Dear Yuletide Writer
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triplesaltoHello and welcome to my Yuletide letter! Thank you in advance for writing for me. :)
AO3 name: triplesalto
General Likes: Competence, adventures, slow burn romance, first times, five-times fics, happy endings.
Smut Likes: laughter and banter leading to and/or during sex, sex that's fun as well as hot, sex between characters who really like each other, wooing/seduction, praise kink, fun sex roleplays, characters who chatter during sex, suit/tie/clothing kink, enthusiastic cunnilingus.
DNWs: unhappy endings, darkfic, bodily fluids, character death, infidelity, Republicans.
Fandoms: The Crown (TV), Inspector Alleyn Mysteries - Ngaio Marsh, Jeeves – P.G. Wodehouse, Spy Kids (Movies), Doctor Who RPF, Political RPF - US 21st c.
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Fandom: The Crown (TV)
Elizabeth II, Philip Duke of Edinburgh
I love this show! I’ve always loved Elizabeth – I watched Helen Mirren’s portrayal of her in The Queen at a formative age - and while Matt Smith’s Philip annoys the heck out of me sometimes (get over yourself, Philip!), I do ship them mightily.
One thing I’d love to read about is how they fell in love. I was intrigued by the conversation between Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth after the wedding about how Princess Elizabeth set everyone on their heads by insisting on her love match with Philip. And of course there’s the war as a backdrop! I’ve always been a sucker for Elizabeth the War Mechanic (and for all of Elizabeth’s attempts to be normal-ish during this time period, like sneaking out on V-E Day with Margaret to experience the celebrations in the streets). And Philip did have shore leaves when he wasn’t off bravely fighting and getting mentioned in despatches. So falling-in-love fic set during the late-war time period would be right up my street! (I note late-war because although I know Elizabeth started having a crush on Philip when she was 13, I’d prefer a fic set later. I believe Philip started to return her affections when she was 17, and I’m more comfortable with that.) What was it like to woo a princess? (Or was it the other way around?) What was their first kiss like? How did Elizabeth break it to her parents that she wasn’t interested in Porchey et al., but in the handsome penniless homeless foreigner Philip? Did they ever escape out into London together and try to be incognito, just a young Naval officer on shore leave with his girl?
I’d also love fic set during Season 1! I’d prefer to read about happy moments, or a time where they had mutual respect for each other, or a time where their dramatic tension was (temporarily or permanently) resolved, rather than focusing on the simmering fight the show sets up about Philip feeling emasculated and acting out/being cold to Elizabeth. Some ideas:
• little moments where they share private glances/inside jokes
• them just being very comfortable with each other; their lives must get very lonely at times, and the idea of them having each other against the world resonates with me
• arguments that resolve into affection
• Philip putting his foot in his mouth and Elizabeth rescuing him/being exasperated but laughing anyways
• Elizabeth teaching Philip something he isn’t good at yet
• A time Elizabeth caught Philip by surprise (in a little or big way), and/or Philip ended up genuinely respecting Elizabeth/her actions
• Smut, if you’re up for it! Some ideas: a happy romp at Treetops the night before she became Queen, or the way they finally resolved the kneeling fight (might it have involved sexy kneeling from Philip?), or just some good old-fashioned power-dynamic porn with Elizabeth wearing the crown. Or something involving Philip’s penchant for sleeping nude! (NB: while I’m totally okay with Philip taking the lead in bed, if that’s what you like, I’m not thrilled with the dynamic of the “get on your knees” exchange in the show, and would prefer nothing that ‘punishes’ Elizabeth for being a powerful woman or kinks on her meekly giving up power. Power-exchange/taking turns giving up power, otoh, could be hot. And Philip submitting to and/or serving Elizabeth in bed is entirely relevant to my interests.)
Besides Elizabeth and Philip, there are other stories in this fandom that I would love to see, if my Elizabeth/Philip prompts don’t work for you. Some ideas:
• I loved Elizabeth’s relationship with her father. He seemed absolutely lovely. I’d be quite interested in reading more about the two of them. Optionally, you could treat this show and The King’s Speech (2010) as a shared universe, as I love Firth’s George VI and the plot of that movie as well. Any canon-style story about the two of them would be really nice. Perhaps more of George trying to train/prepare Elizabeth for the crown? Or George on the day he first realizes this is really happening, he’s really going to have to be King, which means his little Elizabeth will have to succeed him some day? Or George the first time he realizes that Elizabeth will be an excellent Queen? And what did George think of the man his daughter fell in love with and chose to marry?
• What was going through Edward VIII’s head, watching his brother and then his niece on the throne that was once his? Did he keep thinking it was a good bargain to step down? Did he ever wish he hadn’t abdicated/regret choosing Wallis?
• I’d be interested in reading an AU in which Edward and Wallis were allowed to have a morganatic marriage and he stayed King. Elizabeth would still have eventually succeeded to the throne, but I think a lot of dynamics would have drastically changed. (For one thing, since Edward was much healthier than George, Elizabeth would have had much longer as Princess – in our world, Edward didn’t die until 1972, twenty years after Elizabeth became Queen.)
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Fandom: Inspector Alleyn Mysteries - Ngaio Marsh
Michael Lamprey, Martyn Tarne
My two favorite Inspector Alleyn mysteries are A Surfeit of Lampreys (US title: Death of a Peer) and Opening Night (US title: Night at the Vulcan). I adore the Lamprey family in A Surfeit of Lampreys, all the loud and crazy bustle of them, from Henry and Roberta all the way down to little Mike. And in Opening Night, I love little Mike all grown up and working for Alleyn. He makes a great apprentice/acolyte to Alleyn, and his charm is infectious. I’m so glad he ended up getting to live his dream!
This Yuletide, I’ve requested two characters from Opening Night, Mike Lamprey and Martyn Tarne. I’m also happy to have the rest of the Lampreys appear (along with Roberta Grey, who’s no doubt a Lamprey and the mother of Lampreys by this point), if you enjoy their company as much as I do. And I like Alleyn & Fox (in small doses), and I adore Troy.
What I am not a fan of is Martyn/Poole. She’s nineteen, he’s thirty-eight and in a position of complete power over her, and for the entirety of the book most people think he’s her father? That’s not a dynamic I enjoy. (Not knocking the folks who do!) Plus I don’t enjoy the ‘love at first sight, proposing marriage within three days’ thing. So Martyn/Poole is not for me.
On the other hand, if you ship Martyn & Mike, like I do, I would love to read about them falling in love at a more sedate pace. Mike’s attraction to Martyn is canon, if understated, and I would enjoy seeing how he might follow the acquaintance up (in an AU where Martyn/Poole wasn’t a thing). What happens to Martyn after the events of the book? Does the play continue? Does she become the talk/toast of the town due to her performance and due to the publicity brought on by the murder? How does Mike see her again? What do they connect over? Is Troy involved at all? (I don’t know how you’d manage that – I just love Troy, haha.)
If you don’t ship Martyn & Mike, I’d also be happy to read gen friendship fic for the two of them! Is there something suspicious going on at the scene of Martyn’s new play that Alleyn, Fox, and Mike have to investigate? Has Frid indeed become a successful actress, and becomes Martyn’s friend and brings her home for Christmas? Are Roberta and Martyn’s families distantly related? However you brought them together, I’d love to see what Martyn might make of the Lampreys, and Mike in particular, of course. (Again, please no Martyn/Poole, even if writing genfic for Martyn & Mike. I’m fine with Poole or any of the other characters from Opening Night appearing as Martyn’s friends, however.)
Oh! One more idea - I'd also be totally up for Martyn/Frid Lamprey, if actresses falling in love with each other are your thing. :) Feel free to background Mike if that's the way you go (though I'd still love to see him pop up once or twice).
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Fandom: Jeeves – P.G. Wodehouse
Honoria Glossop, Madeline Bassett
I absolutely adore the Jeeves books. I love Bertie’s narration, and Jeeves’ skill, and all the fabulous scrapes Bertie tumbles in and out of. But beyond Bertie & Jeeves, the Jeeves books also have two of my favourite minor characters in all of fiction, Madeline & Honoria, and I ship them mightily. They would fit so well together!
Athletic, intelligent Honoria is entirely my type. Described by Aunt Agatha as “strong, self-reliant, and sensible,” she has a penetrating, booming laugh, loves picture galleries and concerts, and both reads philosophy and writes books of her own.
And then there’s Madeline, idealistic and whimsical. She always reminds me a bit of Luna Lovegood. “Bountifully equipped with golden hair and all the fixings,” she is svelte and beautiful, and if Bertie has a horror of what he calls her “squashy soupiness,” others might just find her sweet. Her laugh is “tinkly, silvery,” and she reads romances and is a terribly romantic soul.
Together they make the perfect couple, and I want nothing more than to read about them! Whether you’re interested in how they fell in love, or in an adventure they have once they’re already in a relationship, or in double-dating fic with Bertie & Jeeves, I will love it all. Please no angst, infidelity, or unhappy endings.
Notes: * I’d be equally pleased by Wodehouse pastiche (including Bertie as a narrator) or with a different style/PoV entirely. Really, the sky’s the limit!
* Re Bertie & Jeeves – they can be around as much as you like, or completely absent, or somewhere in between. I like them, so feel free to include them, but they’re not essential elements.
* Same goes for Aunt Agatha and Aunt Dahlia, both of whom I adore.
Prompts:
• Bertie has got into another of his scrapes, and somehow this time it’s put out both Madeline and Honoria. (Perhaps he’s accidentally become engaged to both of them at the same time?) How do they react? Do they hatch a revenge scheme? Commiserate together? It's bonding time! (Whether Jeeves has a hand in pushing them together is up to you.)
• Madeline or Honoria has a problem and they borrow Jeeves to help out. (Suitor who won’t leave them alone? Father who is pushing for an engagement? Stolen jewelry? Inconvenient corpse?)
• Bertie is entirely oblivious and it takes him five months to realise that Madeline and Honoria are together.
• Madeline and Honoria have a non-Bertie&Jeeves adventure. Perhaps Honoria finds that she’s good at this solving-problems thing herself!
• Madeline becomes a famous romance novelist and Honoria becomes a private detective. Both of them are very good at their jobs and sometimes Madeline’s interesting way of looking at the world helps Honoria’s cases.
• Honoria and Madeline save Bertie’s bacon during one of his scrapes. How is up to you!
• Madeline and Honoria go hiking together – what happens?
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Fandom: Spy Kids (Movies)
Gregorio Cortez, Ingrid Cortez
I just love Spy Kids so much, especially the first movie, and Gregorio and Ingrid in particular. Tell me a story set during their courtship, with high derring do and spy things and the quiet moments together that make them know the other is The One. Give me identity porn and convoluted ways to manage to get together and have sex (because somehow I very much doubt they got engaged without establishing sexual compability first!) Does anyone in either of their countries guess? Are they the worst-kept secret in the espionage community? Or do they actually pull it off (they are the world’s best spies, after all) and surprise everyone when it turns out that they’re together? And how might their respective spy cultures and practices differ, anyway? (I am all for hilarious mixups and shenanigans where they have to flee death together, find out each other’s strengths and weaknesses, test their respective countries’ tech and training, and flirt outrageously along the way.)
Or tell me about the shenanigans that happen on their honeymoon, as they’re fleeing assassins and getting into firefights and blending into the background like they’re just normal tourists, and also taking every opportunity to snog (and more). Somehow I don’t think their honeymoon was a particularly quiet or peaceful event!
Or how about a story that’s set after the events of the first movie, as Ingrid and Gregorio adjust to their new reality with the kids now knowing who they are? Did their foray back into being active spies again reignite their sex life back to old heights? Did technology change in new and exciting ways and they have to learn it all to get back in the spy groove? What sort of missions are they now being sent on as a family unit? (And do they still get out for the occasional mission on their own, for old times’ sake?) Do they still have a few secrets from each other, just to spice up their lives and keep themselves sharp? Maybe they take turns setting up a challenge course/setting each other tasks to keep their spy skills lightning keen!
(But basically, anything that has Ingrid and Gregorio kicking butt and taking names together – and being awesome spies – would be great. I love them to no end.)
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Fandom: Doctor Who RPF
David Tennant, Michelle Gomez, Peter Capaldi, Jodie Whittaker
I’m only interested in gen fluff in this fandom. :) That includes anything more than a passing mention of real-life relationships (e.g., please no David/Georgia fic).
I also was a bit unsure of how to pick characters – in addition to the ones I’ve requested, I’m also very interested in Chris Eccleston, and Matt Smith and Alex Kingston too, so feel free to include them if you like. But I don’t need all of my requested characters in one fic! You have my permission to feel free to go with whichever character(s) my prompts suggest to you, even if that means you don’t include all of my requested characters. (Please do include at least one requested character, though. Or Chris, Chris is great!) So that could be Peter Capaldi stepping onto the TARDIS for the first time and feeling like he’s come home, or David Tennant and Matt Smith teasing each other during the filming of the 50th, or Jodie Whittaker and Michelle Gomez filming their first Doctor & Master episode together, or the whole kit and caboodle having a drink together after a (fictional) future reunion. (Does someone do karaoke?) Whether you’re writing about one character or a dozen, if you’re having fun with them, I will too. :D
Some other ideas:
• What’s it like to get that call, when you find out you’re going to be the Doctor/the Master/the Doctor’s wife?
• I love hearing about the fraternity of Doctors that seems to be in place (excepting Chris, who doesn’t really do Who anymore, although I’d certainly be up for reading about him making an exception). Matt singing the Who theme on Jodie’s phone, David and Matt always being there for Peter, the bad-knees-brought-on-by-too-much-running club, etc. – I love it all. I imagine them meeting up every once in a while for coffee/beer.
• How much does Matt tease David when he finds out he’s David’s daughter’s favorite Doctor?
• Jodie being congratulated and/or given tongue-in-cheek advice by any/all of the characters in the tagset. (The connection with Chris, who played Creon to her Antigone at the National, is one I’m personally fond of, and I’d love to see what sort of advice and/or congratulations he might give her, but really any of the tagset characters would be great.)
• The first time a new Doctor steps on board the TARDIS. Is it magical? Intimidating? Exhilarating?
• The jockeying for position/teasing/etc. that goes in during the filming of a multi-Doctor special. (Either the 50th anniversary or a made-up one during Jodie’s tenure.)
• Does David ever get fake-annoyed about the fact that of all the actors who’ve played the Doctor on New Who, he’s the only one who had to change his accent?
• Crossover with the show – what happens if the universes get scrambled and the Doctor really comes to call? (Perhaps a Galaxy Quest tone? Or played more straight.)
• Thanks to time travel, kid!Peter (or the teenage!Peter who was pestering the BBC execs) really does find out that he’ll be the Doctor some day. What’s his reaction?
• The complicated shenanigans process that is trying to steal souvenirs from the Who set! What does (your choice of character) take, or try to take?
Really though, any gen fluffy story with Whovian bonding will make me very happy. :)
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Fandom: Political RPF - US 21st c.
Hillary Clinton
Is it a thing to want fix-it fic for a real person? Because I do. I want a fantasy alternate universe, not this Orangetown Hatersville Corruptathon Incompetentland. I’m not interested in fic about our current reality. AU all the way, baby.
I’ve talked in past letters about my thoughts on Hillary. Here is my Yuletide 2016 letter (written before the election), and here is my FemslashEx letter, both of which should give you a clearer idea of me and Hillary. Spoiler: I love her.
Given the current climate, what I most want is lighthearted, sweet, earnest fic. I want to read about a nerdy Hillary who works hard to better the country and who fights for justice, while not losing sight of her pragmatism or the advisability of steady incremental progress. I’d love to read about Hillary as President, in an alternate universe where 2016 went differently. And if you’re up for shipfic, I’d really enjoy a fic where Hillary had a loving partner/wife who was devoted to her and would never cheat on her. (Please no Bill/Hillary shipfic; I have issues with him.)
[Note: If writing shipfic, please create an OC. (Basing her on somebody is fine, but I wouldn’t want Hillary/Huma, for example.) Feel free to give her any personality you like, as long as she’s head-over-heels in love with Hillary and their chemistry works! I like OCs. Oh, and I would prefer no large age gaps.]
Prompts:
• Hillary wins the fucking election. (Pardon my language.)
• In law school, Hillary falls in love with a woman instead of Bill, and they plan their life together. Hillary has such big dreams, and her girlfriend is behind her all the way.
• Instead of her career path diverting because of her marriage to Bill and his political success, Hillary doesn’t date/marry him, and her star never stops rocketing upward. It’s her who becomes President in 1992, not Bill. (Shipfic option: And her partner is by her side! Up to you whether they’re in the closet – perhaps her partner presents as her Chief of Staff or similar? – or whether you go a bit fantasy-land and have America be okay with a lesbian President.)
• Hillary has always been a very private person. During her Presidency she never talked about her private life, even when the media pushed. Now she’s retired and can do as she pleases, and the day equal marriage is handed down by the Supreme Court, she marries her long-time partner. (Or she marries her in the Rose Garden as soon as they can arrange it, with Obama there beaming happily.)
• President Hillary has known she was a lesbian for forever, but always had her eye on her career, never wanting to jeopardize it (and, let’s be real, never having the time). But now she finds herself unexpectedly falling in love…
• Hillary didn’t marry Bill, and she didn’t keep her relationship with her partner a secret. She’s been one of the foremost lesbian politicans in America all her life, a passionate Senator from Illinois, and now America is ready to embrace her. She defeats Trump in the 2016 election (maybe her wife is a computer science geek and the whole shitty emails thing never happened?), and takes her oath with her wife beaming by her side. (And yes, I would read a loving celebratory porn scene set on Hillary’s first night as President. I have no shame.)
• Hillary on Inauguration Day 2017. What is her first day in office like?
• Hillary on Election Night 2020 when Trump goes down and the first female President is elected. (I’m partial to Harris, Duckworth, and Warren, but you can choose your own if you like someone else.)
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Thank you so much for writing for me! I’m really looking forward to reading your fic. :)
AO3 name: triplesalto
General Likes: Competence, adventures, slow burn romance, first times, five-times fics, happy endings.
Smut Likes: laughter and banter leading to and/or during sex, sex that's fun as well as hot, sex between characters who really like each other, wooing/seduction, praise kink, fun sex roleplays, characters who chatter during sex, suit/tie/clothing kink, enthusiastic cunnilingus.
DNWs: unhappy endings, darkfic, bodily fluids, character death, infidelity, Republicans.
Fandoms: The Crown (TV), Inspector Alleyn Mysteries - Ngaio Marsh, Jeeves – P.G. Wodehouse, Spy Kids (Movies), Doctor Who RPF, Political RPF - US 21st c.
Fandom: The Crown (TV)
Elizabeth II, Philip Duke of Edinburgh
I love this show! I’ve always loved Elizabeth – I watched Helen Mirren’s portrayal of her in The Queen at a formative age - and while Matt Smith’s Philip annoys the heck out of me sometimes (get over yourself, Philip!), I do ship them mightily.
One thing I’d love to read about is how they fell in love. I was intrigued by the conversation between Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth after the wedding about how Princess Elizabeth set everyone on their heads by insisting on her love match with Philip. And of course there’s the war as a backdrop! I’ve always been a sucker for Elizabeth the War Mechanic (and for all of Elizabeth’s attempts to be normal-ish during this time period, like sneaking out on V-E Day with Margaret to experience the celebrations in the streets). And Philip did have shore leaves when he wasn’t off bravely fighting and getting mentioned in despatches. So falling-in-love fic set during the late-war time period would be right up my street! (I note late-war because although I know Elizabeth started having a crush on Philip when she was 13, I’d prefer a fic set later. I believe Philip started to return her affections when she was 17, and I’m more comfortable with that.) What was it like to woo a princess? (Or was it the other way around?) What was their first kiss like? How did Elizabeth break it to her parents that she wasn’t interested in Porchey et al., but in the handsome penniless homeless foreigner Philip? Did they ever escape out into London together and try to be incognito, just a young Naval officer on shore leave with his girl?
I’d also love fic set during Season 1! I’d prefer to read about happy moments, or a time where they had mutual respect for each other, or a time where their dramatic tension was (temporarily or permanently) resolved, rather than focusing on the simmering fight the show sets up about Philip feeling emasculated and acting out/being cold to Elizabeth. Some ideas:
• little moments where they share private glances/inside jokes
• them just being very comfortable with each other; their lives must get very lonely at times, and the idea of them having each other against the world resonates with me
• arguments that resolve into affection
• Philip putting his foot in his mouth and Elizabeth rescuing him/being exasperated but laughing anyways
• Elizabeth teaching Philip something he isn’t good at yet
• A time Elizabeth caught Philip by surprise (in a little or big way), and/or Philip ended up genuinely respecting Elizabeth/her actions
• Smut, if you’re up for it! Some ideas: a happy romp at Treetops the night before she became Queen, or the way they finally resolved the kneeling fight (might it have involved sexy kneeling from Philip?), or just some good old-fashioned power-dynamic porn with Elizabeth wearing the crown. Or something involving Philip’s penchant for sleeping nude! (NB: while I’m totally okay with Philip taking the lead in bed, if that’s what you like, I’m not thrilled with the dynamic of the “get on your knees” exchange in the show, and would prefer nothing that ‘punishes’ Elizabeth for being a powerful woman or kinks on her meekly giving up power. Power-exchange/taking turns giving up power, otoh, could be hot. And Philip submitting to and/or serving Elizabeth in bed is entirely relevant to my interests.)
Besides Elizabeth and Philip, there are other stories in this fandom that I would love to see, if my Elizabeth/Philip prompts don’t work for you. Some ideas:
• I loved Elizabeth’s relationship with her father. He seemed absolutely lovely. I’d be quite interested in reading more about the two of them. Optionally, you could treat this show and The King’s Speech (2010) as a shared universe, as I love Firth’s George VI and the plot of that movie as well. Any canon-style story about the two of them would be really nice. Perhaps more of George trying to train/prepare Elizabeth for the crown? Or George on the day he first realizes this is really happening, he’s really going to have to be King, which means his little Elizabeth will have to succeed him some day? Or George the first time he realizes that Elizabeth will be an excellent Queen? And what did George think of the man his daughter fell in love with and chose to marry?
• What was going through Edward VIII’s head, watching his brother and then his niece on the throne that was once his? Did he keep thinking it was a good bargain to step down? Did he ever wish he hadn’t abdicated/regret choosing Wallis?
• I’d be interested in reading an AU in which Edward and Wallis were allowed to have a morganatic marriage and he stayed King. Elizabeth would still have eventually succeeded to the throne, but I think a lot of dynamics would have drastically changed. (For one thing, since Edward was much healthier than George, Elizabeth would have had much longer as Princess – in our world, Edward didn’t die until 1972, twenty years after Elizabeth became Queen.)
Fandom: Inspector Alleyn Mysteries - Ngaio Marsh
Michael Lamprey, Martyn Tarne
My two favorite Inspector Alleyn mysteries are A Surfeit of Lampreys (US title: Death of a Peer) and Opening Night (US title: Night at the Vulcan). I adore the Lamprey family in A Surfeit of Lampreys, all the loud and crazy bustle of them, from Henry and Roberta all the way down to little Mike. And in Opening Night, I love little Mike all grown up and working for Alleyn. He makes a great apprentice/acolyte to Alleyn, and his charm is infectious. I’m so glad he ended up getting to live his dream!
This Yuletide, I’ve requested two characters from Opening Night, Mike Lamprey and Martyn Tarne. I’m also happy to have the rest of the Lampreys appear (along with Roberta Grey, who’s no doubt a Lamprey and the mother of Lampreys by this point), if you enjoy their company as much as I do. And I like Alleyn & Fox (in small doses), and I adore Troy.
What I am not a fan of is Martyn/Poole. She’s nineteen, he’s thirty-eight and in a position of complete power over her, and for the entirety of the book most people think he’s her father? That’s not a dynamic I enjoy. (Not knocking the folks who do!) Plus I don’t enjoy the ‘love at first sight, proposing marriage within three days’ thing. So Martyn/Poole is not for me.
On the other hand, if you ship Martyn & Mike, like I do, I would love to read about them falling in love at a more sedate pace. Mike’s attraction to Martyn is canon, if understated, and I would enjoy seeing how he might follow the acquaintance up (in an AU where Martyn/Poole wasn’t a thing). What happens to Martyn after the events of the book? Does the play continue? Does she become the talk/toast of the town due to her performance and due to the publicity brought on by the murder? How does Mike see her again? What do they connect over? Is Troy involved at all? (I don’t know how you’d manage that – I just love Troy, haha.)
If you don’t ship Martyn & Mike, I’d also be happy to read gen friendship fic for the two of them! Is there something suspicious going on at the scene of Martyn’s new play that Alleyn, Fox, and Mike have to investigate? Has Frid indeed become a successful actress, and becomes Martyn’s friend and brings her home for Christmas? Are Roberta and Martyn’s families distantly related? However you brought them together, I’d love to see what Martyn might make of the Lampreys, and Mike in particular, of course. (Again, please no Martyn/Poole, even if writing genfic for Martyn & Mike. I’m fine with Poole or any of the other characters from Opening Night appearing as Martyn’s friends, however.)
Oh! One more idea - I'd also be totally up for Martyn/Frid Lamprey, if actresses falling in love with each other are your thing. :) Feel free to background Mike if that's the way you go (though I'd still love to see him pop up once or twice).
Fandom: Jeeves – P.G. Wodehouse
Honoria Glossop, Madeline Bassett
I absolutely adore the Jeeves books. I love Bertie’s narration, and Jeeves’ skill, and all the fabulous scrapes Bertie tumbles in and out of. But beyond Bertie & Jeeves, the Jeeves books also have two of my favourite minor characters in all of fiction, Madeline & Honoria, and I ship them mightily. They would fit so well together!
Athletic, intelligent Honoria is entirely my type. Described by Aunt Agatha as “strong, self-reliant, and sensible,” she has a penetrating, booming laugh, loves picture galleries and concerts, and both reads philosophy and writes books of her own.
And then there’s Madeline, idealistic and whimsical. She always reminds me a bit of Luna Lovegood. “Bountifully equipped with golden hair and all the fixings,” she is svelte and beautiful, and if Bertie has a horror of what he calls her “squashy soupiness,” others might just find her sweet. Her laugh is “tinkly, silvery,” and she reads romances and is a terribly romantic soul.
Together they make the perfect couple, and I want nothing more than to read about them! Whether you’re interested in how they fell in love, or in an adventure they have once they’re already in a relationship, or in double-dating fic with Bertie & Jeeves, I will love it all. Please no angst, infidelity, or unhappy endings.
Notes: * I’d be equally pleased by Wodehouse pastiche (including Bertie as a narrator) or with a different style/PoV entirely. Really, the sky’s the limit!
* Re Bertie & Jeeves – they can be around as much as you like, or completely absent, or somewhere in between. I like them, so feel free to include them, but they’re not essential elements.
* Same goes for Aunt Agatha and Aunt Dahlia, both of whom I adore.
Prompts:
• Bertie has got into another of his scrapes, and somehow this time it’s put out both Madeline and Honoria. (Perhaps he’s accidentally become engaged to both of them at the same time?) How do they react? Do they hatch a revenge scheme? Commiserate together? It's bonding time! (Whether Jeeves has a hand in pushing them together is up to you.)
• Madeline or Honoria has a problem and they borrow Jeeves to help out. (Suitor who won’t leave them alone? Father who is pushing for an engagement? Stolen jewelry? Inconvenient corpse?)
• Bertie is entirely oblivious and it takes him five months to realise that Madeline and Honoria are together.
• Madeline and Honoria have a non-Bertie&Jeeves adventure. Perhaps Honoria finds that she’s good at this solving-problems thing herself!
• Madeline becomes a famous romance novelist and Honoria becomes a private detective. Both of them are very good at their jobs and sometimes Madeline’s interesting way of looking at the world helps Honoria’s cases.
• Honoria and Madeline save Bertie’s bacon during one of his scrapes. How is up to you!
• Madeline and Honoria go hiking together – what happens?
Fandom: Spy Kids (Movies)
Gregorio Cortez, Ingrid Cortez
I just love Spy Kids so much, especially the first movie, and Gregorio and Ingrid in particular. Tell me a story set during their courtship, with high derring do and spy things and the quiet moments together that make them know the other is The One. Give me identity porn and convoluted ways to manage to get together and have sex (because somehow I very much doubt they got engaged without establishing sexual compability first!) Does anyone in either of their countries guess? Are they the worst-kept secret in the espionage community? Or do they actually pull it off (they are the world’s best spies, after all) and surprise everyone when it turns out that they’re together? And how might their respective spy cultures and practices differ, anyway? (I am all for hilarious mixups and shenanigans where they have to flee death together, find out each other’s strengths and weaknesses, test their respective countries’ tech and training, and flirt outrageously along the way.)
Or tell me about the shenanigans that happen on their honeymoon, as they’re fleeing assassins and getting into firefights and blending into the background like they’re just normal tourists, and also taking every opportunity to snog (and more). Somehow I don’t think their honeymoon was a particularly quiet or peaceful event!
Or how about a story that’s set after the events of the first movie, as Ingrid and Gregorio adjust to their new reality with the kids now knowing who they are? Did their foray back into being active spies again reignite their sex life back to old heights? Did technology change in new and exciting ways and they have to learn it all to get back in the spy groove? What sort of missions are they now being sent on as a family unit? (And do they still get out for the occasional mission on their own, for old times’ sake?) Do they still have a few secrets from each other, just to spice up their lives and keep themselves sharp? Maybe they take turns setting up a challenge course/setting each other tasks to keep their spy skills lightning keen!
(But basically, anything that has Ingrid and Gregorio kicking butt and taking names together – and being awesome spies – would be great. I love them to no end.)
Fandom: Doctor Who RPF
David Tennant, Michelle Gomez, Peter Capaldi, Jodie Whittaker
I’m only interested in gen fluff in this fandom. :) That includes anything more than a passing mention of real-life relationships (e.g., please no David/Georgia fic).
I also was a bit unsure of how to pick characters – in addition to the ones I’ve requested, I’m also very interested in Chris Eccleston, and Matt Smith and Alex Kingston too, so feel free to include them if you like. But I don’t need all of my requested characters in one fic! You have my permission to feel free to go with whichever character(s) my prompts suggest to you, even if that means you don’t include all of my requested characters. (Please do include at least one requested character, though. Or Chris, Chris is great!) So that could be Peter Capaldi stepping onto the TARDIS for the first time and feeling like he’s come home, or David Tennant and Matt Smith teasing each other during the filming of the 50th, or Jodie Whittaker and Michelle Gomez filming their first Doctor & Master episode together, or the whole kit and caboodle having a drink together after a (fictional) future reunion. (Does someone do karaoke?) Whether you’re writing about one character or a dozen, if you’re having fun with them, I will too. :D
Some other ideas:
• What’s it like to get that call, when you find out you’re going to be the Doctor/the Master/the Doctor’s wife?
• I love hearing about the fraternity of Doctors that seems to be in place (excepting Chris, who doesn’t really do Who anymore, although I’d certainly be up for reading about him making an exception). Matt singing the Who theme on Jodie’s phone, David and Matt always being there for Peter, the bad-knees-brought-on-by-too-much-running club, etc. – I love it all. I imagine them meeting up every once in a while for coffee/beer.
• How much does Matt tease David when he finds out he’s David’s daughter’s favorite Doctor?
• Jodie being congratulated and/or given tongue-in-cheek advice by any/all of the characters in the tagset. (The connection with Chris, who played Creon to her Antigone at the National, is one I’m personally fond of, and I’d love to see what sort of advice and/or congratulations he might give her, but really any of the tagset characters would be great.)
• The first time a new Doctor steps on board the TARDIS. Is it magical? Intimidating? Exhilarating?
• The jockeying for position/teasing/etc. that goes in during the filming of a multi-Doctor special. (Either the 50th anniversary or a made-up one during Jodie’s tenure.)
• Does David ever get fake-annoyed about the fact that of all the actors who’ve played the Doctor on New Who, he’s the only one who had to change his accent?
• Crossover with the show – what happens if the universes get scrambled and the Doctor really comes to call? (Perhaps a Galaxy Quest tone? Or played more straight.)
• Thanks to time travel, kid!Peter (or the teenage!Peter who was pestering the BBC execs) really does find out that he’ll be the Doctor some day. What’s his reaction?
• The complicated shenanigans process that is trying to steal souvenirs from the Who set! What does (your choice of character) take, or try to take?
Really though, any gen fluffy story with Whovian bonding will make me very happy. :)
Fandom: Political RPF - US 21st c.
Hillary Clinton
Is it a thing to want fix-it fic for a real person? Because I do. I want a fantasy alternate universe, not this Orangetown Hatersville Corruptathon Incompetentland. I’m not interested in fic about our current reality. AU all the way, baby.
I’ve talked in past letters about my thoughts on Hillary. Here is my Yuletide 2016 letter (written before the election), and here is my FemslashEx letter, both of which should give you a clearer idea of me and Hillary. Spoiler: I love her.
Given the current climate, what I most want is lighthearted, sweet, earnest fic. I want to read about a nerdy Hillary who works hard to better the country and who fights for justice, while not losing sight of her pragmatism or the advisability of steady incremental progress. I’d love to read about Hillary as President, in an alternate universe where 2016 went differently. And if you’re up for shipfic, I’d really enjoy a fic where Hillary had a loving partner/wife who was devoted to her and would never cheat on her. (Please no Bill/Hillary shipfic; I have issues with him.)
[Note: If writing shipfic, please create an OC. (Basing her on somebody is fine, but I wouldn’t want Hillary/Huma, for example.) Feel free to give her any personality you like, as long as she’s head-over-heels in love with Hillary and their chemistry works! I like OCs. Oh, and I would prefer no large age gaps.]
Prompts:
• Hillary wins the fucking election. (Pardon my language.)
• In law school, Hillary falls in love with a woman instead of Bill, and they plan their life together. Hillary has such big dreams, and her girlfriend is behind her all the way.
• Instead of her career path diverting because of her marriage to Bill and his political success, Hillary doesn’t date/marry him, and her star never stops rocketing upward. It’s her who becomes President in 1992, not Bill. (Shipfic option: And her partner is by her side! Up to you whether they’re in the closet – perhaps her partner presents as her Chief of Staff or similar? – or whether you go a bit fantasy-land and have America be okay with a lesbian President.)
• Hillary has always been a very private person. During her Presidency she never talked about her private life, even when the media pushed. Now she’s retired and can do as she pleases, and the day equal marriage is handed down by the Supreme Court, she marries her long-time partner. (Or she marries her in the Rose Garden as soon as they can arrange it, with Obama there beaming happily.)
• President Hillary has known she was a lesbian for forever, but always had her eye on her career, never wanting to jeopardize it (and, let’s be real, never having the time). But now she finds herself unexpectedly falling in love…
• Hillary didn’t marry Bill, and she didn’t keep her relationship with her partner a secret. She’s been one of the foremost lesbian politicans in America all her life, a passionate Senator from Illinois, and now America is ready to embrace her. She defeats Trump in the 2016 election (maybe her wife is a computer science geek and the whole shitty emails thing never happened?), and takes her oath with her wife beaming by her side. (And yes, I would read a loving celebratory porn scene set on Hillary’s first night as President. I have no shame.)
• Hillary on Inauguration Day 2017. What is her first day in office like?
• Hillary on Election Night 2020 when Trump goes down and the first female President is elected. (I’m partial to Harris, Duckworth, and Warren, but you can choose your own if you like someone else.)
Thank you so much for writing for me! I’m really looking forward to reading your fic. :)
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