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gala_applesIt’s time for 2025’s only Dreamwidth post… my Dear Yuletide Author post!
Hi! Thanks for writing for me. My Things I Like lists tend to be pretty long 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/world build than an unoffensive conversation/world build. This probably goes mostly for Deadly Class, but I mean it for any of the fandoms. Misogyny, racism, homophobia, transphobia, if the characters would face it, write it. Four of my five fandoms this year have on screen drug use. Having done a bunch of things in my late teens, I have a huge squick for drug inaccuracies. Erowid.org is a great resource with trip reports and instructions if you need it.
I see life through very queer glasses. I automatically go to poly, then two-person-slash, then gen, then het. I'd really rather a genfic than a focus on paired 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.
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) drunk/high sex, BDSM, and overstimulation. But really, if you wanted to go for any kink I'd be happy. My only limit is no guro/vore.
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. I also have phobias of fire/burning alive, stuff happening to eyeballs or teeth, and condiments.
More specifically:
Fall Of The House Of Usher: this is by far my favourite of all the Flanagan shows, because of how queer it is. I’ve spent a year watching reactors watch it, and it’s so aggravating because everyone just comments about how weird their sex lives are, whereas it’s one of the shows that understand my a-spec poly sexuality best. I love Tamerlane being a voyeur, needing to outsource intimacy and sexuality. I love Perry living with his queerplatonic best friends, doing drugs and having orgies. And I love Camille’s contractual sex, which gives off very BDSM vibes. I know we later find out Bill wasn’t very into it, and that Toby and Beth/Tina later reject the contract, but I’d love a fic with any one of the siblings enjoying their sex life, without me as the audience supposedly feeling ashamed of it.
Kaos: the world building in this show was just fascinating, it’s gotta be said, but I’m in this fandom for my rare ship. I’ve requested Caeneus, Riddy, and Orpheus, because I would love them to have a happily ever after poly ending. Maybe Orpheus helps in the fight against the gods, and Riddy takes him back. Maybe they’ve always been open, out of the spotlight, and Orpheus is happy to meet his girlfriend’s new lover. Maybe Orpheus dies, and he and Caeneus work together and bond.
Birth: adore the aesthetic, and need world building. I love the magic system that ignores scale, people living inside pomegranates, and whole aquariums inside a drop of water. There’s enough of a capitalist system that they have cellphones and jobs, but everyone seems to use the barter system, small favours done in exchange for bones and bugs and organs and flowers. I love how gender neutral they seem to be. I’d love a poly fic, an established couple inventing a third. Also interested in if their species has the concept of children, or if people always build adults.
Deadly Class: I ship Billy, Lex, Petra, and Marcus in essentially any combination. I love Billy/Lex, Billy/Lex/Petra, Billy/Marcus, and Billy/Lex/Petra/Marcus. (for that matter, I also would ship the four of them with Saya, Maria, and Willie for a nice ot7). From Marcus talking about giving handjobs to Lex attacking people with dildos to Billy getting his arm broken for saying he gets why boys would have a crush on him and his soft skin, the chaotic bisexual energy is strong with literally all of them. Their bleak backstories are fascinating, as is the desperation to which they cling to their found families. They murder for each other, and there's a part of me that finds that so weirdly romantic. I can see basically any kink working for any combination, if you'd like to write a pwp. Or it can be more of a day in the life at the school thing, set mid or post canon. It'd be interesting to see what happens to the school once Lin presumably dies. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THOUGH, PLEASE DON'T LET LEX DIE. I staunchly ignore those last thirty seconds, and ignore them HARD.
Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark: I'm sure Ramon is a nice guy, but I ship Stella/Auggie/Chuck ridiculously hard. I love that the boys stuck with her as the rest of the town shunned her, actively choosing her despite it making their lives harder. Chuck is my favourite character, with his dumb jokes and inability to behave properly, but Auggie as the aggravated but secretly loving their friendship bff and Stella the thinker are both great too. If you'd like to write an AU where the book doesn't attack that's fine, but I'd like it still being set in the 60's, not a modern AU. Pre-canon is also totally cool, an established thing with them all trying to sneak around their parents and siblings for this relationship that could get them killed, or their developing feelings and the way they finally spill out. Stella finding a way to get them back from the zombies and the pale lady with all the PTSD could be very fun too. Even a mid-movie AU where they suffer from the attacks but figure out ways to not die. I just want them together!
Hi! Thanks for writing for me. My Things I Like lists tend to be pretty long 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/world build than an unoffensive conversation/world build. This probably goes mostly for Deadly Class, but I mean it for any of the fandoms. Misogyny, racism, homophobia, transphobia, if the characters would face it, write it. Four of my five fandoms this year have on screen drug use. Having done a bunch of things in my late teens, I have a huge squick for drug inaccuracies. Erowid.org is a great resource with trip reports and instructions if you need it.
I see life through very queer glasses. I automatically go to poly, then two-person-slash, then gen, then het. I'd really rather a genfic than a focus on paired 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.
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) drunk/high sex, BDSM, and overstimulation. But really, if you wanted to go for any kink I'd be happy. My only limit is no guro/vore.
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. I also have phobias of fire/burning alive, stuff happening to eyeballs or teeth, and condiments.
More specifically:
Fall Of The House Of Usher: this is by far my favourite of all the Flanagan shows, because of how queer it is. I’ve spent a year watching reactors watch it, and it’s so aggravating because everyone just comments about how weird their sex lives are, whereas it’s one of the shows that understand my a-spec poly sexuality best. I love Tamerlane being a voyeur, needing to outsource intimacy and sexuality. I love Perry living with his queerplatonic best friends, doing drugs and having orgies. And I love Camille’s contractual sex, which gives off very BDSM vibes. I know we later find out Bill wasn’t very into it, and that Toby and Beth/Tina later reject the contract, but I’d love a fic with any one of the siblings enjoying their sex life, without me as the audience supposedly feeling ashamed of it.
Kaos: the world building in this show was just fascinating, it’s gotta be said, but I’m in this fandom for my rare ship. I’ve requested Caeneus, Riddy, and Orpheus, because I would love them to have a happily ever after poly ending. Maybe Orpheus helps in the fight against the gods, and Riddy takes him back. Maybe they’ve always been open, out of the spotlight, and Orpheus is happy to meet his girlfriend’s new lover. Maybe Orpheus dies, and he and Caeneus work together and bond.
Birth: adore the aesthetic, and need world building. I love the magic system that ignores scale, people living inside pomegranates, and whole aquariums inside a drop of water. There’s enough of a capitalist system that they have cellphones and jobs, but everyone seems to use the barter system, small favours done in exchange for bones and bugs and organs and flowers. I love how gender neutral they seem to be. I’d love a poly fic, an established couple inventing a third. Also interested in if their species has the concept of children, or if people always build adults.
Deadly Class: I ship Billy, Lex, Petra, and Marcus in essentially any combination. I love Billy/Lex, Billy/Lex/Petra, Billy/Marcus, and Billy/Lex/Petra/Marcus. (for that matter, I also would ship the four of them with Saya, Maria, and Willie for a nice ot7). From Marcus talking about giving handjobs to Lex attacking people with dildos to Billy getting his arm broken for saying he gets why boys would have a crush on him and his soft skin, the chaotic bisexual energy is strong with literally all of them. Their bleak backstories are fascinating, as is the desperation to which they cling to their found families. They murder for each other, and there's a part of me that finds that so weirdly romantic. I can see basically any kink working for any combination, if you'd like to write a pwp. Or it can be more of a day in the life at the school thing, set mid or post canon. It'd be interesting to see what happens to the school once Lin presumably dies. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THOUGH, PLEASE DON'T LET LEX DIE. I staunchly ignore those last thirty seconds, and ignore them HARD.
Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark: I'm sure Ramon is a nice guy, but I ship Stella/Auggie/Chuck ridiculously hard. I love that the boys stuck with her as the rest of the town shunned her, actively choosing her despite it making their lives harder. Chuck is my favourite character, with his dumb jokes and inability to behave properly, but Auggie as the aggravated but secretly loving their friendship bff and Stella the thinker are both great too. If you'd like to write an AU where the book doesn't attack that's fine, but I'd like it still being set in the 60's, not a modern AU. Pre-canon is also totally cool, an established thing with them all trying to sneak around their parents and siblings for this relationship that could get them killed, or their developing feelings and the way they finally spill out. Stella finding a way to get them back from the zombies and the pale lady with all the PTSD could be very fun too. Even a mid-movie AU where they suffer from the attacks but figure out ways to not die. I just want them together!