Dear Galentine's Day Author:
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kateFirst off, thank you so much for writing a story about an awesome lady – or awesome ladies – just for me. I am super-excited to see more women-centric fic in the world. So I am super-easy to write for. I write widely and read even more widely, so if you have a character, ship, kink, plot or something you've been dying to write, please, go for it! I am sure I will love it because you had a good time writing it. If you're looking for some inspiration, here are some lists of things I like (and a short list of what I don't). Just grab one that sparks you and go for it – please don't have to feel like you need to include every element ever.
Again, thank you so much for writing a story for me!
General dislikes: I'm starting with dislikes because there's really only a few. Scat, for one, and humiliation, whether kinky or as part of a story, is just not really my thing.
General likes: Everything! I love canon and I love AUs, I love most genres ridiculously, though if pressed for my faves, it'd be sci fi/fantasy, supernatural/horror, heists, action-adventure, romance. For canon, I love mostly missing scenes, or filling in bits of character backstory, or character interaction. I'm not super-fond of casefic in CM because I feel like the show does a good enough job, but I'd love casefic in White Collar or missionfic in SGA and The Losers. I adore crossovers and know many, many other canons! Particularly for femslash, I love crossovers (there have been so many amazing Aisha pairings from crossovers). I like gen a lot, but I also like porn and romance, too, and ace, solo, femslash, het, and moresomes are all peachy keen with me. Themes I enjoy are chosen family, hard-won redemption (that doesn't end with death – I want to see them work at their redemption in the future, too), alienness, fish out of water, and self-discovery.
Porny likes: First off: no porn necessary! I love gen! But if you want to write it and are looking for guidance, here we go. I like both vanilla and kinky sex. Mainly I'm looking for something unusual and interesting, whether in the emotional states of the people or in the sex acts themselves. My fave kinks are marking, bondage (especially of the hands), possessiveness, and tentacles (Iblame thank anatsuno), but really, I read and enjoy everything except scat or humiliation. I like pushing boundaries but within a safe framework. I like cuddling and aftercare (a whole story about just aftercare would be awesome!). I like the psychological aspects of sex as much, if not more, than the physical ones.
Losers: Aisha is amazing. I would read everything about her forever. I also love the concept of Jensen's sister (even though she's not canon), I love Jolene, and would love gen about any of these amazing ladies, or, if you can work it, femslash! I love backstory or "slice of life" for Aisha (I use ironic quotes because a slice of her life is likely to be quite different from most slice of life stories, I think), her POV on Losers happenings in canon, and I totally ship her with almost everybody. A kinky D/s about her and Jensen or hate!sex with Roque or general slinky sexiness with Cougar. I don't mind Aisha/Clay, but I feel that was covered pretty decently in the movie and I have to admit that JDM isn't my favorite guy. I'd love to see Aisha/Jolene in any way you can make that work (on the other side of that equation, I totally buy Pooch/Cougar/Jensen, so in my mind it's reasonable that they have either an open relationship or they have "exceptions" set up for circumstances when they're apart for a long time). Actually, I'd really go for Jolene/Jensen's sister in that case too. Or, for a het (and fanon) twist – Jolene/Jensen's brother!
SGA: I have been wanting Teyla/Elizabeth femslash since the beginning of time. Season 1ish, where Elizabeth and Teyla find comfort in each other because they can't find comfort in others because Reasons. I also love later Teyla/Kate (Doppelganger is unfortunately the episode that opened my eyes to that ;_;), and I can deal with sad and dark if you want to deal with fallout from that, or I would love fix it, if you want to go that way, or just fluff! I love Teyla the most, so gen about her would be awesome, whether her POV on a team mission or Athosian culture stuff (I love Athosian holiday fic like burning). I also love Cadman and would love humor featuring her. If you want to write het, I could go for Cadman/anyone, or Miko/anyone (if you like minor characters). I love Teldy and her team and would love those guys, too (Dusty FTW!). I have been known to read Cadman/Keller, McKay/Keller, and others even though Jennifer can be a bit problematic for me because of the inconsistencies in canon. But! If you make her the way she was supposed to be, and not the way of fickle canon, she would be awesome!
Avengers (Movieverse): NATASHA. ANYTHING NATASHA EVER. Gen muchly loved because she has such a rich history to dig into, but for femslash, I wouldn't mind a little snarky Natasha/Darcy or smoldering Natasha/Pepper, and for het, I really enjoy the dynamic between her and Hawkeye. I love them simply as friends, too, so I'd totally love a buddy piece between them. Since the moment I saw her, Natasha has been my favorite in this fandom, and there isn't a thing about her I wouldn't want to read about. If you got me on Avengers and Natasha isn't your thing, I do enjoy Pepper, too, and wouldn't mind reading gen about a day in her life or Pepper/Tony. Darcy, too, is a favorite, so I would happily read any gen or pairing with her (I've read Darcy/Steve and Darcy/Thor! She's just kind of awesome with everybody – and Darcy/Jane would be fun and sexy!).
White Collar: Diana is amazing, and I would like all the fic about her ever (also a femslash option with her and Christie). I have to admit I'm behind on canon, so I really picked this fandom because I have such an abiding love for Diana. Diana and Neal snarkiness, hijinks, or casefic would be dearly loved. Slice of life with her and Christie (or a new lady friend, if they broke up? I'm really behind! /o\) would be loved muchly. Also Diana is ripe for crossover pairings! I would love to see her with other awesome ladies from other canons. I also love Elizabeth, so Elizabeth/Peter is dearly loved if you're looking for het. Also, I adore June! Especially her and Neal and their dynamic (and their singing!). I would totally read Neal/June, if you want to go that way.
SYTYCD: So many amazing ladies! I really love the dancing, so a story about a practice or choreography session would be great. I love Mia and Sonya and Stacey and even Mary Murphy (I sympathize with her even though her laugh gets to me (as do some of her unthinking gender assumptions)), and I would love to see any of the female choreographers working with any of the female contests, particularly Sabra, Melanie, Lauren, Comfort, Katee, Allison, Donyelle, Shauna, Sasha, Ellenore, or Elliana. For femslash, I'd love Melanie/Sasha (their top 4 dance together was amazing), and het, there are so many posisbilities. Melanie/Marko, Sabra/Neil, Katee/Joshua, or Donyelle/Benji. So much love for dance and this show.
Criminal Minds: The ladies of CM are some of my favorite of all time. Prentiss and Garcia are my absolute favorites, but I love JJ too, and Strauss. Not a huge Seaver fan, though I wouldn't mind some gen about her, a background story or something like that. I'm unfortunately about two seasons behind, so I don't know the newest lady (though I've caught a couple of eps this season so I know there is one). Femslash in just about any pairing welcome, het in canon pairings (Garcia/Kevin, so cute! JJ/Will adorable!) or just about anybody with Reid or Morgan. I like Hotch well enough (and his new lady friend (who came around just as I stopped watching), but I'd rather not read 'shippy stuff about him, because I really loved his wife. As a matter of fact, fic about Haley would be super-welcome too.
I hope this sparks some good ideas and you have a good time writing for me. If you're ready to run for the hills because there's just too much, please just chuck the whole letter and write the story you want to write. The most important thing for me is that you enjoy writing it! I want you to have a good time, because that is what I enjoy reading most.
Again, thank you so much for writing a story for me!
General dislikes: I'm starting with dislikes because there's really only a few. Scat, for one, and humiliation, whether kinky or as part of a story, is just not really my thing.
General likes: Everything! I love canon and I love AUs, I love most genres ridiculously, though if pressed for my faves, it'd be sci fi/fantasy, supernatural/horror, heists, action-adventure, romance. For canon, I love mostly missing scenes, or filling in bits of character backstory, or character interaction. I'm not super-fond of casefic in CM because I feel like the show does a good enough job, but I'd love casefic in White Collar or missionfic in SGA and The Losers. I adore crossovers and know many, many other canons! Particularly for femslash, I love crossovers (there have been so many amazing Aisha pairings from crossovers). I like gen a lot, but I also like porn and romance, too, and ace, solo, femslash, het, and moresomes are all peachy keen with me. Themes I enjoy are chosen family, hard-won redemption (that doesn't end with death – I want to see them work at their redemption in the future, too), alienness, fish out of water, and self-discovery.
Porny likes: First off: no porn necessary! I love gen! But if you want to write it and are looking for guidance, here we go. I like both vanilla and kinky sex. Mainly I'm looking for something unusual and interesting, whether in the emotional states of the people or in the sex acts themselves. My fave kinks are marking, bondage (especially of the hands), possessiveness, and tentacles (I
anatsuno), but really, I read and enjoy everything except scat or humiliation. I like pushing boundaries but within a safe framework. I like cuddling and aftercare (a whole story about just aftercare would be awesome!). I like the psychological aspects of sex as much, if not more, than the physical ones.Losers: Aisha is amazing. I would read everything about her forever. I also love the concept of Jensen's sister (even though she's not canon), I love Jolene, and would love gen about any of these amazing ladies, or, if you can work it, femslash! I love backstory or "slice of life" for Aisha (I use ironic quotes because a slice of her life is likely to be quite different from most slice of life stories, I think), her POV on Losers happenings in canon, and I totally ship her with almost everybody. A kinky D/s about her and Jensen or hate!sex with Roque or general slinky sexiness with Cougar. I don't mind Aisha/Clay, but I feel that was covered pretty decently in the movie and I have to admit that JDM isn't my favorite guy. I'd love to see Aisha/Jolene in any way you can make that work (on the other side of that equation, I totally buy Pooch/Cougar/Jensen, so in my mind it's reasonable that they have either an open relationship or they have "exceptions" set up for circumstances when they're apart for a long time). Actually, I'd really go for Jolene/Jensen's sister in that case too. Or, for a het (and fanon) twist – Jolene/Jensen's brother!
SGA: I have been wanting Teyla/Elizabeth femslash since the beginning of time. Season 1ish, where Elizabeth and Teyla find comfort in each other because they can't find comfort in others because Reasons. I also love later Teyla/Kate (Doppelganger is unfortunately the episode that opened my eyes to that ;_;), and I can deal with sad and dark if you want to deal with fallout from that, or I would love fix it, if you want to go that way, or just fluff! I love Teyla the most, so gen about her would be awesome, whether her POV on a team mission or Athosian culture stuff (I love Athosian holiday fic like burning). I also love Cadman and would love humor featuring her. If you want to write het, I could go for Cadman/anyone, or Miko/anyone (if you like minor characters). I love Teldy and her team and would love those guys, too (Dusty FTW!). I have been known to read Cadman/Keller, McKay/Keller, and others even though Jennifer can be a bit problematic for me because of the inconsistencies in canon. But! If you make her the way she was supposed to be, and not the way of fickle canon, she would be awesome!
Avengers (Movieverse): NATASHA. ANYTHING NATASHA EVER. Gen muchly loved because she has such a rich history to dig into, but for femslash, I wouldn't mind a little snarky Natasha/Darcy or smoldering Natasha/Pepper, and for het, I really enjoy the dynamic between her and Hawkeye. I love them simply as friends, too, so I'd totally love a buddy piece between them. Since the moment I saw her, Natasha has been my favorite in this fandom, and there isn't a thing about her I wouldn't want to read about. If you got me on Avengers and Natasha isn't your thing, I do enjoy Pepper, too, and wouldn't mind reading gen about a day in her life or Pepper/Tony. Darcy, too, is a favorite, so I would happily read any gen or pairing with her (I've read Darcy/Steve and Darcy/Thor! She's just kind of awesome with everybody – and Darcy/Jane would be fun and sexy!).
White Collar: Diana is amazing, and I would like all the fic about her ever (also a femslash option with her and Christie). I have to admit I'm behind on canon, so I really picked this fandom because I have such an abiding love for Diana. Diana and Neal snarkiness, hijinks, or casefic would be dearly loved. Slice of life with her and Christie (or a new lady friend, if they broke up? I'm really behind! /o\) would be loved muchly. Also Diana is ripe for crossover pairings! I would love to see her with other awesome ladies from other canons. I also love Elizabeth, so Elizabeth/Peter is dearly loved if you're looking for het. Also, I adore June! Especially her and Neal and their dynamic (and their singing!). I would totally read Neal/June, if you want to go that way.
SYTYCD: So many amazing ladies! I really love the dancing, so a story about a practice or choreography session would be great. I love Mia and Sonya and Stacey and even Mary Murphy (I sympathize with her even though her laugh gets to me (as do some of her unthinking gender assumptions)), and I would love to see any of the female choreographers working with any of the female contests, particularly Sabra, Melanie, Lauren, Comfort, Katee, Allison, Donyelle, Shauna, Sasha, Ellenore, or Elliana. For femslash, I'd love Melanie/Sasha (their top 4 dance together was amazing), and het, there are so many posisbilities. Melanie/Marko, Sabra/Neil, Katee/Joshua, or Donyelle/Benji. So much love for dance and this show.
Criminal Minds: The ladies of CM are some of my favorite of all time. Prentiss and Garcia are my absolute favorites, but I love JJ too, and Strauss. Not a huge Seaver fan, though I wouldn't mind some gen about her, a background story or something like that. I'm unfortunately about two seasons behind, so I don't know the newest lady (though I've caught a couple of eps this season so I know there is one). Femslash in just about any pairing welcome, het in canon pairings (Garcia/Kevin, so cute! JJ/Will adorable!) or just about anybody with Reid or Morgan. I like Hotch well enough (and his new lady friend (who came around just as I stopped watching), but I'd rather not read 'shippy stuff about him, because I really loved his wife. As a matter of fact, fic about Haley would be super-welcome too.
I hope this sparks some good ideas and you have a good time writing for me. If you're ready to run for the hills because there's just too much, please just chuck the whole letter and write the story you want to write. The most important thing for me is that you enjoy writing it! I want you to have a good time, because that is what I enjoy reading most.
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