Dear Podficcer Letter
5/12/24 09:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kateIf you're looking for a less verbose, easy list of fandoms and characters/'ships - scroll to the end! Otherwise, get ready for rambling about my favorite things. :)
I absolutely adore podfic of every stripe, so for my broad podfic technique likes/dislikes: I am pretty easy! I like music or no music, effects or no effects, unusual ways of recording things or straight up sitting down and reading a story with no frills. I love cold reads! I do LOTS of cold reads, and I adore commentary DURING THE READING. (Seriously - hate editing? DO ME A COLD READ I WILL LOVE IT!) I love hearing accents and voices but I don't need them to enjoy a story. I *do* absolutely love to hear enjoyment during a reading though, so if it isn't fun for you to read, please find something else. Don't try to force yourself to do something because it's one of my requested fandoms. ALSO - I love MANY fandoms, so if none of my fandom requests below really hit your buttons, then go on and find something somewhere else. I'd rather hear a story you love in a fandom I don't know than a story you hate in a fandom I love.
I do not have any general squicks or triggers. That said, I have a couple strong distastes, so on to the story likes/dislikes!
Story dislikes: Honestly, doing this first because it's short. Please no character bashing, scat, or mpreg. I don't love omegaverse unless there is a TON of worldbuilding around what it means to have a society like that. If you know an omegaverse fic like that, go for it! But if it's just straight up porn and nothing else, I'd rather not.
Story likes: I love team, found family, close platonic relationships and all the warm fuzzies that go with that. I do also love 'ship fic, from sweet gen ficlets to PWP and everything in between (fave is probably good story with porn or really good porn with feels). In general, considering the state of the world (and particularly the U.S., where I live), happy of any stripe (humor, fluff, hurt with lots of comfort) is absolutely adored. But I do also love dark - I think I'd particularly love it if there was some sort of ~ambiance around it to make it even creepier. So if your soul yearns for dark, hit me. I love that shit, and when else do you get requests for stuff like that? I love a redemption story, but those are usually super long, so no worries if you don't want to record for six weeks straight to do a novel. I love lots and lots of tropes, I'm a big fan of tentacles and robots and robot tentacles. I like modern AUs, particularly social media AUs and competition show AUs. I love canon vignettes and slice of life and fix-its (I adore fix-its) and I love pretty much any well written story of any length. A good short story is better than a bad novel any day.
Fandoms:
CQL and MDZS (likes are the same, I know all the canon): OH. MY. GOD. I love this book/donghua/manhua/show and this fandom SO MUCH. Of course I love literally anything WangXian. I can take pre-WangXian relationships (I actually enjoy Wei Wuxian and Nie Huaisang fooling around but please no Jiang Cheng/Wei Wuxian or Jiang Yanli/Wei Wuxian (I don't know why it bothers me, it just does? it's not the incest thing (I think))). I also can do WangXian potential threesomes (so far I've read with Wen Ning, Lan Xichen, and Jelly is trying to get me to read the Nie Mingjue one so I'll probably fall for that too), but I prefer to have strong WangXian as the core. Outside of that, I do read and enjoy other pairings, but mostly I prefer ones where the fics are more than a non-WangXian romance (i.e. I've read fascinating Wen Ning/Lan Xichen that's really made me go "hmmm"). An interesting concept is totally enough for me to go with a non-WangXian pairing though, so if you find something cool, go for it, I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Non-'ship fic, I love all the characters (except Su She, Jin Zixun, Jin Guangshan, and Yao-zongzhu, fuck those guys), so I would take gen/character study about any of them!
CQL RPF: Okay, so BJYX (Wang Yibo/Xiao Zhan) is my main go to for this because there's just SO. MUCH. CONTENT. (Plus so many gorgeous pics of them for inspiration.) They are an OTP - I don't mind them having an open relationship, or a fic about them fooling around with other people, but, similar to WangXian, if they're involved, I kind of want my BJYX core. But! I love The Untamed Boys so I'd never turn down a story about Zheng Fanxing or Ji Li or Yu Bin or Cao Yuchen or really, you know, any of them. I do enjoy the heck out of all of them. It's getting late so I'm not waxing poetic here, but there are so many great stories, and I have no doubt you can find a good one.
TGCF: All right, I fully admit I have not read/watched/listened to all of this. I'm only as far as GinveraFangirl has read. HOWEVER. I absolutely love love love HuaLian. Give me literally all of the Hua Cheng simp behavior, all of the Xie Lian being unable to cook. I love Mu Qing and Feng Xin as well, and He Xuan and Shi Qingxuan (especially fixits in that arena). I am thoroughly spoiled for the storyline so no need to worry about spoilers!
Guardian: Yeah, so like a lot of folks, I watched this after I watched CQL three times and I needed something... else. I do enjoy the main pairing of Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan and the (to me, obvious) side pairing of Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng, but again, for this one, I was caught up in TEAM. That is my go to for most things, honestly. I ADORE Da Qing, he is my fave for gen, but team fic focused on any of them is genius. Only one DNW here: please no Zhao Yunlan/Zhu Hong, the canon itself made me really uncomfortable, I couldn't take fic with it.
If none of this catches your fancy, I do have many long-loved fandoms including Stargate Atlantis, Supernatural, The Losers, Leverage, and many new ones including The Old Guard, The Good Place, ugh my brain is fried but I love so many things! My DW is mostly locked but I'm kisahawklin everywhere, and my tumblr and my AO3 bookmarks are a great place to get how I feel about any number of things. :)
And if you made it this far, YOU ARE A CHAMP. I'm really, really easy. Read me something you like. If you hate literally everything I've written there, then go on and just read me your fave story you've always wanted to take a crack at. Do something fun. I'm gonna be thrilled to listen, I guarantee. <3
TL;DR (i.e. the "just the facts, ma'am" list):
CQL and/or MDZS: Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, Juniors (particularly Lan Sizhui), Wen Ning, Nie Huaisang, Wen Qing, Jiang Cheng, Twin Jades gen, Yunmeng bros or siblings gen
CQL RPF: Xiao Zhan/Wang Yibo, gen about the rest of the cast
TGCF: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian, He Xuan, Shi Qingxuan, Mu Qing, Feng Xin
Guardian: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng, Da Qing, gen about the entire team
I absolutely adore podfic of every stripe, so for my broad podfic technique likes/dislikes: I am pretty easy! I like music or no music, effects or no effects, unusual ways of recording things or straight up sitting down and reading a story with no frills. I love cold reads! I do LOTS of cold reads, and I adore commentary DURING THE READING. (Seriously - hate editing? DO ME A COLD READ I WILL LOVE IT!) I love hearing accents and voices but I don't need them to enjoy a story. I *do* absolutely love to hear enjoyment during a reading though, so if it isn't fun for you to read, please find something else. Don't try to force yourself to do something because it's one of my requested fandoms. ALSO - I love MANY fandoms, so if none of my fandom requests below really hit your buttons, then go on and find something somewhere else. I'd rather hear a story you love in a fandom I don't know than a story you hate in a fandom I love.
I do not have any general squicks or triggers. That said, I have a couple strong distastes, so on to the story likes/dislikes!
Story dislikes: Honestly, doing this first because it's short. Please no character bashing, scat, or mpreg. I don't love omegaverse unless there is a TON of worldbuilding around what it means to have a society like that. If you know an omegaverse fic like that, go for it! But if it's just straight up porn and nothing else, I'd rather not.
Story likes: I love team, found family, close platonic relationships and all the warm fuzzies that go with that. I do also love 'ship fic, from sweet gen ficlets to PWP and everything in between (fave is probably good story with porn or really good porn with feels). In general, considering the state of the world (and particularly the U.S., where I live), happy of any stripe (humor, fluff, hurt with lots of comfort) is absolutely adored. But I do also love dark - I think I'd particularly love it if there was some sort of ~ambiance around it to make it even creepier. So if your soul yearns for dark, hit me. I love that shit, and when else do you get requests for stuff like that? I love a redemption story, but those are usually super long, so no worries if you don't want to record for six weeks straight to do a novel. I love lots and lots of tropes, I'm a big fan of tentacles and robots and robot tentacles. I like modern AUs, particularly social media AUs and competition show AUs. I love canon vignettes and slice of life and fix-its (I adore fix-its) and I love pretty much any well written story of any length. A good short story is better than a bad novel any day.
Fandoms:
CQL and MDZS (likes are the same, I know all the canon): OH. MY. GOD. I love this book/donghua/manhua/show and this fandom SO MUCH. Of course I love literally anything WangXian. I can take pre-WangXian relationships (I actually enjoy Wei Wuxian and Nie Huaisang fooling around but please no Jiang Cheng/Wei Wuxian or Jiang Yanli/Wei Wuxian (I don't know why it bothers me, it just does? it's not the incest thing (I think))). I also can do WangXian potential threesomes (so far I've read with Wen Ning, Lan Xichen, and Jelly is trying to get me to read the Nie Mingjue one so I'll probably fall for that too), but I prefer to have strong WangXian as the core. Outside of that, I do read and enjoy other pairings, but mostly I prefer ones where the fics are more than a non-WangXian romance (i.e. I've read fascinating Wen Ning/Lan Xichen that's really made me go "hmmm"). An interesting concept is totally enough for me to go with a non-WangXian pairing though, so if you find something cool, go for it, I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Non-'ship fic, I love all the characters (except Su She, Jin Zixun, Jin Guangshan, and Yao-zongzhu, fuck those guys), so I would take gen/character study about any of them!
CQL RPF: Okay, so BJYX (Wang Yibo/Xiao Zhan) is my main go to for this because there's just SO. MUCH. CONTENT. (Plus so many gorgeous pics of them for inspiration.) They are an OTP - I don't mind them having an open relationship, or a fic about them fooling around with other people, but, similar to WangXian, if they're involved, I kind of want my BJYX core. But! I love The Untamed Boys so I'd never turn down a story about Zheng Fanxing or Ji Li or Yu Bin or Cao Yuchen or really, you know, any of them. I do enjoy the heck out of all of them. It's getting late so I'm not waxing poetic here, but there are so many great stories, and I have no doubt you can find a good one.
TGCF: All right, I fully admit I have not read/watched/listened to all of this. I'm only as far as GinveraFangirl has read. HOWEVER. I absolutely love love love HuaLian. Give me literally all of the Hua Cheng simp behavior, all of the Xie Lian being unable to cook. I love Mu Qing and Feng Xin as well, and He Xuan and Shi Qingxuan (especially fixits in that arena). I am thoroughly spoiled for the storyline so no need to worry about spoilers!
Guardian: Yeah, so like a lot of folks, I watched this after I watched CQL three times and I needed something... else. I do enjoy the main pairing of Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan and the (to me, obvious) side pairing of Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng, but again, for this one, I was caught up in TEAM. That is my go to for most things, honestly. I ADORE Da Qing, he is my fave for gen, but team fic focused on any of them is genius. Only one DNW here: please no Zhao Yunlan/Zhu Hong, the canon itself made me really uncomfortable, I couldn't take fic with it.
If none of this catches your fancy, I do have many long-loved fandoms including Stargate Atlantis, Supernatural, The Losers, Leverage, and many new ones including The Old Guard, The Good Place, ugh my brain is fried but I love so many things! My DW is mostly locked but I'm kisahawklin everywhere, and my tumblr and my AO3 bookmarks are a great place to get how I feel about any number of things. :)
And if you made it this far, YOU ARE A CHAMP. I'm really, really easy. Read me something you like. If you hate literally everything I've written there, then go on and just read me your fave story you've always wanted to take a crack at. Do something fun. I'm gonna be thrilled to listen, I guarantee. <3
TL;DR (i.e. the "just the facts, ma'am" list):
CQL and/or MDZS: Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, Juniors (particularly Lan Sizhui), Wen Ning, Nie Huaisang, Wen Qing, Jiang Cheng, Twin Jades gen, Yunmeng bros or siblings gen
CQL RPF: Xiao Zhan/Wang Yibo, gen about the rest of the cast
TGCF: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian, He Xuan, Shi Qingxuan, Mu Qing, Feng Xin
Guardian: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng, Da Qing, gen about the entire team
For easy organization later:
