moemachina

Dear Yuletide Author,

Hi! Thanks for participating in this exchange, which I love. This letter has some brief suggestions for possible stories, but feel free to ignore them and follow your own bliss in what you choose to write about my requested characters.

AO3 Name: moemachina.
Treats warmly accepted.

Do Not Want (DNW): Unrequested romantic relationships. However, it's totally fine to include canonical spouses or partners, like Holloway, as important and sympathetic characters. My prompts often allude to relationships between requested characters and their wider social network; if I mention an unrequested character by name in a prompt, it's okay to put them in a romantic/sexual relationship with a requested character.

Otherwise: I am not troubled by any degree of violence or sex. Feel free to write something dark, kinky, or gross. I am fine with AUs or canon divergence. Consider me opted-in to everything.

If I've requested more than one character, I'm cool with the requested characters being in a romantic relationship together. I'm also cool with the characters being in a non-romantic relationship. I like ships; I like gen.

Past Yuletide Letters:
2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2012 / 2013 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019 / 2020 / 2022 / 2023

Below are some story ideas for my requested characters, but they are obviously optional to the max.

( Alien Prequel Movies, Twelfth Night, Jeanne d'Arc, Ogre Battle, Hilary Tamar Mysteries, and When The King Comes Home )

Dear Yuletide Author,

Hi! Thanks for participating in this exchange! I love Yuletide. This letter has some brief suggestions for possible stories but feel free to disregard them. I am excited to give you free rein to go in any direction.

AO3 Name: moemachina
Treats warmly accepted.

Do Not Want (DNW): Unrequested romantic relationships. (However, it's totally fine to include canonical spouses or partners, such as Rosa or Holloway, as important and sympathetic characters. My prompts often allude to relationships between requested characters and their wider social network; if I mention an unrequested character by name in a prompt, it's okay to put them in a romantic/sexual relationship with a requested character.)

Otherwise: I'm not troubled by any violent or sexual subjects; feel free to go dark or kinky or gross. I'm also fine with radical AUs or canon divergence. Consider me opted-in to everything.

If I've requested more than one character, I'm cool with the characters being in a romantic relationship together. I'm also cool with the characters being in a non-romantic relationship! I like ships; I like gen.

Things I Like: Eccentric families; not-entirely-happy love stories; sardonic work spouses; pragmatic compromises under high duress; villains becoming infinitesimally less villainous; demonstrations of self-control; the arousing qualities of competence and empathy; and fuck-ups and the forgiveness of those fuck-ups.

Past Yuletide Letters:
2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2012 / 2013 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019 / 2020

Below, I've listed some story ideas for all my prompts, but they are incredibly optional; feel free to ignore them and write me whatever!

( Specific Requests: Life, Ogre Battle, The Gray Man, Alien Prequels, Final Fantasy IV, and Twelfth Night )

Dear Yuletide Author,

Hi! Thanks for participating in Yuletide! It is my favorite thing.

(ETA: Hey, Author -- I didn't expect matches to happen so fast, and I've since tweaked a few things in this letter as of 10/13. I won't edit further, though.)

Preferences: I like all kinds of stories, and I'm not troubled by any kind of violent or sexual subjects. If you have a story in mind that is transgressive in some way, and you're worried about how I might react: good news, I like literary transgressions, listen to your muse and go wild.

(Of course, I also like non-transgressive stories, so if your muse wants you to write about platonic high-fives, yes, do it, I will love it!)

In essence: write the story that you want to write.

General Things I Like: Conflicted-but-loving sibling relationships; eccentric families of choice; slow-burn romances; overly invested mentors; sardonic work spouses; the arousing qualities of competence and empathy; and fuck-ups and the forgiveness of those fuck-ups.

Past Yuletide Letters (on Livejournal):

2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2012 / 2013 / 2015 / 2016

( Specific Requests: Banner Saga, Logan Lucky, The Proposal, Atomic Blonde, and Final Fantasy VI )