Dear Yuletide Writer 2016

[estirose]

Dear Yuletide Writer (and other interested parties),

Hi, I'm estirose! I've been writing in exchanges for years now, including Yuletide, and I've loved pretty much everything written for me - I'm darn easy to please.

General likes and dislikes: I am open to slash, femslash, poly, and gen. I don't mind what rating (with one exception). I'm open to crossovers and I'll be including some in the fandom listings. I particularly love fluff and hurt-comfort (especially the 'Person A gets sick and others have to comfort them' type), but if you write darkfic, that's fine too, though I'd like it if there was at least one thread of hope in there. Mpreg is fine. I ask that you don't include anything related to cancer without the person recovering from it or otherwise having a hopeful outcome. I also have a huge humiliation squick - I really don't mind people learning their lesson, but not humiliation for the heck of it. On the sexual end, I'm very vanilla in my preferences - do not include any kinks that involve urination, defecation, or cannibalism. A/B/O is okay if you focus on worldbuilding and social dynamics and avoid the sex. My feelings towards incest are very complex, so I'll just talk about them below.

And now, my fandoms in alphabetical order by their AO3 listing (thus, Fatal Frame is last). For each of these fandoms, please count the character list as an OR instead of an AND (in other words, I don't have to have all the characters included in the fic.)

Fantasy Life
Characters: Player Character, Odin, Damien, Yuelia

(AO3 fic)

Did you match me on this teeny tiny fandom? If so, I'm so thrilled to find another fan! I love this little 3DS game for its characters and just for the fact that it's a RPG where you're gathering resources and crafting things just as much as you're in combat. I'm particularly fond of mining and I adore Duglas and Rocque. I have the American version thus the American name spellings, but I'm fine with you using the European/Australian names for characters and places.

I nominated characters that had a scene together with at least one other nominated character in the game. As you can probably tell, I went for two characters from Al Maajik as well as the PC and a companion. I love Odin and I just couldn't see not nominating him with Damien. And of course, Yuelia is with us for quite a bit! I like Damien's attitude and Odin's loyalty to him (and Odin is such a cool companion, as is Ophelia.) If you want to name the player character Tina or Selma (my two current saves), I'd be flattered, but it's not required.

I don't really ship any characters together (though I've written onesided Allan/female PC), but if you can figure out a way to make your PC acceptable to Demona then I'm all for PC/Damien!

If you haven't played it but are interested, this is for the 3DS/2DS and is well worth getting your hands on (IGN has a fantastic review of the game.) I'll be throwing up random screenshots as well.

Prompts:
* Since you can have two companions at a time, what does it feel like to be running around the world with the Queen of Castele and the loyal knight of the ruler of Al Maajik, or any of the other royalty (Olivia, Andy, or Laura, for example)? Obviously, since I nominated and requested Damien and Odin, I'd like them at least mentioned.
* Have the PC have at least two lives that you think go well together, and have them doing one to help out with doing the other. For example, I find mining and alchemy to match pretty well together, as well as fishing and cooking.
* A dungeon crawl through one of the caves/dungeons might be neat! I'd love one through the Ancient Ruins.
* There's a NPC that is offering you missions if you pretend Damien did them. What does this feel like when you have Damien and Odin in your party?
* If you get high enough in the Paladin Life, you get a Paladin that wants to be your minion. What would it be like to have a secretly evil PC who saves the world just because they live there and doesn't want where they live to be destroyed?
* Crossover/minor fusion: It might be neat to include some characters from the video game Yo-Kai Watch (I haven't played any of the games past the first, though). It could be as minor as adding one of the Yo-Kai from the game - Murikabe/No Way could cause the sleeping or stunned status effect, for example - or having Lucas, Nate, or Katie come through. The humans could be drawn through a portal by accident and get to experience what might be an entirely different world.

And here are some more ponderings, with some slight spoilers for the game including the DLC

Ghostbusters (2016)
Character: Patty Tolan

(AO3 fic)

Did you match me here? I have a sneaking feeling that there will be plenty of offers for this movie, and this is great because I read a lot of Ghostbusters fic! I love the movie in general, but I adore Patty so, so much, for being a historian and being just as important as her STEM coworkers. It's her expertise that saves the world, and she's never treated as less important by the others because she didn't major in STEM. Also, I love her and the others because they are so badass! I tend to see her as the archivist/librarian/record keeper and kind of the person who becomes the public face of the Ghostbusters and who almost everybody loves. This is the Ghostbuster, after all, that tried to walk a ghost out of a crowded concert hall to get it away from people.

(Part of this is because I have a STEM degree myself, but my later schooling was for working in a library, and I love history.)

Romantically, I pair her with either Holtzmann or all her teammates. I'm not very much into Erin/Holtzmann, so I'd prefer that I not get that.

Accessing this is pretty easy, given that it's coming out on video (or will be soon).

Prompts:
* What was Patty's life like before all this happened? What drove her to work for the MTA? It's obvious that helping people is Patty's thing, so even if she did get a degree (which I can totally see her with a history degree), she could have chosen that, or she could have another reason.
* I'm sure Patty has friends before she was a Ghostbuster. It would be really interesting to see her talk about her job with her friends.
* I'm very fond of the Ghostbusters occasionally allowing girl scout troops into the Firehouse for tours. I'd like it if she showed that STEM is important for girls, but it's just fine to major in the humanities (or eventually get two degrees, or more).
* What does it mean for her to be a fairly famous person now? How does she deal?
* For a crossover, it would be interesting to see the Ghostbusters be in the same universe as other kinds of (maybe) non-malevolent monsters or people with superpowers and interacting with them. For example, if the characters of "My Best Friend is a Vampire" showed up, or for a trip overseas, visiting one of the Fatal Frame locations. Note that I'm not into Supernatural or Teen Wolf, but Supergirl or The Tomorrow People (preferably not CW) would be fine.
* Patty gets a history show where she talks about New York City history or anything she might be interested in.
* Patty's girlfriend (or girlfriends) do some reading up on history and take Patty out to a place they think she'd enjoy for her birthday. This may involve a roadtrip and a ghost or two. Maybe something cute, if you want fluff.

A little bit more, including some slight spoilers for the extended version

Kamen Rider Blade
Characters: Kamijou Mutsuki, Kenzaki Kazuma

(AO3 fic)

Did you match me here? If so, I'm thrilled to meet someone who has actually seen this! I love the whole series despite (or perhaps, because of) its ending. I think the idea of the Undead is interesting, especially the bond that each Rider has with the Undead. I find the idea of the Battle Fight interesting, and I'm actually curious on how the victor of that long-ago fight won! This is a series that interests me in its background as much as its characters.

I chose both Kenzaki and Mutsuki as they are interesting characters to me. Kenzaki for his background as well as his abilities, and Mutsuki for his story. I adore Nozomi too, but I only had four slots and forgot to ask someone to add to the nomination. :(

Romantically right now I have one pairing, which is the canon Mutsuki/Nozomi. I sometimes ship Kenzaki/Tachibana, but I just am not quite interested in it at the moment.

This series is a bit hard to get your hands on, I am sad to say. It's a 2004 Japanese kids series, and while I've been able to find copies recently, I can't point you to them. A bit of searching on your end might find something though.

Prompts:
* How does Mutsuki deal with everything he's experienced in the end? Does BOARD get him to a psychiatrist? Does he talk to Nozomi, Tachibana, or maybe his King and Queen in his dreams? I think it would also be interesting to have him change slightly physiologically, so that he's no longer human, and have to learn to cope with that.
* A normal date between Mutsuki and Nozomi might be nice. What do they talk about? Maybe them getting married might be cute.
* BOARD releases Mutsuki's King and Queen. How does that affect him?
* For that matter, it would be interesting to see the interaction between Mutsuki and someone else while he was possessed.
* What kind of life is Kenzaki living now? It would be interesting to have him travel the world, and meet other people. A crossover between one of the other Kamen Rider series or one of the Power Rangers series (the Ninja Storm Rangers canonically at least read Japanese) would be interesting.
* What was Kenzaki's life like before he was scouted by BOARD? Was there any clue as to how special he was?
* Keeping in touch with the others - how would he do it safely and what would the conversations be like?

More musings about what I'd be interested in seeing

Kamen Rider Ghost
Characters: Fukami Kanon, Alia

(AO3 fic)

Ah, maybe you matched me here! I find this series pretty good, especially in the middle, and the storyline made me really interested in the world of the Ganma. This is why I chose to focus on two characters who have lived in the Ganma world. (I adore Akari immensely, too, but I'm not going to ask you to include her.) I'd be happy to see stories set before, during, or after the series.

I included Kanon and Alia as I felt like there hadn't been much focus on either of them. Kanon seemed less important to the story as the series went on, and Alia could have had so much more screentime. I'd be happy to see Alain and Makoto in the stories, but I'm much more interested in these two characters.

I only really ship Kanon/Alain for this series.

As for getting this series, like Kamen Rider Blade, it can sometimes be hard to find this. However, it is much more recent, and just wrapped up, and thus may be easier to find with a little bit of searching.

Prompts:
* Kanon (and Makoto), growing up: what was life like for them, and how did Alia raise them? She seems to like Alain despite how he behaved when the two of them met. Did she and he form a bond after Makoto proved himself to Alain?
* How did Kanon become an Eyecon anyway? How long was she one?
* How did Kanon adapt to being in the human world after so many years? What surprises did she find?
* Alia loved her brothers, obviously. What did she love about them, and conversely, what did her family love about her?
* What was it like for Alia to raise kids who grew up so fast?
* Did Alia stay in charge of the Ganma world afterwards? If so, how was it to effectively be the ruler, and how did she put things back in order? (If you could work in human form!Cubi, that would be great).
* Alia just being a cool mom/big sister/daughter would be great.
* If you're so inclined, Alia playing matchmaker between Kanon and Alain would be cute.
* Kanon, Alia, and Akari have a picnic after everything's done.

More thoughts, including spoilers for the special episode

Zero | Project Zero | Fatal Frame series
Characters: Hinasaki Miku, Hinasaki Mafuyu, Kurosawa Rei, Asou Yuu

(AO3 fic)

Or maybe you matched me here! I've been asking for Fatal Frame (as it's called in my part of the world) for several Yuletides now. I love this survival horror series of games for both the protagonists and the ghosts that they fight. Miku is probably my favorite character of the entire series, but I've got several others in there because they're all cool. I love Miku for her courage (she got through two stories as a protagonist and one as an NPC), Yuu for his gentleness, Rei for her ability to keep going (even if she didn't feel like it), and Mafuyu for his loyalty to someone he'd barely met.

I love the ghosts and their backstories, thin as they may be sometimes. Every ghost has a tragic story, even if it's hinted at in the ghost list. I'd be just as happy with worldbuilding as I am about the characters I asked for.

Romance-wise, I ship Miku with everybody in this list but her brother (who I ship with Kirie). I know there's canon incest in these games, but I don't care for any of it. There is one prompt where I don't mind the implied canon incest in one game, but I'd rather it not be romantic.

My characters are from the first and third games in the series (Fatal Frame and Fatal Frame III: The Tormented). They were originally for the PS2, and the first one was on the XBox. It's extremely easy to find playthroughs/walkthroughs for these games if you don't want to play them yourself.

Prompts:
* Miku is the one that goes to Himuro Mansion, not Mafuyu. Would Kirie treat her the same, or maybe was her analogue the one who Kirie fell for. I've written a genderbent version of this, but I'd be thrilled to see someone else's take.
* Yuu and Rei welcome the traumatized Miku into their home.
* An AU where Mafuyu never goes to Himuro Mansion, and Miku meets her older brother's friend before Rei does.
* Yuu and Mafuyu have lunch or work together on a project.
* Yuu mentoring Miku in his field to help her cope.
* Rei and Miku out on a much less eventful photo shoot.
* Miku ends up joining Mafuyu and Kirie after her death, due to circumstances in Fatal Frame V. What is it like for the three of them down there?

Some thoughts on these games