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Dear Yuletide Writer 2024
Hello!!! Thank you so much for writing for me!!
I'm cheju on AO3. I have treats enabled :)
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- Oglaf — Ivan, Sandoval
- Theater Camp — Troy, Glenn
- Challengers — Art, Tashi, Patrick
- D&D: Honor Among Thieves — Edgin, Xenk
- General letter — SFW and NSFW likes, opt-ins, and DNWs
Oglaf — Ivan, Sandoval
I miss these two—I loved their dynamic so much! The way Ivan handles all of Sandoval's ridiculous come-ons with the same put-upon *sigh* *eyeroll* (...*blush*?), and how Sandoval finds Ivan’s sexual inexperience cute. I like the idea of Sandoval trying to get a reaction out of Ivan while Ivan resists, even though a part of him is slowly coming around to liking it (but of course he's embarrassed by liking it and won't admit it!)
I’d love to see some silly kinky fun for this—funny, smutty, or both! Here are some prompts, but feel totally free to ignore these if your muse takes you elsewhere!
- Sandoval convinces the Mistress to release Ivan from his apprenticeship. Into a new apprenticeship with Sandoval himself, of course.
- Sandoval tries various increasingly kinky flirting/harassment techniques to try to get Ivan to crack. What "crack" means is up to you. Maybe he's trying to come up with something so crazy that Ivan refuses (even at the risk of offending the Mistress), or trying to turn Ivan on so much that he makes a move on Sandoval. Or maybe he's just trying to make Ivan blush again!
- As far as Sandoval knows, the Mistress has been keeping poor Ivan been in a state of orgasm denial for months! Maybe he wants to make it up to him. Cue overstimulation? Or maybe Sandoval just wants to figure out if prostate orgasms count.
- What happens when Ivan wakes up from his magical coma? Or... during the coma? Does Sandoval do something that wakes him up?
Feel free to have The Mistress play as big or small a part in the story as you like, as long as she’s not a participant in the sex between them. (She can watch, though… and mentioning sex between her & Sandoval, or really her & anyone else that’s not Ivan, is ok!)
If it's helpful, I also collected all the comics featuring the two of them together in my promo post here!
If it's helpful, I also collected all the comics featuring the two of them together in my promo post here!
Fandom-specific DNWs:
- The Mistress as a participant in sex (though I'd happily take her as a voyeur)
- Ivan taking on a dom role (though he can top, if that’s what Sandoval wants :p)
- Fluff. I want to see ‘em fucked up!
Theater Camp — Troy, Glenn
I fell head over heels in love with these two when I watched Theater Camp. I was so certain that they’d get a B plot romance. Alas!
All I wanna see for these two is jock bro Troy realizing oh, no, he might not be so straight after all, and he might actually be into that stagehand he met the first day?? Give me all the feelings realization, gay panic, internal no-homoing, mutual pining, silly misunderstandings, UST, first kisses, first times, the slow bridging two very different people in two very different worlds.
Admittedly, my general likes at the bottom of this letter aren't particularly applicable for these two, who may be the only couple I ship totally fluff-ily. In lieu of that, here are some prompts!
- I’d love to see what happens with the camp afterwards, maybe the next summer. How do things change? What’s Glenn up to now? Has he taken on a more substantial role at camp? Has Troy? Does this mean they have to work in a lot closer proximity now?
- …but also, maybe something set upon their return to “real life.” What do Glenn and Troy do during the year when they’re not at camp? Is Glenn trying to make it on Broadway?
- I think it would be fun to see the otherwise-confident Troy entirely out of his depth when it comes to gay stuff, and the otherwise-shy Glenn be put in the position to teach him! This could mean either a SFW scenario showing Troy experiencing gay culture, or an NSFW scenario where he has just NO idea how to have sex with a man at all.
- On the other hand, I also think it’d be cute to have Troy wholly and eagerly embrace it all! Has he ever touched another guy’s dick before? Maybe not. Is he going to attack it with the same bravado he tackled running an entire camp? Yeah!
- I also think it could be really fun to see what Glenn would be like immersed in Troy’s world. There’s an itch in my brain that thinks it would be hilarious to contrast overconfident Troy needing to be humbled when entering Glenn’s world vs. awkward, shy Glenn being unexpectedly popular with Troy’s influencer friends.
Challengers — Art, Tashi, Patrick
For this one, I requested "My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)". I'm happy to receive character-centric fic, or fic that focuses in on a particular couple of them—especially if it's is a missing scene set sometime during the 13-year span of the movie, or set in the immediate aftermath!
But if you choose to write something set some length after canon, I would like them be ultimately in a triangle poly relationship (however unhealthy that may be for them...!)
Some idea for missing scenes/character studies that occur within the canon timeline:
- Patrick and Tashi's hookup in Atlanta. What was Tashi thinking? What was Patrick thinking? Did they notice Art noticing them? I can imagine there would be a lot of lingering guilt and anxiety about that, but maybe not. Maybe Tashi wanted him to notice. And, god, what was Art thinking after he saw them?
- Character study about Patrick coming to terms with his bisexuality. He seems a lot more aware of it than Art. What was the process like for him?
- Anything digging into Tashi as a character—I'm fascinated by the pleasure she takes in her voyeuristic role in Art/Patrick's relationship, but also the pain she faces being forced into a voyeuristic role for her tennis career.
If going the post-canon route, here are some prompts:
- Some fun immediately post-canon drama! How do tennis fans react to Art's retirement? Does Tashi start coaching Patrick after all, and what do fans have to say about that? Does the paparazzi catch Patrick sneaking out of Art & Tashi's house and come to all the wrong conclusions?
- Art coming to terms with his bisexuality! He's had a wife for so long he hasn't had to think about it. But now he's gotta!
- Also, though I list kidfic as something I'm not too crazy about, please disregard that here. I'd love to see something about the three of them navigating raising Lily when they have such an unconventional arrangement. (I also personally hold the headcanon that Lily is Patrick's kid, buuuut you definitely don't need to agree with me there, haha).
- If it's set post-canon, please have them in a "triangle" throuple arrangement — DNW any non-poly or V-shaped poly situation between them, so no "Tashi breaks up with Art to date Patrick only" or "Tashi/Art and Tashi/Patrick but no Art/Patrick," please! However, public speculation that that's the case is a-ok :)
- dubcon or noncon
D&D: Honor Among Thieves — Edgin, Xenk
Gosh, these two have so much fun banter. I do think they could ultimately work really well together, but what I'm most interested in seeing is the way they clash, despite having outwardly similar goals.
- I'd love to see them put into a situation that forces them to continue to hashing out their differences! Maybe the renewed Lord of Neverwinter sends Edgin on a quest again, and he needs to ask Xenk for help?
- There's also so much smutty potential with these two. I could see Xenk as a very attentive and steadfast dom that catches Edgin off guard with just how experienced he is, especially if Edgin has never had sex with a man before. Or I could see Edgin getting VERY enthusiastic about taking a guy as buttoned-up as Xenk apart, and being shockingly good at it!
- Just anything that explores Edgin's free-spiritedness meeting Xenk's coolness, whether it infuriates them or eggs them on further, or both.
Also, as someone who has never played D&D, take this as my permission to put in as many or as few nods to that lore as you please, and take as many liberties as you need. I will notice no inconsistencies, haha.
General letter
SFW likes:
- enemies to lovers — hero/villain, rivals, etc. I love this in any way, from a lightly teasing, banter-y frenemies dynamic to a mortal enemies, i-will-kill-you-or-die-trying thing, and anywhere in between
- imbalanced power dynamics — captor/captive, older/younger, nobleman/peasant for some straightforward ones, but I also love it when there’s more than meets the eye: role reversals, emotional dynamics that are mismatched or opposite to the power dynamic, the less-powerful character finding ways to exploit the one in power, etc… basically, the more social, emotional, and situational factors that add spice, the merrier!
- complex, messy relationships in general! — give me all the fraught past history, the flip-flopping feelings, the power plays, the reluctant attraction, the dysfunction, the manipulation, the mind games, the possessiveness, the obsessiveness, a beautiful mix of both, the betrayal, the forgiveness, the unfounded fear and unexpected mercy.
- mutual respect, competence kink — though I love when characters get to hate each other, I also love when they strongly respect one another despite that! I also like when they can hold their own against one another — ie if there’s an imbalanced power dynamic, it’s more because of the situation (someone is injured, held captive) or a social dynamic (boss, professor) rather than an imbalance of skill, strength, intelligence, etc.
- “forced proximity” tropes — one bed, trapped together, snowed in, assigned on a case together, political arranged marriage, all that good stuff
- UST-heavy scenarios — situations where characters can’t (or won’t) resolve what is obviously blazing hot sexual tension, because it’s socially improper, because they (supposedly) hate each other, because they’re undercover, because they’re on an important mission that they can’t compromise, etc
- pining — on that note, also yes to straight-up pining, especially mutual pining. “they’d never look at me twice if it wasn’t for this arranged marriage,” “I can’t risk disrupting this fraught peace we’ve finally established,” all that good good
- identity porn — undercover stuff, secret identities, etc
- banter, snark, fighting-as-flirting
- sex/relationship chicken — pride, competitiveness, an “I won’t back down first!” mentality leading to escalating intimacy
- morally gray characters who are allowed to stay that way
- happy/hopeful endings
Smut likes:
- dubcon of all kinds — from milder forms like sex pollen, to imbalanced power dynamics where consent can’t be freely given (ie captor/captive), to coercion or blackmail or manipulation, to situations where consent isn’t discussed at all (ie fights that end in fucking), even up to situations that may need to be tagged for noncon. all yummy to me
- humiliation, dirty talk, degradation — this is like, THE kink for me. I can be into basically anything that is used for the purposes of humiliating someone. Especially love it when characters are reluctantly into something and feel ashamed about it; when they’re forced to admit or show just how into it they are — or better yet, to beg for it >:)
- physical control and resistance — struggles for power, needing to be threatened (gun/knife kink anyone?) or restrained in order to submit
- under/un-negotiated kink — in general I think it’s fun when it’s in the heat of the moment. take something like bondage: BIG yes to tying someone up with a belt, gagging them with their clothes, etc, versus characters buying a shibari kit, for example. kink discovery, when characters learn for the first time that they are really into something, is fun too!
- outwardly non-sexual dominance and control — stuff like making a character shine boots, corporal punishment, handcuffing someone as part of an arrest… and the character is kinda into it. (And, god, they’re so weird for that, right?! But, wait, is the character punishing them also into it too..?)
- “frog boiling” — the slow burn pushing of boundaries, manipulation, gaslighting, escalation into increasingly kinky but plausibly deniable scenarios that a character only realizes late in the game… yum
- orgasm control — chastity devices, cock cages, orgasm delay/denial
- breeding kink — and kinking on pregnancy, including mpreg
- mild feminization — “mild” meaning yes to changing hair/clothes/makeup, bodily changes resulting from pregnancy, occasional kinky use of gendered words like "girl" or "wife," no to anything surgical or hormonal, permanently switching to she/her pronouns, or permanently referring to the character as a woman.
- watersports in all its forms :)
Really, when it comes to specific kinks I can be into almost anything that’s used to control or humiliate a character 🙈 as long as it’s not in my hard DNWs, go crazy with it! And I mean that!
Opt-ins:
These are common DNWs that I'm explicitly OK with!
- omegaverse — and I'm okay with omegas having any genitalia or combination thereof :)
- bodily fluids, including watersports
- unconventional formats — 1st or 2nd person POV, epistolary, etc
- unrealistic sex — come inflation, way-too-big insertions, xeno/monsterfucking, hentai logic, inadvisable things as lube, etc
On the fence:
These aren’t hard limits by any means, but they are aspects of stories I don’t usually find myself gravitating to.
- fluff, established relationships, soulmate AUs — complex “established” relationships, though, like an enemies-with-benefits thing, or arranged marriages with mutual pining? that’s cool with me!
- mundane AUs — no superpowers for characters that usually have them, no magic for a world that usually has it, coffeeshop AUs, etc
- childbirth, kidfic — To be clear, I LOVE breeding kink and pregnancy kink. I'm also chill with non-kinky pregnancy lol, and with kids being present in fic. I just don’t tend to gravitate to fic where the *main focus* is birthing/raising kids
- heavily negotiated kink — e.g. traffic light system, CNC, high-protocol BDSM
DNWs:
- underage, ageplay, daddy/mommy kink
- scat, vomit
- body horror, gore — ok with stabbing, broken bones, gunshot wounds, and the like, but DNW amputation, eye trauma, flaying, etc)
- main character death
- unrequested gender/sexuality changes, including genderbends and ace/aro headcanons
- violent non-con where one party never feels desire or reciprocates at all — though dubcon is very welcome, and it’s ok if something starts out or ends as noncon