Dear Yuletide writer

Thank you for writing for me. I'm really looking forward to the story you'll write. Any story about any one of these characters would be brilliant. I've included some prompts below and in my sign up because I find them really helpful myself, but feel free to completely ignore them and go with whatever inspires you, even if it’s very different.

I’m not terribly active on dreamwidth any more, but you can find me on tumblr as silveronthetree, AO3 as silveronthetree and twitter as scatteredsilver.

I love reading all sorts of stories, happy, sad, funny or serious. I like character-based stories and also crossovers, time travel and alternate universes, especially canon divergence AUs. I enjoy gen, het, femslash and slash. I adore outsider points of view (even from original characters) and epistolary fic. I love stories about 'how they got together' and friends turning into lovers, but they don't have to end with happily ever after with all their problems resolved (but I don't mind if they do). I like reading about fight sex and awkward first, second or even twenty-seventh time sex. I love female characters so I would be a little sad if they were completely sidelined. I love stories with a strong sense of place. I like canon pairings and obscure canon details. I like stories about all kinds of families. I also like to read seasonal stories if it fits in with the source.

I don't have many "do not wants"- just non-canonical major character death, post-apocalyptic scenarios and non-canonical limb injuries.

Requests

Titans (TV 2018)
Dick Grayson, Donna Troy, Jericho (Joseph) Wilson, Koriand'r

I’ve been enjoying many things about Titans, especially when it gets the relationships between characters right. I’d like to read fic about any of these characters and I’m happy if you just decide to write about one or two of them. You could write about their pasts, their history together, speculate about the future or fill in missing moments from the show. Kory and Donna’s crime fighting team-up was a highlight and more about that would be great. Jericho and Dick’s history was heart breaking, but I’d like to know more about how they got to know each other, or what would happen if Jericho came back to life. Dick and Donna’s friendship has been a part of their lives for a long time - what was it like when they were younger or how might it play out in the future? Or anything involving Dick and Kory would be fantastic. I’d be good with anything shippy for these combinations too.



England Series - K. J. Charles
Archie Curtis, Daniel da Silva

Think of England is my favourite K.J. Charles book and I'd love to read anything about Archie and Daniel, particularly set during or after the events of the book. Maybe a story about their adjustment to working together and being in a relationship, which must've had its tough moments. How does their relationship develop? What was their first official job together like? Daniel's point of view on any of the events in the book would be fascinating. It was great seeing a glimpse of this in the ‘Song for a Viking’ short story and more along these lines would be very welcome.


Green Knowe Series - Lucy M. Boston
Mrs. Oldknow, Toseland "Tolly" Oldknow

I love the atmosphere of these books and the way that the history is tied so vividly to the house and the people who live in it. These books delighted me and scared me as a child. Any story involving Tolly or his grandmother, Mrs Oldknow would be wonderful, by themselves, together, or with other characters from the series. Here are a few ideas you might like to try - What happens to Tolly after the books? Are there any other children that he meets from the past or from the future? What was Mrs Oldknow's childhood like and when did she find out about the Others? What happened during the holidays that didn't appear in the stories? Is there a missing moment from the books that you'd like to explore?

I received a lovely drabble for a similar prompt a few years ago but I'd love to see more fic about these characters.


Grayson (Comics)
Dick Grayson, Tiger, Helena Bertinelli

As you might guess Dick Grayson is one of my favourite characters and Grayson is probably my favourite Dick-centric comic. Tiger was a fantastic new character, and acted as the perfect foil for Dick’s playfulness and I enjoyed the new take on Helena. The spy shenanigans and undercover scenarios made an incredibly fun comic. I’d love anything about these characters, whether it is gen fic or maybe Dick/Helena or Dick/Tiger. Were there any missions that we didn’t see in the comics? What happened after Dick left Spyral and returned to Gotham? I’m relatively up to date with comics so their reactions to the whole “Ric” Grayson thing would be entertaining. Or even a more serious take on the characters and the scenarios they ended up in than in this comic.

Thank you for writing, I hope you have fun and I’m super excited to see what you come up with.

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Masks (23050 words) by silveronthetree
(Batman (Comics). Explicit. No Archive Warnings Apply. Dick Grayson/Jason Todd, Alfred Pennyworth & Jason Todd.)

A continuation of pre-New 52 canon.

Jason's back in Gotham and getting to know it again. All he wants to do is figure out how he can successfully help fix his city, without falling foul of the rest of the Bats and the GCPD again. He's even hung up his red hood in an attempt to stay under the radar. A chance encounter with Alfred changes all that.

Jason tries to investigate the suspicious death of a child while avoiding Alfred and Nightwing. He isn't very successful on either count.

When he has to infiltrate a masked gala at Wayne Manor as part of his investigation, he ends up flirting with Dick to stop him interfering with his plans. Dick doesn't realise who he is and flirts back until they end up making out in a closet. Afterwards neither of them can get the encounter out of their heads, and they start to get to know each other again.

Tags: #what new 52? #off screen child death #disguise #romance, #case fic #mutual pining #alfred pennyworth is the best #dick grayson in a superman costume #bookworm jason todd

This is the fic I wrote for the DCU Big Bang. I had the idea for it 10 years ago and a few scenes of it have been sitting in my drafts since then. The fic is accompanied by beautiful (and slightly nsfw) art by by Lex_of_Gotham here

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I got a fantastic fic for Yuletide this year

The Storm (1472 words) by Ashling
(To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018). General Audiences. No Archive Warnings Apply. Katherine "Kitty" Song-Covey & Lara Jean Song-Covey & Margot Song-Covey, Peter Kavinsky/Lara Jean Song-Covey, Katherine "Kitty" Song-Covey/Original Character(s). #Family, #Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, #Last words, #Apocalypse
Kitty was a speed queen, so it took them less than an hour to drive from Portland to the end of the world.

When I first read the summary I had no idea what to expect - a Song-Covey apocalypse fic??? But this was a wonderful read and I'm so glad the author chose this topic because it was the perfect story about sisterhood. Each sister leapt off the page with spot on characterisation and I loved the open ending. Go and read it now!

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And my fic was so much fun to write! I was filled with glee when I read the assignment which featured:
- ODD COUPLE SPY SHENANIGANS
- people being kind to each other
- science (and SCIENCE!)
- mystery plots/casefic

I had so much on over the last few months that defaulting would've saved my stress levels, but the prompt was so awesome and so completely down my street! Early 20th Century setting with science and a mystery! I was really happy with the response to the fic and practically everyone assured me that there wasn't too much palaeontology which was a big concern as I'd fallen down several research rabbit holes.

all it does is rain (7456 words) by silveronthetree
(Think of England - K. J. Charles. Teen And Up Audiences. No Archive Warnings Apply. Archie Curtis/Daniel da Silva, Archie Curtis & Sir Henry Curtis, background Fenella Carruth/Patricia Merton, Original Characters. #SCIENCE!, #Original Character Injury, #there may be too much palaeontology in this, #contains an excess of taxidermy, #Mystery)
When Archie Curtis is urgently summoned to a house party by his uncle, the explorer Sir Henry Curtis, he's rather reluctant to attend. He's still recovering from his last rather terrible experience at a house party, and he hasn't seen Daniel for weeks.

Featuring science, mystery and some terrible weather, this house party doesn't turn out to be quite as bad as the last one

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Dear Yuletide Writer

Thank you for writing for me, I know I will enjoy the story that you'll write about these characters. I've included prompts because I know that can sometimes be helpful, but if you aren't inspired by them, or if you have a completely different story you want to tell - go for it! I will try reading pretty much anything once and I love new perspectives on the fandoms and characters I like.

I love reading all sorts of stories, happy, sad, funny or serious. I like character based stories and also crossovers, time travel and alternate universes. I enjoy gen, het, femslash and slash. I adore outsider points of view (even from original characters) and epistolary fic. I love stories about 'how they got together' and friends turning into lovers, but they don't have to end with happily ever after with all their problems resolved (but I don't mind if they do). I like reading about fight sex and awkward first, second or even twenty-seventh time sex. I love female characters so I would be a little sad if they were completely sidelined. I love stories with a strong sense of place. I like canon pairings and obscure canon details. I like stories about all kinds of families. I also like to read seasonal stories if it fits in with the source.

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)
Katherine "Kitty" Song-Covey, Lara Jean Song-Covey, Margot Song-Covey, Peter Kavinsky
This was such a perfect romcom and I loved Lara Jean’s friendship and romance with Peter as well the relationship between the sisters. I’d love to see some missing moments from the story – as Lara Jean and Peter get to know each other again, any interactions between the sisters, how Margot felt while she was away. Or maybe a what happens next after the movie, I haven’t read the books yet so you can get as creative as you like.

New Amsterdam
Eva Marquez, John Amsterdam
All the loose ends left by the cancellation of this show made me desperate for fic. Does John ever find his one true love and regain mortality, or was that just constructed to give him hope? What happens next? I loved the chemistry between John and Eva, so if you'd like to explore that as a working partnership, friendship or even a relationship, I'd be happy. You could write a casefile, a story set in the next episode, a flashback into Eva or John's past or an alternate series finale as if there were several more seasons

Think of England - K. J. Charles
Archie Curtis, Daniel da Silva
This is my favourite K.J. Charles book and I'd love to read anything about Archie and Daniel, particularly set during or after the events of the book. Maybe a story about their adjustment to working together and being in a relationship, which must've had its tough moments. How does their relationship develop? What was their first official job together like? Daniel's point of view on any of the events in the book would be fascinating. It was great seeing a glimpse of this in the ‘Song for a Viking’ short story and more along these lines would be very welcome.

Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
Nancy Blackett, Susan Walker, John Walker
Susan and Nancy are both the oldest girl in their family but you couldn't find two people who are more different. I'd love anything you write about either of them but here are some things you could explore. Did Susan's school friends think of her as wildly adventurous or was she the sensible, grown up one everywhere? What was growing up like for Nancy and why did she become so protective of her mother? I’d also be happy to read about any romantic relationships that might develop – either John/Nancy or Susan/Nancy. Did any of the three of them spend time together that wasn't recorded in the books? What were their experiences of learning to sail like? Did they stay in touch as they grew up and how different were their later lives?

Devil's Cub - Georgette Heyer
Dominic Alastair, Mary Challoner
This is my absolute favourite Heyer novel and I would read pretty much anything about Dominic and Mary. What happens to them after the book ends? How easy is their marriage when they return to life in England? How does Mary deal with the enormous changes to her life brought by joining the Alastair family? And does how does Dominic adapt to having a wife? Something that explores their passionate relationship and the intimacy that develops between them would also be great. Or maybe even an alternate universe where something significant about the events or the setting is changed.

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Dear Star Wars Rarepairs writer

Thank you for writing for me, I'm looking forward to reading the story you'll write about these pairings. I've included prompts because I know that can sometimes be helpful, but if you aren't inspired by them, or if you have a completely different story you want to tell - go for it!

I love reading all sorts of stories, happy, sad, funny or serious. I like character based stories and also crossovers, time travel and alternate universes. I adore outsider points of view (even from original characters) and epistolary fic. I love stories about 'how they got together' and friends turning into lovers, but they don't have to end with happily ever after with all their problems resolved (but I don't mind if they do). I like reading about fight sex and awkward first, second or even twenty-seventh time sex. I love female characters so I would be a little sad if they were completely sidelined. I love stories with a strong sense of place. I like canon pairings and obscure canon details. I like stories about all kinds of families.

Ahsoka Tano/Sabé
We don’t know much about Sabé and that is one of the things that intrigues me about pairings with her. We know she had a lot of experience as Padmé’s decoy but what happened after that. Did she and Ahsoka ever meet, either before or after Padmé’s death? What happened? Did they have much in common? Were they both running from the Empire?

Obi-Wan Kenobi/Shmi Skywalker
I read a fic that featured this pairing once and it was lovely and I’m intrigued by this as a pairing. They never met in canon but they both cared very much for Anakin and I wondered what would’ve happened if they’d joined forces in raising him.

Obi-Wan Kenobi/Owen Lars/Beru Whitesun
They were all stuck on Tatooine together and we know there is a lot of tension between them all by the time Luke is grown. How did that happen? Was it always like that or was there an AU where they all worked together to raise and protect Luke? How would their relationship look?

Obi-Wan Kenobi/Leia Organa
I think this is a time travel kind of thing but I’d love to know what might happen if these two met at any point.

Asajj Ventress/Mara Jade
I know these two from totally different universes but what would happen if they met? Would they feel they had much in common, or not? Sure, they’ve both been assassins, sure they were apprentices of a sort to a Sith but does that make them alike?

Ahsoka Tano/Sabé
We don’t know much about Sabé and that is one of the things that intrigues me about pairings with her. We know she had a lot of experience as Padmé’s decoy but what happened after that. Did she and Ahsoka ever meet, either before or after Padmé’s death? What happened? Did they have much in common? Were they both running from the Empire?

Obi-Wan Kenobi/Shmi Skywalker
I read a fic that featured this pairing once and it was lovely and I’m intrigued by this as a pairing. They never met in canon but they both cared very much for Anakin and I wondered what would’ve happened if they’d joined forces in raising him.


Obi-Wan Kenobi/Owen Lars/Beru Whitesun
They were all stuck on Tatooine together and we know there is a lot of tension between them all by the time Luke is grown. How did that happen? Was it always like that or was there an AU where they all worked together to raise and protect Luke? How would their relationship look?

Obi-Wan Kenobi/Leia Organa
I think this is a time travel kind of thing but I’d love to know what might happen if these two met at any point.

Asajj Ventress/Mara Jade
I know these two from totally different universes but what would happen if they met? Would they feel they had much in common, or not? Sure, they’ve both been assassins, sure they were apprentices of a sort to a Sith but does that make them alike?

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I just submitted my Yuletide nominations and New Amsterdam has finally made it to the top of my list of things that I'm the only one who'll think of nominating. (It's probably completely unrelated to the fact that I'm in (Old) Amsterdam right now. Probably.)

New Amsterdam (TV 2008)
John Amsterdam
Eva Marquez
Omar York
Lily Mae Brown

Anne of Green Gables
Rilla Blythe
Kenneth Ford
Shirley Blythe
Jem Blythe

Swallows and Amazons (Arthur Ransome)
John Walker
Nancy Blackett
Susan Walker
Peggy Blackett

There are a few other things on my wishlist (always Biggles), but it looks as if someone already nominated Think of England (K.J. Charles) which was the one thing I definitely wanted.


I've also submitted some nominations to the very awesome swrarepairs exchange. I didn't have to worry much over those as it is pretty much the more the merrier when it comes to nominations and signups. I nominated these pairings.

Qui-Gon Jinn/Shmi Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi/Luke Skywalker
Finn/Luke Skywalker
Harter Kalonia/Luke Skywalker
Ahsoka Tano/Sabé
Anakin Skywalker/Ahsoka Tano
Obi-Wan Kenobi/Sabé
Obi-Wan Kenobi/Shmi Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi/Owen Lars/Beru Whitesun
Obi-Wan Kenobi/Asajj Ventress
Obi-Wan Kenobi/Darth Maul
Obi-Wan Kenobi/Leia Organa
Asajj Ventress/Mara Jade

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I just watched the Star Wars Rebels finale and !!!! I am so glad I managed to stay spoiler free for these episodes, unlike most of them this season. 
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As usual I'm very late with my exchange reveals!

Star Wars Rarepairs

Tender is the touch (of someone you love too much) (2146 words) by silveronthetree
(Star Wars. Mature. No Archive Warnings Apply. Obi-Wan Kenobi/Satine Kryze. Alternate Universe.)
The Phantom Menace AU. In a universe where Satine never returns to her role as Duchess of Mandalore after being rescued by the Jedi, when Qui-Gon dies on Naboo Satine is there for Obi-Wan.

It breaks my brain that one of the few canon ships for the main characters in The Clone Wars still qualifies as rare! This fic is a strange little AU inspired by a prompt about an alternate universe where Satine wasn't restored to power on Mandalore and had to change her identity. A LOT of backstory didn't make it into the fic, but people seem to have just gone with it, which is awesome. TPM is still my favourite film of the prequel trilogy and I couldn't let go of the idea of writing a young Satine and Obi-Wan.

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Yuletide

 Beginning of a Late Spring (2565 words) by silveronthetree
(The Darwath Series - Barbara Hambly. General Audiences. No Archive Warnings Apply. Gil Patterson/Ingold Inglorion, Rudy Solis, Minalde Endorion
A coda to The Armies of Daylight.
Gil and Ingold in the days immediately after.

My Yuletide was 100% centered round this fandom, as I wrote in it and received two gift fics for it, and I was delighted about that. I'd reread these books earlier in the year and I was so sad about the complete lack of fic. Yuletide totally fixed that.

A fun fact, apparently Barbara Hambly said that Ingold was inspired by Alec Guinness and from the books you can tell it is clearly from his Ben Kenobi from the Original Trilogy. I may be a little predictable in my interests.

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I received some fantastic gifts from Yuletide and Star Wars rarepairs and I just realised that I didn't post about them here.

Star Wars rarepairs

Unhistoric Acts (3864 words) by amoretpsyche
(Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. General Audiences. No Archive Warnings Apply. Qui-Gon Jinn/Shmi Skywalker. Slow Burn, Unresolved Romantic Tension)
“The Force is unusually strong with him, that much is clear. Who was his father?”

Shmi considered the question carefully. She didn't expect Qui-Gon to believe or even understand the truth.
In the days between their first meeting and the beginning of Anakin's training Shmi Skywalker learns to have faith in Qui-Gon Jinn.

I love the way this story developed Qui-Gon and Shmi's deep connection and makes is impossible to think that this didn't happen.

 Hold Me Close and Don't Let Go (1504 words) by celeste9
(Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015). General Audiences. No Archive Warnings Apply. Finn/Luke Skywalker, Rey, Poe Dameron. Hugs, Post-Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Fluff and Humor, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Pre-Slash)
One of Finn's favorite things about being in the Resistance was knowing that he was allowed to care, and his friends were allowed to care for him. Like, for example, hugs. Finn was always able to have a hug when he wanted one.

Finn felt like Luke Skywalker looked like a man desperately in need of a hug. The only problem was that you couldn't just go around asking people who barely knew you existed for hugs, not even in the Resistance.

This whole story is an absolute delight. Full of hugs and Luke and Finn and perfect conversations with Poe and Rey.

 Triptych (1763 words) by ambiguously
(Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015). Teen And Up Audiences. No Archive Warnings Apply. Finn/Luke Skywalker.)
Three things Finn learned about Luke Skywalker

Lovely and very believable fic where Finn meets the real Luke and not the legend built up in his head.

Yuletide

 Another World's Insults (2939 words) by jedi_penguin
(The Darwath Series - Barbara Hambly. Not Rated. No Archive Warnings Apply. Ingold Inglorion, Rudy Solis, Gil/Ingold. Canon-Compliant)
After the heartbreaking events at Quo, Ingold is kind of a dick.  Rudy notices.
Dialogue taken directly from The Walls of Air.

This story manages to balance sadness and hilarity, from Ingold's grief for Lohiro and for the destruction of his home and people to Rudy's love for and frustration with Ingold. I was not expecting quite how many ways Rudy described Ingold as a penis!


Heat Conservation (5299 words) by jedi_penguin
(The Darwath Series - Barbara Hambly. Teen And Up Audiences. No Archive Warnings Apply.  Ingold Inglorion/Gil Patterson. Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence)
Gil and Ingold's scouting trip to the Keep of Dare, from Ingold's point of view.
Portions of the dialogue taken directly from The Time of the Dark.

Huddling for warmth is one of my favourite tropes and this fic takes it and runs with it into the best places.

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