Yuletide 2021!
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measured_wordsDear YT author,
Thanks, first of all, for writing! That is really the most important thing, and I will be delighted with whatever I wind up getting.
Generally speaking, I like stories that tell me a little bit more about the characters or the world they live in. Since I have requested Worldbuilding in a couple of fandoms, I feel like I should elaborate on that a bit! I am a historian and an anthropology person, so I love to understand how things came to be - I like to ask questions. Sometimes canon gives you little crumbs to follow and you can play connect the dots and fill in the missing picture. Sometimes it doesn't, and it can be fun to take what is known about the canon world and invent whole cloth an explanation that fits those rules. Even canons that are very tight often leave questions hanging about their details, like 'hang on, who is making all these magical weapons' or 'who exactly is paying for this millenia old conflict?' I am happy to have original characters, or for you to use named canon characters (if there's anyone I do not want, I'll say it in the specific fandom, but I'm pretty easy going). I'm happy to have an exploration of a question that doesn't have a clear resolution, and I'm open to whatever formats you want to use that is appropriate to the canon - epistolary, data logs, academic debates, journal articles, diaries, epic poems, whatever - go nuts! I will also appreciate a regular prose story.
I like stories with plot - with adventure, intrigue, and wacky hijinks/crack. I also like stories that are more focused on character exploration – I don't need action if I have interesting introspection. I like both insider and outsider PoV stuff, and I feel like it is perfectly legit to write a story about a character that isn't from their perspective. I enjoy stories that are very emotionally intense, whether that means they are spilling over with ~feels~ or dark and unrelenting in tone – I enjoy horror, especially psychological horror, but also feel-good fluff and total cracky silliness. I am into both Crueltide and Yuleporn, so if those are your jam, please have at! I'm also open to other sub-challenges, if my requests fit the bill and you're inspired :) I am up for IF and other format shenanigans outside of worldbuilding as well, including poetry.
I like porn, but I do not require it. If you have a preference for or against in whatever you wind up writing, knock yourself out, I will appreciate it. If you include porn, I prefer it to be somehow relevant to the story – either it develops character relationships, or is vital to some zany caper or what have you. I’m not a big fan of pwp, though I think porn can certainly *be* the main action, so to speak, as long as it is showing me something new about characters or their relationship. I'm really hard to squick, so don't be afraid to show me your kinks! More than anything, when it comes (heh) to porn I want to be able to believe that the sex I'm reading is in character for whoever I'm reading about – not necessarily that it is something they want, but that the reactions I'm reading are true to whoever is having them, if that makes any sense.
If you are looking to find out more about me, I have a somewhat chaotic tumblr, and a neglected rambling personal journal. I am also Measured_Words on AO3 :) I may make occasional forays into the discord(s) as Elanya, but no promises.
Fandoms!
The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
Requested "Characters": Worldbuilding
I'm fascinated by all the stuff in the background of this story - like the fact that they are at war, there are colonies, there is resistance. We know little bits and pieces about the Blood of Eden, but they're fascinating. There's just so much interesting history hinted at also! I am really fascinated by How Necromancy Works as well, ad the relationship of the houses 'styles' to the Lyctors. Feel free to include known named characters - there are several who are particularly well suited for exploring unseen bits of the canon world.
If there are things that are of particular interest to you and you really want a chance to explore them - here's your chance! Show me what fascinates you! Poke at it a bit! Share it! :D
If you are looking for more concrete ideas, here are a few possibilities - feel free to combine them or run off on a tangent from whatever strikes your interest!
-Day in the life of someone whose planet has been assimilated by the empire. Either someone who remembers it happening OR someone who grew up with it would be interesting.
-What is it like to experience a planetary death, or an invasion?
-Blood of Eden Lore. How have they survived this long? Are they really the same now as they were whenever they were formed? How did that happen?
-Deep house lore. What kind of relationships have the different houses had with their Lyctors over time?
-Got any pet Necromancy theories? How are necromancers able to create living flesh? Or can they?
-How exactly does one use necromancy to make spaceships go?
-How do cavalier ratings impact their necromancers? What do Necro/Cav pairings do that isn't just fighting? You know how the joke goes that's like "What do you call someone who graduated last in their medical class? Doctor." That but with necromancers or cavaliers. Pick a house ;)
Katmai National Park Bear Cams - Explore.org
Requested Characters: Any!
DNW: Bears PWP, or bears... bestiality? Like, either everyone involved in sex is an actual bear, or no one is, please! I do not need graphic descriptions of bear sex.
I have been an avid cam watcher for the past two years, and was a casual observer before that. If you are someone who was drawn in by Fat Bear Week, no worries, I'm pretty chill to write for and I will not be mad if you, like, decide 747 and 856 are bestest friends or something. Bring on the Bear AUs!
Office AU - this almost writes itself. Madmen style? The Office style? However you wanna go, 812 is clearly the office intern.
High school AU! Maybe 812 is the youngest on the sportsball team and is trying to balance that with his friendships with friends that didn't make the cut (821) or are social misfits (610)?
Coffee shop AU? Maybe Grazer is the cranky overworked manager who is SUPER protective of her employees?
College AU? Everybear wants to be in Professor Otis's class because he is So Chill, but it turns out that patience is harder than it sounds?
Chopped AU? Who are the judges? Who are the contestants? What is in the basket!?! Is it... seagull? :V
What if Fat Bear week but it is actually about like.... Gay Bears? Are Holly and Grazer just, like, super Butch? I dunno, man you tell me :D
What about Bears... in Space!?
If AUS aren't your thing that fine! I am honestly happy for any kind of bears story! Tell me something we didn't see on cam, write me a cute courting fic, or a focus on the Ladies of the Lip, or a 5 times fic about bears getting Grazered.
I didn't nom anyone specific because I do love them all and would be happy to see any of them in a fic, but if you are curious my top faves are 812, 821, 909, Grazer, and Otis :3 Please also feel free to bring in other non-nominated bears!
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)
Requested Characters: Vesemir (Nightmare of the Wolf), Illyana Zerbst (Nightmare of the Wolf)
I thought these two had wonderful dynamic and I really love how Vesemir's feelings were not really impacted by the fact that Illyana was old (and looked her age - technically he was old too!), and she didn't really care about his past womanizing. I would love something that explores their relationship more, whether when they were kids or during some unseen glimpse of canon, or even just them thinking about each other in their many years apart.
What We Do in the Shadows (TV)
Requested Characters: Guillermo de la Cruz, The Guide (What We Do in the Shadows TV)
The chemistry... or lack there of. Clearly she is into him... but why? Because he's dangerous? Adorable? Competent? All of these things? Guillermo does not appear to reciprocate, but what could change that? What if she offered to turn him? What if she actually did it? What if he tried to use her to get more secrets of the inner workings of vampire society? What if it started that way and then he was actually into it? What would the housemates think if they got together? What would the housemates *do*? What if the housemates were wrong (I mean, their track record for being right isn't great...) Anyway - please have fun with this!
Thank you! <3
Thanks, first of all, for writing! That is really the most important thing, and I will be delighted with whatever I wind up getting.
Generally speaking, I like stories that tell me a little bit more about the characters or the world they live in. Since I have requested Worldbuilding in a couple of fandoms, I feel like I should elaborate on that a bit! I am a historian and an anthropology person, so I love to understand how things came to be - I like to ask questions. Sometimes canon gives you little crumbs to follow and you can play connect the dots and fill in the missing picture. Sometimes it doesn't, and it can be fun to take what is known about the canon world and invent whole cloth an explanation that fits those rules. Even canons that are very tight often leave questions hanging about their details, like 'hang on, who is making all these magical weapons' or 'who exactly is paying for this millenia old conflict?' I am happy to have original characters, or for you to use named canon characters (if there's anyone I do not want, I'll say it in the specific fandom, but I'm pretty easy going). I'm happy to have an exploration of a question that doesn't have a clear resolution, and I'm open to whatever formats you want to use that is appropriate to the canon - epistolary, data logs, academic debates, journal articles, diaries, epic poems, whatever - go nuts! I will also appreciate a regular prose story.
I like stories with plot - with adventure, intrigue, and wacky hijinks/crack. I also like stories that are more focused on character exploration – I don't need action if I have interesting introspection. I like both insider and outsider PoV stuff, and I feel like it is perfectly legit to write a story about a character that isn't from their perspective. I enjoy stories that are very emotionally intense, whether that means they are spilling over with ~feels~ or dark and unrelenting in tone – I enjoy horror, especially psychological horror, but also feel-good fluff and total cracky silliness. I am into both Crueltide and Yuleporn, so if those are your jam, please have at! I'm also open to other sub-challenges, if my requests fit the bill and you're inspired :) I am up for IF and other format shenanigans outside of worldbuilding as well, including poetry.
I like porn, but I do not require it. If you have a preference for or against in whatever you wind up writing, knock yourself out, I will appreciate it. If you include porn, I prefer it to be somehow relevant to the story – either it develops character relationships, or is vital to some zany caper or what have you. I’m not a big fan of pwp, though I think porn can certainly *be* the main action, so to speak, as long as it is showing me something new about characters or their relationship. I'm really hard to squick, so don't be afraid to show me your kinks! More than anything, when it comes (heh) to porn I want to be able to believe that the sex I'm reading is in character for whoever I'm reading about – not necessarily that it is something they want, but that the reactions I'm reading are true to whoever is having them, if that makes any sense.
If you are looking to find out more about me, I have a somewhat chaotic tumblr, and a neglected rambling personal journal. I am also Measured_Words on AO3 :) I may make occasional forays into the discord(s) as Elanya, but no promises.
Fandoms!
The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
Requested "Characters": Worldbuilding
I'm fascinated by all the stuff in the background of this story - like the fact that they are at war, there are colonies, there is resistance. We know little bits and pieces about the Blood of Eden, but they're fascinating. There's just so much interesting history hinted at also! I am really fascinated by How Necromancy Works as well, ad the relationship of the houses 'styles' to the Lyctors. Feel free to include known named characters - there are several who are particularly well suited for exploring unseen bits of the canon world.
If there are things that are of particular interest to you and you really want a chance to explore them - here's your chance! Show me what fascinates you! Poke at it a bit! Share it! :D
If you are looking for more concrete ideas, here are a few possibilities - feel free to combine them or run off on a tangent from whatever strikes your interest!
-Day in the life of someone whose planet has been assimilated by the empire. Either someone who remembers it happening OR someone who grew up with it would be interesting.
-What is it like to experience a planetary death, or an invasion?
-Blood of Eden Lore. How have they survived this long? Are they really the same now as they were whenever they were formed? How did that happen?
-Deep house lore. What kind of relationships have the different houses had with their Lyctors over time?
-Got any pet Necromancy theories? How are necromancers able to create living flesh? Or can they?
-How exactly does one use necromancy to make spaceships go?
-How do cavalier ratings impact their necromancers? What do Necro/Cav pairings do that isn't just fighting? You know how the joke goes that's like "What do you call someone who graduated last in their medical class? Doctor." That but with necromancers or cavaliers. Pick a house ;)
Katmai National Park Bear Cams - Explore.org
Requested Characters: Any!
DNW: Bears PWP, or bears... bestiality? Like, either everyone involved in sex is an actual bear, or no one is, please! I do not need graphic descriptions of bear sex.
I have been an avid cam watcher for the past two years, and was a casual observer before that. If you are someone who was drawn in by Fat Bear Week, no worries, I'm pretty chill to write for and I will not be mad if you, like, decide 747 and 856 are bestest friends or something. Bring on the Bear AUs!
Office AU - this almost writes itself. Madmen style? The Office style? However you wanna go, 812 is clearly the office intern.
High school AU! Maybe 812 is the youngest on the sportsball team and is trying to balance that with his friendships with friends that didn't make the cut (821) or are social misfits (610)?
Coffee shop AU? Maybe Grazer is the cranky overworked manager who is SUPER protective of her employees?
College AU? Everybear wants to be in Professor Otis's class because he is So Chill, but it turns out that patience is harder than it sounds?
Chopped AU? Who are the judges? Who are the contestants? What is in the basket!?! Is it... seagull? :V
What if Fat Bear week but it is actually about like.... Gay Bears? Are Holly and Grazer just, like, super Butch? I dunno, man you tell me :D
What about Bears... in Space!?
If AUS aren't your thing that fine! I am honestly happy for any kind of bears story! Tell me something we didn't see on cam, write me a cute courting fic, or a focus on the Ladies of the Lip, or a 5 times fic about bears getting Grazered.
I didn't nom anyone specific because I do love them all and would be happy to see any of them in a fic, but if you are curious my top faves are 812, 821, 909, Grazer, and Otis :3 Please also feel free to bring in other non-nominated bears!
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)
Requested Characters: Vesemir (Nightmare of the Wolf), Illyana Zerbst (Nightmare of the Wolf)
I thought these two had wonderful dynamic and I really love how Vesemir's feelings were not really impacted by the fact that Illyana was old (and looked her age - technically he was old too!), and she didn't really care about his past womanizing. I would love something that explores their relationship more, whether when they were kids or during some unseen glimpse of canon, or even just them thinking about each other in their many years apart.
What We Do in the Shadows (TV)
Requested Characters: Guillermo de la Cruz, The Guide (What We Do in the Shadows TV)
The chemistry... or lack there of. Clearly she is into him... but why? Because he's dangerous? Adorable? Competent? All of these things? Guillermo does not appear to reciprocate, but what could change that? What if she offered to turn him? What if she actually did it? What if he tried to use her to get more secrets of the inner workings of vampire society? What if it started that way and then he was actually into it? What would the housemates think if they got together? What would the housemates *do*? What if the housemates were wrong (I mean, their track record for being right isn't great...) Anyway - please have fun with this!
Thank you! <3
