Yuletide Santa letter
Nov. 14th, 2009 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenayDear Santa,
For this year's Yuletide I found that I knew which fandoms I wanted some fic in, even which characters, but got a bit stuck on the actual prompts. This is why most of my prompts are fairly bare. All I really want for Christmas is some good, plotty fic that explores my beloved characters a bit. And plotty does not mean that I want a 32,000 word adventure: it means that I want something to happen in the fic and there to be some kind of reaction and learning from the characters. Really, I'm just trying to say that I'm not the kind of person who loves a "xx and yy go buying shoes!" kind of thing.
That said, I can probably provide some more info on my fandoms and why I love them and want more from them, although I'd really just like you to write something you enjoy and feel proud of at the end. So you can ignore my prompts entirely if you need to. But please, no death fic and no extreme violence/tragedy or non/dub-con, kthx. Those are the things I deliberately avoid in fic.
Holby City
This is my silly, veging out with some knitting and some snacks show every week. Donna and Maria are both characters that I've enjoyed watching grow and develop. They're terrific to watch and I think their friendship has been a highlight (both its highs and lows) of the last few months. Something that explores that friendship in the light of Maria's accident would be lovely, although the Mia story-line that has just started has also got the potential to be awesome for both of them.
If you can slip in some Connie being Connie and awesome, I might love you forever.
Casualty 1909
I hadn't planned to request this one until I saw it was on the nominated list, but I've thoroughly enjoyed the show and adore Ethel. Really, anything that can give a bit more insight into Ethel would be lovely. Whether it's about her relationship with the other nurses (something we haven't really seen in the context of her medical studies yet) or her relationship with Dr Culpin, I'll be perfectly happy.
Press Gang
There is a reason why I've only got around to buying the first two seasons so far, and that is because I love the banter between Lynda and Spike before they got together. The later seasons are wonderful and have some amazing writing, but the nature of the Spike/Linda relationship changed once they were together. It's the thing that really lifts the early episodes from good to amazing and I'd love a fic that has plenty of that going on.
Bend It Like Beckham
I feel slightly guilty for requesting this again after getting two last year, but I love Jess/Jules and there really isn't enough good fic around for them. This is the only one where I'm really specifically asking for a romance and what I'd love most is a romantic fic set while they're in college. True love, misunderstandings, friendship and football would be fabulous: that's why I fell for this film and this pairing in the first place!
For this year's Yuletide I found that I knew which fandoms I wanted some fic in, even which characters, but got a bit stuck on the actual prompts. This is why most of my prompts are fairly bare. All I really want for Christmas is some good, plotty fic that explores my beloved characters a bit. And plotty does not mean that I want a 32,000 word adventure: it means that I want something to happen in the fic and there to be some kind of reaction and learning from the characters. Really, I'm just trying to say that I'm not the kind of person who loves a "xx and yy go buying shoes!" kind of thing.
That said, I can probably provide some more info on my fandoms and why I love them and want more from them, although I'd really just like you to write something you enjoy and feel proud of at the end. So you can ignore my prompts entirely if you need to. But please, no death fic and no extreme violence/tragedy or non/dub-con, kthx. Those are the things I deliberately avoid in fic.
Holby City
This is my silly, veging out with some knitting and some snacks show every week. Donna and Maria are both characters that I've enjoyed watching grow and develop. They're terrific to watch and I think their friendship has been a highlight (both its highs and lows) of the last few months. Something that explores that friendship in the light of Maria's accident would be lovely, although the Mia story-line that has just started has also got the potential to be awesome for both of them.
If you can slip in some Connie being Connie and awesome, I might love you forever.
Casualty 1909
I hadn't planned to request this one until I saw it was on the nominated list, but I've thoroughly enjoyed the show and adore Ethel. Really, anything that can give a bit more insight into Ethel would be lovely. Whether it's about her relationship with the other nurses (something we haven't really seen in the context of her medical studies yet) or her relationship with Dr Culpin, I'll be perfectly happy.
Press Gang
There is a reason why I've only got around to buying the first two seasons so far, and that is because I love the banter between Lynda and Spike before they got together. The later seasons are wonderful and have some amazing writing, but the nature of the Spike/Linda relationship changed once they were together. It's the thing that really lifts the early episodes from good to amazing and I'd love a fic that has plenty of that going on.
Bend It Like Beckham
I feel slightly guilty for requesting this again after getting two last year, but I love Jess/Jules and there really isn't enough good fic around for them. This is the only one where I'm really specifically asking for a romance and what I'd love most is a romantic fic set while they're in college. True love, misunderstandings, friendship and football would be fabulous: that's why I fell for this film and this pairing in the first place!
