Dear Yuletide Author

[tildytwo]

Hello, and welcome to my very first Yuletide letter! I don't think I've ever written one before, so here's hoping I give you some ideas with this. :)


general likes
canon divergent AUs
humor
absurd things happen and everybody just accepts it
hurt/comfort, emotional or otherwise
queer headcanons, especially aspec or trans
polyamory instead of love triangles
canon events having realistic fallout
chaotic good characters bs'ing their way past the consequences of their actions
endings--happy, sad, bittersweet, hopeful, ambiguous...
cynical characters accidentally betraying the fact that they have feelings
introspection
fantastic pets
hypercompentent teen/young adult characters finally being allowed to be children
found families
biological/legal families with unorthodox dynamics
single parents who are trying to do their best for their kids


fluff
platonic relationships
queerplatonic relationships
dancing
just enjoying where you're at (mentally, setting-wise, whatever)
laid-back snuggling




hurt/comfort
refusing to acknowledge injuries/illness
stoic characters starting to crack
losing consciousness into comforter's arms
touch-starved
cleaning up whumpee
whumpee doesn't care about their safety (with or without "caregiver gets mad about that")
character who's not used to being protected gets protected
mental illness
headaches
abdominal wounds
head injuries
near-fatal injuries, with or without recovery
 


whump
self-indulgent, nonsensical whump that makes no apologies
recovery, especially to canon injuries/illnesses/events that got glossed over in source material
bad end AUs
delirium (whether that's from illness, drugs, whathaveyou)
self-sacrifice
dehumanization
whumpers convinced they're doing the right thing
whumpers who just like whumping
"no good deed goes unpunished" trope
hurt/no comfort
permanent injuries
major illnesses
hiding illness/injury
torture
experimentation, medical and otherwise
overstimulation
effects of PTSD
loneliness
suicidal ideation
broken bones
seizures
 


explicit stuff
noncon
bondage
vibrators
forced/multiple orgasms
forced kissing
oral, given or received
defiant victims
unwanted arousal
multiple aggressors
something made them do it
victim treated like a fuck toy
victim treated like a lover
Aggressor gently 'makes love' to victim after rough first time
Multiple Rapists Competing To Make Victim Orgasm
loved one forced to watch
begging
dehumanization
fight sex
 



DNWs
ABO
secondhand embarrassment
misunderstandings of the third-act-breakup type
two-sided love triangles
mundane AUs
nonconsensual permanent body modification (not to be confused with disfigurement)
 



Fandom-Specific Likes

Badlands 2005

Please consider giving this a watch even if you don't write for it! It's less than an hour long and charming in its own way. Join me in my Badlands 2005 sandbox! My fandom promo post for it is here.

My favorite thing about this fandom is the way it plays with Rex's status as a cyborg. There's a lot of transhumanist commentary that could have been made if the show had ever made it beyond the pilot. The relationship between Garson and Rex is interesting, too. Garson is obviously aware that Rex is a cyborg and throws him into harm's way all the time, which seems like it could be a point of contention is Rex wasn't programmed to do exactly that.

Basically, I'd love anything about the relationship between the two of them, or worldbuilding about the purpose cyborgs serve in this society (they're clearly useful, but the two water tankers at the beginning imply there's a fear that they'll take away jobs from real humans). A little hurt/comfort might be nice, too, especially for poor, long-suffering Rex.

Mr. Lucky

Again, please consider giving this a watch even if you don't write for it! My fandom promo post for it is here.

As the only other writer in this fandom pointed out, whether or not Maggie exists seems to depend solely on whether or not it serves the episode for her to exist, so feel free to go Andamo/Lucky over Andamo/Lucky/Maggie. Either way, I'd love some established relationship for these two (or three). Canon-typical shenanigans, hurt/comfort (emotional or physical), or even just a day in the life could be fun for this canon.

Thief
My fandom promo post for it is here. I won't sell it as hard as the other two just because I know there are others out there who've played this game and I'm not alone in my fandom sandbox.

Basically, Garrett. I love Garrett. I love his cynicism and wiseass-ery and his desperate, futile struggle not to get caught up in saving the world again. All of this makes him a prime candidate for whump, in my non-professional opinion. Bad end-AUs are especially fun--I've seen a couple of them for Thief Gold, but never for The Metal Age or Deadly Shadows, so if you want to cause me to squee like a child, try one of those. Otherwise, I'd love an exploration of Garrett's relationship with other character(s), including those who weren't nominated (Artemus and Basso come to mind, and so does Lauryl, the little ghost girl).

Twin Peaks
Much like with Thief, this is basically, Albert. I love Albert. The cynicism and prickliness hiding the heart of a pacifist. The dedication to justice, even when everyone is telling him he's wrong (coughcough Cooper inviting him to Twin Peaks and then complaining that he's still Albert while in Twin Peaks coughcough).
I love, love, love hurt/comfort or whump for Albert. If you want to pair him with any of the other nominated characters, in & or / relationships, that's fine with me. I have a special soft spot for Cooper&Harry&Albert and Albert&Tammy, and for prickly characters treated gently and not knowing what to do with that.