Yuletide Letter 2023

Hello!

I am honored that you're considering writing me a fic, and I'll try to make this as painless as possible. I always appreciate treats in any and all forms.

This is my first Yuletide so forgive me. I'm still learning the ropes. I exclusively read and write ship fics, and that's what I'm used to in exchanges, so the majority of my prompts will be ship-based. There will also be some gen prompts and please do not feel obligated to write ship fic if it isn't your thing. I wouldn't have requested these characters if I didn't love them as individuals too.

Opt-ins: I'm fine with any rating, including explicit. Anything from G-rated character exploration to E-rated fics that are entirely smut. Dealer's choice.

In acknowledgment of the season, I'm also fine with Christmas, New Year's, and other holiday-centric fics.

General Likes
This is a general list of things that I normally enjoy. It is by no means all-inclusive and you’re welcome to deviate as long as it doesn’t involve my DNWs. Have fun with it!

• AUs (modern, university, coffee shop, soulmate, human, no magic, etc)
• Fake dating
• Only one bed
• Marriage of convenience
• Woke up married
• Enemies to lovers
• Roommates to lovers
• Pining
• Angry love confessions or any kind of love confessions really
• Everyone thinks they’re already dating but they’re totally oblivious
• Sexuality awakening
• Domesticity
• Possessive behavior (consensual, not stalking)
• Hurt/comfort
• Forced proximity
• Hanahaki as long as there’s a positive resolution
• Characters that become entirely unhinged when their loved ones are in danger
• Wingfic

Smut Likes

• Smut with feelings
• Bondage, especially shibari
• Orgasm denial
• Body worship
• Praise kink
• Switching (I very rarely adhere to strict top/bottom dynamics in shipping)
• BDSM
• Blindfolds
• Consensual non-consent (roleplay, somnophilia) and dubcon (sex pollen, fuck or die, pon farr)
• Dirty talk
• Coming untouched
• Size kink
• Loss of virginity
• Cock warming
• Come marking, creampies, come inflation
• Breeding kink
• Rimming

General DNW
Non-con or sexual harassment of any kind (CNC and dubious consent, as stated in likes, are fine)
Major character death, especially within the requested pairing
Terminal illness or cognitive degradation
A/B/O, abortion, or on-page childbirth
Any ending other than HEA or HFN for requested ships
Cisgender-swapping (trans and nonbinary headcanons are okay
Harm of animals or children
First or second POV narrative (first person is fine for epistolary format) 
Third-party POV, unless voyeurism is a purpose of the fic
Slurs, identity-based bullying, using feminization or “girl” as an insult or humiliation tactic
Self-harm or eating disorders
Slut-shaming, unless as humiliation in a consensual sexual situation
Bestiality and/or sex with shifter characters while shifted into animal form
No tongue, eye, or teeth mutilation
Use of AI generation of any kind

Smut DNW
Non-sexual bodily fluids in a sexual context (i.e. no watersports, scat, vomiting, etc)
Ball gags or gimp masks (improvised gags like a tie pushed into someone's mouth are okay)
Anal sex without prep and lube
Explicit sexual content with characters under 16 (aging them up is fine)

Barbie Movie (2023)

Characters Requested:
Ryan Gosling's Ken, Simu Liu's Ken

Ships:
Ryan's Ken/Simu's Ken

Other Characters:
I'm totally open to having other characters (both in and out of the tagset) involved, including other Kens, Barbies, or Alan.

Canon Thoughts:
I loved this movie. I've, unfortunately, only seen it once at the time of writing this letter because I don't have the DVD yet. I just want to know so much more about everyone and what their lives are going to be like now that Margot's Barbie has shaken up their entire world.

Ship Thoughts:
I struggle to put my enthusiasm for Ken/Ken into words. The Beach scene is just so damn homoerotic and then when they're holding hands during "I'm Just Ken." I think they should just give into that.

Prompts:

• A post-canon view of Ryan's Ken and Simu's Ken trying to find their place in Barbieland without Margot Robbie's Barbie.
• I'm obsessed with the idea of Ken opening a horse ranch. It's just such an obvious place for him. I'd pay actual money to see Ken meeting a horse for the first time, since he's only seen pictures and video. If it's ship-fic, Simu Liu's Ken probably doesn't have the same enthusiasm for horses, but I could see him as the supportive boyfriend who's happy that Ryan's Ken is happy.
• I'm also intensely curious about the answer to the question of where do the Kens go during girls' nights. Do they just wander until morning? Do they all sleep together on the beach? What do they do?? 

Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein

Characters Requested:
Julie Beaufort-Stuart, Maddie Brodatt

Ships:
Julie/Maddie

Other Characters:
I'm fine with appearances by other characters as long as they aren't, you know, Nazis.

Canon Thoughts:
I read this book when it first came out and I was not the same person when I finished it. I'm pretty sure "Kiss me, Hardy, kiss me quick!" rewired my brain chemistry. I've only dared to reread it a few times because I feel like my heart is tearing out of my chest every time.

I know this is the risk I take requesting a canon set during Nazi Germany but I'd really like fic on the fluffy side rather than the dark and angsty side. I've already seen the horrors. I want to cry because I'm seeing the life Julie and Maddie could've had.

Ship Thoughts:
I shipped Maddie and Julie when I was still an oblivious baby bisexual who barely knew how to ship queer characters. I felt incredibly vindicated when The Pearl Thief revealed that Julie is, canonically, bisexual.

Prompts:

• All the AUs. Canon divergence where they were never captured. Canon divergence where they both survived. Take them entirely out of this world and into another.
• All the fluff. All the domesticity. Maddie and Julie living a quiet life in a little cottage on the bank of a river.

The Reason Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion (Anime)

Characters Requested:
Any: Adam Taylor, Heika Demint, Noah Wynknight, Raeliana McMillan

Ships:
Noah/Raeliana, Noah/Raeliana/Adam, Noah/Adam, Adam/Keith Westenberg

Other Characters:
Feel free to include other characters outside the tagset as long as they aren't the focus.

Canon Thoughts:
I'm requesting the anime specifically because I haven't finished the webseries and I wasn't sure at the time of nominations when I would be able to. I love them both so much. I love Raeliana's strength and her cunning and the moment when she shoots between Brooks's legs. I love Noah's intelligence and the way he teases Raeliana and how obviously he's deeply in love with her. I love how ridiculous Heika is and how he insists on Raeliana calling him grandfather, to the confusion of everyone around them. I'd straight-up die for Adam. Give me a sweet traumatized boy who is very quiet and loves sweets and can take down a dozen men single-handedly without breaking a sweat.

Ship Thoughts:
I'm always into Noah/Raeliana. They're perfect for each other and they'll never be bored. I'm also very weak for Adam's loyalty to Noah and how much Noah trusts him in return which is why I ship Adam/Noah and Noah/Raeliana/Adam. They all like and trust each other, and I feel like it would be almost easy for them to fall into a triad. Keith Westenberg isn't in the tagset but I ship him with Adam because they're both so close with Noah and I feel like their paths would naturally cross. They could bond over Noah making their lives difficult--and possibly the fact that they both have unrequited crushes on him. I don't ship anyone with Heika but I'm willing to be convinced.

Prompts:

• Noah gets caught masturbating on purpose by Adam
• A series of misunderstandings where Noah is trying so hard to get Adam's attention in a romantic/sexual sense and Adam's just not getting the hint
• Fun character study with Adam. What does he do when he isn’t working? What’s going on in his head?
• Raeliana finds out Adam doesn’t know when his own birthday is and she endeavors to celebrate it anyway

Reign of the Seven Spellblades (Anime)

Characters Requested:
Oliver Horn, Pete Reston

Ships:
Oliver/Pete

Other Characters:
Feel free to include other characters from the Sword Roses, whether they’re in the tagset or not.

Canon Thoughts:
I loved this anime far more than I expected to. I have the manga ready to read but I haven’t even started yet so I’d like the focus to be on the anime. Please no manga spoilers. Feel free to explore what being a reversi means for Pete and his relationship with gender.

Ship Thoughts:
I’ve been shipping Oliver/Pete almost since day one. They’re roommates and Oliver clearly cares about Pete so much. Not to mention Oliver helping Pete when he discovers he’s a reversi and then the moment when they reunite at the end of the season and Pete’s crying in Oliver’s arms.

Prompts:

• Fluffy moments down in their lair—whether with Oliver and Pete or all of the Sword Roses
• Post season-one confessions of feelings between Oliver and Pete

Undead Girl Murder Farce (Anime)

Characters Requested:
Arsene Lupin, Phantom | Erik

Ships:
Arsene/Erik

Other Characters:
Other main characters are welcome if they fit your concept.

Canon Thoughts:
This anime is wild and I loved every minute of it (even if I have no idea what happened during the werewolf arc). I’m still laughing at my wife thinking “That looks like the Phantom” during the opening and he showed up and it’s literally Erik. I love him and the weird dynamic he has with Arsene.  

Ship Thoughts:
I ship other things for this anime, but Arsene/Erik are the only ones relevant to this request.

Prompts:

• Domestic moments with Arsene and Erik. How do they spend their time together? How much does Erik want to push Arsene out of a moving carriage?
• Steamy moments. “I’m bored, wanna have sex?” spur of the moment smut or “We’ve been near each other too long and I can’t take it anymore” smut or “I thought you were dead” life-affirming smut. Any of it. All of it.

The Vampire Dies in No Time (Anime)

Characters Requested:
Any: Draluc, Ronaldo, John, Tou Handa

Ships:
Draluc/Ronaldo

Other Characters:
Anyone is welcome—other vampires, other hunters, Ronaldo’s editor with the giant axe.

Canon Thoughts:
This is another one where I’ve seen all the anime but I haven’t had time to visit the manga yet. I love this buckwild show. I’m not requesting them here, but my favorite scene is where Sagyou is hiding in the closet and speed-running a courtship with a vampiric burdock root. I laughed so hard I cried a little. I love Draluc turning into sand, Ronaldo’s fear of celery, literally everything about John (yes I do have a plushie), and Tou Handa trying so hard to get Ronaldo when I’m pretty sure he’s just in love with him.

Ship Thoughts:
They’re roommates. One is a vampire hunter and the other is a vampire. Shipping them was inevitable.

Prompts:

• Draluc and Ronaldo feelings realization. Which one of them realizes first? How long do they resist it?
• Intensely curious about whether it’s possible for them to have sex for the first time without Draluc turning to sand
• Domestic moments with Draluc, Ronaldo, and John at home (romantic or platonic)
• Any wild scheme by Tou Handa
• Tou Handa’s wild scheme has the accidental consequences of getting Ronaldo and Draluc together