dear yuletide writer
Oct. 7th, 2013 09:03 pmMy AO3 name is EllieMurasaki.
First, a bit about what I like: Ladies being awesome. Bechdel passing. People of color being awesome. Nonbinary characters being awesome. Femslash, het, slash, poly, gen. Porn, pornless shippy fic, gen. (Obviously I am not asking you to provide all my likes at once.) Competence kink. Nonperfect people having nonperfect relationships (whether familial, platonic, romantic, or sexual) but all parties are good people trying to make the relationship work as best they know how. Ordinary people caught in extraordinary events. Worldbuilding! If you're leaning porny: bondage, body modification, endurance, nipple play (okay, really breast play, but![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
kink_wiki doesn't have a tag for that), sensation play, temperature play, impact play with the emphasis on play, toys toys toys, soft sensuous things, and writing. And if you're leaning porny but not sure who to lean porny with, I like femslash best.
Things I dislike: Underage. Non-con. Anything sexy involving eating or excreting (though if you want to write food porn in the sense of conveying what a tasty meal the characters are having, go to town). Disrespectful treatment of [insert marginalized group here]. Cross-generational sexual and/or romantic relationships, though if an involved character does not, in my head, have an age, then it won't bother me as long as all the involved characters are clearly adult. I can't really explain any better than that; this makes about as much sense to me as it does to you. Sorry about that. (For purposes related to this request, fae stop having an age once they hit maturity, applicable to all fandoms containing fae—apparently I have a theme this year—and you're yanking some number of the Poetry RPF ladies from their natural habitats anyway so if you want to femslash them you might as well yank them at points such that they all end up the same age.)
Specifics:
Poetry RPF (nominated characters: Anne Bradstreet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson, Sappho): femslash me, baby! Or gen me, as suits you. I just want to see how these ladies would interact. AU is excellent: coffee shop, college, library, faerie (did I mention a theme? though actually, come to think, a Poetry RPF/October Daye or Poetry RPF/Ember Days crossover would be a thing of beauty), etc. Just, y'know, don't make them not poets. I note that Bradstreet is widely considered an early feminist, Barrett Browning wrote many poems with social justice themes, Dickinson has been a great inspiration to feminists, and Sappho of course has been a great inspiration to lesbian feminists (see alsopoetree's Sappho-themed week, especially the post by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rainjoy).
Tales of Anosir - Anne B. Walsh: I will be happy with anything written in this universe. Things that particularly intrigue me about canon include the system of magic and the ethics of its use, the deities, and the echoes of fairy tales. I was a dipshit who did not nominate characters so I cannot prompt with characters, but I truly will be happy with anything about anybody here. (FYI: we're told there is more canon coming in her 2013 winter collection.)
Chronicles of Glenscar - Anne B. Walsh: I will be happy with anything written in this universe. Things that particularly intrigue me about canon include the system of magic and the ethics of its use, the feminist bent of so many of the characters (often feminist for 2013 as well as for 1786, which says something horribly sad about 2013, really), and the theme of names and what they mean—and who they mean, in that several of the characters feel themselves to be different people when going by different names. I was a dipshit who did not nominate characters so I cannot prompt with characters, but I truly will be happy with anything about anybody here. (FYI: there is also a Glenscar story linked here, in which there are fae I really do have a theme this year, and one in this collection, and we're told there'll be more canon coming in her 2013 winter collection.)
Ember Days (2013): I'd like to explore Hecate and Brand's relationship pre-movie, or Hecate post-movie, or the relationship between the Summer Lady and the Winter Queen at any point pre-, mid-, or post-movie. Or worldbuild! I will be absolutely delighted with worldbuilding that explains how angels and nephilim, Greek gods and Titans, and summer and winter fae all exist in the same world. And if you feel so inclined, worldbuilding that includes comparable stories from cultures of color would be awesome.
Faerie Queen - Heather Alexander (song): I will be happy with anything pertinent to the events of the song, whether before, during, or after. Feel free to play games with the gender of the fiddler and the spouse-to-be such that they end up gender/romantic/sexuality-diverse people. (Fascinating fact: Alexander James Adams—he's got a story about how he was taken to Faerie as a wee one and Heather Alexander is the changeling left in his place, but later in life they switched back—has a role in Ember Days.)
October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire: I'd like to explore any of the relationships between October, Amandine, the Luidaeg, May (and, of course, Jazz), Quentin, Raj, and Tybalt. Or worldbuild! I will be absolutely delighted with worldbuilding of any variety, particularly if it involves fae of color.
First, a bit about what I like: Ladies being awesome. Bechdel passing. People of color being awesome. Nonbinary characters being awesome. Femslash, het, slash, poly, gen. Porn, pornless shippy fic, gen. (Obviously I am not asking you to provide all my likes at once.) Competence kink. Nonperfect people having nonperfect relationships (whether familial, platonic, romantic, or sexual) but all parties are good people trying to make the relationship work as best they know how. Ordinary people caught in extraordinary events. Worldbuilding! If you're leaning porny: bondage, body modification, endurance, nipple play (okay, really breast play, but
kink_wiki doesn't have a tag for that), sensation play, temperature play, impact play with the emphasis on play, toys toys toys, soft sensuous things, and writing. And if you're leaning porny but not sure who to lean porny with, I like femslash best.Things I dislike: Underage. Non-con. Anything sexy involving eating or excreting (though if you want to write food porn in the sense of conveying what a tasty meal the characters are having, go to town). Disrespectful treatment of [insert marginalized group here]. Cross-generational sexual and/or romantic relationships, though if an involved character does not, in my head, have an age, then it won't bother me as long as all the involved characters are clearly adult. I can't really explain any better than that; this makes about as much sense to me as it does to you. Sorry about that. (For purposes related to this request, fae stop having an age once they hit maturity, applicable to all fandoms containing fae—apparently I have a theme this year—and you're yanking some number of the Poetry RPF ladies from their natural habitats anyway so if you want to femslash them you might as well yank them at points such that they all end up the same age.)
Specifics:
Poetry RPF (nominated characters: Anne Bradstreet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson, Sappho): femslash me, baby! Or gen me, as suits you. I just want to see how these ladies would interact. AU is excellent: coffee shop, college, library, faerie (did I mention a theme? though actually, come to think, a Poetry RPF/October Daye or Poetry RPF/Ember Days crossover would be a thing of beauty), etc. Just, y'know, don't make them not poets. I note that Bradstreet is widely considered an early feminist, Barrett Browning wrote many poems with social justice themes, Dickinson has been a great inspiration to feminists, and Sappho of course has been a great inspiration to lesbian feminists (see also
poetree's Sappho-themed week, especially the post by rainjoy).Tales of Anosir - Anne B. Walsh: I will be happy with anything written in this universe. Things that particularly intrigue me about canon include the system of magic and the ethics of its use, the deities, and the echoes of fairy tales. I was a dipshit who did not nominate characters so I cannot prompt with characters, but I truly will be happy with anything about anybody here. (FYI: we're told there is more canon coming in her 2013 winter collection.)
Chronicles of Glenscar - Anne B. Walsh: I will be happy with anything written in this universe. Things that particularly intrigue me about canon include the system of magic and the ethics of its use, the feminist bent of so many of the characters (often feminist for 2013 as well as for 1786, which says something horribly sad about 2013, really), and the theme of names and what they mean—and who they mean, in that several of the characters feel themselves to be different people when going by different names. I was a dipshit who did not nominate characters so I cannot prompt with characters, but I truly will be happy with anything about anybody here. (FYI: there is also a Glenscar story linked here, in which there are fae I really do have a theme this year, and one in this collection, and we're told there'll be more canon coming in her 2013 winter collection.)
Ember Days (2013): I'd like to explore Hecate and Brand's relationship pre-movie, or Hecate post-movie, or the relationship between the Summer Lady and the Winter Queen at any point pre-, mid-, or post-movie. Or worldbuild! I will be absolutely delighted with worldbuilding that explains how angels and nephilim, Greek gods and Titans, and summer and winter fae all exist in the same world. And if you feel so inclined, worldbuilding that includes comparable stories from cultures of color would be awesome.
Faerie Queen - Heather Alexander (song): I will be happy with anything pertinent to the events of the song, whether before, during, or after. Feel free to play games with the gender of the fiddler and the spouse-to-be such that they end up gender/romantic/sexuality-diverse people. (Fascinating fact: Alexander James Adams—he's got a story about how he was taken to Faerie as a wee one and Heather Alexander is the changeling left in his place, but later in life they switched back—has a role in Ember Days.)
October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire: I'd like to explore any of the relationships between October, Amandine, the Luidaeg, May (and, of course, Jazz), Quentin, Raj, and Tybalt. Or worldbuild! I will be absolutely delighted with worldbuilding of any variety, particularly if it involves fae of color.