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Dear Chocolatier, thank you so much for writing for me! Treat the list of prompts below as a springboard - feel free to mix and match, or come up with something your own, because I bet there's a ton of stories I haven't thought about that I would love. As long as my DNWs are met, I'm a happy chocolate lover. Looking forward to your gift!

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Hurt/comfort! When in doubt, go with h/c: physical, emotional, captivity scenarios, caretaking, whipping, dungeons, bullet wounds, wilderness survival, whatever. I love hurt/comfort within a relationship context (ships or gen: family ties, friendship, comradeship, all is good), as an opening for one character to be hurt and for the other(s) to be outraged/terrified/comforting on their behalf. I am particular about who gets whumped, and will usually indicate so in prompts.
Found families, tight friendships, us-against-the-world, people finding and keeping each other, providing kindness and warmth against the dark.
Hope and kindness, Clair universes, stories where the entropy tries its hardest but doesn't win.
Loyalty in all forms! From ritualized (oaths, kneeling, ring-kissing, knights and bodyguards and henchmen and so on) to more casual ways, like standing up for your friends.
Self-sacrifice (metaphorical and quite literal) and martyrdom (ditto).
Tropey AUs - space opera! high fantasy! historical! pirates!
Outsider POVs.

DNWs:

Hurt no comfort.
Partner betrayal of any kind or infidelity.
Unhappy endings and permanent character death ("presumed dead" and "died but got better" are fine).
A/B/O, hurtcomfortverse, any other 'verses with built-in biology-based inequality.
Hanahaki AUs and variations thereof.
Mundane AUs.
Non-con and dub-con front and center in the story (as a piece of backstory or an implied threat it's fine).

( Psmith, Saint of Steel, Final Fantasy XV )

Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/293655.html

Dearest Yulewriter, hello! Thank you for writing for me, and for loving those fandoms.

I list specific prompts below to give you a sort of starting point, but I'm also sure that there are things that I haven't thought of that I would absolutely love - so if you have ideas you're really passionate about, I'm deeply curious to know what they are, and to read your story. ODAO is fine! Mix, match and invent at will, please, and I'm looking forward to seeing you in December.

Links:

Likes:

Hurt/comfort! When in doubt, go with h/c: physical, emotional, captivity scenarios, caretaking, whipping, dungeons, bullet wounds, wilderness survival, whatever. I love hurt/comfort within a relationship context (ships or gen: family ties, friendship, comradeship, all is good), as an opening for one character to be hurt and for the other(s) to be outraged/terrified/comforting on their behalf. I am particular about who gets whumped, and will usually indicate so in prompts.
Found families, tight friendships, us-against-the-world, people finding and keeping each other, providing kindness and warmth against the dark.
Hope and kindness, Clair universes, stories where the entropy tries its hardest but doesn't win.
Loyalty in all forms! From ritualized (oaths, kneeling, ring-kissing, knights and bodyguards and henchmen and so on) to more casual ways, like standing up for your friends.
Self-sacrifice (metaphorical and quite literal) and martyrdom (ditto).
Tropey AUs - space opera! high fantasy! historical! pirates!
Outsider POVs.

DNWs:

Hurt no comfort.
Partner betrayal of any kind or infidelity.
Unhappy endings and permanent character death ("presumed dead" and "died but got better" are fine).
A/B/O, hurtcomfortverse, any other 'verses with built-in biology-based inequality.
Hanahaki AUs and variations thereof.
Mundane AUs.
Non-con and dub-con front and center in the story (as a piece of backstory or an implied threat it's fine).

( Psmith, Disco Elysium, The Goblin Emperor, Till We Have Faces, Piranesi )

Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/289046.html

My dear writer, hello! Thank you for matching to me, and I hope you'll enjoy writing your story. Feel free to mix and match my likes, prompts and ideas for different fandoms, or come up with scenarios I did not come up with, or experimenting; as long as my DNWs are met, I'm completely fine with you going ODAO. I love all the iddy, all-out, unrestrained things, and I can't wait to see what you write.

Links:

Likes:

Hurt/comfort! When in doubt, go with h/c: physical, emotional, captivity scenarios, caretaking, whipping, dungeons, bullet wounds, wilderness survival, whatever. I love hurt/comfort within a relationship context (ships or gen: family ties, friendship, comradeship, all is good), as an opening for one character to be hurt and for the other(s) to be outraged/terrified/comforting on their behalf. I am particular about who gets whumped, and will usually indicate so in prompts.
Found families, tight friendships, us-against-the-world, people finding and keeping each other, providing kindness and warmth against the dark.
Hope and kindness, Clair universes, stories where the entropy tries its hardest but doesn't win.
Loyalty in all forms! From ritualized (oaths, kneeling, ring-kissing, knights and bodyguards and henchmen and so on) to more casual ways, like standing up for your friends.
Self-sacrifice (metaphorical and quite literal) and martyrdom (ditto).
Tropey AUs - space opera! high fantasy! historical! pirates!
Outsider POVs.

DNWs:

Hurt no comfort.
Partner betrayal of any kind or infidelity.
Unhappy endings and permanent character death ("presumed dead" and "died but got better" are fine).
A/B/O, hurtcomfortverse, any other 'verses with built-in biology-based inequality.
Hanahaki AUs and variations thereof.
Mundane AUs.
Non-con and dub-con front and center in the story (as a piece of backstory or an implied threat it's fine).

Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells Moon (Books of the Raksura)

Action/Adventure, AU - Canon Divergence,Canon-Style Plot - Freeform, Character Development, Hurt/Comfort

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Final Fantasy XV
Group: Noctis Lucis Caelum/Lunafreya Nox Fleuret/Ignis Scientia

Action/Adventure, AU - Canon Divergence, Fix-it fic, Hurt/Comfort

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The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison Maia Drazhar

AU - Canon Divergence, Character Development, Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort

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Tarot Sequence - K.D. Edwards Group: Brandon Saint John & Rune Saint John & Addam Saint Nicholas; Group: Brandon "Brand" Saint John/Rune Saint John/Addam Saint Nicholas; Group: Brandon "Brand" Saint John & Rune Saint John

Action/Adventure, Canon-Style Plot - Freeform, Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Mystery/Procedural

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Psmith - P. G. Wodehouse Group: Mike Jackson/Rupert Psmith

Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Hurt/Comfort

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Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/281226.html

Dearest author, hello! Thank you so much for picking my fandoms, and enjoying the same tags I do; I'm incredibly excited for this challenge, my favorite of the year, and and those canons, and I want everything.

There are so many tags that I've definitely missed something interesting! I'll try to give some prompts for every fandom, some riffing off the tags and some not. Feel free to mix, match, disregard and ODAO at will, as long as my DNWs are kept. Bring all the tropes to my yard! I can't wait.

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General hurt/comfort preferences: I like my hurt hardcore and physical, and my comfort at least somehow proportional and ending on at least a hopeful note, and I like it in context of any given relationship (i.e. the character getting hurt in sight of / for the sake of / in relation to other characters, and them reacting / rescuing / comforting / rehabilitating them, et cetera, not just the character suffering in the vacuum).

I love reading about the aftermaths of disasters as much as I love reading about disasters itself - the recovery, the backsliding, the acceptance, the assistance. Permanent injuries and consequences yes! Adjusting to the new circumstances yes! New understanding yes! And I especially love all those things in the context of larger-than-life, codependent loyalty (formalized or not), self-sacrifice and self-negation.

In particular, the physical kinks especially dear to my heart: torture, dungeons or cages, and rescue thereof, starvation, exhaustion, hand injuries, whipping, crucifixion, various mobility issues, chronic pain, all variations on accepting injuries for somebody's sake. For the emotional hurt/comfort, all variations on pining (and/or mutual pining!) and characters (mistakenly) thinking that they're either unloved or undeserving of being loved or protected, and being shown they're wrong.

I prefer my woobies competent, BAMF-y and fighting every step of the way, or going into the self-sacrifice determinedly and with their eyes open.

I really love non-mundane AUs (high fantasy, pirates, space opera, et cetera), so go there without hesitation if it's your thing.

DNWS:

Hurt no comfort
Partner betrayal of any kind or infidelity
Unhappy endings and permanent character death ("presumed dead" and "died but got better" are both fine)
A/B/O, hurtcomfortverse, any other 'verses with built-in biology-based inequality
Hanahaki AUs, soulmates AUs and variations thereof
Mundane AUs
Non-con and dub-con (threat of non-con or mentioned past dub/non-con is fine, but not as a central theme of the fic)

Benjamin January Mysteries - Barbara Hambly

Benjamin January & Abishag Shaw (hurt Abishag Shaw)
Benjamin January/Rose Vitrac January/Hannibal Sefton (hurt Hannibal)

A's unrequited pining found to be requited while B helps them recover from serious injury, accepting injury to protect someone, A accused of crimes; only B believes they're innocent, attempted self-sacrifice is thwarted by people who do not agree character is expendable, Bronchitis/Pneumonia, Buried Alive, Career Ending Injuries, character being extremly tired/exhausted, Character draws negative attention onto themself to protect another, Character doesn't care about their own wellbeing, Character jumped in front of a bullet to save someone, Character needs painful first aid but there's no anesthetic, coughing up blood, Day to day living with a partner who deals with chronic pain, Hair Brushing, Kidnapped and used as leverage against the other character, A presumed dead; B refuses to believe A died, On the Run with a Sick or Injured Partner, Watching Loved One’s Physical Health Deteriorate, Whipping

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Psmith - P. G. Wodehouse

Mike Jackson/Rupert Psmith (hurt Psmith)

A's unrequited pining found to be requited while B helps them recover from serious injury, accepting injury to protect someone, Accident - A can't use their hands so B takes care of A, Alternate Universe - Slavery, Bargaining - Victim Offers/Sacrifices Self to Protect Others, Carrying sick/hurt/exhausted character to bed, Character is Injured while Protecting Another, Hands too shaky to complete task, Hiding an Injury or Illness, I'll do the traumatic thing because I'm used to it, loss of voice, Slavery, Sickfic, Starvation, Wrist Injuries, Torture - Tortured While Loved Ones Were Forced To Watch, Pretending to Betray Someone to Save them, Private body worship apology for public enslavement, Collapsing from hunger, Character draws negative attention onto themself to protect another

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The Tarot Sequence - K.D. Edwards

Addam Saint Nicholas & Brandon Saint John (hurt Brandon Saint John)
Addam Saint Nicholas/Rune Saint John/Brandon Saint John (hurt Brandon Saint John)
Rune Saint John & Brandon Saint John (hurt Brandon Saint John)

A's unrequited pining found to be requited while B helps them recover from serious injury, accepting injury to protect someone, Aftermath of Torture - Character doesn't tell anyone they were tortured; is found out anyway, Aftermath of Torture - Tortured character's superiors ensure their torturers are brought to justice, Bargaining - Victim Offers/Sacrifices Self to Protect Others, Buried Alive, Character A reminds Character B they are loved, Character draws negative attention onto themself to protect another, Electrocution, Hypothermia, I'll do the traumatic thing because I'm used to it, imprisoned together but not close enough to touch, Injury on Top of Old Injuries, remain conscious, Kidnapped and used as leverage against the other character, Locked in a Cage, stranded in hostile environment with injury, Torture - Tortured While Loved Ones Were Forced To Watch, Video of Character's Torture is Sent to Their Friends, Whipping

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Paladin's Grace - T. Kingfisher

The Paladins of Saint of Steel & The White Rat Clerics (hurt paladins)

attempted self-sacrifice is thwarted by people who do not agree character is expendable, Bargaining - Victim Offers/Sacrifices Self to Protect Others, chained to a wall, Character doesn't care about their own wellbeing, Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse, Character expected to die but didn't and has no idea how to live anymore. Other helps & comforts., Character expects to be punished but is unexpectedly comforted instead, Character is Injured while Protecting Another, Character restrained so they won’t hurt themselves, Exhaustion, Overworking, Restraining Someone to Keep Them From Hurting Themselves, Self-Sacrifice, sleep deprivation that leads to breaking, Starvation, Trapped with someone in need of medical care

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The Lily and the Crown - Roslyn Sinclair

Ariana "Ari" Gecker/Mir (hurt Ariana)

Aftermath of Torture - Character trying to hold it together is clearly low-key fraying at the edges, Aftermath of Torture - Long Recovery, Aftermath of Torture - Tortured character's superiors ensure their torturers are brought to justice, Bargaining - Victim Offers/Sacrifices Self to Protect Others, Bronchitis/Pneumonia, Caretaking, Catching injured character as they faint or lose balance, Carrying sick/hurt/exhausted character to bed, Character A claims they're Character B to save B from danger, Collapsing from exhaustion, Collapsing from hunger, Enemy targets loved one just to get revenge on character, Kidnapped and used as leverage against the other character, A presumed dead; B refuses to believe A died, Rescue, Sensory Deprivation, Sickfic, Starvation, Wheelchairs and mobility issues

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Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Huā Chéng/Xiè Lián (hurt Xiè Lián)

Alternate Universe - Slavery, Bargaining - Victim Offers/Sacrifices Self to Protect Others, Buried Alive, captured and tortured for a very long time, Carrying sick/hurt/exhausted character to bed, Character A gets angry at Character B's tendency to self-sacrifice, Character draws negative attention onto themself to protect another, Character is Injured while Protecting Another, Character overuses powers/magic/etc to protect a loved one, Character taken prisoner; expects torture/humiliation; gets kind & honorable treatment, Hurt character is used to having to tend to their own wounds, Hypothermia, I'll do the traumatic thing because I'm used to it, imprisoned together but not close enough to touch, Locked in a Cage, Past Torture, Slavery, Starvation, Traumatic Backstory Revelations, Whipping

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成化十四年 | The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty (TV)

Sui Zhou & Tang Fan & Wang Zhi (hurt Tang Fan)
Sui Zhou/Tang Fan (hurt Tang Fan)
Sui Zhou/Tang Fan/Wang Zhi (hurt Tang Fan)
Tang Fan & Wang Zhi (hurt Tang Fan)

Accident - A can't use their hands so B takes care of A, Aftermath of Torture - Long Recovery, Alternate Universe - Slavery, Bronchitis/Pneumonia, Carrying sick/hurt/exhausted character to bed, Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse, Character is Injured while Protecting Another, Character is Exhausted From Overwork, coughing up blood, Hair Brushing, Headaches & Migraines, Locked in a Cage, loss of voice, Punished in front of others, Sensory Deprivation, Slavery, Torture - Tortured While Loved Ones Were Forced To Watch, Trapped Together While One Is Injured, Trapped/Injured in a Cave-In, Whipping

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Final Fantasy XV

Gladio Amicitia/Prompto Argentum/Noctis Lucis Caelum/Ignis Scientia (hurt Ignis)
Gladiolus Amicitia/Ignis Scientia (hurt Ignis)
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret/Noctis Lucis Caelum/Ignis Scientia (hurt Ignis)
Noctis Lucis Caelum & Ignis Scientia (hurt Ignis)
Noctis Lucis Caelum/Ignis Scientia (hurt Ignis)
Prompto Argentum/Ignis Scientia (hurt Ignis)

Accident - A can't use their hands so B takes care of A, Aftermath of Torture - Character doesn't tell anyone they were tortured; is found out anyway, Aftermath of Torture - Long Recovery, BAMF character A is hurt and is still a BAMF; character B provides comfort anyway, Bargaining - Victim Offers/Sacrifices Self to Protect Others, Character who's usually good at hiding their chronic pain is in too much pain to hide it, Collapsing from exhaustion, Hiding an Injury or Illness, Starvation, Kidnapped and used as leverage against the other character, Locked in a Cage, Permanently injured character pines for someone they think won't reciprocate due to their injury, Restraining Someone to Keep Them From Hurting Themselves, Self-Sacrifice, Sick/hurt character is indispensable on a mission; team looks after them while they get things done, Sick/hurt character sleeping in the back seat of a car, Torture - Tortured While Loved Ones Were Forced To Watch, Traumatized character will never be the same but their loved ones stand by them, Wheelchairs and mobility issues, Whipping

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Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/280160.html

Dear Chocolatier, thank you very much for choosing my fandoms! I can't wait to see what kind of fancy chocolate you'll whip up.

I like iddy, all-out stuff - and if you look at my prompts and our ids don't quite match, definitely go with yours! I'm really looking forward to seeing what story you'll enjoy writing; I love those fandoms, I'm excited to find out new things to love about them, it's all good. As long as you meet my DNW, feel free to mix and match and ODAO as much as your heart desires.

Links:

Likes:

Hurt/comfort! When in doubt, go with h/c: physical, emotional, captivity scenarios, caretaking, whipping, dungeons, bullet wounds, wilderness survival, whatever. I love hurt/comfort within a relationship context (ships or gen: family ties, friendship, comradeship, all is good), as an opening for one character to be hurt and for the other(s) to be outraged/terrified/comforting on their behalf. I am particular about who gets whumped, and will usually indicate so in prompts.
Found families, tight friendships, us-against-the-world, people finding and keeping each other, providing kindness and warmth against the dark.
Hope and kindness, Clair universes, stories where the entropy tries its hardest but doesn't win.
Loyalty in all forms! From ritualized (oaths, kneeling, ring-kissing, knights and bodyguards and henchmen and so on) to more casual ways, like standing up for your friends.
Self-sacrifice (metaphorical and quite literal) and martyrdom (ditto).
Tropey AUs - space opera! high fantasy! historical! pirates!
Outsider POVs.

DNWs:

Hurt no comfort.
Partner betrayal of any kind or infidelity.
Unhappy endings and permanent character death ("presumed dead" and "died but got better" are fine).
A/B/O, hurtcomfortverse, any other 'verses with built-in biology-based inequality.
Hanahaki AUs and variations thereof.
Mundane AUs.
Non-con.

天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Hua Cheng/Xie Lian
Fēng Xìn & Mù Qíng & Xiè Lián

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成化十四年 | The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty (TV)

Sui Zhou/Tang Fan
Sui Zhou/Tang Fan/Wang Zhi
Tang Fan & Wang Zhi
Sui Zhou/Tang Fan & Dong'er

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Final Fantasy XV

Ignis Scientia/Lunafreya Nox Fleuret/Noctis Lucis Caelum

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Psmith - P. G. Wodehouse

Mike Jackson & Rupert Psmith
Mike Jackson/Rupert Psmith

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Paladin's Grace - T. Kingfisher

The Paladins of Saint of Steel & The White Rat Clerics

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Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/275566.html

the state of the novel, all 4k reader screens and change: finished! it cost me a sleepless night or two, but, honestly, i haven't been really fannishly invested for so long, it was completely worth it; and as i'm seized with the need to write a whole post about it, even more so.

where is it and what is it
it's a chinese webnovel by mxtx, the same author who did untamed; it exists as a webnovel, finished and kindly translated here, the manhwa, the donghua (animated adaptation) happening right now, and there's a live action adaptation in plans, directed by the same guy who did untamed. the donghua is gorgeous, the live action i'm unsure about but prepared to be hopeful, the manhwa seems to be very pretty.

but all the adaptations only cover the very beginning of the novel for now, so i went ahead and read the novel, and i have no regrets. it helps that the translation is very good - not without awkward translatorese, but it has consistent and engaging flow and style, and it's also pretty good at conveying mxtx's humor without awkwardness. it reads pretty well.

what's it about?
the world is split into two parts: mortals and various ghosts and demons and entities share the land, while 'heaven officials', aka gods, live in the heavenly kingdom in the sky. pretty much anybody can become a god if they do something really heroic or memorable and/or cultivate (meditation, training, virtuous behavior) really hard. when above, the gods rule their domains and fulfill their believers' wishes; they work sort of like pratchettian gods, dependent on their followers' beliefs and getting influenced by them. heavens are strictly hierarchical, with their own economy and pecking order, and the gods aren't particularly sinless or benevolent; mostly it's a question of scale.

our hero, xie lian, is a prince of a prosperous kingdom who's been on a fast track to ascension for most of his very short life; he's talented, he's virtuous, he's kind, he's strong, and his only peculiar flaw is (somehow naive, but well-meaning) obsession with equality and value of human lives and so on. he becomes a god, unexpectedly, at seventeen, after slaying one especially dangerous ghost, and rises in heaven at the peak of his faith, influence and happiness.

…and then he finds out about drought and incipient trouble in his own kingdom, and, being a young and righteous god too close to his mortality, eschews heavens and returns to save everybody. it, to put it lightly, does not go well. at all. in fact, it goes catastrophically wrong, and, having lost everything, xie lian ascends again, only to get into a fight with the heavenly emperor, and get banished again, this time for good. he roams the mortal lands for next eight hundred of very lonely, luckless and hard years, technically immortal but not invincible, with his powers and his luck stripped away, and learns to make do, eking out a living as a scrap collector. his temples are desecrated, his name is forgotten, his kingdom is long gone, and - well. so it goes.

so it goes! until one day, to everybody's great surprise, he ascends once again: a humble, gentle, immune to shame, unflappable man, an embarrassment to heavens, a 'laughingstock of three realms' who just wants to be left well enough alone. he's Tired.

instead of rest, he gets sent to investigate a dangerous ghost stealing brides who pass through its mountain, and there, during the course of the interrogation, has his first (he thinks) meeting with a terrifying, old-powerful and vengeful ghost king named hua cheng, who likes to terrorize heavens from time to time. but said ghost king seems to be very benevolent and very interested in helping xie lian, and xie lian is pretty instantly smitten… without knowing what's the cause of such interest.

…and meanwhile, in the beginning, there was an unlucky boy, born under the worst stars, whom xie lian saved from falling to his death once, while still mortal, and promptly lost track of. a lot of things happened to this boy, who wanted to be the most devoted worshipper of xie lian the god of the sword and the flower. as one does, you know.

that's the beginning! from there on: investigations, heavenly secrets, old friends and enemies and acquaintances, thematic parallels, old tragedies, more pining than you can shake a stick at, grand acts of love.

is it good?
it's very, very good. it's the first propercnovel i read (aside from the hilarious one about a guy traveling back in his own timeline and becoming a sugar baby to a mafia boss, which was in a very different league), so i don't know which things are baseline and which things are unique, but it had a very solid foundation: ambitious multilevel, multi-timeline plot coming together in the end both events- and emotions-wise, beautifully iddy main relationship, maybe multifaceted characters who change and grow and clash together in fun ways, a clear and heartfelt understanding of its own core themes.

it's also, unexpectedly, very funny, in this visual, slapsticky, begs-to-be-adapted way - i found myself laughing out loud over it a lot of times, and it possesses this gift of swerve between understated but earnest emotions and all-out jokes that i associate with… a bit of prattchett and a bit of gintama, honestly. take it as you will.

(oh my god the mecha. i will laugh over this one until i die.)

it also made me cry several times; granted, it's not like it's this time, but those were very heartfelt tears.

and the main duo?
first let me say that xie lian was lifted out, wholesale, out of my deepest character preferences. he fell really, really far, and did some bad things, and some very horrible things were done to him, and by the time we meet him he went through everything and achieved this effortless kind of traumatized, humble, accepting, wryly self-deprecating, utterly competent chill that makes a character incredibly appealing to me. he's kind, and he's sweet, and he's gotten any possible embarrassment at least a couple of centuries ago, and he kinda made peace with himself and kinda didn't. i love him and i would raze some cities for his sake.

thankfully for me, hua cheng, the ghost king, loves him a whole damn lot, a ridiculous amount, an epic, over-the-lifetimes, life-shattering amount, and he's a terrifying presence to everybody else and a shy, protective, sweet dork to xie lian, and every time they're together on page my entire heart is just. it's AMAZING. he's a great combination of playing the obsessive protective yandere stalker-lover trope straight and putting it on its head, by making hua cheng not just revere but respect xie lian, in all his good and bad decisions.

they are just so - good for each other, holy shit. they get each other so well. they're the best ever power team. i love them.

(the rest of canon is various characters reenacting "really? in front of my salad?" meme at them. it's hysterical, and it's the best. everybody teams up to tell xie lian that his boyfriend is Problematic way, way before xie lian clues into the fact that he does have a boyfriend, and he's having none of it. i love it.)

and the themes?
okay, so. roughly half of this novel is ridiculous iddy pining, and a fourth of it is various tropes (off the top of my head: soulbond, sex pollen, body switch, de-age, various shades of identity porn… crossdressing…) played very shamelessly. but it also really benefits from having an overarching set of ethical questions, and while it deals with them a bit shounen-style, it still deals with them, and it makes the whole text fresh, and sweet, and bold.

is it possible to save everybody? should you try to save everybody? if you lack the powers to back your convictions, does it make you complicit? when is it possible to stop the cycle of suffering, what can you do if you want to but can't? if you tried and people you failed turned on you, whose fault it is, where does the blame stop?
( detailed spoilers begin from here, and i would REALLY advise to stay unspoiled, because the domino reveals are very fun )

and incoherent spoilery screaming for people who read it already
( spoilers )

Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/272777.html

My dear Yuletide writer, hello! Thank you for loving my little fandoms, and thank you matching for me, and I can't wait to see what you'll create. I'm pretty easy to please, I love tropey, heartfelt and all-out stuff, and I'm earnestly fine with ODAO stories if my DNWs are followed; if our ids don't match or my prompts don't do it for you, go for something you would love to write! I'll be super excited to learn what it is.

Links:

Likes:

Hurt/comfort in all its forms is always a sure bet. Physical h/c, emotional h/c, captivity scenarios, caretaking, whipping, dungeons, bullet wounds, wilderness survival, whatever. I love hurt/comfort within a relationship context (ships or gen: family ties, friendship, comradeship, all is good), as an opening for one character to be hurt and for the other(s) to be outraged/terrified/comforting on their behalf. I am particular about who etss whumped, and will usually indicate so in prompts.
Found families, tight friendships, us-against-the-world, people finding and keeping each other, providing kindness and warmth against the dark.
Hope and kindness, Clair universes, stories where the entropy tries its hardest but doesn't win.
Loyalty in all forms! From ritualized (oaths, kneeling, ring-kissing, knights and bodyguards and henchmen and so on) to more casual ways, like standing up for your friends.
Self-sacrifice (metaphorical and quite literal) and martyrdom (ditto).
Tropey AUs - space opera! high fantasy! historical! pirates!
Outsider POVs.

DNWs:

Hurt no comfort.
Partner betrayal of any kind or infidelity.
Unhappy endings and permanent character death ("presumed dead" and "died but got better" are fine).
A/B/O, hurtcomfortverse, any other 'verses with built-in biology-based inequality.
Hanahaki AUs and variations thereof.
Mundane AUs.

( Benjamin January, Tarot Sequence, The Goblin Emperor, Psmith, Books of the Raksura )

Thank you in advance - and see you in December!

Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/269033.html

LOOK AT MY HCEX BOUNTY! i've gotten FOUR fics for the tiniest fandoms, each very different and utterly delicious, and i spent most of yesterday just rolling around and clutching them to my chest. ben and shaw bonding over shaw being allergic to asking for help! THE COLLARED KNIGHT FIC WITH PROPER CRUCIFIXION OMG. psmith getting suavely menaced by gangsters and comforted by mike! and kit and danielle and litsi finding their ot3 happiness after kit's rescue from terrible kidnapping and torture! it's like one gigantic and amazing id party, and i can't recommend each of those enough. ssssso happy.

firm and constant (1726 words) by anonymous
fandom: benjamin january mysteries - barbara hambly
warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings
characters: abishag shaw, benjamin january
additional tags: rib injury, major character injury, catching hurt character as they collapse, wound tending, friendship
summary:

"jesus fucking christ!" he yelps at the top of his lungs. and then, more mildly after he's almost lost his balance and landed face down on the floor instead: "hello, ben."

nails (2926 words) by anonymous
fandom: the collared knight - tara mcgolden, undisclosed fandom
warnings: no archive warnings apply
relationships: farnesse/lio/ralston
characters: farnesse, lio, ralston (the collared knight - mcgolden)
additional tags: hurt/comfort, crucifixion, shock collars, character apologizes for being sick/hurt, both hands/arms injured, faorced to witness torturing of the hurt character, provoking torturer into torturing them instead
summary:

when lio and farnesse are captured by ralston's enemies, farnesse steps up to take the punishment.

on his left (2487 words) by anonymous
fandom: psmith - p. g. wodehouse
warnings: no archive warnings apply
relationships: mike jackson/rupert psmith
characters: rupert psmith, mike jackson
additional tags: new york city, gangsters, hurt/comfort, kidnapping, whump, beating, book: psmith journalist, stoicism under pressure
summary:

mike gets kidnapped by gangsters. but psmith definitely gets the worst of it.

tripod (3335 words) by anonymous
fandom: kit fielding - dick francis, francis dick - works
warnings: no archive warnings apply
relationships: kit/danielle/litsi
characters: kit fielding, danielle de brescou, prince litsi
additional tags: hurt/comfort, kidnapping, whipping, video recording, bathing/washing, aftermath of torture, mutual pining, ot3
summary:

kit would sacrifice anything to protect danielle and litsi. they won't let him.

(spot me in the collection! i only wrote on fic, relatively long-ish (for-me). if you'd do and if you'd like, i'll write you a drabble on request :D)

Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/264872.html

Dear author, welcome! Thank you so much for matching on those fandoms of my heart, and I hope you're going to enjoy writing for them. As always - feel free to mix and match the prompts or go ODAO if needed, as long as you meet my DNWs, and hopefully have fun.

Some links:
- my exchange tag (letters, recs et cetera)
-

egelantier (fics and bookmarks)
-

Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/263251.html

Dear author, welcome! I'm unbelievably excited about this challenge, and I can't wait to see the fic that it brings. I've done my best to prune down the freeform multitude, but I'm 100% sure that there were tags that I have missed, so if there's something in tagset or outside of it that fits my requests or that you particularly like - go for it! Bring all the tropes to my yard, please.

I'll try to give my general likes and some fandom-specific preferences, but feel free to mix and match, or ODAO if nothing in particular strikes your fancy; as long as it doesn't hit my DNWs, I'm good! I'm deeply in love with all those fandoms, and I'll be super, super happy with fic for any of them.

Links:
- my exchange tag (letters, recs et cetera)
- egelantier (fics and bookmarks)
- egelantier

DNWs:
- Hurt no comfort
- Partner betrayal of any kind or infidelity
- Unhappy endings and permanent character death
- A/B/O, hurtcomfortverse, any other 'verses with built-in biology-based inequality
- Hanahaki AUs and variations thereof
- Mundane AUs
- Non-con and all forms of sexual assault

General hurt/comfort preferences:
I like my hurt hardcore and physical, and my comfort at least somehow proportional and ending on at least a hopeful note, and I like it in context of any given relationship (i.e. the character getting hurt in sight of / for the sake of / in relation to other characters, and them reacting / rescuing / comforting / rehabilitating them, et cetera, not just the character suffering in the vacuum). I love reading about the aftermaths of disasters as much as I love reading about disasters itself - the recovery, the backsliding, the acceptance, the assistance. Permanent injuries and consequences yes! Adjusting to the new circumstances yes! New understanding yes! And I especially love all those things in the context of larger-than-life, codependent loyalty (formalized or not), self-sacrifice and self-negation.

In particular, the physical kinks especially dear to my heart: torture, dungeons or cages, and rescue thereof, starvation, exhaustion, hand injuries, whipping, crucifixion, carious mobility issues, chronic pain, all variations on accepting injuries for somebody's sake. For the emotional hurt/comfort, all variations on pining (and/or mutual pining!) and characters (mistakenly) thinking that they're either unloved or undeserving of being loved or protected, and being shown they're wrong.

I prefer my woobies competent, BAMF-y and fighting every step of the way, or going into the self-sacrifice determinedly and with their eyes open (as probably evident in my character selection; never let it be said that I don't have a type.)

I really love non-mundane AUs (high fantasy, pirates, space opera, et cetera), so go there without hesitation if it's your thing.

Some prompts for my canons - but also feel free to just go off the freeform tags, or mix them together.

( Final Fantasy XV, The Collared Knight, Kit Fielding Series, The Tarot Sequence, Psmith, Benjamin January Mysteries )

Thank you very much, dear author! Looking forward to reading your story ♥

Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/261847.html

Dear Chocolatier, thank you so much for writing for me! I hope you'll find something you like in my prompts; those are fandoms close and dear to my heart, so feel free to mix and match! As long as you avoid my DNWs, I'm good.

Things I like:
- Hurt/comfort in all its forms is always a sure bet. All the hurt/comfort, you can't do wrong (or be too hardcore) with it. Physical h/c, emotional h/c, captivity scenarios, caretaking, whipping, dungeons, bullet wounds, wilderness survival, whatever. I love hurt/comfort mostly within the context of a relationship (not necessarily romantic - filial ties, friendship, brothers-in-arms comradeship, whichever fits), as an opening for one character to be hurt and for the other to be outraged/terrified/comforting on their behalf. The only thing I'm particular about is who in a particular gets whumped.
- Found families, tight friendships, us-against-the-world, people finding and keeping each other, providing kindness and warmth against the dark.
- Hope and kindness, Clair universes, stories where the entropy tries its hardest but doesn't win.
- Loyalty in all forms! From ritualized (oaths, kneeling, ring-kissing, knights and bodyguards and henchmen and so on) to more casual ways, like standing up for your friends.
- Self-sacrifice (metaphorical and quite literal) and martyrdom (ditto).
- Tropey AUs - space opera! high fantasy! historical! pirates!
- Outsider POVs.

DNWs:
- Hurt no comfort
- Partner betrayal of any kind or infidelity
- Unhappy endings and permanent character death
- A/B/O, hurtcomfortverse, any other 'verses with built-in biology-based inequality
- Hanahaki AUs and variations thereof
- Soulmate AUs
- Mundane AUs
- PWPs

And some links, if you're so inclined:
- My fics at

egelantier
- My bookmarks
- Exchange sign-ups, Dear Writer letters, recs etc.

The Collared Knight - Tara McGolden
Farnesse/Lio/Ralston

( Read more... )

バチカン奇跡調査官 | Vatican Kiseki Chousakan | Vatican Miracle Examiner (Anime)
Hiraga Josef Kou & Roberto Nicholas

( Read more... )

Final Fantasy XV
Noctis Lucis Caelum/Lunafreya Nox Fleuret/Ignis Scientia

( Read more... )

Thank you so much! Looking forward to meeting you soon.

Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/257620.html

Dear Yuletide writer, hello! Here’s to the best time of the year, and to hoping you’ll find something to inspire you and make your writing a lovely experience below. I’ve tried to provide some prompts to give you a general idea of what I like, but if nothing speaks to you, feel free to mix and match! I love those fandoms and I’m sure there are hundreds of ideas and scenarios that I did not think about, and I want to see them! As long as my DNWs are met, ODAOs are fine and good.

Things I like:
- Hurt/comfort in all its forms is always a sure bet. All the hurt/comfort, you can't do wrong (or be too hardcore) with it. Physical h/c, emotional h/c, captivity scenarios, caretaking, whipping, dungeons, bullet wounds, wilderness survival, whatever. I love hurt/comfort mostly within the context of a relationship (not necessarily romantic - filial ties, friendship, brothers-in-arms comradeship, whichever fits), as an opening for one character to be hurt and for the other to be outraged/terrified/comforting on their behalf. The only thing I'm particular about is who in a particular gets whumped.
- Found families, tight friendships, us-against-the-world, people finding and keeping each other, providing kindness and warmth against the dark.
- Hope and kindness, Clair universes, stories where the entropy tries its hardest but doesn't win.
- Loyalty in all forms! From ritualized (oaths, kneeling, ring-kissing, knights and bodyguards and henchmen and so on) to more casual ways, like standing up for your friends.
- Self-sacrifice (metaphorical and quite literal) and martyrdom (ditto).
- Tropey AUs - space opera! high fantasy! historical! pirates!
- Outsider POVs.

DNWs:
- Hurt no comfort
- Partner betrayal of any kind or infidelity
- Unhappy endings and permanent character death
- A/B/O, hurtcomfortverse, any other 'verses with built-in biology-based inequality
- Hanahaki AUs and variations thereof
- Soulmate AUs
- Mundane AUs
- PWPs

And some links, if you're so inclined:
- My fics at

egelantier
- My bookmarks
- Exchange sign-ups, Dear Writer letters, recs etc.

The Tarot Sequence - K. D. Edwards
Rune Saint John (The Tarot Sequence - K. D. Edwards)
Brand (The Tarot Sequence - K. D. Edwards)
Addam Saint Nicholas (The Tarot Sequence - K. D. Edwards)

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The Collared Knight - Tara McGolden
Farnesse (The Collared Knight)

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バチカン奇跡調査官 | Vatican Kiseki Chousakan | Vatican Miracle Examiner (Anime)
Hiraga Josef Kou (Vatican Miracle Examiner (Anime))
Roberto Nicholas (Vatican Miracle Examiner (Anime))

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The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Maia Drazhar

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Psmith - P. G. Wodehouse
Rupert Psmith
Mike Jackson

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Fuck Them All - Mylène Farmer (Music Video)

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Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/254488.html

egelantier (fics and bookmarks)
-

egelantier

Things I like:
- Hurt/comfort in all its forms is always a sure bet. All the hurt/comfort, you can't do wrong (or be too hardcore) with it. Physical h/c, emotional h/c, captivity scenarios, caretaking, whipping, dungeons, bullet wounds, wilderness survival, whatever. I love hurt/comfort mostly within the context of a relationship (not necessarily romantic - filial ties, friendship, brothers-in-arms comradeship, whichever fits), as an opening for one character to be hurt and for the other to be outraged/terrified/comforting on their behalf. The only thing I'm particular about is who in a particular gets whumped.
- Found families, tight friendships, us-against-the-world, people finding and keeping each other, providing kindness and warmth against the dark.
- Hope and kindness, Clair universes, stories where the entropy tries its hardest but doesn't win.
- Loyalty in all forms! From ritualized (oaths, kneeling, ring-kissing, knights and bodyguards and henchmen and so on) to more casual ways, like standing up for your friends.
- Self-sacrifice (metaphorical and quite literal) and martyrdom (ditto).
- Tropey AUs - space opera! high fantasy! historical! pirates!
- Outsider POVs.

DNWs:
- Hurt no comfort
- Partner betrayal of any kind or infidelity
- Unhappy endings and permanent character death
- A/B/O, hurtcomfortverse, any other 'verses with built-in biology-based inequality
- Hanahaki AUs and variations thereof
- Soulmate AUs
- Mundane AUs
- PWPs

バチカン奇跡調査官 | Vatican Kiseki Chousakan | Vatican Miracle Examiner (Anime)
Roberto Nicholas, Hiraga Josef Kou
Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, AU - Genre Shift, Character Development, Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, scifi/fantasy

VME continues to be my delight and joy; I'm reusing my previous requests because they already netted me some great fics and I want more. So; VME being sparkly, completely ridiculous, somehow deadly serious despite being completely ridiculous, and full of gorgeous, warm, feelings-filled devotion between Roberto and Hiraga, and I loved each of its weird and wonderful story beats. It's also hella whiplashy in tone, and I guess my prompts will reflect that. In general: bring on candlelit dinners, creepy and twisted cases, true and false miracles, Roberto whump, pining, science, tears and hugs.

In particular:

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The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Maia Drazhar (TGE)
Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, AU - Genre Shift, Character Development, Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, scifi/fantasy

I absolutely adore this book, a story of a previously powerless, painfully self-conscious, horribly isolated person doing his utmost and careful best to do what he has to do. Maia's, at his core, first and foremost kind, and he brings this kindness with him as a banner and as a shield, into a situation over which he has little control and in which he has initially no allies, and sets out to reclaim his empire, one person at a time.

Some prompts that come to mind (but by no means feel constrained by them):

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Psmith - P. G. Wodehouse
Group: Mike Jackson/Rupert Psmith
Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, AU - Genre Shift, Character Development, Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, scifi/fantasy

Those books are my perennial favorites; I adore the kind hilarity of them, and the intensity of the relationship (whether it's taken as friendship or romance). Psmith is one of my most favorite characters of all time. I love his surety and his unflappability, his low key but endless loyalty and protectiveness, the way he manages to warp the world around himself but does it with benevolence, the way the narrative pokes fun at him but allows him to stand unhumiliated. And I love that Mike is his foil but never the butt of the narrative joke, that Mike's intrinsic value is never questioned or doubted, by the text or by each other. I love how different they are and how wholeheartedly they embrace each other nevertheless, neither trying to change or undermine each other, how much they just - adore and accept and support each other.

And so!

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Babylon 5
Jeffrey Sinclair
Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, AU - Genre Shift, Character Development, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, scifi/fantasy

Spoilery!
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Final Fantasy XV
Ignis Scientia
Action/Adventure, AU - Canon Divergence, AU - Genre Shift, Hurt/Comfort

( Read more... )

Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/248463.html

egelantier (fics and bookmarks)
-

egelantier

DNWs:

- Hurt no comfort
- Partner betrayal of any kind or infidelity
- Unhappy endings and permanent character death
- A/B/O, hurtcomfortverse, any other 'verses with built-in biology-based inequality
- Hanahaki AUs and variations thereof
- Mundane AUs
- PWPs

General hurt/comfort preferences:

I like my hurt hardcore and physical, and my comfort at least somehow proportional and ending on at least a hopeful note, and I like it in context of any given relationship (i.e. the character getting hurt in sight of / for the sake of / in relation to other characters, and them reacting / rescuing / comforting / rehabilitating them, et cetera). I love reading about the aftermaths of disasters as much as I love reading about disasters itself - the recovery, the backsliding, the acceptance, the assistance. Permanent injuries and consequences yes! Adjusting to the new circumstances yes! New understanding yes! And I especially love all those things in the context of larger-than-life, codependent loyalty (formalized or not), self-sacrifice and self-negation.

In particular, the physical kinks especially dear to my heart: torture, dungeons or cages, and rescue thereof, starvation, exhaustion, hand injuries, whipping, crucifixion, all variations on accepting injuries for somebody's sake. For the emotional hurt/comfort, all variations on pining (and/or mutual pining!) and characters (mistakenly) thinking that they're either unloved or undeserving of being loved or protected, and being shown they're wrong.

I prefer my woobies competent, BAMF-y and fighting every step of the way, or going into the self-sacrifice determinedly and with their eyes open (as probably evident in my character selection; never let it be said that I don't have a type.)

I really love non-mundane AUs (high fantasy, pirates, space opera, et cetera), so go there without hesitation if it's your thing.

Final Fantasy XV
Ignis/bro(s) or Ignis&bro(s) in any combination, Ignis/Noct/Luna, Ignis/Ravus (hurt Ignis)

Accepting Injury To Save Another - Accepting Torture to Protect a Loved One - Aftermath of Torture - Bathing/Washing - Both hands/arms injured or out of commission - Bridal/Princess Style Carrying - Cages - Car Accidents - Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse - Character insists on being left behind - Character Thinks Loved One Is Pining For Someone Else - Chronic Pain - coughing up blood - Crucifixion - Dungeon - Exhaustion - Harming Self To Prevent Harm To Someone Else - Hiding Injuries - Hostage Situations - Hurt in the wilderness

Optional Tags: Hypothermia - More Seriously Injured Character Insists Other Character's Injuries Be Treated First - Kidnapped and used as leverage against the other character - Pneumonia - Recovery After Abduction and Long Captivity - Poisoning - Refuse to Break under Torture - Restraining Someone to Keep Them From Hurting Themselves - Self-Sacrifice - Slavery - Slaves Together - Starvation - Video of Character's Torture is Sent to Their Friends - Watching Loved One’s Physical Health Deteriorate - Whipping/Flogging - Fainting - Stab Wound - All Magic Comes With a Price - Character can magically take injuries/pain from others by transferring them to themself

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The Collared Knight - Tara McGolden
Ralston/Farnesse/Lio (hurt Farnesse)

Accepting Injury To Save Another - Accepting Torture to Protect a Loved One - Aftermath of Torture - Bathing/Washing - Beating - Both hands/arms injured or out of commission - Cages - Captured by enemy while trying to protect the other - Character Being Comforted Doesn't Believe They Deserve Comfort - Character volunteers to be punished on behalf of other character - Collapsing from exhaustion - dislocated shoulder - Dungeon - Electrocution - Faking Recovery From Injury/Trauma So People Will Stop Worrying About You - Hostage Situations - Kidnapped and used as leverage against the other character - Pneumonia - Poisoning - Recovery After Abduction and Long Captivity

Optional Tags: Rehumanization - Restrained for Their Own Good - Self-Sacrifice - Starvation - Whipping/Flogging

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The Tarot Sequence - K.D. Edwards
Rune Saint John & Brandon Saint John (hurt Brandon Saint John)
Addam Saint Nicholas/Rune Saint John/Brandon Saint John (hurt Brandon Saint John)
Addam Saint Nicholas & Brandon Saint John (hurt Brandon Saint John)

Accepting Injury To Save Another - Accepting Torture to Protect a Loved One - Aftermath of Torture - Bathing/Washing - Beating Bedside - Vigils - Both Captured - Forced to Work Together to Escape - Both hands/arms injured or out of commission - Buried Alive - Burns - Cages - Character expects to be punished for failure but is shown unexpected concern - Collapsing from exhaustion - Collapsing from hunger - coughing up blood - dislocated shoulder - Dungeon - Electrocution - Exhaustion - Harming Self To Prevent Harm To Someone Else

Optional Tags: Kidnapped and used as leverage against the other character - More Seriously Injured Character Insists Other Character's Injuries Be Treated First - Refuse to Break under Torture - Restraining Someone to Keep Them From Hurting Themselves - Self-Sacrifice - Touch-Starved - Video of Character's Torture is Sent to Their Friends - Watching Loved One’s Physical Health Deteriorate - whipping/flogging

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And that's it! Thank you in advance, and I can't way to meet your story, come reveals.

Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/247499.html

Dear chocolatier, thank you so much for writing for me! As always, I'm going to list some general likes and some specific prompts for every fandom, but if none of the specifics work for you, feel free to mix and match or just ODAO and go for whatever tickles your fancy; I'm sure there are things I haven't thought about that would be super exciting, and as long as DNWs are met, everything else is fair game.

Some links:

egelantier

egelantier
My AO3 bookmarks
Previous Dear Author letters, reveals, recs and so on

Things I like:
- Hurt/comfort in all its forms is always a sure bet. All the hurt/comfort, you can't do wrong (or be too hardcore) with it. Physical h/c, emotional h/c, captivity scenarios, caretaking, whipping, dungeons, bullet wounds, wilderness survival, whatever. I love hurt/comfort mostly within the context of a relationship (not necessarily romantic - filial ties, friendship, brothers-in-arms comradeship, whichever fits), as an opening for one character to be hurt and for the other to be outraged/terrified/comforting on their behalf. The only thing I'm particular about is who in a particular gets whumped.
- Found families, tight friendships, us-against-the-world, people finding and keeping each other, providing kindness and warmth against the dark.
- Hope and kindness, Clair universes, stories where the entropy tries its hardest but doesn't win.
- Loyalty in all forms! From ritualized (oaths, kneeling, ring-kissing, knights and bodyguards and henchmen and so on) to more casual ways, like standing up for your friends.
- Self-sacrifice (metaphorical and quite literal) and martyrdom (ditto).
- Tropey AUs - space opera! high fantasy! historical! pirates!
- Outsider POVs.

DNWs:
- Character death.
- Infidelity and partner betrayal of any kind.
- Hurt without comfort.
- A/B/O universes and mpreg.
- Mundane AUs
- PWPs.
- Grimdark stories and unhappy endings.

The Tarot Sequence - K.D. Edwards
Rune Saint John & Brandon Saint John (The Tarot Sequence)
Fanfiction

This book was a bit of unexpected delight I've caught in 2018, and so much fun, on so many different levels - from it's Chronicles of Amber-reminiscent setting to the narrative voice to relationships within. I am especially invested into the idea of the Companion bond, and whatever it entails, and the way Rune and Brand sort this particular thing between themselves: where Brand is Rune's companion, and a bodyguard, and a partner, and a best friend, and a nagging caretaker, and a first and last line of defense, and a deeply treasured loved one, and everything in-between, and the most important relationship there could be.
Some prompts, just to get things rolling!
( Prompts )

Guardian (TV)
Shen Wei/Zhаo Yunlan
Fanfiction

I adore those two and their deep, unshakable, staggeringly important love for each other. This entire show was an unexpected gift to some deep and unplumbed depths of my id - the loyalty, the longing, the identity porn, the mutual protectiveness, the mutual adoration, people getting tied to the pillars and whipped left and right, self-sacrifice, grand gestures and domestic comforts. I love the mix of ridiculous hijinks and darker themes and full-on grand drama intensity. I love Shen Wei's unapologetic intensity and his rather horrible attempts at subterfuge, I love Zhao Yunlan's frank adoration and ferocious protectiveness, I love their ridiculous team and overall found family vibes, and I just want all the stories. All of them.

So, for example:
( Prompts )

Final Fantasy XV
Noctis Lucis Caelum/Lunafreya Nox Fleuret/Ignis Scientia
Fanfiction

Ignis/Noct/Luna is the tiny treasured OT3 of my heart, and I'm leaping on the chance to request it! I love Ignis and Noct and the intensity of their relationship in all permutations, and I love the potential what-may-have-been in Noct and Luna, and I think those three together would be really - interesting, and grander than each pairing separately. I basically like the idea of Ignis being included in their relationship by the nature of being, well, Ignis, and also Ignis transferring part of his loyalty/fealty to Luna, first for Noct's sake and then for her own, and how they navigate those waters.

Some prompts!
( Prompts )

Psmith - P. G. Wodehouse
Mike Jackson/Rupert Psmith
Fanfiction

Those books are my perennial favorites; I adore the kind hilarity of them, and the intensity of the relationship (whether it's taken as friendship or romance). Psmith is one of my most favorite characters of all time. I love his surety and his unflappability, his low key but endless loyalty and protectiveness, the way he manages to warp the world around himself but does it with benevolence, the way the narrative pokes fun at him but allows him to stand unhumiliated. And I love that Mike is his foil but never the butt of the narrative joke, that Mike's intrinsic value is never questioned or doubted, by the text or by each other. I love how different they are and how wholeheartedly they embrace each other nevertheless, neither trying to change or undermine each other, how much they just - adore and accept and support each other.

And so!
( Prompts )

Crossposts: https://egelantier.livejournal.com/243106.html

Dear Yuletide writer, welcome! Thank you for sharing my taste in fandoms, and I hope you have fun with my prompts.

I'm going to list some general likes and some specific prompts for every fandom, but if none of the specifics work for you, feel free to mix and match or just ODAO and go for whatever tickles your fancy; I'm sure there are things I haven't thought about that would be super exciting, and as long as DNWs are met, everything else is fair game.

Some links for Yule stalking:

egelantier

egelantier
My AO3 bookmarks
Previous Dear Author letters, reveals, recs and so on

Things I like:
- Hurt/comfort in all its forms is always a sure bet. All the hurt/comfort, you can't do wrong (or be too hardcore) with it. Physical h/c, emotional h/c, captivity scenarios, caretaking, whipping, dungeons, bullet wounds, wilderness survival, whatever. I love hurt/comfort mostly within the context of a relationship (not necessarily romantic - filial ties, friendship, brothers-in-arms comradeship, whichever fits), as an opening for one character to be hurt and for the other to be outraged/terrified/comforting on their behalf. The only thing I'm particular about is who in a particular gets whumped.
- Found families, tight friendships, us-against-the-world, people finding and keeping each other, providing kindness and warmth against the dark.
- Hope and kindness, Clair universes, stories where the entropy tries its hardest but doesn't win.
- Loyalty in all forms! From ritualized (oaths, kneeling, ring-kissing, knights and bodyguards and henchmen and so on) to more casual ways, like standing up for your friends.
- Self-sacrifice (metaphorical and quite literal) and martyrdom (ditto).
- Tropey AUs - space opera! high fantasy! historical! pirates!
- Outsider POVs.

DNWs:
- Character death.
- Infidelity and partner betrayal of any kind.
- Hurt without comfort.
- A/B/O universes and mpreg.
- Mundane AUs
- PWPs.
- Grimdark stories and unhappy endings.

镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi

Guardian is my newest obsession, and I adore those two and their deep, unshakable, staggeringly important love for each other. This entire show was an unexpected gift to some deep and unplumbed depths of my id - the loyalty, the longing, the identity porn, the mutual protectiveness, the mutual adoration, people getting tied to the pillars and whipped left and right, self-sacrifice, grand gestures and domestic comforts. I love the mix of ridiculous hijinks and darker themes and full-on grand drama intensity. I love Shen Wei's unapologetic intensity and his rather horrible attempts at subterfuge, I love Zhao Yunlan's frank adoration and ferocious protectiveness, I love their ridiculous team and overall found family vibes, and I just want all the stories. All of them.

( Prompts )

バチカン奇跡調査官 | Vatican Miracle Examiner
Hiraga Josef Kou, Roberto Nicholas

VME continues to be my delight and joy; I'm reusing my previous requests because they already netted me some great fics and I want more. So; VME being sparkly, completely ridiculous, somehow deadly serious despite being completely ridiculous, and full of gorgeous, warm, feelings-filled devotion between Roberto and Hiraga, and I loved each of its weird and wonderful story beats. It's also hella whiplashy in tone, and I guess my prompts will reflect that. In general: bring on candlelit dinners, creepy and twisted cases, true and false miracles, Roberto whump, pining, science, tears and hugs.

In particular:

( Prompts )

Psmith - P. G. Wodehouse
Rupert Psmith, Mike Jackson

Those books are my perennial favorites; I adore the kind hilarity of them, and the intensity of the relationship (whether it's taken as friendship or romance). Psmith is one of my most favorite characters of all time. I love his surety and his unflappability, his low key but endless loyalty and protectiveness, the way he manages to warp the world around himself but does it with benevolence, the way the narrative pokes fun at him but allows him to stand unhumiliated. And I love that Mike is his foil but never the butt of the narrative joke, that Mike's intrinsic value is never questioned or doubted, by the text or by each other. I love how different they are and how wholeheartedly they embrace each other nevertheless, neither trying to change or undermine each other, how much they just - adore and accept and support each other.

And so!

( Prompts )

And that's it! Have a great Yule, and I can't wait to see you in December ♥

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showing off my wonderful gifts for chocolate box! that was an extremely lovely challenge, and i'm so happy with the results.

the mystery of the missing horses (2891 words) by anonymous
fandom: the librarians (tv 2014)
characters: cassandra cillian, eve baird, jenkins | galahad, jake stone, ezekiel jones
additional tags: season/series 03, unicorns, hurt/comfort

a magical mystery leads to eve getting injured.

my delightful gift! eve gets injured, cassandra gets worried and protective, and topics such as military stoicism, unicorns vs. virgins and troubles of finding a date while being a librarian are discussed. a delight of a story.

"We've had a hard day," Eve said, changing the subject.

"That's an understatement." And Eve was perfectly fine, but Cassandra was still scared about something happening to her.

"So I think we've earned a break," Eve went on, but the corners of her mouth twitched at Cassandra's interruption. "Let's go get a drink. If Stone and Ezekiel don't stop arguing, they can buy the drinks."

Cassandra smiled. "Or we'll just sit at a different table. On the other side of the bar."

psmith and the after-lunch winter (3272 words) by anonymous
fandom: psmith - p. g. wodehouse, chronicles of narnia - c. s. lewis
characters: rupert psmith, jadis | the white witch, mike jackson, edmund pevensie
additional tags: crossover

when psmith was still just a wee smith, he had a very strange adventure in some beautifully crafted cabinetry...

psmith meets narnia, and narnia meets psmith: it's hard to say who's shaken more. written in amazing psmith voice, with a perfect edmund to boot, and therefore is hysterically funny.

“I will feel Comrade Jackson’s desertion cruelly, but your solidarity is much appreciated, Comrade Pevensie.”

“Are you a socialist, Smith?” Pevensie asked.

“I am. May I spend the evening swaying you to the cause?”

Pevensie shook his head. “I’m a monarchist, through and through.”

“Constitutional or absolutist?”

Pevensie thought. “Absolute, I suppose. But in practice, I was always open to something a bit more democratic.”

(safe) house in the woods (1851 words) by anonymous
fandom: wynonna earp (tv)
relationships: xavier dolls/wynonna earp/doc holliday, canon relationship(s)
characters: xavier dolls, wynonna earp, doc holliday (wynonna earp)
additional tags: pre-relationship, hurt/comfort, post-season/series 01, withdrawal, implied/referenced torture

of course wynonna's going to get dolls. and of course doc is going with her.

pitch-perfect hurt/comfort follow up to season 1: wynonna and doc rescue dolls and bring him home. seen via doc, who loves almost despite himself and can't let go if he tried, and goes in circles until he ends where he should be. the way these three take care of each other is just so - right; together, they will shake the world.

Doc tries the bed again that night. After about an hour, he heads out to the living room. Wynonna's sitting on the couch, Dolls's head on her lap. Doc considers going to the loveseat, but decides against it, instead sitting on the other side of the sofa, lifting Dolls' feet and setting them in his own lap.

Dolls is breathing heavily, and the shakes are back. Wynonna says, "We're gonna fix this."

Dolls reaches out with one of his hands and squeezes at her knee. Doc says, "Well yeah, we've already gotta plan, haven't we?"

Dolls laughs, a short, huffing noise, but Doc is pretty sure the amusement is genuine. "Yeah," he says. "A plan. Those never go wrong with us."

"Never," Wynonna agrees, with a laugh of her own.

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i come bearing yuletide gifts! i had an extremely amazing yuletide, with gorgeous gifts and generous feedback, and so i return over sixty recs for glorious fics in amazing fandoms. enjoy!

first of all, MY LOVELY GIFTS:

playing cards on a marriage bed
the fire's stone - tanya huff
words: 1,280

darvish, chandra and aaron on the wedding night. careful, gentle, loving exploration, with some beautiful details thrown in - like darvish and chandra playing cards for flower petals, and the petals in aaron color being the most valuable.

(especially adorable: chandra's prowess at cards).

aaron is skittish but learning to trust, chandra is practical and kind, and darvish can't stop himself from giving poetry; and i'm so happy.

pink iris (important to me)
赤髪の白雪姫 | akagami no shirayukihime
words: 4,883

the last words anyone expected to hear coming out of shirayuki’s mouth were, “zen’s been kidnapped!” but that was what had happened, and now it was up to shirayuki, obi, kiki, and mitsuhide to get him back.

if only they would let shirayuki help!

an excellent action/adventure story that reads straight like a missing episode from canon. shenanigans in the woods! crafty bandits! zen lying his head off for shirayuki, obi trying to be do things all by himself and needing help, kiki and matsuhide bailing everybody out with quite competence and shirayuki ruling the day with her secret herbalist badassery. so awesome.

the change: family
the changes series - rachel manija brown & sherwood smith
words: 17,150

mia lee has to check a pipe leak, and rather than have the horror patrol of the century along with her, asks ross and jennie to act as her support team. kerry, at loose ends, invites herself along on what they all anticipate will be a pleasant outing.

what could possibly go wrong?

well, starting with kerry's dysfunctional family. . .

i absolutely don't know what i did to deserve it, but this is an amazing fic. it's practically a sequel to hostage, slotting into place surely and steadily, and it has everything i love about these books - steadiness, friendship, love, negotiating complicating relationships, aiming for love and cooperation rather than strife and conflict. and all the character beats were perfect - kerry not regretting her princess life but missing it (and gloating in the end over the death of her enemies, and knowing not to show it; i loved it so much), felicite angry, ross self-sacrificial but willing to learn other way, mia bashful but valiant, jenny longing but learning to be different. and the action sequence was hair-rising, and the conclusion extremely satisfying. go read it, if you didn't; it'll tide us over until the third book is out.

and the other recs (note that they're not sorted by fandom):

( the fire's stone - tanya huff, 赤髪の白雪姫 | akagami no shirayukihime, killjoys (tv), te goblin emperor - katherine addison, the hero from otherwhere - jay williams, jeeves & wooster, jeeves - p. g. wodehouse, dark tower - stephen king, vorkosigan saga - lois mcmaster bujold, earthsea - ursula k. le guin, steerswoman series - rosemary kirstein, chalion saga - lois mcmaster bujold, monument valley (video game), behind you (webcomic), wynonna earp (tv), the tiffany aching series - terry pratchett, discworld - terry pratchett, rivers of london - ben aaronovitch, the librarians (tv 2014), 琅琊榜 | nirvana in fire (tv), live free or die hard (2007), the queen's thief - megan whalen turner, emelan - tamora pierce, old kingdom - garth nix, gentlemen of the road - michael chabon, natsume yuujinchou | natsume's book of friends, the martian - andy weir, riddle-master trilogy - patricia a. mckillip, 아가씨 | the handmaiden (2016), uprooted - naomi novik, piszkos fred | dirty fred series - rejtő jenő, jenő rejtő - works, master and commander: the far side of the world (2003), chronicles of amber - roger zelazny, benjamin january mysteries - barbara hambly, dirty dancing (1987), inda series - sherwood smith, scrapped princess, psmith - p. g. wodehouse, kushiel's legacy - jacqueline carey, tortall - tamora pierce, books of the raksura - martha wells, 田中くんはいつもけだるげ | tanaka-kun wa itsumo kedaruge | tanaka is always listless )

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Dearest Yuletide writer, hello! I'm so happy we've matched, and I hope you'll enjoy writing for me and find something here to your liking. These four picks are very tiny fandoms very dear to my heart, and so whatever you choose to write will absolutely delight me. Here are some preferences and likes and prompt ideas, but really, at the heart of - anything goes! Just enjoy yourself and write what works for you.

With that in mind, here we go for generalities! (some things are carried over from my previous letters, some are new).

I like:
- You literally can't go wrong with hurt/comfort. It's my oldest and dearest bulletproof narrative kink, and if you're into it, just be as indulgent as you like. I love physical hurt/comfort, I love emotional hurt/comfort, I love various (AU or canon-compliant) captivity scenarios, I adore nursing-from-wounds-or-sickness stuff, I'm hugely into any opportunity for the characters to showcase their care and love for each other. I love hurt/comfort mostly within the context of the relationship (not necessarily romantic - filial ties, friendship, brothers-in-arms comradeship, whichever fits), as an opening for one character to be hurt and for other to be outraged/terrified/comforting on their behalf.
- Found families, everlasting friendships, us-against-the-world - I love the stories where people keep and find warmth and meaning in each other within the larger universe even when said universe is not generally benevolent. I love people holding each other against the dark.
- Complicated and deep relationship between women - love, friendship, family ties, rivalries, loyalties.
- Hope and kindness - I love, in general, Clair universes, stories where there is, ultimately, meaning and hope instead of just entropy and neverending misery. Sometimes against all odds and sometimes at a great price, but getting there in the end.
- Loyalty - there's pretty much nothing I don't love about loyalty kink in all it forms! From its ritualized forms (royalty AUs, knights, oaths, kneeling, whatever you want) to more mundane of being unquestionably and in all events there for the other person.
- Self-sacrifice and martyrdom - give me people sacrificing themselves for others and suffering for the sake of something greater or somebody they love, and I'm a happy, happy reader.

I would prefer not to read about:
- Character death.
- Infidelity and partner betrayal of any kind.
- Hurt not followed by sufficient comfort; it's a very well-respected genre, but it's definitely not my thing (as for grievous hurt followed by comfort, then yes, see above and go ahead!).
- A/B/O universes and mpreg.
- Grimdark stories and unhappy endings.

I like gen and shipping fics alike, and porny shippy fics are fine as well, but I would prefer not to receive a PWP story, if possible.

If you want some other info on my preferences or are just curious in a great Yuletide-stalking tradition, my previous yuletide letters and gifts are unlocked, and also there are: my greatly disorganized tumblr, my fics and bookmarks and some of my book reviews.

( Fandoms: The Fire's Stone - Tanya Huff, 赤髪の白雪姫 | Akagami no Shirayukihime, Memory Sorrow and Thorn - Tad Williams, The Change Series - Rachel Manija Brown & Sherwood Smith, Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV) )

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it's still snowing outside, relentlessly and softly; i find it endlessly comforting, while we're cocooned inside, safe as houses and cuddling on a whim. most of the day was spent in bed, rewatching old movies and finishing up olivier salad. (well, i've also passed the fourth quiz in my calculus course, derivatives! 6/6 on the first try, either i get smarter or things are starting to coalesce).

meanwhile,

snowflake_challenge time! in your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts. leave a comment in this post saying you did it. include a link to your wish-list if you feel comfortable doing so. maybe someone will grant a wish. check out other people's posts. maybe you will grant a wish. if any wishes are granted, we'd love it if you link them to this post.

- more goblin emperor fics!this year's yuletide brought a great harvest of them, but apparently my heart's desire is hurt/comfort with maia being in a center, and maia/csethiro as the main relationship with others being adjascent to it (a poly relationship, a poly v relationship, whatever, but csethiro must be there, for me). outsider povs, maia's household doting on him, political intrigues, whatever. my heart is still not sated, and it's been a whole book.

- i'm always excited and humbled by any kind of related works for my fics - fanart (oh my), or podfics, or remixes (ahhh i want), or anything. i don't think it's unusual ^___^

- i really want baahubali to happen as a fandom.

avani wrote me a gorgeous drabble for yule madness, but i want moooore and more and more. and more.

also, dearest

hamsterwoman, as promised to you and inspired by you, 2015 reading roundup! i've tried to at least shortly review everything i read this year (here or on goodreads)), so it's something more of an attempt of a summary. not a bad reading year, all things considered, although a bit lackluster one.

( the reasons for living the freedom of words )

january is starting well.

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