Gift Fic Requests- 2006

[tarotgal]

Yep, it's time! I've only got a few hundred words left to write for NaNoWriMo and what's a better day to start taking requests than Thanksgiving?

Here's the way it's going to work this year... which is similar to last year and the year before: I made a list of about ten people I'm absolutely writing something for. They're ones who have been good friends, who leave me comments/fb, and who gave me birthday/holiday presents, etc. They get priority, naturally, but beyond that I'll do my very best to fill all requests that I get. If that number gets way out of hand I'll let you know that they'll either be very late or I'll cut it off requests. (I think I had 25 last year, and as you recal, I finished 3 of them six months late)

I am, again, shooting for 3-5 pages for each story, but it really depends on my muses and time constraints in that respect. I promise to do my very best. And I'll keep you all aprised of my progress.

Reply to this post with the answers to the following questions if you want a gift fic. The more information you give, the easier it will be for me to write. Here's what I need you to give me:
1. Your username (This should be the easy part)
2. Which winter holiday(s) you celebrate (so I know when to try and have it done. If you don't specify one, I'll plan to post it on New Year's)
3. Fandom (ONLY original characters or fandoms I'm familiar with, please. And I'd prefer not to write Real Person fics)
4. Pairing(s) if any (I'm pretty much open to ANY pairings here, even ones I don't ship- het, slash, and femslash are all acceptable though you know I prefer writing slash)
5. Character(s) you want to see sneezing if any and if you have a preference (just so there's no confusion when I go to write the fic. The fic doesn't have to involve sneezing, but obviously it can if you'd like)
6. Rating or range of ratings (and/or specific stopping points. ex: kissing but no sex... or sex but nothing graphic... etc.)
7. Plot, situations, kinks, elements, sneezing/no sneezing, colds/allergies/other, etc. (My list of squicks is getting shorter and shorter by the day, so there's VERY little I won't agree to write at this point. Feel free to specify as much as you like here because the more you include, the easier it is for me to write!)

Additional things: Only one request per person (so make it a good one). If I honestly don't think I can write your request for some reason, I reserve the right to tell you this and ask you to pick another. And, again, the more details you specify, the easier it is for me to write, so think about your request before you submit it. (I'm not saying you have to go into great detail, but if you want something specific, feel free to ask for it!) Fics don't have to take place during holidays, but can if that's what you'd like.

PS- I'm working on a list of things I'd like. I don't require any gift in exchange for anything I write/give. This is my personal way of giving back and making people on my flist happy, because you all deserve to be happy! But some people asked last year about what I'd like as a gift as well, so I'll put together a short post like I did last year with things I'd like. But there's absolutely no strings attached when requesting a giftfic from me. Even if you're a lurker, everyone should have a happy holiday. So don't hesitate to ask... just know it might take me a little longer to write.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

1. ~A
2. Xmas
3. SW
4. Q/O
5. Obi!
6. Fluff!!!
7. Cold/Flu in the midst of a busy time in the temple, Obi leaving class early

Only if you have time since I've been kind of awol lately!

Muah!
~A

[silverelf.livejournal.com]

1. silverelf *waves timidly*
2. Yule. Or Christmas works too.
3. I'm having a hard time choosing between Buffy and Harry Potter. So... surprise me?
4. Either Spander, or Ron/Harry/Hermione. *waves trio flag proudly*
5. I have no preference, really. You're the master at work here. ♥
6. You know me. I like it hot and sweaty, but it doesn't have to be. Any rating the 'fic wants to be, it can be.
7. Something I've been wanting for awhile, but can't write myself, is a story based on THIS piece of fanart. Obviously I'm not asking you to write me Digimon 'fic, but isn't the art adorable? *squishes it to death!* So, obviously a cold!fic would be good with me. Very good. They're my favourites. Especially when the one with the cold turns out to be terribly needy and puppy-ish when he's sick. Cute little muffins.

[silverelf.livejournal.com]

Also, you'll be getting a package from me, hopefully soonish. Hypothetically, if you were to get say... a necklace... of some kind.... would you prefer gold or silver? Just because I'm curious, of course. ^-^

[tarotgal]

I prefer silver to gold in every situation, be it anything from candleholders to jewelry. SilverWillow is my pagan name for a reason :-)

[silverelf.livejournal.com]

Ee. Good, then. ^-^ You may now return to your day-to-day life.

[tarotgal]

Can do, my dear! :-)
I'll have to think about this one a bit to come up with something I haven't done to death already. But you know I adore writing those boys, so yay!

PS- I got your message about the annual challenge. No worries chica. Thanks for letting me know!

[tarotgal]

I'll shoot for Yule for you and do my very best to do it by then.

Hmmm. I'm not good with choices. But I've written so few triofics and I'd love a good excuse to write one. We'll see which direction the muses send me.

That is one friggin adorable picture! Awwwwwww! Yeah, I don't know a thing about Digimon but awww! If that bit of cuteness doesn't inspire me, absolutely nothing will!

[symphonyflute.livejournal.com]

I'm totally going to request a giftfic, because yay giftfics. But I have a really quick question first. I was going to put down, like, seven choices and let you pick whcch would be easiest. But you seem to frown upon that. So would you rather get the choice of what would be easiest or me just tell you? Because if I'm going to ask for something, I may as well do it the way you want.

[tarotgal]

Hmmmm... *thinks*

Okay, here's my answer. If you really, really don't care which of the ideas you want me to do, give them all to me. I am HORRIBLY indecisive and it's easy for me to be just handed something to work with. But sometimes the things I'm handed are difficult to write so it's nice to have a few choices so I can send my muses in each direction and see which starts writing itself in my head. So, honestly, if you want to give me a bunch of ideas and have me feel them out and pick one, that's just fine with me. But maybe just your top 4-5 choices? If there's one you want more than the others, though, just give me that one. I want it to be the thing you want (or as close as I can get to that) not the thing you settle for.

So after all that rambling, my simple answer is, choices are fine and sometimes help me a lot so long as you really, really don't care which one I pick in the end. But if you have a strong preference for one, give me that one.

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

Hi and Happy Thanksgiving!

OMG, I was SO not ready to see this go up so soon...yes, even with all that time to think about it, but I'll give you what I have so far.

1. Ladykorana
2. Just like in previous years, feel free to take however long you want with mine. Last year was TOTALLY worth any wait!
3. I briefly considered POTC, as I don't think the Will-drenched-in-water-multiple-times potential was fully explored after POTC2 this summer, but in the end, I couldn't pass up a chance to have more elf/dwarf. Lord of the Rings, please!
4. Legolas/Gimli
5. Beautiful, built-up elf sneezes, pretty pretty please!
6. Bare sweaty elven skin is perfectly acceptable this year! (I had to say it! *G*). Seriously though, I'll take anything from simple smarm and caring all the way through to sexual gratification, but I highly doubt the Legolas in the plot I'm requesting will be up to anything all that energetic. ;-)
7. I'm seriously on a Hurt/Comfort kick right now. I want Legolas to suffer! *cackles evilly* So I want a nasty head cold piled on top of injury. I'd like my staples of fever, chills, yummy build-ups, and some stuffy talk...have fun, enjoy yourself with the symptoms! I want lots of overprotective fussing and concern from Gimli and some medical care from Aragorn. And I want Legolas to eventually, finally admit at the end of it all, that for once, he might actually not be fine. :)

Ok, hope that's specific enough! If not, let me know and I can try and work on it more. Thanks so much for doing this again!

And major YAY! to you for winning NaNoWriMo! You kick ass! Awesome job! *HUGE HUGS*

[tarotgal]

Last thing first: And major YAY! to you for winning NaNoWriMo! You kick ass! Awesome job! *HUGE HUGS*
Awww, thank you!! I'm finishing up one more story right now... I want to use a song and I don't know what song it is and can't figure it out. It's been driving me CRAZY. But otherwise I'm a paragraph away from getting it finished. Then I'll put all the fics in one document and get it verified officially. I'm very happy about my accomplishment. It's not exactly a novel... but it's stuff that really needed to be written :-)

As for your request... I can definitely work with that.

I briefly considered POTC, as I don't think the Will-drenched-in-water-multiple-times potential was fully explored after POTC2 this summer, but in the end, I couldn't pass up a chance to have more elf/dwarf. Lord of the Rings, please!
I think I would have probably been shocked and disappointed had you not gone for the elf & dwarf! :-)

As for the plot... I wanted to ask... the plot/situation you suggest sounds like it could easily fit the story I very roughly had planned out for a follow-up to the snow elf fic... um... I don't remember the title, but the one based on the L.Laire picture of Legolas & Aragorn out in the snow, the story where I stranded them out there and Legolas broke his ankle or whatnot. I've always wanted to write a sequel and always intended to... but to be honest it probably won't happen at the rate I'm going. LOL But if that works for you and you don't mind my using that as a basis for the story I think I'd love to run with that and try to include the elements you mention above. (you actually suggested it last year and my "absolutely positively" certainty doesn't seem to have pushed me into writing the story yet).

Okay, I'm maybe not doing so well on the communication front tonight... damn song I can't figure out is eating my brain. THE POINT IS: would you mind me taking you up on last year's alternative suggestion and working with that and the elements you specified... or do you want me to try to think up something new? Either way's fine with me. I was just reminded of what I had planned for that sequel while reading your post above.

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

YES! That would work quite nicely! To be honest, I've had that sequel in the back of my mind for many months now, and I'm still craving it, so I'd be thrilled to see it come to pass!

One minor request...I had actually been hoping for a little bit more injury/angst than just a broken ankle for the giftfic. Can you rough him up just a little more for me? Maybe an extra injury gained when he tries to get out of bed on his own without aid like the stubborn elf that he is? *G* And/or a higher fever than usual? Just a little extra angst to hit my H/C buttons, if it's not too much trouble...

[tarotgal]

No doubt it will come out to be much different from what I'd originally planned more than a year ago. But I'm glad you're not put off by the idea of me trying my hand at it.

As for the request, I understand completely. So noted. I'll certainly see what I can do without making it too silly :-)

[(Anonymous)]

1 pnkelephante
2 Christmas Day
3 Grey's antomy - I'm not really sure if you are familiar with this one, if not then don't worry
4 Meredith Grey and Derrick Sheppard
5 Sheppard!
6 Well,18+ is fine, but I'm not fussy, wherever you want to take it I guess, even just implied is good
7 Sheppard with a bad cold/flu, sneezing, in denial and still wanting to work at the hospital. It would be great to have his wife/ex wife involved as well.

Ok, honestly if you have time constraints or don't know the fandom do not worry with this one, I just thought I'd give it a shot, especially as I've recently become obsessed with this show, and it doesn't actually involve johnny depp (shock horror!). I always enjoy reading all your other gift fics anyway! x x

[symphonyflute.livejournal.com]

1. Symphonyflute
2. Chanukkah, but you can finish it whenever you finish it
3. Ok, few choices here.
a. Desperate Housewives (1st choice)
b. Fantastic 4 (2nd choice, very close
to 1st)
c. Pirates of The Caribbean 1 or 2
(3rd)
d. Cruel Intentions (4th)
e. ER (tied for 4th)
Sorry, I gave like a gazillion choices. But they're ordered.

And since I realize now that I'd have to give 5 answers for each of the following bullets, maybe you could tell me which one you think you're going to do and I can give you them for that one. Or say you won't know for a while and I'll tell you all five.

And you rock so much! Congratulations on Nano!!!

[tarotgal]

Oohhh! I'd love to try a Desperate Housewives story!

How about you give me the details for your a and b choices? Between Desperate Housewives and Fantastic 4 I'm sure I could be inspired to write something good. And no need to apologize about the number of choices, silly :-)

Thanks so much for the congratulations! :-)

[tarotgal]

Grey's Anatomy is one of the few shows I don't watch at all, so I won't be able to write that. So sorry!

If you want to suggest something else I do know, I'd be happy to give it a shot for you. Thanks for being so understanding :-)

[symphonyflute.livejournal.com]

You're going to have trouble doing them when I tell you what characters I reckon.

4.
a. I like canon, so pairings depend on
when you set it at.
b. Same, but the pairings don't really
change the whole movie except for Susan
and Reed hooking up at the end.

5.
a. Mike's hot and all, but I love
Andrew. So he's who I want it to
feature.
b. Johnny. I'd call him hot too, but
that would be an unnecessary pun.

6. Any rating you want, except NC17. No hardcore porn for Chanukkah.

7. You know me, I'm a fan of the drama. It's the holidays, so happy endings are good, but I love drama. A good time for an Andrew fic might be when he was living on the streets for like 7 months or whatever it was, but I don't want a whole story about him all alone. If it's Andrew, there has to be some kind of interaction with his family. Come on, control freak Bree with a sick kid who hates her guts? How awesome would that be? And you can send the other housewives into it too, your choice. Or set it elsewhere, I just saw that episode when they find him and have wanted to see a fic about him since. And Johnny needs to interact with people too. Maybe all 3 of them, I don't know. Ben hates him, so that would be interesting. Or his sisiter. I don't remember what relationship he had with Reed though.

Hehe, that was a novel. So yeah, that was it. And if you post what you want soon, I'll get started. Oy, it's the holidays already, I'm so excited. I promised my best friend a homemade shirt that says 'young black old jewish lady.' because she's young and african american, but has a weird habit of sticking tissues up her sleeve when she's sick. A total old jewish lady trait. And her family is ultra catholic, so I'm sure it'll go over well.

[rainbowbluebird.livejournal.com]

Big congrats on NaNoWriMo! What an accomplishment!
*hangs head in shame* I can't even manage to post one of my never ending mini-fics...I started your birthday fic ages ago and still haven't finished -my bad- Time just seems to be escaping me somehow.
What kind of story would you like for the holidays tg? I can't promise anything brilliant but you do so much for all of us, I'd like to try to give something back:) Let me know...

1. blackvelvetband
2. Yule
3. LotR [though I confess I have been in the mood for Snape lately *g*]
4. Legolas/Gimli [is there any other pairing?]
5. Beautiful, perfect elf sneezes as only you can write them-
6. R or higher pretty please
7. Stuffy talk, hair play, build ups, discussion of sneezing [or sniffles, or being sick], Oh, and I know it sounds weird but I've always imagined that dwarfs had body piercings or tattoos [gods, I'm such a pervert!] Could you maybe mention that somehow?

Thank you so very much tg-
Blessed Be-
BVB

[tarotgal]

Aw man. I've TOTALLY got this one.
Sometimes I read descriptions and images just pop into my head and this was definitely one of those times. Yeah, this one shall be nooooooo problem for me at all *EG* Sorry Snape! (or, rather, lucky snape for escaping my torture this time)

Oh and the tattoos and piercings don't sound weird at all. I've seen a lot of Gimli fanart where he has tattoos, so I'll have plenty of visual inspiration to work with while writing. Not a problem at all.

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, nice choices! I'm looking forward to reading your gift fic almost as much as mine! :-)

[tarotgal]

Hmmm. More thinking will definitely be required. I adore Andrew, so that's not a problem. It's just that not a lot is coming to me when I think about that one. The Johnny bunny is something I can definitely work with... so at this point in time I'm leaning that way. But things could change. Either way, those are good and I'll certainly write one or the other :-)

Oy, it's the holidays already, I'm so excited.
Me too! I just adore this time of year! I'm nearly done with shopping for family. Now I only have to worry about a few friends and coworkers. That shirt sounds hilarious- good luck with it! :-)

[a4o.livejournal.com]

1- a4o
2- Plain old Christmas
3- Harry Potter
4- Snupin
5- Snape
6- nothing too graphic please, maybe something on the vanilla side
7- Cold

You do Snape so well I couldn't resist asking you to write about him again ;)

I'm not a writer myself, so I don't have much to offer you, but if you need anything translated from English to French or vice versa, don't hesitate to ask me. I'm also a family doctor, so if you need to verify some medical facts, I'm your man... huh... woman.

holiday sneezfic

[(Anonymous)]

Hello, I'm probably what could be defined as one of your lurkers...but it doesn't make me any less of a fan! I adore your stories, have for a long time. You're a truly wonderful writer, and the way you describe sneezy, sniffly boys is magnificent. I love your choice in fandoms, too, because I share so many of them! When you write boys with colds it's practically poetic, and I always enjoy your stories.

Anyways, I thought I would go ahead and ask for one, but if you don't get to it that's absolutely fine because I know you take a lot of requests and it must be difficult to finish them all.

1. Cimorene (I don't know if you received them, but if you recognize my name it's because I e-mailed you a couple of stories for the archive. It was a while ago, but I was wondering if that was okay?)

2. I celebrate Cristmas

3. Angel the Series, please? And preferably Wesley-centric! *happiness*

4. I know you've written Wes/Fred before, so I'm hoping you don't mind writing that ship. If you don't like writing them together, just leave him single.

5. Wesley sneezes please! *squee* That's all I ask.

6. Um...nothing too explicit. I prefer fluffy, squishy, cuddly fics to hardcore porn, epspecially when it comes to Wes/Fred. Actually, if it works better for the story, there really doesn't have to be any obvious physical signs of affection; just lots of chemistry. But stories with the smoochies are always good. :)

7. Cold sneezes most definitely! And extra bonus points for awkwardness between Wesley and Fred...maybe they're researching demons together in the Hyperion or something and Wes is bothered by his cold...I don't know. Just so there's a sense of Fred wanting to comfort him and not knowing how...but not being too motherly about it, if that makes any sense whatsoever. Oh, and I'd really like if it were to be set in season three, because I prefer dork!Wes to dark!Wes.

Anyways, thanks again for taking requests, and really, if you don't have time I completely understand. :)

[tarotgal]

Wow, it really says a lot about my OTPness (or lack thereof) that I saw your post and said "Oh boy, Snupin!" out loud :-)

Do you have a time period in mind for the fic? I look at your suggestion and my head starts spinning. If you have a time period preference (during school, during book 3, after the war, etc.) that would really help me come up with something. But if you don't have a preference, I'll just stick out a finger and make the spinning stop and use whatever it lands on and hope it works. LOL

I took 9 years of French and have the vocabulary of a first year *facepalm* So I'll definitely keep that in mind. Who knows when I'll have to write Fleur, right? heehee As for medical facts, thanks so much for the offer! I always bug Lady K with random questions and feel terribly guilty about doing so. So it's nice to know I have someone else to ask if I have a random medical question. Thanks!!