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Dear Yuletide Writer
I like gen. I like gen a lot (as you can see by what I've written). If you want to write a story that is slash or het, that's okay, but please don't let the sex be the story; I'm here to read plot and characters and will often skim sex scenes if they don't forward the plot or reveal something important about the characters.
I do like stories that don't take the easy way out and have hopeful if not necessarily happy endings. Good friendships, people making mistakes because they're smart instead of stupid, people fighting because they have different standard of acceptable behavior or competing ideals are all things I like.
I don't like breaking up canon couples (ETA: I consider Egon/Janine a canon couple -- they dated, as explicitly as possible on a kids' show from the '80s). Really, even if you think the character I requested is in a terrible relationship, I probably like it. I don't enjoy hate-sex or incest either, to the point of squick. Basically, if you're going to write sex, please make it friendly, happy sex – friendly happy sex that is also awkward is usually really funny.
Flash
I like the canon het-marriages(and the canon gay-pairings of Piper and his boyfriends); Linda Park and Joan Garrick have husbands in one of the most dangerous occupations ever, and yet they not only handle that well, but manage to be neat characters in their own right.
I like the intergenerational nature of the stories. I started reading the book sporadically during the Waid run, and have the entire Johns run, though not some of the more recent writers, so Wally is 'my' Flash, even though he has an extended cast of other speedsters and heroes to play with. As long as I get at least some interaction between at least two of my chosen characters, I'll probably be happy.
I like the Rogues and how they ornery sons of bitches who can't be moved easily, even though they are not *nice* people. They're wonderful foils for the Flashes. I like that most of the Rogues tried to reform and some of them actually managed it, but that doesn't stop them from identifying as Rogues. I like that Wally occasionally talks them out of a fight, or into one if the world is at stake.
Justice Society of America
I've read both the Robinson/Goyer/Johns 1999-2006 series and the current one up through the middle of the year – I like the team as one big, occasionally screwed-up family who are all consciously trying to be better superheroes. Not that they all succeed, but they do try; some of their troubles come from different ideals and values, so you might want to run with that as a conflict in your story.
I'd prefer gen, but a story with a relationship that doesn't split a canon couple is also good. Each of my preferred characters is an outsider/on the fringe of the group because of their identity (Todd as gay, Karen as alien) or their history (Sand's time displacement, Al's face heel turn); an exploration of how that being on the Justice Society and still not fitting in would be good. I wouldn't mind some exploration of how big the Society is, and how it is getting hard to keep it cohesive.
Real Ghostbusters
Let Janine, Ray and Winston shine, because they were great in the first season and don't get enough love. Janine is happy with her job no matter how much she grumbles, yet brave enough to put on a proton pack and join the guys if they can't handle a situation without her. Winston is steady, sane, and practical; he gets underrated because of that. Ray is a wonderful Mad Scientist, and is adorkably enthusiastic about his job. Have fun with them, because this was such a fun show. Puns, trivia, and a wonderfully goofy title are bonuses that I'd appreciate.
Since this is a show from the 80s, please get the details right. That means that the guys might have computers, and even be on a dial-up network, but those computers will run on MS-DOS, use floppy disks, and connect to a BBS at 9000 baud. Mobile phones are expensive and yuppie-ish, so the guys use radios and pay phones if they have to split up.
I like gen. I like gen a lot (as you can see by what I've written). If you want to write a story that is slash or het, that's okay, but please don't let the sex be the story; I'm here to read plot and characters and will often skim sex scenes if they don't forward the plot or reveal something important about the characters.
I do like stories that don't take the easy way out and have hopeful if not necessarily happy endings. Good friendships, people making mistakes because they're smart instead of stupid, people fighting because they have different standard of acceptable behavior or competing ideals are all things I like.
I don't like breaking up canon couples (ETA: I consider Egon/Janine a canon couple -- they dated, as explicitly as possible on a kids' show from the '80s). Really, even if you think the character I requested is in a terrible relationship, I probably like it. I don't enjoy hate-sex or incest either, to the point of squick. Basically, if you're going to write sex, please make it friendly, happy sex – friendly happy sex that is also awkward is usually really funny.
Flash
I like the canon het-marriages(and the canon gay-pairings of Piper and his boyfriends); Linda Park and Joan Garrick have husbands in one of the most dangerous occupations ever, and yet they not only handle that well, but manage to be neat characters in their own right.
I like the intergenerational nature of the stories. I started reading the book sporadically during the Waid run, and have the entire Johns run, though not some of the more recent writers, so Wally is 'my' Flash, even though he has an extended cast of other speedsters and heroes to play with. As long as I get at least some interaction between at least two of my chosen characters, I'll probably be happy.
I like the Rogues and how they ornery sons of bitches who can't be moved easily, even though they are not *nice* people. They're wonderful foils for the Flashes. I like that most of the Rogues tried to reform and some of them actually managed it, but that doesn't stop them from identifying as Rogues. I like that Wally occasionally talks them out of a fight, or into one if the world is at stake.
Justice Society of America
I've read both the Robinson/Goyer/Johns 1999-2006 series and the current one up through the middle of the year – I like the team as one big, occasionally screwed-up family who are all consciously trying to be better superheroes. Not that they all succeed, but they do try; some of their troubles come from different ideals and values, so you might want to run with that as a conflict in your story.
I'd prefer gen, but a story with a relationship that doesn't split a canon couple is also good. Each of my preferred characters is an outsider/on the fringe of the group because of their identity (Todd as gay, Karen as alien) or their history (Sand's time displacement, Al's face heel turn); an exploration of how that being on the Justice Society and still not fitting in would be good. I wouldn't mind some exploration of how big the Society is, and how it is getting hard to keep it cohesive.
Real Ghostbusters
Let Janine, Ray and Winston shine, because they were great in the first season and don't get enough love. Janine is happy with her job no matter how much she grumbles, yet brave enough to put on a proton pack and join the guys if they can't handle a situation without her. Winston is steady, sane, and practical; he gets underrated because of that. Ray is a wonderful Mad Scientist, and is adorkably enthusiastic about his job. Have fun with them, because this was such a fun show. Puns, trivia, and a wonderfully goofy title are bonuses that I'd appreciate.
Since this is a show from the 80s, please get the details right. That means that the guys might have computers, and even be on a dial-up network, but those computers will run on MS-DOS, use floppy disks, and connect to a BBS at 9000 baud. Mobile phones are expensive and yuppie-ish, so the guys use radios and pay phones if they have to split up.
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