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Dear author/artist,

Sorry this letter is so late! Thanks for making me something for this exchange. I don't really have a whole lot of specific requests -- you know, just make the world end! (Or threaten to end.) :D I would enjoy something lighter or more comedic for some fandoms, but dark fic, suspense, h/c, etc. is also more than welcome. I'm not big on fluff, gore, crossovers, or mundane AUs. I love 5 times fic, road trips, SF/F tropes, and worldbuilding. In terms of art, I love landscapes, quirky details, movement, and characters touching/in contact. 

1. The 100 (TV)
Gen, F/M, F/F, Multi

You can check out my NPT letter for more details about my ships and feels. Nuclear, disease, or an environmental threat could all make sense. I'm open to anything!

2. Bartimaeus - Jonathan Stroud

Gen, F/M, M/M, F/F, Multi

Something with demons getting loose or some other kind of magical apocalypse? Or you could set it during an actual apocalypse - Bartimaeus in Pompeii, for example. Future fic could be amazing as well. Ships: all the ships. Kitty being a badass also = <3

3. Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Gen, F/M, F/F, Multi

I would love to see June and Chloe in an apocalypse. (Or Chloe causing one!) Something featuring lots of minor characters could be fun as well. NYC sinking? Alien invasion? Zombies? The more ridiculous the better. Ships: Chloe/June, June/Mark, Chloe/random dudes.

4. Fire and Hemlock - Diana Wynne Jones
Gen, F/M, F/F, Multi

One of my favorite things about this book is how things that Tom and Polly write to each other start coming true. It kind of dovetails with apocalyptic prophecies and mythology in a way? Another idea is some kind of crisis affecting the fairy world and its ripple effect on the "real" world and Tom and Polly. I also love the imagery of the pictures that Tom receives at the funeral. Anything you want to do with this fandom would be amazing!

5. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Gen, F/M, F/F, Multi

My kingdom for a mystery that is also an apocalypse! Some possibilities: H1N1 outbreak following WWI, an economic crash, dust storms, flooding. I love everyone & ship Phryne/Jack, Dot/Phryne, Dot/Mac, Phryne/Mac and Bert/Cec.

[Also, if you're not feeling any of these, I'd be happy to receive art or fic for AtLA, Black Books, The Hobbit, The Hunger Games, Jeeves & Wooster, Merlin, or The Musketeers.]

Dear Ship Swap Author/Artist,

Thank you for signing up for one of these rare ships! I hope you will have fun with whatever you make for me. I love all of these ships SO MUCH and I am incredibly stoked to see more of them. I've tried to give a general idea of what I love about each pairing and a few prompts, but please take as much or as little from that as you are comfortable with. If your sense of the ship is completely different, then go with that -- I am easily swayed. :D

A note on threesomes/poly ships: I don't have anything in particular in mind, but if you are inspired to create something along those lines, I will almost certainly be into it. If you want to check first, feel free to drop an anon comment or email the shipswap mod. I love OT3+ dynamics! The only thing I would probably rather not see is two women making out solely for the entertainment/pleasure of a male character. Also, unrelated background pairings are usually not interesting to me.

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Chloe/June Colburn
Fanart/Fanfiction

asdlfkjalksd I love them so much! Anything about June and Chloe and their crazy adventures and terrible life choices would be amazing and awesome. Seriously, anything. I love James, but if he is involved I would prefer him to have a cameo role. Other characters (Mark, Robin, June's mom, Luther, etc.) are also welcome.

A few ideas:
- a normal day in June's life that goes terribly wrong (as usual)
- 5 times someone walked in on June and Chloe gettin' it on
- Chloe attempting to woo June somehow translates into a campaign of terror
- some kind of genre (noir, space, superhero, etc.) AU
- road trips! apocalypses! (in other words, all the tropey goodness)
- exploring kinks together! June surprises Chloe with how she's less innocent than she looks, or Chloe wants to try out a bizarre toy, or they wind up in some ridiculous but sexy situation.

Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Haymitch Abernathy/Katniss Everdeen
Fanfiction

This is really my favorite Hunger Games ship, though I also like Katniss/Peeta and other pairings too. It's so messed up and wrong given the mentor relationship and all the things that Haymitch keeps from Katniss, but I feel like they really *get* each other in a way that no one else does.

Things I want in Haymitch/Katniss fic:
- trying to help and comfort each other (even though they act like they don't care on the surface)
- taking out their pain on each other
- angry/angsty sex, figuring emotions out later
- Katniss initiating sex or being the more aggressive one (and generally Katniss exploring her sexuality is A+)
- Katniss using Haymitch as an outlet for her frustration/rage/sorrow during the tour in Catching Fire
- canon-divergent AUs ("what if X had happened differently?")
- Haymitch backing Katniss up/being on her side
- no easy happy endings (i.e. things stay messed up or change slowly)
- totally okay with a poly, messy relationships, or infidelity if you want to go there
- also would be happy to read non-pairing fic that focuses on their canon friendship/mentorship

Skins (UK)
Franky Fitzgerald/Mini McGuinness
Fanart/Fanfiction

Awww, their little FACES! Skins S5 was the first series of Skins I watched and I maaay have imprinted on Franky just a little. I love how dapper she is, how she stands up for herself, that she really can't be any other way. I was a bit "eh" about Mini at first but she grew on me and I was completely rooting for her by the end and her crush on Franky was SO OBVIOUS. :D They are just adorable. They're both so strong-willed and different but I feel like they complement each other really well.

Feel free to pretend S6 never happened if you want. Or fill in the missing pieces so it makes more sense! 

- First time/get together fic please!
- (S5) Mini slowly realizing why Franky gets under her skin so much.
- (series 6) Mini confronting Franky about how much she's changed.
- They meet again years later and figure out who they are now.
- Franky getting Mini to play and be silly or do something weird.
- Tropes I like: sleepovers, road trips, dressing up, making art, crazy pranks, silliness, late night confessions, making out/having sex while high, sex with clothes still on, sex in public, falling in love accidentally, misunderstandings, friends with benefits, being brave, choosing each other, coming out, finding your "people", growing up, social media, epistolary fic.
- Art prompts: Mini letting Franky dress her up, one of them falling asleep against the other, something colorful or in an outdoors setting? (Porny art is also wonderful if you feel up to it!)
- If you want to go more of a gen route, friendship/frenemy fic would be lovely too!

Here's how it works:

+ Post a list of your five favorite acts/kinks to read about. Check out this list if you need some inspiration. At the bottom of your post, add what fandoms/pairings you're interested in.
+ Read other people's lists; the master list of lists is here.
+ Post comment-fic based off of other people's interests.
+ Once you've posted your list, post the link in the comments here so that people know how to find you.

( My 5 Acts )

ETA 11/22/11: Okay, I'm finally going to stop compulsively editing my letter. IT IS DONE. FINIS.

For some reason, I only do Yuletide in odd-numbered years. This is an odd-numbered year. I am so excited!

In a few days, with any luck, there will be a "Dear Yuletide Writer" letter here. Hello Dear Yuletide Writer!!! There is now a letter for you here, if you're looking for it!

Sorry it took me so long to get it together. I tried to keep it short, but well... I don't really do short.

Yuletide: I am thinking of requesting have requested Bartimaeus Trilogy, Misfits, Borderliners by Peter Høeg. Fourth fandom to be determined! And The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead makes a return for another year.

( Yuletide Letter/Requests )

As I'm sure most of you in the US know, the government is in danger of shut down if a budget isn't passed tonight. Republicans in the Senate are taking advantage of this to try and cut federal funding of Planned Parenthood and Title X.

Just to be clear, there is NO federal funding of abortion. If they succeed, what will be cut is women's health services, STD and cancer screening, family planning and contraception and it will disproportionately affect low-income women. Abortion services only make up 3% of the care PP provides. According to Senator Leahy (my senator ♥):

Around the country, one out of every four women of reproductive age has received care from a Planned Parenthood health center at some point in her life and even more strikingly, six in ten women who access care from a family planning health center, like Planned Parenthood, consider it to be their main source of health care. Eliminating funding for the Title X Family planning program and Planned Parenthood would put tens of thousands of Vermonters' and millions of Americans' health care in jeopardy.

What can you do? Sign the Planned Parenthood petition and call your senator's office. You can also get the phone numbers for all your representatives on the NOW website.

ETA: US Troops will have paychecks withheld if the government shuts down. Damn. This is basically politicians gaming the budget process and who will suffer for it? Soldiers and their families.

AMAZING <3

I'm looking forward to the Yuletide stories featuring Old Spice Man.

Re-write one or more white characters in the fandom(s) of your choice as chromatic/non-white/PoC, in a story of at least 500 words, with some acknowledgment of how the racial difference would make a difference to the story being told.

Sign-ups are here @ dark_agenda

ETA: wow, I totally fail, this went up weeks ago. Still, always good to signal boost right?