Yuletide 07

[deense]

First of all, never make your Yuletide requests post drinking. You'll discover to your horror later that your spelling and use of grammar can be referred to as interpretive, at best.

Sorry for that.



Up front: If I listed multiple characters in the prompts, you do not have to write them all unless you want to. This statement trumps the yuletide rules; technosage checked.

General Fic Dislikes:
* death-fic

* dark-fic wherein that's torture, rape, extreme situations, extremely graphic violence; it's not that bad stuff can't happen, just, I don't care to see my characters destroyed without being built back up.


Fic Likes

* character study - I love stories to reveal something about the character I didn't know, or I did know, but it's explained or deepened.

* smut - I've a filthy mind, and I love porn. But I absolutely don't need it. If you want to write it and it fits your bunny, great. If you don't or it doesn't, that's just fine too.

* relationship development - I'm equally interested in first times as in established relationship, friendship as in romance. What I really love is to see characters making connections.

* slash/het/gen - I love them all. Whatever works for you in context is fine with me.

And some thoughts on my choices

Cambridge Spies: I cannot say how much I adore this series (and now, the real life spies...) What I love most about them is how different they are, and how they are such good friends, but keep so much from each other, themselves, the tensions between them, and how a couple of them seem to be walking time bombs. I love the lilves they've built, and how fragile they really are. I have a special place in my heart for both Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, but anything about any of them at any point makes me happy.

Excalibur (1988 Comic): I know I said Kitty Pryde AKA Shadowcat/Kurt Wagner AKA Nightcrawler/Lockheed/Pete Wisdom and anything as long as it has Kitty in it, and I mean that. A Captain Britain/Megan/Kitty threesome would make my brain break, as would a couple other things. She's been the focus of my comic world obsession since I was abut eight, and this was one of my favourite stages she went through.

Discworld: I stand by what I said, it has to involve Vimes somehow, and the guards/vetinari/gaspode/sacharissa/william coming into it would be amazing pluses. Please, no slash for this fandom. It's just... No. I like the relationships as set out in the books, and I'd like to keep them that way in my head. This is one of my very character/story driven fandoms, and yes.

Clue: My all time favourite movie, I especially adore Wadsworth, Mr Green, Miss Scarlet and Mrs White. I love the verbal interplay, and the the silliness of this movie. I have no other feedback to give than that, and what i've already given.

Comments

Cambridge Spies

[anthraxia.livejournal.com]

HAve you read Peter Wright's "Spycatcher"? V. good!

Re: Cambridge Spies

[deensey.livejournal.com]

NO! I'll have to though!

[blakmagjick]

heheh...CLUE!! I just picked up that movie the other day at Best Buy for $4.99!!! :D

[deensey.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[sjkasabi.livejournal.com]

Hey, another scadian yuletider! I hope you get the Vimes story - I'd like to read it too.

Won't be writing my "dear author" till I've written this essay I'm avoiding, however, so, back I go...

[deensey.livejournal.com]

IT's my first year I've signed up, and I'm pretty excited!

Yes! Essay! Finish!

[emmademarais.livejournal.com]

You're doing Yuletide?

I am as well. It's my first time though. Any advice for a newbie?

[deensey.livejournal.com]

Hee, i'm a newbie as well! But I think it goes the same as any fic exchange. Just do the best you can :) I'm sure you'll do wonderfully, you're a good writer.