dragonbat2006

 First of all, thank you so much for doing this! I'm looking forward to whatever you end up writing and I'm sure I'll love it!

In general:

1. I'm not big on graphic sex or violence. Basically, if you're keeping it T-rated or under, we should do fine.
2. In general, I like genfic or canon pairings. I'm not opposed to romance, but there are some characters I ship platonically only. Friendship, bromance, angst, hurt/comfort, missing scenes, futurefic, divergence AUs where you explore how the story would have gone if someone had made a different choice than they did in canon? I'm all there! Not a big fan of high school AUs, coffee shop AUs, etc. 
3. When it comes to character death, I'm fine if it's canonical, or if you're setting your fic a number of years post-canon, and it's reasonable to assume that an 80-year-old character has shuffled off the mortal coil in the interim. Please spare me a tearjerking [One of my chosen characters] is on their deathbed and thinking back/looking forward/bestowing final blessings. That being said, the following are fine:

• Set at a point in canon when a character was missing and presumed dead, and everyone is behaving as though they were. Just tell me the timeline or an author note.
• Similar to above, an original story where someone thinks a character is dead, so long as the assumption is corrected by story's end.
• A character has some reason to believe that they are dying and is trying to plan arrangements or console others in advance, so long as by story's end, they know they were mistaken.

No incest, no non-canonical infidelity, no canonical infidelity front-and-center, though referencing it is fine

As for the fandom specifics, I think I included them all with my sign-up. I wasn't sure if I'd have time for a letter on top of that

Thanks again and looking forward to whatever you produce!

Dear Yuletide Writer,

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Dear Yuletide Writer,

First of all, thank you so much for doing this exchange! I really appreciate this.
For the most part, I’ve put my DNWs in my sign-up; sometimes I don’t get around to writing these letters and I wanted you to have something to work with. But since it looks like I’m doing this…

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Thanks again! Looking forward to reading what you come up with!

Dear Yuletide writer,

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Thanks again!

So, unsurprisingly, stuff has happened in the last two years.

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I guess those are the high points. I'll try to post more often, but no promises.

Dear Yuletide Author,

First of all, thank you so much for doing this! I really appreciate it.

I tried to be detailed in my signup post, but just in case more clarification is needed, here we go.

1) I'm mostly about gen, but canon friendships that could become something else/have subtext are fine. I like witty banter. No PWP, though.
2) My comfort zone is All Ages and/or Teen. If the reason for a 'mature' rating is a couple of F-bombs or you're including some violence and rating it high to be safe, that's okay. I'm just not looking for explicit sex scenes.
3) I'm a sucker for angst, hurt-comfort, divergence AUs, friendship, and happy endings. And that would include 'hopeful' endings, too. Something along the lines of "Despite everything that fate's tossed our way, we're still here and we're not going anywhere. Maybe we lost the battle, but we'll win the war!" is 100% okay. As is a bona-fide happy ending.
4) Angst over canonical character death is fine. Please don't kill off a character in the fic.

Fandom specifics:

Daredevil:

As mentioned, I'm a sucker for Matt-Foggy bromance. I love them as friends, but I don't ship them romantically. As long as that friendship is there, you can give me additional characters and the plot of your choice. I like Matt angsty and I like Foggy savvy (please, no Silver Age buffoonery). Ben and Milla are fine to add, but not necessary.

Dungeons and Dragons:

I love all of the Young Ones and had more of them been nominated, I would have listed them all. Also, this is one of the few times I wouldn't mind romance (Hank/Sheila). Gen is good, too. Wide open here. Give me something in the Realm or a before-the-ride or an after-they-got-home. I'm not really interested in DM-centric or Venger-centric, but no problem if you're inspired to use them in your fic, so long as the Young Ones are front and center. Use as many of the six as you like.

Spider-Gwen

I like Matt and Gwen as adversaries/frenemies. Something where they're forced to work together (either the way it is in canon, where Matt is blackmailing her, or some reason why they would unite in the field against a common foe, albeit temporarily) would be good. Supporting cast is fine; there really isn't anyone I dislike in the comic, though I prefer Castle in small doses.

Thanks again!

Words: 4336
Summary: Kerri takes a break from school to go shopping. And has a big decision to make.
Previous Chapters: Click the Hero In My Life tag.

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Fandom: Ella Enchanted (Book)
Characters: Ella, Areida
Rating: K
Genre(s): Friendship, Humor
Timeline: Finishing School
Warnings: none
Word Count: 2026
Story Summary: Julia is not a nice person. But when she gets sick, it falls to Areida and a reluctant Ella to nurse her through the night.

Notes: Written for captainbunnicula (kradarua)for Yuletide 2016. Thanks to Kathy for the beta!

Disclaimer: Ella Enchanted is the creation and property of Gail Carson Levine. All characters and locales belong to Gail Carson Levine. I am receiving no financial remuneration from this work of fanfiction.

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Till Yuletide archive opens

Soot, the friendly one I'm positive must have had a home at one point (though he's got the cropped ear that shows he's been TNR'd and he's slept in the cat shelter in my yard for the last two winters) now understands what "Do you want to come in?" means. At least, when I open my office window and call it down to him in the backyard, he goes running for the side door.

Tonight, hubby was in the kitchen fixing the hinge on one of the cabinets, when he heard what he thought was a knock on the door. Opened the front door (not the screen) and saw nobody standing there. Then he looked down. Two charcoal gray ears atop a hopeful fuzzy face... The cat knows how to knock!

And normally? He won't come in unless I'm alone. I open the door to tell him 'no' and he dashes past me.

And here's the kicker: I have told Soot that I'm working on hubby to let him stay here in the winter. So far, we're at "We'll see... but he has to stay in the basement." I've told Soot that, too. And, despite the fact that when I do let him in now, he prefers the upstairs (flopped in front of a heating vent), once he'd raced past hubby and me tonight, he made a beeline for the stairs.

I had to turn him out. We haven't got a litter box and I can't risk an accident. Besides, it's 1 Celsius/33 Farenheit and there's a shelter in the back. Where he has stayed in years past on far colder days. So, while I can't blame him for wanting the great indoors, I know he won't freeze out there.

The cat knows how to knock. I'm still wrapping my head around that one.