Dear Yuletide Author

[lacksley]

(complete as of 10/22/2021)

lacksley

Hello dear author! Thanks for offering one or more of my fandoms. Below are lists of my general likes and Do Not Wants, but I also wanted to note a couple things.

I ask a lot of questions in my prompts, but this is not a school essay; you don’t have to answer them! The questions I pose are just thoughts I have about canon or character interactions, a guide for what I might want to see in a work or how you can think about what you want to create.

I am always okay with non-requested characters making appearances as long as they don’t become the focus of the work.

Smut is welcome, as long as it’s consensual. I usually like a bit of build up before getting into the action (e.g. clothes are on in the opening paragraphs). Polyamory/threesomes/moresomes are also welcome! You are welcome to look at the bookmarks in my AO3 profile to get a better idea of what I like.

Please remember that optional details are optional! It’s always a joy to be given a gift of any kind. If there’s something you’re unsure about, you can always contact my friend pugglemuggle (aka rythyme), who can give you advice without spoiling anything for me.

General likes (in no particular order):

• Reincarnation/past lives: I love when people are so destined for each other that they keep meeting in every lifetime
• Soulmates: marks (like names, first/last words, where they’re first touched by each other), seeing colors (gray scale to full color, seeing every color except their soulmates eyes until they meet), or any other fun concept
• In-universe crossovers: characters that have never met in canon randomly meeting without knowing how they’re connected (like waiting next to each other in line somewhere, or sitting next to each other on the bus)
• Character A calling character B by their first name in a stressful/intimate moment when normally A would use B’s last name or title
• Epistolary/multimedia
• Character A doing something that makes character B’s heart swell and think “oh my god I love them”
• Secret relationships and/or established relationships
• Character A has trouble sleeping and can only get a good night’s sleep when they share a bed with character B
• Snowed in/sharing a bed
• Ferris wheel dates/confessions

Do Not Wants (also in no particular order):

• Unhappy/tragic/hopeless endings
• Permanent break-ups (of relationships or friendships)
• Rape/non-con
• Incest (including adopted relatives and step-relatives)
• Daddy kink, pet play, dom-sub lifestyle dynamics, slavery
• De-aging/age regression
• Kidfic, meaning characters having children or becoming children cCanonical child characters are okay)
• Non-canonical major character death (characters who are dead/die in canon are okay, as are random background characters/OC)
• Pet death
• Extreme graphic violence
• Pregnancy/mpreg
• Texting/chatfics (occasional short text conversations are fine but I do not want the entire body of work to be just texting)
• First person POV

On to the requests! These are not listed in order of preference. Also, the “additional comments” are just there in case I think of anything to add once sign-ups are closed.


Request 1: Lupin III

• Characters: Arsène Lupin III, Jigen Daisuke, Ishikawa Goemon XIII, Zenigata Kouichi
• Request: “Please feel free to use any combination and number of the nominated characters (and Fujiko too! Sadly I couldn't nominate her). I love all these characters and how they interact with each other! Crime polycule!! Zany wacky hijinks are fun, but so is interpersonal drama. Does someone bite off more than they could chew and end up getting injured? Does someone have to swallow their pride and admit they were wrong? Does someone get jealous (of a big diamond or a close relationship)?

  I have seen a couple of movies and a bunch of episodes from part II. I am planning on watching part 6 when it comes out. I would appreciate no major spoilers for parts 4 & 5 (though I know Yata is there, he can be included if you want).”

• Additional comments:

Request 2: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

• Characters: Sakuna, Ashigumo
• Request: “I thought this game really underutilized Ashigumo in the narrative. He was there when Sakuna's parents were living on the island. How does he feel about them being missing, and then Sakuna showing up out of blue with a gaggle of humans? Does he warm up to them and start to really feel how solitary his life is? Does he ever go out hunting with Sakuna?

  Feel free to include any members of the main cast as well! I love their family dynamic, I think the story between Kinta & Yui and Tauemon & Myrthe is very sweet and interesting (and I know the latter two were also nominated, if you wish to write about them I encourage it!) Plus Sakuna slowly growing to care very deeply about everyone is such satisfying character growth, I would love to see some moments with her showing affection for all the humans (and Tama and Ashigumo) too!”

• Additional comments:

Request 3: Shinyuu tte Soko Made Shinakucha Ikenai No? | Does A Best Friend Have To Go That Far?

• Characters: Tanaka Issei, Takahashi Kento
• Request: “This manga is such a sweet friends to lovers story (with some nice safe sex to boot!) so I would love to see Kento and Issei a few years down the line. Are they living together now? Do they every talk with Miss Aya or the doctor? Alternatively some scenes in the time between being friends and being lovers (e.g. more awkward edging sessions where someone accidentally moans or farts or something) would be great too!”
• Additional comments: If you did not match with me on this request but the premise of the "prostate manga" sounds interesting to you, it can be read here!

Request 4: Kanata no Astra | Astra Lost in Space

• Characters: Ulgar Zweig, Luca Esposito
• Request: “I really love the relationship potential between Luca and Ulgar, they had to put such vulnerable parts of themselves out there before they even really knew each other and I think that's a really interesting basis for a relationship.”
• Additional comments:

Request 5: Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii | Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

• Characters: Momose Narumi, Nifuji Hirotaka, Koyanagi Hanako, Kabakura Tarou
• Request: “I really love seeing how people who've known each other for a long time navigate intimacy. Honestly I just want more of the show but with a bit more detail (for example, does Narumi ever wear matching underwear, and does Hirotaka ever see it?) I would love to see more soft intimate moments with Koyanagi and Kabakura too. Feel free to pick either couple, or do both!

  I am anime-only for this fandom but I don't mind manga spoilers. I probably won't recognize any references to events that happen in the manga.”

• Additional comments: