Daydream believer

First, thank you so much for writing for me! I offered up some prompts in my signup in case that helps to inspire you, but please don’t feel constrained by it. If you have an idea you’re excited about, go for it!

Here are a few general notes about what I enjoy in stories:

I have a very broad range of enjoyment. I like slash (both dudes and ladies), het and gen, and I will happily read any rating. I love relationship stories that show the deepening sense of intimacy between two people, whether it's a romance or a friendship. I also adore plotty stories, casefiles, action/adventure, future fic, backstory, and my great love for fan fiction cliches never dies! I appreciate angst in a story, especially if the source material really calls for it, but I also enjoy when a story ends on a hopeful note.

A few things I'm not really into are: non-con and dub-con, as well as graphic violence and gore if they are out of keeping with the source material. I'd prefer not to receive a crossover or a totally non-canonical AU. However, I’m cool with canon-divergent AUs.


( Fandom details from my signup... )

First, I'm SO sorry that this letter is so late. All the fandom-specific information was in my request, and these are just some general notes.

I have a very broad range of enjoyment when it comes to stories. I like slash (both dudes and ladies), het and gen, and I will happily read any rating. I love relationship stories that show the deepening sense of intimacy between two people, whether it's a romance or a friendship. I also adore plotty stories, casefiles, action/adventure, future fic, backstory, and my great love for fan fiction cliches never dies! I appreciate angst in a story, especially if the source material really calls for it, but I also enjoy when a story ends on a hopeful note.

A few things I'm not really into are: non-con and dub-con, as well as graphic violence and gore if they are out of keeping with the source material. I'd prefer not to receive a crossover or a totally non-canonical AU. However, I’m cool with canon-divergent AUs.


( Fandom details from my request... )

Title: The living can't haunt you
Fandom: Thorne (TV)
Pairing: Phil Hendricks/Tom Thorne
Rating: Explicit
Word count: ~8,000
Summary: In the wake of personal and professional losses, Tom takes some time away. Phil follows.
Notes: I've been watching a lot of Britbox during my covid seclusion. Like, a lot. Within about 3 minutes of the first episode of this show, I was having feelings about these guys. A big, tall policeman with big dom energy toward everyone around him EXCEPT his shorter, smaller, tattooed, pierced gay pathologist best friend who routinely manhandles him? Yes, please! This is the first non-Yuletide story I've written in five years and the first thing I've posted to this journal that wasn't a Dear Author letter in just as long. I don't know if this means my writing mojo is back, but at least I enjoyed writing this bit of porn with feelings.
Warnings: Canonical character death and extremely problematic policing, which is also canonical

You can also read it at AO3:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25754518

( It’s the kind of spring day that doesn’t come around very often. The sky towers overhead, deep indigo, dazzling to the eye, making Tom squint when he glances up.… )

For reasons, I was away and hectically busy for the first part of the Yuletide reveals, so the only stories I've read are the two I received. But if I were to read only two stories, these would definitely be the two to choose!

They are both Ginny/Mike Pitch stories, and they are both FABULOUS. Also, they both provide resolution to that almost-kiss from the series' last episode. How did I get so lucky? I don't know, but I'm very grateful.

Wave Me On Home by Anonymous, rated Mature, no archive warnings apply

This is a wonderful ensemble story that reads like an episode with lovely moments between Ginny and Al, Amelia, Blip, and of course Mike. It takes the potential heartbreak of off-season contract negotiations, looks at what that would be like for the first female MLB player, and also explores the limitations Ginny thinks she needs to put on her personal life in order to be professionally successful. The chemistry between Mike and Ginny is off the charts, and the reason why Mike never brought up that almost-kiss after it happened is a thing of joy that gets right at the heart of why I love these two characters and their relationship.


keep me going strong by Anonymous, rated Teen and Up Audiences, no archive warnings apply

Is there anything more hilarious than ballplayers and their superstitions? Maybe especially when they don't recognize or aren't willing to admit that they are, in fact, superstitious? Ginny bets Mike that he can't stop doing his "habits," and as you would expect, it does not go well. That Ginny notices all of these things about Mike--things he doesn't even realize himself--is super hot. And the way they resolve the bet (hint: it's win-win!) is extremely delightful.

Thank you for writing for me! I included specific notes about each fandom in my nomination, so here's a little bit about my general preferences.

I have a very broad range of enjoyment when it comes to stories. I like slash (both dudes and ladies), het and gen. I'm into reading explicit sex if you're into writing it, but all ratings are good. I love relationship stories that show the deepening sense of intimacy between two people, whether it's a romance or a friendship. I also adore plotty stories, casefiles, action/adventure, future fic, backstory, and my great love for fan fiction cliches never dies! I appreciate angst in a story, especially if the source material really calls for it, but I also enjoy when a story ends on a hopeful note.

A few things I'm not really into are: non-con, graphic violence, and gore. I'd prefer not to receive a crossover or totally non-canonical AU.

( Fandom details from my nomination... )

Dear Yuletide Author,

Thank you for writing for me! I'm very excited about all the fandoms I requested. You have great taste for offering one of them. :)

Here's some general stuff about my story preferences:

I have a very broad range of enjoyment when it comes to stories. I like slash (dudes and ladies), het and gen. I'm into reading explicit sex if you're into writing it, but all ratings are good. I love relationship stories that show the deepening sense of intimacy between two people (or a group of people if the fandom is Sense8), whether it's a romance or a friendship. I also adore plotty stories, casefiles, action/adventure, future fic, backstory, and my great love for fan fiction cliches never dies! I appreciate angst in a story, especially if the source material really calls for it, but I also enjoy when a story ends on a hopeful note.

A few things I'm not really into are: Non-con (although I don't mind dub con), crossovers, and gore.

( More details ahead... )

Of course, my suggestions are just that...suggestions. Write the story that speaks to you, and I'm sure it will speak to me too.

I can't say that I really make New Years resolutions, but I would like to take more of an active part in DW/LJ this year. So I thought I'd start with Yuletide.

This year I was very spoiled with two wonderful stories:

Zo (1172 words) by lalejandra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Woman on the Edge of Time
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Original Character
Additional Tags: Depression, Time Travel, Pre-Canon
Summary: In Woman on the Edge of Time, the future seems so glorious, yet there are always people who fall into cracks. This takes place before the book starts.

If you haven't read this novel I really do recommend it. Marge Piercy creates a truly fascinating future world and explores issues of race, gender, environmentalism, etc. I've been requesting it as long as I've been doing Yuletide, and this year I got it at last. Yay! It's a very well done story that perfectly captures the universe while also questioning some of its assumptions.


Running Off to See (100 words) by rabidsamfan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Margaret Dashwood
Additional Tags: Drabble, yumadrin
Summary: Margaret wants to know the whole wide world.

After rewatching this movie earlier this year, I really wanted Margaret to have her adventures. And in this story she does!


Brooklyn Nine-Nine is far and away my favorite new show of the season (note to self: write more about that later), and I was very happy to be assigned it for Yuletide.

It's Ladies Night (and the Feeling's Right) (6984 words) by Lenore
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rosa Diaz/Amy Santiago
Characters: Rosa Diaz, Amy Santiago, Jake Peralta, Ray Holt, Gina Linetti, Charles Boyle, Terry Jeffords, Scully (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Hitchcock (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Humor, Hypnotism, Kissing
Summary: There's a Hypnotist Bandit on the loose. Rosa and Amy take him down—but not without some misadventures.

I also did a pinch hit for the Hockey RPF Holiday Exchange which I'll post when I have more time. Happy New Year, everyone!

My dear friend no_detective posted the link to this video that has become MY NEW FAVORITE THING.

Luscious Jackson - #1 Bum

I LOVE these women and their reactions, and I have had this very conversation with fangirls SO MANY TIMES. In fat, my Yankees friends and I have a hand gesture that's shorthand for: "Derek Jeter's ass is perfect." No words necessary. Message perfectly understood.

Now I really, REALLY need a hockey vid set to this song. Please?

I found this fantastic Women's Hockey Primer put together by pineapplechild via Tumblr. If there is anything more awesome than women playing hockey I don't know what it is. Also, I may have fallen in love with the captain of the US women's team, Julie Chu, a little bit. Or, you know, kind of a lot.

Here's part two of my Kaner/Tazer recs after much delay. Obviously I couldn't in good conscience recommend stories without rereading them first. Obviously. So there are actually many more K/T stories I've enjoyed, but given my somewhat slow-moving rec process, I think I'm going to leave it at this.

( Kaner/Tazer recs, part two… )