Date: 2007-10-19 11:42 Subject: Yuletide Santa letter Security: Public Tags: challenge: yuletide

Because I realized stalking my Yuletide recipient's journal for a letter was a teensy bit hypocritical until I got this up. ^^

Dear Yuletide Santa,

If I don't know you already (which, while generally unlikely in Yuletide, seems quite possible to me, and it did happen last year), I hope to in January, because if you offered any of the fandoms I requested you are by definition awesome. :D

In any case: I tried to be clear about what I was expecting from my details, and there's definitely flexibility in all of them. My requests this year are more slash-heavy than previously, but that doesn't mean it's at all necessary, and I'm certainly not opposed to het or femslash if it fits into the story. I approve of smut, but don't write it if it doesn't feel comfortable - it's much more important to hit the tone of the story, and if sex is out of place, it shouldn't be there.

Things which I like in fic: intelligence, wordplay, characters being in character, psychological manipulation, two strong characters together

Things which I dislike in fic: set gender roles, bashing women, fluffy romance where it doesn't belong, seme/uke dynamic, embarrassment, misunderstandings (These last two are big squicks for me, in the way where I sometimes have to run away and hide when watching sitcoms.)

Other than that, go wild. I hope it will be a lot of fun. ^^

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Date: 2007-01-02 02:42 Subject: Six Dances - Ender's Game, Peter Security: Public Tags: [all fic], category: gen, challenge: yuletide, character: peter wiggin, character: valentine wiggin, fandom: ender's game, length: 1k-4k words

So it appears the yuletide reveal has happened. *is on top of things, yes* Which means I shall post my fic here.

It was really interesting to write this. Outside of my usual area, obviously, but I really do like Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series. Particularly the Shadow side series with Peter and Petra (and Bean, but I am rather indifferent towards Bean). Valentine I mostly felt I could take or leave, but after thinking about writing this for a bit I wonder why that was ever true - power plays and sociopathic tendencies, why wouldn't I like Peter and Valentine together?

I might've made them a more explicit pairing (the requester, alixtii, is a fan), but... incest's not really my thing, they're underage, and my experience with writing het is somewhat lacking. Mostly that last factor was the main problem. I've been corrupted so. *grin* So this is gen. At best it's implied, if you're looking.

( Valentine had always hated formal functions, in the same way she had always hated Peter. )

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