Dear Yuletide Author,

Hi there!! Thank you so much for writing for me -- I'm preemptively stoked to read whatever you write! Yuletide has been my fandom happy place for a long time, and after the two most chaotic holiday seasons of my entire life in a row, I'm thrilled to be back at it with my whole heart. Which is to say, I always say that I'll love whatever story my author writes me, but I'm especially poised to mean it this year, so: while I hope you'll find a way to fit my likes, preferences, and suggestions into a story you love writing, the "story you love writing" part is the most important thing to me. So I hope you'll find an idea you're enthusiastic about and write me something that you had a blast with, because that way I know I'll love it too!!

In terms of things I'd ideally want out of a fic, though, broadly speaking, I love character- rather than plot-driven stories (not that the two can't happily coexist, of course, but my favorite stories tend to follow an emotional arc or a relationship development rather than characters dealing with an external conflict or a really intricate plot) with happy or at least hopeful endings (I'm fine with a more bittersweet hinting-at-the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel type ambiguity, but would strongly prefer more overt happiness, and I really and truly do NOT want any serious or lasting tragedy involved).

My major DNWs are needles (I have a huge phobia and would deeply rather no mention of them at all, but if it does come up, please please please keep it brief and be sure to clearly warn for me!) and significant involvement of serious issues beyond those explored in canon (e.g. racism, homophobia, character death, serious assault/injury, etc. etc.). Basically, let the tone of canon be your guide here -- canon-typical serious issues the characters have already experienced is totally fine, bringing more serious issues into a lighthearted canon would very much not be my jam.

More generally, here are some of my likes and dislikes:

Likes: banter, UST/pining/slow burn, first kisses/makeouts that don't immediately lead to sex (either by design or by accidental interruption), fluffy ridiculous romcom-y tropes, people being very competent at what they do (and other people enjoying it), little canon easter eggs, found families, intricate tangles of relationships among large groups of people, cute animals, puns, and the general concept of hope and humanity's essential goodness triumphing over darkness and existential despair! (Especially this year, oh dear god.) (That extra note originated in 2020 but let's just call it a now ever-present feeling! Sob.)

Dislikes: misogyny in m/m relationships/demonization of female characters for the sake of m/m, misogynistic dirty talk (e.g., "slut"/"whore"), noncon/dubcon, infidelity, excessive jealousy/possessiveness, excessive kinky elements, A/B/O, mpreg, daddy kink, first- or second-person POV, and contrived miscommunication conflicts that could be resolved with a single, simple statement of clarification!

I generally tend to be a fan of both AUs and explicit porn, but my preferences will differ based on fandom, so I'll include specific notes regarding my feelings re both in each fandom's prompt section!

Some additional references include my trope sorter and kink sorter results -- the rankings should be treated pretty flexibly, as the first half-dozen or so on each list are all pretty close together in terms of things I love! I am also blindmadness on AO3.

All right, enough preamble--let's talk fandoms!!

( Palm Springs (2020) )

( The Proposal (2009) )

( Ocean's 8 (2018) )

( The Princess Diaries (Movies) )

( Miracle Workers: Season 1 (2019) )