Dear Yuletide Letter 2024
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thisbluespiritThank you for writing for me! This letter is bound to be long, so tl;dr: I love all kinds of different things at different times, I love these fandoms and characters, and I'm sure to enjoy whatever you come up with.
Any prompts are intended purely for inspiration, not to restrict your choices. Take what's useful and leave what isn't. I hope you have a lovely Yuletide.
Likes: hurt/comfort, forced to work together, x times format, apocalypse, crack played straight, comedy of manners/cultural differences/opposites attract, canon divergence AUs, historical/fantasy/supernatural AUs (or AUs where the canon has been 'translated' in apt/fun ways), rescues, fantasy, history, mystery, ghosts, time travel, time loops, crossovers, banter, humour, tropes, trope subversion.
I love sensible people dealing with tropey/fantastical things they never asked for, fake/accidental/convenient marriage scenarios, people trapped together, or landed in unexpected scenarios. I love my chosen canons as they are, too, and will always be very happy with canon-typical fic.
Ship-wise - implicit over explicit - emotions, touch/sensation, first times, undressing, hands, historical costumes, kissing, love conveyed by actions over words - but whatever feels right for the characters is the main thing & sex mentions/brief or non-graphic sex scenes are absolutely fine.
DNWs: over-eating,* character bashing, genderswap, age regression, incest, rape, porn without plot, issuefic, non-canonical body horror/unexpected physical transformations, non-canonical identity headcanons, a/b/o, death/tragedy not typical/canonical for a fandom (unless requested.)
*re. over-eating: mentions of food or eating are fine! It's just a squick re. excessive/rapid over-eating etc - eating competitions, multiple meals, forcing food/liquid into someone, esp. as method of killing someone.
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Happy writing!
Craddock and Co
Charles Craddock, Lucy Greenwood ("My gift must feature all my chosen characters")
This little radio series won my heart last year! I had to listen to it twice in a row and the theme music still makes me happy any time I hear it. It's sweet and fun and has heart and a bit of philosophy buried in it alongside the Victorian adventuring pastiche.
I would love any missing-episode/case fic for it, any of those moments where either one of them actually is in peril or trouble or hurt (or the other believes they are), or maybe just to hear something about the actual bookselling side of the business. (How has Charles been managing it all these years? Did it pay for Lucy to advertise?)
I'm very happy for you to include any other characters as you please, particularly Grout, but it's Lucy & Uncle Charles I loved the best. I'd be cool with them running into any other late 19th C Victorian London literary detectives or other fictional people who might be around at that time - it could be fun to see others encountering Lucy's practical fix-it approach to life. I enjoy the period setting, but if you have an interesting AU idea, I'd be willing to read it.
In short, if you love this too, I'm here for whatever you want to do with it.
Indigo Saga - Louise Cooper
Indigo, Grimya ("My gift must feature all my chosen characters")
I'd love any missing scenes, or anything set post-canon, focusing on Indigo & Grimya and their enduring friendship. Do they help others overcome their own demons? Or revisit old friends, even if only to watch from a distance? Or do they find new battles to fight - or just enjoy being somewhere beautiful/fascinating without having to fight demons? Are they still immortal or not and, if so, what does that imply? Maybe Indigo really is/does become the goddess's emissary? What would that mean? Also missing scenes - small meetings & adventures in between the books, or missing scenes from them would also be loved.
Grimya & Indigo's relationship is just so enduring and unique and and I'll always be happy to see more of them.
I also love the world (which I'm pretty sure from the map and the 'myth' in Book 1 is a geomagnetically reversed AU/future version of our own), so exploring new places in it would be great. I love some of the settings and characters we've already seen - the Summer Isles, Simhara, Bruhome, the Redoubt in particular, Joyful Travail - and would be very happy to revisit or have missing scenes involving them with Indigo & Grimya.
Write anything you want, basically - as long as it involves Indigo & Grimya somewhere in their own fascinating world - wolf, human, immortal, whatever - at some point in their long lives, I'll be delighted! There's so much possibility in this series. And Grimya is just the best, y/y. <3
Fandom DNW: Other setting AUs - I'm interested in the settings as well as Indigo & Grimya. No "fixits" re. Fenran - (I love how that turns out!)
Welcome to Our Village Please Invade Carefully
Uljabaan, Katrina Lyons ("My gift must feature all my chosen characters")
I love Cresdon Green and everybody in it (maybe even Ron and Weird Patrick by this point), and will be deeply happy to get more of it in the shape of fic.
Give me missing scenes/episodes, or tell me what happened post-canon. Does Uljabaan wind up picking up far too many human habits? Is the invasion forever post-poned? What happens if Cresdon Green is remembered by the rest of the world? I also have a weird maybe-not-serious-maybe-actually-it-is-idk yen for Uljabaan/Katrina, because obv. that is a way that humans win over their enemies, right? For research/resistance! What could go wrong? Katrina's own schemes, her relationship with her parents & accidentally having to help Uljabaan are all good.
I love the whole thing, so feel free to include anyone and everyone else you want - Lucy, the Computer, the Lyonses, other villagers, Minions, Ravella, whoever.
DNW: No fic where Uljabaan has to go home. (He's stuck here. With the rest of Cresdon Green. It's his own fault.)
The Winslow Boy (1999)
Catherine Winslow, Robert Morton ("My gift must feature all my chosen characters")
Perfect film is perfect, except also I desperately need to know what happened afterwards between Catherine and Sir Robert. Just give me more of them interacting, whether missing scenes within canon, or how they get together!
I'm not sure what prompts to give other than more, please! So... how might it go if they get together? What about the upcoming war? And now... KISS, despite and because of being wonderfully repressed Rattigan characters? Have fun getting them together in whatever way works for you, in short. I will just be delighted to have more of them!
I love the whole film and the relationships between the family members, so feel free to include any other characters you want, whether nominated or not.
Wish Me Luck (TV)
Matty Firman, Colin Beale ("My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags; or it may use exceptions I explain in the form")
I imprinted on this many years ago while far too young for it, but now I've had the chance to rewatch properly as an adult, it's even better than I remembered - and there's pretty much no fic!
I'm after more of Matty, and/or Colin/Matty, especially post s1. Any more of them together would be great - meeting up at home or in France again, post s1 or s2. Do they work together again? Hurt/comfort/rescues etc in the field? What are they doing in the chaos at the end? Do either of them run off to find the other, the way Liz does? Do they make it out alive and if so, what sort of match would they make of it? I'd love them to survive and prosper, but if you want to go as far as canon goes re. dying tragically together, I would be up for that too. Go where your muse takes you! (Just don't break them up by anything other than death.)
They're such complementary opposites, the posh boy/working class girl vibe & how they grow up together through the first series. The way they've both had plenty of sex but no real relationships prior to this one they're sort of not having - and Colin having to work at this thing for the first time, instead of just vaguely indicating that he's available and getting seduced is great. Colin's background is actually way more bohemian than most of his contemporaries, and Matty is going to need someone who knows what she's capable of, so I do think they could work things out - if they can survive!
My exception re. characters here is, if you're not really into the ship, I love Matty regardless! More of her in any way would be wonderful. What is she doing in s2, or s3? Or missing s1 scenes of any kind with her. I'd be delighted to see something of her & Cad and his faith in her, or her friendship with Liz, or Lois, if you're not okay with including Colin.
Even though I'm asking for Colin with Matty, I love his s2 arc - the shooting of the milicienne and his reaction to it & his breakdown - all that WML thing of the war pushing ordinary people into doing terrible things, and I'm happy for you to go into any of that further if you do write them together.
Fandom DNW: don't break up Colin/Matty actually in your fic (other than death.)
Requested fandom details & how to get hold of them (shortest first):
Craddock and Co - 3 x28 min radio episodes - less than an hour and a half! It's easily available online in several places, including on BBC Sounds whenever they repeat it. Find out more + links here at the Promo post.
The Winslow Boy (1999) - 104 mins; adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play, shouldn't be too hard to get hold of - see here at the Promo post.
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully - BBC radio sitcom of 11x 28min episodes over 2 series & a pilot. It's short, you can get the typical episode feel & characters within only 1 or 2 episodes, and it's available by various methods - see the promo post for more info.
Indigo Saga - series of 8 (non-brick!) 1990s fantasy novels with a female protagonist and her telepathic wolf bff who set off on a decades-long journey to rid the world of the demons she loosed upon it. Reading 1 or 2 would be sufficient to write a 'missing segment' of some kind - see more including where to find it at the promo post.
Wish Me Luck (ITv 1988-1990) - WWII drama about women in the SOE, 3 series of 7-8 45min eps each; around on DVD and streaming series - see here at the promo post for more.
Any prompts are intended purely for inspiration, not to restrict your choices. Take what's useful and leave what isn't. I hope you have a lovely Yuletide.
Likes: hurt/comfort, forced to work together, x times format, apocalypse, crack played straight, comedy of manners/cultural differences/opposites attract, canon divergence AUs, historical/fantasy/supernatural AUs (or AUs where the canon has been 'translated' in apt/fun ways), rescues, fantasy, history, mystery, ghosts, time travel, time loops, crossovers, banter, humour, tropes, trope subversion.
I love sensible people dealing with tropey/fantastical things they never asked for, fake/accidental/convenient marriage scenarios, people trapped together, or landed in unexpected scenarios. I love my chosen canons as they are, too, and will always be very happy with canon-typical fic.
Ship-wise - implicit over explicit - emotions, touch/sensation, first times, undressing, hands, historical costumes, kissing, love conveyed by actions over words - but whatever feels right for the characters is the main thing & sex mentions/brief or non-graphic sex scenes are absolutely fine.
DNWs: over-eating,* character bashing, genderswap, age regression, incest, rape, porn without plot, issuefic, non-canonical body horror/unexpected physical transformations, non-canonical identity headcanons, a/b/o, death/tragedy not typical/canonical for a fandom (unless requested.)
*re. over-eating: mentions of food or eating are fine! It's just a squick re. excessive/rapid over-eating etc - eating competitions, multiple meals, forcing food/liquid into someone, esp. as method of killing someone.
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Happy writing!
Craddock and Co
Charles Craddock, Lucy Greenwood ("My gift must feature all my chosen characters")
This little radio series won my heart last year! I had to listen to it twice in a row and the theme music still makes me happy any time I hear it. It's sweet and fun and has heart and a bit of philosophy buried in it alongside the Victorian adventuring pastiche.
I would love any missing-episode/case fic for it, any of those moments where either one of them actually is in peril or trouble or hurt (or the other believes they are), or maybe just to hear something about the actual bookselling side of the business. (How has Charles been managing it all these years? Did it pay for Lucy to advertise?)
I'm very happy for you to include any other characters as you please, particularly Grout, but it's Lucy & Uncle Charles I loved the best. I'd be cool with them running into any other late 19th C Victorian London literary detectives or other fictional people who might be around at that time - it could be fun to see others encountering Lucy's practical fix-it approach to life. I enjoy the period setting, but if you have an interesting AU idea, I'd be willing to read it.
In short, if you love this too, I'm here for whatever you want to do with it.
Indigo Saga - Louise Cooper
Indigo, Grimya ("My gift must feature all my chosen characters")
I'd love any missing scenes, or anything set post-canon, focusing on Indigo & Grimya and their enduring friendship. Do they help others overcome their own demons? Or revisit old friends, even if only to watch from a distance? Or do they find new battles to fight - or just enjoy being somewhere beautiful/fascinating without having to fight demons? Are they still immortal or not and, if so, what does that imply? Maybe Indigo really is/does become the goddess's emissary? What would that mean? Also missing scenes - small meetings & adventures in between the books, or missing scenes from them would also be loved.
Grimya & Indigo's relationship is just so enduring and unique and and I'll always be happy to see more of them.
I also love the world (which I'm pretty sure from the map and the 'myth' in Book 1 is a geomagnetically reversed AU/future version of our own), so exploring new places in it would be great. I love some of the settings and characters we've already seen - the Summer Isles, Simhara, Bruhome, the Redoubt in particular, Joyful Travail - and would be very happy to revisit or have missing scenes involving them with Indigo & Grimya.
Write anything you want, basically - as long as it involves Indigo & Grimya somewhere in their own fascinating world - wolf, human, immortal, whatever - at some point in their long lives, I'll be delighted! There's so much possibility in this series. And Grimya is just the best, y/y. <3
Fandom DNW: Other setting AUs - I'm interested in the settings as well as Indigo & Grimya. No "fixits" re. Fenran - (I love how that turns out!)
Welcome to Our Village Please Invade Carefully
Uljabaan, Katrina Lyons ("My gift must feature all my chosen characters")
I love Cresdon Green and everybody in it (maybe even Ron and Weird Patrick by this point), and will be deeply happy to get more of it in the shape of fic.
Give me missing scenes/episodes, or tell me what happened post-canon. Does Uljabaan wind up picking up far too many human habits? Is the invasion forever post-poned? What happens if Cresdon Green is remembered by the rest of the world? I also have a weird maybe-not-serious-maybe-actually-it-is-idk yen for Uljabaan/Katrina, because obv. that is a way that humans win over their enemies, right? For research/resistance! What could go wrong? Katrina's own schemes, her relationship with her parents & accidentally having to help Uljabaan are all good.
I love the whole thing, so feel free to include anyone and everyone else you want - Lucy, the Computer, the Lyonses, other villagers, Minions, Ravella, whoever.
DNW: No fic where Uljabaan has to go home. (He's stuck here. With the rest of Cresdon Green. It's his own fault.)
The Winslow Boy (1999)
Catherine Winslow, Robert Morton ("My gift must feature all my chosen characters")
Perfect film is perfect, except also I desperately need to know what happened afterwards between Catherine and Sir Robert. Just give me more of them interacting, whether missing scenes within canon, or how they get together!
I'm not sure what prompts to give other than more, please! So... how might it go if they get together? What about the upcoming war? And now... KISS, despite and because of being wonderfully repressed Rattigan characters? Have fun getting them together in whatever way works for you, in short. I will just be delighted to have more of them!
I love the whole film and the relationships between the family members, so feel free to include any other characters you want, whether nominated or not.
Wish Me Luck (TV)
Matty Firman, Colin Beale ("My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags; or it may use exceptions I explain in the form")
I imprinted on this many years ago while far too young for it, but now I've had the chance to rewatch properly as an adult, it's even better than I remembered - and there's pretty much no fic!
I'm after more of Matty, and/or Colin/Matty, especially post s1. Any more of them together would be great - meeting up at home or in France again, post s1 or s2. Do they work together again? Hurt/comfort/rescues etc in the field? What are they doing in the chaos at the end? Do either of them run off to find the other, the way Liz does? Do they make it out alive and if so, what sort of match would they make of it? I'd love them to survive and prosper, but if you want to go as far as canon goes re. dying tragically together, I would be up for that too. Go where your muse takes you! (Just don't break them up by anything other than death.)
They're such complementary opposites, the posh boy/working class girl vibe & how they grow up together through the first series. The way they've both had plenty of sex but no real relationships prior to this one they're sort of not having - and Colin having to work at this thing for the first time, instead of just vaguely indicating that he's available and getting seduced is great. Colin's background is actually way more bohemian than most of his contemporaries, and Matty is going to need someone who knows what she's capable of, so I do think they could work things out - if they can survive!
My exception re. characters here is, if you're not really into the ship, I love Matty regardless! More of her in any way would be wonderful. What is she doing in s2, or s3? Or missing s1 scenes of any kind with her. I'd be delighted to see something of her & Cad and his faith in her, or her friendship with Liz, or Lois, if you're not okay with including Colin.
Even though I'm asking for Colin with Matty, I love his s2 arc - the shooting of the milicienne and his reaction to it & his breakdown - all that WML thing of the war pushing ordinary people into doing terrible things, and I'm happy for you to go into any of that further if you do write them together.
Fandom DNW: don't break up Colin/Matty actually in your fic (other than death.)
Requested fandom details & how to get hold of them (shortest first):
Craddock and Co - 3 x28 min radio episodes - less than an hour and a half! It's easily available online in several places, including on BBC Sounds whenever they repeat it. Find out more + links here at the Promo post.
The Winslow Boy (1999) - 104 mins; adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play, shouldn't be too hard to get hold of - see here at the Promo post.
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully - BBC radio sitcom of 11x 28min episodes over 2 series & a pilot. It's short, you can get the typical episode feel & characters within only 1 or 2 episodes, and it's available by various methods - see the promo post for more info.
Indigo Saga - series of 8 (non-brick!) 1990s fantasy novels with a female protagonist and her telepathic wolf bff who set off on a decades-long journey to rid the world of the demons she loosed upon it. Reading 1 or 2 would be sufficient to write a 'missing segment' of some kind - see more including where to find it at the promo post.
Wish Me Luck (ITv 1988-1990) - WWII drama about women in the SOE, 3 series of 7-8 45min eps each; around on DVD and streaming series - see here at the promo post for more.