Dear Yuletide 2018 Author

[dragonbat2006]

First and foremost, thank you so much for doing this!

I don't have any known triggers, but I do have a few squicks/do not wants.

Belgariad/Malloreon (Garion and Zakath):

I'm a big fan of banter. Give me some verbal fencing and we're good. Feel free to involve other characters as you like. And one thing I like about Eddings' writing is the way he has of letting characters talk about serious issues in a way that sounds comedic but can get surprisingly serious once you look past the witticisms. I don't ship Garion and Zakath as a couple, but if you want to include other characters, I don't mind some of them are couples and romance ends up in the background. Or if Ce'Nedra and/or Cyradis turn up and their husbands take time out from their conversation to talk with them/include them.

Daredevil (comics) (Matt and Foggy)

I'm all about the bromance here. I don't ship them romantically, but platonic brotherly love? I'm there. I'm fine if there are dark elements in the fic, but I definitely want something ending on a hopeful note if not a happy ending. I don't really care about the era; I gave my favorite comics periods in the letter but feel free to write about a different period if that's your preference. And so long as the friendship is front and center, I don't mind if it's a situation where one is in trouble and the other has to bail them out, problems with a GF/spouse, a conversation, and argument, Matt's mental health issues putting him in a bad place, Foggy's physical health issues (under Waid anyhow) knocking him for a loop... I'm good.

Dickensian (Amelia, Nancy, Honoria, Frances)

I think I said everything I wanted to on the sign-up, but here's the copy-pasta again:

You don't need to use all of the characters, but I'd like to see interaction between at least two of them. Other characters welcome. Possible ideas:

1) After one-too-many insinuations by Frances that she considers her sister scarcely better than a woman of the streets, Honoria storms out of the house and encounters Nancy. The two have a frank discussion about sex, love, etc.

2) Honoria tries to reach out to Amelia after the latter is jilted.

3) In Dickens canon, Frances raises Honoria's child. At the end of Dickensian, it's heavily implied that the child will be adopted by Amelia and grow up to become Estella. Perhaps a conversation between Frances and Amelia in which the deal is struck?

If you have any other ideas, feel free. Please, nothing more graphic than was seen on the show or would have been depicted in the novels. Genfic only.

Dungeons and Dragons cartoon (Eric and Hank)

I'd like to see these two realize that under the snark and arguing, they've got more in common than they realize. Whether it happens during some downtime where they're sitting around a campfire or marching toward the next possible way home, or in the middle of a melee fight is up to you. I don't mind some background Hank/Sheila and/or Eric/Diana if you want to include it, so long as the main focus is gen and on Eric and Hank.

Ella Enchanted (Book) Ella and Char

Set during the story, before Ella breaks her curse.

Flirting Char! Clueless Ella! Maybe a back-and-forth of their letters. Maybe Ella getting and reflecting on the letters. Or Char thinking about how he can get Ella to see him as more than a friend.

Emelan Sandry, Tris, Daja, Briar

Wide open here. Any or all of the four. Give me siblings bantering, struggling, fighting among themselves or against a common foe. Please set either during Circle of Magic or Will of the Empress. Genfic please!

I will admit to a slight preference for Sandry-centric, but if you'd rather focus on one of the others, that's fine. I like all four; Sandry's just my favorite by a very slim margin.


Thanks again!