Dear Yuletide Author letter
Nov. 20th, 2011 08:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snorkackcatcherI'll just ruin Yuletide say what I like best and then mention a few things for the specific fandoms, I guess -- hope this isn't too picky! Basically, what follows is my general take on things, but you have to write something you feel comfortable with.
Please treat the list of requested characters as an off-the-top-of-the-head suggestion, not an actual requirement. I tend to like fics that explore the source text and its world (if not our own), and take it pretty much as a given rather than as a sort of general idea -- even if they're poking about in its dusty corners and/or heading off in surprising directions. Plot is definitely appreciated!
I'm not bothered about shipping one way or the other -- so stories with or without shippy plotlines are both fine, any rating. With ships I do much prefer stories that are fairly specific to the characters and their situation rather than generic pr0n though. I find het more personally appealing, but slash away if it doesn't go too much against the grain of the source (e.g. see below under Perry Mason). I've no real interest in kinkfic.
Specific fandoms:
Mordant's Need -- Stephen Donaldson
Tons of scope here for fannish stuff, obviously. For example, fast-forward from the ending and show what the world of the Cares, Alend, and Cadwal looks like 5 or 10 years later. Or have a plot that turns on the theory and practice of Imagery. Or fill in some of the details of Kragen/Elega, or Myste/Darsint, or Joyse's kingdom-building, or Havelock's time in Vagel's cabal. Really, anything works given that it provides a bit more Mordant, since no-one seems to write fanfic for this even at Yuletide!
Perry Mason -- Erle Stanley Gardner
If you can work in some kind of case and/or courtroom drama, awesome, but I guess the relationships are a more accessible target. (Then again, it's not like I know any more about mid-20th century California jurisprudence and forensics than I've been able to glean from the books!) Maybe something exploring how Perry and Della seem clearly head-over-heels about each other, but rarely acknowledge it and live separate lives most of the time, at least in public? Despite the fact that everyone else seems perfectly aware how they feel ... (Which is why I can't take Perry/Paul seriously, unless perhaps one-sided on Paul's part and kept very close to the chest.)
The New Avengers
Would just be great to see Steed, Purdey and Gambit riffing off each other again as they did in the show, while investigating some bizarre borderline-scifi happenings and/or playing Cold War spy-vs-spy.
Robots -- Isaac Asimov
Three Laws-interplay is always good value when it comes to this 'verse. I was disappointed and rather surprised to see that Dr Susan Calvin wasn't on the requested list of characters for the fandom at AO3/Yuletide, but something featuring her as lead human would be very welcome.
Please treat the list of requested characters as an off-the-top-of-the-head suggestion, not an actual requirement. I tend to like fics that explore the source text and its world (if not our own), and take it pretty much as a given rather than as a sort of general idea -- even if they're poking about in its dusty corners and/or heading off in surprising directions. Plot is definitely appreciated!
I'm not bothered about shipping one way or the other -- so stories with or without shippy plotlines are both fine, any rating. With ships I do much prefer stories that are fairly specific to the characters and their situation rather than generic pr0n though. I find het more personally appealing, but slash away if it doesn't go too much against the grain of the source (e.g. see below under Perry Mason). I've no real interest in kinkfic.
Specific fandoms:
Mordant's Need -- Stephen Donaldson
Tons of scope here for fannish stuff, obviously. For example, fast-forward from the ending and show what the world of the Cares, Alend, and Cadwal looks like 5 or 10 years later. Or have a plot that turns on the theory and practice of Imagery. Or fill in some of the details of Kragen/Elega, or Myste/Darsint, or Joyse's kingdom-building, or Havelock's time in Vagel's cabal. Really, anything works given that it provides a bit more Mordant, since no-one seems to write fanfic for this even at Yuletide!
Perry Mason -- Erle Stanley Gardner
If you can work in some kind of case and/or courtroom drama, awesome, but I guess the relationships are a more accessible target. (Then again, it's not like I know any more about mid-20th century California jurisprudence and forensics than I've been able to glean from the books!) Maybe something exploring how Perry and Della seem clearly head-over-heels about each other, but rarely acknowledge it and live separate lives most of the time, at least in public? Despite the fact that everyone else seems perfectly aware how they feel ... (Which is why I can't take Perry/Paul seriously, unless perhaps one-sided on Paul's part and kept very close to the chest.)
The New Avengers
Would just be great to see Steed, Purdey and Gambit riffing off each other again as they did in the show, while investigating some bizarre borderline-scifi happenings and/or playing Cold War spy-vs-spy.
Robots -- Isaac Asimov
Three Laws-interplay is always good value when it comes to this 'verse. I was disappointed and rather surprised to see that Dr Susan Calvin wasn't on the requested list of characters for the fandom at AO3/Yuletide, but something featuring her as lead human would be very welcome.
