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elapsesHI SANTA, happy yuletide!
I would first of all like to say that I am very good at requesting things for yuletide (yes I am starting off my letter by tooting my own horn, what of it!), and as such anything you can come up with that includes the characters I noted will make me super super happy. And I honestly want all of these stories equally, so don't feel like you are offering me my least loved request or something because I talk about that fandom less. Also the prompts! If what I said there is not your cup of tea or whatever, write something else. Sometimes it's difficult for me not to write "ANYTHING, I WILL TAKE ANYTHING!!!!!!!" in the prompt box but I know I feel put out if I don't have something at least slightly specific to go off of, so. And I actually genuinely like gen fic about like, people being BEST FRIENDS FOREVER as much (sometimes more? it depends on the kind of feelings I have) as ~romance~, so if you are uncomfortable with some shipping aspect... whatever! Also not a big deal. But seriously this will be best for both of us if you get to write what you want to write. SO I PROMISE I AM NOT VERY DIFFICULT, the fact that you are writing me a story is enough, pinky swear.
Anyway if you are curious about me, my journal is kind of public, so feel free to lurk around if you want. I also have a delicious (ugh last year at yuletide I was all "SORRY, I'm in the middle of a tag overhaul" and guess what: I STILL AM, which means it is taking me more than a year to whip it into shape! It isn't that bad though, and if you're curious I already have small amounts fic saved for The Good Wife and SNSD. ....not so much for the other two, though, although I ALSO DO HAVE this tag for a someone incomplete list of my FAVORITE FICS FOREVER) if you're curious about the kind of fic I tend to like, and um, I think this post does a pretty good job of summarizing the fanfic ~tropes~ I love. I have also, at some point or another, discussed everything I've requested, although some a lot more extensively than others? They should all be tagged under their name, except SNSD, which is still under the "once upon a time I was too cool for kpop" tag, because I don't want to talk about what my life will be when I need separate tags for separate kpop groups.
I do not like manpain. I kind of wish you'd stay clear of the heavier things-- dubcon, rape, incest, character death, but the truth is if those things are handled well I can pretty much take it. I hate thinly veiled character bashing in pretty much all cases, but especially with girls, since my tendency in pretty much every fandom is to... like all the girls. IT IS JUST KIND OF HOW I AM. I don't know, that's all I can think of.
If you're the type who likes to think about picking up fandoms for yuletide... you are out of luck with Homefront. It was on youtube for awhile but apparently it got deleted, which kind of makes me want to cry because JUST PUT OUT THE DVDS AND WE WOULDN'T NEED TO HAVE IT ON YOUTUBE, but noooooooo. If you have magic powers, though, it's only two seasons long. I doubt you'll have any trouble getting your hands on the Good Wife, which just into its second season. Outrageous Fortune might be a little bit more difficult but I mean, it's the internet, I'm sure you have your ways, and it's out there. It's six seasons long though, so getting that all watched in time might be iffy. SNSD is the most adorable korean girl group in the world, and if you're curious about them I highly recommend checking out these two youtube channels. (SPECIFICALLY what this is is good for is the shows that are just them: so find the Girls Go To School playlist on the first one and the Horror Movie Factory and Hello Baby playlists on the second). You can also join soshified.com and click on the videos tab at the top and watch basically EVERYTHING THEY'VE EVER BEEN IN (MNET FACTORY GIRL!!!!) subbed and streaming, although I wouldn't look much further into soshified than that because it uh, gets scary. That is a lot of information though, I think this is the most relevant to my prompt. I can see it being hard to figure out their personalities in time to write a good story though? And there's not really a good pimp post anywhere. I keep meaning to make one, actually, but I don't know that I'll get my shit together by yuletide. OH WELL.
OH GOD I'M REALLY SORRY I'M SO WORDY, SANTA, this is way more information than you ever needed. Here's the prompt specific stuff, and then I will seriously stop talking:
(1) Homefront
I LOVE 40S HOLLYWOOD SO DEEPLY, although hopefully not in a pretentious hipster way? But maybe. I don't know. Anyway I love the idea of an AU where Ginger gets picked up to be a chorus girl or something as has to ~navigate the waters of Hollywood~ and is simultaneously elated about BEING IN A MOVIE and miserable about the fact that YOU NEVER EVEN SEE HER FACE, because there were 200 other girls? But she has to act like it's all dandy or something, and Jeff is all on edge about how PERMANENT it all seems, and simultaneously trying to talk her into coming home and thinking about... going out there, I don't know, honestly Ginger the chorus girl wouldn't even need Jeff, would it? Although it would be great if it did because they are so darling together, he is such a... boy. I don't know, why does this sound so lame. I DON'T KNOW, I am not married to any particular idea, I would read absolutely anything about Jeff and Ginger. I love the way they play out in normal canon too so if you want it to fall in those lines that will make me so happy too.
(2) Sonyu Sidae | Girl's Generation
I had the most difficult time figuring out which character to request here, YOU HAVE NO IDEA, Santa! I knew I wanted girlslash but I don't... intensely ship anything in particular? And a lot of the popular pairings (Jessica/Tiffany, Jessica/Yuri, Tiffany/Taeyeon, Yoona/Yuri) don't appeal to me at all. I have a thing where a lot of the time I don't like to taint really close platonic friendships with romance. It's like how I could never ship Seohyun with any of the other girls (unless it was one-sided on her part I guess), BECAUSE SHE IS THEIR BABY SISTER, THEY JUST WOULDN'T GO THERE. ANYWAY SORRY, getting back on track: Hyoyeon/Jessica and Sunny/Taeyeon have always been my favorite ~theoretical~ SNSD ships that never get written (actually that's kind of a lie, I've read good Hyoyeon/Jessica, ...once), but I chose those girls because I'd ship them in any combination (although I'm slightly less enthusiastic about Jessica/Taeyeon... but convince me!), partially because there is more... tension there, I guess? Like ALL JESSICA AND HYOYEON EVER DO IS HIT EACH OTHER, and they have tense thing in that one episode of Girls Go To School. And Hyoyeon and Taeyeon actually talk about being awkward with each other in the beginning! And Sunny and Taeyeon are just short and brave, I don't know, APPARENTLY I LIKE THAT.
Anywayyyyyyyy yeah! I would also like to note that I don't think I'd want more than one romantic pairing in any case, that gen instead of f/f IS TOTALLY COOL and that I actually don't... have a SNSD bias, I LOVE THEM ALL EQUALLY. And like I said I'm hankering for a wacky AU, especially spies right now for... reasons, but I also REALLY like space, and even though I don't normally even like superhero AUs, for some reason the idea of a SNSD superhero AU delights me. Or something more down-to-earth. Or whatever. I am sure you have a favorite kind of AU yourself. And like I said, I think post-band-break up would be fun too, although I am not at all opposed to it being set in the here and now if that's what floats your boat. And like, for all that whining, I have totally read stories in the ~popular pairings~ that I ended up enjoying. Basically I am just starving for SNSD fic.
(3) Outrageous Fortune
YEAAAAAAAH, future fic! Um when I was still trying to decide how to request I considered just requesting Loretta (OH MY GOD THE WAY SHE WAS LIKE... A HUMAN BEING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF EPISODES, awwwwwwwww L) (also anything with her and Pascalle would make me SO HAPPY) or maybe something with Cheryl and Van? OR CHERYL/WOLF, which... I still ship, I will not pretend. The episode at the beach with dream!Wolf after she loses the baby is just, aaaaaaaugh my favorite forever. (FOR THAT MATTER YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE GREAT BUT NOT FUTUREFIC: Cheryl/Wolf backstory, oh maaaaaaan). But I picked everyone! And I like everyone! So I think you should write about your favorite. The only thing I ask that you steer clear of is Van and Munter boning. THEY ARE BETTER AS BROS, THAT IS JUST HOW I FEEL.
(4) The Good Wife
I would love it if you tackled the thing I mentioned in my requests: how Alicia ended up at Lockhart & Gardner, but I'm not stuck on it, I think the only thing I'm stuck on is pastfic. I mean, I don't know, I'm not sure I'm at a point where I'm ready to see them together in the here and now. Georgetown is a preeeeetty obvious idea too, and as far as I am concerned there is never enough fic about that -- although thinking about it I think I'd love to see Georgetown fic from Alicia's point of view more than Will's, and the Lockhart & Gardner thing from Will's point of view more than Alicia's? BUT UM. Will and Alicia kind of just. Give me a lot of feelings. So if you have another idea, I will probably love whatever that is too. WHATEVER YOU HAVE IN YOUR ARSENAL, SANTA, that will probably make me happy.
GOD THIS IS RAMBLIEST, LEAST USEFUL DEAR AUTHOR LETTER, SO SORRY :( Thank you so much Santaaaaaaaaa, I can't wait to read what you come up with.
I would first of all like to say that I am very good at requesting things for yuletide (yes I am starting off my letter by tooting my own horn, what of it!), and as such anything you can come up with that includes the characters I noted will make me super super happy. And I honestly want all of these stories equally, so don't feel like you are offering me my least loved request or something because I talk about that fandom less. Also the prompts! If what I said there is not your cup of tea or whatever, write something else. Sometimes it's difficult for me not to write "ANYTHING, I WILL TAKE ANYTHING!!!!!!!" in the prompt box but I know I feel put out if I don't have something at least slightly specific to go off of, so. And I actually genuinely like gen fic about like, people being BEST FRIENDS FOREVER as much (sometimes more? it depends on the kind of feelings I have) as ~romance~, so if you are uncomfortable with some shipping aspect... whatever! Also not a big deal. But seriously this will be best for both of us if you get to write what you want to write. SO I PROMISE I AM NOT VERY DIFFICULT, the fact that you are writing me a story is enough, pinky swear.
Anyway if you are curious about me, my journal is kind of public, so feel free to lurk around if you want. I also have a delicious (ugh last year at yuletide I was all "SORRY, I'm in the middle of a tag overhaul" and guess what: I STILL AM, which means it is taking me more than a year to whip it into shape! It isn't that bad though, and if you're curious I already have small amounts fic saved for The Good Wife and SNSD. ....not so much for the other two, though, although I ALSO DO HAVE this tag for a someone incomplete list of my FAVORITE FICS FOREVER) if you're curious about the kind of fic I tend to like, and um, I think this post does a pretty good job of summarizing the fanfic ~tropes~ I love. I have also, at some point or another, discussed everything I've requested, although some a lot more extensively than others? They should all be tagged under their name, except SNSD, which is still under the "once upon a time I was too cool for kpop" tag, because I don't want to talk about what my life will be when I need separate tags for separate kpop groups.
I do not like manpain. I kind of wish you'd stay clear of the heavier things-- dubcon, rape, incest, character death, but the truth is if those things are handled well I can pretty much take it. I hate thinly veiled character bashing in pretty much all cases, but especially with girls, since my tendency in pretty much every fandom is to... like all the girls. IT IS JUST KIND OF HOW I AM. I don't know, that's all I can think of.
If you're the type who likes to think about picking up fandoms for yuletide... you are out of luck with Homefront. It was on youtube for awhile but apparently it got deleted, which kind of makes me want to cry because JUST PUT OUT THE DVDS AND WE WOULDN'T NEED TO HAVE IT ON YOUTUBE, but noooooooo. If you have magic powers, though, it's only two seasons long. I doubt you'll have any trouble getting your hands on the Good Wife, which just into its second season. Outrageous Fortune might be a little bit more difficult but I mean, it's the internet, I'm sure you have your ways, and it's out there. It's six seasons long though, so getting that all watched in time might be iffy. SNSD is the most adorable korean girl group in the world, and if you're curious about them I highly recommend checking out these two youtube channels. (SPECIFICALLY what this is is good for is the shows that are just them: so find the Girls Go To School playlist on the first one and the Horror Movie Factory and Hello Baby playlists on the second). You can also join soshified.com and click on the videos tab at the top and watch basically EVERYTHING THEY'VE EVER BEEN IN (MNET FACTORY GIRL!!!!) subbed and streaming, although I wouldn't look much further into soshified than that because it uh, gets scary. That is a lot of information though, I think this is the most relevant to my prompt. I can see it being hard to figure out their personalities in time to write a good story though? And there's not really a good pimp post anywhere. I keep meaning to make one, actually, but I don't know that I'll get my shit together by yuletide. OH WELL.
OH GOD I'M REALLY SORRY I'M SO WORDY, SANTA, this is way more information than you ever needed. Here's the prompt specific stuff, and then I will seriously stop talking:
(1) Homefront
I LOVE 40S HOLLYWOOD SO DEEPLY, although hopefully not in a pretentious hipster way? But maybe. I don't know. Anyway I love the idea of an AU where Ginger gets picked up to be a chorus girl or something as has to ~navigate the waters of Hollywood~ and is simultaneously elated about BEING IN A MOVIE and miserable about the fact that YOU NEVER EVEN SEE HER FACE, because there were 200 other girls? But she has to act like it's all dandy or something, and Jeff is all on edge about how PERMANENT it all seems, and simultaneously trying to talk her into coming home and thinking about... going out there, I don't know, honestly Ginger the chorus girl wouldn't even need Jeff, would it? Although it would be great if it did because they are so darling together, he is such a... boy. I don't know, why does this sound so lame. I DON'T KNOW, I am not married to any particular idea, I would read absolutely anything about Jeff and Ginger. I love the way they play out in normal canon too so if you want it to fall in those lines that will make me so happy too.
(2) Sonyu Sidae | Girl's Generation
I had the most difficult time figuring out which character to request here, YOU HAVE NO IDEA, Santa! I knew I wanted girlslash but I don't... intensely ship anything in particular? And a lot of the popular pairings (Jessica/Tiffany, Jessica/Yuri, Tiffany/Taeyeon, Yoona/Yuri) don't appeal to me at all. I have a thing where a lot of the time I don't like to taint really close platonic friendships with romance. It's like how I could never ship Seohyun with any of the other girls (unless it was one-sided on her part I guess), BECAUSE SHE IS THEIR BABY SISTER, THEY JUST WOULDN'T GO THERE. ANYWAY SORRY, getting back on track: Hyoyeon/Jessica and Sunny/Taeyeon have always been my favorite ~theoretical~ SNSD ships that never get written (actually that's kind of a lie, I've read good Hyoyeon/Jessica, ...once), but I chose those girls because I'd ship them in any combination (although I'm slightly less enthusiastic about Jessica/Taeyeon... but convince me!), partially because there is more... tension there, I guess? Like ALL JESSICA AND HYOYEON EVER DO IS HIT EACH OTHER, and they have tense thing in that one episode of Girls Go To School. And Hyoyeon and Taeyeon actually talk about being awkward with each other in the beginning! And Sunny and Taeyeon are just short and brave, I don't know, APPARENTLY I LIKE THAT.
Anywayyyyyyyy yeah! I would also like to note that I don't think I'd want more than one romantic pairing in any case, that gen instead of f/f IS TOTALLY COOL and that I actually don't... have a SNSD bias, I LOVE THEM ALL EQUALLY. And like I said I'm hankering for a wacky AU, especially spies right now for... reasons, but I also REALLY like space, and even though I don't normally even like superhero AUs, for some reason the idea of a SNSD superhero AU delights me. Or something more down-to-earth. Or whatever. I am sure you have a favorite kind of AU yourself. And like I said, I think post-band-break up would be fun too, although I am not at all opposed to it being set in the here and now if that's what floats your boat. And like, for all that whining, I have totally read stories in the ~popular pairings~ that I ended up enjoying. Basically I am just starving for SNSD fic.
(3) Outrageous Fortune
YEAAAAAAAH, future fic! Um when I was still trying to decide how to request I considered just requesting Loretta (OH MY GOD THE WAY SHE WAS LIKE... A HUMAN BEING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF EPISODES, awwwwwwwww L) (also anything with her and Pascalle would make me SO HAPPY) or maybe something with Cheryl and Van? OR CHERYL/WOLF, which... I still ship, I will not pretend. The episode at the beach with dream!Wolf after she loses the baby is just, aaaaaaaugh my favorite forever. (FOR THAT MATTER YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE GREAT BUT NOT FUTUREFIC: Cheryl/Wolf backstory, oh maaaaaaan). But I picked everyone! And I like everyone! So I think you should write about your favorite. The only thing I ask that you steer clear of is Van and Munter boning. THEY ARE BETTER AS BROS, THAT IS JUST HOW I FEEL.
(4) The Good Wife
I would love it if you tackled the thing I mentioned in my requests: how Alicia ended up at Lockhart & Gardner, but I'm not stuck on it, I think the only thing I'm stuck on is pastfic. I mean, I don't know, I'm not sure I'm at a point where I'm ready to see them together in the here and now. Georgetown is a preeeeetty obvious idea too, and as far as I am concerned there is never enough fic about that -- although thinking about it I think I'd love to see Georgetown fic from Alicia's point of view more than Will's, and the Lockhart & Gardner thing from Will's point of view more than Alicia's? BUT UM. Will and Alicia kind of just. Give me a lot of feelings. So if you have another idea, I will probably love whatever that is too. WHATEVER YOU HAVE IN YOUR ARSENAL, SANTA, that will probably make me happy.
GOD THIS IS RAMBLIEST, LEAST USEFUL DEAR AUTHOR LETTER, SO SORRY :( Thank you so much Santaaaaaaaaa, I can't wait to read what you come up with.
