Dear Yuletide Writer
Oct. 28th, 2012 08:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dorindaHello, writer! I'm so glad you offered to write in one of my beloved little fandoms. What I want most is for you to have a good time writing the story, so if you have an idea of your own, go for it. But if some more details or prompts would be useful, here are some general preferences:
I prefer slash if I can get it, but for me slash doesn't automatically equal the porns. For me it's about the depth of the bond between the characters, the discovery of a startling and unexpected intimacy. I like a subtle, nuanced, gradual approach, the characters getting closer maybe even despite themselves, and figuring things out as they go.
Some of the tropes and approaches I enjoy: happy or at least hopeful endings, words that camouflage deeper/unspoken meanings, showing over telling, extreme competence (but with honest weakness), characters with a protective shell that the other character finds their way into even just a bit, hurt/comfort, chosen families, partners against the world.
And here are more thoughts on the fandoms I requested, in alphabetical order...
1. I SPY
Characters: Kelly Robinson, Alexander Scott
They fight shoulder-to-shoulder, they have adventures and face disasters, they get shot and stabbed, they're lied to by their own bosses and hung out to dry. But they help each other through, in eternal jazz-improvisations of talk and banter, with trust and affection and a hard-won knowledge of each other's strengths and weaknesses. They argue and rescue and nurture and joke and wear each other's shirts. I'd love to see them anywhere--in the US or abroad, on a case or someplace small and domestic. Other canon characters are welcome, if you wanted to bounce off an episode (Scotty's Mom? Kelly's aunt & uncle? Russ, my favorite boss? Lindy McGowan Lindy McGowan, still flying her airplane upside-dowan? :D ), but there's no need to, if you want them off in the middle of nowhere or otherwise stuck with no other support system than themselves.
2. PEACEMAKERS
Characters: Larimer Finch, Jared Stone
When Finch first arrived, I think they more than half-expected to hate each other. But that didn't last, and I love the way they're both savvy and flexible enough to notice, to start perking up and seeing things about each other. They're not the City Mouse & Country Mouse duo they might at first have appeared, and they just keep finding new depths in each other, and changing as they grow closer, including a sometimes-awkward but slowly-appearing willingness to confide. Other canon characters are welcome, and there are all kinds of nice canon loose ends to use if you wanted (e.g., After Stone's loss of Cole? After the events of The Perfect Crime? After the last episode?), but you don't need to, if you want them off by themselves (stuck, or traveling, or otherwise relying solely on each other).
3. PERSON OF INTEREST
Characters: Harold Finch, John Reese
These characters are so different on the surface, but time and circumstance have done so many of the same things to them--they're left wounded, damaged, on the fringes of society, with personal shells of titanium and yet a complete disregard for other people's boundaries. It's like they're clinging to each other to stay afloat and alive, even while hardly admitting that's what's happening (though Reese seems further ahead in that regard, nudging his way into Finch's life and making himself a home there, telling other people about it while he knows Finch is listening in). They've become so protective--as when each has a chance to rescue the other, and the rescued one at first tries to keep the rescuer from coming to save him, to keep the rescuer out of danger. The smallest thing can say volumes between them: a meal, a name, a key, a walk outside. Other canon characters are welcome, flashback characters included, but you don't need to; what I'm most interested in is the bond between Finch and Reese, and the dangerous, strange, but satisfying life they've been building together.
I prefer slash if I can get it, but for me slash doesn't automatically equal the porns. For me it's about the depth of the bond between the characters, the discovery of a startling and unexpected intimacy. I like a subtle, nuanced, gradual approach, the characters getting closer maybe even despite themselves, and figuring things out as they go.
Some of the tropes and approaches I enjoy: happy or at least hopeful endings, words that camouflage deeper/unspoken meanings, showing over telling, extreme competence (but with honest weakness), characters with a protective shell that the other character finds their way into even just a bit, hurt/comfort, chosen families, partners against the world.
And here are more thoughts on the fandoms I requested, in alphabetical order...
1. I SPY
Characters: Kelly Robinson, Alexander Scott
They fight shoulder-to-shoulder, they have adventures and face disasters, they get shot and stabbed, they're lied to by their own bosses and hung out to dry. But they help each other through, in eternal jazz-improvisations of talk and banter, with trust and affection and a hard-won knowledge of each other's strengths and weaknesses. They argue and rescue and nurture and joke and wear each other's shirts. I'd love to see them anywhere--in the US or abroad, on a case or someplace small and domestic. Other canon characters are welcome, if you wanted to bounce off an episode (Scotty's Mom? Kelly's aunt & uncle? Russ, my favorite boss? Lindy McGowan Lindy McGowan, still flying her airplane upside-dowan? :D ), but there's no need to, if you want them off in the middle of nowhere or otherwise stuck with no other support system than themselves.
2. PEACEMAKERS
Characters: Larimer Finch, Jared Stone
When Finch first arrived, I think they more than half-expected to hate each other. But that didn't last, and I love the way they're both savvy and flexible enough to notice, to start perking up and seeing things about each other. They're not the City Mouse & Country Mouse duo they might at first have appeared, and they just keep finding new depths in each other, and changing as they grow closer, including a sometimes-awkward but slowly-appearing willingness to confide. Other canon characters are welcome, and there are all kinds of nice canon loose ends to use if you wanted (e.g., After Stone's loss of Cole? After the events of The Perfect Crime? After the last episode?), but you don't need to, if you want them off by themselves (stuck, or traveling, or otherwise relying solely on each other).
3. PERSON OF INTEREST
Characters: Harold Finch, John Reese
These characters are so different on the surface, but time and circumstance have done so many of the same things to them--they're left wounded, damaged, on the fringes of society, with personal shells of titanium and yet a complete disregard for other people's boundaries. It's like they're clinging to each other to stay afloat and alive, even while hardly admitting that's what's happening (though Reese seems further ahead in that regard, nudging his way into Finch's life and making himself a home there, telling other people about it while he knows Finch is listening in). They've become so protective--as when each has a chance to rescue the other, and the rescued one at first tries to keep the rescuer from coming to save him, to keep the rescuer out of danger. The smallest thing can say volumes between them: a meal, a name, a key, a walk outside. Other canon characters are welcome, flashback characters included, but you don't need to; what I'm most interested in is the bond between Finch and Reese, and the dangerous, strange, but satisfying life they've been building together.
