Yuletide Letter 2020

[donutsweeper]

Thank you for writing for me!

In general I like stories that focus on character development and interactions, hurt/comfort, competence (it's always great to read stories where people do their jobs and do it well even under extreme circumstances), missing scenes, and plotty adventures. Humor, snappy dialog and/or snark are all wonderful and canon type violence is fine.

Graphic violence and rape can be a trigger of mine, so I'd appreciate if you did not include either in a story written for me. Other DNWs include A/B/O, character death, genderswap, mpreg, covid/pandemic references or situations, or xeno.

All Souls (TV) Mitchell Grace, Glory St. Clair

Haunted hospitals and unethical experimentation are perfect steppingstones for good storytelling and there was such potential in the ones we saw in "All Souls." There was so many things hinted at in this show that I'd loved to see explored further. What other sorts of ghosts wander the halls of All Souls? What other experiments had been done there? How does Mitch tie in to it all and what role does Glory play?

On the less supernatural side of things, I loved the interactions between Mitch and Grace and their implied, only briefly touched upon, history together. A story between Grace and a young Mitch from back then or something where they reminisce about his father would be wonderful as would just an everyday kind of slice of life snippet now that they've reconnected.

I'd be happy to receive something involving just Mitch or just Glory, or just even one focusing on the hospital itself. Both characters (or either) do not have to appear.

DNW A/B/O, character death, genderswap, graphic violence, mpreg, covid/pandemic references or situations, rape or xeno.

Only six episodes of this show were ever made, which is such a shame because the world it build in that short amount of time was fascinating but so much was left unexplained and unanswered. Just how prevalent were the hospital's hauntings? How is All Souls a "special place" and what did Glory mean when she said "the dead have power here"? Was Glory even real and if so (or if not) who/what was she? Why do we never see her talking with someone other than Mitch? How is she tied to All Souls? What was the story behind the black veiled lady with the pram? How often does Lazarus make appearances? Was Mitch really somehow the reincarnated doctor who had been there during the Civil War? Has Doctor Ambrosius really been there the whole time and if so what are his powers? What exactly was that creature he was commanding in "The Deal" and are there similar creatures he orders about? I have so many questions and I'd love to read a story that went into... well, any of that.

Unfortunately All Souls has never been released on DVD, but all the episodes have been put up on youtube. The order they aired was: the pilot, "Spineless", "The Deal", "Bad Blood", "Running Scared", and "One Step Closer to Roger".

Little Free Library - Naomi Kritzer

There are so many things I want to know about this story: was there something special about Meigan's little free library that let the mystery correspondent find it? What was going on in the correspondent's world? Was everything really as dire there as the last note suggested? What happened to the egg?

While I nominated both characters (as Meigan the Librarian and Mystery Correspondent) I didn't include them in my signup because I'd just be so be happy to see anything for this fandom- something more about Meigan, anything involving the mystery correspondent, or world building in general. I'm just really taken by this story and the world it created.

DNW A/B/O, character death, genderswap, graphic violence, mpreg, covid/pandemic references or situations, rape or xeno.

I've been fascinated by this story since I first read it. It's so short (less than 2.5k) but there is just so much to it. I want to know if Meigan's is the only library that had been found and used by the mystery correspondent or anyone from where they're from and if so why that is. Or maybe have other little free libraries had with different otherworldly visitors? Is there a forum or blog post somewhere that has pictures of the coins, leaves, or like any of the other trinkets she received? Was the rightful Queen and heir ever informed about the library and if so what did they think about it? Did the correspondent ever come back?

I've opted into the yulebuilding and wrapping paper challenges for this prompt.

Little Free Library was published online and can be read for free here

Strange World (TV 1999) Lynne Reese, Paul Turner

OH MY GOD FIX THE ENDING OF THIS SHOW!

*Ahem*

This show was great for all the unusual and often criminal science cases it dealt with in its short run. The relationship between Paul and Lynne was also presented as such a cornerstone to everything because of their history and their friendship, but also the complicated nature of her feeling that she failed him and failed science by not listening to him back during the war. I would love to read about other cases they investigated (either before 1x13 or in some happy 'Paul got better' post-series future).

DNW A/B/O, character death (either ignore or change the show's implied ending), genderswap, graphic violence, mpreg, covid references, rape or xeno.

ABC commissioned this show about investigating criminal abuses of science but then cancelled it before showing nearly any of its episodes. Luckily, the old SciFi channel picked it up and aired it in its entirety a few years later. For a show that's 20 years old it focused on a lot of subjects that are still issues today: people still worry about genetically modified food, AIs, medical advancements, technological developments, etc. Would their cases be different if it were set today? Would the 24 hour news cycle and social media alter how they found cases? What about how they solved them? What other cases might they have investigated if Paul hadn't relapsed? Or what other cases did they have during those months they worked together for USAMRIID that weren't shown?

I loved this show, anything more in its universe would be great to read. All thirteen episodes of Strange World are up on youtube (although possibly in the wrong order since the wiki has them in a slightly different one.)

I hang out in the yuletide discord under the name ibble so if you have any questions or would like more information just ping a hippo to ask me.