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2021 Yuletide Letter
Oct. 18th, 2021 12:52 pmDear Yuletide Writer,
Thank you so much for writing something for me! This is my very first Yuletide, and I’m so excited for it. I can’t wait to see what you write!
Likes: I love stories with angst, yearning, unrequited pining, unhealthy relationships (with or without growing into healthy ones), power imbalances, selfish and determined female characters, characters who are too selfless for their own well-being, enemies to lovers, character studies, 5 + 1, angsty smut along the lines of that one tumblr post that goes, “the plot of this smut fic is that character A believes himself abandoned by God,” fairy tale retellings, animal metaphors, soulmate aus, timeloop aus, historical accuracy, loss of innocence, tender face touches, arranged marriage, marriage of convenience, unreliable narrators, people having to make hard choices, and any relationship that could be categorized as “fucked up tender.”
DNWs: Voluntary, self-inflicted amputation, miscarriages, anal sex, character bashing, non-con (I find dub-con to be a fascinating way to explore both characters, but non-con is too far for me) and modern aus.
Anastasia - Maurette
Characters: Anna Bronin (Anastasia - Maurette)
(Further information about why I love this play in general can be found here at the promo post. https://yuletide.dreamwidth.org/254165.html?thread=3041237#cmt3041237)
Anna is one of my favorite characters of all time. Though I have a great deal of fondness for the 1997 animated film Anya, and I create content mostly with the musical Anya, I think the original Anna is just so incredibly compelling and well-written. The ambiguity and complexity of her fascinates me. I love how she uses people, how she’s sharp as a knife, yet still desperately yearning for love. I adore her.
Prompts:
What happened before canon with Serensky? Serensky is honestly one of my favorite Anastasia love interests (and my favorite official one, since Gleb Vaganov is not really one that counts) and I find their love story so compelling. He fell in love before he saw her face! She helped out with his research! They had sex in a field of sunflowers! I’d love to see a more detailed retelling of their relationship and how it grew than what we get in the play itself.
Character study of Anna. I have a deep and abiding love for Anna, and it would be great to get into her head during the course of the show. She doesn’t give much away, openly, so knowing what is going on in there would be lovely to see.
Post-canon! What happens after she leaves her maybe-grandmother? Does she go back to Serensky? Does she travel? Does she, perhaps, write letters that never quite say grandmother but are full of warmth all the same?
The Swan (1956)
Characters: Princess Alexandra (The Swan), Nicholas Agi
(Further information about why I love this movie in general can be found here at the promo post https://yuletide.dreamwidth.org/254165.html?thread=3306965#cmt3306965)
This movie breaks me every single time, and I can’t help but hope for a happy ending. Nicholas and Alexandra have such chemistry and I can do nothing but wish things turned out differently, even though I know it goes against the film’s message. I’d love to see a different way the story could have gone.
Prompts:
Pre-canon! Did Nicholas and Alexandra ever have any Moments before the story starts? She seems to notice him looking at her in with Louis Jourdan Yearning Gaze ™ before the plot really starts, and she states she always suspected. What made her suspect?
What really stands out to me about this film is that it takes place just before World War 1, and that has given me so many ideas. The world the characters are in is about to come crumbling down. I have this persistent image in my mind of Alexandra working as a nurse, and meeting Nicholas again on the battlefield. What are they like, years on, when they’re both slightly more mature? How have things shifted?
Canon DNWs: Major Character Death
Oklahoma! - Rodgers/Hammerstein
Characters: Jud Fry, Laurey Williams
(Further information about this show can be found at the promo post here https://yuletide.dreamwidth.org/254165.html?thread=3334869#cmt3334869)
Oh Oklahoma! I did not expect at all to get so into it when I watched the 1943 Restoration production, but alas, I did, and now I’m in hell. And I ship a very rare pairing, to boot.
I think Laurey and Jud are fascinating both as individuals and in terms of their relationship. Laurey is both longing for intimacy yet frightened of it; Jud desperately needs intimacy but has been cut off from it his entire life. Laurey is scared of him, yet, despite herself, intrigued by him. Jud is a danger to both himself and others, but he’s also so tragic and childish in parts. Laurey uses him for her own gain, and it blows up in her face, which is fascinating to think about. Where Laurey’s dreams are sexual and intense, Jud’s are as simple as wanting to be respected and having his wife hold him. They never come to a point where they understand the other in canon, even in that brilliant confession scene (which I think is the best written scene in the show.) Though I love Curly/Laurey, Jud/Laurey is what haunts me and has me staying up late to obsess over.
I have so many plot bunnies and ideas for them I don’t even know how to begin, so I hope these are some inspiration-striking prompts!
Prompts:
Stuck in a place together. The problem with these two idiots is that they never come to an understanding, and are both disinclined to bare their souls to the other. Therefore, they need to be trapped together. In a closet, snowed in together, in a storm cellar (it is Oklahoma after all), whatever! They just need to actually end up Talking at some point.
Character study. Why is Laurey intrigued by Jud despite her fear? Why did Jud fully fall in love with her?
Fake dating. If Laurey used Jud once to annoy Curly, what if she did that more often? What if she got into a (fake on her side, not on his) relationship with him to bother Curly? What would happen when Jud realized he was just a tool to her?
Soulmate au! Soulmate aus are great because you can stuff so much angst and misunderstanding into them. Jud would have always wanted a soulmate, and so did Laurey—but Laurey would never ever want it to be Jud, and it would be really painful for Jud if even his own soulmate didn’t want him.
Canon divergent au! What if Jud did win Laurey’s basket? What if their big argument went just a little differently? What if she tried to tell him outright she didn’t want to go with him? So many possibilities!
Canon DNWs: Please, please don’t base this off of the 2019 revival and its takes on the characters. Any other take is fine, but I really dislike what that revival did with the characters, and so I’d love for it to Not Be That in this fic, if possible. Edit: I'm adding this later, so I understand if you don't want to abide by this, but please, please no Jud/Curly either or poly Jud/Curly/Laurey either.
Dearest Yuletide Writer, thank you for taking the time to read this. Happy writing!
Thank you so much for writing something for me! This is my very first Yuletide, and I’m so excited for it. I can’t wait to see what you write!
Likes: I love stories with angst, yearning, unrequited pining, unhealthy relationships (with or without growing into healthy ones), power imbalances, selfish and determined female characters, characters who are too selfless for their own well-being, enemies to lovers, character studies, 5 + 1, angsty smut along the lines of that one tumblr post that goes, “the plot of this smut fic is that character A believes himself abandoned by God,” fairy tale retellings, animal metaphors, soulmate aus, timeloop aus, historical accuracy, loss of innocence, tender face touches, arranged marriage, marriage of convenience, unreliable narrators, people having to make hard choices, and any relationship that could be categorized as “fucked up tender.”
DNWs: Voluntary, self-inflicted amputation, miscarriages, anal sex, character bashing, non-con (I find dub-con to be a fascinating way to explore both characters, but non-con is too far for me) and modern aus.
Anastasia - Maurette
Characters: Anna Bronin (Anastasia - Maurette)
(Further information about why I love this play in general can be found here at the promo post. https://yuletide.dreamwidth.org/254165.html?thread=3041237#cmt3041237)
Anna is one of my favorite characters of all time. Though I have a great deal of fondness for the 1997 animated film Anya, and I create content mostly with the musical Anya, I think the original Anna is just so incredibly compelling and well-written. The ambiguity and complexity of her fascinates me. I love how she uses people, how she’s sharp as a knife, yet still desperately yearning for love. I adore her.
Prompts:
What happened before canon with Serensky? Serensky is honestly one of my favorite Anastasia love interests (and my favorite official one, since Gleb Vaganov is not really one that counts) and I find their love story so compelling. He fell in love before he saw her face! She helped out with his research! They had sex in a field of sunflowers! I’d love to see a more detailed retelling of their relationship and how it grew than what we get in the play itself.
Character study of Anna. I have a deep and abiding love for Anna, and it would be great to get into her head during the course of the show. She doesn’t give much away, openly, so knowing what is going on in there would be lovely to see.
Post-canon! What happens after she leaves her maybe-grandmother? Does she go back to Serensky? Does she travel? Does she, perhaps, write letters that never quite say grandmother but are full of warmth all the same?
The Swan (1956)
Characters: Princess Alexandra (The Swan), Nicholas Agi
(Further information about why I love this movie in general can be found here at the promo post https://yuletide.dreamwidth.org/254165.html?thread=3306965#cmt3306965)
This movie breaks me every single time, and I can’t help but hope for a happy ending. Nicholas and Alexandra have such chemistry and I can do nothing but wish things turned out differently, even though I know it goes against the film’s message. I’d love to see a different way the story could have gone.
Prompts:
Pre-canon! Did Nicholas and Alexandra ever have any Moments before the story starts? She seems to notice him looking at her in with Louis Jourdan Yearning Gaze ™ before the plot really starts, and she states she always suspected. What made her suspect?
What really stands out to me about this film is that it takes place just before World War 1, and that has given me so many ideas. The world the characters are in is about to come crumbling down. I have this persistent image in my mind of Alexandra working as a nurse, and meeting Nicholas again on the battlefield. What are they like, years on, when they’re both slightly more mature? How have things shifted?
Canon DNWs: Major Character Death
Oklahoma! - Rodgers/Hammerstein
Characters: Jud Fry, Laurey Williams
(Further information about this show can be found at the promo post here https://yuletide.dreamwidth.org/254165.html?thread=3334869#cmt3334869)
Oh Oklahoma! I did not expect at all to get so into it when I watched the 1943 Restoration production, but alas, I did, and now I’m in hell. And I ship a very rare pairing, to boot.
I think Laurey and Jud are fascinating both as individuals and in terms of their relationship. Laurey is both longing for intimacy yet frightened of it; Jud desperately needs intimacy but has been cut off from it his entire life. Laurey is scared of him, yet, despite herself, intrigued by him. Jud is a danger to both himself and others, but he’s also so tragic and childish in parts. Laurey uses him for her own gain, and it blows up in her face, which is fascinating to think about. Where Laurey’s dreams are sexual and intense, Jud’s are as simple as wanting to be respected and having his wife hold him. They never come to a point where they understand the other in canon, even in that brilliant confession scene (which I think is the best written scene in the show.) Though I love Curly/Laurey, Jud/Laurey is what haunts me and has me staying up late to obsess over.
I have so many plot bunnies and ideas for them I don’t even know how to begin, so I hope these are some inspiration-striking prompts!
Prompts:
Stuck in a place together. The problem with these two idiots is that they never come to an understanding, and are both disinclined to bare their souls to the other. Therefore, they need to be trapped together. In a closet, snowed in together, in a storm cellar (it is Oklahoma after all), whatever! They just need to actually end up Talking at some point.
Character study. Why is Laurey intrigued by Jud despite her fear? Why did Jud fully fall in love with her?
Fake dating. If Laurey used Jud once to annoy Curly, what if she did that more often? What if she got into a (fake on her side, not on his) relationship with him to bother Curly? What would happen when Jud realized he was just a tool to her?
Soulmate au! Soulmate aus are great because you can stuff so much angst and misunderstanding into them. Jud would have always wanted a soulmate, and so did Laurey—but Laurey would never ever want it to be Jud, and it would be really painful for Jud if even his own soulmate didn’t want him.
Canon divergent au! What if Jud did win Laurey’s basket? What if their big argument went just a little differently? What if she tried to tell him outright she didn’t want to go with him? So many possibilities!
Canon DNWs: Please, please don’t base this off of the 2019 revival and its takes on the characters. Any other take is fine, but I really dislike what that revival did with the characters, and so I’d love for it to Not Be That in this fic, if possible. Edit: I'm adding this later, so I understand if you don't want to abide by this, but please, please no Jud/Curly either or poly Jud/Curly/Laurey either.
Dearest Yuletide Writer, thank you for taking the time to read this. Happy writing!
