Yuletide Letter - Blueinkedfrost on AO3
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blueinkedfrostDear Yuletide Writer,
Thank you for writing for me! I hope you have a wonderful Yuletide. Our shared rare fandom is joy, optional details are optional, and please don't get eaten by bears. I hope that you and yours have a happy and safe season.
Things I like to read include: adventure, ghost stories, humour, horror, slice-of-life, worldbuilding, alternate universes, love, tragedy, suffering, hope, irony, drama, mystery, complicated characters, complicated relationships, character development, underexplored parts of canon universes, plot twists, banter, capable/competent characters, female characters having adventures and being central to the story, femslash, gen, het, slash, rare characters in the spotlight, unusual stories, being surprised, and many other things that hopefully cover what you enjoy writing. I'd love to read a story you want to write.
In general, I'd much rather read fic that went in a direction you liked writing than a story that stuck to a prompt that wasn't working for you.
Treats are welcome.
Fandoms
First Date on a Lake - Saturday Night Live Sketch (short video)
A fun sketch with singing and jokes in it. Mary's ex boyfriend was a lawyer for drug deals who gave her a set of computer discs just before he was arrested and told her to guard them with her life, so you can imagine how happy Mary was when a handsome stranger sent her a Facebook message out of nowhere asking her to come on a date with him at night in the middle of the lake!
Characters: Mary, Darren
Source: YouTube
This sketch was great, I'd love a story with a similar sense of humour! Anything about Mary and Darren would be fun. Darren seems like a capable guy who's got the criminal lifestyle down and working for him, but it looks like he needs Mary to help him paddle boats! Would they be able to team up and use their unique skills together to make maybe-illegal profits? Maybe Mary needs to prove to her mother that she does totally have good taste in boyfriends, so Darren needs to accompany her to a tea party. Or maybe Mary's ex boyfriend gets paroled from prison and causes a love triangle. Or maybe Mary and Darren do a heist or a murder for hire together, like any romantic couple.
This is sort of how I imagine Mary and Darren: there's a folk tale type where a man and his wife find a treasure that they have to keep hidden, and he knows she won't be able to help herself from telling the neighbours about it. So he arranges some unrealistic things to happen to her such as rains of sausages coming down from the roof, then when she tells her neighbours about the treasure she adds that it was the same day as the sausage rain. Thus the result is that nobody believes her and the treasure is safe!
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
A Jane Austen gem with an interesting heroine, shy but steadfast and conscientious even when those around her regard her as "lowest and last", nuanced characters and conflicts, and one of the best fictional villains of all time in the form of Mrs. Norris.
Characters: Fanny Price, Henry Crawford, Mary Crawford
Source: Project Gutenberg
Happy for you to write about a subset of the requested characters (fine to include only one or two).
Henry and Mary: Incest prompt - I can read these two characters with just enough issues and dysfunction to be in an incestuous relationship with each other. They lost their parents at an early age and were raised in an environment of favouritism (the Admiral and his wife each having a favourite), marital dysfunction, misogyny from the Admiral, and teachings to value wealth and prestige and underrate ethical behaviour. Would like something in line with their book characterisation but with this dramatic twist.
Alternatively, write Mary and/or Henry making witty remarks with each other or with other characters, or maybe a story about their childhood. I love their verbal cleverness and how they're complicated, interesting characters who aren't villains or saints. Epistolary fiction about the Rushworth Divorce Case would also be neat.
Fanny: Anything about her! I love Fanny Price. A shy bookworm, told all her life that she's the "lowest and last" and must be grateful above all things to the wealthy family that took her in, and who turns out to have a spine of pure titanium when it's important. I love how Fanny's kind, contemplative, thoughtful, and stays true to herself even when all the circumstances and the people she loves are against her. I'd love to read how Fanny continues to grow and develop past the novel, taking up new responsibilities at Mansfield Parsonage, learning to love it, and her new adventures. Fanny somehow meeting Admiral Crawford would be hilarious! Fanny in a fantasy or science-fiction tale, or ghost story, would also be lovely. Fanny and her sibling relationships with William and Susan are warm and kind - watching them interact is great. Or alternative universe roleswap: Fanny Crawford is a shy bookworm spoiled and indulged by her father the Admiral, while Mary Price is a poor, vivacious foundling taken in by the wealthy Bertrams and her dreadful Aunt Norris - what happens?
Out of all of Austen's heroines, Anne Elliot probably wins "Best Educated", but I vote Fanny Price for "Most Nerdy". She'd rather practice astronomy than sing a glee!
Do Not Want: Fanny agreeing to start a romantic relationship with Henry.
Pink Punch - Laura Kinch (book)
Superhero fun! Kris Mahrone’s parents have separated, and she can’t understand why – until she discovers her mother has been moonlighting as Northberg’s latest superhero, Pink Punch. With Dad a detective on the police’s Vigilante Crimes Unit? Yup. Sounds like irreconcilable differences.
Characters: Kris Mahrone, Elspeth
Source: Available for purchase as an e-book
Happy for you to include only one of the requested characters. I'd love to read about Kris having some more superhero adventures, whether using the suit to kick and punch or solving a mystery with her brains. I'd also love anything featuring Kris' relationships with her family. She and her mother have a lot to talk about by the end of the novel! I also liked what we saw of Kris' dynamic with her father and brother. For Elspeth, she seems like a fun minor character with some interesting powers, so that's why I requested her - I'd love to read a little more!
Fandom: Baldur's Gate (video game)
Fantasy adventure bildungsroman with a host of amazing characters.
Characters: Shar-Teel Dosan
Source: Beamdog.com
I'd love to read about an adventure with your favourite combination of characters. Baldur's Gate is the fandom I keep coming back to, because there are so many stories and possibilities and styles and twists and tangents to explore. Ghost story, swords and adventure, unjust suffering, friends and laughter, bizarre mystery, love.
I haven't played the extended editions, but I'd still enjoy reading fic about the characters/settings there as long as it has a lot of exposition. Nominated or non nominated, joinable companions or the weirdest minor characters, the strangest and most unlikely bedfellows or long-term canonical pairings, alternate universes, original characters - all welcome.
I picked Shar-Teel as a requested character because she's fun, but it's fine if your story doesn't include her. Some miscellaneous prompts: Shar-Teel sharpens Aerie's fighting skills; Xzar and Montaron reluctantly bring the party on an undercover mission to a Zhent-ruled city; Skie helps the group navigate intrigue in fashionable society in Baldur's Gate; Viconia and Shar-Teel bond (either romantically or platonically); Branwen applies her wisdom to solve a problem; Dynaheir survives Irenicus' dungeon and faces challenges in Baldur's Gate II; Mazzy and Valygar navigate paladin-hood and the squire role she suggests for him; Faldorn balances her relationship to her allies in BGI with her role as a fanatical druid leader in BGII; the characters fall into a ghost story.
Thank you for writing for me! I hope you have a wonderful Yuletide. Our shared rare fandom is joy, optional details are optional, and please don't get eaten by bears. I hope that you and yours have a happy and safe season.
Things I like to read include: adventure, ghost stories, humour, horror, slice-of-life, worldbuilding, alternate universes, love, tragedy, suffering, hope, irony, drama, mystery, complicated characters, complicated relationships, character development, underexplored parts of canon universes, plot twists, banter, capable/competent characters, female characters having adventures and being central to the story, femslash, gen, het, slash, rare characters in the spotlight, unusual stories, being surprised, and many other things that hopefully cover what you enjoy writing. I'd love to read a story you want to write.
In general, I'd much rather read fic that went in a direction you liked writing than a story that stuck to a prompt that wasn't working for you.
Treats are welcome.
Fandoms
- First Date on a Lake - Saturday Night Live Sketch (short video)
- Mansfield Park - Jane Austen (book)
- Pink Punch - Laura Kinch (book)
- Baldur's Gate (video game)
First Date on a Lake - Saturday Night Live Sketch (short video)
A fun sketch with singing and jokes in it. Mary's ex boyfriend was a lawyer for drug deals who gave her a set of computer discs just before he was arrested and told her to guard them with her life, so you can imagine how happy Mary was when a handsome stranger sent her a Facebook message out of nowhere asking her to come on a date with him at night in the middle of the lake!
Characters: Mary, Darren
Source: YouTube
This sketch was great, I'd love a story with a similar sense of humour! Anything about Mary and Darren would be fun. Darren seems like a capable guy who's got the criminal lifestyle down and working for him, but it looks like he needs Mary to help him paddle boats! Would they be able to team up and use their unique skills together to make maybe-illegal profits? Maybe Mary needs to prove to her mother that she does totally have good taste in boyfriends, so Darren needs to accompany her to a tea party. Or maybe Mary's ex boyfriend gets paroled from prison and causes a love triangle. Or maybe Mary and Darren do a heist or a murder for hire together, like any romantic couple.
This is sort of how I imagine Mary and Darren: there's a folk tale type where a man and his wife find a treasure that they have to keep hidden, and he knows she won't be able to help herself from telling the neighbours about it. So he arranges some unrealistic things to happen to her such as rains of sausages coming down from the roof, then when she tells her neighbours about the treasure she adds that it was the same day as the sausage rain. Thus the result is that nobody believes her and the treasure is safe!
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
A Jane Austen gem with an interesting heroine, shy but steadfast and conscientious even when those around her regard her as "lowest and last", nuanced characters and conflicts, and one of the best fictional villains of all time in the form of Mrs. Norris.
Characters: Fanny Price, Henry Crawford, Mary Crawford
Source: Project Gutenberg
Happy for you to write about a subset of the requested characters (fine to include only one or two).
Henry and Mary: Incest prompt - I can read these two characters with just enough issues and dysfunction to be in an incestuous relationship with each other. They lost their parents at an early age and were raised in an environment of favouritism (the Admiral and his wife each having a favourite), marital dysfunction, misogyny from the Admiral, and teachings to value wealth and prestige and underrate ethical behaviour. Would like something in line with their book characterisation but with this dramatic twist.
Alternatively, write Mary and/or Henry making witty remarks with each other or with other characters, or maybe a story about their childhood. I love their verbal cleverness and how they're complicated, interesting characters who aren't villains or saints. Epistolary fiction about the Rushworth Divorce Case would also be neat.
Fanny: Anything about her! I love Fanny Price. A shy bookworm, told all her life that she's the "lowest and last" and must be grateful above all things to the wealthy family that took her in, and who turns out to have a spine of pure titanium when it's important. I love how Fanny's kind, contemplative, thoughtful, and stays true to herself even when all the circumstances and the people she loves are against her. I'd love to read how Fanny continues to grow and develop past the novel, taking up new responsibilities at Mansfield Parsonage, learning to love it, and her new adventures. Fanny somehow meeting Admiral Crawford would be hilarious! Fanny in a fantasy or science-fiction tale, or ghost story, would also be lovely. Fanny and her sibling relationships with William and Susan are warm and kind - watching them interact is great. Or alternative universe roleswap: Fanny Crawford is a shy bookworm spoiled and indulged by her father the Admiral, while Mary Price is a poor, vivacious foundling taken in by the wealthy Bertrams and her dreadful Aunt Norris - what happens?
Out of all of Austen's heroines, Anne Elliot probably wins "Best Educated", but I vote Fanny Price for "Most Nerdy". She'd rather practice astronomy than sing a glee!
Do Not Want: Fanny agreeing to start a romantic relationship with Henry.
Pink Punch - Laura Kinch (book)
Superhero fun! Kris Mahrone’s parents have separated, and she can’t understand why – until she discovers her mother has been moonlighting as Northberg’s latest superhero, Pink Punch. With Dad a detective on the police’s Vigilante Crimes Unit? Yup. Sounds like irreconcilable differences.
Characters: Kris Mahrone, Elspeth
Source: Available for purchase as an e-book
Happy for you to include only one of the requested characters. I'd love to read about Kris having some more superhero adventures, whether using the suit to kick and punch or solving a mystery with her brains. I'd also love anything featuring Kris' relationships with her family. She and her mother have a lot to talk about by the end of the novel! I also liked what we saw of Kris' dynamic with her father and brother. For Elspeth, she seems like a fun minor character with some interesting powers, so that's why I requested her - I'd love to read a little more!
Fandom: Baldur's Gate (video game)
Fantasy adventure bildungsroman with a host of amazing characters.
Characters: Shar-Teel Dosan
Source: Beamdog.com
I'd love to read about an adventure with your favourite combination of characters. Baldur's Gate is the fandom I keep coming back to, because there are so many stories and possibilities and styles and twists and tangents to explore. Ghost story, swords and adventure, unjust suffering, friends and laughter, bizarre mystery, love.
I haven't played the extended editions, but I'd still enjoy reading fic about the characters/settings there as long as it has a lot of exposition. Nominated or non nominated, joinable companions or the weirdest minor characters, the strangest and most unlikely bedfellows or long-term canonical pairings, alternate universes, original characters - all welcome.
I picked Shar-Teel as a requested character because she's fun, but it's fine if your story doesn't include her. Some miscellaneous prompts: Shar-Teel sharpens Aerie's fighting skills; Xzar and Montaron reluctantly bring the party on an undercover mission to a Zhent-ruled city; Skie helps the group navigate intrigue in fashionable society in Baldur's Gate; Viconia and Shar-Teel bond (either romantically or platonically); Branwen applies her wisdom to solve a problem; Dynaheir survives Irenicus' dungeon and faces challenges in Baldur's Gate II; Mazzy and Valygar navigate paladin-hood and the squire role she suggests for him; Faldorn balances her relationship to her allies in BGI with her role as a fanatical druid leader in BGII; the characters fall into a ghost story.
