Dear Yuletide writer
Oct. 17th, 2012 10:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luzulaI am excited for Yuletide this year, and I would be equally thrilled with any request that got filled! I tried to give a sense of my tastes in each fandom, but please don't feel constrained by any of the specific suggestions. Just have fun writing and I am sure I will love it!
The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon (Paksenarrion)
Basically, I just love Paksenarrion and want more stories about her. The Paksenarrion books are comfort reading for me, and I love following Paks' character development through the book. I also love that the books are so entirely gen, and that Paks is basically asexual without much fuss being made of it, because that's not what the story is about. So please, no romance or sex involving Paksenarrion!
You could write about one of her quests just after the ending of the book, or a glimpse of her when she's older and more experienced. I think my dream story in this fandom would be a fic in which Paksenarrion was older and had a female paladin-candidate, because I love stories about older woman-younger woman mentor relationships. But if that doesn't appeal to your muse, just go with whatever does! For example, much as I love Paks POV, an outside POV of her would be cool, too--like, someone she inspires during a quest, for example. I'm also fascinated by the Kuakganni, and something involving them would be interesting. I've read the first two books of the recent trilogy, so feel free to draw on that material if you want to, but I like the original trilogy much better.
The Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin (Laia Asiea Odo)
I love the portrait of Laia Odo in "The Day Before the Revolution", and I want to know more about her! I love the way that Laia is human and imperfect and alive in the story, and not just the one who gave name to the Odonians. It's intriguing how her own upbringing chafes against the ideals she helped create. You could write about her younger days and her relationship with Taviri and with other people in the movement, or more about her as we see her in the short story. An outside POV would be interesting, too. I am also very fond of documentary-type fic, so you could give me some of Laia Odo's writings, either her public writings or her private journal. Or you could write about the oral and written history that gets passed down about her (on Urras or Anarres), and how the stories about her are formed by political considerations. Or, if you don't feel inspired by writing about Odo, I would also love to get a general worldbuilding story about Anarres. What were the early days there like, when they were building up their new society? What conflicts did they have over how to do things? What were the details of life there like?
3:10 to Yuma (Ben Wade, Dan Evans)
I would love slash for these two! I rewatched the movie recently and yeah, I ship them so much. I'd love to see what happens if you go AU and give them a continuation of their story! But I'd also be happy with something angsty and wistful where Ben is haunted by Dan's ghost or something. I'd love anything from explicit sex to only-hinted-at slash. Or if you don't want to write slash, gen is fine as well! I'm fascinated by the way these men are drawn together despite the tension between their way of life and their ideals. What do they see in each other?
I love detailed historical setting and landscape description (but don't feel nervous if you don't feel like you can write that--I will be happy without it, too!) Bonus points for a sympathetic Alice. If you can pull off a Ben/Dan/Alice fic, I would happily read that.
The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon (Paksenarrion)
Basically, I just love Paksenarrion and want more stories about her. The Paksenarrion books are comfort reading for me, and I love following Paks' character development through the book. I also love that the books are so entirely gen, and that Paks is basically asexual without much fuss being made of it, because that's not what the story is about. So please, no romance or sex involving Paksenarrion!
You could write about one of her quests just after the ending of the book, or a glimpse of her when she's older and more experienced. I think my dream story in this fandom would be a fic in which Paksenarrion was older and had a female paladin-candidate, because I love stories about older woman-younger woman mentor relationships. But if that doesn't appeal to your muse, just go with whatever does! For example, much as I love Paks POV, an outside POV of her would be cool, too--like, someone she inspires during a quest, for example. I'm also fascinated by the Kuakganni, and something involving them would be interesting. I've read the first two books of the recent trilogy, so feel free to draw on that material if you want to, but I like the original trilogy much better.
The Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin (Laia Asiea Odo)
I love the portrait of Laia Odo in "The Day Before the Revolution", and I want to know more about her! I love the way that Laia is human and imperfect and alive in the story, and not just the one who gave name to the Odonians. It's intriguing how her own upbringing chafes against the ideals she helped create. You could write about her younger days and her relationship with Taviri and with other people in the movement, or more about her as we see her in the short story. An outside POV would be interesting, too. I am also very fond of documentary-type fic, so you could give me some of Laia Odo's writings, either her public writings or her private journal. Or you could write about the oral and written history that gets passed down about her (on Urras or Anarres), and how the stories about her are formed by political considerations. Or, if you don't feel inspired by writing about Odo, I would also love to get a general worldbuilding story about Anarres. What were the early days there like, when they were building up their new society? What conflicts did they have over how to do things? What were the details of life there like?
3:10 to Yuma (Ben Wade, Dan Evans)
I would love slash for these two! I rewatched the movie recently and yeah, I ship them so much. I'd love to see what happens if you go AU and give them a continuation of their story! But I'd also be happy with something angsty and wistful where Ben is haunted by Dan's ghost or something. I'd love anything from explicit sex to only-hinted-at slash. Or if you don't want to write slash, gen is fine as well! I'm fascinated by the way these men are drawn together despite the tension between their way of life and their ideals. What do they see in each other?
I love detailed historical setting and landscape description (but don't feel nervous if you don't feel like you can write that--I will be happy without it, too!) Bonus points for a sympathetic Alice. If you can pull off a Ben/Dan/Alice fic, I would happily read that.
