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yuletide!
Dear Lovely Yuletide Author Person,
I always say it is marvelous that we've matched on one or more small fandoms, and if you write a story you like in that fandom that will be a fabulous gift for me. And I always mean it! But I can be more specific about myself and about this year's requests, if that will help:
This year's requests seem to have a theme, which I noticed when I was putting together my optional details. Let's take a look:
Back to the Future - tell me about Marty's different relationships with his different father figures, that is, with George McFly vs with Doc.
Chronicles of Prydain - tell me about what Taran learns about being a hero from Gwydion vs. from Fflewddur Fflam (and also other heroes he learns things from, if you like). Or, put another way, about Taran's relationships with different father figures.
Mulan - talk to me about Mulan and her father.
As You Like It - talk to me about Celia and Rosalind and their relationships with their respective fathers.
So what can I say: two years ago, my father was diagnosed with a terminal illness in time for me not to sign up for Yuletide (among other ways it affected me, of course), and last year he died on October 28 (ditto ditto), so this is my first year back after doing every Yuletide but the first until I had this two-year dad-related break. My father is on my mind and I am interested in stories about other people's relationships with their fathers. I'd love it if that's something you could work with. It's okay if you make me cry.
Feel free to go spelunking in my LJ (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
darthfox) or DW, or to consult with people who already know me (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ellen_fremedon is a good place to start), if you'd like more insight into what goes on in my head.
Thank you lovely Yuletide writer person!
I always say it is marvelous that we've matched on one or more small fandoms, and if you write a story you like in that fandom that will be a fabulous gift for me. And I always mean it! But I can be more specific about myself and about this year's requests, if that will help:
Things You Might Want To Avoid If Your Purpose Is Specifically To Please Fox:
- RPF - this is pretty much my bullet-proofiest squick, in fact probably the only thing about which I will go ahead and use the word "squick" instead of something milder like "preference against". I could go into a whole thing about my boundary issues, but there's not really any need, because look what I requested -- how on earth would it even come up. For the record, in my confused little mind historical figures are not the same as public figures, so I've written in fandoms Based On A True Story before without a tremor. It's hard to know where the cutoff is, though, so probably best to avoid it altogether unless you're prepared to consult with a professional (i.e., someone who knows me well and can explain this better than I can).
- character bashing - this can be overt ("That cow; I never liked her" out of the mouth of someone who never gave any evidence in canon of disliking the person in question) or more subtle (narrative that makes a smart person stupid, a normal-looking person hideous, a strong person weak, a kind person cruel), but no matter how it turns up, it kind of bugs me. I mean: if there are plot-driven reasons for the characterization, fine, but I do hope you won't have character A kick character B all around in the dirt just because you've never cared for character B, you know?
The more-subtle version of this is, in particular cases, sometimes called "feminizing" a character, or, much less offensively, "infantilizing" one (because it so often turns up in slash, where the - sigh - more submissive, usually also smaller and younger, party is mysteriously emotionally dependent on the other, given to random crying jags, etc., etc., so he is the "girl" and the dominant, bigger, stronger, older, etc. one is the "boy" (or (i know, nested parentheses, sorry) the "man", which, if you think about it, calling that "feminizing" infantilizes women, doesn't it, even before the girl/man opposition, which it may be best if I just stop now before I really go off the point)). I prefer that this not happen, at least not without a good solid maybe-someone-got-hit-on-the-head reason.- um. - Really, that's it. I think I'm pretty difficult to bug.
This year's requests seem to have a theme, which I noticed when I was putting together my optional details. Let's take a look:
Back to the Future - tell me about Marty's different relationships with his different father figures, that is, with George McFly vs with Doc.
Chronicles of Prydain - tell me about what Taran learns about being a hero from Gwydion vs. from Fflewddur Fflam (and also other heroes he learns things from, if you like). Or, put another way, about Taran's relationships with different father figures.
Mulan - talk to me about Mulan and her father.
As You Like It - talk to me about Celia and Rosalind and their relationships with their respective fathers.
So what can I say: two years ago, my father was diagnosed with a terminal illness in time for me not to sign up for Yuletide (among other ways it affected me, of course), and last year he died on October 28 (ditto ditto), so this is my first year back after doing every Yuletide but the first until I had this two-year dad-related break. My father is on my mind and I am interested in stories about other people's relationships with their fathers. I'd love it if that's something you could work with. It's okay if you make me cry.
Feel free to go spelunking in my LJ (
darthfox) or DW, or to consult with people who already know me (ellen_fremedon is a good place to start), if you'd like more insight into what goes on in my head.Thank you lovely Yuletide writer person!