Dear Yuletide Author

Hello, lovely author! Thank you for writing a fic for me! I've written a fair bit here, but it's all guidelines - if there's a story you really want to tell that doesn't fit the details in this letter, I trust you to write it in a way that's right for the story. If you've signed up for one of my other fandoms but are having doubts, the total canon for Problems is less than 4 minutes long and can be found online here. In every fandom, I've chosen my very favourite characters as a starting point, but please don't feel obliged to write all (or indeed any) of them if you have a different idea.

Things I like in fic: all characters having agency and purpose: everyone should be a character in their own right. I love plotty genfic, but also fic about relationships (any gender/s) that anchor or propel the plot. Fic that looks at the underpinnings of the fictional universe, including fic about OCs or very minor characters in that universe, is always a favourite of mine. I like historical and local detail, but I'm not going to cry if something is changed in service of the story!

Things I don't like in fic: sexy rape, sexy or "necessary" torture, incest, adult/child or teacher/student sexual relationships (even when the student is an adult). Plots that would be easily resolved if two people just talked to each other for five minutes are not my favourites. BDSM is not my thing at all, and I don't like it when characters are embarrassed or humiliated. I also have a phobia of zombies and of apocalyptic fic (rebuilding far, far in the future is okay), so please don't write me either of those.

( Specific Fandoms - Captain Britain and MI:13, Montmaray Journals - Michelle Cooper, Problems (music video) - Salmonella Dub, Adaptation - Malinda Lo )