Yuletide '18

Dear Yuletide Author,

 

Thanks for writing for me! I'm hearteating here and on AO3. Below are my likes and DNW, and then fandom-specific prompts and ideas. I'm looking forward to whatever you produce, and I hope you have fun with your assignment. Don't be afraid to get self-indulgent, either! I love reading stories where it's clear the author is just having the time of their life.

 

General/Narrative Likes: monsters; magical realism; larger-than-life characters/scenarios; canon-divergent AUs; non-mundane AUs; future-fic; adventure; character studies; need vs want vs have; missing scenes; ethical dilemmas; friendship; found/made family; competence; cooking; dream sequences (that aren’t the entire fic); banter; fight sequences; introspection; worldbuilding; time travel; loyalty (to people or to causes); casefic

 

Ship-related Likes: Complicated feelings; bad at feelings; friends-to-lovers; enemies-to-lovers; slow burn; awkward flirting; fake relationships turned real; intimacy; sensory details; handholding; pining; forehead-touching; hand-holding

 

Smut Stuff: intercrural; orgasm delay/denial; multiple orgasms; overstimulation; awkward sex; hand kink; oral; messy sex; nonpenetrative sex; bloodplay; manhandling; hair kink; power dynamics; laughter during sex; body worship; consent issues due to outside forces; eye contact during sex

 

DNW: Pregnancy; body horror or body modification beyond canon-levels; A/B/O; incest; major character death (permanent); infidelity/cheating as a focus or plot point; medical kink; underage (15 and under); hopeless endings; mundane AUs; issuefic, cannibalism where the merits of different cuts of meat are expounded upon

Fandoms: Killjoys, The Exorcist, Lion in Winter
 

Killjoys
D'avin Jaqobis, Fancy Lee

Killjoys is my favorite current sci-fi show- I like the visuals, the dialogue, and the wordbuilding. I love how tropey and fun it can be, and it has some great emotional beats that feel like a punch in the gut. The characters are all larger-than-life, but it works with the feel of the show and the world. The relationships between the leads are strong and well-done and I don't think there's a main character I actively dislike. That said, fic between D'avin and Fancy is, so I'm requesting them. All other characters are more than welcome to show up, especially the rest of Team AwesomeForce, Turin, Weej, Jaq, and the Lady. Fandom specific DNW: No Johnny/Dutch, please.

 

D'avin was a surprise favorite- his first appearance made me afraid he’d take over the spotlight from Dutch, but he turned out to be a lot of fun- a goofball jock with a big heart. I love his willingness to go to extremes for the people he loves, in particular.

 

I liked Fancy from the start: handsome, competent, self-aware, and wry. I was delighted to see more of him in S2, traveling with Khlyen and being Hullen, and even more delighted to see him in S3, dealing with the aftermath.

 

I like both characters on their own, but D'avin and Fancy together? Excellent. From their 'allies, I guess' interactions in S1, to their antagonistic relationship in S2, to their trust and understanding in S3 and S4, these two have fantastic chemistry and bring out the best/worst in each other. Their banter is great, and even if S4 didn’t give Fancy the screentime I wanted for him, I really enjoyed their limited time together. Also, if you hadn’t guessed, I ship them.

 

Prompts if you want them:

• Fancy gets Hullenized again, and D'avin uses his power over the Green to de-Hullenize him again (From a distance? With his dick? Originally from a distance but, as things go on, D'avin's Magical DeHullenizing Dick makes an appearance? You decide!).
• Canon-divergent Red 17 fic, ft Fancy as a new Hullen and D'avin as a medical curiosity/prisoner, desperate for familiarity
• Fancy and D'avin go on a mission together. This could be canon-divergent, a 'missing mission,' or whatever else strikes you! Maybe they're trying to gather intelligence for the war, or maybe they're collecting a bounty, or maybe they stumbled onto something by accident and are now stuck together.
• Something exploring the similarities and differences between them. There was that great moment in S3 where D'avin shared how he understood what it was like to be controlled by something in your head, to live with that shame and knowledge, and I am 100% interested in hearing more about it.
• More about what life is like for the Cleansed! I felt cheated that we only got hints about what life was like for them, and I'd love a Fancy-focused fic on what life is like, and what it means that D'avin wants them to fight in the war.
• Lotus-eater fic in the Lady’s AU we saw at the end of S4. Maybe Fancy and D’avin are currently partnered Killjoys, maybe they’re still rivals, maybe they’ve never met (but are about to). I’d love to see them breaking loose from the Lady’s AU- subtle and not-so-subtle hints that something is wrong

 

Feel free to get dark, get weird, and/or get tropey. I’d love shipfic (and smut) for them, but their bitchy mutual-respect is the most important thing. 

 

 

The Exorcist
Marcus Keane

I started watching this show due to my massive crush on Geena Davis, and fell in love with the rest of the cast, the writing, and the potential of the show. I was so disappointed when it was cancelled- it’s the kind of horror I love, and I was so curious as to what was going to happen with Tomas and Marcus and Mouse and Bennett and the whole conspiracy!

 

I struggled trying to decide which character, or characters, to request, because I would have been happy with almost any of them- in the interests of that “almost”, and not wanting to come up with prompts for every permutation of characters, I forced myself down to one: my favorite old man, Marcus Keane.

 

Ben Daniels does such an excellent job as Marcus, and I love his complicated relationship with the church, where he both barely respects it and has his entire identity built around it. I love his fierce love of God, and the equally intense betrayal he feels when he stops hearing Him. One thing that really interests me is how he says Gabriel is the first one he’s lost during an exorcism…and then in S2 we find out he abandoned Mouse midway- I guess it doesn’t count if you don’t finish? Or if you hear afterwards they made it through? Marcus compartmentalizes a lot, and yet lets his emotions just tear through the place as well. I love him. I love his relationships with pretty much everyone he comes across, and any author should feel free to include any other characters from the show, if they so desire. I’d also be interested in OCs, if that’s what takes your fancy. If you want to get shippy- I like Marcus/Tomas, Marcus/Peter, Marcus/Regos, Marcus/Bennett, and Marcus/God. DNW: Marcus/OC as the focus (off-hand references and/or one-night stands are fine).
 

Prompts if you want them:

• Marcus backstory! His childhood, his first “official” exorcism, meeting Bennett, the aftermath of Mouse…anything you can think of pre-show, I’m interested in. There’s a lot we don’t know about Marcus, after all!
• The missing six months. What was he up to during this time? Mental and spiritual recovery? Helping out at the local church? Learning about Pacific Northwestern wildlife? Taking odd jobs? Secret adventures?
• Reunited- post-S2, Marcus reunites with Tomas and Mouse- how has he changed? How have they changed? What is the state of the demons’ plotting? Is a road trip involved?
• The Trials and Temptations of Marcus Keane- how have demons tried to get into his head over the years? How close have they come to succeeding? Has he built up a resistance over time, or did he start off stalwart and his walls have become more fragile over time?
• Marcus and God- I am so interested in Marcus’ very personal relationship with God. If you want any kind of saintly spiritual ecstasy, I would be very down for that, but a character study about his thoughts on God or anything like that would be great.
• I love Marcus’ relationships with the kids in the show, and I’d love to see more of that, so- Marcus with any of the nominated kids! Something character-study-y or post-canon, or whatever.

 

For this canon, I’m especially interested in horror tropes/stories, religious symbolism, magical realism, or anything to do with fate/agency. There’s a lot of stuff to play with, I think.

 

 

Lion in Winter
Geoffrey Plantaganet, Philip II of France

I don’t remember when I first watched The Lion in Winter- sometime in middle school, maybe?- but I remember loving the wit and drama and scheming. Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor was wonderful casting, and sparked my interest in the real Eleanor of Aquitaine (what a woman!). And there was baby Timothy Dalton, with his lovely cheekbones and beautiful eyes. And there was Geoffrey, who was a perfect bastard and unappreciated by his family. There’s a lot more in the history books about Richard and John, but what little I could find on Geoffrey had me really interested.
 

And, because rarepairs call to me, my main ship for Lion in Winter is Geoffrey/Philip. The couple that schemes together, stays together for a period of time until one of them dies tragically, I guess.
 

Prompts if you want them:

• There are a number of fics out there already about Geoffrey swearing fealty to Philip and the two of them engaging in subtle scheming and one-upmanship, and also sex is involved and whoops feelings. I love these stories and would be delighted to read another one.
• Being self-indulgent for a moment- political hostage AU? Where Geoffrey is kind of the worst hostage, because Richard and Eleanor don’t really care about him, and this is a poke in the eye to both him and to France (“oh sure, we’ll give you a hostage…this spare son”). How would this change things? What awful bitterness and scheming would there be? How long has Geoff been in France, and does this affect Henry’s rebellion or Richard’s time in France?
• Missing scenes from the movie! Scheming, smooching, swordplay, talking about Eleanor and Alais and the whole messed up family situation…anything.
• Ghost story! After Geoffrey’s death, he decides to come back and haunt Philip. Or he doesn’t decide to, but finds his spirit is bound to Philip and they’re both kind of put out by it.

 

Considering Geoffrey did, in fact, die in real life, consider the “no major character death” DNW waived for this fandom, but I would prefer there not be a focus on the actual death. “Geoffrey died” = cool. “Philip watched in horror as Geoffrey’s body was trampled into the ground, bones broken, skull split as Philip’s heart was now split…” = no thanks.

 

Thanks again, for writing for me, and happy Yuletide