Dear Yuletide writer,

Thank you for writing a story for me! I hope you will find this letter useful.

I like Missing scenes, epilogues and AU’s which explores alternate timelines. Bittersweet romances. Introspection fics. Funny fics where the character banter or snark at each other. I also enjoy angst and darkfic for all my requested fandoms apart from Elizabeth of the Garrett Theatre. Also, I love fashion history and I love it when clothes are correctly described. I definitely have a costume kink.

If you want to write darkfics, then I’m happy with mind control, manipulation, non-con, dub-con, psychological sadism and BDSM. I do like a proper grounding for them, though, not just thrown in for the sensation. I also like when the personal consequences from traumatic experiences are explored. Minor violence is ok. I’m fine with both happy and unhappy endings.

I don’t like Character bashing, or character’s suddenly changing personalities. A good character may go darker or an evil one nicer, but then I like to have a good psychological reason for that change. Modern AU’s. A/B/O.

I’m totally squicked by Amputation, body horror, cannibalism blood play, wet, scat, child abuse, medical experimentation, torture, incest, animal abuse, mpreg and too gory violence.

Ratings Write any rating you like!

To ship or not to ship Is up to you. I will indicate ships under each fandom, but what I really want is interaction between my chosen characters; romance plays second fiddle. I don’t, generally, ship slash unless it’s an OT3. Unless you go the darkfic route, I prefer relationships to be equal. Please note that I have requested the characters I want in a fic, but you are free to include any additional character you like, unless I have clearly stated it’s a character I don’t want.

H. P. Lovecraft - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

Characters: Eliza Tillinghast, Joseph Curwen, Ezra Weeden

Lovecraft isn’t exactly known for his excellent female characters. Joseph Curwen’s wife Eliza fare better than most, but we are still only given the bare bones of her life. I’ve always wondered about her life. She is forced to marry, but even if Curwen is an evil man, he surprises everyone with becoming a decent husband. I would love a story about her. Did she came to love her husband or did she continue to long for the man she had to give up. Was she completely clueless about her husband’s real character and got a nasty surprise after his downfall. Or did she figure things out and provided help and information to bring him down? She and Ezra Weeden were in love, so why didn’t they got after she became a widow? Her choice, his choice, or mutual?

I think a fic in the form of letter or a diary would work well for this fic, but that is, of course, entirely up to you!

This story can easily be found online; like here.

Gwendoline Courtney - Elizabeth of the Garret Theatre

Characters: Any

This book is my ultimate comfort book, I re-read it when I feel frazzled. And I’ve always wanted more. I want something fluffy and happy, and more. As I love all the characters I will be happy with whomever you would like to write. I would also be happy both with missing scenes, or something which takes place after the book. I’m happy with the canon ships, so I’ll be happy with both something canonical romantic, of gen.

This book has also been published with the titles Stepmother, or Those Verney Girls

The Mummy

Characters: Evy Carnahan O'Connell, Ardeth Bay, Rick O'Connell

I particularly love the first movie, with it’s mixture of fun, adventure, but also some rather scary stuff. So I would be equally happy with a fic which focus on fun and adventure, or a darker one. Rick/Evy/Ardeth is one of my main OT3, and I would be very happy if you wrote that. I also ship Ardeth/Evy. I have absolutely nothing against the canonical Rick/Evy, but I’m not particularly interested in a story which focus on their relationship, but I don’t mind if they are in a relationship in a story that does not.

Please, no Alex O’Connell.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Characters: John Childermass, Arabella Strange

Childermass and Arabella are both practical and pragmatic characters, and I’d love a fic where they interact. I do ship them, and would be happy with a more romantic fic, but it isn’t necessary.

Deadwood

Characters: Al Swearengen, Alma Garret

I love this show, and years later it still annoys me we never got a fourth season. Amazing writing, characters, actors, set and costumes. I especially enjoy how the characters are multifaceted with both good and bad sides. Al and Alma shared very little screentime, but I loved their interactions, and want more of it. Not necessarily romantic, though I’m certainly open for it.

Elizabeth Kostova - The Historian

Characters: Dracula, Helen Rossi, The Narrator

I love the mix of history and myth in Kostova’s novel, and I also love the different time periods. So naturally I would love a fic which takes those aspects into account. If you have an idea which excludes either Helen Rossi or the Narrator, I don’t mind.