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Thanks for writing for me! I love Yuletide and I love treats too.

A few notes to start:
I sure do love a good world build.

I like romance that is present but takes a back seat to friendship, or slow burns. I adore found family, sworn brotherhood, and people being good parents. I like hurt comfort, and people taking care of each other.

Happy endings only please. Do be as funny or as zany as you like. Crack crossovers are a love, but I prefer to know both fandoms.

Do Not Wants:

AUs that change the setting, POVs. or professions--high school AU, Coffee Shop AU types, modern set aus.

I absolutely do no want porn. Romance is fine, fade to black for the sex like you're on broadcast TV. No infidelity.

No non-canon character death.

Please keep sexual violence to aired on TV levels too--in general think 'safe for network broadcast'. No incest.

Do not give any protagonist a problem with drugs or alcohol, or treat narcotic use for pain as bad. Use of drugs or alcohol is fine, just not addiction.

斗破苍穹 | Battle Through the Heavens (Donghua)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwJAwkKCGfFNY-9gOwREI6-ZEisdx8KP9&si=kV1w9FdheKeAptIJ
All of this series is available, with English subtitles, on YouTube (officially even).
Wiki is here: https://battle-through-the-heavens.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_Through_the_Heavens_Wiki
Recap special (aired as episodes during hiatus for movie production): https://youtu.be/68RiKZnPcgc?si=3ETG5cK3ZYrgD89U
Xiao Yan & Yao Chen relationship recap: https://youtu.be/00xf58DZiRE?si=QYEHg3edQpOCGmzF

I adore Xiao Yan. I especially adore his relationship with his father Xiao Zhan, and father figures, Hai Bodong and Yao Chen. For characters you can include Xiao Yan and one of the others of your choice instead of all four. While the donghua isn't there yet, I'm familiar with where his story is going as I'm also current on the Martial Universe and Great Ruler animations, including his appearances as Flame Emperor in GR.

I love all the female characters too, I'm just less interested in their romances with him, so if you are going to include romance for Xiao Yan you can take your pick--just not Yao Chen. I'm willing to be sold on his relationship with Hai Bodong going a different way.
I picked the donghua over the novel specifically because of the difference in how Xiao Xiao came to be. I do not want Xiao Yan as a rapist, even with the dub con/sex pollenishness of the novel canon, so I like how the animated series cuts all of that out.

武动乾坤 | Martial Universe (TV)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwJAwkKCGfFNJbcq1RnTG3DRJCLANNNha&si=DiaAgOdR3K_k2kKT

Wiki here: https://wu-dong-qian-kun.fandom.com/wiki/Wu_Dong_Qian_Kun_Wiki
Tiger Lin Yan/Xiao Yan, Little Flame, tiger boy, my beloved. As much as I love his chibi form and Battle Cat form, I'd like any fic to feature his human form. He's such a dork, and I love how he is still pretty confused by humans, but he is so protective and devoted to his adopted brothers. For prompts, Either Lin Yan and Diao getting up to trouble of some sort, or Lin Yan himself trying to figure out parts of being human shaped now. Extra funny would be someone trying to flirt with the poor man. It would go over his head (Diao and Lin Dong would find it really funny though).
I did include Mo Ling in the tagset, as I do also like the prince (and his habit of needing rescue), and I do ship him with Lin Dong if you feel like tossing that in while focusing on Lin Yan.

大主宰 | The Great Ruler (TV)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvLIVHx3Z2tWjNy7LjeYVQprfqt-BQJgx&si=Wbzzun4OmPWIAvQC
(Season 2 also available from the same channel, all official)
Wiki here: https://thegreatruler.fandom.com/wiki/The_Great_Ruler_Wiki

I love the steady devotion between Mu Chen and Luo Li, and definitely don't break them up no matter who you are including, but I also like Mu Chen's rivalry and friendship with his elder students, Shen and Li. Like with BTTH, for characters please include Mu Chen, and at least one of the other three, which ever combo you want.

If you're going to be in NYC before June, you should see Masquerade. Especially if you are disabled.

We arrived at the venue early. They checked us in and asked if we needed the stairless route. I said yes. I was with my rollator as I figured the larger scooter I have would be too big.

We were ushered in to a side hallway and met by a staffer, who introduced himself as our butler for the evening. He got us our masks, took our coats, and asked if we wanted the alcoholic or non-alcoholic toast. Then he asked--and it was an ask--how we would like to move about the experience--I could walk with the rollator or one of their chair canes and he'd ensure a good path and when to go to the elevator (the main audience goes up and down stairs a lot), or they had wheelchairs available and he would push me. He talked briefly about the speed of transitions but I didn't feel pressed to choose any one option. I opted for the wheelchair.

Throughout the night he moved me into and out of the rooms quickly, the other staff were very on top of moving curtains, moving chairs, it was very well coordinated.

In the first room, as everyone else is standing, I was right in front. A cast member stopped and asked my name. A few minutes later, Andre entered and greeted me by name (he then went on to say hello to other attendees). I thought that might be it for the name but it was not!

Throughout the show there are notes from the Phantom, of course. These actually get handed out to people and you get to keep them, which is just fun in general.

So we are moving through the show, and there's a moment when the main audience is doing a long staircase down so you, in the elevator, end up in the next scene well ahead of them. It's Carlotta's dressing room. She also greeted me by name as an 'old friend', and started complaining about not having a big role in Don Juan (if you know Phantom you know what's being adapted here), we chat, the rest of audience comes in and suddenly I'm in the scene! I got to play along as her dear friend comforting her (I suggested a vacation to Italy), and then we read the Phantom's next note together, which I got to keep.

In another moment, they bring in some of the Phantom's backstory from Love Never Dies (and one of the songs), and it's supposed to be spooky. The rest of the audience goes through a spooky hallway, but from the elevator you don't.

They had a cast member waiting outside the elevator to spook us. Just us! So we wouldn't miss out on the scare.

It was like that throughout. Always positioned for a good view, lots of cast interactions. At the end there's a bar and merch shop. They quickly brought out my rollator and our coats and gave us directions on how to leave when we were ready.

So truly a magic night. It's a very different version of Phantom, but I've seen the musical live on stage 5 times, different was appealing. I could not have loved it more.

I hope you are well and surviving out there.

Thanks for writing for me! I love Yuletide and I love treats too.

A few notes to start:
I sure do love a good world build, and this year that's a focus of the picks, as these are all 5 minute fandoms.

I like romance that is present but takes a back seat to friendship, or slow burns. I adore found family, and people being good parents. I like hurt comfort, and people taking care of each other.

Happy endings only please. Do be as funny or as zany as you like. These songs and art are mostly already on the way to silly.

Do Not Wants:

AUs that change the setting, POVs. or professions--high school AU, Coffee Shop AU types, modern set aus.

I absolutely do no want porn. Romance is fine, fade to black for the sex like you're on broadcast TV. No infidelity.

No non-canon character death, and definitely no killing either song heroine.

Please keep sexual violence to aired on TV levels too--in general think 'safe for network broadcast'.

Do not give any protagonist a problem with drugs or alcohol, or treat narcotic use for pain as bad.

The Outlandish Knight (Traditional Ballad):
Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist

Take your pick of versions--"Lady Isabel & the Elf Knight" is what Child titled the set, so feel free to pick and choose from the 8 variants, but I prefer the elements from the Outlandish Knight versions such as the parrot. I really like that sassy parrot.

How did she get a snarky parrot anyway? Do also keep her alive--there's the one variation where he does manage to kill her, my least favorite--but you don't have to have the knight dead if you want to play around with it.

If you want to do a bigger worldbuild, both Isabel and Margaret are names used in a lot of ballads. Are they the same? different?
Do they all meet for tea every other Tuesday with the rest of the ladies from ballads and complain about the men in their lives?

Don't Make Me - Malinda (Music Video)
https://youtu.be/QQAbzby4hZk?si=UgJMd_a6P3NIJFc0

Tell me everything and anything about this princess/queen and her dirty rotten husband. Does she take over with her handmaidens? How did she get into this mess?

White Reflection - Two-Mix (Music Video)
https://youtu.be/ZNSOcPjL-Gw?si=JgaGfGJ2k8EqVw6N

What even is going on here? I've loved this video for decades now, I love how it tells a story of these two musicians and their journey even if you don't know Japanese. I love it so much, build as much more or little of the story as you like. What are the lights? Who are the musicians? What happens to them?

can't believe u forgot the scrolls, how am i supposed to resurrect the dragon now?
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Ka5nnW
I adore Tomislav's quirky art. Please, tell me about this necromancer, his giant minion, and this poor dead dragon. Or recently resurrected dragon.
Fandom specific DNW: no evil dragon. Be on the dragon's side.

I hope you are still doing ok and surviving out there

Thanks for writing for me!

A few notes to start:
I sure do love a good world build, and this year that's a focus of the picks, as these are all 5 minute fandoms.

I like romance that is present but takes a back seat to friendship, or slow burns. I adore found family, and people being good parents. I like hurt comfort, and people taking care of each other.

Happy endings only please. Do be as funny or as zany as you like. These songs are mostly already on the way to silly.

Do Not Wants:

AUs that change the setting or professions--high school AU, Coffee Shop AU types, modern set aus.

I absolutely do no want porn. Romance is fine, fade to black for the sex like you're on broadcast TV. No infidelity.

No non-canon character death, and definitely no killing either song heroine.

Please keep sexual violence to aired on TV levels too--in general think 'safe for network broadcast'.

Do not give any protagonist a problem with drugs or alcohol, or treat narcotic use for pain as bad.

Lady Isabel & the Elf Knight (Traditional Ballad):
Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist

Or Lady Margaret. Take your pick of their names, and take your pick of versions--"Lady Isabel & the Elf Knight" is what Child titled the set, so feel free to pick and choose from the 8 variants. Do include the parrot if you like. I really like that sassy parrot. How did she get a snarky parrot anyway? Do also keep her alive--there's the one where he does manage to kill her, my least favorite--but you don't have to have the knight dead if you want to play around with it.
If you want to do a bigger worldbuild, both Isabel and Margaret are names used in a lot of ballads. Are they the same? different?
Do they all meet for tea every other Tuesday with the rest of the ladies from ballads and complain about the men in their lives?

FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of Your Thesis Defense - Luke Burns
So, I'm in academia. I oversee a writing center, including all our citation guidance material university wide.I also deal with doctoral studies a lot. I have feelings on IRB and APA and everything.
What does IRB look like in a world where you fight the snake? How panicy are students over their AQR and APA review if a bad one means a venomous snake? Tell me the tales of academic minutia!

Lupin (TV 2021)
I love Assane so much. He's so perfectly a gentleman thief. I'd love to learn more about how he got all the skills we see.

I've only asked for Assane to keep things open: I liked Claire, if you want to keep to canon ships. I really liked both Ben and Youssef. How is Ben dealing with the events of season 3?

Youssef is intrigued and fascinated by our thief, in the long tradition of upstanding detectives being a bit charmed by dashing rouge thieves. There are all kinds of ways for Assane to flirt with him too. Youssef also seems the sort to bend the law a bit to be morally right when the law is wrong. How does he feel finally catching his thief?

If you're crossover inclined:
There's a fine tradition of phantom thieves teaming up. How would Assane do crossing paths with Neal Caffrey? Or the Leverage crew, who would probably have a high five for him for the rich guy take down (Assane & Hardison: BFFs?). Also amusing would be Lupin III and his crew, or Kaito Kid (either Kaitou or his parents, Chikage was a French thief to start). Assane should come out on top of course, it's his story. Also fun would be Assane vs. a detective from my other fandoms. For a more concrete prompt: Assane got so skilled by training with other phantom thieves.

Thanks for writing for me!

A few notes to start:
I sure do love a good world build, and this year that's a focus of the picks, as these are all 5 minute fandoms.

I like romance that is present but takes a back seat to friendship, or slow burns. I adore found family, and people being good parents. I like hurt comfort, and people taking care of each other.

Happy endings only please. Do be as funny or as zany as you like. These songs are mostly already on the way to silly.

Do Not Wants:

AUs that change the setting or professions--high school AU, Coffee Shop AU types, modern set aus.

I absolutely do no want porn. Romance is fine, fade to black for the sex like you're on broadcast TV. No infidelity.

No non-canon character death, and definitely no killing either song heroine.

Please keep sexual violence to aired on TV levels too--in general think 'safe for network broadcast'.

Do not give any protagonist a problem with drugs or alcohol, or treat narcotic use for pain as bad.

Don't Make Me- Malinda (Music Video):
https://youtu.be/QQAbzby4hZk
Worldbuilding

Who is this lovely princess, and how did she end up marrying a louse with murderous intentions? Good on her for (literally) giving him the heave ho, but what happens now? Is this an evil queen's origin story? Are she and her handmaidens going to run the country now? I just have so many questions, but I love this clever princess so much.

Lady Isabel & the Elf Knight (Traditional Ballad):
Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist
Worldbuilding, Lady Isabel, the Parrot

Or Lady Margaret. Take your pick of their names, and take your pick of versions--"Lady Isabel & the Elf Knight" is what Child titled the set, so feel free to pick and choose from the 8 variants. Do include the parrot. I really like that sassy parrot. How did she get a snarky parrot anyway? Do also keep her alive--there's the one where he does manage to kill her, my least favorite--but you don't have to have the knight dead if you want to play around with it.
If you want to do a bigger worldbuild, both Isabel and Margaret are names used in a lot of ballads. Are they the same? different?
Do they all meet for tea every other Tuesday with the rest of the ladies from ballads and complain about the men in their lives?

Stray
The orange cat, worldbuilding

So, what happens next? Does kitty find their friends? Ever go back to the robot city? Bring the friends along?

DNWs for this canon:
Don't hurt the cat. No AUs at all for this one please, and keep it to canon violence and no sexual content.

Thanks for writing for me!

A few notes to start:
I love a good world build, though I totally forgot to nominate that as a tag for anything, oh well.

I love casefic and heists. I like romance that is present but takes a back seat to friendship, or slow burns. I adore found family, and people being good parents. I like hurt comfort, and people taking care of each other.

I love crossovers, and if it's a detective show that's:

1. Available in the US, in English, on some form of streaming service

2. Not set in the US

I've probably seen at least one episode. You can also check previous year's letters for lists of favorites, or favs spotted in this year's tagset:
Brokenwood, Father Brown, Poirot, Foyle's War, My Life is Murder, New Tricks, Shetland, and Enola Holmes.

Detective team ups are wonderful. Crack detective team ups are love (and I mean that. You want to toss Detective Pikachu in there? go for it). .

Happy endings only please (a solved case counts).

Do Not Wants:

AUs that change the setting or professions--high school AU, Coffee Shop AU types, or anything where detectives aren't detectives anymore. I'm fine with most other AU/canon divergences.

I absolutely do no want porn. Romance is fine, fade to black for the sex like you're on broadcast TV. No infidelity.

No canon-character death (please kill OCs for your murder victims if you're going for that)--if they're alive still in canon they should remain so.

Please keep sexual violence to aired on TV levels too--in general think 'safe for network broadcast'.

Do not give any protagonist a problem with drugs or alcohol, or treat narcotic use for pain as bad.

I particularly dislike the tropes of 'accuse the detective of a crime' and detectives breaking moral codes/otherwise becoming villains (the law and moral codes aren't the same).

Lupin:

I love Assane so much. He's so perfectly a gentleman thief. I'd love to learn more about how he got all the skills we see.

I've only asked for Assane to keep things open: I liked Claire, if you want to keep to canon ships. I really liked both Ben and Youssef.

If you're feeling slashy, Ben & Assane feels more like friends with benefits than committed monogamous relationship to me, but there is lots of fun to have there. Ben clearly puts up with a lot getting pulled along trying to keep up with Assane, but he also clearly really adores him. I'd love more from their past heists.

Youssef is intrigued and fascinated by our thief, in the long tradition of upstanding detectives being a bit charmed by dashing rouge thieves. There are all kinds of ways for Assane to flirt with him too. Youssef also seems the sort to bend the law a bit to be morally right when the law is wrong.

If you're crossover inclined:
There's a fine tradition of phantom thieves teaming up. How would Assane do crossing paths with Neal Caffrey? Or the Leverage crew, who would probably have a high five for him for the rich guy take down (Assane & Hardison: BFFs?). Also amusing would be Lupin III and his crew, or Kaito Kid (either Kaitou or his parents, Chikage was a French thief to start). Assane should come out on top of course, it's his story. Also fun would be Assane vs. a detective from my other fandoms. For a more concrete prompt: Assane got so skilled by training with other phantom thieves.

Mystery Case Files:

Character: Master Detective

So, I'm a hidden object game addict. MCF is one of my favorites of the many series I play, especially the classic Ravenhearst saga ones, and Dire Grove, which is the best game they've done.
I'd love background or history on the detective, or how they came to be a master detective. I'd love any kind of interactive fic or choose your own adventure for this particular fandom.

Now that we've had a bit more revealed in the recent games, we still don't have a lot on how this universe works, and who is really behind what is going on.

McDonald & Dodds:

Characters: McDonald & Dodds

This is a super short series so far, so if you want to get into a new canon there are only 5 episodes.
I love Lauren as a detective and character! She's so cool. She's smart, she's politically savvy, she knows how to play with the brass. She will stick a knife in the back of anyone who crosses her and smile while she does. We get the idea more went down in London than she's said. What was it?

Dodds is so understated. We don't even know his first name. He reads as on the spectrum or otherwise neuroatypical, and I think that's intentional, it would be interesting to lean into that.
I would love a story with Lauren learning more about him as a person. He keeps having surprising aspects to his story that we get little glimpses of.
He has been a detective a *long* time. Old case comes back to haunt them?

Their relationship is a riot. Please don't make it romantic, she's his direct superior so that's a no go for me.

I'd love a casefic. Or a bit of peril for either one. A crossover would be a delight, lots of reasons for other characters to show up in Bath.

So to recap the flaming trash fire of this year in which everything was cancelled:
Dead: Dave's uncle (one of his 3 remaining blood relatives), my aunt (dad's older sister), and one of the teachers I co-taught with for a decade. It's actually the teacher that hit the harder, he was a wonderful teacher and we had some rocking projects together.
Grandma is trying to join the list, as she's been in and out of hospital with pneumonia and heart failure (non-covid).
niqaeli's parents *handwaves* everything continues as well.

We all caught COVID about 2 weeks ago. Well, Dave didn't officially, but really. I'm mostly ok, except when I am not. I really want to go comment more on Yuletide fic, but I get tired fast.

At least work from home continues ok, and work itself continues to be full of praise, though it does sap out all of my creative writing energy.

We have postponed Christmas dinner to next week, so I have some hope of managing to cook it, even if it will still be just the 4 of us.

Is this the only time I post each year? Just about!

A few over all notes to start:
I love crossovers, and if it's a detective show that's:
1. Available in the US, in English, on some form of streaming service
2. Not set in the US
I've probably seen at least one episode. You can also check previous year's letters for lists of favorites, or favs spotted in this year's tagset:
Brokenwood, Midsomer, Father Brown, Marple, Death in Paradise, and hey everyone's into Enola this year....
Detective team ups are wonderful. Casefic is awesome, crack detective team ups are love (and I mean that. You want to toss Detective Pikachu in there? go for it), I also like character profiles, or backstory, and worldbuilding. Happy endings only please (a solved case counts). This year is dark enough, add some light.
I DNW AUs if the detectives stop being detectives. I'm fine with most other AU/canon divergences.
I DNW porn. No canon-character death (please kill OCs for your murder victims if you're going for that)--if they're alive still in canon they should remain so. Please keep sexual violence to aired on TV levels--in general think 'safe for network broadcast' for both sex and violence. Don't maim the detectives (but feel free to beat them up). I particularly dislike the tropes of 'accuse the detective of a crime' and detectives breaking moral codes/otherwise becoming villains.

Shetland
Characters: Jimmy Perez and Duncan
I do in fact ship Jimmy/Duncan, but don't feel you have to go that way, I will not be at all disappointed by gen or canon ships. Not keen on Jimmy/Tosh since it's superior/subordinate. If you're inclined to the slash, I'd love a how they got together fic, or a casefic, or even just something atmospheric about Shetland and life on the islands.

Mystery Case Files
Character: Master Detective
So, I'm a hidden object game addict. Seriously. If you play these, poke me after Yuletide and we can be friends. MCF is one of my favorites of the many series I play, especially the classic Ravenhearst saga ones, and Dire Grove, which is the best game they've done. I'd love background or history on the detective, or how they came to be a master detective. I'd love any kind of interactive fic or choose your own adventure for this particular fandom.

Dark Parables
Character: Fairy Tale Detective
See above re: HO games. For this series, I love the world the detective travels to. Her poor long suffering horses.I'd love a revisit of any of the many characters (like the Riding Hood Sisters) we meet, or history or background on the detective. I'd love any kind of interactive fic or choose your own adventure for this particular fandom.

Queens of Mystery
Character: Matilda Stone
Matilda is still a fav detective, her and all her busybody aunties. I wish there was more than one season. They left a LOT of questions unanswered. So feel free to answer any of them. Who's the crow's owner? Who's her dad really? What became of mom? Or more about any of the aunts, they've had long lives. Have they solved crimes when Matilda was little? Small Matilda and the aunties vs. some bumbling cops and A Murder. It's pretty clear from the DCI's intro that the aunties have A History of Meddling.
Matilda totally solved odd petty mysteries like lost dogs as a kid.

Ok, so there's a bit of a theme to this year's requests:

Lady Detectives!!

A few over all notes to start:
I love crossovers, and if it's a detective show that's:
1. Available in the US, in English, on some form of streaming service
2. Not set in the US
I've probably seen at least one episode. You can also check previous year's letters for lists of favorites, or favs spotted in this year's tagset: Bletchley, Death in Paradise, Father Brown, Foyle's War, Jonathan Creek, Midsomer, Murdoch, Rosemary & Thyme, Murder She Wrote, Ms. Fisher's Modern, and New Tricks. Vera and Alexa would either be new best friends or have the Worst Power Struggle.
Detective team ups are wonderful. Casefic is awesome, crack detective team ups are love (and I mean that. You want to toss Detective Pikachu in there? go for it), I also like character profiles, or backstory, and worldbuilding. Happy endings only please (a solved case counts).
I DNW AUs if the detectives stop being detectives. I'm fine with most other AU/canon divergences.
I DNW porn. No canon-character death (please kill OCs for your murder victims if you're going for that)--if they're alive still in canon they should remain so. Please keep sexual violence to aired on TV levels--in general think 'safe for network broadcast' for both sex and violence. Don't maim the detectives (but feel free to beat them up). I particularly dislike the tropes of 'accuse the detective of a crime' and detectives breaking moral codes/otherwise becoming villains.

The Fandoms:
My Life is Murder:
Lucy Lawless! Adorable padawan! One season only, and available on Acorn TV! What's not to love? I love that Alexa has all the deadpan Done With Your Shit that I've loved about Lucy playing strong women, along with the retired 'I don't actually have to care'. We should all be so cool in retirement. Time shift would be cool--a case from when she was on the force (or Alexa telling Madison about her and Keiran's first case together)? Backstory about Gary and what happened there, with Madison finding out more about it? Her and Madison bonding? How did she meet George and start being his bread supplier? I feel like She and George totally have a history where she has arrested him at least once.

Queens of Mystery:
Matilda is one of my new favorite detectives, her and all her busybody aunties. She's so cool! They left a LOT of questions unanswered. So feel free to answer any of them. Who's the crow's owner? Who's her dad really? What became of mom? Or more about any of the aunts, they've had long lives. Have they solved crimes when Matilda was little? Small Matilda and the aunties vs. some bumbling cops and A Murder. It's pretty clear from the DCI's intro that the aunties have A History of Meddling.
Matilda totally solved odd petty mysteries like lost dogs as a kid.

Vera:
Vera will have none of your nonsense. I love how in charge and sure of her abilities she is. I'd love to see more about how she got where she is, the rank she has being harder for women to get. Or more about her father and the history there. I love the setting a lot too, it's a part of England that doesn't seem to show up a lot. Vera always seems so on top of things professionally, even when not personally, it's interesting to see her flustered or out of her depth. I also really like her kinda maternal relationship with her team. I especially like the banter between her and Kenny, that speaks to their long familiarity.

Magic Kaito

Hakuba Saguru

I really do adore this detective (okay, so I love detectives in general, but he's a favorite). I prefer him gay if you're going to be shippy, with Kaito or Shinichi or even Heiji (or any combo there of, should you feel like tossing DC characters in there), or an OC even. I'd love a story where Hakuba figures out about the evil group after Kaito and decides to help, or a romance, or a casefic. There's a lot of variety in how people characterize his back story, since we aren't given much in canon, but I rather like him to have had friends and a social life back in England. I have a headcanon that he's actually already taken his A level exams (a year early, given he's a genius), and that's why he starts the year late in Japan.
I adore crossovers, especially detective team-up crossovers. If it's British and a detective mystery available on Netflix, Acorn, or Britbox, I have likely seen it--or will watch it for this. The only detectives I don't care for are ones that completely lose their way morally (Marcella, Luthor, The Level such like). Given the shared magic/illusionist thing, as cross between Jonathan Creek and Magic Kaito would be certainly a thing I'd love--either with Hakuba back in England and running across Jonathan and Adam (with or without Kaito), or Adam and Jonathan preforming in Japan during some point before Jonathan leaves the business.

White Reflection - Two-Mix (Music Video)

Video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x15TXBJ_EXM
Lyrics: http://www.animelyrics.com/jpop/twomix/whitereflection.htm
I've always loved this video! I feel like there's a whole lot of story packed into a 5 minute video here. What is the glowing ball of light? Where did the floating platform come from? What else goes on during this journey to chase it? Tell me more about these musicians!
I've named the two characters after the artists in Two-Mix, since it says Two-Mix on the sheet music.

Jonathan Creek (TV)

Jonathan gets to involved in some of the oddest murders! I rather adore him in all his oddness. His relationship with Adam is pretty hilarious too. I'd love casefic, or mad adventure, or even just Jonathan snarking at everyone and everything. I prefer the earlier seasons to the most recent one, with Jonathan more on the misanthropic end of things. I am not very fond of Polly.
I adore crossovers, especially detective team-up crossovers, if you are so inclined. If it's British and a detective mystery available on Netflix, Acorn, or Britbox, I have likely seen it--or will watch it for this. The only detectives I don't care for are ones that completely lose their way morally (Marcella, Luthor, The Level such like). Given the shared magic/illusionist thing, as cross between Jonathan Creek and Magic Kaito would be certainly a thing I'd love--either with Hakuba back in England and running across Jonathan and Adam (with or without Kaito), or Adam and Jonathan preforming in Japan sometime before Jonathan left the business.

DNW:
PWP or explicit fic in general for this pseud. Adultery on the part of a hero (poly is not adultery so that's fine, it's partner betrayal I can't stand). Adultery as motive for murder is fine. Nothing that would require archive main warnings. Happy endings please, it's Christmas.

I hope you're doing well.

Dear Yuletide Writer!

Thanks for writing for me.
As you can see by the fandom list, I love a detective. I love all kinds of detectives, and these are just a few. I love case fic, and slice of life, and musings. For these fandoms I'm not interested in porn, and I try to limit what is attached to this name due to the ease of finding my brickspace id. As for romance, Magic Kaito is they only one where I wouldn't mind romance as a focus. The others--shipping is not why I like these shows.
In general, I like happy endings (or at least a solved case). I dislike gore, and unmitigated angst. I can't handle good characters committing adultery. Feel free to make cheating a plot point for a case/murder, but not, say, have Tom cheat on Joyce.
Please don't kill any requested character, or other canon main characters. Kill all the minor, side, and OC's you need for a good murder.
I do not like AUs of the sort where settings and all get swapped--if any detective is no longer a detective, I'm no longer interested.
I adore crossovers, especially detective team ups, and would love any of these shows mixed with each other, or any of a number of other detective shows (in the spirit of Yuletide though, Yuletide noms or would be eligible ones only). Such as: Marple, Poirot, Broadchurch, Death in Paradise, Dr. Blake, Kung Fu the legend continues, Line of Duty, Murdoch, Hinterland, Shetland, Loch Ness, Deep Water, Winter, Wallander, Law and Order (any), Forever, Lucifer, Cold Case, Murder She Wrote, Murder in the First, or Janet King.
International police conferences are a thing, and I got a really lovely story along those lines last year, but I am a greedy person and want another.

Fandoms:
Crossing Lines
Loose ends, we have a few. More than a few. A story tying any of them up would be nice. Is Eva dead? Where is Carl now? Or the others of the old team? Feel free to ignore Louis' death or anyone else's from the main cast, or just give me the actual emotional fall out of the end of season 2 that we didn't get. I have no ship feels for this show, mix and match at will, and include anyone else of the series regulars you like. I like Carl best, but add anyone you like. Also, this show seems ready designed for crossovers!

Midsomer Murders
My seemingly eternal request, that actually got filled last year! But this fandom is tiny so I'm going to ask for more. Tom and John are an either/or or both as you please--I like them both, but feel free to pick just one if you like. No breaking up Tom and Joyce, or John and Sarah, but other than that I have no ship opinions. I love how unflappable these two are, so a really weird case would be fun.

Magic Kaito
Hakuba gets overshadowed in a lot of fic by Hattori and Shinichi, but he's my favorite, so let him be the focus and win any deduction battles should you choose to include any other DC/MK detectives (I'd rather Shinichi not show up at all actually, he gets lots of fic!). I'd love something that more explores the tension he must have being half British and having grown up in England. It seems to get glossed over that there must be things that are culturally odd to him. Even better if his cross cultural knowledge could be key to solving a case. I have no firm OTP for him, and have happily read him with Kaito, Aoko, Akako, Sera, Shinichi, and even Hattori. So ship as you like!
Alternatively, I'd love to see any of the English based detective shows have to deal with the kid!

Dear Yuletide Writer!

Thanks for writing for me.
As you can see by the fandom list, I love a detective. I love all kinds of detectives, and these are just a few. I love case fic, and slice of life, and musings. For these fandoms I'm not interested in porn, and I try to limit what is attached to this name. As for romance, Magic Kaito is they only one where I wouldn't mind romance as a focus. The others--shipping is not why I like these shows.
In general, I like happy endings (or at least a solved case). I dislike gore, and unmitigated angst. I can't handle good characters committing adultery. Feel free to make cheating a plot point for a case/murder, but not, say, have Tom cheat on Joyce.
Please don't kill any requested character. Everyone else is fair game.
I do not like AUs of the sort where settings and all get swapped--if any detective is no longer a detective, I'm no longer interested.
I adore crossovers, especially detective team ups, and would love any of these shows mixed with each other, or any of a number of other detective shows (in the spirit of Yuletide though, Yuletide noms or would be eligible ones only). Such as: Conviction, Winter, Agatha Raisin, Wire in the Blood, Wallander, Law and Order (any), Forever, Lucifer, Cold Case, or Janet King.
International police conferences are a thing. Just putting that out there.

Fandoms:
Crossing Lines
Loose ends, we have a few. More than a few. A story tying any of them up would be nice. Is Eva dead? Where is Carl now? Or the others of the old team? Feel free to ignore Louis' death or anyone else's from the main cast, or just give me the actual emotional fall out of the end of season 2 that we didn't get. I have no ship feels for this show, mix and match at will, and include anyone else of the series regulars you like. I put four of them down, but feel free to include fewer as well--but one of them should be Carl. I like Carl best. Also, this show seems ready designed for crossovers!

Murder in the First
Hildy, Hildy is my idol. I love her in all her messed up trying to be a good mom and a good cop-ness. I also adore San Fran as a city. The show has gone ship places, but I'm neutral on it. I'd love case fic, or conflict with her daughter, or just sorting out her relationship with Terry. We don't get a lot of how she's actually feeling about stuff, as she tends to present a cold face.

Midsomer Murders
My seemingly eternal request. I adore Tom as just the kind of seen it all old detective I like watching. He's retired now, but that shouldn't stop him from solving the odd case, or getting called in to help John out. No breaking up Tom and Joyce, or John and Sarah should they appear, but other than that I have no ship opinions. As he is retired, running into a case (and other detectives) as a crossover would be awesome as well.

Death in Paradise
The character choices are an either or! I don't care which, I really like both detectives, but I want one of them. Ship whatever you want, and include anyone else you like. Island life, case fic, romance, or either detective taking a trip back to England.

Magic Kaito
Hakuba gets overshadowed in a lot of fic by Hattori and Shinichi, but he's my favorite, so let him be the focus and win any deduction battles should you choose to include any other DC/MK detectives. I'd love something that more explores the tension he must have being half British and having grown up in England. It seems to get glossed over that there must be things that are culturally odd to him. I have no firm OTP for him, and have happily read him with Kaito, Aoko, Akako, Sera, Shinichi, and even Hattori. So ship as you like!
Alternatively, I'd love to see any of the English based detective shows have to deal with the kid!

Hope it was a peaceful day.

So, general things first. For Yuletide I like a low angst level on the part of the main characters (OC case victims are another story). I like happy endings, even if that just means the case is solved. I'm very broad in my likes as far as tone and trope. Gen and up to M are all equally fine, but as my RL id is somewhat attached to my fannish ID, full on explicit porn I'd have to have unlinked from my AO3 account. I would rather not even approaching porn fic for Midsomer or Marple, as much as I love Tom and Jane, sex is not something I want to think about either if them having. Het, slash, femslash ships are fine.
Feel free to add in any other characters, there are no canon characters in any of these I dislike.
So, I love detectives, as you can tell by the first few fandoms. I love a good case of any type, so straight up casefic would be perfectly lovely. I'd rather things not get so graphic it hits horror film levels of gore--network tv levels are fine.
Hard DNW: Adultery or partner betrayal on the part of a canon main character, as this is a trigger point on which I will stop reading. I don't like AUs which alter things completely--especially if the detectives stop being detectives. I like them because they are detectives. Same with Kaito and his magic. Please no death of canon characters. Casefic can kill as many OC victims as you please, of course.

If it so happens you've seen more than one of the detective shows, I do love crossovers, especially for mystery shows. Detectives meeting each other and teaming up for a case is fun. New detectives chasing Kaito would be fun. I would recognize quite a lot of detectives in addition to the ones I'm requesting. In the spirit of Yuletide though, please stick to Yuletide eligible ones--Miss Fisher, , Poirot, Forever Knight, Forever, Closer, Murder in the First, Murdoch, Sally Lockhart, Copper, Bletchley Circle, and Cold Case are ones I spotted in the tag set that are ones I'm fond of.

Midsomer Murders:
Tom is such a wonderfully unflappable old fellow. I love the way the plots in this show are always so convoluted and everyone is so bad at murder they have to drop three or four bodies extra to try and cover up the first. I'd love something happening that would draw him out of retirement, perhaps to John or Jones--Tom to the rescue. Or just an exploration of how he's dealing with being retired. Tom and Joyce have a lovely marriage I would not want to see anything bad happen to, but I have no ship preferences beyond that.

Magic Kaito
Kaito is such a fun character. He's so off the wall. I love the contrast between him and Hakuba. I like Hakuba's obsession with Kaito that almost edges toward friendship. He wants so badly to understand *why*. I'd love him figuring out the why and facing the choice of helping Kaito or turning him in. I do ship these two. I also ship Kaito with Aoko, and Hakuba with Akako. Really my ship feelings are not strong. One thing I do not want for Yuletide is Kaito/Shinichi. That's pretty easily found, and Shinichi tends to take over fics he's in. I love him, but he's not up for Yuletide (DC isn't eligible), so I'd rather he stay away.

Miss Marple
Crafty old ladies. Knitting circle of gossip and murder solving. Marple is too much fun. She's sharp notices everything. I'd love case fic, especially crossover, but also we don't get a lot in the books about Marple herself often, about her own past and life before settling down in St. Mary Mead. Perhaps a tale of her and her sister, mother of Raymond West?

Lost Prince
Rat/Marco otp forever. I'd love post book, with Rat adjusting to palace life. Or how a romance blossoms between these two. Or Marco finding his way as a prince. I've loved this book for a long time, and there is very little fic, so anything really.

Being laid up from gallbladder removal sucks, but at least now I have time to watch Magic Kaito finally.

So, general things first. For Yuletide I like a low angst level on the part of the main characters (OC case victims are another story). I like happy endings, even if that just means the case is solved. I'm very broad in my likes as far as tone and trope. Gen and up to M are all equally fine, but as my RL id is somewhat attached to my fannish ID, full on explicit porn I'd have to have unlinked from my AO3 account. I would rather not even approaching porn fic for Midsomer or L&O:UK, as much as I love Tom and Ronnie I don't find either one sexy. Het, slash, femslash ships are fine.
Feel free to add in any other characters from the show, the detectives are my favorites but there are no canon characters in any of these shows I dislike.
So, I love detectives, as you can tell by the fandoms. I love a good case of any type, so straight up casefic would be perfectly lovely for any of these fandoms. I'd rather things not get so graphic it hits horror film levels of gore--network tv levels are fine.
Hard DNW: Adultery or partner betrayal on the part of a canon main character, as this is a trigger point on which I will stop reading. I don't like AUs which alter things completely--especially if the detectives stop being detectives. I like them because they are detectives. Please no death of canon characters. Casefic can kill as many OC victims as you please, of course.

If it so happens you've seen more than one of these shows, I do love crossovers, especially for mystery shows. Detectives meeting each other and teaming up for a case is fun, and any of this bunch meeting each other would be awesome. Ronnie and Tom are a lot alike anyway. I would recognize quite a lot of detectives in addition to the ones I'm requesting. In the spirit of Yuletide though, please stick to Yuletide eligible ones--Miss Fisher, Marple, Poirot, Forever Knight, Major Crimes, Copper, Bletchley Circle, and Cold Case are ones I spotted in the tag set that are ones I'm fond of.

Fandoms:
Midsomer Murders:
   Tom is such a wonderfully unflappable old fellow. I love the way the plots in this show are always so convoluted and everyone is so bad at murder they have to drop three or four bodies extra to try and cover up the first. I'd love something happening that would draw him out of retirement, perhaps to John or Jones--Tom to the rescue. Or just an exploration of how he's dealing with being retired. Tom and Joyce have a lovely marriage I would not want to see anything bad happen to, but I have no ship preferences beyond that. If you are up for a crossover, Tom and Ronnie could spend 1K+ words one upping each other on weirdest case stories and I'd be delighted.

Law & Order UK
    I feel about Ronnie much the way I do about Tom Barnaby, he's such an old 'seen it all before' sort of detective. Other than casefic, I'd love to see Ronnie deal with being the old guy. He's very very good at looking after the younger detectives, but I get the feeling he's a bit lonely sometimes and being a a detective is his whole life. I rather not see Ronnie shipped with anyone, but would love a backstory fic or personal life exploration, as the show doesn't give much. As above, I feel like Ronnie and Tom could so trade stories if you are willing and able to go the crossover route.

Murdoch Mysteries
   Oh Will. He's so earnest and literal and proper. I love the weird made up science on this show--it's like one step away from being steampunk. I'd love some weird science in case fic. My absolute favorite part of the show though is the constant surprise historical figures he runs into. You've already had episodes with Doyle, Houdini, the Prince of Wales, Edison, Ford and Tesla to name a few, and a reappearance of any of them in a case would be great. There are also so many others he could have to deal with. Jules Verne? Shackelton? Nellie Bly? I don't have any specific preference here, so use any historical figures you're fond off. I like William and Julia as a ship, but I'm perfectly open to other ships for them.

Forever
   Henry is just the sort of detective I like, so I've quickly fallen in love with this show. I know canon is quickly changing on a show this new, so don't worry about it. I like the relationship between Henry and Abe a lot. I'd love an adventure from Henry's past though--he's got more than 200 years of backstory yet to be filled in, so there's a lot of room to play in. This show seems a perfect set up for crossovers or including historical characters, if those appeal to you, and I'd love to see Henry meeting other detectives, real or fictional. I haven't developed any shippy feelings about anyone here yet.

We put Jasper to sleep this morning. He was 15 years old, and had stopped eating.
I miss him

Dear Yuletide writer,

I like happy endings, especially for Yuletide. I like fluff, h/c, a little angst, comedy, mysteries, slash, some het and gen. Ratings don't matter to me, anything from G to porn is ok. Though I have once again asked for fandoms I don't tend to go looking for porn in (well, Were the World maybe). For Yuletide, vanilla is best if you are going that route.
I have a massive trigger for infidelity. Open relationship/poly are fine, it's the partner betrayal I can't handle--if it's a character I'm supposed to like. I will not read good characters cheating. Cheaters getting murdered in murder mysteries though, go right ahead.
I dislike setting AUs--like high school AU or coffee shop AU. I don't mind timeline AUs, like characters not dying who did and such.
I love crime and mystery shows, in addition to the two I requested, Midsomer and Law & Order UK, ones set in modern times I have seen: Sherlock, Luther, Hetty, Marple, all the L&Os, all the CSIs, Criminal Minds, Prime Suspect, Waking the Dead.
Didn't care for Lynley or Morse, haven't had a chance to catch Whitechapel or Broadchurch yet.
I list because I love crime show crossovers, so if you are doing either Midsomer or L&O UK, cross away if you like to write crossovers. I would especially love a Midsomer/L&O UK cross (Midsomer is on netflix instant!).
Otherwise, for those two I like case fic, as what I enjoy most about Tom and Ronnie is the gruff blase they treat the weirdness they run into with.
I would not want either Tom or Ronnie in explicit fic. I love them both but don't want to think about either one naked.

For XKCD Time, go wild. There's so much about the world we got a glimpse of to explore, both before and after the comic.

Were the World Mine: pretty much all the fic focuses on Timothy and Jonathan's new love, which is awesome, but I really liked Frankie. She puts up with a lot during that movie, but stays Timothy's friend despite his foolishness. So really anything focused on her--perhaps how she and Max reconnected after Max comes down off the flower high.

Watching the hobbit behind the scenes stuff makes me really want to go to New Zealand. I really enjoyed the movie.

It is high costume season! Two events down, just the big 40 cast musical to go. Designing crane and dragonfly costumes at the moment, making the rest. 60 costume total I've got for this one, which explains where all my free time has gone....

Lost Prince, Provost Dogs, Misdomer Murders, Law and Order UK.
Some general notes first. I like happy endings. Angst is ok, but not unrelenting darkness. I don't have a lot of triggers, other than a massive one for adultery--I do not want to see loving marriages from in canon damaged. I'm ok if it's the motive for murder and thus happening to OCs, but Tom Barnaby cheating on or leaving Joyce, for instance, would be an unhappy fic for me. I like anything from gen to smut, though none of the fandoms I asked for this year are ones I go looking for porn in. As you can tell by 3 of the 4 fandoms, I really, really like detective stories and mysteries. I watch a lot of crime dramas (the CSIs, L&Os, Criminal Minds, Person of Interest, Closer), but am especially fond of the British ones (Sherlock, Luther, Prime suspect, Hetty, Marple, Cadfael, Poirot, and of course Midsomer and L&O:UK). I watch for the mysteries and people being clever, not so much for relationships--I don't have ships outside the canon ones in most of them. I only have strong ship feelings about Sherlock (Johnlock).
I do not like significant AUs. I especially do not like setting changes where everyone has lost their back story completely and has a different job/career/life (ie high school au or coffee shop au etc). Canon divergence is fine, I adore crossovers provided they avoid the AU back story thing.

I don't really have much else to say about Lost Prince. Fic for this book does not seem to exist. If you are a fan, can we be friends? I haven't met many others who have even read it. I'd love something post book, but really OMG FIC FOR THIS BOOK.

Provost Dogs goes with my detective love, which is why I like Clara so much. She's a good investigator. I'd be happy with straight case fic, or tales from her early career, before or after she met Tunstall. Or how they first paired up, or some of what she did to get the 'bad dog' reputation she first had. I would not want her shipped with anyone but her husband unless it was before she'd married.

Ronnie Brooks and Tom Barnaby are long lost brothers. They are so alike! While the crossover would make me squee, don't feel pressured if you haven't seen both. A fic about either one of these clever old detectives would be wonderful. Feel free to make A Certain Death in L&O Not Happen, though I'd also be ok with Ronnie continuing to deal with it. Casefic, crossover, or just slice of life for either of these guys.

So far we have seen:
Lots of squirrels (red, black, and gray)
A white tail deer
Beavers
Rabbits
Ravens, crows, hawks
A bald eagle
Two raccoons who were trying to get in the skylight of our bed and breakfast (up close therefore)
And four wolves.

The wolves of course are the coolest.

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