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Dear Yuletide writer,
Oct. 20th, 2022 06:26 pmthank you so much for offering one of my fandoms! I love them all a lot and I hope you'll have fun writing for any of them!
I'm open to treats and I'm okay with not all my requested characters featuring in your fic.
If you want to know what I like, here's a list of things I like to read in fanfics:
texting fics, wrong number fics, crack fics, interactive fiction, fake dating, mutual or onesided pining, hopelessly oblivious characters, open or vague endings, unhappy endings, misunderstandings and miscommunication, metaphors, introspection and internal monologues, unusual POVs, time travelling, time jumps and messed up timelines, missing scenes, questioning of one's principles, epiphanies, cooking and food vlogs, historical AUs, carnival and masquerade balls, flirting, doppelganger stories and uncanny circumstances, recovery from physical injuries or only partial recovery and how one mentally deals with it, flowers metaphors or similes or anything that has to do with flowers in general, extra bonus if it's daffodils or wisteria.
General DNWS:
romantic marriage proposals and weddings, MPreg, prolonged and repeated adultery, Mafia AUs and Darkfic in general, Royalty Aus
Not really a hard DNW but something that I don't appreciate much is when a fic ends with the "Do you want to be my girlfriend/boyfriend?" question. Anything less explicit and formal is okay though. Same goes for fluff: established relationship fic where characters are just being sappy to each other or cuddling fluffy animals? Not really my kind of jam. By this I do not mean that I absolutely don't want any of that in my gift, but just that I'd prefer if it wasn't the main focus of the fic.
And a little explanation about the adultery DNW: I am generally made very uncomfortable by stories in which a character cheats on their partner (inside of an established relationship) for a prolonged span of time, I simply cannot stand the tension that generates, but I am okay with a one time slip or open relationships; and, just saying it because you never know: having multiple crushes at the same time is totally valid.
But what does this mean for RPF fandoms where I'm requesting ships including characters that are actually in a relationship with someone else?
Let's say I'm requesting A/B, but A has a relationship with X. I'm generally okay with ignoring the existence of X, or with acknowledging it and setting the fic in times before/after the relationship, or just letting A/X be and have B pining hopelessly from afar. Or maybe A gets together with X only because he thinks he has no chances with B (whether this is true or not). It's also okay to diverge from the "canon" and shorten/lengthen/move in time A/X's relationship to fit your plot. In general I'm ok with most things as long as you don't make A cheat on X with B for long periods. But for example A cheating on X with B and then shortly after ending things with B is okay.
About my darkfic DNW: what I don't want is the kind of darkfic where a lot of characters are evil and, more or less subtly, scheming against some other character, voluntarily inflicting them physical and/or psychological pain and often going into the illegal to do so. On the other hand I like the angst that comes from within, self deprecation, self doubt, the conviction of not being enough etch... but also the angst that comes from outside - just not so much when it's purposefully inflicted - the sour taste of a defeat, the sorrow of a broken heart, the mourning of a loss...
Does this mean that I would be disappointed if my gift had an happy ending? Not at all! I would probably love it all the same, I just think that a happy ending is not always necessary. Another kind of ending that I particularly like is one where characters end up going their separate ways, because that's how life goes sometimes, right? And that doesn't necessarily mean that they will stop caring about each other ;)
And that's pretty much all about what I don't like, for the rest, feel free to go wild, you can totally disregard my prompts, I won't mind! Surprise me!
About smut:
If you want to write smut, I'm open to it for any of my requests.
What I do no not like: lingerie kink; women being passive and not reciprocating; unprotected sex outside of a longterm, exclusive relationship; daddy kink; sex pollen.
What I do like: talk during sex (not necessarily dirty talk but also just communication about how they feel, or even random chatting); spanking; appreciations of backs, extra points if they're nicely bendy; characters being very eager to give head; appreciation of forearms.
Fandoms section
F4 Thailand
In brief, I ship them. So I'd love you if you said screw the canon and make Ren and Gorya end together instead (of course, if you don't want to go the ship way that's okay too).
I don't actually have anything against Thyme, I'm just hopelessly soft for Ren. He's so quite but also observant. He doesn't say anything but you can see in his eyes that he's suffering inside. And I am whipped for his kicked puppy face. I'd totally love a fic on how he struggled in Paris, feeling how he didn't belong while Mira perfectly fitted and didn't really need him anymore. Or about him hopelessly pining for Gorya. Or the two together!
Going back to the ship, I would also love if you went the AU way. You could take the texting and social media part from canon for a nice wrongnumber fic. It would probably work with even just a partial AU. Am I making sense? In any case, AUs about them getting together smh are appreciated.
As are AUs about Gorya being the badass she is and fighting her way through the hardships of life. I would love to see more about her life when she runs to work with her parents in the country (though I don't really care about her pining for Thyme). I really love how headstrong she is!
Olympic Track and Field RPF
I'm ok with any solo gen fic, they are all quite interesting on their own, as I'm ok with Marcel/Gimbo or Mutaz/Gimbo. Plese no Marcel/Mutaz/Gimbo, but any & combination you'd like to write is fine, I'd be interested in seeing how you make Mutaz and Marcel interact!
I would love something set at the last olys (just saying, but I still have the vid of that damn kiss under the flag saved dhrbedgds), but also at this wc would be great, I'd appreciate some h/c about how things went!! Any other competition you'd like to pick is ok too, or even just not set it at a comp? Whatever inspires you is ok! Even canon divergent (tho I don't want a setting-changing AU).
It's fine if you want to include other athletes too.
Cycling RPF
About Arnaud and Jacopo:
If you're offering this, then I'll assume you know how professional cycling works and how much importance is held by team-work. I fell into this ship during Giro D'Italia 2020, with the way they would talk about each other in the interviews at the end of the day, the way Arnaud randomly hugs Jacopo, the way his face lits up when he's talking about him. Am I the only one seeing it? I hope I'm not, I'd love to read about them, be it romantic or platonic, I'm up for both! A little snippet of their training before the start of Giro or how they interact on the days of rest. There's also space for a little angst if you want to dwell on a less successful day.
Sadly, I have to admit that in the last year I haven't had the time to follow them as closely, but I wouldn't mind if you set the fic in any other race, you don't have to stick to Giro obviously!
About Coppi and Bartali:
If for the other pairing I'm talking about team work, here we're talking about fair play. It may be be fairly common nowadays, but back then cyclists were much more violent, and that's what's make their relationship so special.
Honestly, I just need a fic about them. Or about one of the two. They both are icons, in the sport and beyond. Gen or ship, I'd be happy either way!
It would be interesting to see your take about the famous water bottle pic. Who was passing it to who? What are the before and after of that single, captured instant? What were the words spoken?.
I'm also interested in something set in the period during Fausto's illness or after his death, exploring Gino's feelings about the passing of his rival.
Extra:
If you want, please feel free to go wild and mix everything up! time travel, ghostfic, or even just current cyclists referencing the past ones, I'm ok with it! If you want to throw in the other characters in the tagset - or other cyclists - that's okay too!
I really hope you liked my prompts and found them inspiring, and whatever you'll make of it I'll be
your happy receiver
Mary_the_gardener
