Yuletide 2021: Dear Yulewriter

Greetings, O YuleScrivener, and welcome! And also, thank you! Where Yuletide is concerned, I am nothing if not a Requester Of The Seriously Obscure. Thus I am always amazed when the technomancy of the matching process succeeds in finding a writer who shares my appreciation for said obscurity, and delighted on Christmas morning when a wonderful and wondrous story from that writer's (metaphorical) pen lands in my AO3 gift-folder. We may just be setting out on this year's journey, but I know there's a happy ending to come, and I am grateful for it already. Your work is (and will be) appreciated and valued, and I look forward to seeing its fruits.

Feel free to wander backward through this journal and my fic on AO3 (linked to your left) to get an idea of my interests; what I write is very much also what I like to read – and has, over time, added up to rather a variety of fandoms. My past Yuletide letters (and those for other exchanges) are tagged "dear santa" herein; see the "Yuletide" tag too, if you like.

Things I like:

Text-driven pluses for me include effective use of wit (aka banter aka snark, etc.), as well as strong characterization & dialogue. I value both respect for and clever use of canon (including well-developed canon-divergence AUs). I thrive on UST (heavy on both U and T), and am neutral where gen/het/slash is concerned; if the pairing is well-developed, I'll read with an open mind.

I am also a sucker for the well-executed crossover, whether via oblique allusion or head-on fandom collision. Yuletide being Yuletide and Optional Details Being Optional, I have absolutely no expectations along this line...but I have included an EXTREMELY OPTIONAL BONUS POINTS section in each of my requests, because I live in hope, and because I can’t resist this sort of opportunity. Take these in the spirit in which they’re given, or set them aside as you prefer.

None of my requests call specifically for mature/explicit content. This doesn't mean I don't appreciate sizzling erotica/smut/porn; it's just that my fanfic-reading interests and my e/s/p-reading interests mostly don't tend to intersect. That said, unless the DNWs for a specific request say otherwise, if your muse takes you into explicit territory with respect to a given request, I'm generally willing to follow along for the ride.

DNWs (general):

I've resisted writing this section for years – not because I don’t have preferences, but because I hate framing them as absolute negatives. I’m a flexible reader, and the story I want most out of Yuletide is the one you want to tell me rather than the one that’s living in my own head (that one, if I want it badly enough, I can always write myself). However. In the interests of clarity and of placating the Yulemods (who are awesome and extraordinary even if I sometimes disagree with particular rulings), some things I Do Not Want:

 # Alt-setting AUs (baristas/high-schoolers/etc.). I fall for worlds; transplanting characters out of those worlds just isn't my jam.  
 # Noncon, incest, or adult/child kinks; power-imbalanced sex/romantic partnerships (teacher/student, boss/underling, etc.)  
 # Romantic partnerships explicitly inconsistent with canon (To amplify: don’t invalidate a character’s stated sexual preference/identity/relationship(s), but it's OK to establish a preference/identity where none is stated; also see specific fandoms for notes.)  

REQUESTS

Carmen Sandiego (Cartoon 2019) • Carmen, Julia Argent, Player, Shadow-san 

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Diana Winthrop series -- Kate Chambers • any

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Jacqueline Kirby - Elizabeth Peters • any

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Night World - L. J. Smith • worldbuilding

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Mrs. Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman • Grace Hartshorne

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Young Wizards - Diane Duane • Harry Callahan, Irina Mladen

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