Dear Yuletide Writer,

It's that time of the year! Thank you for participating and for writing for me, I'm very much looking forward to reading whatever you come up with. <3

Please don't stress about meeting my requirements to the T. Everything here and everything in my optional details is meant to give you an idea and/or inspiration, it's not meant to cramp your style or quash the ideas you may already have. If you've got something you want to write, run with it! I'd rather read something that doesn't fit my request but that you enjoyed writing, than something you had to force out under duress.

Here are some ideas for you to bounce off of:

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Best of luck! I'm very much looking forward to whatever you come up with. Thank you again for writing for me. <3

-- teyla

Dear Yuletide Author,

Sorry this is late! I was at Fanworks and did not get around to writing my letter in time. /o\

Anyway, it's that time of the year! Thank you so much for offering to write fic. As a general disclaimer, please know that I'll love anything you write, so if you have an idea already, don't let my ramblings deter you. I'm just putting them here for inspiration in case you're looking for some. <3

General thoughts:
I really only have one DNW, which is ABO--I just can't wrap my head around it, so I'd ask that you avoid it. Beyond that, I'm excited to read whatever you decide to write--gen or PWP, kink, anything goes. I really enjoy fic that makes me both laugh and cry (perhaps even at the same time!), and I enjoy reading about characters being bad at emotions and relationships but trying their hardest in their own, messed-up way. I'm very much into character-driven stuff.

As for tropes, I enjoy enemies/rivals-to-lovers, hurt/comfort, believed to be dead, sickfic if it's funny enough, and angst with a happy ending (among others). I'm not so big on coffee shop AUs, domestic fluff, classic romance tropes, or high school AUs.

Specific requests:

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Dear Yuletide Author,

'tis the season! Thank you for doing this. I love Yuletide, and I love everyone who participates in it and keeps it alive year after year. Whatever you end up writing, rest assured I'm going to love it, just because it's a Yuletide fic. :D

I'm going to explain a little bit about what I like a lot and what I like less, but please know that for me, the most important thing is that you have fun with your assignment. If my prompts and ideas don't jive with you, just write whatever you enjoy. My ramblings are meant to be helpful and inspirational more than anything; if they're not that, feel free to ignore them.

Things I like:
- situational comedy
- satiric humor
- self-deprecation
- pragmatism
- characters unable to deal with emotions
- volatile relationships where both give as good as they get
- flawed protagonists who create most of their problems themselves

Things I'm a bit 'meh' on:
As mentioned in my optional details, I am not a big fan of A/B/O. I also struggle with stuff that skews either very much on the fluffy or very much on the dark side--a good mix of the two is what I enjoy best.

Do Not Wants etc.:
No triggers or major DNWs. Go as explicit or gen as you like. This includes all variations of kinkiness as long as it's consensual (or explicitly non-consensual and treated as such).

Specific fandom prompts are in my optional details. I hope I've given you something to work with. If you've already got an idea, forget my ramblings and run with it. Have fun! And thanks again. <3

-- teyla