Dear Yuletide Author

Dear Yuletide Author,

Fourth year unto the breach, dear friend! Welcome, thank you, and happy holidays in advance!

I use my Yuletide letters as a space to throw out every idea I’ve had for something I’d like to see in a fandom in hopes that one of them excites you too, so this will be long and burbly. Blanket disclaimer though: nothing here is binding! Write what moves you. <333

Things I Like - Fic that fills in holes or expands upon details, brings characters together who never got to meet or interact much, develops things that were only subtext or potential in canon, or otherwise enriches canon. Fic that brings in little details of worldbuilding and character and doesn't feel generic. Fic that takes into account the full depth and complexity of characters without filing down their sharp bits. Bittersweetness, complicated emotions, little words and gestures that mean the world to those specific characters. Realistic trauma response and recovery. Alternate continuities. If it is your bag, kink that feels visceral and real. (I love yuleporn! I do not require yuleporn. Any AO3 category welcome.)

Things I Dislike - Alternate settings, especially A/B/O and high school/coffeeshop/similar modern AUs. Seme/uke/top/bottom conventions (and role essentialism in general really.) Fluff and overt romanticism when it’s not clearly called for by canon characterization. Mpreg, guro, and cross-generational incest.

( Akatsuki no Yona )

( Mushi-shi )

( Sengoku Basara )

( Xenosaga )