Yuletid 2017
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megkipsDear Yuletide Writer,
Hi! I hope that we have matched on something that you’re genuinely enthusiastic about, and that this letter provides some useful prompt ideas.
In general, I gravitate towards gen that heavily feature world building, politics, close friendships, and mythology. I'm a big fan of giving everyone a tricky situation to navigate their way out of with a combination of smarts and force, and I like playing around with how a piece is told. If you enjoy writing epistolary fic, scrapbook stories, and similar formats, then please go absolutely wild. I love those formats.
In terms of do not wants here, I'd like to request no smut, no AUs, and no porn. Canonical level violence, sexuality, etc. is perfectly fine.
I'm okay with romance - although I will say that I find romance much more compelling when it goes beyond ‘this couple is in love’ and get into how the people involved in the relationship interact with each other on a daily basis. Seeing how they interact, if their relationship is built on gently teasing each other, working towards goals, or small acts of kindness that demonstrate their romance is a lot more interesting to me, since it provides an opportunity to explore the character's relationship with themselves as well as with the other person.
ロード・エルメロイⅡ世の事件簿 | Lord El-Melloi II Case Files (4) ↑
Flat Escardos (Lord El-Melloi II Case Files), Grey (Lord El-Melloi II Case Files) ,Reines El-Melloi Archisorte (Lord El-Melloi II Case Files), Waver Velvet | Lord El-Melloi II (ロード・エルメロイⅡ世の事件簿 | Lord El-Melloi II Case Files)
NOTE: I’ve requested all the characters in the tagset available, but you’re under no obligation to include everyone.
When I heard about the Lord El-Melloi II Case Files being released at the end of 2014, I was absolutely thrilled. Waver finally having his own series was truly a delight, and hearing that the focus was his time between the Fourth and Fifth War, with his crew of students plus Reines sent me over the moon - especially since it involved more Flat. Now that we have volume 1 translated, I can only say that I’m glad for the series and glad to have a new cast of characters to explore.
What I love about the characters I’ve chosen is their dynamic with Waver. Flat makes life chaotic, oh yes, but Waver endures him for some reason - apparently out of concern for Flat’s safety, if the wiki is anything to go by. Gray is absolutely fascinating as a character because of her lineage, yes, but also because she’s stuck beside Waver and acts as his assistant. I’d love to see more of that, and then, then there’s Reines. I adore the relationship we’ve seen between Reines and Waver so far, with her treating him like a servant or sibling depending on what she needs from him. This particular relationship strikes me as the most unique in the series, as it’s very much a patronage sort of arrangement, with enough close affection for it to be genuine but an unshakeable power dynamic as well.
Honestly, there’s a lot I’d like to see. An exploration of what the above relationships are like beyond what we’re given in canon would be lovely. For example, we know in Fate/apocrypha that Flat sometimes takes VH out to the movies, but that serves to pose more questions like what kind of low-key shenanigans happen on a daily basis? How does the group say, control VH’s terminator outbursts? How have Reines and Waver developed their relationship since he was first given the Lord El-Melloi II title? How does Gray spend her days off when she isn’t around Waver? What challenges faces this group as a whole? Or perhaps there are other cases they’ve gotten into that we haven’t seen.
Then again, there’s also the conclusion of volume one of the Case Files, where Waver agrees that he would take Gray to the next Grail War so she could meet Rider. How might that meeting go? What would Rider think of Gray, and Waver being halfway between her teacher and her parent?
Volume 1 and some of volume 2 is translated here
Fate/Grand Order
Character: Leonardo da Vinci | Caster (Fate/Grand Order), Alexander | Rider (Fate/Grand Order), Zhuge Kongming | Caster (Fate/Grand Order)
Note: Not everyone named must be included in the fic.
Simply put, Fate/Grand Order is an insane mishmash of seemingly all the good and bad in Fate/ with a particular emphasis on the wildest storylines imaginable and truly ridiculous character moments mixed with serious ones. It is the last part that truly has me interested in Grand Order as an entry into Fate/, and that is what I’m requesting here.
With all that said, Fate/Grand Order's interpretation of Leonardo DaVinci’s a delight, she really is, and I’d really be up for anything involving her. I’d love to see how she decided on her Top Five Hotties list (no English translation but the list speaks for itself), or else what she does when she isn’t running the shop. Anything about servants she gets on with, or doesn’t, would be awesome too, as would any reflection on how the modern world compares to the Renaissance she lived through.
Otherwise, I'm very interested in the relationship between Zhuge Liang!Waver and Alexander. The difference in Alexander's age is have enjoyed the game's exploration of so far, but I'd love to see more either with the two at rest or them getting into their own additional adventures.
Fate/Grand Order has an English release available on your smartphone. For translations beyond what the ENG game has,Cirnopedia and Chaldeum are the best. Reddit has collected summaries of major events.
Castlevania (Cartoon)
Note: Not everyone named must be included in the fic.
Alucard (Castlevania (Cartoon)), Sypha Belnades (Castlevania (Cartoon)), Trevor Belmont (Castlevania (Cartoon))
So, this trio. This trio is an absolute delight to me, and I'd love to simply see more of their adventures in canon. Anything that highlights their dynamic while they try to deal with Dracula's forces would be excellent, be it leaning towards the comedy or the horror that the show has done such a good job balancing.
Castlevania is now streaming on Netflix.
Hi! I hope that we have matched on something that you’re genuinely enthusiastic about, and that this letter provides some useful prompt ideas.
In general, I gravitate towards gen that heavily feature world building, politics, close friendships, and mythology. I'm a big fan of giving everyone a tricky situation to navigate their way out of with a combination of smarts and force, and I like playing around with how a piece is told. If you enjoy writing epistolary fic, scrapbook stories, and similar formats, then please go absolutely wild. I love those formats.
In terms of do not wants here, I'd like to request no smut, no AUs, and no porn. Canonical level violence, sexuality, etc. is perfectly fine.
I'm okay with romance - although I will say that I find romance much more compelling when it goes beyond ‘this couple is in love’ and get into how the people involved in the relationship interact with each other on a daily basis. Seeing how they interact, if their relationship is built on gently teasing each other, working towards goals, or small acts of kindness that demonstrate their romance is a lot more interesting to me, since it provides an opportunity to explore the character's relationship with themselves as well as with the other person.
ロード・エルメロイⅡ世の事件簿 | Lord El-Melloi II Case Files (4) ↑
Flat Escardos (Lord El-Melloi II Case Files), Grey (Lord El-Melloi II Case Files) ,Reines El-Melloi Archisorte (Lord El-Melloi II Case Files), Waver Velvet | Lord El-Melloi II (ロード・エルメロイⅡ世の事件簿 | Lord El-Melloi II Case Files)
NOTE: I’ve requested all the characters in the tagset available, but you’re under no obligation to include everyone.
When I heard about the Lord El-Melloi II Case Files being released at the end of 2014, I was absolutely thrilled. Waver finally having his own series was truly a delight, and hearing that the focus was his time between the Fourth and Fifth War, with his crew of students plus Reines sent me over the moon - especially since it involved more Flat. Now that we have volume 1 translated, I can only say that I’m glad for the series and glad to have a new cast of characters to explore.
What I love about the characters I’ve chosen is their dynamic with Waver. Flat makes life chaotic, oh yes, but Waver endures him for some reason - apparently out of concern for Flat’s safety, if the wiki is anything to go by. Gray is absolutely fascinating as a character because of her lineage, yes, but also because she’s stuck beside Waver and acts as his assistant. I’d love to see more of that, and then, then there’s Reines. I adore the relationship we’ve seen between Reines and Waver so far, with her treating him like a servant or sibling depending on what she needs from him. This particular relationship strikes me as the most unique in the series, as it’s very much a patronage sort of arrangement, with enough close affection for it to be genuine but an unshakeable power dynamic as well.
Honestly, there’s a lot I’d like to see. An exploration of what the above relationships are like beyond what we’re given in canon would be lovely. For example, we know in Fate/apocrypha that Flat sometimes takes VH out to the movies, but that serves to pose more questions like what kind of low-key shenanigans happen on a daily basis? How does the group say, control VH’s terminator outbursts? How have Reines and Waver developed their relationship since he was first given the Lord El-Melloi II title? How does Gray spend her days off when she isn’t around Waver? What challenges faces this group as a whole? Or perhaps there are other cases they’ve gotten into that we haven’t seen.
Then again, there’s also the conclusion of volume one of the Case Files, where Waver agrees that he would take Gray to the next Grail War so she could meet Rider. How might that meeting go? What would Rider think of Gray, and Waver being halfway between her teacher and her parent?
Volume 1 and some of volume 2 is translated here
Fate/Grand Order
Character: Leonardo da Vinci | Caster (Fate/Grand Order), Alexander | Rider (Fate/Grand Order), Zhuge Kongming | Caster (Fate/Grand Order)
Note: Not everyone named must be included in the fic.
Simply put, Fate/Grand Order is an insane mishmash of seemingly all the good and bad in Fate/ with a particular emphasis on the wildest storylines imaginable and truly ridiculous character moments mixed with serious ones. It is the last part that truly has me interested in Grand Order as an entry into Fate/, and that is what I’m requesting here.
With all that said, Fate/Grand Order's interpretation of Leonardo DaVinci’s a delight, she really is, and I’d really be up for anything involving her. I’d love to see how she decided on her Top Five Hotties list (no English translation but the list speaks for itself), or else what she does when she isn’t running the shop. Anything about servants she gets on with, or doesn’t, would be awesome too, as would any reflection on how the modern world compares to the Renaissance she lived through.
Otherwise, I'm very interested in the relationship between Zhuge Liang!Waver and Alexander. The difference in Alexander's age is have enjoyed the game's exploration of so far, but I'd love to see more either with the two at rest or them getting into their own additional adventures.
Fate/Grand Order has an English release available on your smartphone. For translations beyond what the ENG game has,Cirnopedia and Chaldeum are the best. Reddit has collected summaries of major events.
Castlevania (Cartoon)
Note: Not everyone named must be included in the fic.
Alucard (Castlevania (Cartoon)), Sypha Belnades (Castlevania (Cartoon)), Trevor Belmont (Castlevania (Cartoon))
So, this trio. This trio is an absolute delight to me, and I'd love to simply see more of their adventures in canon. Anything that highlights their dynamic while they try to deal with Dracula's forces would be excellent, be it leaning towards the comedy or the horror that the show has done such a good job balancing.
Castlevania is now streaming on Netflix.