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gala_applesDear Yuletide Author:
Hi! Thanks for writing for me. My Things I Like lists tend to be pretty long (thanks Harry Potter and the literal hundreds of fests I signed up for) but I hope they're not obnoxiously so. Rifle through and pluck out the bits that sound interesting :)
In general: I'd rather have an in character conversation than an unoffensive conversation. This probably goes mostly for Breakout Kings, when considering Lloyd's race comments, but it goes for any of the fandoms. Misogyny, racism, homophobia- if the characters would say it, write it.
Two of the four of my fandoms include a lot of drug use, and the other two could easily have it written in. Please, for the love of the Powers That Be, if you're writing them doing ___, write it accurately. Nothing kills a fic faster for me than a fic where someone takes E and gets really mad, or snorts coke and gets sleepy. If you haven't done anything in your past, a great resource is Erowid.org. There are about a thousand drugs listed, all with both scientific information and write in trip reports.
I see life through slash coloured glasses. I automatically go to slash, then poly, then gen, then het. I'd really rather a genfic than a focus on heterosexual romance. And if you do write a slash or poly fic, I'm down with any rating. From essentially gen where they call each other boyfriend but don't even hold hands to 1k of fucking, I'm good. And if you do aim for a higher rating, I quite like nearly any kink. Some of my favourites are makeshift bondage (like ties or clothes pushed half off to restrict movement) public teasing into being turned on, making people blush, dirty talk, marks of ownership (not necessarily hardcore like collaring, though that's great, having a bracelet to wear or a string of hickies work too). But really, if you wanted to go for any kink I'd be happy. My only limit is no guro/vore.
I really enjoy AUs. I am especially fond of different SETTING AUs as compared to different SITUATION Aus. IE: dystopias, high schools, boarding schools and college are all fantastic, everyone is a vampire/werewolf/opposite gender/whatever not so much. I also like pre/post canon stories, like Breakout Kings pre-prison, or Bruno's life post Macdonald Hall. But if canon is what you're comfortable with I'm down with that too.
Note: massages are a trigger of mine. It's really upsetting to read them. I'm okay with dub-con (whether due to manipulation or intoxication), but straight up non-con is not enjoyable.
More specifically:
Skins- uk:
If you go to ao3, I've written 11 of the 16 Sid/Tony fics. In general I'm a massive multi-shipper, but this is a fandom where I OTP. I don't mind Michelle, but I strongly dislike Cassie, especially in season two. Chris and Maxxie are pretty cool, Anwar is a jerk, and I am ambivalent to Jal. My headcanon is Sid comes back from New York about a week after the show ends. If you can't write slash that's fine, but I'd still like Sid or Tony centric. I love how willing to put up with anything Sid is, and how much he wants to prove himself to the people around him. I love how artistically Tony can manipulate everyone around him. Sometimes he's close to sociopathic, which I find great. One of my favourite scenes in the show is in the Russian episode, how offended Tony looks at being told he's bad at blowjobs. You know he's the kind of guy that hates being told he sucks. Again, a high rating or ANY rating isn't necessary, but their relationship seems SO Dom/sub to me that any mention of Sid doing what Tony thinks they should do is great. I also tend to get the feeling that Sid likes to be humiliated.
Breakout Kings:
My favourite character is Lloyd. I have a thing for fucked-up geniuses. I love how he psychoanalyses everything. That he has no idea how to STFU even when people are threatening him is one of my favourite character traits. The fact that he got caught at a casino because he literally could not stop gambling, and then later nearly gets killed in prison over gambling debts interests me. I accept the Lloyd/Julianne pairing, but I'd rather it not be the focus. Alternatively, you could go with Lloyd/Shea or Lloyd/Shea/Erica. And if you're writing post-canon, please, PLEASE have them not take the deal. The idea of them betraying Ray breaks my heart (even though logically it makes sense they would. Feel free to handwave)
Savages:
I tried to prompt the book version, but the movie version had already been logged. As far as I know the only difference is O gets raped in the movie. Please, no. I don't need that.
What I like about this is harder to explain. I really love their love, for one thing. Canon polygamy was the entire reason I read the book. The differences between O/Chon, O/Ben, and Ben/Chon are part of what makes the relationship so interesting. I love that they know EXACTLY who they are, and don't care what other people think, from O's obnoxious orgasms and shopping addiction to Chon's shrugging at the idea of killing people to Ben's coming back from each overseas guilt-fest with some sort of nasty disease. I love that they would do literally anything for each other. The book felt so accurate with all the different drugs, and accurate about things in general, like the beheading and Lado's wife hating him. The mood of the book walked this interesting line between happy/hazy and jagged/fucked up. Don't feel pressured to write the fic all "literary", but I have trouble seeing this as a humorous fandom. (note, I have not read Kings of Cool, the prequel, so if you feel like writing pre-canon write whatever meeting story and I'll love it)
Macdonald Hall:
I ship Bruno/Boots and Bruno/Boots/Cathy/Diane. I really would not be interested in one male/one female. Again, it comes down to the D/s dynamic. Even if it isn't sexual, I love how Bruno can talk anyone into doing anything, even though they're always initially reluctant. The same goes for Cathy. With Macdonald Hall I enjoy the stuff that comes up in all the books; crazy plans, Fish knowing all, Scrimmage and her shotgun, that thing Korman does where there's a large group of people talking and they all have one line and no one gets named. The phrase "sanctity of Macdonald Hall". I like the fact that the secondary characters are one dimensional- Elmer should always be smart, Sidney should always hurt himself, Wilbur should always eat.
These books are my happy place, I have all the original printings. If looks are going to be mentioned in detail, please go with the original covers. Also, as a weird sidenote, googling for MH slash years ago was how I found out about Yuletide, back when it was it's own website.
Hi! Thanks for writing for me. My Things I Like lists tend to be pretty long (thanks Harry Potter and the literal hundreds of fests I signed up for) but I hope they're not obnoxiously so. Rifle through and pluck out the bits that sound interesting :)
In general: I'd rather have an in character conversation than an unoffensive conversation. This probably goes mostly for Breakout Kings, when considering Lloyd's race comments, but it goes for any of the fandoms. Misogyny, racism, homophobia- if the characters would say it, write it.
Two of the four of my fandoms include a lot of drug use, and the other two could easily have it written in. Please, for the love of the Powers That Be, if you're writing them doing ___, write it accurately. Nothing kills a fic faster for me than a fic where someone takes E and gets really mad, or snorts coke and gets sleepy. If you haven't done anything in your past, a great resource is Erowid.org. There are about a thousand drugs listed, all with both scientific information and write in trip reports.
I see life through slash coloured glasses. I automatically go to slash, then poly, then gen, then het. I'd really rather a genfic than a focus on heterosexual romance. And if you do write a slash or poly fic, I'm down with any rating. From essentially gen where they call each other boyfriend but don't even hold hands to 1k of fucking, I'm good. And if you do aim for a higher rating, I quite like nearly any kink. Some of my favourites are makeshift bondage (like ties or clothes pushed half off to restrict movement) public teasing into being turned on, making people blush, dirty talk, marks of ownership (not necessarily hardcore like collaring, though that's great, having a bracelet to wear or a string of hickies work too). But really, if you wanted to go for any kink I'd be happy. My only limit is no guro/vore.
I really enjoy AUs. I am especially fond of different SETTING AUs as compared to different SITUATION Aus. IE: dystopias, high schools, boarding schools and college are all fantastic, everyone is a vampire/werewolf/opposite gender/whatever not so much. I also like pre/post canon stories, like Breakout Kings pre-prison, or Bruno's life post Macdonald Hall. But if canon is what you're comfortable with I'm down with that too.
Note: massages are a trigger of mine. It's really upsetting to read them. I'm okay with dub-con (whether due to manipulation or intoxication), but straight up non-con is not enjoyable.
More specifically:
Skins- uk:
If you go to ao3, I've written 11 of the 16 Sid/Tony fics. In general I'm a massive multi-shipper, but this is a fandom where I OTP. I don't mind Michelle, but I strongly dislike Cassie, especially in season two. Chris and Maxxie are pretty cool, Anwar is a jerk, and I am ambivalent to Jal. My headcanon is Sid comes back from New York about a week after the show ends. If you can't write slash that's fine, but I'd still like Sid or Tony centric. I love how willing to put up with anything Sid is, and how much he wants to prove himself to the people around him. I love how artistically Tony can manipulate everyone around him. Sometimes he's close to sociopathic, which I find great. One of my favourite scenes in the show is in the Russian episode, how offended Tony looks at being told he's bad at blowjobs. You know he's the kind of guy that hates being told he sucks. Again, a high rating or ANY rating isn't necessary, but their relationship seems SO Dom/sub to me that any mention of Sid doing what Tony thinks they should do is great. I also tend to get the feeling that Sid likes to be humiliated.
Breakout Kings:
My favourite character is Lloyd. I have a thing for fucked-up geniuses. I love how he psychoanalyses everything. That he has no idea how to STFU even when people are threatening him is one of my favourite character traits. The fact that he got caught at a casino because he literally could not stop gambling, and then later nearly gets killed in prison over gambling debts interests me. I accept the Lloyd/Julianne pairing, but I'd rather it not be the focus. Alternatively, you could go with Lloyd/Shea or Lloyd/Shea/Erica. And if you're writing post-canon, please, PLEASE have them not take the deal. The idea of them betraying Ray breaks my heart (even though logically it makes sense they would. Feel free to handwave)
Savages:
I tried to prompt the book version, but the movie version had already been logged. As far as I know the only difference is O gets raped in the movie. Please, no. I don't need that.
What I like about this is harder to explain. I really love their love, for one thing. Canon polygamy was the entire reason I read the book. The differences between O/Chon, O/Ben, and Ben/Chon are part of what makes the relationship so interesting. I love that they know EXACTLY who they are, and don't care what other people think, from O's obnoxious orgasms and shopping addiction to Chon's shrugging at the idea of killing people to Ben's coming back from each overseas guilt-fest with some sort of nasty disease. I love that they would do literally anything for each other. The book felt so accurate with all the different drugs, and accurate about things in general, like the beheading and Lado's wife hating him. The mood of the book walked this interesting line between happy/hazy and jagged/fucked up. Don't feel pressured to write the fic all "literary", but I have trouble seeing this as a humorous fandom. (note, I have not read Kings of Cool, the prequel, so if you feel like writing pre-canon write whatever meeting story and I'll love it)
Macdonald Hall:
I ship Bruno/Boots and Bruno/Boots/Cathy/Diane. I really would not be interested in one male/one female. Again, it comes down to the D/s dynamic. Even if it isn't sexual, I love how Bruno can talk anyone into doing anything, even though they're always initially reluctant. The same goes for Cathy. With Macdonald Hall I enjoy the stuff that comes up in all the books; crazy plans, Fish knowing all, Scrimmage and her shotgun, that thing Korman does where there's a large group of people talking and they all have one line and no one gets named. The phrase "sanctity of Macdonald Hall". I like the fact that the secondary characters are one dimensional- Elmer should always be smart, Sidney should always hurt himself, Wilbur should always eat.
These books are my happy place, I have all the original printings. If looks are going to be mentioned in detail, please go with the original covers. Also, as a weird sidenote, googling for MH slash years ago was how I found out about Yuletide, back when it was it's own website.