simonlorden

Gift receiving is open and treats are welcome!

Hello and welcome to my Yuletide letter! First of all, thank you so much for (considering) writing for me, and I hope you will find some useful inspiration here.

Requested fandoms:

• October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire
• Olive Hill (Podcast)
• Till We Meet Again - Dave Brosha (Photo Series)
• The Fantasy Heroine Series - Jill Bearup (YouTube Videos)

LOVE:

• found family, romance/shippy stuff, humour, snark/banter, the comfort part of hurt/comfort, polyamory, MUTUAL PINING.
• angst with a happy ending
• canon-divergent AUs that don't change the setting, e.g. "what if this canon event happened differently"
• accidental baby/child acquisition, e.g. oops we ended up with an orphan what do we do?!
• cats.
• enemies to awkward friends/family, enemies to awkwardness to lovers
• forced proximity e.g. being snowed in, magical bond, handcuffed together
• cuddles, touches (especially touch-starved characters finally receiving affection and gentleness)
• incest, underage and teen/adult fics, if that is something you're interested in writing (definitely don't feel obligated if you're not into it, though).
• bisexual characters!

DNW:

• permanent character death, grief. (BUT: temporary death is fine)
• cheating, significant jealousy, or comments bashing/rejecting polyamory
• Christmas-centric fic (BUT: non-Christian winter holidays are fine)
• angst without happy ending, unhappy ending
• suicidal thoughts, self-harm especially including cutting (BUT: cutting for blood magic reasons is fine, as long as the intent isn't to harm, and the cutting isn't very detailed)
• no-magic AUs
• detailed pregnancy, description of pregnant bodies. (BUT: offscreen/vague pregnancy or kids existing is fine. pregnancy in very early stages/character finding out they're pregnant is also fine.)
• very graphic violence or gore
• regarding trans characters: graphic dysphoria or transphobia. detailed coming out scenes. (what I don't want is the anxiety, the possible bad reaction, or having to explain gender to cis people. casually saying "by the way I'm trans/queer" is fine)

October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire

Requested characters: Simon Lorden, August Lorden, October “Toby” Daye

Simon and his girls! I have some optional prompts, feel free to change or combine them to suit you or do something completely different. Also feel free to include other characters, e.g. May, the Lorden boys, Gillian, Tybalt, Quentin, or whoever makes sense to you.

• Simon and August babysitting Toby’s kids.
• Dianda is pregnant and Simon is freaking out, worried about his ability to parent.
• Something action-y! August and Toby, indestructible duo, fussing over their very breakable father who insists on trying to protect them.
• AU (or dreamworld?) where Simon gets to raise August and Toby together. Amandine is optional, but I’d prefer her involvement to be limited. The girls can be any age. Simon can be married to Amandine, or he can divorce her and take the kids to live in Saltmist.
• Any time travel shenanigans, e.g. Toby ends up in the past and meets Simon with young August, or even both August and Toby meeting Simon and his parents? August and Toby kicking Oleander’s ass in the past?
• Toby and August teaming up to save Simon (e.g. as a rewrite in AKF where Simon has lost his way so he doesn’t remember either of them. I’m here for the angst of Simon not recognizing August, and also the girls putting together the Oberon puzzle together.)
• August is in a relationship. Toby finds out and August pleads with her not to tell Simon, or asks her help in telling Simon. (My favourite love interests for her are Nolan or Raysel, but feel free to make it someone else, including original characters.)
• Toby and August babysitting Simon’s kids with the Lordens. (Could be the boys or a new baby.)
• Any kind of reunion or reconciliation with Sylvester. It doesn't have to be perfect and fluffy, but please make it hopeful.
• Something based on the ending of BTS. Go wild with headcanons/predictions.
• For my fellow freaks out there: romantic ship or smut between the three of them, or two of them + the third finding out. Check the bottom of my letter for my detailed smut likes.

Notes:

• If Sylvester appears, I would appreciate him at least genuinely trying not to be an asshole. I have read Be the Serpent and all the available Patreon stories, but you’re not obligated to include either.
  
• On DNWs: The characters getting canon-typically shot, stabbed, bleeding, breaking bones, etc is fine, but I would prefer nothing major like… you know… pulling out bones or missing organs… (I’m still traumatised by that one scene in The Unkindest Tide.)
• I'm okay with these characters being any gender identity or sexuality (so feel free to make them trans). I see all three of them as bi, but I'm fine with Toby being written as straight/closeted.

Olive Hill (Podcast)

Requested characters: Lisa Banks, Violet Hale

I would love anything focusing on these two, shippy or not. Playing together as children with the fairies, meeting the fairies for the first time, figuring out how to live in each other’s bodies, them on one of their nightly excursions, the reason why they drifted apart… Feel free to include the fairies as much as you want, I would love to see some creepy fairies but it’s optional. I don’t really care for the boys, so I’d prefer the fic not to focus on them, but on the two girls and their relationship to each other and the fairies. 

My DNW for major character death doesn’t apply to Lisa’s death here, so you can keep to canon, but you can also write an AU where Violet somehow saves her and they run away together or something like that.

Smut is okay for this request! Check the bottom of my letter for my detailed smut likes, but I would love it if they were each other’s gay/bi awakening, whether they’ve been with boys previously or not at all. 

Heck, if you want, you can write something really creepy or dub/nonconny with the fairies - either the fairies encouraging/pushing Lisa and Violet to have sex, or a whole fairy orgy. (They can be either underage or over 18.)

Trans headcanons are okay. Maybe one (or both) of them is a trans girl who was seen as a boy as a child, or they’re nonbinary/genderqueer, etc.

Till We Meet Again - Dave Brosha (Photo Series)

Requested characters: Man, Woman

Who are these people? Are they immortals, or reincarnations? Maybe one of them is immortal and the other keeps reincarnating? Are they best friends, fated lovers, or maybe even rivals who just can’t get rid of each other? Is there a tragic twist, like they are fated to watch each other die/kill each other every time? Heck, are they actually codependent siblings (... and still lovers)? I know that the creator describes it as an immortal love story, but I don’t mind if you do something else.

If you’re into historical fiction, feel free to pick any of the time periods and get weirdly specific with the details (but this is NOT a requirement at all).

Smut is okay for this request! Check the bottom of my letter for my detailed smut likes. For this request I would particularly like: gentle femdom, maybe some bondage, enthusiastic cunnilingus.

Trans headcanons are also okay for either/both of them, including nonbinary/genderfluid.

The Fantasy Heroine Series - Jill Bearup (YouTube Videos)

Look... they had me at "Hot Enemy". Feel free to make this the tropiest enemies-to-lovers adventure ever. Fourth-wall-breaking with the author is optional.

Some of my likes that might work with this prompt: forced proximity (being snowed in together, handcuffed, magically bonded, etc), accidental child acquisition??, hurt/comfort, loving someone with the worst parts of them, MUTUAL PINING

I know Rosamund insists they're not actually enemies, but like, feel free to go tragic with the "hurt" part - injuring/almost killing each other, either accidentally or on purpose, etc.

Smut is ABSOLUTELY welcome, but not obligatory.

NSFW Likes:

Super long list here.

• Noncon, dubcon, soft noncon where the victim is forced to enjoy it
• Reverse: disgustingly enthusiastic or awkward consensual sex with banter
• Gentle dom, including femdom
• Being held down, hands being tied, legs being tied or spread apart, manhandling
• Fingerfucking, facefucking, blowjobs, enthusiastic cunnilingus
• Sex toys, double penetration with or without toys, double vaginal
• Somnophilia, consensual or not
• Breeding kink
• Internal creampies
• Men getting pegged and loving it
• Incest, underage, teacher/student, any similar dynamic

NSFW DNW:

• heavy violence, mutilation, amputation, permanent damage
• blood or internal tearing
  
• pregnancy
  
• A/B/O, heat cycles, etc
• futanari
• raceplay
• necrophilia, gore, vore
  
• sounding

• October Daye
• Murderbot Diaries
• Ghost Roads / Sparrow Hill Road

LOVE:

• found family, romance/shippy stuff, humour, snark, the comfort part of hurt/comfort, polyamory.
  
• time travel! this is specific, but i kind of love the idea of a character meeting their future self and being shocked at being told stuff they never thought would happen (especially if the stuff is good, though.)
• I'm okay with incest, underage or teen/adult fics, if that is something you're interested in writing.
• canon-divergent AUs that don't change the setting, e.g. "what would happen if X character did Y thing differently"
• accidental baby acquisition. I'm just putting this out there.
• MUTUAL PINING
• cats.

• third person preferred, but first person is fine, especially if canon is in first person. NO second person please.
• past or present tense equally fine. i guess future tense would be fine?? never read a fic like that.
• I would love under-1000-words poetry or drabbles as treats!

DNW:

• character death (except like, minor nameless characters). temporary character death is fine as long as they come back fast and there isn't much focus on the grief.
• any mention of covid, real-world politics, real-world issues e.g. racism or homophobia (slightly more okay with "fantasy racism" e.g. being racist again a fictional race, but mentions only please).
• cheating, or even significant jealousy. i'm a huge fan of consensual polyamory and being happy for your partner being happy with others, so i'm just really not into these. I'd also like to avoid comments where characters state that they would "never want to share"/"can't imagine sharing".
  
• Christmas-centric fic.
  
• heavy angst or sad endings - references to canon angst is fine as long as the overall tone is hopeful/good ending.
• suicidal thoughts or mentions of suicide attempts, even if they fit canon. also avoid self-harm involving cutting.
  
• unrequested setting-change AUs, e.g. coffee shop AUs, no-magic AUs, etc
• gore, heavy violence.
• detailed pregnancy with any gender (offscreen pregnancy or kids existing is fine if applicable).
• A/B/O.

SMUT LIKES: 

• enthusiastic cunnilingus.
• light bondage, like handcuffs or wrists tied with scarves.
• semi-public sex where there's a danger of getting caught (but no actual getting caught pls, unless the person catching them joins in).
• i also like my smut with characterization, feelings, and banter. smut where it's clear that the characters actually like each other and care about each other is great (though not always applicable).
• enthusiastic consent is good! ironically, dubious consent is also good, if you prefer that route. something like both people wanting it but being in denial, or consent under false pretenses, etc
• men getting pegged. also strap-ons in lesbian sex

SMUT DNWs:

• The safest is probably to stick with vanilla smut + my 'likes' list if you're writing any, please. But feel free to contact me through a mod if in doubt.
• Some things I absolutely do not want: watersports/scat, heavy bdsm or violence even if consensual.

Ghost Roads

Characters: Rose Marshall

I am in love with Rose Marshall and I would love to see another episode of her not-quite-life. Just some ideas/suggestions: 

- Rose helping and saving people. Bonus points for other young people, e.g. runaway teens or such. 

- I adored the scene of Rose just getting to have fun at the carnival, so I'd love something like that. Let her try fun things and maybe make friends! 

- Rose being known as an angel for those on the road instead of something scary. i.e more "Graveyard Rose" feeling than the other legends. https://seananmcguire.com/songbook.php?id=79 

- Crossovers with other Seanan stuff, including songs. (Incryptid excluded, since it's not really a "crossover" and I haven't read any of it.) But I'd love to see Rose meet anyone from October Daye (maybe hanging out with the teen/young adult squad who are on a road trip? an AU where Toby really tried to run away to New York pre-canon? just don't make any of them die pls), or maybe one of the characters from Dear Gina? Lots of dead people in that song. https://genius.com/Seanan-mcguire-dear-gina-lyrics 

- I'm not really looking for PWP for Yuletide, but some smut is fine if you're writing Rose having casual sex with a driver on the road or something along those lines.
- Original characters are also more than welcome, obviously. 

Fandom DNW: Please no big story spoilers for Incryptid or the Sparrow Hill Road sequels, I only read the first book. (Also, for the same reason, feel free to contradict canon events in Incryptid - it's not like I'm gonna notice.) Some horror elements are acceptable for this request, but nothing too gory or explicit please.

Murderbot Diaries

Characters: Amena & Iris

I don’t have huge prompts here, I’d just love to get something with these two. Platonic or romantic relationship is equally fine. 

Some suggestions: Amena going to the university, studying together, being exasperated over ART and Murderbot being Like That together, raising/teaching a brand new AI together. (No, really, raising the AI would be fun. Like one of those fake-parenting assignments with the fake babies, only these babies are not fake, just non-human.) Teaching Three about humans together. Amena showing Iris around her home. If you want to go more plotty, you can also write about them being on a mission and working together/being clever and badass (I would like something more humorous than overly serious, but we know from Murderbot that you can combine the two.)

I'm fine with non-nominated (or non-requested) characters showing up. I'm happy to see the rest of the crew, and of course Murderbot and ART, whose relationship is my favorite. I'm fine with them being romantic in their own way if you wanna go that route, but I'm just as fine with their queerplatonic-type relationship.

DNW: I'd prefer not to get smut for my main gift, but if someone happens to write a treat, smut is more than welcome for that.

October Daye

Characters: Simon “Torquill”

I would like Simon and platonic relationships, please.

Suggestion 1: Kids, defined loosely, e.g.: January, April, Raysel, Dean and Peter, Gillian, Quentin, Chelsea, OC kids, and Toby and August and May obviously. Basically just Simon getting to be parental or mentoring someone. (Check below for prompts. I would love to see January, April or Raysel since we don't see them a lot, but anyone is fine.) I would also accept Simon interacting with/babysitting Toby and Tybalt's future kids, but in that case, they have to be kittens for at least part of the fic. It's law.

Suggestion 2: Anything pre-canon (!) with Sylvester, September or their parents. 

I'm a Patreon subscriber, so info from any of those stories is fair game to include (including the upcoming November and December ones, if they end up being relevant - I'll try my best to read them by reveals, just in case).

DNW:

• Please don't make this a romantic ship-centric fic. (Lorden ot3 and other background ships are more than welcome as long as the platonic relationships are in the center.)
• Please limit Oleander, Eira and Amandine to mentions, if at all. I'm aware they exist but I don't want to see them.
• This is a bit specific, but please avoid comments by characters (especially by Toby and Tybalt) about how they would never consider "sharing"/polyamory. I don't expect you to write them in a poly relationship either, just don't shut down the possibility like that please.
• Please avoid any references to suicide and self-harm involving cutting. (Cutting for blood magic purposes is fine, as long as it's not too detailed, and the intent isn't self-harm. canon-typical blood or injury is fine in small amounts, but no detailed descriptions please.)
  

Toby Daye Prompts:

For the kids: Simon with January or April - I could see Simon being interested in tech and April teaching him about new stuff. Maybe even Simon meeting baby Rayseline for the first time, his brother's long-awaited pride and joy. (Would he be thinking of his own child, still lost and still not found? Heck, I'll take a fic about Simon's conflicted feelings when he's forced to kidnap Raysel.) Simon getting to know Dean and/or Peter, maybe giving them advice either as a parent or as a more experienced noble/diplomat? Simon mentoring Quentin and/or Dean in Daoine Sidhe blood magic. You can also write Simon interacting with any of Toby's horde of teens, including Gillian, Quentin, Chelsea... OC kids with his new spouses are also okay. Something with August, either from the past, or after they finally have each other back. Anything with October, either in the present, or an accidental meeting at Shadowed Hills when she's a kid, or an AU where Simon raised her as her father. Bonding with May or August! Also feel free to make it a big chaotic family dinner with a lot of characters or something, if that is something you enjoy writing. 

For siblings & parents: Pretty much anything. I’d love to see somebody’s take on what the brothers’ relationship was like back in London or when they first moved to America. This is probably the part where I’d be most okay with seeing Amandine since it’s kinda hard to avoid her in that time, but please keep her to mentions if possible.

For side/background ship: First of all I love polyamory, so feel free to include several of these at the same time (or none. that's fine too, these are just suggestions.) Quentin/Dean is great. Quentin/Raj is also great. Gillian/Dean and Gillian/Chelsea are my big rarepairs that I adore. Raysel/August is my biggest rarepair, and I would be overjoyed to get something with Simon reacting to /that/, but I know this is a long shot so don't worry about it. Canon background relationships are fine (I love Toby/Tybalt and Etienne/Bridget for example), but no Walther/Cassandra if possible.