Beyond the Roundels

Thank 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.


That said, here is the long version...

( Fandoms: Craddock and Co, The Lady Vanishes, The Shadow of the Tower, Sister Boniface Mysteries & Welcome to Our Village Please Invade Carefully )

Thank you for creating something for me! I love all kinds of different things at different times, I love these fandoms and characters, and I'm sure I'll enjoy what you come up with.

I have requested all fanfiction, but if anyone is looking to make art treats, I would be a very delighted recipient! I cannot draw and almost all of my ships are really rare so pretty much anything would be completely adored.

Any prompts are intended purely for inspiration, not to restrict your choices. Take what's useful and leave what isn't.

Likes: hurt/comfort, forced to work together, x times format, apocalypse, crack played straight, comedy of manners/cultural differences, canon divergence AUs, historical/fantasy/supernatural AUs, rescues, fantasy, history, mystery, ghosts, time travel, time loops, crossovers, banter, humour, tropes, trope subversion.

Generally, I love sensible people dealing with tropey stuff or fantastical things they never asked for, tropey fake/accidental/convenient marriage scenarios, trapped together, or landed in unexpected scenarios, whether serious or humorous, but I also love my chosen canons and will be very happy with non-tropey canon-typical missing episodes/case fic/scenes etc. and character moments for my chosen ships.

( Ship-Likes, DNWs + Requests in Doctor Who, Dracula, Sapphire & Steel, Shadow of the Tower, Star Wars Prequels, Welcome to Our Village Please Invade Carefully )

Thank 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 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.


That said, here is the long version...

( Fandoms: Dracula (TV 1968), The Power Game, Sapphire & Steel, Shadow of the Tower & Sid Halley )

Dear hurtcomfortex Author,

Thanks for writing something for me! I wanted to do this exchange last year, but had to fall out, so I'm doubly pleased to have made it this time round. My letters tend to be on the long side, and if that's not your preference, then tl;dr: I love all kinds of things, I love these fandoms & pairings, and chose them carefully, so as long as you avoid my DNWs, I I'm bound to love whatever you come up with. I've largely included freeforms that should work as prompts, so I haven't added explanations for most of them. All other details are intended for inspiration, not to restrict your choices. Take what's useful and leave what isn't, and I hope you have fun.

That said, here is the long version...

( General )

My AO3 pseud is the same as this one - thisbluespirit.


( Specific fandom details: Doctor Who (BFAs) (2), Once Upon a Time (2), Sapphire & Steel, Spooks | MI5, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy & Timeless (2) )

For snowflake_challenge - Challenge #6: In your own space, make a list — anything between one and ten things is a sweet spot, but don't feel constrained by that! - of things that you wish existed in fandom or elsewhere, or that you'd like someone to make for you.

I mainly want more anything for or anyone into my ridiculous obscure old telly fandoms, especially the ones with James Maxwell in, but that is too unreasonable to ask.

So:

1. I have a Dear Author tag which contains all my previous exchange letters and therefore details of Things I Like, why, and in what ways I would like All the Fic. Especially if it has James Maxwell in, obviously or by stealth. :-D (Other things are good! I want All The Things when I'm not at my most tired.)

2. Comments on my fic. If I have Thoughts on things, that tends to become fic and because I am actually a lot more shy than I may appear while babbling on the internet, I have always used that as my prime way into talking to people and making friends, and given my shaky concentration, I'm bad at doing it from the other way round (although I hope to improve again soon).


But, funnily, I was about to post this, so I shall include it! I was going back through all my editions of the 15 Characters Meme (and the 12 Characters thing) and noting down things that really should exist, whether as a begging list or a reminder to self, I cannot say, but I think, given this topic, it should go right here! So:

3. All these things should totally exist somewhere, right?


a. The Master goes to Granny Weatherwax's used vehicle lot to purchase a vehicle. Long John Silver offers unsolicited advice about it.

b. Ace, Sapphire, and Cally spend the night in a haunted house.

c. Violet Crawley is made supreme ruler of the globe.

d. Rupert Giles & Violet Crawley get thrown back in time to 1066 in a freak accident. The fate of England rests on the shoulders of one or both of them.

e. Zen & Holly are stuck in a museum after closing hours (presumably ancient exhibits in a technology museum, long forgotten...)

f. Harry Pearce, Esme Weatherwax, and Jane Marple are alone in a house/other building of your choice. It is a dark and stormy night. There is a thunderous knock on the door followed by the sound of feet running away. When they open the door, there is a baby in a basket, and voila, one tiny child has three of the best and scariest godparents ever. Do not mess with them.

g. Charley Pollard and Clara Oswald go into business together

h. Ros Myers is catapulted into another dimension where they meet the good/evil mirror version of their friends. (With bonus debate as to whether this would therefore be the mirror dimension where everyone was fluffy and into kittens and then Ros would have to kill them all, or if Ruth would be a megalomaniac she needed to defeat.)

i. A Bill Potts/Kara Danvers College AU where Bill is teaching physics and passing on the wonders of the universe, Sam Vimes is teaching a criminology course that is turning out to be way more hands on and practical than the university was up for, Kara is teaching a journalism course and is really nervous about it and her first few lectures do not go well, since they involve public speaking. She keeps winding up in Bill's study for biscuits and sympathy. Bill is very helpful and is developing a serious crush. (It'd be adorable only with bonus Vimes. What's not to like?)

j. The Sixth Doctor and Zelena Mills have to fake a relationship.

k. Kara Danvers/Obi Wan-Kenobi, and/or this impressively pretty, explosive and effective sedoretu comprised of Dayna Mellanby & Kara Danvers, Kara Danvers/Bill Potts, Kara Danvers/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Dayna Mellanby/Bill Potts and Dayna Mellanby/Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Bill Potts & Obi-Wan Kenobi. It would involve a lot of handwaving, but is that not what fic is for?

l. Kara Danvers and the Sixth Doctor are entered in the Great British Bake-Off. (Optional: Orac is a guest judge and Servalan is trying to sabotage the whole thing.)

m. The Twelfth Doctor and Cora Mills are now buddy cops.

n. Twelve and Henry VII are running a coffee shop that lives off the attraction of Twelve's terrible customer service and Henry's excellent book-keeping. (I don't know what kind of AU it is, but I'd read it.)


(I'd like to point out that I did write the one where Donna Moss got locked in the wine cellar with Eight and One and the one where Henry VII and Ace went on a (kind of date; stuff blew up anyway), and more or less the Jenkins and Twelve find a stray kitten, if you substute 'baby winged horse' for kitten, so I have done my part, or some of it, anyway...)

Thank you for writing something for me! This letter is bound to be long, but tl;dr: I love all kinds of things, I love the fandoms and character combinations I've chosen, and as long as you don't write my few hard DNWs, I'm bound to love whatever you come up with.

Prompts are intended purely for inspiration, not to restrict your choices. Take what's useful here and leave what isn't, and I hope you have fun.

That said, here is the long version...

( Fandoms: Department S, Doctor Who (BFAs), Dracula (TV 1968), Duchess of Duke Street, Sapphire & Steel, and Shadow of the Tower )

Dear Chocolatier,

Thank you for making something for me! This letter is bound to be long, but tl;dr: I love all kinds of things, I love the fandoms and character combinations I've chosen, and as long as you don't write my few hard DNWs, I I'm bound to love whatever you come up with. Prompts are intended purely for inspiration, not to restrict your choices. Take what's useful and leave what isn't, and I hope you have fun.

That said, here is the long version...

( General Likes etc. )

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( Requests: Arrowverse, Blake's 7, Doctor Who (BFA), Dracula - Bram Stoker, Dracula (TV 1968), Once Upon A Time, Sapphire & Steel, Sid Halley, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Tenko )

Dear hetswap Author,

Hello and thank you for writing for me! This letter is ridiculously long (sorry!), but I am open to lots of different types of stories, so don't be put off if you prefer short letters. As long as you avoid my DNWs, I'm sure I will love whatever you can come up with for one of these pairings. (Prompts in particular are purely for inspiration, as I'm someone who appreciates them myself - if you already have an idea, just go with that.)


( Onto the usual long flaily letter of wishes )

Dear Hetswap Author,

Welcome! I'm really looking forward to seeing what you write for one of my favourite pairings and I hope you enjoy your assignment.

I shall try to keep this to a sensible length, but I have a history of waffling too much in these things, so bear with me! I hope it will be useful, but you should ignore most things that aren't my likes/dislikes/specific requests if not. You can see my other fic exchange letters at my dear author tag.

( Hetswap 2017 Letter )

Dear Prime Time Player,

I have a terrible tendency to waffle in these Dear Author letters, so let it be said that I am a great believer in the story that you want to tell being the one that's going to be the most compelling to read. If you're the sort of person who likes a concise letter and a free hand, just go for what you have in mind as long as you at least try to avoid any pet hates listed here. All the extra details & prompts are for souls like me who might want them. Do not attempt to give me everything below in one fic; you'd do yourself an injury. If anything seems contradictory, it's mostly because I like different things at different times in different fandoms.


Likes: Humour, missing adventures, friendships, hurt/comfort, fantasy, history, mysteries, ghosts, plot, casefic, crossovers, gen, het, femslash. I do enjoy mild shippiness, and I adore reading about the subtleties, interactions and differing dynamics of relationships of all kinds between people/groups. (This is hard. I like lots of things.)

Dislikes: graphic horror/violence, explicit pr0n, PWP, sugary sentimentality, incest, rape, or unending angst without hope. I do like some AUs on occasion, but in general for me adding fantastical elements to a mundane fandom is fine, turning a fantasy/sf fandom mundane not so much, and I tend not to be into fusions. I'm not keen on unexpected (non-canonical) character death, generally (although it will be more okay in something like Spooks or B7 than happier fandoms). If I love a fandom, I tend to love most if not all of it, so it's really best to avoid any character bashing or assumptions that canon always needs fixing. If I have any pet fixits I'd like, I'll mention it below. I don't have any triggers, though, so please don't panic, and I can absolutely take some of these things if that's what the fic needs.

In short, please don't worry, I like lots of different things and am sure I will enjoy your fic. I hope you also have fun writing (and many apologies if anything in this letter is making you tear out your hair).



( Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, Spooks, Voyager )

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Firstly, you're ready to attempt to write something for me and you share a tiny fandom with me, so that makes you pretty awesome in my eyes - thank you, dear writer!

( Annual flaily letter )

Dear Fic Corner Scribbler,

Welcome! If you're here, given what I've requested, I like you already. Write me something for one of the below books and you can't go wrong, basically. I'm very excited about the idea of fic for any of them - I think only one of them has any fic in existence.

More details follow, but I am a great believer in the story that you want to tell being the one that's going to be the most compelling to read, so please, write that. In fact, for 4 out of 6 of these requests, what I want most of all is just to see what you would write in these worlds.

I tend not to read explicit fic as a rule, and especially for some of these, but whatever you feel the story needs, really. I don't need for everything to be angsty, neither do I want a forced happy ending. And I'm sure you'd never character-bash, my other main dislike - I tend to enjoy all the characters in my fandoms!

(If you want to know more about my fic likes/dislikes etc. my last Yuletide letter is here, in which I waffled far too much about such things.)

( Likes etc and request details )