Dear Yuletide Writer
Oct. 25th, 2014 08:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seerofbreadHELP I CAN'T STOP EDITING TO ADD THINGS
I'm going to be negative and start with some "please don't"s. I'd prefer a minimal focus on violence, including things like slur usage and abuse. I've got a lot of queer prompts but I'm not usually a huge fan of plots that are all about how it sucks to be queer, though I won't mind it at all as a side element. I also not currently a huge fan of straight-up smut.
That said, if it's Your Thing and you write best when you're writing smut or horror, that would be really great. I do like pretty much anything sometimes, and if it's your favorite thing to write then this will probably be one of those times. (If you do write smut I'm gonna ask for any minor characters to be aged-up and MAXIMUM CONSENT in app other respects. I'm not a fan of body fluid kinks but past those I think anything you want to do will be good.)
Otherwise uh, let's see. I like fluff, on the whole. In shipping I usually prefer established-relationship stuff, but when they meet in really cute ways then those are really good too. I like some angst but I generally prefer angst in which the character(s) eventually learn how to cope with the angst/its source. And uh IDK hurt/comfort is good, soulmate stories are good (especially when accounting for non-romantic soulmates), coffeeshop AUs are good, yeah. The most important thing for me is the characters bonding and stuff, whether in a shippy way or not.
I also really, really like queer headcanons. Use as many of those as you can comfortably fit in. Uh, I've added a couple of not-so-gay prompts just in case, and all of those would be fine too but a lot of them probably would also work with some queer elements so.... (I hope this isn't like, too many prompts....)
Gravity Falls:
I really love Mabel/Pacifica, and I don't usually like queer-based drama but I think it would work pretty well with them? But I'd also be extremely happy with an AU where one of them is supernatural. (And if it's at all possible to include Candy and Grenda in any capacity whatsoever I'll be even happier.)
If you're not comfortable writing femslash, general bonding would be good. I probably am not the only person who wants to see Pacifica develop as a character, right? She's got a lot of stuff she could learn. Sharing, leaning on non-sterile counters with a straight face, accepting that she can be seen without make-up once or twice without totally ruining her family's name.
Emelan:
Queer headcanons are my favorite things. I think it'd be really fun to see the circle accidentally having to talk about their relationship interests. (Maybe Sandry finds someone to gush about? Maybe someone tries to mind-speak at an inopportune moment?) I'll have to remember to gush about my headcanons when I have time, just in case you're interested in this stuff.
If that's no good, might I suggest learning to cope with the various shit they've seen? It seems that Tris and Briar have battle PTSD in common now, and Sandry and Daja are responsible for some horrifying deaths too. Actually, anything where they all share a house and help each other with nightmares and stuff. (The Daja/Sandry relationship is especially important to me, so if you want to have one two-person romance in the group I'd prefer it to be them, but Briar/Tris is good too.)
Ava's Demon:
I'd really like to see more Ava/Maggie in general; they have so much potential for emotional tension. I like the idea of them reconnecting after whatever happened in their childhood. (OR: flashbacks!) But if you don't want to do deep stuff then I'd love basically any kind of AU or some other opportunity for them to be happy for once.
I think a lot of that can be taken in gen places, right? But for a bonus prompt I wanna see them trash-talking the boys behind their backs. (If you HAVE to do ships other than Ava/Maggie then Ava/Odin and Gil/Maggie are pretty good ships.) (Poly ships are good too.)
I'm going to be negative and start with some "please don't"s. I'd prefer a minimal focus on violence, including things like slur usage and abuse. I've got a lot of queer prompts but I'm not usually a huge fan of plots that are all about how it sucks to be queer, though I won't mind it at all as a side element. I also not currently a huge fan of straight-up smut.
That said, if it's Your Thing and you write best when you're writing smut or horror, that would be really great. I do like pretty much anything sometimes, and if it's your favorite thing to write then this will probably be one of those times. (If you do write smut I'm gonna ask for any minor characters to be aged-up and MAXIMUM CONSENT in app other respects. I'm not a fan of body fluid kinks but past those I think anything you want to do will be good.)
Otherwise uh, let's see. I like fluff, on the whole. In shipping I usually prefer established-relationship stuff, but when they meet in really cute ways then those are really good too. I like some angst but I generally prefer angst in which the character(s) eventually learn how to cope with the angst/its source. And uh IDK hurt/comfort is good, soulmate stories are good (especially when accounting for non-romantic soulmates), coffeeshop AUs are good, yeah. The most important thing for me is the characters bonding and stuff, whether in a shippy way or not.
I also really, really like queer headcanons. Use as many of those as you can comfortably fit in. Uh, I've added a couple of not-so-gay prompts just in case, and all of those would be fine too but a lot of them probably would also work with some queer elements so.... (I hope this isn't like, too many prompts....)
Gravity Falls:
I really love Mabel/Pacifica, and I don't usually like queer-based drama but I think it would work pretty well with them? But I'd also be extremely happy with an AU where one of them is supernatural. (And if it's at all possible to include Candy and Grenda in any capacity whatsoever I'll be even happier.)
If you're not comfortable writing femslash, general bonding would be good. I probably am not the only person who wants to see Pacifica develop as a character, right? She's got a lot of stuff she could learn. Sharing, leaning on non-sterile counters with a straight face, accepting that she can be seen without make-up once or twice without totally ruining her family's name.
Emelan:
Queer headcanons are my favorite things. I think it'd be really fun to see the circle accidentally having to talk about their relationship interests. (Maybe Sandry finds someone to gush about? Maybe someone tries to mind-speak at an inopportune moment?) I'll have to remember to gush about my headcanons when I have time, just in case you're interested in this stuff.
If that's no good, might I suggest learning to cope with the various shit they've seen? It seems that Tris and Briar have battle PTSD in common now, and Sandry and Daja are responsible for some horrifying deaths too. Actually, anything where they all share a house and help each other with nightmares and stuff. (The Daja/Sandry relationship is especially important to me, so if you want to have one two-person romance in the group I'd prefer it to be them, but Briar/Tris is good too.)
Ava's Demon:
I'd really like to see more Ava/Maggie in general; they have so much potential for emotional tension. I like the idea of them reconnecting after whatever happened in their childhood. (OR: flashbacks!) But if you don't want to do deep stuff then I'd love basically any kind of AU or some other opportunity for them to be happy for once.
I think a lot of that can be taken in gen places, right? But for a bonus prompt I wanna see them trash-talking the boys behind their backs. (If you HAVE to do ships other than Ava/Maggie then Ava/Odin and Gil/Maggie are pretty good ships.) (Poly ships are good too.)
