Dear Writer Letter, Yuletide 2018

[palmedfire]

Hi there awesome Yuletide Writer!

Some general things I like - I like character-driven fic, even at the expense of plot. You wanna write a character study of a character or characters you really like, even if not much happens? Awesome. This isn't to say I don't like plot, but don't feel like you have to tell some big story. I like the little moments too.

I'm a huge fan of female characters, and relationships between female characters. Not necessarily romantic relationships, though I love those too.

Things I dislike - Sex without plot, heavy angst, sexual violence, gore (eye trauma is a hard NO), depressing ending (I prefer there to be at least a little hope), major character death, A/B/O AUs.

Now, onto the fandom-specific stuff!

Emelan - Tamora Pierce - Daja Kisubo

I got a bad cold earlier this year and just plowed through a re-read of both the Circle of Magic and the Circle Opens books, which made me fall in love with them all over again. Daja's always been my favorite character, and I'd really like to read something centered around her - either her journey with Frostpine before/after the events of Cold Fire or after The Will of the Empress. If you go post Empress, I'd love to see Daja finding a girlfriend or something like that, though it's hardly necessary. Daja being awesome is really the main thing I want. I also like Briar a lot. Tris is my least favorite of the quartet though I'm not going to object to her presence in a story, I just would prefer things not center too much around her.

Provost's Dog - Tamora Pierce - Beka Cooper (Provost's Dog)

I'm going to be completely honest - I used to not like Tortall as a setting very much. Certainly not as much as I liked Emelan. But the Provost's Dog series really helped change my mind. I love Beka as a character and would really love to see more adventures with her. Especially something set between Bloodhound and Mastiff. I feel like she's probably had some interesting smaller adventures that would fit well in a fic even if they're not big enough for a full novel. I also really like seeing how the Corus of Beka's time is different from the Corus we see in Alana, Daine, and Kel's time period.

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Glory (Shadowrun)

When I first played through this game, I missed Glory's backstory entirely. And then when I read/played through it on my second play through, I really found it compelling. She's a character who's been through a lot and made a lot of mistakes, but I like that she at least someone owns them, and a lot of what she's done is trying to escape and atone. I'd love to see stories from her past - fic about her getting her cyberware and how it burns away her humanity, but keeps everyone safe from what she could become would be awesome. Or anything from back when she was a mage. Or some of her time working with Monica.

Exalted - Any

I love the lore of Exalted. I love how big and expansive the world is, and I love how *real* it feels, even though there are these characters who can punch mountains. I'm not really requesting any specific characters, because I honestly have no preference who the story is about. I just want to see more of Creation and it's people.
Some random things I'd love to see -
Solars actually doing a good job at ruling
A Lunar and Solar pair finding each other in their new incarnations (and it going well)
An arraigned Dragon Blood marriage where they come to at least really respect and like each other, even if they aren't in love.
I'd also love to see something involving the Great Curse activating and the fallout from that.