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Dear Yuletide Author! 2017
Oct. 6th, 2017 02:00 pmHi Yuletide Author! Yuletide time again, yay! I like a wide variety of stories (gen, romantic, funny, fluffy, angsty, smutty) and there is very little I categorically won't read (no triggers or squicks you'd be at all likely to stumble into from any of these requests). If you enjoy the writing, I'm going to enjoy the reading!
1. Paper Girls
Erin Tieng
I would love a story where something weird is happening! And someone has an emotion?
This comic is such a mishmash of elements, but I love the girls. I picked Erin to request because I was so struck by her encounter with her older self but really I'd be happy with a story about any of them.
As of writing this, I have read the first two trade paperback collections, and will read the third one soon. I'm not worried about spoilers, if you want to incorporate stuff from more recent issues; I'm also happy for you to ignore everything recent and just base your story off of volume one. Whatever part of the canon made you think you'd like to write in this fandom, feel free to focus on that. I feel like a good way to write a Paper Girls story might be to not worry about trying to fit your story into canon, or trying to make the plot make sense, but just to drop some or all of the girls into the middle of some sort of situation without explanation. I will 100% buy anything as completely plausible - sure, they're riding a mammoth now! They found a baby! They're on a gameshow! They're hiding in an abandoned amusement park! They're in space! Why not! Or else the Six Months Later approach (or however long). I would prefer that they've all survived their adventures.
In my heart, none of them are straight, even if they haven't all realized that yet, about themselves or each other. Lesbian? Bi? Ace? Nonbinary? I'm happy with a story where they still don't know, where figuring out names for their identities is still some time in the future (and I certainly wouldn't think 12 year olds in 1988 would have even heard words like asexual or nonbinary yet, based on my own memories of being 10 in 1988). Or a story where that's irrelevant because they're too busy fighting robot squid or playing with a shrink ray or a transmogrifier or whatever. But I would love a kiss or some hand holding, or two characters talking about a third (in a gossip way? in a crush way?). Please nothing beyond kissing, if they're 12.
2. Wonder Woman
Diana Prince, Isabel Maru
I would love to know more about Dr. Maru - how much of what we saw in the movie was her innate personality, and how much was the influence of Ares? What might she do with her scientific gifts once she's on her own and away from that influence? I would be happy with a story where Wonder Woman has to fight her again or a story where they team up or a story where Diana tries to seduce her over to the side of good (or into seeing her own potential or beauty or something). I also really love Etta Candy so something like Etta meeting Maru or Diana talking to Etta about Maru could be interesting.
As far as shipping, I am very fond of Diana/Steve, but I like to think of Diana as having inherited some of Zeus's tendency to get around, except that unlike Zeus Diana would find it unthinkable to do anything without positive consent and is good for her lovers, like, anyone she's with is going to end up feeling good about it. But I see her as being able to find something to love in many people and as liking to have one-night stands, sex friends, longer non-exclusive relationships, etc. It's completely fine to ignore this if this is not your Diana, but I would rather there not be an emphasis on the language of monogamy, one true loves, etc, if there's any sex or romance.
3. Home Again
Alice.
So I don't have a fixed idea about what happens after this movie, but the one future I *don't* believe is "and then none of these people ever had sex with each other again, the end". Does Alice ever see George in a different light? Do Harry and George hook up and talk about Alice? One of the guys comes to Alice with a newly-discovered kink they only feel safe exploring with her? Alice gets a threesome or foursome with the guys? Harry and Teddy realize they like being sister-wives? Who is the first of the three to successfully take Alice on a date outside the house, and how many other failed attempts are there first? I love the wish-fulfillment aspect of her having this harem of nice, attractive young men, and their attraction to her competence and energy.
If you really don't want to write anything with sex or relationships, maybe something about an interior design job that Alice is really proud of, for an interesting client? Or Alice and the guys all dropping Isabel off at her first school dance?
I would prefer that Austen not appear or be mentioned in this story, boo Austen.
ETA: I mentioned kinks so I feel like I need to name some kinks. Something BDSM or pegging seem like the obvious choices. :)
1. Paper Girls
Erin Tieng
I would love a story where something weird is happening! And someone has an emotion?
This comic is such a mishmash of elements, but I love the girls. I picked Erin to request because I was so struck by her encounter with her older self but really I'd be happy with a story about any of them.
As of writing this, I have read the first two trade paperback collections, and will read the third one soon. I'm not worried about spoilers, if you want to incorporate stuff from more recent issues; I'm also happy for you to ignore everything recent and just base your story off of volume one. Whatever part of the canon made you think you'd like to write in this fandom, feel free to focus on that. I feel like a good way to write a Paper Girls story might be to not worry about trying to fit your story into canon, or trying to make the plot make sense, but just to drop some or all of the girls into the middle of some sort of situation without explanation. I will 100% buy anything as completely plausible - sure, they're riding a mammoth now! They found a baby! They're on a gameshow! They're hiding in an abandoned amusement park! They're in space! Why not! Or else the Six Months Later approach (or however long). I would prefer that they've all survived their adventures.
In my heart, none of them are straight, even if they haven't all realized that yet, about themselves or each other. Lesbian? Bi? Ace? Nonbinary? I'm happy with a story where they still don't know, where figuring out names for their identities is still some time in the future (and I certainly wouldn't think 12 year olds in 1988 would have even heard words like asexual or nonbinary yet, based on my own memories of being 10 in 1988). Or a story where that's irrelevant because they're too busy fighting robot squid or playing with a shrink ray or a transmogrifier or whatever. But I would love a kiss or some hand holding, or two characters talking about a third (in a gossip way? in a crush way?). Please nothing beyond kissing, if they're 12.
2. Wonder Woman
Diana Prince, Isabel Maru
I would love to know more about Dr. Maru - how much of what we saw in the movie was her innate personality, and how much was the influence of Ares? What might she do with her scientific gifts once she's on her own and away from that influence? I would be happy with a story where Wonder Woman has to fight her again or a story where they team up or a story where Diana tries to seduce her over to the side of good (or into seeing her own potential or beauty or something). I also really love Etta Candy so something like Etta meeting Maru or Diana talking to Etta about Maru could be interesting.
As far as shipping, I am very fond of Diana/Steve, but I like to think of Diana as having inherited some of Zeus's tendency to get around, except that unlike Zeus Diana would find it unthinkable to do anything without positive consent and is good for her lovers, like, anyone she's with is going to end up feeling good about it. But I see her as being able to find something to love in many people and as liking to have one-night stands, sex friends, longer non-exclusive relationships, etc. It's completely fine to ignore this if this is not your Diana, but I would rather there not be an emphasis on the language of monogamy, one true loves, etc, if there's any sex or romance.
3. Home Again
Alice.
So I don't have a fixed idea about what happens after this movie, but the one future I *don't* believe is "and then none of these people ever had sex with each other again, the end". Does Alice ever see George in a different light? Do Harry and George hook up and talk about Alice? One of the guys comes to Alice with a newly-discovered kink they only feel safe exploring with her? Alice gets a threesome or foursome with the guys? Harry and Teddy realize they like being sister-wives? Who is the first of the three to successfully take Alice on a date outside the house, and how many other failed attempts are there first? I love the wish-fulfillment aspect of her having this harem of nice, attractive young men, and their attraction to her competence and energy.
If you really don't want to write anything with sex or relationships, maybe something about an interior design job that Alice is really proud of, for an interesting client? Or Alice and the guys all dropping Isabel off at her first school dance?
I would prefer that Austen not appear or be mentioned in this story, boo Austen.
ETA: I mentioned kinks so I feel like I need to name some kinks. Something BDSM or pegging seem like the obvious choices. :)
