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alwaystheocean) wrote2019-11-06 12:51 am
alwaystheocean) wrote2019-11-06 12:51 am
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Critmas Exchange 2019
Dear Critter,
First of all, thank you so much for writing for me, I'm so excited to see what you come up with!
Second of all, I am much more interested in reading a story you want to tell than in one tailored exactly to the stuff below, I write the kind of letter I want from my recipient, so if it's not helpful feel free to disregard! This is more throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks, if that makes sense? Optional details are optional and all that.
(I confess the above and below is straight-up lifted from previous letters as my tastes don't seem to change v much these days.)
Squicks: I’m not the biggest fan of dark fic and angst, by which I mean a lot of angst and misery with no point to it, just as an end in and of itself. I think characters having difficulties and there being some sort of resolution or at least a bittersweet/hopeful outcome is fine, but unrelenting woe, less so. Incest is also a no for me, likewise rape and non-con/dubcon, and uneven power dynamics and emotional manipulation, abuse and violence. (When I say uneven power dynamics, I don't mean in a kinky way, that's fine, like if it's negotiated and something they're both into that's *awesome*, but like emotionally unhealthy/abusive dynamics, less so?) I’m not a huge fan of major character death either, at least for the stuff I've requested. I'm also not a fan of paedophilia, bestiality, and necrophilia.
Yays: I love fluff, found families, particularly if it features unconventional family units and polyamory. Always OT3s, never love triangles, etc. (On that note, I really hate cheating/being unfaithful.) Basically, openness and communication are always better than miscommunications and shenanigans.
I also *love* hurt/comfort so much I can't even. Light on hurt, high on comfort. I am totally ridiculous with this trope.
Humour/banter/silliness. I’m pretty happy with any rating. If you have the urge to write 1k of PWP, feel free. If that's the idea you have, I'd say go with whatever you see the characters as being into! Personally I end up reading stories featuring d/s and bondage. I do tend to read more fic where people talk about their feeeelings but porn/NC17/PWP is also awesome.
I also love backstory fic, character studies, gen fic, seeing how characters interact and what makes them friends/lovers/whatever they are to each other. Stuff that shows why they're close, being perceptive of each others' needs, small kindnesses, low-key hanging out.
I love all sorts of tropes like bottle tropes, stuck in the Exandria equivalent of an elevator, now we have to talk about our feeeeelings. Or shag. Or like going on missions/adventures together. Spy shenanigans and dressing up shenanigans are also great.
Also a quick note on -isms, pinched with permission from a friend's letter: I don't mind if sexism, racism, ableism are portrayed in fic as long as they're dealt with. For example, it's OK if someone thinks Character A can't do something because she's a girl, as long as the story as a whole clearly doesn't agree!
Critical Role One-Shots: Shadows of the Crystal Palace
Alexandra Elise O'Neill/Hanako Hayashi
I love both these two, and their whole vibe/relationship. I would most love to read how they deal with the aftermath of the one-shot but would also be interested in something set before the one-shot too!
Critical Crossovers
Jester Lavorre & Pike Trickfoot & Caduceus Clay
I just love the idea of what these 3 would make of each other and their different relationships to their gods and even their different power and adventurer levels!
Beauregard Lionett/Vex'ahlia, Beauregard Lionett/Keyleth
I just can't even imagine what Beau would make of Keyleth or Vex but I'd love to read fic to find out!
Critical Role Campaign One
Zahra Hydris/Vex'ahlia, Keyleth/Vex'ahlia
OK so these are both ships of my heart, I love Vex and Zahra's relationship, I love fic that is missing scenes around the Conclave arc while Zahra's in Whitestone particularly.
I also adore Vex/Keyleth, it's maybe my fav CritRole pairing, I love stuff that explores their shared connection to nature, Keyleth's hero worship, flying, different ways of managing their inner critics, what being a half-elf and what their life choices mean to them.
Critical Role Campaign Two
Beauregard Lionett/Jester Lavorre, Beauregard Lionett/Yasha, Jester Lavorre/Yasha
I love all 3 of these women and any relationships between them. I actually OT3 them really hard so if you wanted to work that in, I'd love it, but also any separate line in the triangle would be A++.
For Beau and Jester, I love how solid their relationship is now, and I'd love to see a take on how that transitions to lovers.
For Beau and Yasha, there's just so much there surrounding forgiveness and overcoming your past, and trying, and growing, I feel like it started as an attraction but what is it now after everything they've been through?
For Jester and Yasha I have a less clear idea, I just really like them together, I love the side of each other they bring out.
Thank you so much for writing for me, I hope you have fun with it!
First of all, thank you so much for writing for me, I'm so excited to see what you come up with!
Second of all, I am much more interested in reading a story you want to tell than in one tailored exactly to the stuff below, I write the kind of letter I want from my recipient, so if it's not helpful feel free to disregard! This is more throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks, if that makes sense? Optional details are optional and all that.
(I confess the above and below is straight-up lifted from previous letters as my tastes don't seem to change v much these days.)
Squicks: I’m not the biggest fan of dark fic and angst, by which I mean a lot of angst and misery with no point to it, just as an end in and of itself. I think characters having difficulties and there being some sort of resolution or at least a bittersweet/hopeful outcome is fine, but unrelenting woe, less so. Incest is also a no for me, likewise rape and non-con/dubcon, and uneven power dynamics and emotional manipulation, abuse and violence. (When I say uneven power dynamics, I don't mean in a kinky way, that's fine, like if it's negotiated and something they're both into that's *awesome*, but like emotionally unhealthy/abusive dynamics, less so?) I’m not a huge fan of major character death either, at least for the stuff I've requested. I'm also not a fan of paedophilia, bestiality, and necrophilia.
Yays: I love fluff, found families, particularly if it features unconventional family units and polyamory. Always OT3s, never love triangles, etc. (On that note, I really hate cheating/being unfaithful.) Basically, openness and communication are always better than miscommunications and shenanigans.
I also *love* hurt/comfort so much I can't even. Light on hurt, high on comfort. I am totally ridiculous with this trope.
Humour/banter/silliness. I’m pretty happy with any rating. If you have the urge to write 1k of PWP, feel free. If that's the idea you have, I'd say go with whatever you see the characters as being into! Personally I end up reading stories featuring d/s and bondage. I do tend to read more fic where people talk about their feeeelings but porn/NC17/PWP is also awesome.
I also love backstory fic, character studies, gen fic, seeing how characters interact and what makes them friends/lovers/whatever they are to each other. Stuff that shows why they're close, being perceptive of each others' needs, small kindnesses, low-key hanging out.
I love all sorts of tropes like bottle tropes, stuck in the Exandria equivalent of an elevator, now we have to talk about our feeeeelings. Or shag. Or like going on missions/adventures together. Spy shenanigans and dressing up shenanigans are also great.
Also a quick note on -isms, pinched with permission from a friend's letter: I don't mind if sexism, racism, ableism are portrayed in fic as long as they're dealt with. For example, it's OK if someone thinks Character A can't do something because she's a girl, as long as the story as a whole clearly doesn't agree!
Critical Role One-Shots: Shadows of the Crystal Palace
Alexandra Elise O'Neill/Hanako Hayashi
I love both these two, and their whole vibe/relationship. I would most love to read how they deal with the aftermath of the one-shot but would also be interested in something set before the one-shot too!
Critical Crossovers
Jester Lavorre & Pike Trickfoot & Caduceus Clay
I just love the idea of what these 3 would make of each other and their different relationships to their gods and even their different power and adventurer levels!
Beauregard Lionett/Vex'ahlia, Beauregard Lionett/Keyleth
I just can't even imagine what Beau would make of Keyleth or Vex but I'd love to read fic to find out!
Critical Role Campaign One
Zahra Hydris/Vex'ahlia, Keyleth/Vex'ahlia
OK so these are both ships of my heart, I love Vex and Zahra's relationship, I love fic that is missing scenes around the Conclave arc while Zahra's in Whitestone particularly.
I also adore Vex/Keyleth, it's maybe my fav CritRole pairing, I love stuff that explores their shared connection to nature, Keyleth's hero worship, flying, different ways of managing their inner critics, what being a half-elf and what their life choices mean to them.
Critical Role Campaign Two
Beauregard Lionett/Jester Lavorre, Beauregard Lionett/Yasha, Jester Lavorre/Yasha
I love all 3 of these women and any relationships between them. I actually OT3 them really hard so if you wanted to work that in, I'd love it, but also any separate line in the triangle would be A++.
For Beau and Jester, I love how solid their relationship is now, and I'd love to see a take on how that transitions to lovers.
For Beau and Yasha, there's just so much there surrounding forgiveness and overcoming your past, and trying, and growing, I feel like it started as an attraction but what is it now after everything they've been through?
For Jester and Yasha I have a less clear idea, I just really like them together, I love the side of each other they bring out.
Thank you so much for writing for me, I hope you have fun with it!