dear lovely yuletide person

Dear Lovely Yuletide Person,

Hello! I'm so pleased that you and I match on at least one fandom, and as long as you write something you enjoy, I will enjoy that you have written it. For further guidance, though, in the past couple years I've included the following ( list of things you may wish to avoid if your purpose is specifically to please Fox: )

I will be back at some point with specific thoughts about each fandom, although optional details are optional, etc. In general, though, this year seems to have been a gen-focused year, in my requests, doesn't it. But I also like the slash (boys or girls, whichever seems called for) and the het, if that's what the story needs. Please don't worry about that. Other things I like, in a list from the last couple years that happens for some reason to include only things beginning with "s":

• scruffy. longitudinal studies have shown that in TV and movies, I like when the boys don't shave for a couple of days. Make of that what you will.
  
• stoicism. (I didn't request Wimseyverse, but one time I was talking to someone about Dorothy L Sayers, and saying how I love Peter Wimsey best because he was so brave all that time he was in love with Harriet and she wasn't in love with him. Extrapolate as needed.)
  
• snark, but I do like it better witty than snippy.
  
• um. This is where I turn it over to my flist, who are welcome to comment on this post or whom you are welcome to contact in whatever mod-compliant ways exist. The best able to analyze my sensibilities is almost certainly ellen_fremedon. If she can't help you, she can at least probably -- possibly after tricking me with well-disguised hypothetical questions -- point you at someone who can.