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Yuletide 2025
Sep. 28th, 2025 12:08 pmHello Yulewriter! I'm so excited you're writing for me, and I will love anything you write. Please feel free to use anything in my requests or this letter as inspiration, or alternately feel free to ignore everything but the DNWs and follow your heart! (Optional details are optional!) I will be genuinely thrilled to get absolutely anything for any of these canons.
I requested these fandoms because I adore canon and if you want to stick to before/during/after canon I will love it. I'm also a fan of AUs (space pirates is always a go), tropes (Fake dating! There's Only One Bed!), crossovers or fusions with other fandoms I've requested/written/bookmarked, etc. I haven't included any AU-specific prompts, but please take this as blanket permission to go AU for any of my requested fandoms if you'd like. If you're thinking about writing something and it's not in my DNWs, please feel free to give it a try!
Treats are welcome and I have gifts turned on. I'm also whetherwoman on AO3.
General DNWs:
Caveats to the DNWs:
Fandom specific requests:
True Pretenses - Ash Cohen, Lydia Reeve
I love these grifters in love. My favorite thing about Lydia and Ash is how they both notice the many layers of lies going on, and build on each others' lies without needing to talk about it. Some of my favorite moments are when they both notice how calculating Mary Luff is being and approve of it, or when Ash tries to deflect Lydia's questions by talking about sex and she's both turned on exactly like he planned but also aware that he's deflecting and why. I love how they notice each other, how they're constantly aware of what the other needs and what they're deflecting away from. I love their sex life - how they enjoy PIV sex, but as one of many ways to have sex, how they roleplay or have little competitions. I love how they both love babies and children but are both absolutely certain they do not want bio kids.
I'd love to see them grifting together after the book. Either in Lively St. Lemeston for charity and the greater good, or taking a little vacation together like Ash imagined in some port town, pretending to be other people for a month just because it's fun to lie. If you're interested in writing sex, I'd love to see more of their sex life as they get to know each other better. They're so playful, I can imagine them having so much fun with roleplay, toys, sensation play, or any sort of challenge or competition in bed.
If you'd like to explore Ash's relationship with Judaism and his Jewish heritage, I'm cautiously interested. If you feel confident in writing about Jewish identity during this time period in England or can get a sensitivity beta, please feel free to go for it. If not, I'd rather you completely ignore Ash's Judaism and just focus on other things in the fic. I like that Ash feels secure in his Jewish identity no matter what actions he takes - that not keeping kosher or going to church doesn't affect how he sees himself as a Jew, that he doesn't need to keep Shabbat to feel kinship with other Jews. I could see him having some interesting internal conflicts if Lydia wants to support Jewish philanthropic efforts, that he'd be helping other Jews but as Ashford Cahill, an outsider, or of course that he'd be afraid that standing next to other Jews would make him look more Jewish and expose his identity.
Fandom-specific DNW:
My Lady General - Wei Lin, Jiang Juan
I fell into watching this just a few weeks ago and am captivated. I love that Wei Lin is both highly competent and an utter dumbass. I love that she can pick up Jiang Juan in a princess carry. I love how Jiang Juan falls absolutely ass over teakettle for her, and how he supports and bolsters her weaknesses without that ever making him think any less of her.
(If you're not familiar with this show but find it intriguing, the whole thing is in one three hour video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HhB4ADvzMM With the caveat that the background music is cut which makes the sound kind of weird at some points.)
Sexy prompts: femdom Wei Lin obviously. I love that Jiang Juan clearly knows what he's asking for and Wei Lin clearly doesn't - experienced sub/inexperienced dom is one of my all time favorite dynamics. I'd love to see how their canon dynamic where Jiang Juan goads and guides her but makes sure she still has the upper hand shows up in sex. I think it's hilarious that she's made it this long in the military without understanding innuendo in the least, and can only imagine how carefully Jiang Juan would have to explain the mechanics of sex and pleasure to her. I'm sure she'd catch on quickly though!
I'd also enjoy Wei Lin/Jiang Juan/Prince Yue - I love the squabbling between Jiang Juan and Prince Yue and I'm pretty sure Jiang Juan blatantly came on to him??
Non sexy prompts: swordfighting! What does sparring together look like when Jiang Juan isn't holding back? Or outsider POV of their relationship - what shenanigans might Jiang Qiqi and Li Qi get up to while trying to support and/or prevent Wei Lin and Jiang Juan's shenanigans?
Running Close to the Wind - Teveri az-Haffar
This book made me laugh out loud and broke my streak of not being able to read anything other than AO3. I love the silliness, and the worldbuilding, and the underlying deep anger at injustice and love for everyone being their best self.
Everything about Tev's backstory makes me v i b r a t e, anything you wanted to write about that would be amazing. Or future fic - when Tev becomes legendary and isn't just hungry for fame any more, what's that like, how do they adjust?
More on Tev's relationship with Avra? god they're so fucked up, I love them so much. I love the implication that they've never had good sex - I would read all the fic about people who love each other so much having mediocre-to-bad sex. Does Tev also think they have bad sex or is that just an Avra thing? We know Avra thinks Tev's incandescent, but what drew Tev to Avra and why do they keep coming back? From Tev's perspective, the most annoying man in the world has been blindingly in love with them for fifteen years - how do you even DEAL with that?
I'd also enjoy Tev/Avra/Julian if you want to write that. I would never pass up smut right after the book ends. Julian's perspective on all the weirdness that is Avra/Tev? Does Julian ever help them figure out that third act of sex? I absolutely adore how any two of them interact, and how any two of them see the other one.
I requested these fandoms because I adore canon and if you want to stick to before/during/after canon I will love it. I'm also a fan of AUs (space pirates is always a go), tropes (Fake dating! There's Only One Bed!), crossovers or fusions with other fandoms I've requested/written/bookmarked, etc. I haven't included any AU-specific prompts, but please take this as blanket permission to go AU for any of my requested fandoms if you'd like. If you're thinking about writing something and it's not in my DNWs, please feel free to give it a try!
Treats are welcome and I have gifts turned on. I'm also whetherwoman on AO3.
General DNWs:
- Female characters getting pregnant, wanting to be pregnant, or trying to get pregnant as part of the fic.
- Infidelity, lying about a sexual or romantic relationship to a partner, hiding a sexual or romantic relationship from a partner.
- Fic focused on Christian holidays.
- High school AUs.
- Sexual acts involving a character under age 18.
- Physical harm or risk of physical harm to characters under age 12.
- Noncon - sexual acts that a character is certain they don't want.
Caveats to the DNWs:
- Mpreg is welcome, as is trans male pregnancy. I don't want fic about Tev being pregnant but side nonbinary characters pregnancy is fine.
- Consensual nonmonogamy is welcome.
- I'm fine with and would enjoy a wide variety of dubcon, including consent play in a kink context, consent negotiation offpage, consent negotiation isn't as comprehensive as it should be, a character choosing to participate in sex acts they don't enjoy but their partner does, a character trying a sex act and discovering they don't like it, a character's ability/agency to choose is questionable, outside pressures "forcing" characters to have sex but they're into it, etc.
Fandom specific requests:
True Pretenses - Ash Cohen, Lydia Reeve
I love these grifters in love. My favorite thing about Lydia and Ash is how they both notice the many layers of lies going on, and build on each others' lies without needing to talk about it. Some of my favorite moments are when they both notice how calculating Mary Luff is being and approve of it, or when Ash tries to deflect Lydia's questions by talking about sex and she's both turned on exactly like he planned but also aware that he's deflecting and why. I love how they notice each other, how they're constantly aware of what the other needs and what they're deflecting away from. I love their sex life - how they enjoy PIV sex, but as one of many ways to have sex, how they roleplay or have little competitions. I love how they both love babies and children but are both absolutely certain they do not want bio kids.
I'd love to see them grifting together after the book. Either in Lively St. Lemeston for charity and the greater good, or taking a little vacation together like Ash imagined in some port town, pretending to be other people for a month just because it's fun to lie. If you're interested in writing sex, I'd love to see more of their sex life as they get to know each other better. They're so playful, I can imagine them having so much fun with roleplay, toys, sensation play, or any sort of challenge or competition in bed.
If you'd like to explore Ash's relationship with Judaism and his Jewish heritage, I'm cautiously interested. If you feel confident in writing about Jewish identity during this time period in England or can get a sensitivity beta, please feel free to go for it. If not, I'd rather you completely ignore Ash's Judaism and just focus on other things in the fic. I like that Ash feels secure in his Jewish identity no matter what actions he takes - that not keeping kosher or going to church doesn't affect how he sees himself as a Jew, that he doesn't need to keep Shabbat to feel kinship with other Jews. I could see him having some interesting internal conflicts if Lydia wants to support Jewish philanthropic efforts, that he'd be helping other Jews but as Ashford Cahill, an outsider, or of course that he'd be afraid that standing next to other Jews would make him look more Jewish and expose his identity.
Fandom-specific DNW:
- Either Ash or Lydia changing their mind about wanting to have kids.
- Ash participating in Christian traditions as a primary focus of the fic. Ash casually going to church is fine (and I love how this is handled in canon); focusing the whole fic on how Ash feels while he's in church is not.
My Lady General - Wei Lin, Jiang Juan
I fell into watching this just a few weeks ago and am captivated. I love that Wei Lin is both highly competent and an utter dumbass. I love that she can pick up Jiang Juan in a princess carry. I love how Jiang Juan falls absolutely ass over teakettle for her, and how he supports and bolsters her weaknesses without that ever making him think any less of her.
(If you're not familiar with this show but find it intriguing, the whole thing is in one three hour video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HhB4ADvzMM With the caveat that the background music is cut which makes the sound kind of weird at some points.)
Sexy prompts: femdom Wei Lin obviously. I love that Jiang Juan clearly knows what he's asking for and Wei Lin clearly doesn't - experienced sub/inexperienced dom is one of my all time favorite dynamics. I'd love to see how their canon dynamic where Jiang Juan goads and guides her but makes sure she still has the upper hand shows up in sex. I think it's hilarious that she's made it this long in the military without understanding innuendo in the least, and can only imagine how carefully Jiang Juan would have to explain the mechanics of sex and pleasure to her. I'm sure she'd catch on quickly though!
I'd also enjoy Wei Lin/Jiang Juan/Prince Yue - I love the squabbling between Jiang Juan and Prince Yue and I'm pretty sure Jiang Juan blatantly came on to him??
Non sexy prompts: swordfighting! What does sparring together look like when Jiang Juan isn't holding back? Or outsider POV of their relationship - what shenanigans might Jiang Qiqi and Li Qi get up to while trying to support and/or prevent Wei Lin and Jiang Juan's shenanigans?
Running Close to the Wind - Teveri az-Haffar
This book made me laugh out loud and broke my streak of not being able to read anything other than AO3. I love the silliness, and the worldbuilding, and the underlying deep anger at injustice and love for everyone being their best self.
Everything about Tev's backstory makes me v i b r a t e, anything you wanted to write about that would be amazing. Or future fic - when Tev becomes legendary and isn't just hungry for fame any more, what's that like, how do they adjust?
More on Tev's relationship with Avra? god they're so fucked up, I love them so much. I love the implication that they've never had good sex - I would read all the fic about people who love each other so much having mediocre-to-bad sex. Does Tev also think they have bad sex or is that just an Avra thing? We know Avra thinks Tev's incandescent, but what drew Tev to Avra and why do they keep coming back? From Tev's perspective, the most annoying man in the world has been blindingly in love with them for fifteen years - how do you even DEAL with that?
I'd also enjoy Tev/Avra/Julian if you want to write that. I would never pass up smut right after the book ends. Julian's perspective on all the weirdness that is Avra/Tev? Does Julian ever help them figure out that third act of sex? I absolutely adore how any two of them interact, and how any two of them see the other one.
