greenygal

Dear Yuletide Author: Thank you so much for writing something for me! I'm very much looking forward to reading whatever you come up with.


Some things I like: Emotional interaction, banter, worldbuilding, things that happen around the edges of canon.

Things I don't like: I'd prefer at least a moderately happy ending. Angst and explorations of canon trauma are fine, although I'd prefer no on-screen sexual violence.



Marvel 2099

Miguel O'Hara, Lyla | LYrate Lifeform Approximation, Gabriel O'Hara | Miguel's Brother, Kasey Nash

I just really love Miguel O'Hara in all his snarky, vicious, emotionally fucked-up glory, and would be happy with pretty much anything dealing with him; I've read and enjoy both the 1990s and 2010s runs. I am especially fond of Miguel's complicated relationship with his brother Gabriel and would love to see them interacting--hurt-comfort scenarios, brotherly bickering, angsty emotional revelation, extremely loud yelling, whatever. I also nominated Lyla, Miguel's indispensable emotional support hologram, and Kasey Nash, Gabriel's rebel girlfriend; I thought her position as a Downtown radical offered possibilities and perspective that the series never really explored. (Also I deeply regret that the '90s series ended before she could find out that her romantic hero Spider-Man was actually her boyfriend's corporate asshole brother; it would have been amazing.)


Colors in the Dreamweaver's Loom Series - Beth Hilgartner
Ychass, Alexandra Scarsdale/Zan

Rereading these books, I found I was really intrigued by fierce, bitter Ychass and the relationship that Zan slowly builds with her; I would be interested in pretty much anything about them (romantic or platonic, either is fine). Most obviously, I would love to see them interacting after the second book, when Zan has literally become a god. There's so much to explore there--how much of Zan is left in the Wanderer, and how would Ychass, with her complicated feelings about religion, relate to her now? Would interacting with Ychass help bring out Zan's old memories, or would they have to start over again? And on the even angstier side, in the second book Zan first denies Ychass and then assaults her, both of which must have been very painful for someone with Ychass's trust issues; I'd love to see them getting past that. Or maybe they just settle into a happy mortal/divine romance and scandalize all the other gods. *g* I'd also be happy to see something set during their travels in the first book--maybe Ychass's perspective on canon events, or just the two of them talking.


Liavek Series - Various Authors
Nerissa Benedicti
(If anyone is interested in the canon, all of the stories featuring Nerissa and related characters are collected in the ebook Points of Departure.)

I'm curious about what happens to Nerissa post-canon! Does she stay with the House of Responsible Life, now that she's decided to live, and what kind of work might she take up if she didn't? How does she adapt to finally having a space of her own? I'd also be happy to see her interacting with Deleon or Jehane or Granny Carry.


Solar Queen Series - Andre Norton
Dane Thorson, Rip Shannon, Ali Kamil

A little extra canon context: This is a series of four books written by Andre Norton in the '50s, followed by three collaborations with other writers in the '90s, about the space adventures of a small crew of merchant Free Traders. While I like the whole series, most relevant to my interests are Plague Ship, which is available on Gutenberg, and Derelict for Trade and A Mind for Trade, which are co-written by Sherwood Smith and available for ebook purchase.

My main interest is the Queen's three apprentices, and I'd just really like to see something about them. Possible prompts:
--Since the first four books are narrated by Dane, I'd love to see Rip or Ali's thoughts about Dane, or their POV on some of the canon events.
--In A Mind for Trade, Ali mentions that Rip befriended him when he came on board as "an angry, moody apprentice engineer with a very bad record"; I'd love to read about that.
--By the end of the series, the apprentices are working as officers on a secondary ship; how do their new responsibilities affect them and the way they interact with each other?
--Cool aliens that the trio manage to make a trade deal with! They don't get the chance for that often enough in canon.
--In one of the most gloriously fannish plot twists I've ever seen, in A Mind for Trade the boys develop a telepathic link (along with another character I'm less interested in; sorry, Jasper!). Please feel free to make use of this, especially since neither Dane nor Ali is very prone to talking about themselves otherwise.

--or anything you like, really, including slice-of-life conversations while they're making space coffee; I'd be happy with anything for this fandom.