I wish I was a mermaid and was friends with all the fish

Thank you so much for writing me a fic! I'm sure it's going to be amazing, and I'm so looking forward to reading it. These are some ideas/extra information/things that would make me especially happy, but if my optional details don't work for you, or if you already have an idea in mind, I'd much rather get a great story you're really excited about than something mediocre tailored exactly to my requests.

You can find me on AO3 as Zhailei. While my official requests are all for fic, I'm more than open to art treats in case that's something you'd like to do.

( General information )

( Avalon High )

( Big Time Rush )

( Bodacious Space Pirates )

( DCU (Comics) )

( Princess Protection Program )

( Samurai Flamenco )

( The Dark Knight Legacy )

( Tiny Titans )

( Victorious )

( Wizards of Waverly Place )

Title: OMG Dinosaurs!
Fandom: Wizards of Waverly Place
Pairing(s): Justin/Alex
Word Count: 3137
Rating: PG

Summary: Alex magically brings some dinosaurs to life, oops! Which is both awesome and terrifying, at least if you're Justin.

Notes: Written for noor_us_sabah for yuletide.

( Clever girl )

Yuletide reveals are up! My assignment was Wizards of Waverly Place for noor_us_sabah, which I'm pretty sure won all the awards for Fic Most Obviously Written By Me. Also the ones for Most Ridiculous Title, though the treat I wrote possibly gave it some competition.

OMG Dinosaurs! (3137 words) by amathela
Fandom: Wizards of Waverly Place
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Alex Russo/Justin Russo
Characters: Alex Russo, Justin Russo
Additional Tags: Dinosaurs, Magic, Hijinks & Shenanigans
Summary: Alex magically brings some dinosaurs to life, oops! Which is both awesome and terrifying, at least if you're Justin.

I also wrote a pinch hit and a treat, which is (a lot) less than I wrote last year, but also I was SUPER BUSY for pretty much all of December. My treat actually ended up going in the madness collection because I was still writing it when the archive opened, but no regrets, mostly because I got to use ALL THE BEAR PUNS, so that was really fun. As was the pinch hit, because Almighty Johnsons!

Let's Get Down To Business (1363 words) by amathela
Fandom: The Almighty Johnsons
Rating: General Audiences
Characters: Dawn (The Almighty Johnsons), Anders Johnson
Additional Tags: Workplace, Office Party, Pre-Canon
Summary: The first thing Anders ever says to Dawn is, "Your place or mine?"

The Unbearable Lightness Of Being A Cop (2305 words) by amathela
Fandom: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Relationships: Jake Peralta/Amy Santiago
Characters: Amy Santiago, Jake Peralta, Ray Holt
Additional Tags: Workplace Relationship, Banter, Bad Puns, Teddy Bears
Summary: Starring Detective Theodore Bear, New York's Finest (and cuddliest).

So overall I'd say this was a very successful yuletide, especially considering all the amazing gift fics I got. That said, I'm still very slowly winding my way through the archive, so it's been kinda funny to see all the reveals posts on my friends list and go, "oh, I have that one open in tabs! And that one! And that and that and that!" So I'll be getting around to actually reading those sooner or later, sorry it hasn't been sooner!

Dear author:

Thank you so much for writing me a fic! I'm so looking forward to reading whatever you write, since I love all these fandoms and tropes so, so much. In fact, I'm a huge fan of tropes and clichés in general, so please feel free to have as much fun with the fic you're writing as possible. I love ensemble fics, banter, makeouts, unresolved (and resolved) sexual tension, romantic comedy, action/adventure, casefic, wacky hijinks, humour, crack, PWPs, apocafic, and ridiculous AUs, and am happy to receive any rating; I'd prefer not to receive angst, issue!fic, or unhappy endings. In each fandom, I've also listed my favourite pairings; don't feel like you have to include these if they're not your thing, but I'd prefer not to receive pairings I didn't ask for.

Given the trope-matching element of the exchange, I've kept each of my requests relatively brief, but if you'd like more information, or specific prompts, you can check out the tags on my journal, comment anonymously, or ask the mods to pass along a message.

( Avalon High )

( Wizards of Waverly Place )

( Big Time Rush )

( Princess Protection Program )

( Once Upon a Time )

( Brooklyn Nine-Nine )

( Better Off Ted )

Title: When Life Gives Me Lemons, I Make ... Something
Fandom: Wizards of Waverly Place
Pairing(s): Justin/Alex
Word Count: 3914
Rating: PG-13

Summary: Max starts a lemonade stand. Alex helps. Obviously, it goes flawlessly and nothing disastrous happens at all.

Notes: Written for aoife_hime for rarewomen.

( Just add water )

Dear not_primetime writer:

Thank you so much for writing me a fic! Whatever you end up writing, I'm sure I'll love it, especially since it features one of my favourite female characters. If you don't want a whole lot of extra details, or if you already have an idea in mind, feel free to stop reading now and go with that, but I love talking about the things I love, so I've done that here. A lot.

I enjoy het, femslash, and gen. I love ensemble fics, banter, makeouts, unresolved (and resolved) sexual tension, romantic comedy, action/adventure, wacky hijinks, humour, crack, PWPs, apocafic, and ridiculous AUs. In general, I'm not super into angst, and I prefer fics where characters interact with people and do things over introspective character studies. I really, really, love tropes and clichés, and totally ridiculous, over the top plots, the more shameless the better - if you're ever wondering, does she want fic with pretending to be a couple/forced proximity/sharing a bed/bachelor auction/truth or dare/accidental makeouts/insert ridiculous cliché here, the answer is yes, yes I do. I love first times, and secret relationships, and casual hookups, and ex-girlfriends and boyfriends, and rekindling old relationships. I love people being in love without having to say it, and people who are obviously in love but maybe don't realise it, and ridiculously overblown romantic gestures where one person completely embarrasses themselves, and small gestures that mean a whole lot more than they seem to. Most of all, I love characters who are genuinely really into each other - as friends, or as more than that. I'm happy to read any rating, and smut is welcome but absolutely not necessary.

( Batman )

( Teen Titans )

( Wizards of Waverly Place )

( Teen Wolf )

OMG YOU GUYS YOU GUYS YOU GUYS, YULETIDE IS LIVE AND I HAVE PRESENTS! TWO PRESENTS! I kept checking and checking and I was sure I wouldn't get any treats this year but I did, while I was out for Christmas lunch somebody uploaded a second gift for me (and I don't present shake so IDK which was which, I don't care), and they're both so amazing!!!!!

(P.S. It's already Christmas here and I've been to a really really long family lunch with a really really lot of booze, so I am maybe quite a bit drunk right now, sorry! BUT I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT YULETIDE, I CAME HOME AND IT WAS JUST THERE.)


New Leaf (Wizards of Waverly Place, Alex & Justin) Alex kind of breaks the WizTech library. Justin kind of fixes it. The pirate definitely complicates matters.

JUSTIN AND ALEX AND WACKY MAGICAL HIJINKS, SO GREAT! There is pretty much nothing I don't love about this. God, I miss this show.


The Story So Far (10 Years Later) (Batgirl, Dick/Steph) The batfamily is really hard to keep track of. And ten years after Stephanie Brown becomes Batgirl it's even MORE complicated. Good thing there's still someone around to draw pictures and tell the story ...

OKAY, SO: REMEMBER WHEN THAT ONE BATGIRL COMIC HAD THE STORY OF THE BATFAMILY AS TOLD BY STEPH, AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE GREATEST THING EVER? THIS IS BASICALLY THAT, BUT WITH BONUS DICK/STEPH, UGH, I AM TOTALLY FLIPPING OVER THIS STORY RIGHT NOW.


So, basically, if those are things you enjoy, you should totally read these fics? I really cannot rave about them enough, they've both totally made my day. MY YULETIDE SO FAR IS THE BEST, I AM SO HAPPY. ALSO I GOT A BASIL PLANT FOR CHRISTMAS SO I CAN FINALLY START MY OWN TINY HERB GARDEN I ALWAYS WANTED, SO WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT TODAY?

Dear festividder,

Thank you so much for making a vid for me! I'm sure it will be amazing no matter what you choose to do, so if you already have an idea in mind, go for it! I would really love any kind of vid in any of these fandoms, so don't let any of my requests restrict you - they're there to be helpful if you want them and ignored if you don't. Really, what I want most is for you to have fun with this, so do whatever makes you happy, and I'm sure I'll love the finished product!

Things I love in general: Ensemble vids. Character studies. Fun shippy vids. Vids that highlight some of my favourite things about the source. Vids that point out something I never noticed in the source. Vids that give me chills. Vids that make me cry. Vids that make me laugh. Vids that make me clap my hands in glee. Vids that use music I love, and music that's completely new to me, and music that obviously goes with that source, and that I never would have through to pair with the source but works surprisingly well. Basically, I just really love vids.

In case you'd like more information, my requests are under the cut, along with a few more details.

( Video killed the radio star )

I also have a vid recs tag, if that interests you at all, or you can check my tags for more about some of the fandoms I requested. Or you can just make the vid you want, and either way I'll love it to pieces.

fandom_helps is open for bidding! I'm offering to write fic of at least 1000 words (though, knowing me, it'll almost certainly be way longer) in Wizards of Waverly Place, Big Time Rush, Victorious, Disney RPF, Miss Match, Hart of Dixie, Princess Protection Program, She's The Man, Rookie Blue, or Doom; crossovers and other fandoms are negotiable, but basically, you guys probably know what I can write, and if not, feel free to ask! (Although: If it's a currently airing show not on the list, I am probably not caught up on it.) Bidding goes until 11:30pm EST on February 21st, and all proceeds go to Planned Parenthood.

SO, I HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND A LOT LATELY. I AM SO BEHIND ON EVERYTHING, LET'S TALK ABOUT RANDOM STUFF INSTEAD.

1. Unpopular opinions meme!

Name a fandom I participate in/have participated in and I'll list my three most unpopular opinions about it.


2. I have a bunch of icons to talk about from that meme that was floating around, let me know if you want me to pick some of yours.

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3. mfirefly10 gave me BSG, SGA, Farscape, and Veronica Mars to talk about my ( favourite characters )