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Dear Yuletide Author:

First of all, thank you for whatever you decide to write for me - discovering my Yuletide presents has been a highlight of my holiday season for the last few years!

General requests: I'd really like something happy/hopeful. Which doesn't mean you can't include angst and trouble, but I'd really like something that has a happy and/or hopeful ending for the characters. Other than that ... really, I enjoy things across the board! Fluff, smut, AUs, domestic, adventure, et cetera; as long as it includes the characters requested being awesome with each other, I'm inclined to like it!

My few dislikes: rape/non-con, incest, sexual uses of bodily fluids that aren't normally involved in sex, abuse. I'm also not a huge fan of baby or pregnancy fic.

Okay, on to the requests!

1) Sleepy Hollow

I do, in fact, ship Ichabod and Abbie, so any kind of fluffy romance and/or smut fic would be well appreciated in this corner! Or, if you're not a shipper of that sort, I would also love a friendship fic. Or a case fic, or more of Ichabod adjusting to the 21st century ... basically, as long as Ichabod and Abbie are being snarky and adorable with each other, I'm happy. :)

2) Haven

I am strongly in favor of an Audrey/Nathan/Duke OT3. I will happily devour anything that involves the three of them in a mutually codependent triad, in or out of bed. If OT3 isn't your thing, though, I'd also gladly read some Audrey/Duke. Or even just friendship fic featuring all three of them. Whatever you choose, I'd really like to see something where they get a break from the Troubles, where they're dealing with each other without the immediate stress of imminent supernatural disaster hanging over their heads.

3) Ready Player One

I just finished reading this book, and I adored the universe. What I really, really want is fic about either Art3mis/Samantha or Aech/Helen - while Parzival/Wade is doing his thing during the story, what are they doing? What are Art3mis's methods of investigating, who else does she encounter on the way, how does her fame affect her? Or Aech, traveling around in her van, what kind of adventures and/or trouble does she get up to, in the real world or the virtual one? I need all the female character fic for this book.

4) Star Wars: The Old Republic

By the time Yuletide stories are revealed, I will hopefully be completely done playing the Imperial Agent storyline. It's a fascinating story, and I'd take any story about how the Agent deals with the incredible amount of crap that's thrown her way. I'm also super fond of Vector, and am currently trying to romance him, so I'd also love anything that allows the Agent and Vector to have some good times together, as a break from the Empire's machinations. (This is, perhaps obviously, a potential loophole in the "happy/hopeful" request from above, if you choose to write about the Agent dealing with her storyline.)

I can't wait to see what you come up with! Happy Yuletide!

Current Mood: cheerful
Crossposts: http://seimaisin.livejournal.com/2245445.html

I made a fanmix for Mass Effect Big Bang, for the story Long Way Home. You can find the master mix post at my Tumblr!

Crossposts: http://seimaisin.livejournal.com/2234705.html

Two Hearted Dream - a fanmix for

safaiagem's

marvel_bang story, "I Don't Sleep (I Dream)"

Download @ Mediafire

Track Listing:

1) "Sleep Alone" - Bat For Lashes

Lonely, lonely, lonely, 'cause my mama told me
The dream of love is a two hearted dream

2) "Ghost In Your Mind" - Black Lab

And I wanted to believe you
The lies that I could see through
But I never got between you and the ghost in your mind

3) "Say You'll Haunt Me" - Stone Sour

Say you'll never die
You'll always haunt me
I want to know I belong to you
Say you'll haunt me

4) "Silent Voices Kill" - Madina Lake

The past is a noose that you have tied my life up to.
Now I'm obsessed, I'm sick, I'm desperate, I can't move.

5) "Hallucinations" - Angels & Airwaves

And everything's here to explore,
It's all unlike, the usual,
A different place but beautiful,
And it is not quite as it seems

6) "Spectators" - The Cruxshadows

and everyone will say "I told you so"
yeah they'll all just nod and sigh
as I go down in a ball of flames
they'll just watch, I wonder why

7) "Dream Team - Lazerbeak

We’re flying with the fault lines in sight
We’re racing past the tide and all the things we plan to be are all the creatures in the sea with us tonight

8) "Man on a Wire" - Garbage

Like a man on wire
I set myself on fire
Destroyer of a dream
Trying to find a spark

9) "Scars" - Moving Units

I am the weight around you (My scars are your scars)
I will be waiting to drown you (Your scars are my scars)
I will be here

10) "You've Dug Your Grave, Now Lie in It" - Kenotia

So now here we are in this place where both of us should never have to be
We put out everything, it didn't mean we wouldn't bleed

11) "Untouched and Intact" - The Honorary Title

Maybe it's time to hold onto one side, one decision
Let go of the hand that holds me high above that great divide

12) "Finally Woken" - Jem

You see I've finally woken
From a long sleep
I'm ready to jump
To make that blind leap
'Cause I now believe
I have the power in me
I've got the faith baby
I can truly be free

Crossposts: http://seimaisin.livejournal.com/2233215.html

Dear Yuletide Writer:

First, let me thank you in advance for whatever it is you end up writing for me. Last year was my first year participating in Yuletide, and I ended up with a couple of really great stories that made my holiday season that much better. Whatever you write for me is a gift that will make me clap with delight on Christmas, no matter what you write, I can guarantee that!

My main request for this year, regardless of which fandom you matched with me on, is pretty simple – I want women being awesome! The ways in which they're awesome are completely up to you, but whatever you write, I'd really like it to focus primarily on female characters.

( Fandom details - and potential spoilers - below: Cinders (video game), Iron Seas (Meljean Brook), Newsflesh (Mira Grant), Clockwork Century (Cherie Priest) )

Current Mood: excited
Crossposts: http://seimaisin.livejournal.com/2232585.html

Day 2

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create. Drop a link to your post in the comments. See if you can rec fanworks that are less likely to be praised: tiny fandoms, rare pairings, fanworks other than stories, lesser known kinks or tropes. Find fanworks that have few to no comments, or creators new to a particular fandom and maybe aren't well known or appreciated. Appreciate them.

You all know I'm almost exclusively reading in Dragon Age right now. I'm going to rec there - because I love the fandom and these stories and I think everyone should get into it the way I have. And because I read somewhat rarer pairings that need more attention. So there. :D

First, I'll finally take the opportunity to rec a fic that I read last week and ADORED. War Is Never Cheap Here, by

cherith and

serindrana. Dragon Age, Teagan/Cauthrien, set post-Origins. Summary: Bann Teagan has been corresponding on and off with the Lady Cousland for the past eight months; Queen Anora sends her watchdog, the dreaded Ser Cauthrien, to investigate. It's a rare pairing, nearly 100,000 words, and it's AMAZING. I read it on my Nook, and honest to god, I occasionally forgot I wasn't reading a published novel. It's the story of two people who were more than a little affected by a war that ravaged their country - who were on opposite sides of the conflict - and how they each have moved on (or haven't moved on). It's a fantastic romance in which sexual intimacy comes relatively easily, but emotional intimacy is decidedly more complicated. The ending legitimately made me choke up, which I can't say about many fics.

Seriously. Read it. It's worth your time.

Through These Pages, by Defira. Marian Hawke/Cullen. So, back in the fall, I was reading fic almost exclusively on the kink meme. I found the beginning of this fic and started tracking it, despite the fact that I wasn't terribly keen on Cullen at that point. This fic changed that ENTIRELY. I'm a sucker for epistolary fic, and fic that has delicious sexual tension and eventually even more delicious sex, and this one hits every single one of those buttons. Marian and Cullen are delightfully combative at first, but their anonymous letters get more and more intimate at the same time as their attraction gets more and more apparent. And then there's sex. And it's awesome. :D

Knots, by ... well, anonymous here, though I know the author has posted the first story in this series on AO3 under their name, which I can't remember at this moment. (Someone can feel free to chime in if they know, though, and I will edit!) Marian Hawke/Nathaniel Howe. The first story - "Missives" - is another amazing epistolary fic, but I'm reccing this one because it's SO HOT, I still have to fan myself when I think about it. There is bondage and dirty talk and oh god, just read it. I want to read about this Marian and Nathaniel and their sexual adventures FOREVER.

... and there. Witness pretty much all of my favorite fic tropes displayed in three amazing fics. Read them. Love them. :D

Current Mood: geeky
Crossposts: http://seimaisin.livejournal.com/2222308.html

So,

tuesdaysgone linked to the Fandom Snowflake Challenge, which is a really awesome idea and one I think will be a great way to start the year (and to start posting over here again on a more consistent basis)! As it's the 2nd, I'll have to do two posts today, but you guys will forgive me for spamming, right?

Anyway...

Day 1

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator. Drop a link to your post in the comments.

( Read more... )

Tangentially, I really want to write something in Dragon Age fandom that I feel as strongly about as I feel about the above works, but it hasn't happened yet. The zombie apocalypse story might turn out to be the one, judging by my current level of enthusiasm. Here's hoping! :D

Current Mood: good
Crossposts: http://seimaisin.livejournal.com/2221830.html

... just so you know, I'm going to be out of town for the holiday, with only sporadic internet access until the morning of the 27th. I know myself well enough to know that I'll be trying my hardest to get somewhere with internet access on Christmas to see what lovely gift you've left me - but, if you don't hear from me until Tuesday, don't panic! :D

Thank you in advance for your story, whatever you choose to write! This is my first year participating in Yuletide, so I'll try to make this letter helpful without going overboard. :)

The biggest thing to note is that right now, I'm almost exclusively interested in stories that center around women - either on their own, or as half (or a major part) of a pairing. The fandoms listed below all have some really amazing women to play with, so I don't think that should be a problem for anyone willing to write in one of them!

My general likes are many and varied, so I won't start listing things here. Specific likes for the fandoms are all below, so that should (hopefully) point you in the right direction. As for dislikes, I prefer to stay away from deathfic, incest, rape/dubcon ... basically, if given the choice, I prefer happy/hopeful stories, though a good dollop of angst never really goes awry.

On to the fandoms!

In Death (any)

I am madly, hopelessly in love with all of these characters, so whoever you choose to focus on will make me dance for joy. I'm attached to the canon pairings, so please avoid breakups or infidelity. Mostly, I just want to read slices of life with anyone being snarky and weird and awesome. Peabody and McNabb being hilarious and adorable? Banter from the bullpen at Cop Central? A social get-together with some or all of the characters having a good time together? Nadine or Mira going about their jobs during a time when Eve isn't involved? Mavis's rock star life? Eve and Roarke having wild monkey sex on one of their vacations? And those are just things I came up with off the top of my head, don't feel limited to anything I've listed - the possibilities are endless! I would read a million words of any of these people going about their lives, pick whatever scenario sounds good to you!

Toby Daye (Toby, Tybalt, The Luidaeg, May)

Another universe I could cheerfully drown myself in. This one's a bit darker than my other choices, though, so don't feel the need to follow my "happy/hopeful" direction if whatever you're writing wants to turn the other way. (Just don't kill anyone she hasn't already offed in the books, though. ;)) I would love a good Toby/Tybalt story - smut, UST, whatever you choose. Otherwise, I find the Luidaeg fascinating and would love to read a juicy gen story that explores her more in depth - her history, her relationship with Toby, her interactions with another character, whatever! And any story is made better with May, as far as I'm concerned - and the combination of May and Tybalt, whether on their own or making Toby's life harder/more irritating, would be really hilarious. :D

The Iron Seas series (Yasmeen, Archimedes, Zenobia, Scarsdale)

I literally just finished reading Heart of Steel, so seeing this fandom pop up made me clap with joy. I love this universe SO MUCH, and would read just about anything anyone wanted to explore inside it. Any and/or all of the above characters having some kind of adventures would make me a very happy panda. Gen or shippy, it's your call - any pairing/threesome would be fine by me, as long as a) a female is involved and b) it's not incestuous. I would also love to read gen about Zenobia's life as a writer, or about Yasmeen and Scarsdale's friendship, or about Yasmeen's previous adventures as an airship pirate, or Yasmeen and Archimedes' future adventures ... on and on, you get the picture. :D

Title: faster than a heartbeat
Pairing(s): Pete/Patrick, various background/past pairings
Word Count: 21,446 words
Rating: NC-17

Summary: Clandestine Station is the end of nowhere - a mining station located on a remote ice planet, far away from any other populated system, with no breathable oxygen and very little contact with the rest of the galaxy. In short, it's Patrick's worst nightmare ... and he's just been assigned to work there.

When he arrives, however, he finds the station populated by a surprisingly cheerful bunch of people, all of whom welcome him with open arms. Patrick fits in better than he ever expected, thanks in large part to Pete, Clandestine's de facto manager. Patrick just might have a raging crush on his new boss, not that he intends to tell him about it.

Eventually, though, Patrick gets exactly what he wanted: a transfer to a far more civilized planet. Only ... he's not entirely sure he wants it any more. When a disastrous storm strikes Clandestine, Patrick is forced to confront his deepest fears and decide once and for all - does he want to go home, or is he already there?

Notes: Many thanks to both

ignipes and

prettykitty_aya, who read an early draft when I was tearing my hair out and gave me enough encouragement to get on with the damned thing already. And as always, all the love in the world goes to

tuesdaysgone, who read and cheered me on at various stages, fixed my grammar and spelling at the end, and is generally awesome in every way. :) Title is stolen from The Alternate Routes' "Carry Me Home."

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Bonus Tracks/Enhanced Content

Fanart:
Artwork by

xlindziex

Fanmix:
Any Kind of Destination by

queen_of_goat

Master Post

My (fantastic!) fanmix is from

queen_of_goat.

( cover, download link, track listing, and a bit of commentary )

Current Music: Foo Fighters - Times Like These (Acoustic) | Powered by Last.fm

Master Post

I was lucky enough to get fanart from

xlindziex - it's adorable!

View full-size here.

( embedded slightly smaller below )

Master Post

Part One

Part Two

( Part Three )

Art Post

Mix Post

Master Post

Part One

( Part Two )

Part Three

Master Post

( Part One )

Part Two

fandom_stocking work ... my first attempt at Vampire Diaries fic! 700-ish words of Damon angst written for

chosenfire28's stocking. Stefan/Elena, drifting in a vaguely OT3-ish sort of direction.

( No one has ever accused Damon of being smart. )

Current Mood: cold
Current Music: Plumb - Damaged

Title: Writing On The Wall
Pairing: Gerard/Lyn-Z
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~4,500
Notes: Vaguely dystopic AU, written for the

no_tags prompt "Gerard/Lyn-Z, on the lam". Many thanks to

tricksterquinn for the quick and awesome beta!

( Gerard's brush flew across the concrete wall, painting quickly. )

Current Mood: pleased

So,

no_tags! They have started a lovely master post of all stories and authors in the community here, but I'm just a little OCD about these things after editing the newsletter for so long. ;) So, I spent some time today gathering links and sorting them into band groupings and copying/pasting pairing and prompt info. (What? That was a totally productive use of my day!) There are a lot of stories, y'all! Most of them TOTALLY AWESOME. This has been a fantastic challenge! \o/

Many, many, many thanks to

airgiodslv for running this for the second year in a row - she's done a ton of work, gathering prompts and hunting down pinch-hitters and generally being awesome. I love seeing bandom so active - the fandom at large has stayed active over the last year or so because people care enough to prod everyone into creative action every once in a while. Those people are my fannish heroes. :D

Anyway. On to the (very long!) masterlist! Note: there are currently 12 ~~11 (maybe?)~~ a small handful of stories as yet unclaimed by their authors in the reveal post; I will edit those stories into the list when the authors reveal themselves! (And yes, this post is public - feel free to point anyone in this direction, should you feel the urge! :))

If you notice any mistakes or omissions below, please let me know!

( the sorted no_tags master list )

last updated 10pm 1/18

♥

Current Mood: accomplished

Back to posting things created for

fandom_stocking!

dragonsinger loves fanmixes, and after I started watching The Vampire Diaries, I decided I had to make her one. :D (Actually, TVD makes me want to make ALL THE FANMIXES. Every time I put my music collection on shuffle, I turn up another song that makes me go '... wait, that could totally be a song for a fanmix I haven't made yet.') There's even an internal chronology to the songs I chose, because I'm kind of a dork who apparently has to tell stories even when I'm not writing.

Anyway ... below, my holiday gift to

dragonsinger. Want, take, have, enjoy! :)

fuck love, give me fire: a Damon Salvatore fanmix

( track list behind cut )

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: The Golden Globes on TV

Hey! Want some more

no_tags recs?

Poetry Makes Nothing Happen - Mikey/Ray, a futuristic military AU with cross-dressing. Yes, that sounds like a strange combination, one that made me slide past the story until someone else recced it. It's worth the read! An interesting world, one I'd love to read more of.

Write Us Everywhere In Invisible Silence - Pete/Mikey. Cute story about secret messages and the way boys communicate emotions to each other.

Copper Candy Inside - Pete/Patrick, in which Patrick is a DJ and Pete's a musician desperate to get his band on the air. I'm impressed with how well-drawn the characters are in such a short piece, it feels a lot longer and more in-depth than it is!

The Fastest Way Back Home - Pete/Mikey, nice little travel-and-touring related vignettes. I like the frantic feeling of this, how ragged they both are and how they help each other.

Breathe on your neck, make knots with our fingers - Frank/Gerard, set in early MCR, immediately post-Pencey days. A great sense of that early-band, just-scraping-by desperation in Frank and Gerard's interactions. (Disclaimer: I totally have NO IDEA who wrote this story. Really. ;))

Bringing Gravity Back - Gabe/girl!Mikey, set during Eyeball/Midtown days. The sharp-yet-easy relationship between Mikey and Gabe is really interesting, and the sex is super hot. :D

It's Raining on Prom Night - Frank/Mikey, Killjoys 'verse. I love how they took the canon references to Fun Ghoul and Kobra Kid's stunt show and took off from there! The whole thing has a great sense of dirt and desperation, like the Killjoys verse should have.

Fuck the Snow (Repeat As Necessary) - Frank/Gerard. I'm normally hesitant about present-day set MCR fic that keeps the wives and kids and still pairs the guys up together, but this one is nicely done!

Crush With Eyeliner - Ray/Gerard. Adorable and funny and awesome. Mikey is the best part. :D

... I'm still making my way through open tabs. SO MUCH GOOD FIC, you guys. I seriously can't wait for the author reveal!

Current Mood: pleased

I woke up feeling a little fragile - damn those end-of-vacation blues, coupled with my unhealthy tendency to compare myself to others. But, as I read my friends list, I discovered that today is More Joy Day, and that seems like the perfect idea for a cold, gloomy Thursday, so I'm going to try spending the day concentrating on that instead. :)

First up - some

no_tags recs. I may not know who wrote the following stories, but they made me happy yesterday, so the authors deserve some props! :D

Up up down down left right left right B A start - super hot Mikey/Alicia porn, for the prompt "coming off the road." I love their easy dynamic in this story. Also, did I mention it's hot? Because it is.

9½ Things to Do With a Time Machine and Panic! at the Disco - gen, Doctor Who crossover. I laughed the entire way through this story. It's BRILLIANT. Don't miss it!

Glitter, Stars, and Matchbox Cars - Ashlee/Travis, prompt "early childhood educators." This story is so adorable, I can't possibly tell you. And I hadn't ever thought about how hot the idea of Ashlee/Travis would be, but damn if it isn't.

Smells Like Sunshine - Ashlee/Victoria, prompt "space opera." Because, well, SPACE OPERA. ♥ And the details and characterization here are just lovely.

Drums and Monsters - Frank/Gerard, prompt "vampires and werewolves, oh my!" This is the kind of universe I want a million stories in. It feels like the beginning of an epic tale.

Romantic Victories of Peter the Great - Pete/Mikey, prompt "college AU." Short and adorable. I love Mikey the math major quite a lot. :D

That's just a few of the stories I've bookmarked so far, and there are a whole bunch from last night I haven't read yet! This has turned out to be an awesome, awesome challenge so far. :D

More Joy Day. It's a beautiful idea. Let's make it happen! :)

Current Mood: awake

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