Dear Yuletide Writer

[kpopwinemom]

Yuletide 2025 is here! I think this is my third time participating in Yuletide, and I have to thank all my friends for all the hand-holding they've been doing as I slowly slide into the Yuletide waters a single toe at a time.

I'm actually being brave and assembling a letter this year, something that intimidated me in the past. I hope I am doing it correctly! As always, thank you in advance, and I can't wait to read what you come up with.

I love domestic fic with happy endings. Quiet, ordinary pieces about the tick tock of daily living. I love human interaction, and love in all forms, not just erotic/romantic but also platonic and familial love. I love missing scenes and quiet moments. I LOVE food, and love it in fics. If you link a recipe...I will absolutely make it.

In general, I would prefer no smut or PWP fics this year, with the possible exception of my request for Monsters Unchained, because I am aware I am leading with a porn premise there. If smut is where your heart takes you, I'm game.

I do welcome treats, if anyone should be so kind/generous <3

You can get an idea of the sorts of stories I like by checking out my bookmarks on either of my accounts, https://archiveofourown.org/users/dansrusse/profile or https://archiveofourown.org/users/kpopwinemom/profile. I am signed up for Yuletide under Dansrusse, but obviously my tastes cross accounts (and since my Dreamwidth and my other AO3 account share a name, there's really no use in hiding the connection, is there?)

General Likes
Hurt/comfort, care taking, food as a language for love, getting together, established relationships, curtain fic, friendship, missing scenes, non-sexual intimacy, slice-of-life/ordinary life

General Dislikes/DNW
Anything involving pregnancy, childbirth, miscarriages or abortions, unhappy endings, rape/sexual assault, major character death (though talking about canon-compliant character deaths is fine), alternate universes that take the characters out of their canon contexts, smut/pwp, referring to real-world issues, vomiting/bodily fluids

FANDOMS

Romance and Royals by Sara Raasch
Finn Patrick, Iris Lentora

Finn and Iris had SOOOO much chemistry in Go Luck Yourself - since as of right now, Sara's not getting a book 3 of this series, I'd love to see that explored.

Magic and Romance by Sara Raasch
Thio, Sebastian, Orok

I just loved this series and want fic for it. I'd love to see Sebastian and Orok's relationship explored, or Thio and Orok! The period of time between Thio and Sebastian's graduation and their engagement is a pretty long time and rich for fanfic, so something in there could be really fun. I am really wide open here, but some ideas:
- Thio moving in with Sebastian
- Sebastian dealing with Orok moving far away
- handing the court case
- Orok's involvement in the court as a pro athlete
- Orok and Thio bonding over Sebastian

These are just a few ideas, but I'm pretty open here! I love these characters and this world, I want to bask in it.

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Pim, Laura

I love Pim and Laura's relationship, and I'd love to see it filled in a bit more. I'd love to see a missing scene between the two of them, or an alternate ending. How might things have gone differently for them? I don't generally like characters taken out of the stories of their circumstances, but canon divergent fics are fine here!

Monsters Unchained
Victoria Frankenstein, Victoria's Monster, Dracula

I think the ride makes abundantly clear that Victoria wants Dracula to be part of her harem. Please, by all means, expand on this idea. THIS IS the exception to my "I don't want smut" request: This is a smut premise. Victoria wants a threesome with her creature and Dracula. If you can make this non-smutty, I'm down for that, too. But smut is absolutely fine here, I know what I'm asking for. I would prefer Victoria herself be centered in this fic: MFM, not MMF. It's important to me that SHE is the romantic/erotic center of this polyamory triad.

I specifically am NOT interest in Ygor in an erotic sense, though. I would prefer he not be a part of any romantic/sexual proceedings.

Critical Role: Aramán
Bolaire Lathalia
I really like Bolaire as of the single episode I have seen, and I intend to continue liking Bolaire, because in general I like how Taliesin plays characters. As of right now, I am shipping Wicander and Bolaire, so that would be a ship that I am interested in. I am also interested in Vaelus and Bolaire, but not romantically.

In general, I like Bolaire, I want to see fic about Bolaire, Bolaire and Wick seem like a good romantic ship, Bolaire and Vaelus seem like they have an interesting history. I am not interested in Tyranny or Julien, but I do like Halandil, Thaisha, Occtis and Azune.


The world is your oyster here, because we know NOTHING about the world! It's all very exciting.

Critical Role RPF
Taliesin Jaffe

Taliesin is my parasocial crush...I like how he thinks, and how his brain works. I particularly like how he interacts with Ashley, and I like his friendship with Matt and Marisha as well. I do like the MMT triad, but only when it's written in a positive way (no relationship angst, everyone is happy and fulfilled in their own way.)

I also do not like the "eldritch abomination" fan joke. It's not for me.

What I'd like to see are quiet, positive interactions with him and the rest of the cast, platonic or romantic. Seeing them all interact, seeing day to day in the actual play and voice acting industries, slice of life moments.

I hope that covers everything...I spent like three hours on this you guys this is giving me heart palpitations. Anyway, dear fan creator, thank you in advance!