Dear Yuletide Writer (2020)

[kriona]

Hi friends.  This is my second year writing for Yuletide.

DNWs: same as last year.  No rape / sexual assault / mind-control / violation of consent.  No active depictions of self-harm.  No abusive relationships (physical or  otherwise).

The Kingkiller Chronicles

I love the Kingkiller Chronicles.  It's one of my favorite book series, and I'm still excited about them years later. Cthaeh, the evil tree, is probably my favorite villain of all time.  I'm a linguist and I was so excited to learn about the Adem and their gestures of conveying emotion and tone (it kind of reminds me of emojis 🤷♀️).  I scoffed at his line of "I know 7 words to make a woman fall in love with you" until someone said 7 words to me and I swooned.

Kvothe is not my favorite character.  He's kind of an asshole, and the way he deifies women is problematic 😑 That said, I enjoy watching him be supremely good at things, and I enjoy watching his arrogance get him into trouble.  He's the only character I requested for this fic, and that's because he has so many unknowns — he's done a ton of stuff since he became Kote.  I think it'd be fun to explore an adventure he had, or something heroic he did, or a fantastical place he visited.  I'd like to hear more about his adventures.

Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke is my favorite anime, and my favorite Miyzaki movie.  A lot of others come close, but Mononoke is the only one where I am still excited to watch it 20 years later.  The music was hauntingly good, and the art was absolutely gorgeous (I bought the soundtrack as a kid and even owned this as a VHS 😂).  This is probably the film that started me on the path of becoming an environmentalist and an anti-capitalist.  Growing up, I wanted to BE San — friends with wolves, living in the forest, fighting bad guys.

So, I'm interested in hearing a story about San.  I want a story where I see her fierceness and strength on display.  That could take a lot of forms, and I'm not strongly attached to which, but here are some ideas.  It could be an origin story — a coming of age where she proves herself to Moro and is treated as an equal member of the wolf clan.  It could explore a pivotal moment between her and Eboshi — perhaps their first meeting — that frames the story for the movie.  You're welcome to explore the events after the movie if you have something in mind, it's wrapped up pretty nicely so I don't have any suggestions for what conflict could occur after (I'm not terribly interested in a romantic story between her and Ashitaka, though an AU where San is in love with a woman... 🤔😍).

Ocean's 8

I was delighted by this movie when it came out.  I was a huge fan of Ocean's 11, felt let down by Ocean's 12, and was veerrrrry cautious going into Ocean's 8.  It was a pretty run-of-the-mill heist movie, but then the twist!  Ahh!  I loved it!

I'm requesting this fandom because I want to read about kickass women doing kickass things.  Probably heist related, or at the very least heist-adjacent.  Want to explore a short side quest that took place during the movie?  Sign me up.  Want to take a couple characters and do a smaller heist?  LOVE IT.  Want to write your own elaborate heist with plot twists and near misses and daring escapes?  I hear you and support you but that might be a little long for Yuletide.

If you're excited to write about Ocean's 8, I'm excited to read about it.