categranger

When writing my Yuletide letter, I ended up cutting a historical section and writing a shorter tl;dr because it got too long. But here it is in case you wanted the longer version and followed the link!

( Blanche and Katherine )

( Wars of the Roses )

Welcome to my Yuletide letter! I am usually a lurker, and don’t do very many exchanges, so apologies if I get something wrong. In general, anything canon-style will make me quite happy, so if none of my prompts are interesting to you, please create something you enjoy and I’m sure I will too. ♥

I am participating in the Wrapping Paper mini-challenge, so I include art prompts for my requests. These are definitely only extras – if you are a writer and have no interest in art, just ignore them!

My AO3 name is categranger, and the canons I’m requesting are:

The Barber of Seville | The Marriage of Figaro | Le Comte Ory (Met Opera 2011)
The Anarchy RPF | 14th & 15th CE Plantagenet Dynasty RPF | War of the Roses RPF

General likes:
- Canon-style tone.
- Worldbuilding.
- For operas: opera-style ridiculousness, opulence, OTT-ness, drama, etc.
- Fic set during the ‘happily ever after’.
- People being head-over-heels in love with each other and all cute and affectionate.
- People looking all over town for the perfect gift for their partner. (Any occasion that would fit the canon is fine.)
- People who were used to being single having to adjust to being married/having someone else in their space all the time. (Both good adjustments and funny/awkward adjustments.)
- Queer people in love. I particularly like it when there’s no sexuality-or-gender-related angst, but just people uncomplicatedly in love with each other. (Yes, even when it’s not historically accurate/likely for there to be no angst.)
- Pining (especially mutual pining) that resolves into happiness.
- People outwitting other people.
- Honeymoons!
- Porn! I am a fan of smut.
- Happy endings.

Art likes:
- Smiles.
- Sunshine.
- Affectionate, tender embraces.
- Passionate embraces.
- "Novel covers" (or "DVD covers" for the opera fandoms)
- Characters caught in the moment of telling/listening to a joke.
- The moment before a kiss (especially a first kiss).
- Characters with their head on their lover’s shoulder or in their lover’s lap.
- Characters gazing at their lovers with looks of utter besotted-ness. (If for an opera, perhaps while their lover is in the middle of an aria!)
- This is, uh, quite specific, but men kneeling in front of women (whether in penitence, worship, playfulness, lust, homage, etc.) I realised while writing this letter that it was showing up in basically all my fandoms, so might as well ‘fess to it up front. :)
- A man in a greater state of undress and/or dishevelment than the woman he's wooing.
- Portraits of women looking stalwart and determined.
- For my historical RPF fandoms -- I love the Disney Robin Hood, and I wonder how any of these historical characters might be interpreted in a similar-style Disney film. What animal might Margaret Beaufort be? Henry FitzEmpress? Etc. :D

General DNWs:
- Anyone being intolerant of queer characters.
- Queer characters facing problems that arise from their queerness.
- Animal abuse or death.
- Child abuse or death. (For my Wars of the Roses request, references to the fate of the Princes in the Tower are fine. But no onscreen portrayal of their fate, please.)
- Detailed gore. (Battle scene = fine! Description or drawing of character with intestines spilling out = please no!)
- Physical or sexual abuse.
- Dubcon and noncon. (To the extent that dubcon exists in canon, references are fine. Like, you don't have to pretend the Count isn't trying to dubcon Susanna in Nozze. But please don't put it onscreen, and no non-canon dubcon please.)
- Underage sex. (Some of the historical figures I've requested were in underage marriages, and the fact that underage sex occurred off screen is not a DNW. Like, you don't have to AU the fact that Margaret Beaufort was 13 when she gave birth to her son Henry! But please don't focus on it or give detailed references to underage sex, and definitely no onscreen underage sex.)
- Unrequested ships for the characters I've requested, including unrequested poly ships.
- (See individual canons for a few more specific canon DNWs.)

Note on opera productions: I’ve requested a particular production in only one case (Le Comte Ory – Met 2011), because its interpretation of the central trio is idiosyncratic and I love it. In all other cases, I’ve noted my favourite production(s) for reference and occasionally for plot/art points, but they’re not a must. Several are on Met Player, which has a seven-day free trial subscription (but careful, it’s addictive, haha!) and one is on Youtube.

( Il barbiere di Siviglia | The Barber of Seville )

( Le nozze di Figaro | The Marriage of Figaro )

( Le Comte Ory (Met Opera 2011) )

( The Anarchy RPF )

( 14th & 15th CE Plantagenet Dynasty RPF )

( Wars of the Roses RPF )

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Thank you! If you have any questions, send them my way through the mods and I would be happy to answer them. :) [If you aren't assigned to me and you just want to chat about one of the fandoms we share, I'm always happy to make a new fandom friend, so feel free to comment below.]

This is my first Yuletide, although I wrote a pinch hit in 2014. I’ve never written an exchange letter before (I usually just lurk), so apologies if I get something wrong. In general, anything canon-style will make me quite happy, so if none of my prompts are interesting to you, please write something you enjoy and I’m sure I will too. ♥

My AO3 name is categranger, and the canons I’m requesting are:

Call the Midwife | Jackalope Wives Series - Ursula Vernon | Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Frederica - Georgette Heyer | The Grand Sophy - Georgette Heyer | Sylvester or the Wicked Uncle - Georgette Heyer

General likes:
- Canon-style tone.
- Worldbuilding.
- Fic set during the ‘happily ever after’. (Heyer books in particular end far too abruptly!)
- Couples being ridiculously in love with each other and all cute and affectionate.
- People looking all over town for the perfect gift for their partner. (Any occasion that would fit the canon is fine.)
- People who were used to being single having to adjust to being married/having someone else in their space all the time. (Both good adjustments and funny/awkward adjustments.)
- Gender headcanons. I don’t mean that the story has to be centered around them, or that I want anvilly issuefic, but I would be interested in a story in which Peter is nonbinary, for instance (perhaps their personal history gives them a clue that helps them solve a case?), or Frederica is a trans woman (perhaps that was one reason why she didn’t intend to marry, but Alverstoke doesn’t turn out to give a fig?), etc. However, for personal reasons please make any sympathetic character in the narrative be accepting.
- Fantasy creatures appearing in non-fantasy canons is always fun! I especially like when the fantasy creatures are not the usual vampires/werewolves/zombies, but more creative types like those in Jackalope Wives.
- Crossovers between any of my requested canons are more than welcome. St George, Peter, and/or Harriet meeting Grandma Harken and solving a mystery with her! Sophy and Frederica meeting and falling in love with each other!
- Honeymoons!

General DNWs:
- Breaking up canon pairings. (Exception: crossovers like the Sophy/Frederica example listed above. In those cases I’d prefer the canon pairing never happened, rather than the crossover pairing being set after either of the canon pairings broke up.)
- As referenced above, sympathetic characters being intolerant of queer characters. In general, I prefer my queer characters to face problems that don’t arise from their queerness.
- Animal abuse or death. (Except for canon-typical things in Jackalope Wives.)
- Child abuse or death (yes, even in murder mysteries. Please have any victim(s) be an adult.)
- I don’t think this will come up with the canons I’ve asked for, but just in case, please no focus on father-daughter relationships.
- Polyamory.

( Call the Midwife )

( Jackalope Wives Series - Ursula Vernon )

( Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers )

( Frederica - Georgette Heyer )

( The Grand Sophy - Georgette Heyer )

( Sylvester or the Wicked Uncle - Georgette Heyer )

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Thank you for writing for me! If you have any questions, send them my way through the Yuletide mods and I would be happy to answer them. :) [If you aren't assigned to me and you just want to chat about one of the fandoms we share, I'm always happy to make a new fandom friend, so feel free to comment below.]