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Yuletide letter
Hi Yuletide person!
This has been a weird year for me. Has it been a weird year for you? I suspect the answer is yes. I'm having trouble with figuring out how to, like, enjoy things right now, plus being American at this very moment I am having trouble planning ahead beyond next Tuesday.
But! I am not going to let that ruin Yuletide! Writer, I do not have a lot of detailed requests or rhapsodies this year, but I have requested a set of fandoms where I am sure I will be happy to get any fic at all that you write for me. I really truly mean that.
Also three of them are very low-effort to pick up, if you can't manage what we matched on:
Pigs in Space: 30-ish 3-min-ish sketches, up on Youtube, Pigs in Space playlist, also a good Muppet Wiki entry.
Teeny Little Super Guy: 10 3-min-ish sketches, up on YouTube, TLSG playlist (earworm warning).
Strandbeest are kinetic sculpture/art installation. There's info on the website linked and also various articles and videos around the web, but not much "canon". Feel free to write me fic after just staring at youtube videos of them until your brain smooths out.
This year pretty much all I have in the way of DNWs and special requests is that I need a story where things are mostly okay, at least for now, at least a little, and writer, I hope we both find our way there.
If you'd like more in the way of my likes or specific prompts, feel free to dig back in this tag in my journal, or mix up the prompts I gave between fandoms. I am always up for a crossover (whether or not I know the other fandom), a fun AU, or experiments with form and structure, if those also float your boat, whether I mentioned them in a specific requeset or not. I did not request any ships but I am fine with any ship you want to write. Optional details are optional.
I have been spending a lot of time this last year reading stories about necromancy and the differently alive, so if you're stuck for ideas throwing some of that in probably won't hurt.
Request 1 by melannen
Fandom:The Muppet Show: Pigs in Space (Any)
Please write me a space adventure about Pigs in Space! I always wanted more than just the short skits we got. Crossovers with other outer-space Muppets or other space fandoms welcomed but not required!
Request 2 by melannen
Fandom:Teeny Little Super Guy (Sesame Street) (Any)
Hi would like a story where Teeny Little Super Guy is wise and understanding and makes small problems better. I have long believed that he has the ability to phase up through any kitchen counter anywhere, so you can have him appear in any kitchen you would like. Or have some of the kids he mentored back in the 80s grown up and are mentoring new young kitchenware now?
Alternatively, go in the opposite direction and do something about the fact that his theme song always sounds like it's full of dirty euphemisms to me as a adult.
Request 3 by melannen
Fandom:Mathnet (Any)
I would like a story about forensic math! Or maybe a setting-swap AU where they are math-based baristas or doing maths in space or in fairy tales? Have fun! Do math!
Request 4 by melannen
Fandom:The Locked Tomb Trilogy | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir (any)
I would love a story that explores the world of this universe beyond the very tiny sliver we see in the books. What is normal life like in any of the Nine Houses? Who prints Gideon's titty mags? What was the distant past of the Dominican system like - what was the Ninth like in Nonius's day, or Anastasia's? What was it like in the early days just post-Resurrection? What is society like on the planets outside the Houses? And so on. There is so much room left to explore outside Canaan House and the Mithraeum.
Request 5 by melannen (The Myriad)
Fandom:The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie
Please write me a story about the Myriad! I like her as a character, as a mentor and a god, and also the idea of a divinity who manifests as a swarm of mosquitoes is really intriguing, especially given the huge influences mosquitoes (via disease, mostly) can have on the shape of human society.
Request 6 by melannen (Any)
Fandom:Strandbeest - Theo Jansen
Please tell me about a world that belongs to the Strandbeest. I am fascinated by how utterly self-sufficient they give the impression of being, and how intricate. How do they live? What are their communities and ecologies? You could just write a natural history description, or a story of their lives, or their interaction with new, non-Strandbeest creatures.
..okay rereading my requests, I do have one big DNW: Please do not give me anything set in that weird AU where Muppets are not real people. Thank you. (I mean I know the Pigs in Space are fiction, so this shouldn't even come up, but their *actors* aren't, idk why people keep trying to pretend Miss Piggy isn't real.)
ETA belatedly: if you happened to match on more than one fandom, I would be equally delighted with TLSG helps Harrow in the kitchen, Pigs in Space meet Strandbeests, the Myriad helps solve math crimes, etc. and so on!
This has been a weird year for me. Has it been a weird year for you? I suspect the answer is yes. I'm having trouble with figuring out how to, like, enjoy things right now, plus being American at this very moment I am having trouble planning ahead beyond next Tuesday.
But! I am not going to let that ruin Yuletide! Writer, I do not have a lot of detailed requests or rhapsodies this year, but I have requested a set of fandoms where I am sure I will be happy to get any fic at all that you write for me. I really truly mean that.
Also three of them are very low-effort to pick up, if you can't manage what we matched on:
Pigs in Space: 30-ish 3-min-ish sketches, up on Youtube, Pigs in Space playlist, also a good Muppet Wiki entry.
Teeny Little Super Guy: 10 3-min-ish sketches, up on YouTube, TLSG playlist (earworm warning).
Strandbeest are kinetic sculpture/art installation. There's info on the website linked and also various articles and videos around the web, but not much "canon". Feel free to write me fic after just staring at youtube videos of them until your brain smooths out.
This year pretty much all I have in the way of DNWs and special requests is that I need a story where things are mostly okay, at least for now, at least a little, and writer, I hope we both find our way there.
If you'd like more in the way of my likes or specific prompts, feel free to dig back in this tag in my journal, or mix up the prompts I gave between fandoms. I am always up for a crossover (whether or not I know the other fandom), a fun AU, or experiments with form and structure, if those also float your boat, whether I mentioned them in a specific requeset or not. I did not request any ships but I am fine with any ship you want to write. Optional details are optional.
I have been spending a lot of time this last year reading stories about necromancy and the differently alive, so if you're stuck for ideas throwing some of that in probably won't hurt.
Request 1 by melannen
Fandom:The Muppet Show: Pigs in Space (Any)
Please write me a space adventure about Pigs in Space! I always wanted more than just the short skits we got. Crossovers with other outer-space Muppets or other space fandoms welcomed but not required!
Request 2 by melannen
Fandom:Teeny Little Super Guy (Sesame Street) (Any)
Hi would like a story where Teeny Little Super Guy is wise and understanding and makes small problems better. I have long believed that he has the ability to phase up through any kitchen counter anywhere, so you can have him appear in any kitchen you would like. Or have some of the kids he mentored back in the 80s grown up and are mentoring new young kitchenware now?
Alternatively, go in the opposite direction and do something about the fact that his theme song always sounds like it's full of dirty euphemisms to me as a adult.
Request 3 by melannen
Fandom:Mathnet (Any)
I would like a story about forensic math! Or maybe a setting-swap AU where they are math-based baristas or doing maths in space or in fairy tales? Have fun! Do math!
Request 4 by melannen
Fandom:The Locked Tomb Trilogy | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir (any)
I would love a story that explores the world of this universe beyond the very tiny sliver we see in the books. What is normal life like in any of the Nine Houses? Who prints Gideon's titty mags? What was the distant past of the Dominican system like - what was the Ninth like in Nonius's day, or Anastasia's? What was it like in the early days just post-Resurrection? What is society like on the planets outside the Houses? And so on. There is so much room left to explore outside Canaan House and the Mithraeum.
Request 5 by melannen (The Myriad)
Fandom:The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie
Please write me a story about the Myriad! I like her as a character, as a mentor and a god, and also the idea of a divinity who manifests as a swarm of mosquitoes is really intriguing, especially given the huge influences mosquitoes (via disease, mostly) can have on the shape of human society.
Request 6 by melannen (Any)
Fandom:Strandbeest - Theo Jansen
Please tell me about a world that belongs to the Strandbeest. I am fascinated by how utterly self-sufficient they give the impression of being, and how intricate. How do they live? What are their communities and ecologies? You could just write a natural history description, or a story of their lives, or their interaction with new, non-Strandbeest creatures.
..okay rereading my requests, I do have one big DNW: Please do not give me anything set in that weird AU where Muppets are not real people. Thank you. (I mean I know the Pigs in Space are fiction, so this shouldn't even come up, but their *actors* aren't, idk why people keep trying to pretend Miss Piggy isn't real.)
ETA belatedly: if you happened to match on more than one fandom, I would be equally delighted with TLSG helps Harrow in the kitchen, Pigs in Space meet Strandbeests, the Myriad helps solve math crimes, etc. and so on!