Dear Yuletide Writer
Nov. 19th, 2011 08:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lorelei42Yay! We share a fandom!
Thank you for writing me a gift. Let me start by saying that I truly buy into the ‘optional details are optional’ rule. Please don’t feel constrained by my prompts. If they don’t resonate with you or if another plot bunny hops into your heart, then that’s ok by me. What I really like is spending time with these characters and any story you write will have that. I read all of gen, het, slash, and femslash and any rating from G to NC17.
My requests and what I love about each fandom:
My Life in France – Julia Child
Characters: Julia Child, Paul Child
Prompts: I would love a story from Julia’s time in France. Maybe a memorable meal she ate or cooked or a lavish party she went to or hosted. Or Paul/Julia romance – they seem so sweet together.
I love Julia’s zest for life and her no nonsense, straightforward, unapologetic attitude. I love how she conveys her excitement at new tastes and new experiences. I am intrigued by her service in the OSS during WWII. I admire her determination to get things right and how hard she worked to do so. I love her relationship with Paul. They seem very sweet together. I am intrigued by the transitions in their relationship. It sounds like it wasn’t love at first sight but that romance grew from friendship. And their early married life was shaped by his career where their later life was shaped by hers. I’m also a sucker for the vicarious foodie experience.
I’ve searched for Julia Child fic and haven’t found any, so if you write this you might well be the very first author in a new fandom!
Nero Wolfe series – Rex Stout
Characters: Archie Goodwin, Nero Wolfe, Fritz Brenner
Prompts: I would love something from Fritz’s point of view – a meal, a case, an interaction between Archie & Wolfe, a day in the life of the household. How does Fritz see our favorite detective duo? Or if that doesn’t appeal I’m fine with Archie narrating as usual. Or, if you want something specific, Wolfe invites someone to dinner – who is it? Inspector Cramer? J. Edgar Hoover? Ernest Hemingway? Albert Einstein? Someone else?
I like: Archie’s sense of humor, banter between Wolfe and Archie, Inspector Cramer chomping on his cigar, the gathering of the whole cast for the end of case reveal in Wolfe’s office, Archie being a gentleman, Archie figuring out things Wolfe isn’t telling him about a case, Wolfe sending Archie for a clue or a person, Archie’s observations about people. I enjoy the vicarious foodie experience, from Archie having a really good piece of pie at a diner to Wolfe & Fritz discussing menus to the rare occasions when Wolfe is called upon to cook. I like how Rex Stout weaves in references to current events and current literature. I like period details from clothes to cars to doormen to dancing at the Flamingo.
Dragaera – Steven Brust
Characters: Vlad Taltos
Prompts: My favorite Vlad period is after he’s established in the Jhereg but before he’s on the run. An adventure or humorous vignette from that period would be great. A job? Morrolan and Aliera rescuing him from some impossible situation? Or vice versa – him rescuing one of them? The Dragaeran equivalent of the office Christmas party? A meal at Valabar’s in celebration of some escape from near death?
I like Vlad’s snarkiness and the banter between him and Loiosh or Kragar or almost anyone really. I like Vlad and Morrolan and Aliera kicking ass with swords, sorcery, or witchcraft. I like Vlad figuring out how to get himself out of some pickle. I’m intrigued by Vlad’s abilities with amorphia and the forbidden elder sorcery. I’m also intrigued by Spellbreaker/Lady Teldra/Godslayer. The supporting cast here is vast and I love almost all of them and their backstories. In addition to those mentioned above, I particularly like Setha, Kiera, Daymar, Devera, Noish-pa. I don’t mind which characters other than Vlad do or don’t appear. The only exception is that for me the Vlad/Cawti angst and the disintegration of their relationship hangs over any story involving Cawti and makes me sad.
General info about my likes/dislikes:
Turn-ons: swashbuckling, capers, and our heroes kicking ass in their own particular culinary/intellectual/sorcerous/whatever ways; humor – from witty banter to wry commentary to farce to crack!fic; drooling over a fine fictional meal; period details; romance; seduction; happy endings
Turn-offs: major character death; rape; unresolved angst; love that is still unrequited at the end of the story; stories that depend on miscommunication unless done for humor
Not usually my thing, but there are exceptions I have loved: AU; crossovers; MPREG
Thank you for writing me a gift. Let me start by saying that I truly buy into the ‘optional details are optional’ rule. Please don’t feel constrained by my prompts. If they don’t resonate with you or if another plot bunny hops into your heart, then that’s ok by me. What I really like is spending time with these characters and any story you write will have that. I read all of gen, het, slash, and femslash and any rating from G to NC17.
My requests and what I love about each fandom:
My Life in France – Julia Child
Characters: Julia Child, Paul Child
Prompts: I would love a story from Julia’s time in France. Maybe a memorable meal she ate or cooked or a lavish party she went to or hosted. Or Paul/Julia romance – they seem so sweet together.
I love Julia’s zest for life and her no nonsense, straightforward, unapologetic attitude. I love how she conveys her excitement at new tastes and new experiences. I am intrigued by her service in the OSS during WWII. I admire her determination to get things right and how hard she worked to do so. I love her relationship with Paul. They seem very sweet together. I am intrigued by the transitions in their relationship. It sounds like it wasn’t love at first sight but that romance grew from friendship. And their early married life was shaped by his career where their later life was shaped by hers. I’m also a sucker for the vicarious foodie experience.
I’ve searched for Julia Child fic and haven’t found any, so if you write this you might well be the very first author in a new fandom!
Nero Wolfe series – Rex Stout
Characters: Archie Goodwin, Nero Wolfe, Fritz Brenner
Prompts: I would love something from Fritz’s point of view – a meal, a case, an interaction between Archie & Wolfe, a day in the life of the household. How does Fritz see our favorite detective duo? Or if that doesn’t appeal I’m fine with Archie narrating as usual. Or, if you want something specific, Wolfe invites someone to dinner – who is it? Inspector Cramer? J. Edgar Hoover? Ernest Hemingway? Albert Einstein? Someone else?
I like: Archie’s sense of humor, banter between Wolfe and Archie, Inspector Cramer chomping on his cigar, the gathering of the whole cast for the end of case reveal in Wolfe’s office, Archie being a gentleman, Archie figuring out things Wolfe isn’t telling him about a case, Wolfe sending Archie for a clue or a person, Archie’s observations about people. I enjoy the vicarious foodie experience, from Archie having a really good piece of pie at a diner to Wolfe & Fritz discussing menus to the rare occasions when Wolfe is called upon to cook. I like how Rex Stout weaves in references to current events and current literature. I like period details from clothes to cars to doormen to dancing at the Flamingo.
Dragaera – Steven Brust
Characters: Vlad Taltos
Prompts: My favorite Vlad period is after he’s established in the Jhereg but before he’s on the run. An adventure or humorous vignette from that period would be great. A job? Morrolan and Aliera rescuing him from some impossible situation? Or vice versa – him rescuing one of them? The Dragaeran equivalent of the office Christmas party? A meal at Valabar’s in celebration of some escape from near death?
I like Vlad’s snarkiness and the banter between him and Loiosh or Kragar or almost anyone really. I like Vlad and Morrolan and Aliera kicking ass with swords, sorcery, or witchcraft. I like Vlad figuring out how to get himself out of some pickle. I’m intrigued by Vlad’s abilities with amorphia and the forbidden elder sorcery. I’m also intrigued by Spellbreaker/Lady Teldra/Godslayer. The supporting cast here is vast and I love almost all of them and their backstories. In addition to those mentioned above, I particularly like Setha, Kiera, Daymar, Devera, Noish-pa. I don’t mind which characters other than Vlad do or don’t appear. The only exception is that for me the Vlad/Cawti angst and the disintegration of their relationship hangs over any story involving Cawti and makes me sad.
General info about my likes/dislikes:
Turn-ons: swashbuckling, capers, and our heroes kicking ass in their own particular culinary/intellectual/sorcerous/whatever ways; humor – from witty banter to wry commentary to farce to crack!fic; drooling over a fine fictional meal; period details; romance; seduction; happy endings
Turn-offs: major character death; rape; unresolved angst; love that is still unrequited at the end of the story; stories that depend on miscommunication unless done for humor
Not usually my thing, but there are exceptions I have loved: AU; crossovers; MPREG