just a catcher in some rye

dear yuletide author and/or any potential treats authors:

thank you for writing fic for me! i'm sorry this letter is so non-specific. :3 hopefully this gives you license to write something you want to (if you love writing it, i'll love reading it) -- but if you feel flummoxed by the lack of concrete prompts, please have a mod get in touch and i'll come up with a few options.

also, i am super excited to get ANY of the fandoms or characters requested. some letters are longer than others, but that is absolutely not an expression of preference. :3

first some generalities...

OVERALL DNW:

• death
• torture
• abuse (physical/emotional/mental)
• extreme violence, including and specifically gore (canon-level violence is fine)
• explicit sex
  

• introspection
• friendship
• breathing/breath(s)/breathplay
• rain
• stars/constellations/the night sky
• forests
• baseball (but how would you work it in???)
• hidden character depths and/or someone seeing something in a character that the character doesn't see in themselves
• solitude
• connections
• trust
• quiet joy
• angst with hope
   

and now, the individual requests...

chihayafuru
ayase chihaya
mashima taichi
suou hisashi
wakamiya shinobu
* i should mention that i have not finished the manga yet.:3 if you want to write late in the mangaverse, absolutely go for it! just please include a note or tag so i know i have to finish reading the manga before i read the fic (i'm starting now, jic). EDIT: i finished!!! i won't say anything specific so as to avoid spoilers if anyone reading this hasn't finshed...but definitely go for late manga or even post-manga if you want to! i am ready!

i love all of the nominated characters, so feel free to include arata. (actually, feel free to include anyone not nominated, too.) :D if you want to focus on only one requested character, please do!

i'd be very happy with gen fic or ship fic in this fandom.

gen fic things:

• character studies (introspection or another character's perspective)
• friendship
• karuta competition
• hyakunin isshu
• whatever you like

ships i like:
* please note that these are listed in alphabetical order by character and do not indicate any preference

• chihaya/shinobu
• chihaya/taichi (arata/chihaya/taichi, if you want to go there)
• hisashi/taichi
• shinobu/taichi (ha ha ha, am i only the one who wants this? :3)

ship fic things:

• get togethers and established relationships are both a++. also pre-relationships. and maybe one-sided, if the angst is not too heavy?
• nothing explicit (keeping it t-rated and under would be super appreciated)
• i don't necessarily need a happy ending but ending on at least a hopeful note would be wonderful <3

final note: whether you choose ship fic or gen fic -- if you include taichi, please be kind to him. :3 (but i'm truly fine without him in the fic.)


natsume yuujinchou
natsume takashi
natori shuuichi

gen fic only for this fandom would be tremendously appreciated! i'm equally happy with either or both of the requested characters. also, feel free to include any characters not nominated.

gen fic things:

• character studies (introspection or another character's perspective)
• friendship
• mentorship
• tattoos that move :3
• worldbuilding
• "case fic"/youkai of the week

steins;gate
okabe rintarou
urushibara ruka

* just to be safe: i'm not sure if steins;gate 0 is included in this. i haven't watched/played/read that timeline yet; please include a tag or note if you go there, so i can try to catch up first. :3

okabe and ruka are my favorites in s;g. i'd be happy with something that focuses on their dynamic or on either of them individually. also feel free to include the other nominated characters.

gen fic would be great! such as:

• character studies (introspection or another character's perspective)
• worldbuilding
• serious consideration to time travel, e.g. it's mechanics and rammifications
• ridiculous things that okabe does/says/thinks/gets himself into

ship fic is probably challenging for this? although my feelings sometimes fly in the face of canon and i ship okabe/ruka a bit... :3 if you feel like doing something gently shippy and you need to take them to another timeline or even go straight-up au for this, that would work for me.


bob's burgers
louise belcher

louise hijinks, schemes, musings -- in short, louise being louise! honestly, anything with or about louise would be great. feel free to include other characters, nominated or not. :D


thank you again! i hope you have a good time with this, whatever you choose to do. i can't wait to see what you come up with! :D