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

Dear yuletide writer:

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.

( General information )

( Avalon High )

( Happyland )

( Miss Match )

( Nightwing )

YOU GUYS SOMEBODY WROTE AN NYR FIC FOR ME. FIVE FICS FOR YULETIDE!!!! I am super definitely going to have to write an NYR this year (and maybe the recipient will even comment on it, unlike the past two NYR fics I've written, I live in eternal optimism!).

You Better Watch Out (6275 words) by xmarisolx
Fandom: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ray Holt, Jake Peralta, Amy Santiago, Charles Boyle, Rosa Diaz, Scully (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Hitchcock (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Terry Jeffords, Gina Linetti
Summary: When Holt replaces Peralta’s annual Twelve Days of Christmas Santa Roundup with the Nine-Nine’s first Secret Santa, it leads to a round of the precinct’s trademark shenanigans.

BUT ANYWAY BACK TO ME MY GIFT. IT'S BROOKLYN NINE-NINE ENSEMBLE HOLIDAY FIC AND IT'S AMAZING AND IT HAS EVERYTHING I LOVE BEST IN THERE, GO READ IT OKAY.

Also, since lots of other people have shared theirs, my resolutions/goals for 2014:

1. GET BROOKLYN NINE-NINE ICONS.

( No, seriously )

OH MY GOD YOU GUYS I GOT FOUR YULETIDE FICS. FOUR. It's kind of hilarious, because last year I wrote, like, eight fics, and then this year I wrote my assignment and a pinch hit and no treats at all (though I am writing something that might go in the madness collection if I can finish it in time I HOPE SO BECAUSE THERE'S A BIT THAT'S KIND OF YULETIDE SPECIFIC - in an already super dated way - but oh well, I'll just NYR it if not), and this is the year I get ALL THE FIC.

But I'm so not complaining because SOMEBODY WROTE ME AVALON HIGH FIC AGAIN. It's the second Avalon High fic I've gotten in exchanges this year, which means there are now approximately 200% more Avalon High fics in the universe than there were last year. (When I went looking on AO3 for fic, IIRC there was exactly one non-crossover fic and it didn't even have Allie in it, WHAT IS EVEN UP WITH THAT.) Chances of me continuing to request it in every exchange ever in the hopes of building an actual fandom: Super high.

Also! Somebody wrote me the Bruce/Steph dirtybadwrong fic I've been requesting only roughly forever and it's SO GREAT I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU. And then I also got a super fun Dick/Steph fic AND and adorable Steph & Cass fic, WHAT DID I EVEN DO TO DESERVE THIS BECAUSE I WILL DO IT AGAIN.

Eternal Recurrence (1220 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Avalon High (2010)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Allie Pennington/Will Wagner, Lance Benwick/Jen, Allie Pennington/Jen, Guinevere/Arthur Pendragon, Guinevere/Lancelot du Lac
Characters: Allie Pennington, Will Wagner, Miles (Avalon High), Lance Benwick, Jen (Avalon High), Arthur Pendragon, Guinevere (Arthurian)
Additional Tags: Truth or Dare, Campfires, Watermelons, Past Lives, Underage Drinking, Kissing, POV Female Character, POV Third Person Limited, Past Tense, Plastic Lightsaber Toy, Excalibur, First Kiss
Summary: A campfire, a six-pack, a watermelon, a game, and two first kisses.

that kind of luxe just ain't for us, we crave a different kind of buzz (1009 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics), Batgirl (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown
Summary: Batgirl and Black Bat versus the two most unobservant robbers in Gotham. The 'versus' implies that the robbers had even the faintest ghost of a chance, which, lol, no.

Training (8253 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Batgirl (Comics)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Stephanie Brown/Bruce Wayne
Characters: Stephanie Brown, Bruce Wayne
Summary: She thinks it started as punishment.

What Do the Lonely Do (at Christmas) (2640 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Batgirl (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Stephanie Brown/Dick Grayson
Characters: Stephanie Brown, Dick Grayson
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Christmas, Friends to Lovers, Yuletide Treat
Summary: Bank robberies, gratuitous carol references, stabbings, and maybe even a miracle (or two)? Must be Christmastime in Gotham.

Dear yuletide writer:

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. My requests are a little on the wordy side, but please don't let that intimidate you - 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. But just in case you enjoy reading yuletide letters as much as I enjoy writing them, here are some ideas/extra information/things that would make me especially happy. (You can find me on AO3 as Zhailei.)

( General information )

( Avalon High )

( Miss Match )

( The Dark Knight Legacy )

( Batgirl )

( The Ravagers )

( Brooklyn Nine-Nine )

re: My last post, today I actually googled "how to take care of basil." And then I watered it! Because that's a thing you're supposed to do! (But not too much.) And it's been sitting by the window getting lots of sun, so hopefully it's happy. This will be the year I finally learn to take care of plants! And grow my own mint and lettuce and such, because that sounds delicious.

I am surprisingly not hungover today. Bonus!

So far three quarters of the people I wrote yuletide fics for have commented, so I'm counting it as a win for now. And they all seemed pretty happy with what I wrote? Which, considering they were mostly treats, and there were a couple where I took some liberties with the requests because, treats, is a relief.

Anyway! I ended up writing eight fics for yuletide - my assignment, one ad hoc pinch hit, and six treats. So, feel free to guess what I wrote, and if you do, I might write/make you something? In the meantime, I'll be going back to reading my way through the archive <3

I haven't been participating in yuletide for nearly as long as a lot of people on my flist, but this looked fun!

( My yuletide fic history )

I finished my yuletide assignment! It's November! There are more than twelve hours until the deadline! WHAT DO I USUALLY DO WITH MY HANDS. I'm also ~4000 words into a treat and itching to start another, so. I write things sometimes? (Keep in mind I have written almost literally nothing the whole rest of the year, so this is actually news to me.)

I finished the run of Booster Gold and actually found it pretty disappointing - it started off really great (TED + BOOSTER 4EVA OMG ALL THE FEELS) but then it was like, "oh, and we're still in the middle of this adventure so we'd better finish that" and then it was never mentioned again and there were nazis and literally ten pages of exposition (IN A 23 PAGE COMIC WHAT IT WAS NOT EVEN THE VAGUELY INTERESTING KIND OF EXPOSITION IT WAS LITERALLY BOOSTER GOLD'S REAL NAME IS MICHAEL HE USED TO BE A SECURITY GUARD OOPS I FELL ASLEEP) and I didn't care. So now I'm reading Teen Titans? Rose Wilson is still the greatest ever and I <3 Kory and Vic, most of the actual team are kind of twerps sometimes but whatevs. ROSE WILSON <3 <3 <3

Also a meme! Give me a fictional character and I'll tell you why they suck:

- flaws
- exactly what they did wrong in the plot
- basically why I hate them (even if I love them)
- bonus points if it’s one of my favorite characters

I ... started writing my yuletide assignment the day I got it? I started writing my yuletide assignment the day I got it. I don't even know who I am anymore.

I feel like I must have the easiest, most low-stress yuletide assignment ever. It almost makes me feel like I'm doing it wrong.

I also finished off a long (long, long) overdue auction fic. After writing, like, three fics all year. TURNS OUT I CAN STILL WRITE THINGS, WHO KNEW?

Dear yuletide writer:

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. My requests are a little on the wordy side, but please don't let that intimidate you - 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. But just in case you enjoy reading yuletide letters as much as I enjoy writing them, here are some ideas/extra information/things that would make me especially happy.

I love banter, unresolved (and resolved) sexual tension, romantic comedy, awesome plots, action/adventure, wacky hijinks, humour, crack, PWPs, apocafic, and ridiculous AUs. In general, I'm not super into angst. I really, really, love tropes and clichés, which I know is unhelpfully vague, but: 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, because that's kind of the point of the grand gesture; and tiny, unnoticeable gestures that mean a whole lot more than they seem to. The stuff I don't love pretty much boils down to making the characters I love unhappy for no good reason. And character bashing, even of characters I don't like. I'm happy to read any rating, and smut is welcome but absolutely not necessary.

( Batgirl )

( Wizards of Waverly Place )

( Hart of Dixie )

( Miss Match )

Dear yuletide writer:

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. My requests are a little on the wordy side, but please don't let that intimidate you - 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. But just in case you enjoy reading yuletide letters as much as I enjoy writing them, here are some ideas/extra information/things that would make me especially happy.

I love banter, unresolved (and resolved) sexual tension, romantic comedy, awesome plots, action/adventure, wacky hijinks, humour, crack, PWPs, apocafic, and ridiculous AUs. In general, I'm not super into angst. I really, really, love tropes and clichés, which I know is unhelpfully vague, but: 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, because that's kind of the point of the grand gesture; and tiny, unnoticeable gestures that mean a whole lot more than they seem to. The stuff I don't love pretty much boils down to making the characters I love unhappy for no good reason. And character bashing, even of characters I don't like. I'm happy to read any rating, and smut is welcome but absolutely not necessary.

( Hart of Dixie )

( Miss Match )

( The Office RPF )

( Victorious )

I SO WANTED TO REQUEST NEW GIRL BUT I COULDN'T BEAR TO LET GO OF ANY OF MY OTHER FANDOMS, BASICALLY MY REQUEST WOULD HAVE BEEN I WANT ALL THE GUYS TO BE ON TEAM JESS, P.S. THEY ARE HER BOYFRIENDS.