Yuletide 2022 Letter

Hello, dear yule goat!

Thank you for writing a gift for me! I am excitable, enthusiastic and eager (also easygoing, and probably lots of other words that start with "e"...), so you can know I will enjoy whatever you choose to create, because you'll have created it out of love for one of these fandoms we share, to which I say: yay!

General notes: I’m starfishstar on AO3 and DW if you want to have a look through anything of mine or...anything?

Likes: A focus on character interactions, be that friendship or romance or family. Found family dynamics. Humor and banter. UST (all the UST) as long as it resolves by the end. Happy or hopeful endings (angst and complexity are fine – I like stories that are realistic! – but I do need at least a degree of hope). I'm generally not looking for PWP, but I'm not going to make that a hard DNW this year, just a preference (as in, I'd prefer things other than pure smut). :-) I love what I'll term "crack treated seriously" – a premise that sounds so ridiculous, but then is treated with such earnestness and emotional depth that it somehow really works.

DNW: I think just the big ones: please no major character death, non-con/dub-con, or graphic violence. This year especially I'd like to avoid anything about death, cancer, loss of a loved one, since I've had to face that myself this year. 

Treats: Yes, please! I have the option for receiving treats enabled on AO3.


FANDOMS:
(listed alphabetically, because how could I choose favorites??)


Call Me By Your Name (2017) – any (Elio, Oliver, Annella, Samuel, or any others as well)

( CMBYN details )

Darius the Great Series - Adib Khorram – any (Darius, Sohrab, Laleh, Stephen, or any others as well)

( Darius the Great details )

Graceling Realm Series - Kristin Cashore – any (Katsa, Po, Bitterblue, Giddon, Fire, Brigan, Hanna, Nash, any subset/in any combination) 

( Graceling Realm details )

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme – any

( JFSP details )

London Calling Series - Alexis Hall – any (Luc, Oliver, Odile, Alex, or any others, in any combination)

( London Calling (aka Boyfriend Material) details )

Seraphina Series - Rachel Hartman – any (i.e., Seraphina, Tess, Orma, Spira, or any others, in any combination)

( Seraphina details )

mini-challenges: Challenges I plan to opt into if they're happening again this year (...will try to remember to update here once it's clear which challenges are in fact happening this year...)
Jewltide
MultiLingYule
and of course: Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational!

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