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Yuletide Letter (2016)
Oct. 2nd, 2016 11:44 amHi writer! Thanks for signing up for one of my fandoms. I love them all equally, and please feel free to mix and match prompts from different fandoms if inspiration strikes.
General likes
Character exploration, consequences, caretaking and comfort. All four don’t need to be present, of course, but if you feature one you are brilliant, two is absolute perfection. I’m keeping this section short as there are further likes under each of the categories and it seemed needlessly repetitive! It is NOT because I have a preference for my kinky likes which may at first seem to be more prominent below.
Kinky likes
- Giving over control to someone else and the sense of relief/trust/vulnerability involved, or:
- Giving over control to someone else and it being taken advantage of/misused/misunderstood.
- Huddling for warmth
- Commands, obedience.
- Therapeutic sex. Absolutely desperate, therapeutic sex.
- Sex that at first seems therapeutic, but is actually destructive.
- Punishment that is meant as a punishment and not because the character enjoys it as a kink. Why they would seek this out in the first place.
- Dub-con and what that looks like in the different universes
- Coercion, conditioning
- Exposed/placed on display
AU likes.
- Super powers!AU
- Yokai!AU
- Folklore/fairy-tale!AU
- Harem!AU
- Petshop of Horrors!AU
- Beloved hostage!AU
- Not-so-beloved hostage!AU
- Secretly not human
- Pretty much anything you can come up with, to be honest!
Ratings, content, additional characters and DNW
- I am equally happy with gen and pairing fic. Seriously.
- Happy with ratings from G-NC17 for whatever reason (sex, violence, particular themes etc).
- I enjoy light fic as much as fic that explore much darker themes.
- If you need to add characters (canon or original) to make something work, go for it!
- I am up with all anime/manga spoilers.
- My only DNW is the death of any of the nominated characters.
World Trigger
Character nominated: Arashiyama Jun
Why Arashiyama: It just feels there is so much more to explore with Arashiyama. He’s someone who works so hard but doesn’t compromise his own opinions and beliefs in the process. I adore that he is calm, honest, straightforward, and positive. I love that he doesn’t buy into his own public persona, never cashing in on his popularity or charm when it suits him. Beneath the public perception of him is someone who works incredibly hard and never really gets to switch off, because he seems to always be on duty. But what demons and hurts are there in his closest? What are the things that he has had to sacrifice, the experiences that haunt him?
Prompt ideas: kidnapping, hostage exchange, unwillingly bound (physically, soul), exhaustion, a mission gone wrong, exploitation, recovery, friendship, quiet moments of support, a shoulder to lean on, a place and a person to ride out the (physical, emotional, mental) storm with. Friends with benefits becoming something more, PTSD, rain.
Other potential characters: Please use other characters/original characters as you need. There are particular ones I’m interested in but please don’t feel you need to limit yourself to them:
- Arashiyama and Tachikawa. My pairing of choice romantically, in part because there would have to be some catalyst that would bring them together and that fascinates me. Endlessly. Seriously, I adore these two in any combination, platonic or romantic because of the way their characters would bounce of each other/things they would learn about each other.
- Arashiyama and his younger brother. Show him just how much a price Arashiyama pays.
The Morose Mononokean
Character nominated: Haruitsuki Abeno.
Why Itsuki: The title of the series is just perfect, because there is this quiet moroseness to Itsuki, a lingering hurt that sits just behind his eyes. I’d even go so far to say there is often this fragility to his character, as powerful as he is.
Prompt ideas: poison, youkai, trade, isolation, abandonment, opening a door three times, tricked into opening a door three times, rescue, festivals, guided to bed, manipulated to bed, light touches, gifts, youkai, executive orders, lantern light, tricksters, possessed, folklore, cages, claws.
Other potential characters: I’m not really interested in Ashiya so please keep him to a minimum, but I’m interested in Itsuki’s relationship (platonic or romantic) with any of the youkai hierarchy, especially:
- The Legislator. He is someone who, despite some of little character quirks, does genuinely seem to have Itsuki’s best interests at heart. There is a really interesting interplay between them, and I think if anything were to happen to Itsuki there would be hell to pay.
- The Executive. I can’t even begin to figure out the way these two look at each other. There is this possessive, eerie control and manipulation exerted by the Executive over Itsuki that he pairs with this almost mock (?) gentleness. And, even though Itsuki stands against The Executive for Ashiya’s sake when he cannot breathe, there are moments when he’s submissive/gives into the pull that The Executive has over him. There is something that is both incredibly off and ridiculously alluring about this relationship, and I love it.
Donten ni Warau
Character nominated: Takamine SeiichirÅ and Takeda Rakuchou.
Why these two: Because Takeda is just ridiculously awesome, and nothing makes him (or me!) happier than when he has Takamine’s attention. Whether he realises it or not (and I’m going with not), Takeda is probably one of Takamine’s slight weaknesses. I’d love more of them getting closer/bonding in a desperate, survival like situation, or really any of the following ideas explored in some form:
Prompt ideas: mission gone wrong, taken hostage, politics, celebration, falling behind, against the odds, survival situation, injury, an unlikely hero, protective, sacrifices made in desperation, class issues, affirmation, care, surprising gentleness, wrapped up in strong arms. Pairing or gen fic absolutely fine.
