To my Yuletide writer (2008 edition):

Dear yuletide Santa:

First order of business: an apology.  I had meant to get in on Monday and replace at least one of the non-matchable fandoms in my initial signup, but time and circumstance intervened (also, I was hoping one of the two would become matchable again at the last minute).  As a result, I can be confident that you've been matched to one of two, rather than one of four, of the fandoms I requested (and I rather suspect the odds strongly favor one of those, but we'll see).

Anyhow.  First some general notes (mostly reprised from prior years):

I am a fairly mellow Yuletider with wide reading interests.  That said, my attitude toward much slash (particularly m/m as opposed to femslash) is more or less meh.  I'm not opposed to it, providing it arises plausibly out of the character relationships; the Kim Possible fandom produces an impressive amount of well-written Kim/Shego material, for instance.  OTOH, it also produces a lot of well-written Kim/Ron, which I like equally well.  As this may suggest, I am most interested in fic with high story value as opposed to fic defined by its pairing or 'ship.  Having said that, I hasten to distinguish "story" from "plot"; I emphatically do not mean to suggest that I'm not interested in character-driven fic -- quite the contrary.  And having said that, I should add that I very much appreciate strong plotting, too.  It's definitely not a coincidence that the fandoms that tend to attract my attention combine strong characterizations with equally strong plots.

( On to the specific requests now: )

To my Yuletide writer (2008 edition):

Dear yuletide Santa:

First order of business: an apology.  I had meant to get in on Monday and replace at least one of the non-matchable fandoms in my initial signup, but time and circumstance intervened (also, I was hoping one of the two would become matchable again at the last minute).  As a result, I can be confident that you've been matched to one of two, rather than one of four, of the fandoms I requested (and I rather suspect the odds strongly favor one of those, but we'll see).

Anyhow.  First some general notes (mostly reprised from prior years):

I am a fairly mellow Yuletider with wide reading interests.  That said, my attitude toward much slash (particularly m/m as opposed to femslash) is more or less meh.  I'm not opposed to it, providing it arises plausibly out of the character relationships; the Kim Possible fandom produces an impressive amount of well-written Kim/Shego material, for instance.  OTOH, it also produces a lot of well-written Kim/Ron, which I like equally well.  As this may suggest, I am most interested in fic with high story value as opposed to fic defined by its pairing or 'ship.  Having said that, I hasten to distinguish "story" from "plot"; I emphatically do not mean to suggest that I'm not interested in character-driven fic -- quite the contrary.  And having said that, I should add that I very much appreciate strong plotting, too.  It's definitely not a coincidence that the fandoms that tend to attract my attention combine strong characterizations with equally strong plots.

( On to the specific requests now: )