vanillafluffy | It's the most wonderful time of the year.... (Reply)

yuletide is pending. It's time to nominate fandoms and scan long lists and angst about "Do I want a story for X? X & Y? Or Y & Z?" Oh, decisions, decisions! Although I noticed, happily, that between the time I was looking at the oh-so-long list last night and this afternoon, "Secondhand Lions" magically appeared. That's a definite I want, because srsly, Christian Kane swordfighting in tight pants? Hellz yeah! And there's a lot of unaccounted for time between their early adventures and the time the rest of the movie is set. So that was my number one nom.

"Justified" was the second thing I pounced on --- I will probably offer it as well --- because of this picture:

I want some jailhouse cock, namely, Boyd making somebody his bitch. Bonus points if there's a shower scene. Hey, it's not necessarily outright non-con---Boyd's powers of persuasion are awesome.

Proving that FX has the coolest shows, I nommed "Sons of Anarchy", although anyone who gets my request may want to throw me under a bus: I want Piney. I've had A Thing for William Lucking since 1975 or so. Pre-series backstory, with Gemma, because Katey Segal rocks. Clay is okay too, and...whoever Jax's daddy was. (Hey, I just started watching this season, I don't have all the details sorted out yet, but Tuesdays are my bliss night.)

I'm asking for two books: Lisa Mason's "Summer of Love", which is the story of a time-traveler who goes to 1967 San Francisco to save the future. It's among my top ten favorite books of all time; it's mind-blowing. The other is a lesser-known juvenile book, "The Flight of the Doves" by Walter Macken. (It was made into a VERY bad musical in the '70s---ignore that.) An orphaned brother and sister run away from their nasty stepfather in England to get to their Irish grandmother. Adventures ensue: they travel with gypsies, hitch rides and are pursued by a sinister man in a pink car. The ending makes me cry every damn time.

And finally, I asked for an RPF fandom: What Not to Wear. Maybe Stacy and Clinton are detectives on the side, ala Nick and Nora Charles. Something that got tossed had a valuable brooch pinned to it, and now they have to locate it. I'll volunteer to be the fashion victim---okay, so *some* of my skirts are a bit too long. And a few of my pants might be a little on the short side. And I don't own a single pair of pointy-toed shoes. So what? My hats are fabulous!

Going over the list, it was hard to distinguish, sometimes between "I want to read fic for X" and "I'd rather write for fandom X". Sometimes I had to stop and ask myself what was triggering my enthusiasm. There were quite a few fandoms that I'd like to see more fiction for, but because I feel so attached to them, I'd rather volunteer to write them---because I know I won't commit atrocities against canon.

Some were a case of, yes, that needs more fiction, but not from me, because I've already written it extensively (Once Upon a Time in Mexico being a shining example), or have written what I consider to be a definitive story for it. Although a lot of my best stories have come from prompts....

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