Yuletide 2020 Letter

Updated: October 25th, 2020

 

Hello Author! 

 

Thank you so much for spending time creating something for me. I’ve broken this letter down into general likes/dislikes, and then a short section on each fandom. 

 

The letter doesn’t cover everything that I like (My AO3 bookmarks may give you more ideas, but I’ve been meaning to update them because they’re currently a mess) and please don’t feel pressured to fit your creation to everything I like! 

 

Thanks so much again for creating something for me! I’m so excited to see what you make! 

 

Also, historically, I’ve been uhh…. Terrible at actually reading exchange fics for months or even years after the fact. So, if I don’t leave kudos/comments right away, it’s not you, it’s most definitely me.

 

(Note: Most of this letter was copied from previous exchanges I’ve participated in.)

 

Do Not Wants:

I think that these are pretty self-explanatory:

 

Rape/Non-con

Graphic Violence

PWP/Explicit Sex

Incest

Unhappy Endings (Angst is fine, though)

Non-Canonical Character Death (Characters who are dead in canon are fair game).

 

This one’s pretty subjective, but if we could stay away from overwhelming sadness and melancholy that would be great too. (Look, 2020’s been a long year). 

 

General Things I Like:

Below are a few themes/tropes that I like that can be applied to any fandom (and, as you’ll see, make it pretty obvious why I asked for the fandoms I did). 

 

Platonic Relationships – I love friendship. Gen fics are my jam. I’m always a sucker for platonic cuddling, hair ruffling, and just people being protective/supportive of each other. Hair ruffling and forehead kisses are like my ultimate weakness. There’s something about platonic casual affection that gets me every time. I also love friends feeling comfortable sharing their vulnerabilities and trusting each other.

 

Families of Choice/Found Family – This is pretty much my favorite trope of all time. People choosing to be each other’s families and just platonically loving each other is my favorite thing in the entire world. 

 

Trust – I love fics that focus on the trust and building of trust between two (or more) characters. People accepting the unconditional love and trust of another person and realizing it’s real, is one of my favorite things. 

 

Communication – I really love this theme. People talking out their issues and trusting each other with their entire being, just gives me the all the feels. I especially love when people have to deal with their (and each other’s) insecurities and have to be vulnerable to each other.  

 

Emotional Hurt/Comfort – This goes hand-in-hand with my love of fics exploring healthy communication. I love the intimacy of emotional hurt/comfort and that it forces characters to trust and be vulnerable with each other.  

 

Protective/Supportive Friends – I love friends defending each other and supporting each other no matter what. Characters finding, building, and accepting unconditional friendship is wonderful (especially if it’s something they’re not used to). 

 

Fandom Specific:

Honestly, if you cover any of the themes above, I’ll be delighted, but I’ve added specific information below for each of the fandoms I requested. (They're in alphabetical order by fandom). 

 

Julie and the Phantoms: 

This show was a great quarantine watch! I love the themes of found family and friendship in the show (ofc), but one thing that I’d really love to see explored in a fic is the relationship between Ray and Reggie. I feel like I'm always on the lookout for fic that explores what would happen if Ray knew the truth about the Phantoms. 

The show implies that Reggie’s homelife might not have been great and he spends a lot of time with the Ray (and Carlos) throughout the show, even though they can’t see/hear him. I’d love to read about a ghost reveal or development of a familial relationship between the two of them.

 

Additionally, feel free to have the other characters pop up in the fic! (I’d also love to further explore the Reggie & Carlos dynamic or Ray and the rest of the Phantoms!)

 

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts:

If you haven’t watched Kipo, I’d definitely suggest giving it a try if it sounds like something you’d be interested in (It’s available on Netflix). Also, a slight warning, this section contains spoilers for season 3 (which just came out in October!)

 

I’ve never done a request in this format before, but I’m just going to list a bunch of short unconnected ideas/prompts and you can pick and choose what suits your fancy. The final season was great, but also gave me a bunch of ideas! I’d be happy with any of the themes above, but if you want some more specificity, here you go: 

 

An exploration of the “secondary character” trio consisting of Asher, Dahlia, and Troy. What are they up to when the main group are on their adventures? Are they good friends? Have they bonded with each other and mute community? We got a bit more development of them during season 3, but I think there’s still a lot to explore within they’re dynamic! (And feel free to have Benson/Troy in the background if you go with this prompt!)

 

Post-Canon shenanigans about how everything is going five-years later. The world’s changed a lot in the epilogue – what were the ups and downs of getting there?

 

A further exploration of Hugo’s place in the Oak family (Feel free to go in any time period for this including: pre-canon, in between seasons, or an “Everyone Lives” AU). I’d especially love a further look into the sibling relationship that develops between Kipo and Hugo (considering season 3 didn’t give us a lot of time for that in between everything else it had to cover). If you’d also like to touch on the relationship between Wolf and Oak Family (and Wolf’s relationship with Hugo in S3) that would be cool too! 

Shazam!:

I don’t think I’ve ever requested the same fandom two years in a row for Yuletide, especially with the exact same prompt, but I absolutely adore this movie! If it wasn’t obvious from the themes above, I love, love the found family aspect of Shazam!. I’d really love a fic where Billy is learning to trust his foster family. The superheroics are great, but I love the dynamics between the kids (and Victor and Rosa!) even more. Billy accepting that his place in his new family is unconditional would be amazing!