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Yuletide has come again!
And you know what that means!
Dear Yuletide Author
Hi! If you have or will browse through my other assorted Dear Author letters over the years, you'll probably notice I've cribbed a good portion of this letter (including pretty much this entire preface) from them, with some changes. You know how it goes. Besides, plagiarizing from yourself is the only plagiarizing that's actually reasonably ethical! :p
That said, hello! Welcome to my letter, I hope it helps to alleviate any possible stress over your assignment instead of making it worse. All of my fandoms this year, I have requested previously and not received, so no matter what you write, you'll totally be giving me a 'someday my fic will come' moment!
If you're trying to glean my personality or general demeanor from my journal here, then I am extremely sorry for its sparseness over the last few years, but feel free to check out my tumblr or twitter or even my reddit account if those are the kind of thing that helps you out. (Although I honestly barely use tumblr anymore, I haven't changed that much from when I did.) If you could care less, then great, carry on!
My general likes include banter, happy endings (although I am perfectly fine with bittersweet or even sad if that's where your muse takes you), throwing in little canon details that you might miss on first read but totally make you squee come the second time around, wit, humor, dramatic irony, and missing scenes. I also like slice-of-life stuff, as is kind of evident in a lot of my requests this year.
As much as I love fic that feels like it could fit right into canon, I also have a soft spot for AUs, so if you get bitten by an AU bug, go right ahead, I'll more than likely adore it. Another thing that I often like is outsider POVs, so if you get a bunny that involves that, I would be completely on board.
Dislikes aren't many. Not really a huge fan of major character death for Yuletide, even if I don't mind reading it on a normal basis. Also, and I really doubt this will be much of a problem, but in the interest of full disclosure, depiction of injury to fingernails or toenails skeeves me out more than I can even begin to describe, so if somehow you have a bunny where that might come up, even if it wouldn't really fit in the majority of the fandoms I requested, maybe try to avoid it? Other than that, though, I won't really have much trouble with where you decide to take the fic!
Also, don't feel tied down to the characters I've requested. You can totally feel free to add ones that aren't listed, even in a reasonably large capacity, as long as (this probably goes without saying) you keep the focus on the requests. :)
And now that I've blathered on quite long enough, on to my requests! It'll go as follows. The requests themselves, a little bit on the fandom, how to access it (should you either need a refresher or decide you just cannot write what we matched on and need to write something else badly!) and why I love it, and then a bit more elaboration on my requests themselves (And please, do not take the order or relative lengths of the various elaborations as any indicator as to which fandoms I want more. I would be overly thrilled with a gift in ANY of them!)
The Universim (Video Game)
* None
I'm kind of giving you the terrifying free rein here! I am so ridiculously charmed by this game, that really anything in, around, or about it would probably please me, so basically... whatever Universim fic you want to see in the world? Write it, because I probably want to see it too.
The Universim (also available on Steam) is the latest entry in the god-game genre, and although it's only in early access, therefore you can only advance your nascent civilization so far (and there are still a few bugs here and there), it is still so amazingly charming, from the graphics to the sense of humor in the narration and various item names and dialog boxes, and... well, everything else. I have spent far more time on it than is probably right. :P
That said, yes, the terrifying 'write me anything!' request. Worldbuilding fics of any kind would totally be fitting for the game. Of course, I can spitball a few loose ideas out here to help jumpstart your brain, if you so desire. Feel free to write any or all of these or something entirely different. Just in a free consciousness list... A day in the life of a nugget! A life in the life of a nugget! The trials and tribulations of a poor nugget deity trying to wrangle these little guys and making sure they don't get into too much trouble! The reactions of the various fauna to the sudden appearance of the nuggets! A deeper look into any of the questlines! A nugget love story! A hard-boiled nugget detective story! An exploration into the experiences of Adahy and Elu as the first nuggets! The life and times of Nuggola Tesla! The journey of those poor nuggets that get abducted by aliens! Taking a look at nuggets' relationships with/reactions to their deity! Seriously, anything your heart desires, I will be overjoyed with. Have fun!
Fairway Solitaire (Video Game)
* Jack Hogan (Fairway Solitaire)
* Gary Snead (Fairway Solitaire)
* Tommy Morris (Fairway Solitaire)
This is one of the few apps that I never play on silent just because I love hearing the commentary! Really, anything featuring the interplay between these guys would be great, whether it's them up in the booth getting ready to announce a tournament or even out playing a round together themselves... or anything else!
Fairway Solitaire is a delightfully fun free mobile app where you're playing the variety of solitaire where you make ascending and descending runs to clear the board. This one has a golf theme and interesting hazards... and, most importantly for the purposes of Yuletide... commentators! They're a little bit cheesy, a little bit ridiculous, and a lot of fun.
My prompt says it all. I just want more of these guys without the limits of the prerecorded lines! I love the way they bounce off each other, and if you're writing for me in this fandom, I'm sure you do too. Whether you write them on the job or off the job or even in some strange AU that I never would have conceived of, just let their personalities shine through and I know I'm going to love it!
Shirokuma Cafe | Polar Bear's Cafe
* Grizzly (Shirokuma Cafe)
* Panda (Shirokuma Cafe)
* Penguin (Shirokuma Cafe)
* Shirokuma | Polar Bear (Shirokuma Cafe)
Something that feels like an episode would be lovely here. These guys hanging out in or out of the cafe, getting up to the kinds of shenanigans that they get up to, you know how it goes. Crazy fun!
Shirokuma Cafe! Available for streaming on Crunchyroll. Animals! Living side-by-side with humans! Having jobs and businesses! (Even if those jobs involve... being zoo displays!) It's hilarious and fun and absolutely wacky in a way that I just find great. I just love all the characters and how they interact and the real affection there even if they can get frustrated with each other sometimes.
I would have requested an Any on this one, but it has occurred to me that I'd feel kind of sad if any of these guys were left OUT, so requesting all of them it was. I know this makes character juggling a bit tricky, but I really don't mind if one or two of them are more in the spotlight, and the others take more of a background role. I'd just like all of them there, being themselves! They can just be hanging around at the cafe or at Grizzly's bar, or getting into wacky hijinks. Feel free to add other characters if you need them, or don't! Whatever you'd like, it's all good!
Dear Yuletide Author
Hi! If you have or will browse through my other assorted Dear Author letters over the years, you'll probably notice I've cribbed a good portion of this letter (including pretty much this entire preface) from them, with some changes. You know how it goes. Besides, plagiarizing from yourself is the only plagiarizing that's actually reasonably ethical! :p
That said, hello! Welcome to my letter, I hope it helps to alleviate any possible stress over your assignment instead of making it worse. All of my fandoms this year, I have requested previously and not received, so no matter what you write, you'll totally be giving me a 'someday my fic will come' moment!
If you're trying to glean my personality or general demeanor from my journal here, then I am extremely sorry for its sparseness over the last few years, but feel free to check out my tumblr or twitter or even my reddit account if those are the kind of thing that helps you out. (Although I honestly barely use tumblr anymore, I haven't changed that much from when I did.) If you could care less, then great, carry on!
My general likes include banter, happy endings (although I am perfectly fine with bittersweet or even sad if that's where your muse takes you), throwing in little canon details that you might miss on first read but totally make you squee come the second time around, wit, humor, dramatic irony, and missing scenes. I also like slice-of-life stuff, as is kind of evident in a lot of my requests this year.
As much as I love fic that feels like it could fit right into canon, I also have a soft spot for AUs, so if you get bitten by an AU bug, go right ahead, I'll more than likely adore it. Another thing that I often like is outsider POVs, so if you get a bunny that involves that, I would be completely on board.
Dislikes aren't many. Not really a huge fan of major character death for Yuletide, even if I don't mind reading it on a normal basis. Also, and I really doubt this will be much of a problem, but in the interest of full disclosure, depiction of injury to fingernails or toenails skeeves me out more than I can even begin to describe, so if somehow you have a bunny where that might come up, even if it wouldn't really fit in the majority of the fandoms I requested, maybe try to avoid it? Other than that, though, I won't really have much trouble with where you decide to take the fic!
Also, don't feel tied down to the characters I've requested. You can totally feel free to add ones that aren't listed, even in a reasonably large capacity, as long as (this probably goes without saying) you keep the focus on the requests. :)
And now that I've blathered on quite long enough, on to my requests! It'll go as follows. The requests themselves, a little bit on the fandom, how to access it (should you either need a refresher or decide you just cannot write what we matched on and need to write something else badly!) and why I love it, and then a bit more elaboration on my requests themselves (And please, do not take the order or relative lengths of the various elaborations as any indicator as to which fandoms I want more. I would be overly thrilled with a gift in ANY of them!)
The Universim (Video Game)
* None
I'm kind of giving you the terrifying free rein here! I am so ridiculously charmed by this game, that really anything in, around, or about it would probably please me, so basically... whatever Universim fic you want to see in the world? Write it, because I probably want to see it too.
The Universim (also available on Steam) is the latest entry in the god-game genre, and although it's only in early access, therefore you can only advance your nascent civilization so far (and there are still a few bugs here and there), it is still so amazingly charming, from the graphics to the sense of humor in the narration and various item names and dialog boxes, and... well, everything else. I have spent far more time on it than is probably right. :P
That said, yes, the terrifying 'write me anything!' request. Worldbuilding fics of any kind would totally be fitting for the game. Of course, I can spitball a few loose ideas out here to help jumpstart your brain, if you so desire. Feel free to write any or all of these or something entirely different. Just in a free consciousness list... A day in the life of a nugget! A life in the life of a nugget! The trials and tribulations of a poor nugget deity trying to wrangle these little guys and making sure they don't get into too much trouble! The reactions of the various fauna to the sudden appearance of the nuggets! A deeper look into any of the questlines! A nugget love story! A hard-boiled nugget detective story! An exploration into the experiences of Adahy and Elu as the first nuggets! The life and times of Nuggola Tesla! The journey of those poor nuggets that get abducted by aliens! Taking a look at nuggets' relationships with/reactions to their deity! Seriously, anything your heart desires, I will be overjoyed with. Have fun!
Fairway Solitaire (Video Game)
* Jack Hogan (Fairway Solitaire)
* Gary Snead (Fairway Solitaire)
* Tommy Morris (Fairway Solitaire)
This is one of the few apps that I never play on silent just because I love hearing the commentary! Really, anything featuring the interplay between these guys would be great, whether it's them up in the booth getting ready to announce a tournament or even out playing a round together themselves... or anything else!
Fairway Solitaire is a delightfully fun free mobile app where you're playing the variety of solitaire where you make ascending and descending runs to clear the board. This one has a golf theme and interesting hazards... and, most importantly for the purposes of Yuletide... commentators! They're a little bit cheesy, a little bit ridiculous, and a lot of fun.
My prompt says it all. I just want more of these guys without the limits of the prerecorded lines! I love the way they bounce off each other, and if you're writing for me in this fandom, I'm sure you do too. Whether you write them on the job or off the job or even in some strange AU that I never would have conceived of, just let their personalities shine through and I know I'm going to love it!
Shirokuma Cafe | Polar Bear's Cafe
* Grizzly (Shirokuma Cafe)
* Panda (Shirokuma Cafe)
* Penguin (Shirokuma Cafe)
* Shirokuma | Polar Bear (Shirokuma Cafe)
Something that feels like an episode would be lovely here. These guys hanging out in or out of the cafe, getting up to the kinds of shenanigans that they get up to, you know how it goes. Crazy fun!
Shirokuma Cafe! Available for streaming on Crunchyroll. Animals! Living side-by-side with humans! Having jobs and businesses! (Even if those jobs involve... being zoo displays!) It's hilarious and fun and absolutely wacky in a way that I just find great. I just love all the characters and how they interact and the real affection there even if they can get frustrated with each other sometimes.
I would have requested an Any on this one, but it has occurred to me that I'd feel kind of sad if any of these guys were left OUT, so requesting all of them it was. I know this makes character juggling a bit tricky, but I really don't mind if one or two of them are more in the spotlight, and the others take more of a background role. I'd just like all of them there, being themselves! They can just be hanging around at the cafe or at Grizzly's bar, or getting into wacky hijinks. Feel free to add other characters if you need them, or don't! Whatever you'd like, it's all good!