Dear Yuletide Writer..!
It's baby's first Yuletide! :D
Thank you in advance for writing for me, and I hope you have a fun time with it! Since this is my first time I'm not super sure what will be helpful or unhelpful, haha, so my bad if this letter misses the mark! I've heard people like getting specific prompts and a clear picture of what their recipient likes, so I've included some general likes and then specific prompts for each fandom. But feel free to take things in all kinds of directions, and don't feel boxed in - I'd just love to read something you had fun making :)
Treats very welcome if anyone feels inspired!
DNWs
- Period-atypical lack of homophobia (avoiding homophobia via AUs or plot reasons is fine!)
- Eroticised rape/non-con (mild dub-con is okay)
- Sexualised violence, unless mild (anything more severe than spanking or friendly grappling)
- Adult/minor ships (a gap of a year or two is okay)
- Explicit sexual scenes with characters under 16 (references to/memories of an over 16 character's past experiences are okay)
- Incest
- Teacher/student as a ship
- Race fetishism, trans fetishism, fat fetishism, disability fetishism
- "Crack" fic
- Werewolf/mermaid/creature AUs
- Omegaverse
- Scat or watersports
- Severe pain or injuries to the genitals
- Cisswap/"always a boy/girl"
- Mommy/daddy kink, or any parental terms used during sex
- Bully/bullied ships in high school/college/workplace settings
Shippy likes
- Pining is like sugar - I will gladly consume as much you give me :)
- Characters being forced to acknowledge things that have gone unspoken; festering bitterness that gets messy before it gets resolved
- Being forced to work together/be in proximity (bedsharing!!)
- Vulnerability, avoidance of vulnerability, circumstances that put a character who hates vulnerability into a super vulnerable position
- Love confessions while in mortal danger or a failstate-esque scenario (the drama!!!)
- Feeling guilty/ashamed of their attraction to the other person (including internalised bi-/homophobia (see plot likes!) but not exclusively)
- Pregnancy, including mpreg, and parenting/family life
- Touch starved..!
- Domesticity, especially involving food, and especially unconventional domesticity
- Breaking up and getting back together
- Friends with benefits, enemies with benefits, or sexual intimacy coming before/leading to/forcing acknowledgement of emotional intimacy
- Soulmate AUs (played straight or subverted)
- Clumsily stumbling their way into a loving and committed relationship
Plot likes
- Denial/repression of emotions and emotional needs (I'm Above Such Petty Concerns Actually, they say, suffering deeply)
- Historical settings (anything from medieval right up to, like, the 2000s, haha)
- Happy endings, tragic endings, bittersweet endings
- Time travel/time loop
- Royalty AUs
- Cyberpunk settings
- Heists/missions/casefic
- Action scenes!
- Body swap
- Homophobia/biphobia. I know this is a weird one, but I really like stories about characters repressing/agonising/struggling to come to terms with being gay/bi or having difficult, complicated experiences with other people's bi-/homophobia. I also like homophobia to be present in historical settings - I totally understand the reasons people wouldn't, but I like seeing LGBT history for what it is, good and bad. I'm especially interested in the smaller and weirder experiences of bi-/homophobia and heteronormativity, especially with characters who are imperfect and have imperfect opinions. (Big ODAO to this one though, don't feel pressured if you're not interested in it yourself! Feel free to avoid via AUs or plot setup)
Smut likes
- Food!! Sexy, messy handfeeding, especially with a kind of luxurious indulgence vibe (rich desserts are my fave for this) or a nurturing vibe, and descriptions of the food itself
- Awkwardness during sex, characters not being "good" at sex
- Porn with feelings!
- Dom/sub dynamics that have that sort of condescending vibe? Pitying doms, backhanded compliments, coddling, that sort of thing, especially when the sub is the POV character and finds it freeing
- Clothed/half-clothed sex
- Characters reflecting on their sexual history/development
- "We shouldn't be doing this" vibes (though not as a result of a power imbalance)
- Masturbation and "jerk off buddies"
- Men feeling sexy/showing off/dressing or grooming to look good for their partner
High School Musical
Particularly interested in gay/bi agonising for this. Would love some Chad character study elements too! I love the Jock/Fruit energy of this pairing and I reckon it could lend itself equally well to romcommy get-together or angsty heteronormativity conflict >:)
Soulmate AU? With angst??
Sharpay's point of view? Maybe she suspects there's something going on between Chad/Ryan and sets out to investigate?
One of them breaks school rules in some way and ropes the other into helping cover it up, hijinks ensue?
Maybe they fell out of touch after high school, and now it's decades later and they're unexpectedly meeting again?
What If
Captain Carter got me SO interested in the relationship between serum!Peggy and Natasha. I've always liked Natasha kind of... batting away serious or emotional stuff with quips and jokes, keeping everything surface-level, and I think it's a super cool combination with how heartfelt and idealistic Peggy can be. I would LOVE to see Natasha in total denial about having Big Feelings for Peggy. Little!Steve is also welcome, including as Nat/Peggy/Steve OT3 or Nat/Peggy&Steve/Peggy!
Natasha tagging along for a visit to England during some downtime - maybe Peggy has a nice private cottage somewhere?
Truth serum or similar plot thing reveals some unspoken feelings?
A sampling of moments when they backed each other up, took each other's side, had each other to lean on, etc?
Big Buff Woman have Big Sexy Muscles!! That's it that's the prompt :P
Demon 79
I loved seeing a shippy episode about a beautiful, glammed-up man and a stressed out, unkempt woman (well, unkempt by TV standards, lol), it warmed my cold bisexual heart :D I also really loved the anti-fascist storyline and exploration of violence, no notes at all, fantastic stuff, and I want more!
Exploration of their post-canon life together - would love to see some super whacked-out, surreal domesticity!
A beefing-up of the canon romance - maybe missing scenes or five-things style?
An actiony, sci-fi-surrealism plot about evading Gaap's bosses?
Supernaturally BAMFed up Nida? Maybe she Ascends To Demonhood or something, is expected to do evil, but becomes a loose cannon, avenging angel-type vigilante?
Mundane AU?
Operation Hyacinth
I loved this movie a lot - I love Sad, Grim Stories About Gays And Bisexuals, for one, and I love stories that are really frank and honest about LGBT history. My favourite scene (okay, maybe second favourite) was the party scene, and I think it did a beautiful job of showing a community that had sequestered away out of necessity, that was suspicious and welcoming, cynical and generous, and how strongly LGBT folk particularly at that time relied on each other. I'd love to see anything that builds on that and leans into the community aspect!
Happier-ending canon divergence?
Post-canon, Everyone Lives, Robert and Arek meet up later in life? Maybe they find or form another community in another city, and Robert gets to be part of that world? (I'm not fussed about people interpreting Robert as gay or bi, but if he's bi to you maybe he feels like he's now boxed into the "gay" mould rather than the "straight" one; how does he handle that?)
Ensemble cast fic, building on other characters at the party or in the Warsaw gay community?
Multiple POVs of the party - what's going on in all the other rooms? What does everyone else think of Robert, and Arek's interest in him?
The Good Place
I would love to see a mundane/they never died AU for this! Eleanor and Tahani had such different lives, and I'm curious about how they might have met in their Earth lives. And how they'd go from there! I love how rude they are to each other, and the combination of Eleanor's call-it-like-I-see-it honesty with Tahani's the-show-must-go-on positivity, and I'd love to see what might get them "stuck" together long enough to catch feelings :P
Alone on [insert al-Jamil family function here]? Mad at your dad?
Tahani secretly trying to influence Eleanor to pick up some more sophisticated manners... while Eleanor is secretly trying to get Tahani to loosen up?
Eleanor being crass and soaking up the benefits of being Tahani's girlfriend/wife/mistress? Trashing hotel rooms for the hell of it, getting way too much food at an ultra-epensive restaurant; Tahani scolding and lecturing her but loving it at the same time?
Erotic or sensual hand feeding..! Would also love it if the food was related to their class differences in some way, whether it's rich people food or something "trashy"
Thank you very much and I hope you have a fun Yuletide!
Thank you in advance for writing for me, and I hope you have a fun time with it! Since this is my first time I'm not super sure what will be helpful or unhelpful, haha, so my bad if this letter misses the mark! I've heard people like getting specific prompts and a clear picture of what their recipient likes, so I've included some general likes and then specific prompts for each fandom. But feel free to take things in all kinds of directions, and don't feel boxed in - I'd just love to read something you had fun making :)
Treats very welcome if anyone feels inspired!
DNWs
- Period-atypical lack of homophobia (avoiding homophobia via AUs or plot reasons is fine!)
- Eroticised rape/non-con (mild dub-con is okay)
- Sexualised violence, unless mild (anything more severe than spanking or friendly grappling)
- Adult/minor ships (a gap of a year or two is okay)
- Explicit sexual scenes with characters under 16 (references to/memories of an over 16 character's past experiences are okay)
- Incest
- Teacher/student as a ship
- Race fetishism, trans fetishism, fat fetishism, disability fetishism
- "Crack" fic
- Werewolf/mermaid/creature AUs
- Omegaverse
- Scat or watersports
- Severe pain or injuries to the genitals
- Cisswap/"always a boy/girl"
- Mommy/daddy kink, or any parental terms used during sex
- Bully/bullied ships in high school/college/workplace settings
Shippy likes
- Pining is like sugar - I will gladly consume as much you give me :)
- Characters being forced to acknowledge things that have gone unspoken; festering bitterness that gets messy before it gets resolved
- Being forced to work together/be in proximity (bedsharing!!)
- Vulnerability, avoidance of vulnerability, circumstances that put a character who hates vulnerability into a super vulnerable position
- Love confessions while in mortal danger or a failstate-esque scenario (the drama!!!)
- Feeling guilty/ashamed of their attraction to the other person (including internalised bi-/homophobia (see plot likes!) but not exclusively)
- Pregnancy, including mpreg, and parenting/family life
- Touch starved..!
- Domesticity, especially involving food, and especially unconventional domesticity
- Breaking up and getting back together
- Friends with benefits, enemies with benefits, or sexual intimacy coming before/leading to/forcing acknowledgement of emotional intimacy
- Soulmate AUs (played straight or subverted)
- Clumsily stumbling their way into a loving and committed relationship
Plot likes
- Denial/repression of emotions and emotional needs (I'm Above Such Petty Concerns Actually, they say, suffering deeply)
- Historical settings (anything from medieval right up to, like, the 2000s, haha)
- Happy endings, tragic endings, bittersweet endings
- Time travel/time loop
- Royalty AUs
- Cyberpunk settings
- Heists/missions/casefic
- Action scenes!
- Body swap
- Homophobia/biphobia. I know this is a weird one, but I really like stories about characters repressing/agonising/struggling to come to terms with being gay/bi or having difficult, complicated experiences with other people's bi-/homophobia. I also like homophobia to be present in historical settings - I totally understand the reasons people wouldn't, but I like seeing LGBT history for what it is, good and bad. I'm especially interested in the smaller and weirder experiences of bi-/homophobia and heteronormativity, especially with characters who are imperfect and have imperfect opinions. (Big ODAO to this one though, don't feel pressured if you're not interested in it yourself! Feel free to avoid via AUs or plot setup)
Smut likes
- Food!! Sexy, messy handfeeding, especially with a kind of luxurious indulgence vibe (rich desserts are my fave for this) or a nurturing vibe, and descriptions of the food itself
- Awkwardness during sex, characters not being "good" at sex
- Porn with feelings!
- Dom/sub dynamics that have that sort of condescending vibe? Pitying doms, backhanded compliments, coddling, that sort of thing, especially when the sub is the POV character and finds it freeing
- Clothed/half-clothed sex
- Characters reflecting on their sexual history/development
- "We shouldn't be doing this" vibes (though not as a result of a power imbalance)
- Masturbation and "jerk off buddies"
- Men feeling sexy/showing off/dressing or grooming to look good for their partner
High School Musical
Particularly interested in gay/bi agonising for this. Would love some Chad character study elements too! I love the Jock/Fruit energy of this pairing and I reckon it could lend itself equally well to romcommy get-together or angsty heteronormativity conflict >:)
Soulmate AU? With angst??
Sharpay's point of view? Maybe she suspects there's something going on between Chad/Ryan and sets out to investigate?
One of them breaks school rules in some way and ropes the other into helping cover it up, hijinks ensue?
Maybe they fell out of touch after high school, and now it's decades later and they're unexpectedly meeting again?
What If
Captain Carter got me SO interested in the relationship between serum!Peggy and Natasha. I've always liked Natasha kind of... batting away serious or emotional stuff with quips and jokes, keeping everything surface-level, and I think it's a super cool combination with how heartfelt and idealistic Peggy can be. I would LOVE to see Natasha in total denial about having Big Feelings for Peggy. Little!Steve is also welcome, including as Nat/Peggy/Steve OT3 or Nat/Peggy&Steve/Peggy!
Natasha tagging along for a visit to England during some downtime - maybe Peggy has a nice private cottage somewhere?
Truth serum or similar plot thing reveals some unspoken feelings?
A sampling of moments when they backed each other up, took each other's side, had each other to lean on, etc?
Big Buff Woman have Big Sexy Muscles!! That's it that's the prompt :P
Demon 79
I loved seeing a shippy episode about a beautiful, glammed-up man and a stressed out, unkempt woman (well, unkempt by TV standards, lol), it warmed my cold bisexual heart :D I also really loved the anti-fascist storyline and exploration of violence, no notes at all, fantastic stuff, and I want more!
Exploration of their post-canon life together - would love to see some super whacked-out, surreal domesticity!
A beefing-up of the canon romance - maybe missing scenes or five-things style?
An actiony, sci-fi-surrealism plot about evading Gaap's bosses?
Supernaturally BAMFed up Nida? Maybe she Ascends To Demonhood or something, is expected to do evil, but becomes a loose cannon, avenging angel-type vigilante?
Mundane AU?
Operation Hyacinth
I loved this movie a lot - I love Sad, Grim Stories About Gays And Bisexuals, for one, and I love stories that are really frank and honest about LGBT history. My favourite scene (okay, maybe second favourite) was the party scene, and I think it did a beautiful job of showing a community that had sequestered away out of necessity, that was suspicious and welcoming, cynical and generous, and how strongly LGBT folk particularly at that time relied on each other. I'd love to see anything that builds on that and leans into the community aspect!
Happier-ending canon divergence?
Post-canon, Everyone Lives, Robert and Arek meet up later in life? Maybe they find or form another community in another city, and Robert gets to be part of that world? (I'm not fussed about people interpreting Robert as gay or bi, but if he's bi to you maybe he feels like he's now boxed into the "gay" mould rather than the "straight" one; how does he handle that?)
Ensemble cast fic, building on other characters at the party or in the Warsaw gay community?
Multiple POVs of the party - what's going on in all the other rooms? What does everyone else think of Robert, and Arek's interest in him?
The Good Place
I would love to see a mundane/they never died AU for this! Eleanor and Tahani had such different lives, and I'm curious about how they might have met in their Earth lives. And how they'd go from there! I love how rude they are to each other, and the combination of Eleanor's call-it-like-I-see-it honesty with Tahani's the-show-must-go-on positivity, and I'd love to see what might get them "stuck" together long enough to catch feelings :P
Alone on [insert al-Jamil family function here]? Mad at your dad?
![Alone on [insert al-Jamil family function here]? Mad at your dad](https://img.ifunny.co/images/8a4789bc0add60d9c072ac44d3fa63125a636f65a27ac0b1ae26c8971b1479de_1.jpg){kind=link}
Tahani secretly trying to influence Eleanor to pick up some more sophisticated manners... while Eleanor is secretly trying to get Tahani to loosen up?
Eleanor being crass and soaking up the benefits of being Tahani's girlfriend/wife/mistress? Trashing hotel rooms for the hell of it, getting way too much food at an ultra-epensive restaurant; Tahani scolding and lecturing her but loving it at the same time?
Erotic or sensual hand feeding..! Would also love it if the food was related to their class differences in some way, whether it's rich people food or something "trashy"
Thank you very much and I hope you have a fun Yuletide!