Dear Yuletide Author

 Will finish this when I get back from offline vacation this weekend. turned into when I get back from offline vacation and also recover from being in dysfunctional levels of pain for like three days straight, ugh. Hi, it's finally here!

Dear Yuletide Author,

Welcome, thank you, and happy holidays to come!

So I tend to 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. Please don't be intimidated by the length or feel like you have to write one of said ideas. Write what moves ya. <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 in your wheelhouse, kink that feels visceral and real. (I love yuleporn! I do not require yuleporn. Any AO3 rating 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), and kink where people drop out of character to read a negotiation and consent checklist. Mpreg, guro (except in Umineko where that counts as canon-typical violence), and cross-generational incest (portrayed...positively...again this refers to Umineko.)

( Horizon Zero Dawn )

( Xenosaga )

( Umineko no Naku Koro ni )