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This should be interesting. I've been participating in Yuletide for some years now, but this will be one of my first voyages into the wider world of the challenge/exchange universe. I'm looking forward to it, but it's definitely going to be a new experience.
As with Yuletide, the first order of business is thanks; I am grateful sincerely and in advance for the story I'm about to receive. (Hmm, that sounds a bit like a Thanksgiving-dinner grace -- which is apt, I suppose, although with this sort of thing a case might be made that we're skipping straight to the dessert course.) Whoever you are, I appreciate your efforts on my behalf, and I look forward to reading the results.
As to my tastes in fic generally, they are wide and eclectic. I read and enjoy gen, het, and slash (both flavors) at all ratings and have very few outright squicks, but I am not typically attracted to stories for erotic content or angst quotient. Rather, I like good characterization, authentic-sounding dialogue, effectively sneaky plotting, and well-developed wit. I am equally intrigued by clever use of canon and thoughtfully developed AUs, and I am disturbingly fond of crossovers and well-woven meta threads. As a rule, I tend to prefer canon-consistent romantic pairings (exceptions will be noted further along), with the added note that in my book, well-sustained UST (heavy on the T) is often as good as or better than actual sex. It's definitely true that my own writing also reflects the kinds of things I like to read; my AO3 archive is here, and you're welcome to prowl.
( Now to the requests: )
This should be interesting. I've been participating in Yuletide for some years now, but this will be one of my first voyages into the wider world of the challenge/exchange universe. I'm looking forward to it, but it's definitely going to be a new experience.
As with Yuletide, the first order of business is thanks; I am grateful sincerely and in advance for the story I'm about to receive. (Hmm, that sounds a bit like a Thanksgiving-dinner grace -- which is apt, I suppose, although with this sort of thing a case might be made that we're skipping straight to the dessert course.) Whoever you are, I appreciate your efforts on my behalf, and I look forward to reading the results.
As to my tastes in fic generally, they are wide and eclectic. I read and enjoy gen, het, and slash (both flavors) at all ratings and have very few outright squicks, but I am not typically attracted to stories for erotic content or angst quotient. Rather, I like good characterization, authentic-sounding dialogue, effectively sneaky plotting, and well-developed wit. I am equally intrigued by clever use of canon and thoughtfully developed AUs, and I am disturbingly fond of crossovers and well-woven meta threads. As a rule, I tend to prefer canon-consistent romantic pairings (exceptions will be noted further along), with the added note that in my book, well-sustained UST (heavy on the T) is often as good as or better than actual sex. It's definitely true that my own writing also reflects the kinds of things I like to read; my AO3 archive is here, and you're welcome to prowl.
( Now to the requests: )
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