2023 Yuletide Letter

[donutsweeper]

Thank you for creating for me!

I am donutsweeper. I have gifts enabled and welcome treats.

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. When it comes to worldbuilding, I love it when tiny asides or minor details are fleshed out or anytime a "wait, but how does that work/what did they mean when they said 'X'?" kind of thing or situation is explained.

My DNWs are omegaverse, (permanent, non-canon) character death, genderswap, graphic violence, mpreg, covid/pandemic references or situations, rape or xeno.

All Souls (TV) Any (characters in tagset: Mitchell Grace, Glory St. Clair, Worldbuilding)

Haunted hospitals and unethical experimentation are perfect stepping stones 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 or otherworldly things wander the halls of All Souls? What other experiments have 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.

DNW omegaverse, 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"? Is Glory actually just a normal, everyday person and if not who/what was she? Why do we see her talking with/acknowledging the ghosts? 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? Why is Mitch the spitting image of the doctor in the picture from the Civil War? Has Doctor Ambrosius really been there that 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 elsewhere in the hospital? Do the staff and patients notice all the hospital's oddities or is it just people like Mitch and Glory who do? 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 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".

Nightmare Cafe Any (characters in tagset: Blackie, The All Night Cafe, and Worldbuilding)

What exactly is the All Night Cafe? How does it work? How is it tied to Blackie? Do the two communicate? How is it decided where the Cafe goes and who is drawn to it? How many previous cooks and waitresses has it had? Does the Cafe's appearance change as it moves to different places? What about as the years go by? In the opening voice over Blackie says he's "been here from the beginning" but just how long has that been and what exactly does that mean? What is the Cafe's beginnings?

Please feel free to include Frank and Fay in anything created for me, they are great and very interesting characters but I just didn't have enough slots to nominate them both and couldn't choose between them to only nominate one.

DNW omegaverse, D/s, E rated fic, explicitly described torture, genderswap, graphic violence, covid/pandemic references or situations, permanent death of canon characters, PWP, rape or xeno.

This show fell into an interesting place between being somewhere between horror and scifi/fantasy but there's also a little hopepunk aspect to it as well where things can be changed for the better and those who do wrong might just get their comeuppance and have to pay.

I want to know how the cafe works (and not just where it chooses to go and whose lives it decides to meddle in or how its doors can open into various different places but everything about how it actually, physically, works like where does its food and other supplies come from? What about its water and power? Who chose the records for its jukebox? How can the cash register always make change?) Frank and Fay sometimes just materialize into their roles, in the middle of whisking eggs or making coffee or whatever, does it pull them from their beds? How? From where? How does Blackie know everything about where the Cafe has appeared and what they'll find there? Does he have a hand in any of those kinds of decisions? I am just so curious about the logistics of it all.

Of course, as Nightmare Cafe was cancelled after only six episodes, it didn't really get much of a chance to delve into any of that, but the potential's there and I'd love to read about it!

Nightmare Cafe was never released on DVD but thankfully all its episodes are available online in various places- some are on dailymotion (s1e1 Pilot, s1e2, Dying Well is the Best Revenge s1e3, Fay & Ivy, s1e4 The Heart of the Mystery), and on youtube (s1e3, s1e4,, s1e5 Sanctuary for a Child and s1e6 Aliens Ate My Lunch) or via this youtube playlist (which requires signing in)

吸血鬼鬼盲盒 | The Vampires (TV) Any (characters in tagset: Fuca, Su Tanya, Xiaoling and Worldbuilding)

A canon that combines Vampires and Cultivators in modern times has so much potential for storytelling but we only get the vaguest glimpse into the world 'The Vampires' exists in and I would love to see more set in it. We meet Xiaoling, 148th generation disciple of the Mount Wuling Sect but only gets hints to her training and skills. Vampires are presented as being able survive without having to kill because they can get lemon ginger blood tea and blood layer cake delivered, just how common is the need for such foods in this world and why? There are guardian spirits, soulfire candles, powerful wards and ghosts, etc., how do they fit into the world and does the typical person aware of them? I'd love to know more about any of these things.

What other sorts of adventures did Fuca and Su Tanya have (with or without A-Mo and Xingming as I didn't have slots to nominate them as well)? Has Xiaoling battled other vampires or creatures? And then there's that final scene with Xiaoling and Jiang Tianyue standing outside the ship, what exactly did that imply? Did the night spent with Fuca, Su Tanya and Xingming happen? Is it going to happen again? Can they change its events?

DNW omegaverse, D/s, E rated fic, explicitly described torture, genderswap, graphic violence, covid/pandemic references or situations, PWP, rape or xeno.
Fandom specific DNW: Anything more than a passing mention of the deaths of Fuca, Su Tanya or Xingming that resulted their turning.

This 8 episode webdrama packs such an interesting story into its short, 41 minute total runtime. It seems to take place in what is mostly the modern day with food delivery and smart phones and whatnot, yet since a major ingredient of some of the food delivered is blood and the fact at least one cultivation sect still exists there are definitely some differences.

For character driven prompts rather than worldbuilding, I'd love to read more about Fuca and Su Tanya and their time together or more about Xioling's being a cultivator in the modern world and what all that entails.

Links to watch The Vampires with English subs can be found on this carrd or on youtube here.