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I'm not very active in fandom at the moment, but feel free to search my journal for samples of what I like and what I write. Also, if you search under the yuletide tag, you'll see my past letters.

General Likes and Dislikes:

Likes: Plot, witty dialogue, action scenes, sex scenes that are plausible, laughter, angst, things that make me cry, moral grays, loyal friends, hard choices, happy endings, quiet moments, and surprise twists.

Dislikes: Incest, underage sex, irresponsible kink, excessive violence, gore, stereotypes that go unexplored, stories that the author felt trapped into writing!

Bottom line - if you write it for me in one of these fandoms, I'm going to like it. So relax. Have fun. And, trust me, I'm already excited!

Request 1
Fandom:Hotel Transylvania (Movies)
Mavis Dracula Jonathan (Hotel Transylvania) Dracula (Hotel Transylvania) Martha Dracula

I adored these films. I would love to see more about the meaning of family in this universe. Feel free to include as many of the other monsters and families as you'd like!


Request 2
Fandom:Despicable Me (Movies)
Lucy Wilde Felonius Gru

I would love to see this fabulous couple handle some of the more typical moments of raising children. But, anything would be awesome! I'd love to see adventures, relationship growth, the Minions, their pasts coming back to haunt them... whatever works!

Request 3 by bewize
Fandom:The Incredibles (2004)
Violet Parr Dash Parr Jack-Jack Parr

I would really love to see the kids have adventures of their own - either as kids, or as adults, or both!

Yep, The White Queen. Oh yes.

Holy moly and lots of other things.

Women characters everywhere being AMAZING.

I have asked for four pretty awesome fandoms! I know you must agree, because you signed up to write at least one of them. :)

I'm not very active in fandom at the moment, but feel free to search my journal for samples of what I like and what I write. Also, if you search under the yuletide tag, you'll see my past letters.

Bottom line - if you write it for me in one of these fandoms, I'm going to like it. So relax. Have fun. And, trust me, I'm already excited!

( Girls With Slingshots )


( The Incredibles )


( Despicable Me )


( Brave )

( Things I like, in general )

( Things I dislike )

I love my assignment! I've already started and this is the first thing I've written in AGES.

I managed (somehow) to finish the Yuletide fic I was assigned. The recipient hasn't responded yet, but I'm pretty happy with it and that's good. :)

I also finished the gift fic I was working on and that's gone over well. ♥

Yesterday, I ended up being off most of the day. I finished up a lot of things in the morning, then played Santa for a bit in the afternoon, then went to Pyng Ho for our annual Christmas Eve Chinese Food Extravaganza! I think this is year like... 5 or 6. The family that owns it is awesome and we always end up drinking way past closed, so luckiy, I wasn't driving home.

Then, as an extra bonus, there's a 'blizzard' hitting the southern US, so I can't even drive to AL to visit family. Instead, I'm stuck in the ATL (which I don't really mind at all). This morning was about Santa Clause for M, and it was one of the most fun things I've done in a long time.

We stayed up until late late late last night assembling things that Santa brought - like the red wagon that I arranged a month ago and which is the big hit of the day, I think. He loves it. He's napped in it, put all his other toys in it, and then ate lunch in it. LOL. Victory!

I got gift cards to Starbucks and iTunes and a bunch of gym stuff, which I'm thrilled about. I got a big bag to carry everything in and several pairs of pants and running shirts and jackets and such. S got me a titanium necklace, which is supposed to work wonders, and which I am wearing. So far... all I feel is tired.

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YULETIDE!

OMG!

YULETIDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

I must have been very good this year.

The Electro Menace. Ummm. *freaks out* SOMEONE WROTE ME SPIDER-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS FIC! *gleegasms* It's got Bobby and Peter and Angelica all being friends and being awesome and fighting crime and yay!

Where the Wind Don't Blow and the Good Girls Die. This is a fic set to the video of The Killers - A Dustland Fairytale and it is so much better than anything I could have ever hoped for. It's sad and bittersweet and touching and it reached inside and grabbed something vital and twisted. But, damn, if it wasn't perfect.

Four Ways Brandon Flowers Never Met Charlize Theron (With Ninjas). So, Brandon Flowers has a thing with Ninjas. And it is awesome. Seriously, the only thing wrong with this fic is that it wasn't written for Yuletide as a whole, because it is AMAZING.

I am seriously thinking of going to nap for a bit. There will be more festivities later, I'm sure, but I'm tired and happy and feeling pretty awesome right now. And then, when I wake up, YULETIDE ARCHIVES!!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day, because I sure am. ♥

ETA: OH yeah! The Recathon is complete, with everything being a success. I'll be sure to post links later for the curious. Thanks to everyone for their help! I'll put up something a bit more official about that, too. ♥

I have a keen interest in volunteering to write for lots of music video fandoms this year, and in furtherance of that interest - and also out of extreme curiosity - I was hoping that anyone who sees a music video fandom may be willing to point it out to me.

I'm going to drop youtube links in the comments here to the vids that I'm asking for. If they're all gathered in one place, I stand a better chance of finding them! Any/all genres welcome!

Note: Use your own discretion of what is and isn't a "music video." I am not that specific! Thanks!

As the days turn colder (literally overnight, here in Georgia), I can't help but start thinking about the upcoming seasonal fandom things.

In particular, I think of Yuletide and the Holiday Recathon!

So, first things first - is there any interest in the Recathon this year? It seems to go over well, and I have a fantastic time reading all the fics. What do you guys think?

Then, Yuletide! I've decided to approach Yuletide differently this year. I'm going to offer fic for any movie that I've seen/own/can borrow. But my requests are going to be all over this year.

I will definitely have requests for Despicable Me. And I'm pretty sure that I'm going to ask for fics from music videos - Brandon Flowers' Crossfade, The Killers's Dustland Fairytale and maybe a few others. Possibly Undercovers.

What are you guys thinking for Yuletide? It's time to get my fandoms up to date!

I decided to read the middle column of fandoms first. These recs come from those fandoms. Enjoy!

Ghostbusters

Hidden Deep Inside. This is a great plotty story that shows some of the consequences of the first movie, while not losing it's very Ghostbustery feel.

Graceland – Paul Simon

How We Begin to Remember. Guh. If I was a skeptic about song fandoms before, I'm not now. This is a lush, vivid, wonderful story inspired by the song and from the POV of the 9 year old. Fantastic work.

Hook

No Need for Fairies. Peter Pan, all grown up and taking responsibility for the things he's done. This was fantastic and Hook was the perfect counterpoint.

Hott Fuzz

After the Explosions. A play by play of what came next, with wonderful characterizations and perfect pacing. Also, this doesn't shy away from the harder parts of dealing with the aftermath of the movie.

DIY For Beginners. Danny can't let Nicholas leave Sandeford because he can't find a lover. So, he decides to switch sexual orientations. Laugh out loud funny, sweet, and endearing.

Yippee Ki Yay, Mother Hubbard. Partners – when they're needed and when they're not. And Nicholas has rubbish taste in films.

Model Village. A truly scary little story about what almost was.

Iron Giant

We Live On In Legend. An epilogue, but so true to the original that it took my breath away (and made me cry a bit).

Iron Man

Chaos Magic. This is Tony Stark, right before Dark Reign, doing what he does best.

The Last Unicorn

Somewhere Between Stories. A beautiful look at Molly and Schmendrick after the story ends (and before another begins!).

Lilo and Stitch

All Your Heart Melodies. Lilo grows up.

The Lion King

All the Lonely Moments. Simba ran away. Others stayed behind and learned how to fight.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

A Little Less Conversation. This was fantastically fun and awesomely spy-full. I loved this!

The Oregon Trail

And Then We Shot the Ox. Serioulsy, one of the best stories of Yuletide thus far. All my love for this one.

Rebekah: The Adventures of a Young Woman on the Oregon Trail. Even though they are all original characters, I was consumed with their journey. Lovely writing.

I got the most awesome story! Stray. It's in the Being Human fandom (a vampire, ghost and werewolf are roommates) and it's about the magic of finding a family even when you have none. It's also about friendship and accepting yourself and others around you.

And a cat!

OMG, you guys, this story is so wonderful I don't even know how to describe it. It has made me very very happy and was so worth tackling the AO3 server into submission (and a lot more than that, besides!)

I'm probably going to be in teh car for a while now, so no more recs until tonight. But maybe then the servers will let me read stuff... I can hope, right?

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

This year has just not been good to me. I've not had any time in the past... oh, month, to write and November was dedicated to Nano.

Serves me right, I'm sure, for something.

That all said, I thought through my story and with the help of a friend, roughed out a full plot. I'm 3,150 words into the story and I'm pretty sure it'll top out by 5,000.

That said, is anyone around to do a fast and dirty beta for me tomorrow? I'm 99% sure only one of you is familiar with the fandom, though, so grammar is fine. Besides that, I've gotten so far off the canon grid into speculation and with a character that's fairly minor that I'm not sure even someone familiar with teh canon could tell me if I'm OOC... *frets*

I hope my recipient likes this! I feel like I'm failing her. *fails*

Anyway, if you'll read it for me, can you leave me your email? I'll send it to you early in the morning and I have to post by about 5, due to commitments tomorrow, so a quick return will be necessary.

Thanks!