Dear Yuletide Author (2025)
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bluerosekatieGreetings, Yuletide Author! I hope this letter will provide some nice jumping-off points or ideas for treats!
DNWs:
- Incest, including adopted and step-relations
- Underage (under 18) sex - depiction or discussion
- Rape - depiction or discussion
- Explicit sex or references to off-screen sex (primarily as innuendoes -- pregnant female characters aren't a problem)
- Unrequested changes to a canon character's sexuality/gender/race/etc.
- Graphic depictions of violence. Canon-typical violence is an exception, but dismemberment squicks me.
- Harming children 12 and under severely or permanently. Being scared, upset, or temporarily injured (scrapes, bruises) are fine.
- Harm to pet animals, unless the animal is rescued and safe by the end of the story.
- Cruelty to animals, clean deaths are OK but not generally wanted either.
- Crossovers w/ RPF or unrequested fandoms
- Unrequested romantic ships. If I say a ship in a different part of my request, it's not unrequested. Background OC ships are generally OK.
- Sinking requested ships if you choose to write them platonically. (Don't have them say "I could only see you as a friend", "you're a sister/brother to me", etc.)
- Character death for requested characters. I may be okay with canon character deaths but if there are specific characters pointed out in my requests, I'd rather not read about them dying unless noted otherwise.
- Unrequested setting change AUs (e.g. human, no powers, fusions, etc.)
- AI-generated works.
Likes!!:
- Fluff/slice of life, especially for characters who don't get a lot of that in canon.
- Focus on canon friendships
- Missing scenes/little added details that weren't in canon
- Happy endings
- Hurt/Comfort, especially between friends and ships
- Physical affection (between friends and between romantic ships)
- Food-centric worldbuilding. Make me hungry for foods that don't exist (or that do!)
- Requested ships being awesome in battle together (or alternatively, how they stick up for each other in everyday situations)
- Shenanigans (prank wars, random in-character goofy situations, friendly banter, if superpowers are involved, messing around with superpowers)
- Cats. If you can include a cat and want to include a cat, please include a cat!
- Transformations and/or showing off abilities, for canons involving superhuman abilities. Mild body horror/focus on the transformation aspect is OK here but see previous DNWs about violence.
- Soap or bubblegum bubbles, especially gigantic ones. Works well when combined with shenanigans. This doesn't have to be realistic either.
- Crossovers between requested fandoms.
- Canon Divergence AUs (e.g. what-ifs)
- Treats! I am okay with treats of any kind, so long as it's not something going against my DNWs!
Specific fandoms ahead.
Bionicle (Generation 1)
Fandom-specific interests:
-Gali and Takua/Takanuva's mind link. but also anything with them as a couple, I am starved lol
-Literally anywhere you can fit in powers being affected by emotion but especially with a romantic bent
-Fun/silly uses of elemental powers
-LOVE IS CANON.
-Anything happy/fluffy, slice of life, post-canon, wherever you can fit it
-Av-Matoran culture worldbuilding
-Was Takua an oddball when he was in Karda Nui like Gavla? How did he interact with his friends before the mind wipe? Does he ever get the memories of being friends with Tanma and Gavla and the other Av-Matoran back post-canon?
-If possible, feel free to try writing something set in one of my existing AUs!
Takanuva/Gali prompts: play-fighting or training for battle together, little early attempts at flirting either in Karda Nui or on Mata Nui, AU where Takua has phantom memories of Gali while on Metru Nui, glimpsing what they might be like in the Kingdom AU (one of the canon AUs of the multiverse), post-canon exploration of Spherus Magna's seas, roleswap AU, escaping to a shared mindscape to distract from work, confessions/first kiss/etc., AU where Takanuva goes more feral in Karda Nui and Gali has to stop him (permanently or not), similarly, Gali's darker side showing (or her being taken over by Shadow Gali) and how Takanuva reacts to it, etc.
Gavla/Midak prompts: post-canon interactions, comparison/contrasts of their time as Matoran, Toa AU, discovering shared interests, Gavla opening up to someone, Midak being delighted with Gavla's Av-Matoran abilities, conflict in a more domestic/rivalry way instead of fundamentals, character studies, etc.
The Protomen Rock Opera
Fandom-specific DNWs:
-Romantic feelings between Roll and Mega Man or Proto Man
-Hopeless endings
Fandom-specific interests:
-Robot 'biology' and abilities
-Robot and human friendships or rivalries
-Comparison/contrast between Proto Man and Mega Man
-Roll being a symbol of hope, whether she's a robot or a human
-Logistics -- how did Dr. Light build both Proto Man and Mega Man without being noticed?
-Anything with Proto Man surviving or coming back after Sons of Fate, he's my favorite!
-References to the lyrics of the songs!
Roll & Mega Man prompts: Roll helping Mega Man survive the aftermath of Sons of Fate, backstory for Roll (is she human or Machine, and who made her if she is a Machine?), canon continuation (though I know we're already getting act III soon!), Mega Man being unwilling allies with Roll, Roll being a rebel against Wily but in a different way than Mega Man tried to, worldbuilding what it's like to be under Wily in general, hopeful ending/continuation where they do break free of The City, etc.
Mega Man & Proto Man prompts: Unlikely team-up moments, Proto Man finding ways to help Mega Man even on opposing sides, play-fighting, hurt/comfort situations with Proto Man's energy core disability, canon divergence AUs where Proto Man isn't on Wily's side, timeloop from Unrest in the House of Light -> Sons of Fate which only breaks if Proto Man and Mega Man both survive it (I might end up writing that myself at some point, tbh!), etc.
Dr. Light & Mega Man & Proto Man prompts: Moments when Proto Man protects his dad or brother, despite everything, looking at how Dr. Light built Proto (I love technobabble), Dr. Light acting fatherly whether Proto Man is on his side or not, Proto Man's loyalties being torn between Wily and his father/brother, fix-its, roleswaps, etc.
Roll & Mega Man & Proto Man prompts: Roll & Mega Man teaming up against Proto Man, more aggressive/intense arguments, hostage situations (who would Wily decide to capture, and would it throw a wrench in his plans if Proto Man disagreed?), explorations of how each character would react to Proto Man returning, attempts to rescue Proto Man (successful or otherwise), unwilling team-ups in interesting situations, more humor-focused attempts at infiltrating Wily's fortress, etc.
Minecraft: Story Mode
Fandom-specific DNWs:
- Female or nonbinary Jesse
- AUs which treat the characters as people playing the characters instead of the characters living within the world
Fandom-specific interests:
-Male Jesse/Petra as a battle couple
-Petra's interactions with other characters, in general
-The messed up possibilities for a continuation of Xara and Romeo's arc (or alternately, a happier ending for them both)
-How the game treats Minecraft as the setting rather than using it as a portal fantasy world (looking at you, "A Minecraft Movie")
-Admin Powers and how they're used
-the Wither Sickness aesthetic, even if it's horrible and painful and the only reason I like it is because Petra let her barriers down as a result of it.
-Life while adventuring/post season 2
-Mutual Pining for M!Jesse/Petra
-Friends to Enemies to Lovers for Romeo/Xara
-Petra and Xara's similarities
-Xara somehow still having Admin powers (giving Romeo a small taste of his own medicine?)
If you write something focused on Xara and Romeo, you don't need to include Jesse and Petra, and vice versa (you don't need to include Xara and Romeo if you're focused on Jesse and Petra) I'd be happy with a story that does include everyone though!
Romeo the Admin/Xara prompts: post-canon interactions (fluff or angst), canon divergence AUs (how would they have gotten along if Romeo didn't kill Fred?), their responsibilities as Admins, origin story of how the Admins got their powers, their first meetings, interactions while Xara was Prisoner X, Xara giving Romeo a taste of his own medicine, roleswap AUs, the confrontation between the Admins or foreshadowing leading up to it, etc.
M!Jesse/Petra prompts: meet-cute, meet-messy, Petra teaching Jesse how to fight, how they'd react to things in newer Minecraft updates (the Warden? Pillagers? Drowned? Up to you!), canon divergence AUs (feel free to check out ones I've written for inspiration!), post-canon fluff, life as traders/mercenaries on the road, Petra's work connections, canon divergence AUs, moments where the two of them don't get along well (an enemies to lovers variation?), stuff focused on the issues with friendship, pining, etc.
Ghost Rider (Comics)
Fandom-specific DNWs:
-Removing/minimizing Gabe's canon disabilities
-Removing Robbie's powers/no powers AU
Fandom-specific interests:
-Eli and Robbie's deal
-Outsider perspectives trying to make sense of Robbie and Eli's situation (Isabella/Fantasma?)
-Robbie and Gabe's family dynamics, especially with the added complications of Eli
-Robbie's street racing, and how his Ghost Rider abilities affect it
-Anything set during the Ghost Racers arc, especially continuations!
-Backstory/character-focused content for Fantasma
-Robbie serving as a flawed mentor figure for Fantasma
-Unexpected/fun team-ups between all requested characters
-Moments when Eli's serial killer knowledge comes in handy, and Robbie has to deal with that
Overall, if you focus on the story as told in the solo runs and Fantasma's introduction in the 2024 special, I'm likely to enjoy it!
Inner Gold - Lindsey Stirling feat. Royal & the Serpent
Fandom-specific interests:
-Magic and meaning behind the ink/gold coming from within the characters
-Elements of suspense/thrill in escaping the expectations set upon them
-The Inspectors and their true goals
-Day-to-day life with The Inspectors and then after being freed
-Meanings behind the rigid dancing vs. the freestyle
-Where did Lindsey Stirling's character find her violin? Was it part of the magic too?
I know this is a bit vague, but I'd be interested in expanding the worldbuilding and character interactions from what we saw throughout the music video!
Feel free to look through my journal at past prompts for more ideas!
DNWs:
- Incest, including adopted and step-relations
- Underage (under 18) sex - depiction or discussion
- Rape - depiction or discussion
- Explicit sex or references to off-screen sex (primarily as innuendoes -- pregnant female characters aren't a problem)
- Unrequested changes to a canon character's sexuality/gender/race/etc.
- Graphic depictions of violence. Canon-typical violence is an exception, but dismemberment squicks me.
- Harming children 12 and under severely or permanently. Being scared, upset, or temporarily injured (scrapes, bruises) are fine.
- Harm to pet animals, unless the animal is rescued and safe by the end of the story.
- Cruelty to animals, clean deaths are OK but not generally wanted either.
- Crossovers w/ RPF or unrequested fandoms
- Unrequested romantic ships. If I say a ship in a different part of my request, it's not unrequested. Background OC ships are generally OK.
- Sinking requested ships if you choose to write them platonically. (Don't have them say "I could only see you as a friend", "you're a sister/brother to me", etc.)
- Character death for requested characters. I may be okay with canon character deaths but if there are specific characters pointed out in my requests, I'd rather not read about them dying unless noted otherwise.
- Unrequested setting change AUs (e.g. human, no powers, fusions, etc.)
- AI-generated works.
Likes!!:
- Fluff/slice of life, especially for characters who don't get a lot of that in canon.
- Focus on canon friendships
- Missing scenes/little added details that weren't in canon
- Happy endings
- Hurt/Comfort, especially between friends and ships
- Physical affection (between friends and between romantic ships)
- Food-centric worldbuilding. Make me hungry for foods that don't exist (or that do!)
- Requested ships being awesome in battle together (or alternatively, how they stick up for each other in everyday situations)
- Shenanigans (prank wars, random in-character goofy situations, friendly banter, if superpowers are involved, messing around with superpowers)
- Cats. If you can include a cat and want to include a cat, please include a cat!
- Transformations and/or showing off abilities, for canons involving superhuman abilities. Mild body horror/focus on the transformation aspect is OK here but see previous DNWs about violence.
- Soap or bubblegum bubbles, especially gigantic ones. Works well when combined with shenanigans. This doesn't have to be realistic either.
- Crossovers between requested fandoms.
- Canon Divergence AUs (e.g. what-ifs)
- Treats! I am okay with treats of any kind, so long as it's not something going against my DNWs!
Specific fandoms ahead.
Bionicle (Generation 1)
Fandom-specific interests:
-Gali and Takua/Takanuva's mind link. but also anything with them as a couple, I am starved lol
-Literally anywhere you can fit in powers being affected by emotion but especially with a romantic bent
-Fun/silly uses of elemental powers
-LOVE IS CANON.
-Anything happy/fluffy, slice of life, post-canon, wherever you can fit it
-Av-Matoran culture worldbuilding
-Was Takua an oddball when he was in Karda Nui like Gavla? How did he interact with his friends before the mind wipe? Does he ever get the memories of being friends with Tanma and Gavla and the other Av-Matoran back post-canon?
-If possible, feel free to try writing something set in one of my existing AUs!
Takanuva/Gali prompts: play-fighting or training for battle together, little early attempts at flirting either in Karda Nui or on Mata Nui, AU where Takua has phantom memories of Gali while on Metru Nui, glimpsing what they might be like in the Kingdom AU (one of the canon AUs of the multiverse), post-canon exploration of Spherus Magna's seas, roleswap AU, escaping to a shared mindscape to distract from work, confessions/first kiss/etc., AU where Takanuva goes more feral in Karda Nui and Gali has to stop him (permanently or not), similarly, Gali's darker side showing (or her being taken over by Shadow Gali) and how Takanuva reacts to it, etc.
Gavla/Midak prompts: post-canon interactions, comparison/contrasts of their time as Matoran, Toa AU, discovering shared interests, Gavla opening up to someone, Midak being delighted with Gavla's Av-Matoran abilities, conflict in a more domestic/rivalry way instead of fundamentals, character studies, etc.
The Protomen Rock Opera
Fandom-specific DNWs:
-Romantic feelings between Roll and Mega Man or Proto Man
-Hopeless endings
Fandom-specific interests:
-Robot 'biology' and abilities
-Robot and human friendships or rivalries
-Comparison/contrast between Proto Man and Mega Man
-Roll being a symbol of hope, whether she's a robot or a human
-Logistics -- how did Dr. Light build both Proto Man and Mega Man without being noticed?
-Anything with Proto Man surviving or coming back after Sons of Fate, he's my favorite!
-References to the lyrics of the songs!
Roll & Mega Man prompts: Roll helping Mega Man survive the aftermath of Sons of Fate, backstory for Roll (is she human or Machine, and who made her if she is a Machine?), canon continuation (though I know we're already getting act III soon!), Mega Man being unwilling allies with Roll, Roll being a rebel against Wily but in a different way than Mega Man tried to, worldbuilding what it's like to be under Wily in general, hopeful ending/continuation where they do break free of The City, etc.
Mega Man & Proto Man prompts: Unlikely team-up moments, Proto Man finding ways to help Mega Man even on opposing sides, play-fighting, hurt/comfort situations with Proto Man's energy core disability, canon divergence AUs where Proto Man isn't on Wily's side, timeloop from Unrest in the House of Light -> Sons of Fate which only breaks if Proto Man and Mega Man both survive it (I might end up writing that myself at some point, tbh!), etc.
Dr. Light & Mega Man & Proto Man prompts: Moments when Proto Man protects his dad or brother, despite everything, looking at how Dr. Light built Proto (I love technobabble), Dr. Light acting fatherly whether Proto Man is on his side or not, Proto Man's loyalties being torn between Wily and his father/brother, fix-its, roleswaps, etc.
Roll & Mega Man & Proto Man prompts: Roll & Mega Man teaming up against Proto Man, more aggressive/intense arguments, hostage situations (who would Wily decide to capture, and would it throw a wrench in his plans if Proto Man disagreed?), explorations of how each character would react to Proto Man returning, attempts to rescue Proto Man (successful or otherwise), unwilling team-ups in interesting situations, more humor-focused attempts at infiltrating Wily's fortress, etc.
Minecraft: Story Mode
Fandom-specific DNWs:
- Female or nonbinary Jesse
- AUs which treat the characters as people playing the characters instead of the characters living within the world
Fandom-specific interests:
-Male Jesse/Petra as a battle couple
-Petra's interactions with other characters, in general
-The messed up possibilities for a continuation of Xara and Romeo's arc (or alternately, a happier ending for them both)
-How the game treats Minecraft as the setting rather than using it as a portal fantasy world (looking at you, "A Minecraft Movie")
-Admin Powers and how they're used
-the Wither Sickness aesthetic, even if it's horrible and painful and the only reason I like it is because Petra let her barriers down as a result of it.
-Life while adventuring/post season 2
-Mutual Pining for M!Jesse/Petra
-Friends to Enemies to Lovers for Romeo/Xara
-Petra and Xara's similarities
-Xara somehow still having Admin powers (giving Romeo a small taste of his own medicine?)
If you write something focused on Xara and Romeo, you don't need to include Jesse and Petra, and vice versa (you don't need to include Xara and Romeo if you're focused on Jesse and Petra) I'd be happy with a story that does include everyone though!
Romeo the Admin/Xara prompts: post-canon interactions (fluff or angst), canon divergence AUs (how would they have gotten along if Romeo didn't kill Fred?), their responsibilities as Admins, origin story of how the Admins got their powers, their first meetings, interactions while Xara was Prisoner X, Xara giving Romeo a taste of his own medicine, roleswap AUs, the confrontation between the Admins or foreshadowing leading up to it, etc.
M!Jesse/Petra prompts: meet-cute, meet-messy, Petra teaching Jesse how to fight, how they'd react to things in newer Minecraft updates (the Warden? Pillagers? Drowned? Up to you!), canon divergence AUs (feel free to check out ones I've written for inspiration!), post-canon fluff, life as traders/mercenaries on the road, Petra's work connections, canon divergence AUs, moments where the two of them don't get along well (an enemies to lovers variation?), stuff focused on the issues with friendship, pining, etc.
Ghost Rider (Comics)
Fandom-specific DNWs:
-Removing/minimizing Gabe's canon disabilities
-Removing Robbie's powers/no powers AU
Fandom-specific interests:
-Eli and Robbie's deal
-Outsider perspectives trying to make sense of Robbie and Eli's situation (Isabella/Fantasma?)
-Robbie and Gabe's family dynamics, especially with the added complications of Eli
-Robbie's street racing, and how his Ghost Rider abilities affect it
-Anything set during the Ghost Racers arc, especially continuations!
-Backstory/character-focused content for Fantasma
-Robbie serving as a flawed mentor figure for Fantasma
-Unexpected/fun team-ups between all requested characters
-Moments when Eli's serial killer knowledge comes in handy, and Robbie has to deal with that
Overall, if you focus on the story as told in the solo runs and Fantasma's introduction in the 2024 special, I'm likely to enjoy it!
Inner Gold - Lindsey Stirling feat. Royal & the Serpent
Fandom-specific interests:
-Magic and meaning behind the ink/gold coming from within the characters
-Elements of suspense/thrill in escaping the expectations set upon them
-The Inspectors and their true goals
-Day-to-day life with The Inspectors and then after being freed
-Meanings behind the rigid dancing vs. the freestyle
-Where did Lindsey Stirling's character find her violin? Was it part of the magic too?
I know this is a bit vague, but I'd be interested in expanding the worldbuilding and character interactions from what we saw throughout the music video!
Feel free to look through my journal at past prompts for more ideas!
