A Letter of Yuletide Joy
Nov. 27th, 2010 12:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wildestrangerDear Yuletide Author,
Now with added content!
Request One: Vorkosigan Saga I am interested in the bickering and tension between Ivan and Byerly, so anything involving those two would be lovely - not necessarily sexual, although that would be preferable. Some interaction with Miles and/or Gregor would also be great.
To expand on that, I am actually interested in the relationships between all these people, although less so with Miles as we get quite a lot of it from the books. But conversations between Gregor and Byerly, or Gregor and Ivan, could be fascinating, and I like the subtle undercurrents with which Bujold structures her characterisation. I've read all books up to Cryoburn, and the few scenes from the next book so if you want to make use of those, feel free! I would prefer more intrigue and less angst, though.
Request Two: Rocknrolla I love the scene where Mumbles tells One Two how wonderful Bob is - anything that would take that appreciation further would be much enjoyed. As explicit or not as you like, but I do like to see Bob do his seduction routine.
I can admit that my fascination with Handsome Bob is directly related to my fascination with Tom Hardy, so anything that engages with his deliciousness would be fine. :) Eye-candy aside, I really loved the relationship between Mumbles and Bob in the film, and feel it has much potential for pornish development. I also loved Bob's seduction of Bernie, and his use of his hotness to further his goals. Happy endings only, please - if they're not together, I would like there to be at least the potential for development that way. A lonely Bob makes me sad. :(
Request Three: The Shadow of the Templar Jeremy interacting with any member of the team, with the requisite innuendo and banter, would be wonderful. However, if you'd like to write about the torrid affair between Johnny and Nate, that would also be fine.
Jeremy Archer pleases me with his verbal skills and his competence with people, so I would love something about him interacting with Simon and/or Simon's team in a way that demonstrates these talents. If that's not your interest, I also like to imagine Johnny and Nate having a slow, secret courtship, with perhaps occasional (un)helpful asides from Jeremy.
More generally, I enjoy the characterisation of all these people immensely, so anything that focuses on how and what they think about themselves and each other would be lovely. I also like people being competent and thinking about their work. In terms of character interaction, I like banter and innuendo and people being clever with words - if there's potential for seduction than all the better. I like intelligence and subtlety, in people but also in the narrative, so anything that shows characters being clever and sneaky would make me very happy.
My only serious ficcish petpeeve is Britpicking/Americanpicking/historical-contextual accuracy. I don't mind a few errors, but I like to see that the writer has made an effort to think about what would be right kind of cultural/societal environment for these characters.
These are things I would like, but I appreciate that my prompt is there to inspire but not limit your work. If none of these ideas work for you, I promise I will still be happy with anything you write. :)
I hope you have a good time writing, and I am really looking forward to reading your work.
Love,
me
Now with added content!
Request One: Vorkosigan Saga I am interested in the bickering and tension between Ivan and Byerly, so anything involving those two would be lovely - not necessarily sexual, although that would be preferable. Some interaction with Miles and/or Gregor would also be great.
To expand on that, I am actually interested in the relationships between all these people, although less so with Miles as we get quite a lot of it from the books. But conversations between Gregor and Byerly, or Gregor and Ivan, could be fascinating, and I like the subtle undercurrents with which Bujold structures her characterisation. I've read all books up to Cryoburn, and the few scenes from the next book so if you want to make use of those, feel free! I would prefer more intrigue and less angst, though.
Request Two: Rocknrolla I love the scene where Mumbles tells One Two how wonderful Bob is - anything that would take that appreciation further would be much enjoyed. As explicit or not as you like, but I do like to see Bob do his seduction routine.
I can admit that my fascination with Handsome Bob is directly related to my fascination with Tom Hardy, so anything that engages with his deliciousness would be fine. :) Eye-candy aside, I really loved the relationship between Mumbles and Bob in the film, and feel it has much potential for pornish development. I also loved Bob's seduction of Bernie, and his use of his hotness to further his goals. Happy endings only, please - if they're not together, I would like there to be at least the potential for development that way. A lonely Bob makes me sad. :(
Request Three: The Shadow of the Templar Jeremy interacting with any member of the team, with the requisite innuendo and banter, would be wonderful. However, if you'd like to write about the torrid affair between Johnny and Nate, that would also be fine.
Jeremy Archer pleases me with his verbal skills and his competence with people, so I would love something about him interacting with Simon and/or Simon's team in a way that demonstrates these talents. If that's not your interest, I also like to imagine Johnny and Nate having a slow, secret courtship, with perhaps occasional (un)helpful asides from Jeremy.
More generally, I enjoy the characterisation of all these people immensely, so anything that focuses on how and what they think about themselves and each other would be lovely. I also like people being competent and thinking about their work. In terms of character interaction, I like banter and innuendo and people being clever with words - if there's potential for seduction than all the better. I like intelligence and subtlety, in people but also in the narrative, so anything that shows characters being clever and sneaky would make me very happy.
My only serious ficcish petpeeve is Britpicking/Americanpicking/historical-contextual accuracy. I don't mind a few errors, but I like to see that the writer has made an effort to think about what would be right kind of cultural/societal environment for these characters.
These are things I would like, but I appreciate that my prompt is there to inspire but not limit your work. If none of these ideas work for you, I promise I will still be happy with anything you write. :)
I hope you have a good time writing, and I am really looking forward to reading your work.
Love,
me
