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Dear DJ,

I'm so excited! Obviously, as always ODAO for all of these because I'm sure I'll be into whatever you go for, but here follow some suggestions in case you want a few ideas.

General Stuff I Enjoy:
 
- WORLDBUILDING
 
- Lyrical prose bordering on the purple
 
- Poetry
 
- Mythology/folklore wank
 
- Fake meta/academic sorts of writing, like in-universe research papers and such
 
- Character studies
 
- Casefic/plotfic (what can I say, I'm easy to please story-wise)
 
- Travel narratives
 
- Food porn
 
- Scenery porn
 
- Porn porn (vanilla is fine, kinky is fine, non-/dubcon is fine considering most of these seem like there could be an element of that - honestly just go nuts.)
 
- Longfic (obviously shortfic isn't a dealbreaker, but I'm not a person who gets put off by receiving longfic for an exchange and will happily read as many thousands of words as you can put to paper/pixels)

Deutschland - Rammstein (Music Video)

Link: www.youtube.com/watch

If you're a German history buff, (or would like to be) go nuts with the historical AUs, especially the Romans and the Weimar fight club. If you're not or the historical periods are touchy enough that you'd rather leave leave them alone (entirely understandable) I'd also dearly love something more generically fantastic about the armored lady's presence on the battlefield resurrecting soldiers, or the astronaut-priests attending upon the space nun pregnant with puppies, or the cannibal monks with bondage mask guys trapped under their table for some reason. Just be as lush, OTT and weird/fucked-up as the video is, either visually or verbally, and have fun with the imagery and implications. Also, Rammstein was my very first introduction to bandslash, so if by some chance you're into that as well then any of the above with added boning between the guys, or the guys and Germania, would be entirely welcome.


Le Jardin Des Larmes - ZAZ ft. Till Lindemann (Music Video)

Link: 
youtu.be/UT1yNM9F1yY

I initially thought the story was told in chronological order, with Zaz somehow raising Till from the dead/whatever he is at the beginning to come keep her company only to kill him and rebury him, but upon closer examination I think the middle part might be a flashback. I do think the idea of him as an undead servant or maybe some kind of spirit/construct of the desert would be cool, but a more mundane sort of murder plot would also be a good time (also, what's up with him being there apparently looking for himself at the end? For her in the alternate version where he strangled her instead? Maybe he's a relative?) Art-wise I just love the beautiful jewel tones it's all shot in so something really capitalizing on that would be great.

High Rise - Ladytron (Lyrics)

Link: 
www.youtube.com/watch

Lyrics: 
www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/ladytron/highrise.html


For me, Ladytron lyrics are always such a vibe. I'm down for purely weird and experimental, I'm down for a literal interpretation of whatever sort of apocalypse/revolution/world sea change is being alluded to here. "Amplifying and destroying" is so interesting - what's being amplified or destroyed? Are the "silent movers" creatures or some sort? 
 Is "Black Medusa" a literal monster woman? Maybe some sort of vehicle, or like a social group/movement or some sort? This is probably my most useless prompt overall but just go where the aforementioned Vibes take you, especially artistically, and I'm sure it'll be great.

Vampire Empire - Adrianne Lenker (Lyrics)

Link: www.youtube.com/watch

Lyrics: www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/adriannelenker/vampireempire.html

I am obsessed with this obviously extremely unhealthy vampire-human relationship. (Okay, YES, this could be a completely normal human relationship featuring a lot of substance abuse but I think actual vampires would be way more fun.) Is it a ghoul situation a la Vampire: the Masquerade or are they just dating/fucking? Who's the "him" the vampire might want to be with instead? How old are they, and are they merely humoring the singer's dreams that she can fix them, or at least satisfy them on some level, or is it mutual to a degree? (
In my imagination they're both women, but obviously that's up to you, and going by "I wanted to be your woman/wanted to be your man" there could be some ambiguity there anyway.) Auuuugh, there's just so much good shit here.  Artistically I feel like there's a lot of material in the first verse, as well as "we jump into the pond and then we come under the shower."
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 Dear DJ,

I'm so excited! Obviously, as always ODAO for all of these because I'm sure I'll be into whatever you go for, but here follow some suggestions in case you want a few ideas.

General Stuff I Enjoy:
 
- WORLDBUILDING
 
- Lyrical prose bordering on the purple
 
- Poetry
 
- Mythology/folklore wank
 
- Fake meta/academic sorts of writing, like in-universe research papers and such
 
- Character studies
 
- Casefic/plotfic (what can I say, I'm easy to please story-wise)
 
- Travel narratives
 
- Food porn
 
- Scenery porn
 
- Porn porn (vanilla is fine, kinky is fine, non-/dubcon is fine for specified prompts)
 
- Longfic (obviously shortfic isn't a dealbreaker, but I'm not a person who gets put off by receiving longfic for an exchange and will happily read as many thousands of words as you can put to paper/pixels)


Le Jardin Des Larmes - ZAZ ft. Till Lindemann (Music Video)

Link: youtu.be/UT1yNM9F1yY

Summary: I initially thought the story was told in chronological order, with Zaz somehow raising Till from the dead/whatever he is at the beginning to come keep her company only to kill him and rebury him, but upon closer examination I think the middle part might be a flashback. I do think the idea of him as an undead servant or maybe some kind of spirit/construct of the desert would be cool, but a more mundane sort of murder plot would also be a good time (also, what's up with him being there apparently looking for himself at the end? For her in the alternate version where he strangled her instead? Maybe he's a relative?) Art-wise I just love the beautiful jewel tones it's all shot in so something really capitalizing on that would be great.

Blacksnake - Charming Disaster (Song)

Link: charmingdisaster.bandcamp.com/track/blacksnake

Summary: I love how witchy this all is. The band describes it as " two powerful figures making efforts to protect themselves from each other using magic spells...or two musicians playing music together in a ritualistic way," which definitely seems like a good jumping-off point - the fact that they seem to be romantically involved while worrying that the other is a harbinger of death could be an entire novel in itself, not to mention all of the potential for magic worldbuilding about what exactly they're doing together/apart. Artistically, a lot of these lines are wonderfully aesthetic though I do especially like "the mirror, cracked and broken, making Xes of my eyes."

Deutschland - Rammstein (Music Video)

Link: www.youtube.com/watch

If you're a German history buff, (or would like to be) go nuts with the historical AUs, especially the Romans and the Weimar fight club. If you're not or the historical periods are touchy enough that you'd rather leave leave them alone (entirely understandable) I'd also dearly love something more generically fantastic about the armored lady's presence on the battlefield resurrecting soldiers, or the astronaut-priests attending upon the space nun pregnant with puppies, or the cannibal monks with bondage mask guys trapped under their table for some reason. Just be as lush, OTT and weird/fucked-up as the video is, either visually or verbally, and have fun with the imagery and implications. Also, Rammstein was my very first introduction to bandslash as a wee lass, so if by some chance you're into that as well then any of the above with added boning between the guys, or the guys and Germania, would be entirely welcome.
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Dear incipient author,

First of all, thank you so much for writing for me! As is usually the case, I'm sure I'll be stoked for whatever you can come up with for me, but as far as specific guidance/extra brownie points go, here is a list of things I generally enjoy, followed by fandom-by-fandom suggestions:

( A List of Things )
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So to recap:

  • I'm happy I (mostly) kept my mouth shut and will continue to (mostly) do so
  • I'm even happier that the whole thing legitimately seems to have come to nothing
  • I stand by having reserved my judgement even if that makes me either a bad fan or a bad feminist
  • I wish a good chunk of the Internet would shut the fuck up and stop being sore winners, but that's just par for the course

So apart from that, stuff's been pretty good. After a year plus determined to keep my expectations low Baldur's Gate 3 is better than I could have imagined, I've been able to get some stuff onto our summer/fall menu at work (yuzu coconut panna cotta, wooooo!) the state is less on fire than it's been, the cats are well, all the usual stuff. I've got two wines going, one mulberry courtesy of my dad's tree and one assorted melon courtesy of a breakfast fruit platter I took most of home from work the other day. Currently I'm trying to wrangle Season 2 of the Blades in the Dark game I've been running to a somewhat satisfying conclusion while still constantly stressing about whether it makes any internally consistent sense, but the players seem to be having fun which is the important part. God, I suddenly remember why I never used to update my LiveJournal that much back in the day. Enjoy this dose of venting/inanity and hopefully I'll see all like four of you around.
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Because I need somewhere to post this crap where no one will actually care if they see it. Content notes for a lot of violence/death and implied sexual assault.

( I'm Not Going To Post This On Instagram )
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( Imago )

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( Fire in a Theater )

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( Big/Bad: A Dialogue )
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At the encouragement of[personal profile] saltedpriv, and because I kind of want to start posting in a semi-public location a little more in coming times, here are some books I read in 2022 and what I thought about them. I haven't put down all of them (especially since I would have to recap/review almost all of the Whybourn and Griffin series and that would get very repetitive very fast) but today I decided to get drunk and post my five greatest hits, plus the top five that still made a big impression even if I didn't exactly enjoy the whole reading process:

Loved It, Loved It, Loved It:

( These were great and you can consider them unambiguous recs if you're looking for 'em. )

 

Passionate Ambivalence:


( Didn't hate them, they made me think about stuff, let me tell you why. )
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To whom it may concern,

( All right, let's do this thing. )
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To whom it may concern,

Preemptively, thank you so much for writing for me. As per usual I'd be pretty happy with just about anything you can come up with for these songs/videos, but below are some suggestions if you want them:

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First off, thank you for signing up and writing for me! I apologize for this letter not actually being linked from my page (it's been a crazy few weeks and I kind of fucked myself on the signup process) so thank you for bearing with me. Let's start off with a general list of likes and dislikes:

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writing is hard
individual words are easier
pinion. cupola. aerate. spume.
nope, still stuck on the ground.

- "Instagram Poem," © marianainthemoatedgrange 2019
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- people who think the eagles could or should have taken the One Ring to Mordor despite all the textual and thematic reasons that would be a terrible idea

- people who think that Dolores Haze was just as terrible a person as Humbert and Quilty, manipulating skeevy older guys for the sake of doing so instead of as a way to cope with/escape from a series of pants-crappingly terrible situations
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Dear Yulegoat,

First off, thank you in advance for writing for me! I'm farevenasdecidedtouse on Ao3, this is my first Yuletide, and I'm so excited. ( Let's start out with some general likes and dislikes: )

Once again, thank you so, so much in advance and I can't wait to see what you come up with. <3/Mari
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Hello and thank you for writing for me! I'm sorry the letter's a bit late, but here it is and I can't wait to see whatever you come up with for it. Anyway, proceeding by category with specific prompts/bullet points contained within:

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Dear Jukebox writer,

( I'm so excited. )
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Dear Filler,

First of all, thank you in advance for whatever I'm about to receive. I'm tempted to just be like WRITE WHAT YOU WANT AND I'LL PROBABLY LOVE IT but I know that's not helpful at all for exchanges, so here are a few handy guidelines cobbled together from previous exchanges.

Bulletproof Kinks:
Dirty talk
Praise kink
Hand kink
Frottage/tribadism
Public/ritual sex
Overstimulation
Bondage/restraint
Gangbangs (consensual or not)
Tying worldbuilding stuff into whatever fucking/other interaction is happening in the story.

Dealbreakers are just the usual basic stuff - unexpected character death/snuff, guro/extreme body modification, and anything excrement-related.

The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison

To be quite frank I would be thrilled by any of the nominated pairings. If you want to go for Shaleän and her wife I would beg you for porn that incorporates as much worldbuilding and detail wank as possible in addition to whatever porn you come up with. As far as more prominent characters, though, I'm a huge fan of people doing wonderful, filthy things to Maia. His wife, his secretary, his nohecharei, any nominated other party, combinations of the above, just go all out. I'm especially a fan of relatively inexperienced, insecure parties having their minds completely blown by lovers to the point of tears/begging/totally breaking down, so wherever the nominated tags take you just go all out and have fun with it.

Rivers of London series, Ben Aaronovich

Whatever pairing you choose, I hope to see Peter in waaaaay over his head. Getting addicted to whatever Molly did to him in Midnight Riot? Overwhelmed by creepy river magic as Beverly fucks him six ways to next week? Finally viscerally realizing that Nightingale is far, far older and more powerful than he's ever dreamed of in bed, let alone out of it? One of the things I've enjoyed most in my past few months of catching up with the series is the sense of slow-building discovery, with Peter taking it all in stride and immediately jumping into the deep end, occasionally to his benefit and occasionally to his detriment. I'd love to see that carried over into porn.

Fallout: New Vegas, Bethesda Games

I love Veronica and whatever you've got for any of these pairings I'm happy with. Desperate, furtive sex in some Brotherhood outpost with Christine before it all kicked off? Drunkenly hooking up with Cass and either deciding it was a terrible idea or pursing that to eventual happiness? H/C stuff with Julie at the Old Mormon Fort? Do it all, just as long as it involves a lot of inventive, excessively filthy sex (unorthodox uses for her Power Fist, perhaps? *eyebrow waggle*)
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This is a placeholder letter for Yuletide 2016.
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Hello, and thank you in advance for your fic and for letting me dump all my weird proclivities on you! I requested the maximum number of prompts so I won't bore you with a huge blow-by-blow rundown of each one. As such, have a few requests and observations:

( Onward to the letter! )

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