Dear Yuletide Writer Letter

Dear Yuletide Writer:

Thanks for participating in the exchange! I hope you enjoy the reading, writing, and excitement of Yuletide. A bit about me:

Relationships: I enjoy gen, het, slash, and femslash. Poly is less of a thing for me, but if you find it makes for a compelling story, go for it.

Likes: Gothic tales, May/December relationships, noir, silver foxes, mentor/student relationships, atmosphere, vampires, ghosts, period settings, sexual extortion, power dynamics, nature (forests, deserts, shores and swamps). Exploration of the minds and motives of villains. Fraught relationships (sexual frustration, longing, unrequited love). 

Squicky about: cannibalism, bestiality, zombies, gratuitous graphic violence, scat/watersports, underage (see fandom specific details), body horror. Dub-con is okay; explicit non-con is iffy but not a deal breaker. I’d prefer not to read stories that focus on infidelity, though I know it can play a role in the backstories of some characters.

I’m good with missing scenes and canon divergence, but I like to stay in the world of the story, so I’m less interested in other types of AUs.

( Some fandom specifics... )

Happy writing! I look forward to reading the fruits of your creativity in December.