Dear Yuletide Letter 2016

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Thank you for writing for me! I've loved my past Yuletide fics and I can't wait for yours. A summary of this letter: I ship things and would like fic on those relationships, but I’d love gen too. I include prompts if you want them, but I’d be just as happy to read your ideas. I will pretty much adore whatever you write. I am jaclynhyde on Tumblr and AO3 if you want to stalk. Thank you so much!

(I also still love all the Yuletide fandoms I've requested in previous years (2015, 2014, 2013) so if anyone feels like writing treats I'd be thrilled to get more of those!)

(Also, please do not take the length as an indicator of wanting one fandom more--FFIV is the new section and doesn't have a promotion post so I'm rambling more. I would adore fic for any of these fandoms!)


Stuff I love:

• Shipping! I am a ridiculous shipper at heart, so my favorite thing would be ship fic for the pairings I request, or gen fic focusing on their relationship; getting-together fic with a plot and eventually-resolved sexual tension is ideal. Porn or no porn are both great--it's the ship more than the smut I'm into. I also love characters falling for others that they never would have expected, as is probably obvious from my ships. I love pining and hurt/comfort and cuddling to avoid hypothermia and all those wonderful fanfic tropes.
• Identity porn! As defined by Fanlore, it's focusing on people who have secret identities which focus on the consequences of using multiple personas". So Character A is in disguise, interacting with Character B, who may or may not know who Character A really is, and there may be kissing. This has obvious applications to the Modhri and Golbez.
• Bad guys turning good! I love villains who discover that their worldview is wrong, especially by getting to know one of the good guys. 
• Banter! I love the canon dialogue for everyone I'm requesting and would love to see some banter.
• Other characters! I adore everyone in these canons and would love to see any of them who fit into the story, nominated or not.
• Lots of story types--adventure, what-ifs, canon continuations, everyone is mysteriously alive somehow, etc. Both happy and bittersweet/sad fics are great, as long as the angst isn't from the pairing's relationship not working out.

Stuff I don't want:

• Non-con or commonly squicky stuff like scat. Dub-con is fine.
• Character bashing, including canon love interests.
• Non-canon major character death.
• Crossovers (except with Final Fantasy spinoffs) and AUs of the setting instead of plot (mundane AUs, everyone is ponies, etc.)
• Established relationship fic. This isn't as set in stone as the others, but I prefer getting together or pre-relationship fic for ships. I generally prefer not shipping my OTPs with other people except in the past, but check the fandom sections for more details.

 

( Requests: Final Fantasy IV; Nier Gestalt; Quadrail Series )