Yay, Yuletide!  Let me start by saying that I'm so excited about this ficathon. I'm sure I will enjoy whatever you write. Since these fandoms are small, there's not enough fanfic, so anything you add will kick ass. Generally, I'm easy to please.  So really, don't stress (if you can help it. I'm a total stress-freak, so I understand that, too), you're going to rock.

Point two: Thank you for taking time out of your schedule during this busy time of year to write something for me and the community. That's such an awesome thing to do. I really appreciate it.

Point three: Feel free to write whatever your heart desires. But if you'd like any extra suggestions, here's a bit about what presses my happy buttons, and what makes me squick.

Good Things (tm) - character driven stories that revolve around relationships more than pure action (I love to get in character's heads), h/c (I'm more on the comfort side of the scale and my particular kink here is cold!fic - as in, someone is sick with a cold, the other person caretakes), relationships that start with UST, and gradually resolve it. Poetic writing.

Cringy Things (tm): vomit, scat, mpreg, non-con.  Prefer that you don't kill off any of the characters - unless, of course, we're talking Canon!Dream stuff.  I'm not usually a fan of crack!fic, or things that are too wacky, but you never know! 

Fandom Request #1: Pearl Jam (Eddie Vedder)
Blurb from Request: This doesn't have to be true to life - though I'd like Ed to still be recognizable as himself/his persona. I'm a big H/C fan, so dark and angsty makes me happy.
More babbling:  Slash, het, gen - anything is a good thing.  I've been a Pearl Jam fan since the beginning, and Ed rocks my socks.  Set this during any time of his life.  Give him a cold, I'll love you forever.  Mostly, I'd just love a peek in his head.  What makes him tick?  What makes him laugh, cry?  What does he do when he's not touring/recording with the band?  Vague request is vague, but that just means that whatever you write will make me happy. 

Fandom Request #2: Sandman (Dream, Death, Desire)
Blurb from Request: Dark 'n angsty, please. Would love h/c with Dream the H and Death the C.
More babbling: Again with the Vaguey McVaguerson. Hopefully this means you feel free to follow your heart, and not like you'd like to rip mine out.  You certainly don't have to use all three characters - in fact, I'd be fine even with just Dream - either Morpheus or Daniel, whichever you might prefer.  I do like the friendship between Dream and Death, and I'd like to keep their relationship as family only (but am not completely opposed to something different if that's where the muse takes you).  I also am intrigued by the not-so-great relationship between Dream and Desire.  Say Desire wanted to torment Dream a little, and then Death steps in to help sweep up the pieces...

Fandom Request #3: Newford series (Coyote, the Crow Girls)
Blurb from Request:  What happens when someone tries to trick a trickster? Is there honor among thieves? (I'd prefer dark, or dark comedy, but obviously that's optional.)
More Babbling:  I'm pretty open here (as usual). Including any/all of these characters would be great. I love that Cody is always trying to change things for the better, even as he often makes things worse. And the Crow Girls just strike me with how they can go from sweet and silly to fierce at the drop of a hat.  Really, anything with magic and mayhem would be fabulous.  I don't have any particular pairing thoughts here - probably gen - but I'd be open to anything.


I hope this has given you enough suggestions to intrigue, but not so many that you feel stifled. Really, I will love whatever you write!

Thank you thank you,
Kat (also, if you wanted to stalk my nonfic LJ it's at aubreym , but really that's just about my boring RL.)

Let me start with an apology - I'm sorry I haven't finished and posted this letter sooner. (I have a million reasons of course - my son was sick all week, I just got it last night, blah blah, but really - that's irrelevant.

So yes, point one - sorry about my tardiness!

Point two: I am a total newbie at Yuletide, and I'm so excited! I'm sure I will enjoy whatever you write. Since these fandoms are small, there's not enough fanfic, so anything added will kick ass. Generally, I'm easy to please. In summary, don't stress (if you can help it. I'm a total stress-freak, so I understand that, too), you're going to rock.

Point three: Thank you for taking time out of your schedule during this busy time of year to write something for me and the community. That's such an awesome thing to do.

Point four: Feel free to write whatever your heart desires. But if you'd like any extra suggestions, here's a bit about what presses my good buttons, and what makes me squick.

Good Things (tm) - character driven stories that revolve around relationships more than pure action (I love to get in their heads), h/c (I'm more on the comfort side of the scale and my particular kink here is cold!fic), relationships that start with UST, and gradually resolve it. Poetic writing.

Squicks: vomit, scat, mpreg, non-con

Fandom Request #1: Charles de Lint's Newford Series (Cody, Joe Crazy Dog, Whiskey Jack)
Blurb from Request: What happens when someone tries to trick a trickster? Is there honor among thieves?
More babbling: I'm pretty open here (as usual). Including any/all of these characters would be great. I love that Cody is always trying to change things for the better, even as he often makes things worse. Joe Crazy Dog interests me as he is a half corbae, half canid - and his edge of 'insanity' makes for fun. Whiskey Jack compels me as trickster (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisakedjak for more info.) Really, anything with magic and mayhem would be fabulous. Can be slash or gen, or even het though that would be my last preference.

Fandom Request #2: Tombstone (Doc Holliday/Wyatt Earp)
Blurb from Request: I'd prefer slash. Angsty h/c if possible.
More babbling: Vague request is vague. Hopefully this means you feel free to follow your heart, and not like you'd like to rip mine out. I'd love to see a slashy take on their relationship, especially since Doc is so unswervingly loyal to Wyatt. Gen would be fine, not really into het here but I'm really fine if that's where the muse takes you. In terms of the h/c, I'd prefer Doc to be the h and Wyatt to be the c, of course. Prefer no death!fic, but again - if that's where it's going, I'll be happy to go with you.

Fandom Request #3: Chronicles of Riddick series (Jack aka Kyra/ Richard B Riddick)
Blurb from Request: Angsty, h/c (with Riddick as the H, and Kyra/Jack as the C, if possible)
More babbling: I am a fan of turning roles on their heads. Riddick isn't exactly one who would be comfortable in the hurt/care-taken role, and Kyra doesn't seem much of a caretaker - but I'll bet it could happen. Show me how? This is one fandom where I prefer het. And I'd prefer Kyra to be an adult if there is some fun sexytimes.

Fandom Request the Last: The Prophecy (movie) (Gabriel)
Blurb from Request: Angsty. H/C with Gabriel as the H, if possible
More babbling : It can't be easy going from angel to human, especially for someone who feels about humans as Gabriel does. I'm imagining Gabriel in a place of vulnerability (sick or hurt for the first time) and he's found by some kind soul who takes care of him. Could this be a part of what changes his mind about the monkeys? I don't mind OCs here, or het, slash or gen. Free reign!

I hope this has given you enough suggestions to intrigue, but not so many that you feel stifled. Really, I will love whatever you write!

Thank you thank you,
Kat (also, if you wanted to stalk my nonfic LJ it's at aubreym , but really that's just about my boring RL.)

Title: Justice
Series: Lord of the Rings
Character/Pairing: Elrohir/Legolas (implied), Elladan, Elrond
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Notes:  Written for  31_days  April 1st challenge: “We would all be fools to pray for justice.”

Three dark heads bend over the map. 

“Here.”  Elrohir's finger stabs down hard enough to wrinkle.

Legolas steadies him with a hand on his shoulder.  Elrohir shrugs him away.

“There are too many,” Elrond rubs his eyes.  “We know not who sent them.”  Meaning 'I cannot lose  more.'

Elladan cocks a brow.  “We know enough.”

“We must not rush in with swords drawn.” 

“We would all be fools to pray for justice!  I will not sit on my hands and do nothing.”

“You are no longer children,” Elrond sighs.

“So we ride.” Legolas' voice holds danger and promise.

Elrohir smiles.

Title: Brun
Series: Lord of the Rings
Character/Pairing: Legolas/Elrohir 
Rating: G
Notes:  Written for 31_days  prompt December 5th 2008 “glorious eyes that smile and burn”

Though he would never admit it, Elrohir doubted the Quest would succeed.  If it failed, Legolas would fall as well, this he did not doubt.  Thus, when Halbarad and his Rangers rode to join Aragorn's company, Elrohir rode at their side.  He stood beside Legolas on the Paths of the Dead, on Pelennor Fields, as he faced the hordes in Mordor.  In the midst of blood and darkness and death, in the presence of evil, there was but one spot of brightness.  Even in the deepest dark, he saw Legolas eyes - glorious  eyes that smile and burn with vengeance, with promise.

Title: “Alone in the Pale Blue Morning”
Series: Lord of the Rings
Character/Pairing: Elrohir/Legolas
Rating: G
Notes:  Written for 31_days July 9, 2008.  

He leans against the jamb, wood splintering rough under his hand.  Lack of sleep grits against his eyelids but he refuses to rub them.  Refuses to submit to his aching body.  He gazes out over the city – still in this moment just after dawn.  The breeze is scented with jasmine and rose.  The sky blue as a robin's egg and just as fragile.  At any moment it could crack open, darkness bursting through to stain all.  Legolas feels it building over the mountains.  Behind him Elrohir slumbers still, curled beneath their blankets.  Legolas is alone in the pale blue morning.

Title: “Voicing out the words he cannot say”
Series: Lord of the Rings
Character/Pairing: Elrohir/Lindir, Elrohir/Legolas
Rating: G
Notes:  Written for 31_days July 21, 2008.  An unpublished bit for Of Green and Gold.  Legolas' POV.  Takes place while he is masked, after he has returned from Mandos' Halls.

He has given his face, his voice.  He would give more, give all, if it would alter the way of things.  He closes his eyes, but painted against the darkness is Elrohir's hand raised, defending the Bard.  He tries not to hear, but in every song Lindir is voicing the words he cannot say now, or ever.  And Elrohir listens, his gaze turned to another, his smile for another.  Because Legolas walked away – because he did not trust himself.  So he has lost and so he regrets.  Actions not taken.  Words not spoken.  Love turned to another and so, lost.

Title: “In spite of everything”
Series: Lord of the Rings
Character/Pairing: Legolas/Elrohir
Rating: G
Notes: Written for 31_days July 19, 2008


I hesitate in the entrance.  Waiting. No longer certain of my welcome; no longer certain of anything. He looks up. His quill falls to the floor. He sits, still as his father's marble statues and as pale.

“Elrohir.” My voice, little more than a whisper, grates.

Silence between us, a chasm. Logs shift, flames crack. Smell of wood-smoke, ink, and parchment. Like him. Unable to bear his utter stillness, I kneel before him, take his cold hand. “Please.”

Cracks fissure through my heart. I have lost him.

Then, beyond hope, his hand on my head. “Legolas.” Forgiving. In spite of everything.

and I didn't even try to skew the results. I only wish I was such a sexy geek.

Especially when they know me so well!.

Title: Broken, Mended
Series: None
(Original Creation)
Character/Pairing: Anthony/Michael
Rating: G

Notes: Written for December 1st’s 31_days challenge "piece by piece by piece”

Colors swirl along the edge of his vision, sparking bright and sharp. He gulps a breath and struggles to smile. To relax. To keep it together. Fortunately, with the bass throbbing, strobes flashing, the heat, the dancing – no one seems to notice him hovering against the wall. He slides to the floor, cradling his head in his hands. Too much. It’s all too much. He can’t… can’t… Tears slide down his cheeks leaving cool trails and he shudders. Then, a hand on his shoulder, gentle.

“Come on, Ant.” Michael, calling him back, picking him up piece by piece by piece.