canadiandiamond | Dear Yuletide Author... (Reply)

Hi dear author,

First off, thank you for writing me something, and I'm sure I'll love whatever it is you decide to write! I can't wait to see what you come up with, and hopefully you've had fun writing it as well.

I'm not all that picky when it comes to requests, as you'll no doubt see when you read my notes below. Happy endings, sad endings, major character death, angst, AUs, smut, gen, meet/cute, day in the life, all are ok with me. The only things I really don't want to see are incest, underage, rape/non-con, and dubcon, please.

With that being said, here's some more specific comments on the fandoms I've requested:

Father Ted - Ted Crilly, Dougal McGuire, Jack Hackett, Mrs. Doyle

A show that sadly ended much too soon. I really enjoyed watching it but I'd never read or wrote any fic until I saw that someone else nominated it a few years ago. I wrote a treat for it and have wanted to read/write more of it ever since.

Any fic featuring more wacky antics from the parochial house would be welcome. You can even focus on just Ted and Dougal if you'd prefer, as they're my favourite part of the series. Maybe Dougal has discovered Pokemon Go and is driving Ted (and likely the rest of Craggy Island) crazy with it, and their church is a Pokestop? Or perhaps they're trying to work on another Eurovision song entry together. Anything you'd want to write would be awesome!

Firewatch (Video Game) - Henry (Firewatch) Delilah (Firewatch)

I loved this game, I only wish it was a little longer. I haven't gone back to replay it since they added some new modes but I'm sure I'll revisit it before Yuletide is over.

I'd love to read more about what the future holds for Henry and Delilah after the game's events. Do they remain friends, or even give a relationship a whirl? Or do they both go their separate ways and continue on with their lives, wondering what the other person is doing? Prequel fic would be great too, especially regarding Delilah as we don't know quite as much about her former life. Or if you want to write more about their time working together that wasn't presented on screen that'd be great too.

The Good Place (TV) - Eleanor Shellstrop, Chidi Anagonye, Michael, Janet Della-Denunzio

Full confession: I'm a huge Kristen Bell fan, dating back to her Veronica Mars days. So it was really a given that I'd like this show, only I didn't expect to like it as much as I have, largely due to the rest of the cast. They're all amazing, and I want to know more about them all.

I loved the side story with Janet and tweaking her interface, more attempts at that would be great. Chidi is just the best too, and I'm sure we'll find out more about him as the season goes on, but reading more about that would be great too. Likewise for Eleanor, who I adore. Anything would be great, I'm really enjoying this show so far and will be watching it regularly so don't worry about any spoilers as things unfold.

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016) - Mike Stangle, Dave Stangle, Alice, Tatiana

This movie delivered way more than I thought it would. I really dig Anna Kendrick and Adam Devine, mainly from Pitch Perfect, but they're also great in this along with their co-stars.

One of the things that jumped out to me was the ATV jumping scene where the girls reference their Baja days. What really happened out there? They said they made lots of friends, and more enemies - how? I'd love to read more about that. Likewise with the guys, what did they get up to previously? Maybe all four of them crossed paths without knowing it, which'd be fun to read about. Or you could write some future fic set after the movie, maybe the next wedding will be Dave and Alice, how would that go?

We're the Millers (2013) - David Clark, Kenny Rossmore, Casey Mathis, Sarah "Rose" O'Reilly

This is another favourite of mine, a movie I went into not expecting much and walked out wanting to know more about the characters. They all gave such great performances and I just wanted to see where things went next.

You could write fic about their future: how long did they stay in protection? Did they get a place of their own afterward? How did that go? It looks like David was back to his pot growing ways, so does the whole family get into the business? As an aside, I don't really ship Kenny and Casey; they're not related at all and are more like step siblings of a sort, I know, but I still don't ship it and would prefer not to have it in the story.

Zombieland (2009) - Columbus, Wichita, Tallahassee, Little Rock

This is another movie that needs more fic about it, and a perennial nomination for me each year in Yuletide. It's just a great movie, the one that finally made me upgrade to a Blu-Ray player back in the day actually (for the neat visual text effects hah), and I love the characters.

I'm a big shipper of Columbus/Wichita and anything you want to write about them together would be great. We saw the start of something in the movie; how did it go offscreen? Little Rock is very protective of her sister, so did she give Columbus the third degree in making sure he's good enough for her sister? Maybe they had a really awkward first date (and likely several more). Where would they go, or what would they do? Columbus looking to Tallahassee for advice (bad advice would be given of course) would also be funny. Or maybe they run into more survivors, who would that be, where would it happen, and how would that go? But in general anything with the four of them being awesome in the new world would be great.

Thank you again for whatever you do write for me, I'm sure it'll be awesome and I can't wait to read it! :D