yuletide letter 2024
Oct. 2nd, 2024 09:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lirelynDear Yuletide writer, thank you so much for writing for me! I hope you find something below that you're excited about. All my requests this year are for shows where I just really want to spend more time with the characters and their relationships, so anything you give me will make me happy.
I'm also happy to read unconventional formats... I generally don't enjoy 2nd person, but 1st person is fine, as is poetry, epistolary/documentary type fic, anything else creative you want to do. I'm open to most kinds of smut content... if it's not in my DNWs, go wild! Non-requested characters from canon are also very welcome to be as big a part of the story as you want.
Treats are very welcome!
General likes
Canon setting, missing scenes, post-canon, canon divergence
Angst
Character study
Polyamory/open relationships
Hurt/comfort, whump
Get-together (including canon divergence get-together for canon romances)
Forced proximity, forced intimacy
Cuddling, sleeping together
Nonverbal expressions of love
Unspoken understandings, characters being mentally in sync
Difficult conflicts where neither person is fully right or wrong
Smut likes
Complicated feelings about the person you’re fucking
Porn as character study/relationship study
Crying during sex (for emotional reasons or physical or both)
Chest/breast/nipple play
Non-penetrative sex (penetrative is also great! but I have a soft spot for smut that focuses on other acts)
Biting
Overstimulation
Under-negotiated kink (whether it goes well or badly)
When in character: power and dominance dynamics (mental or physical), restraints, obedience
Consent play, dubcon, situations where someone is willingly submitting to sex but not because they want it (i.e. to protect someone, for money or something they need, to avoid some worse outcome)
DNWs
pregnancy, breeding kinks
breaking up of canon relationships
possessiveness as an indicator of True Love (feelings of jealousy, or possessiveness in a kink context, are okay, but not "if you truly love someone you will want them to belong to you only")
Setting change AUs (fantasy/supernatural, crossovers, omegaverse, soulmark/soulmate, gender swap, etc)
extreme gore, eye trauma, mutilation (canon-typical violence/injury is fine, will specify in prompts if it seems relevant)
kinks involving body fluids (including menstruation and other bloodplay, watersports, scat, spitting/saliva play, cum inflation) - I'm fine with typical presence of sexual fluids, just not as the focus
Century of Love: San, Vee, Vadfah, Juu
I loved this show so much! I love the way it questions what a true epic love really means, when self-sacrifice is actually selfish, and the questions of life and death and letting go. I was really caught up in San learning to love in the present, learning to share weakness and pain with the people he loves, and of course learning to embrace his own feelings without shame. I adore Vee, his cheerfulness that hides so much vulnerability, his stubborn determination to survive and thrive on his own terms. I'd be happy with almost anything you want to write for this show, but below are some thoughts.
San whump and hurt/comfort: The "wounds re-open every midnight" situation was very good for my whump-loving soul. I was actually a little disappointed that Vee's presence eases the pain because I love a good "holding my beloved through their agonies" setup. Anything you want to write about San dealing with the midnight agonies, whether pre-canon or some scene during canon (and feel free to stretch or diverge from the show's canon sequence if you want.)
SanVee sex scenes: I'd love to read more about either the first time or the one they thought was their last time before San's death. And any post-canon scenes would be most welcome too!
San, Vee, and Third: I really wanted to nominate Third as well, and I'd be delighted for a story that explores his post-canon relationship with San, Vee, or both. I love how devotedly he loves Vee and respects his choices, and I love how ready he is to call San to task when he lets Vee down. If you want to write some kind of poly relationship I'm all for it, or if you just want to explore the way he fits into their lives in an ongoing friendship that's also great.
Vadfah (this is the spelling I'm used to from the version I watched, but I don't mind which one you use to write - and same with Juu below): I'm so interested in her! Where did she come from? Does she really have any memories from the past life or was it all a lie? I'd love to read anything you want to write about her backstory or where she goes from here. I like that the show left the mystery of "who is the real Vad" unresolved, but if you want to write a story that answers it one way or the other, I'm fine with that. I'm especially intrigued by the idea that somehow Vee and Vadfah are both connected to the original Vad, and maybe some exploration of their relationship as they come to realize that... but any direction you want to take it is really fine, as long as the canon resolution of "San chose Vee and that's what matters" stays in place.
Vadfah and Juu girls' night out - or any shenanigans you want to imagine them getting up to. They're both such fun characters, so practical and clear on what they want, and I think they could get along great once the past is forgiven. I would just love to see them going out and getting into trouble together. I'd be happy for this to be shippy or friendship, I just love them both.
The Rebound: Atom
I wanted this show to be poly so badly, and it really felt like the show wanted it too! They built up so much tension, not just between Atom and Zen but Atom and Ryu too! That dynamic where they're both doing romantic things for each other to keep it away from Zen... loved it. And then the three of them playing as a 3x3 team, and the more serious conversations Atom and Ryu had afterward. So I'd be very excited to read an OT3 story for them.
I also just love Atom - that scene where he jerks off looking at photos of Zen and then cries was gorgeous to me. I'd love a gift that just really leans into the angst and pining, especially since Zen does keep him close as a friend. Or if you have an idea for a different ship for him, I'd enjoy seeing him get a happy ending with someone else. Find a way for him and Q to get together and ease both of their broken hearts? Yes please!
Knock Knock Boys: Thanwa, Peak, Latte, Almond
I'm leaving this one wide open, I just loved these four boys and their friendship so much! Anything you want to write, focusing on any of the characters or ships, would make me very happy. Some possibilities:
- Either couple working out some early relationship issues
- Character study/focus on any one of the guys
- Cross-couple friendship focus... I love how each of the pairs has a distinct relationship and are important to each other beyond the romantic pairings
- A drinking game leads to cross-couple flirting/kissing/more... how do they all deal with that? If you go with this one I'd prefer not to have possessiveness or hardline monogamy reinforced... some jealousy or emotional struggle is fine but I'll be happiest if they land somewhere in the range of full-on poly to "sometimes friends kiss each other and that's okay"
- Either couple - or all four! - try out a new sex toy or technique to help Lukpeach's class
- Celebrating some big milestone together
Jack and Joker: Joke, Jack, Aran, Rosé
There's so much plot left to happen that I'm just going to focus on vibes/things I love in this series... take these and run with them in whatever direction feels right! I will probably update this letter with notes as the series continues.
For this show, I'm assuming Jack/Joke is canon endgame, and my DNW for breaking up of canon relationships applies to them. I'm a happy multishipper, so if you want to write either of them with someone else either in an open/poly way or before they get together, that is perfectly fine! And gen fic of course is also welcome... I just don't want the Jack/Joke ship broken up or somehow permanently closed off.
- The guilt and regret between Jack and Joke, the way they each call to the light of idealism in each others' hearts even though they can't fully live up to it. The weight of their history, how each of them thought of each other in those years they were apart.
- Danger, whump, hurt/comfort, wound tending - there's so much room for "seeing the person you love during/after danger and injury" and I want all of it! Feel free to come up with canon divergent scenarios, maybe even a whole different first meeting after the prison time, I'll always be happy for more of Jack and Joke getting hurt and worrying over/taking care of each other.
- Aran is fascinating to me and I'd love anything you want to write about him. He's scared of his father, he's rich and spoiled but also has an inferiority complex, and he doesn't seem to have any real friends. I'm hoping he'll get a canon ship (probably with Tattoo?), but I also like the idea that he might have had some casual hookups with people like Hope and Jack.
- I nominated Rosé on the strength of my love for Zorzo and that one hilarious scene in episode 1. Her going off about her princess/bodyguard fantasies oblivious to Jack and Joke making eyes at each other behind her back? Golden. Her and Aran as catty frenemies? Also golden. I'm very curious about her relationship to the temple leader woman and I can imagine some good fic potential there as well.
- The scene in episode 6 where Aran's father treats Hope as a whipping boy for Aran had me climbing the walls! I would love more of the twisted ways the boss keeps his people - including his son - in line. Does this proxy punishment thing happen a lot? Has it ever involved Jack? (either as the one being punished or the one watching a colleague be punished for him) How does that affect their relationship afterward? Or come up with something even worse the boss could do. This is prime territory for some really fucky dubcon or noncon and if you want to take it there, I'd be delighted to read it. The vibe between the boss and Jack definitely has some predatory undertones, feel free to play with those as well.
Because this show is ongoing and won't be done until well into the creation period, I'm especially open to canon divergence and missing scenes. I'm also very interested in Tattoo, Hoy, Hope, and Save, so feel free to add them in as much as you want. I have my guesses about what ships will end up being canon, but again, I love multishipping so feel free to mix and match however you want.
Peaceful Property: Peach, Pangpang, Kan, Home
I'd like a fic focusing on one of the following configurations:
all four together (Home, Peach, Pangpang, Kan)
Home and Peach
Pangpang and Kan
I believe that this is a found family story at its heart, and that these four will find a way past the different hurts and betrayals and end up working together, caring for each other, and having each other's backs. Whether that's where show canon ends up going or not, that's what I want to see: all four of them coming together as a team and a family.
I ship both Home/Peach and Kan/Pangpang, so if you want to write shippy fic for either of those pairs I'd be delighted! I'm also happy for a foursome poly situation, or any sub-combination of queerplatonic family feelings. Shipwise, the only thing I don't want is for them to pair off into two m/f couples. If you do go the OT4 route, you can handle Peach and Pangpang's relationship however you want... I don't particularly ship them, but I'm fine with incest in general and could be persuaded, so write whatever dynamic you like best.
Fandom-specific DNW: permanent death of any of the main four
Character bashing/villainy of any of the main four. It's fine (good, even!) to recognize things they did wrong in canon and the hurt they caused, but I'd like the ultimate focus to be on reconciliation and healing. If anyone ends up in a place you feel is irredeemable, please just leave them off to the side.
I'm also happy to read unconventional formats... I generally don't enjoy 2nd person, but 1st person is fine, as is poetry, epistolary/documentary type fic, anything else creative you want to do. I'm open to most kinds of smut content... if it's not in my DNWs, go wild! Non-requested characters from canon are also very welcome to be as big a part of the story as you want.
Treats are very welcome!
General likes
Canon setting, missing scenes, post-canon, canon divergence
Angst
Character study
Polyamory/open relationships
Hurt/comfort, whump
Get-together (including canon divergence get-together for canon romances)
Forced proximity, forced intimacy
Cuddling, sleeping together
Nonverbal expressions of love
Unspoken understandings, characters being mentally in sync
Difficult conflicts where neither person is fully right or wrong
Smut likes
Complicated feelings about the person you’re fucking
Porn as character study/relationship study
Crying during sex (for emotional reasons or physical or both)
Chest/breast/nipple play
Non-penetrative sex (penetrative is also great! but I have a soft spot for smut that focuses on other acts)
Biting
Overstimulation
Under-negotiated kink (whether it goes well or badly)
When in character: power and dominance dynamics (mental or physical), restraints, obedience
Consent play, dubcon, situations where someone is willingly submitting to sex but not because they want it (i.e. to protect someone, for money or something they need, to avoid some worse outcome)
DNWs
pregnancy, breeding kinks
breaking up of canon relationships
possessiveness as an indicator of True Love (feelings of jealousy, or possessiveness in a kink context, are okay, but not "if you truly love someone you will want them to belong to you only")
Setting change AUs (fantasy/supernatural, crossovers, omegaverse, soulmark/soulmate, gender swap, etc)
extreme gore, eye trauma, mutilation (canon-typical violence/injury is fine, will specify in prompts if it seems relevant)
kinks involving body fluids (including menstruation and other bloodplay, watersports, scat, spitting/saliva play, cum inflation) - I'm fine with typical presence of sexual fluids, just not as the focus
Century of Love: San, Vee, Vadfah, Juu
I loved this show so much! I love the way it questions what a true epic love really means, when self-sacrifice is actually selfish, and the questions of life and death and letting go. I was really caught up in San learning to love in the present, learning to share weakness and pain with the people he loves, and of course learning to embrace his own feelings without shame. I adore Vee, his cheerfulness that hides so much vulnerability, his stubborn determination to survive and thrive on his own terms. I'd be happy with almost anything you want to write for this show, but below are some thoughts.
San whump and hurt/comfort: The "wounds re-open every midnight" situation was very good for my whump-loving soul. I was actually a little disappointed that Vee's presence eases the pain because I love a good "holding my beloved through their agonies" setup. Anything you want to write about San dealing with the midnight agonies, whether pre-canon or some scene during canon (and feel free to stretch or diverge from the show's canon sequence if you want.)
SanVee sex scenes: I'd love to read more about either the first time or the one they thought was their last time before San's death. And any post-canon scenes would be most welcome too!
San, Vee, and Third: I really wanted to nominate Third as well, and I'd be delighted for a story that explores his post-canon relationship with San, Vee, or both. I love how devotedly he loves Vee and respects his choices, and I love how ready he is to call San to task when he lets Vee down. If you want to write some kind of poly relationship I'm all for it, or if you just want to explore the way he fits into their lives in an ongoing friendship that's also great.
Vadfah (this is the spelling I'm used to from the version I watched, but I don't mind which one you use to write - and same with Juu below): I'm so interested in her! Where did she come from? Does she really have any memories from the past life or was it all a lie? I'd love to read anything you want to write about her backstory or where she goes from here. I like that the show left the mystery of "who is the real Vad" unresolved, but if you want to write a story that answers it one way or the other, I'm fine with that. I'm especially intrigued by the idea that somehow Vee and Vadfah are both connected to the original Vad, and maybe some exploration of their relationship as they come to realize that... but any direction you want to take it is really fine, as long as the canon resolution of "San chose Vee and that's what matters" stays in place.
Vadfah and Juu girls' night out - or any shenanigans you want to imagine them getting up to. They're both such fun characters, so practical and clear on what they want, and I think they could get along great once the past is forgiven. I would just love to see them going out and getting into trouble together. I'd be happy for this to be shippy or friendship, I just love them both.
The Rebound: Atom
I wanted this show to be poly so badly, and it really felt like the show wanted it too! They built up so much tension, not just between Atom and Zen but Atom and Ryu too! That dynamic where they're both doing romantic things for each other to keep it away from Zen... loved it. And then the three of them playing as a 3x3 team, and the more serious conversations Atom and Ryu had afterward. So I'd be very excited to read an OT3 story for them.
I also just love Atom - that scene where he jerks off looking at photos of Zen and then cries was gorgeous to me. I'd love a gift that just really leans into the angst and pining, especially since Zen does keep him close as a friend. Or if you have an idea for a different ship for him, I'd enjoy seeing him get a happy ending with someone else. Find a way for him and Q to get together and ease both of their broken hearts? Yes please!
Knock Knock Boys: Thanwa, Peak, Latte, Almond
I'm leaving this one wide open, I just loved these four boys and their friendship so much! Anything you want to write, focusing on any of the characters or ships, would make me very happy. Some possibilities:
- Either couple working out some early relationship issues
- Character study/focus on any one of the guys
- Cross-couple friendship focus... I love how each of the pairs has a distinct relationship and are important to each other beyond the romantic pairings
- A drinking game leads to cross-couple flirting/kissing/more... how do they all deal with that? If you go with this one I'd prefer not to have possessiveness or hardline monogamy reinforced... some jealousy or emotional struggle is fine but I'll be happiest if they land somewhere in the range of full-on poly to "sometimes friends kiss each other and that's okay"
- Either couple - or all four! - try out a new sex toy or technique to help Lukpeach's class
- Celebrating some big milestone together
Jack and Joker: Joke, Jack, Aran, Rosé
There's so much plot left to happen that I'm just going to focus on vibes/things I love in this series... take these and run with them in whatever direction feels right! I will probably update this letter with notes as the series continues.
For this show, I'm assuming Jack/Joke is canon endgame, and my DNW for breaking up of canon relationships applies to them. I'm a happy multishipper, so if you want to write either of them with someone else either in an open/poly way or before they get together, that is perfectly fine! And gen fic of course is also welcome... I just don't want the Jack/Joke ship broken up or somehow permanently closed off.
- The guilt and regret between Jack and Joke, the way they each call to the light of idealism in each others' hearts even though they can't fully live up to it. The weight of their history, how each of them thought of each other in those years they were apart.
- Danger, whump, hurt/comfort, wound tending - there's so much room for "seeing the person you love during/after danger and injury" and I want all of it! Feel free to come up with canon divergent scenarios, maybe even a whole different first meeting after the prison time, I'll always be happy for more of Jack and Joke getting hurt and worrying over/taking care of each other.
- Aran is fascinating to me and I'd love anything you want to write about him. He's scared of his father, he's rich and spoiled but also has an inferiority complex, and he doesn't seem to have any real friends. I'm hoping he'll get a canon ship (probably with Tattoo?), but I also like the idea that he might have had some casual hookups with people like Hope and Jack.
- I nominated Rosé on the strength of my love for Zorzo and that one hilarious scene in episode 1. Her going off about her princess/bodyguard fantasies oblivious to Jack and Joke making eyes at each other behind her back? Golden. Her and Aran as catty frenemies? Also golden. I'm very curious about her relationship to the temple leader woman and I can imagine some good fic potential there as well.
- The scene in episode 6 where Aran's father treats Hope as a whipping boy for Aran had me climbing the walls! I would love more of the twisted ways the boss keeps his people - including his son - in line. Does this proxy punishment thing happen a lot? Has it ever involved Jack? (either as the one being punished or the one watching a colleague be punished for him) How does that affect their relationship afterward? Or come up with something even worse the boss could do. This is prime territory for some really fucky dubcon or noncon and if you want to take it there, I'd be delighted to read it. The vibe between the boss and Jack definitely has some predatory undertones, feel free to play with those as well.
Because this show is ongoing and won't be done until well into the creation period, I'm especially open to canon divergence and missing scenes. I'm also very interested in Tattoo, Hoy, Hope, and Save, so feel free to add them in as much as you want. I have my guesses about what ships will end up being canon, but again, I love multishipping so feel free to mix and match however you want.
Peaceful Property: Peach, Pangpang, Kan, Home
I'd like a fic focusing on one of the following configurations:
all four together (Home, Peach, Pangpang, Kan)
Home and Peach
Pangpang and Kan
I believe that this is a found family story at its heart, and that these four will find a way past the different hurts and betrayals and end up working together, caring for each other, and having each other's backs. Whether that's where show canon ends up going or not, that's what I want to see: all four of them coming together as a team and a family.
I ship both Home/Peach and Kan/Pangpang, so if you want to write shippy fic for either of those pairs I'd be delighted! I'm also happy for a foursome poly situation, or any sub-combination of queerplatonic family feelings. Shipwise, the only thing I don't want is for them to pair off into two m/f couples. If you do go the OT4 route, you can handle Peach and Pangpang's relationship however you want... I don't particularly ship them, but I'm fine with incest in general and could be persuaded, so write whatever dynamic you like best.
Fandom-specific DNW: permanent death of any of the main four
Character bashing/villainy of any of the main four. It's fine (good, even!) to recognize things they did wrong in canon and the hurt they caused, but I'd like the ultimate focus to be on reconciliation and healing. If anyone ends up in a place you feel is irredeemable, please just leave them off to the side.
