affection is a conviction

Thank you for vidding for me! I'm pretty easy to please, vid-wise. I like shippy vids, gen vids, character studies, and ensemble pieces. I also enjoy a whole variety of different music (folk music! Glam rock! Showtunes!) although if it helps, some of my most played artists (according to Spotify) are Brandi Carlile, Simon and Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, and the Magnetic Fields. All the songs I link to here are just suggestions, so don't feel pressured to use them! The only thing I'm especially not fond of it text on screen - I have a hard time processing the visuals/audio/text at the same time. I've also never been known to turn down a crack vid.

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Stuff I grok in general:

• loyalty kink
• religious themes
• found families
• hurt/comfort
• casefic
• general spookiness, especially gothic-style spookiness
• historical detail, especially history bleeding into the present
• mutually supportive couples
• female characters
• huddling for warmth

My DNWs:

• animal death/abuse
• incest
• character death
• A/B/O
• modern AUs (if canon is fantasy/historical)
• noncon/dubcon
• underage

If you're looking to write smut, I am 100% down with that, and I enjoy:

• body worship
• tender sex
• frantic, clothes-ripping sex
• first time
• cunnilingus
• strap-ons
• orgasm delay

For the most part, my fic wants - in this batch of requests, anyway; can be best be summed up as "more of that!" I love all these canons wholeheartedly, so any continuance of the dynamics and relationships as presented to us already would make a very happy Valentine's Day for me.

Band Sinister - K. J. Charles


IT'S FINE. THEY WALKED TO THE NEAREST HUMAN HABITATION, RECOVERED FROM THE SCURVY AND LEAD POISONING, AND SAILED HOME TO BRITAIN. NOTHING BAD HAPPENED TO ANYONE. IT'S FINE.

. . . alternately, feel free to focus on their pre-show, tender, bookish courtship. Or their in-show tender, bookish romance, before everything went totally to shit. Just give these poor souls a break! They've been through enough!

Tropes I really like:

• found families
• hurt/comfort with emphasis on the comfort
• partnership
• casefic
• loyalty kink
• fluff

Tropes I'd rather not read:

• animal death/abuse
• incest
• character death
• A/B/O
• modern AUs (if canon is fantasy/historical)
• noncon/dubcon


The Girl from the Well - Rin Chupeco
Okiku (The Girl From The Well)

I love J-horror and girl ghosts, so this book was basically tailor-made for me! I'd love to read about Okuki's life/afterlife in general, her activities as a vengeance ghost, her slowly regaining her humanity, and/or her relationship with Tark. OR: you could write about other ghosts in the same universe, what they're getting up to and whether they and Okiku ever cross paths.

That Inevitable Victorian Thing - E.K. Johnston
Victoria-Margaret (That Inevitable Victorian Thing) Helena Marcus August Callahan

This book! This book was such a warm, fuzzy hug at a time when I really needed that. I'd really like to see fic that looks at Margaret, Helena, and August's lives after the book ends, and how they handle being royalty and ruling the empire. Or, alternately, you could base a fic on what their domestic lives look like behind the scenes. Or you could do BOTH.

Girls Made of Snow And Glass - Melissa Bashardoust
Mina (Girls Made of Snow and Glass) Lynet (Girls Made of Snow and Glass)

I, uh . . . ship this a lot. That said, if you're not comfortable with writing Lynet/Mina romantically, I'd also be down for gen fic about them as co-rulers, how they work together on resolving conflicts, and what the kingdom looks like under their rule.

Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo
Nina Zenik, Matthias Helvar

I love Nina/Matthias, so of course, the ending of Crooked Kingdom was . . . controversial in my household. I'd be super pleased with a canon divergence AU where that whole bit of business just never happens and they go off to broker peace together. Or, if you'd prefer, something set during the books while their relationship is developing (especially during CK, when they're dealing with the panem fallout.)

Relationship: Julian Lynes/Ned Mathey

As someone who grew up on urban fantasy and Sherlock Holmes and is really into the history of gay culture in the Victorian era, these books were basically calibrated to tickle my id, and I'd honestly be happy with any expansion on Ned and Julian's canon relationship. Casefic, smut, hurt/comfort, schmoop - it's all good. 

Lost Boys (Movies)
Relationship: Michael Emerson/David (Lost Boys)/Star (Lost Boys) Relationship: Michael Emerson/David (Lost Boys)

Note: as indicated, I'm down with either Michael/David or Michael/David/Star, but one hard preference I have is that Star not get bashed or killed off or otherwise maligned. I'm really fond of her! It's not the poor girl's fault that she landed in the middle of a homoerotic vampire battle.

Anyway, I came relatively late to this movie, but I love how earnestly over-the-top and fun it is - this is a movie that has no shame about inserting an oiled-up, shirtless saxophone player for no reason, or enough crossfades to make any 80s music video director blush, or characters yelling "It's too late! My blood is in you!" at each other. So feel free to lean into that. Alternately, you could get more serious/introspective with it and look at what life is really like as a Lost Boy (or Lost Boy half-vampire adjacent) when they're not posing and preening and jumping off railway bridges to show how cool they are. OR you could write about the weird, messy, tangled dynamic that is these three, and how that works beyond the initial burst of violence and sex and jealousy. The sky's the limit!

(also, an all-girl AU of this movie is something I will ALWAYS be into.)

Girls Made of Snow And Glass - Melissa Bashardoust
Relationship: Lynet (Girls Made of Snow and Glass)/Mina (Girls Made of Snow and Glass)

So I finished this book (having cried copiously while reading it) and thought "that was a really beautiful, touching mother/daughter relationship that cleverly subverts the Snow White/Evil Queen dynamic that exists in popular culture . . . but also I really want them to kiss." (No offence Nadia, but you're kind of boring.) Maybe a story about Lynet growing up and realizing that she has a crush on her sort-of stepmother? Or them as co-queens after the end of the book? 

Rock 'n' Roll High School
Relationship: Riff Randell/Kate Rambeau

Did I throw this one in just to see if anyone else had obscure enough tastes to take me up on it? Yes, yes I did. But honestly, I do really ship these two - they seem so close (in an emotional and personal space sense) and if you can figure out a way to write about this weird, weird canon, more power to you. Baby rock and roll lesbians!

The Exorcist (TV)
Relationship: Verity Kim & Harper Graham 

If I had one complaint about season two of this show, it's that it should have been twenty episodes longer just so that we could spend more time with the Kim family. I loved what we saw of Harper and Verity's dynamic - how Verity was initially against having another sibling but immediately moved into big sister mode once Harper arrived, and how Harper started to emerge from her shell once she was at the Kims. You could write a story about their time together while Andy was still alive (or an AU where he never died! It's fine, they got rid of the demon and he and Rose are living happily together with their brood of children and nothing bad ever happened again) or about what happens after, how they deal with this new upheaval in their lives.

The Magicians (TV)
Fen, Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson, Kady Orloff-Diaz, Julia Wicker

First, I will be totally honest and say that I haven't finished season three yet - I have three episodes left. BUT I will undoubtedly have finished by the time the collection goes live, so don't worry about spoilers. If anything in the letter makes you squint and go "uh?" just know that it's because I haven't consumed all of canon yet.

For Fen, Eliot, and Margo: I'd really be interested in a story about what day-to-day life in the palace looks like when they're not dealing with a fairy coup, or the entire castle being turned into rats, or an invading country demanding to marry one of Fillory's rulers. I'm especially interested in Fen - when she was introduced, I thought she'd just be a side presence who didn't have much to do, so you can imagine my delight when she got to be a full-fledged character with her own storylines! I'd be totally into a fic about Just Another Day In Fillory and the various minor problems they have to deal with, or with how the three of them work as a unit. Not exactly a family/romantic unit (unless you're into that, which, hey, I'm certainly not objecting) but three people who have to live and work together in the best interests of their country.

For Kady and Julia: hooooooly CRAP do I ship this. I love how their relationship developed, how they have this bond that the others just don't because both of them had to get by outside of Brakebills. I loved how supportive Kady was of Julia during and after the abortion arc, how endeared Julia seems to be by Kady's propensity for punching, how they always seem to come back to each other even after a huge argument or betrayal. That said, if you'd rather stick with a platonic relationship for the fic, that's fine as well - I just want to read about them together.

I had a blast thinking of nominations for the theme this year, and I know for a fact that I nominated way more fandoms than I ended up requesting. Which is to say, I love this whole theme, and am very excited to see whatever you end up making!

Music preferences: honestly, I listen to everything from showtunes to R&B to 1950s pop music. (My most recently added artists on iTunes are Imagine Dragons, the Boomtown Rats, The Greatest Showman, and Joan Baez, so that should give you an idea.) My only preference is for music with lyrics, but that's not a hard and fast rule.

The Girl from the Well - Rin Chupeco  

Being that I love horror movies, and Ringu specifically, this book was practically made for me. Obviously it pulls far more from traditional Japanese mythology than it does modern horror, but it's also impossible to read it without thinking of those famous movie visuals. I love the whole concept of a onryō starting to re-enter the human world, but I also love Okiku as an avenger, so anything about her character would be great!

Stigmata (1999)  

Ah, my favourite hot mess of a movie. I love the premise (an atheist suddenly becoming a prophet figure/vessel) and I love the characters, I'm just . . . not crazy about the ultimate direction the movie took it in. So if you wanted to focus on Frankie as a messianic character, or Frankie/Andrew, I'd love that.

Perfect Creature (2006)  

I love the worldbuilding of this movie, the general steampunk-y vibe that also has a heavy religious aspect. Really anything from this movie would make me happy - a focus on the Brotherhood, a focus on Lilly, a focus on Silus/Lilly, et cetera.

Robin Hood (1973)

I loved this movie as a child, and honestly still do now. A vid capturing the nostalgic fun of it, or one that hinges on the generosity/socialist aspects would be wonderful.

Lost Boys (1987)

I was actually just introduced to this movie a few weeks ago (I know, I know, I'm years behind) and loved the campy silliness of it all. I'd especially like a vid focusing on the vampires, or on David/Michael (or David/Michael/Star.) Don't be afraid to get goofy with the music choice! I personally think this is a movie that would pair well with classic Oingo Boingo.

The Hexslinger Series - Gemma Files  

I love, love, love, love these books - I especially love the characters (my favourite is Chess, but I also love Ed and Yancey and Songbird and Yiska, and . . . basically everyone who ends up on on Team Hex City. I even love Rook, even though he's terrible) so I'd be super pleased with a character-based vid. (Also, if you need help finding visual sources, I know for a fact that the author was inspired in part by the 2007 version of 3:10 to Yuma; Ben Foster really does look like Chess.)

The Exorcist (TV)

I love 1) exorcism stories, 2) homoerotic priests, 3) women/LGBT people/people of colour taking centre stage in horror narratives, so this whole show is basically my catnip. I'd really like a vid about Marcus and Tomas's relationship, Marcus in general, or the Kim family and the stuff they endure together. (My personal favourite is Verity, especially her relationship with Harper, but I also adore Shelby.)

The Exorcist (TV)

I love 1) exorcism stories, 2) homoerotic priests, 3) women/LGBT people/people of colour taking centre stage in horror narratives, so this whole show is basically my catnip. I'd really like a vid about Marcus and Tomas's relationship, Marcus in general, Bennett and his trials and tribulations, or the Rance women and their shared experiences with the demon. 

Hamlet (2009)

Ah, the production of Hamlet that actually got me into Hamlet! I'm always on board with Shakespeare crack, so anything funny would be great, or you could do a more serious thing dealing with Hamlet and his relationships with Horatio and Ophelia.

The Penumbra Podcast

This podcast, for all that it is . . . a podcast, is all about the aesthetic. Gay space noir! So that's my prompt, basically: gay space noir. (Also, Peter is my favourite; do with this information what you will.)

The Living and the Dead (TV)

I love this kind of rural/folk horror, so anything that deals with the spookiness of the setting would be awesome. Or a vid about Charlotte (Charlotte/Nathan, if you wish!) because I LOVE HER.

Whitechapel (TV)

I have a lot of feelings about historicity and the way we relate to the Jack the Ripper story (and historical crimes in general) so anything dealing with th continuity of these crimes would be great. OR, you could make a vid about Chandler, who is one of the few authentic OCD characters I've ever seen on TV and who I love to bits. OR you could lean into the cracky end of the demonic stuff. (Little old lady Lucifer!) OR you could play the demonic stuff completely straight.

Coriolanus (2014)  

Once again, I'm on board with anything cracky. I'm also on board with anything Coriolanus/Aufidius, or that deals with the play and its relationship with violence and militarism in general.

Harlots (TV)
Amelia Scanwell, Violet Cross

This is a very new relationship, and obviously they have a lot of stuff to work through, especially Amelia- anything to do with them dealing with the various differences in their lives, the ways they learn to relate to each other, and the progression of Amelia's feelings about Violet (and her sexuality in general) would make me very happy.

Strange Empire
Rebecca Blithely, Kat Loving, Group: Kat Loving & Isabelle Slotter & Rebecca Blithely

I love Kat and Rebecca's relationship in canon- these two people who don't quite fit, but bring out the best in each other and just click almost immediately. So anything about them being mutually supportive, learning about each other, defending each other from people who don't get it, etc. I also really love the uneasy alliance between the three women, who recognize that they need each other but don't exactly trust each other. So anything along those lines would be great.

The Raven and the Reindeer - T. Kingfisher  
Group: Gerta & Janna (The Raven and the Reindeer) Janna (The Raven and the Reindeer) Gerta (The Raven and the Reindeer)

This is such a sweet little story and a great relationship - I'd love to see anything about their lives after the book, whether they go off together to see the sea or settle down in Gerta's grandmother's house and make a life there. Or something in-between! Who knows.

The Silenced (2015)
Yeon-duk (The Silenced) Joo-ran (The Silenced)

This movie combines so many of my favourite storytelling elements- gothic boarding school! Girl superheroes! Extremely homoerotic relationships between girls!- so any of those aspects would be a good thing to focus on. I'm also always up for fix-it fic where Yeok-duk and Joo-ran both survive and go on to fuck shit up for the Japanese colonists, or just run around in the woods together eating berries and pushing each other into lakes.

Thank you for writing for me!

As far as likes and dislikes are concerned, I'm relatively easy to please- I'm not a fan of darkfic or unhappy endings, and I love hurt/comfort, fluff, smut, and established/affectionate relationships. I read het, slash, and femslash (although given my requests this year, slash is kind of removed from the equation since there's only two guys here) and will happily read any rating from G to R. My only hard DNWs are animal harm, incest, sexual assault, and major character death. 

Fandoms

The Handmaiden
Sook-hee, Lady Hideko

Wow, this movie was a wild ride! I'd been vaguely familiar with the plot of Fingersmith, but even knowing the twists ahead of time, I don't think I was quite prepared for this movie. (If nothing else, it got me to sit and pay rapt attention for two and a half hours, which is no mean feat.) I loved how much the movie's plot hinged on the two women coming to understand and trust each other (I actually feel that Park Chan-Wook improved on the plot by removing some of the betrayal twists, because it strengthened the central relationship.) I love that Sook-hee, for all that she's a career criminal, is actually a very emotion-driven person with a strong moral compass. I love that Hideko was raised in this hideous environment, but still finds the strength to trick her way out. For fic, anything about their lives post-movie would be great. Or their lives during the movie, and what they're thinking and feeling while falling for each other. (Given the tone of the film, PWP would be entirely appropriate here! Especially PWP with feelings.) 

The Black Tapes Podcast
Alex Reagan, Richard Strand, Amalia Chenkova

As a childhood X-Phile, this podcast was basically made for me. I have some frustrations with it (we have so much backstory and interiority for characters like Nic and Strand and so little for Alex or Amalia or Coralee) but hey, that's what fic is for. Casefic would be AMAZING here, since the monster-of-the-week episodes were always my favourites. I ship both Alex/Strand and Alex/Amalia, so fic in either direction would be great. I'd especially like fic that looks at how Alex is dealing with all the crazy shit that's going on in her life since she started the podcast. Or the three of them could go on an OT3 roadtrip! (Note: I haven't listened to TANIS, so any references to that will go right over my head.)

The Conjuring (movies)
Ed Warren, Lorraine Warren

Speaking of monster-of-the-week! I know the IRL Warrens were kind of terrible people (or at the very least, deeply deluded about what they did for a living) but the fictional Warrens are so incredibly charming and in love. I adore how supportive they are of each other, how you can tell they've been a couple forever and have little in-jokes and stories but still have a sense of fun about their relationship. Anything about them would be great- slice-of-life stuff, casefic (either pulled from the existing Warren casefiles, or just made up out of whole cloth) backstory showing how they met, etc. 

[So right after I signed up/posted a placeholder letter, I got swamped with a massive wave of personal/family stuff that kept me from getting any fandom-related things done, including this post, so . . . uh, whoops. If you're reading this and you've been assigned to me, go crazy! Have fun! I don't have any special preferences, so I don't care what direction you take the plot in.]

Likes: fluff, friendship, feminism, people with conflicting ideas and ideologies coming together in spite of (or perhaps because of) it, femmeslash, shenanigans with religion, and happy endings.

DNWs: animal death, incest, rape/noncon, and major character death.

( Perfect Creature, Lilly/Silus )

( Hair, Claude/Berger )