Dear Yuletide Author

[evandar]

Dear Author,

Thank you so much for signing up and for creating fic for this fest. I'm really looking forward to reading what you come up with, and I'm sure that I'll absolutely love it.



General Dislikes

- Rape/non-con
- Gaslighting
- Abuse of any kind
- Self-harm & suicide
- Gangster/High School/University/ABO/Band AU's

General Likes

- Domestic fic
- Character introspectives
- Hurt/comfort
- Canon AUs and fix-it fic
- Established or secret relationships


Fandom Specifics: -

The Babadook
The Bababook

I'd love something set post-movie. We know that the Bababook survived, but what does he think about his situation? Does he resent Amelia and Samuel or does he grow fond of them? Does he make demands for food other than bugs? Does he escape? Does he make a new book for himself and convince Amelia to send him to someone, or does he make his own way out?

If you can't tell, I'd love some character introspection here, or some hurt/comfort. References to previous victims and any bloody fantasies he might have are more than welcome.


Dracula - Bram Stoker
Dracula, Jonathan Harker

I ship these two so hard. I re-read this book recently, and I was struck by just how intimate Jonathan's experiences in Dracula's castle were. That...may be slightly biased by a paper I had to read for uni that said that Dracula 'imported Englishmen for pleasure'. Take from that what you will. Anyway, I'd love to see more of their interactions during Jonathan's time in Transylvania. Or maybe a kind of fix-it fic set after the novel where Dracula returns - or maybe an AU where he won. Either way, I'd love to see a consenting Jonathan and a slashy expansion of their relationship.

Havemercy - Jaida Jones & Danielle Bennet
Alcibiades, Caius Greylace

I suppose I'm pretty predictable in that I ship the hell out of Alcibiades and Caius, and I'd love absolutely anything about their relationship (whether slash or pre-slash or just the canonical flirting/what-the-fuck-is-this-guy-doing-and-why). If you want to make this a buddy!fic, though, then I fully support that. I'd love to see something that has Alcibiades grow to respect Caius instead of thinking he's completely mad/highly dangerous - so something set during or after the book would be amazing.

I'd also like to see something where they're already together instead of a get-together fic. Do they keep it a secret or are they fairly open about it? What does Alcibiades think of Caius' very public flirting if they're keeping things quiet - does it become a form of foreplay for them?

It (2017)
Pennywise

Post-movie hurt/comfort for the murder!clown please! Seriously, an insight into his recuperation following the end of the film would be amazing. I'd also love to hear about his previous feeding cycles, his thoughts on what went wrong with this one, his thoughts about how Derry has grown around him and how it's under his control.

Just...anything, really.

Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
Karatsu Kuro, Sasayama Tooru, Numata Makoto, Yata Yuji

So this is probably weird, but I ship Sasayama/Karatsu. I realise that this is an unusual pairing, but I love their chemistry and I'd love to see that take a romantic turn somehow. If it's too weird for you, then just something with the two of them working together - snarking at each other and playing off each other would be fantastic. If you do go for a ship-fic, though, then something with them being already established would be perfect. What do their dates look like?

I also ship Numata/Yata, but I also adore them as friends and I will fully accept buddy!fic. They seem to be the closest of the Kurosagi team - do any of the others realise that they've hooked up?

Regardless of who you write about for this fandom, something slice-of-life or behind the scenes for them would be incredible. My favourite parts of this manga are the bits where they deal with post-university unemployment and how shitty life can be which is probably very telling inbetween cases. So, instead of case-fic, maybe life-fic?

And that's it.

Oh! If you'd be up to writing a potential crossover then, not going to lie, I would be 100% up for a Babadook/IT crossover featuring Pennywise/Babadook. For some reason, this internet-spawned hell-pairing has completely captured my imagination and I would love, love, love to receive fic of it. It can be anything you like: how they met, random date starring kiddie!murder, a reunion following the events of either/both of their respective films. Honestly, I would read the hell out of anything for these two.

And now that that admission is over, this really is the end of the letter, except for one final note: if none of my prompts have inspired you, don't worry about it! Write anything you like for these fandoms, with any assortment of collected characters and - so long as you don't hit any of my DNWs, I'm sure that I'll love it.

Thank you again, dear Yuletide author. I can't wait to read what you create for me.