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Dear Yuletide Writer 2017
Sep. 28th, 2017 04:52 pmDear Yuletide writer,
my AO3 handle is plumedy, and I'm here for intense platonic relationships between characters of any gender ^-^ I'm not necessarily allergic to romance - hence e.g. my nominating some married couples this Yuletide - but I'm not keen on it being the centre of attention.
I love fluff and angst, and hurt/comfort (either emotional or physical) makes me fall to the floor and roll around. I love it when characters try not to be obvious about their feelings for each other but fail!! I have such a thing for stiff upper lip. All my canons are full of people who desperately need to hug each other but are prevented from doing so by social conventions, hierarchy, or straight up shame 8_8 And the resulting angst is so delicious.
I don't have any particular DNWs except for porn - gore, violence, etc. are fine - and I welcome fanfic of any length. Don't feel like you have to write a story over or under a certain wordcount.
My misc interests include music, historical fashion, art, horror, human anatomy (this being my degree path), botany and zoology, and a bunch of other things. Generally, if you'd like to include something nerdy, artsy, or sciencey into your work, do not hesitate :D But it is by no means a requirement.
AUs of any kind are grand. Fantasy, historical, canon divergence, magical realism, daemons - go to town. Elements of supernatural are perfectly welcome!
My specific requests are as follows:
1. Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes. Characters: Joseph Bell and Arthur Conan Doyle; inclusion of Daniel Blaney and/or Innes Doyle is more than welcome.
First of all, just know that pretty much anything written for this fandom will make me happy. Pretty much anything. That being said, if you'd like a particular idea, I've always wanted a post-canon reunion fanfic. I totally headcanon Bell's final words ("drive these memories from your mind") as an implicit offer for Doyle to forget him, and this provides potential for SO MUCH INSECURITY AND ANGST. AND THEN SO MUCH ANGSTY FLUFF. AND AWKWARD INTENSE INTERACTIONS LEADING TO THEM TOTALLY BREAKING DOWN. asjksfbewhgbfkr
If you want to include any elements of casefic into this, or straight-up write an unrelated casefic, I'd also be absolutely delighted. If you wish to borrow any elements of canon stories, my top favourites are The Copper Beeches, The Blue Carbuncle, The Hound, and, of course, The Three Garridebs :D
Feel free to add daemons (MURDER ROOMS+DAEMONS IS LOVE), or to make them investigate magical crimes, or to turn them into paranormal detectives!! Or anything!!
2. The King's Speech. Characters: Bertie Windsor, Lionel Logue, potentially Myrtle Logue and Elizabeth Windsor.
I LOVE BERTIE&LIONEL SO MUCH AND THEY BOTH HAVE SUCH LOVELY FAMILIES. And I've always thought it's such a shame that though Bertie and Lionel share this incredible bond that transcends social hierarchy, their worlds don't otherwise intersect much. Wouldn't it be awesome if Lionel's family and Bertie's felt, well, a little less separated? Maybe write a post-war thing where Elizabeth softens a bit and becomes less awkward in the Logues' company! And where Myrtle comes to see her and Bertie as people first and royalty second.
and also I want lots of awkward Lionel&Bertie fluff,,, Lionel trying to show Myrtle what he appreciates about Bertie and accidentally moving Bertie to tears ^-^ Bertie convincing Elizabeth to be friends with the Logues and waxing poetic about how good Lionel is to him!! Maybe Lionel doubting whether Bertie needs him post-war and Bertie trying to make sure that Lionel knows that he'll always need him <3
Feel free to realize this familial dynamics in any non-canonical settings or under any non-canonical circumstances. You could make them a team in a survival horror scenario, or a bunch of mages in a fantasy land - I'll eat it all with a spoon! I think this fandom is definitely in need of some good AUs. It'd be very interesting to see the power dynamics between the Logues and the Windsors explored from different angles after it's been transplanted into a different universe.
3. Back to the Future (the movies). Characters: Emmett "Doc" Brown, Marty McFly, Einstein the dog.
This is going to sound a bit strange, but can I have something Einie-centric (maybe Doc makes him his own portable time machine attached to his collar and he goes on temporal adventures...) or even from Einie's POV? I somehow friendship all three of them and would love to read about Einie's role in Doc's and Marty's lives and their relationship. Any dog owner knows how important a dog's presence in their life is, and how it sometimes brings new friends or strengthens existing bonds (e.g. if the other person is also a dog owner or loves dogs). I'm somehow sure Marty is a thoroughly dog person, otherwise he wouldn't have got on with Doc as well as he did.
ALSO EINIE FRIENDSHIPS THE HELL OUT OF THEM, OKAY. Well, maybe he's a little jealous sometimes. But he still sees how much happiness Marty brings to Doc and happy Doc=happy dog (I've wanted to make this absolutely atrocious pun from the second I started writing this prompt).
I'm familiar with and love the game canon, so any references to that that you'd like to add will work for me! On the other hand, I'm not a big fan of the comics, so I'd prefer to keep most of the comics storylines out of my gift.
If you need a source of angst for this, have Doc&Marty have a falling-out for some reason and Einie try anxiously to reconcile them :D Or have one of them be in mortal danger while the other has to save him with Einstein's help!! I love mortal danger->hurt/comfort storylines so much.
I have a great fondness for the Citizen Brown game storyline and for dystopian!Hill Valley in general (also for its Tannen-governed alternate version), so if you can somehow work Einstein into either of these timelines, you may also write something darker with Marty&Doc having a more angsty but still super deliciously intense friendship.
my AO3 handle is plumedy, and I'm here for intense platonic relationships between characters of any gender ^-^ I'm not necessarily allergic to romance - hence e.g. my nominating some married couples this Yuletide - but I'm not keen on it being the centre of attention.
I love fluff and angst, and hurt/comfort (either emotional or physical) makes me fall to the floor and roll around. I love it when characters try not to be obvious about their feelings for each other but fail!! I have such a thing for stiff upper lip. All my canons are full of people who desperately need to hug each other but are prevented from doing so by social conventions, hierarchy, or straight up shame 8_8 And the resulting angst is so delicious.
I don't have any particular DNWs except for porn - gore, violence, etc. are fine - and I welcome fanfic of any length. Don't feel like you have to write a story over or under a certain wordcount.
My misc interests include music, historical fashion, art, horror, human anatomy (this being my degree path), botany and zoology, and a bunch of other things. Generally, if you'd like to include something nerdy, artsy, or sciencey into your work, do not hesitate :D But it is by no means a requirement.
AUs of any kind are grand. Fantasy, historical, canon divergence, magical realism, daemons - go to town. Elements of supernatural are perfectly welcome!
My specific requests are as follows:
1. Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes. Characters: Joseph Bell and Arthur Conan Doyle; inclusion of Daniel Blaney and/or Innes Doyle is more than welcome.
First of all, just know that pretty much anything written for this fandom will make me happy. Pretty much anything. That being said, if you'd like a particular idea, I've always wanted a post-canon reunion fanfic. I totally headcanon Bell's final words ("drive these memories from your mind") as an implicit offer for Doyle to forget him, and this provides potential for SO MUCH INSECURITY AND ANGST. AND THEN SO MUCH ANGSTY FLUFF. AND AWKWARD INTENSE INTERACTIONS LEADING TO THEM TOTALLY BREAKING DOWN. asjksfbewhgbfkr
If you want to include any elements of casefic into this, or straight-up write an unrelated casefic, I'd also be absolutely delighted. If you wish to borrow any elements of canon stories, my top favourites are The Copper Beeches, The Blue Carbuncle, The Hound, and, of course, The Three Garridebs :D
Feel free to add daemons (MURDER ROOMS+DAEMONS IS LOVE), or to make them investigate magical crimes, or to turn them into paranormal detectives!! Or anything!!
2. The King's Speech. Characters: Bertie Windsor, Lionel Logue, potentially Myrtle Logue and Elizabeth Windsor.
I LOVE BERTIE&LIONEL SO MUCH AND THEY BOTH HAVE SUCH LOVELY FAMILIES. And I've always thought it's such a shame that though Bertie and Lionel share this incredible bond that transcends social hierarchy, their worlds don't otherwise intersect much. Wouldn't it be awesome if Lionel's family and Bertie's felt, well, a little less separated? Maybe write a post-war thing where Elizabeth softens a bit and becomes less awkward in the Logues' company! And where Myrtle comes to see her and Bertie as people first and royalty second.
and also I want lots of awkward Lionel&Bertie fluff,,, Lionel trying to show Myrtle what he appreciates about Bertie and accidentally moving Bertie to tears ^-^ Bertie convincing Elizabeth to be friends with the Logues and waxing poetic about how good Lionel is to him!! Maybe Lionel doubting whether Bertie needs him post-war and Bertie trying to make sure that Lionel knows that he'll always need him <3
Feel free to realize this familial dynamics in any non-canonical settings or under any non-canonical circumstances. You could make them a team in a survival horror scenario, or a bunch of mages in a fantasy land - I'll eat it all with a spoon! I think this fandom is definitely in need of some good AUs. It'd be very interesting to see the power dynamics between the Logues and the Windsors explored from different angles after it's been transplanted into a different universe.
3. Back to the Future (the movies). Characters: Emmett "Doc" Brown, Marty McFly, Einstein the dog.
This is going to sound a bit strange, but can I have something Einie-centric (maybe Doc makes him his own portable time machine attached to his collar and he goes on temporal adventures...) or even from Einie's POV? I somehow friendship all three of them and would love to read about Einie's role in Doc's and Marty's lives and their relationship. Any dog owner knows how important a dog's presence in their life is, and how it sometimes brings new friends or strengthens existing bonds (e.g. if the other person is also a dog owner or loves dogs). I'm somehow sure Marty is a thoroughly dog person, otherwise he wouldn't have got on with Doc as well as he did.
ALSO EINIE FRIENDSHIPS THE HELL OUT OF THEM, OKAY. Well, maybe he's a little jealous sometimes. But he still sees how much happiness Marty brings to Doc and happy Doc=happy dog (I've wanted to make this absolutely atrocious pun from the second I started writing this prompt).
I'm familiar with and love the game canon, so any references to that that you'd like to add will work for me! On the other hand, I'm not a big fan of the comics, so I'd prefer to keep most of the comics storylines out of my gift.
If you need a source of angst for this, have Doc&Marty have a falling-out for some reason and Einie try anxiously to reconcile them :D Or have one of them be in mortal danger while the other has to save him with Einstein's help!! I love mortal danger->hurt/comfort storylines so much.
I have a great fondness for the Citizen Brown game storyline and for dystopian!Hill Valley in general (also for its Tannen-governed alternate version), so if you can somehow work Einstein into either of these timelines, you may also write something darker with Marty&Doc having a more angsty but still super deliciously intense friendship.
