Yuletide II!
Dear Yuletide Santa,
As my requests may rather have given you the impression, I'm something of a slash-hound ^_^ Which is not to say that I don't love a good gen fic (though I'm not a fan of het, generally), or that I particularly want an explicit sex scene anywhere. I'm just as happy to get pre-slash, post-slash, one-sided-and-unrequited-slash, and general homosociality of the Boy's Own Paper kind. I'm generally pretty easy to please.
I'm going to throw out a list of things that I'm generally pretty fond of in fics, and a list of things that I'm generally not so fond of, but please don't think of them as binding - if you've got a great idea that's totally different from my likes, do it! If you've got a great idea that encompasses one of my dislikes - convince me I'm wrong!
Likes:
- pastiches of the style of the books, if they're well done.
- stories that are *completely different* from the style of the books, if they're well done.
- AUs, missing scenes, character-pieces and what ifs.
- intense friendships
- unhealthily intense friendships ^_^
- strong sense of place and time
- intelligent characters, especially unexpectedly intelligent ones. Though I'm not sure this extends as far as Bunny.
- unspoken loyalty
- sex: sex in unusual places, multiple partners, sex 'n' ties, fun-and-established-couple-y, angsty-and-slightly-twisted, more-than-willing or willing-to-be-persuaded.
Dislikes:
- broad humour. I love leavening the tone of a fic with a good sprinkling of wit, but I'm not a fan of comedy from beginning to end.
- mpreg, gender swap, and similar OOC shenanigans.
- unremitting angst, gratuitous character death etc.
- character bashing.
- sex: explicit non-con, tooth-rotting schmoop.
And a few fandom specific notes - again, no strings attached, there's no need at all to follow them ^_^
RAFFLES - I'm convinced E.W. Hornung intended Raffles and Bunny to be More Than Friends, Victorian era be damned. I love Bunny's desperate hero-worship, and Raffles' desperate need for Bunny to worship him. I love examinations of why they're friends and what that means to each of them. I love wondering why Bunny's description of bound-and-tortured Raffles at the end of 'The Last Laugh' is in quite such loving detail.
GIMLET - well, anything's good here really. There being no fic at all for this fandom. If it's at all possible, I'd love a Gimlet + Bertie Lissie fic, maybe even slash if you can bring yourself to do it, and maybe something a little on the dark side. After all, Bertie *does* take an unhealthy pleasure in throwing high explosives at people, and Gimlet *does* tend to blow up troop-trains at the drop of a hat. Something combining their silly-ass upper-class Oxford-educated toff-ness with their cold-as-steel-underneath-ness would be amazing.
ERAST FANDORIN - again, some slash if at all possible would be lovely, as Erast Petrovich is *infinitely* slashable, especially in the first book. Either Brilling/Fandorin (hero-worship-y with dark undertones) or Zurov/Fandorin (reckless and fun, unless it's soon after Erast's fiancee died, in which case I guess WHOA ANGST would be nearer the mark) would be wonderful. Missing scenes (if you can shoe-horn them somewhere into the continuity) or AU (to avoid annoying slash-disrupting character deaths) would be great.
So - hope some of those proved useful! If not, feel free to ignore - I'm going to be happy with whatever present I get come Christmas Day ^_^
love,
me.