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2020-10-16 04:21 pm

Dear Yuletide Writer,

First off, I hope you're going to have fun writing for me and that this letter helps. I'd also like to say that I'd like fic for all the characters/pairings/fandoms I'm requesting here, whether it follows my prompts or not. If you have an idea that you absolutely want to write about these characters and it doesn't go against my DNWs, feel free to write it.

My AO3 Name: [archiveofourown.org profile] Rodo

General Do Not Wants:

  • detailed depictions of depression and alcoholism
  • a story being in both first person and present tense
  • unrequested non-canonical pairings for canon characters
  • setting AUs (like coffeeshop!AUs or space!AUs)
  • Korean speech patterns in English stories. By that I mean use of honorifics (-sshi, -nim), stuff like eomma and hyung, job titles, the use of names when a pronoun would usually be used in English, vocative markers (-(y)ah) or subject markers (-i(e) being the one I usually come across in fic). I am fine with Korean name order, since that is also used in English, or untranslatable fantasy terms such as the ones in Arthdal Chronicles.



General Likes:

  • stories with a similar tone and theme as canon
  • casefic
  • plotty fics in general
  • complicated interpersonal relationships
  • nuanced friendships and family relationships
  • post-canon fic
  • canon-divergence AUs



Now for the canons:



아스달 연대기 | Arthdal Chronicles (TV) )


Le Bazar de la Charité | The Bonfire of Destiny (TV) )


내 뒤에 테리우스 | My Secret Terrius )


터널 | Tunnel )


Warrior (TV 2019) )
rodo: b/w icon of vignette from carnival row (carnival row)
2020-01-10 10:51 am

Fic: A Reversal of Fortunes

Title: A Reversal of Fortunes
Fandom: Carnival Row
Author: [personal profile] rodo
Length: 1212 words
Rating: 6+
Genre: first meeting
Characters: Runyan Millworthy
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to Amazon, of course
Beta: kalypsobean
A/N: Written for [personal profile] alchemise during Yuletide 2019.

Summary: Runyan Millworthy is at the lowest point in his career, when a chance meeting opens up new opportunities.


“I’m sorry, but we can’t put on your plays any more.” )
rodo: b/w icon of vignette from carnival row (carnival row)
2020-01-10 09:42 am

Fic: Faces New and Old

Title: Faces New and Old
Fandom: Carnival Row
Author: [personal profile] rodo
Length: 1362 words
Rating: 12+
Genre: first meeting
Characters: Tourmaline Larou & Rycroft Philostrate
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to Amazon, of course
Beta: kalypsobean
A/N: Written for blindmadness during Yuletide 2019.

Summary: Tourmaline and Philo meet again in The Burgue.


“Could you please come into the foyer, girls?” Madame Moira called one morning while Tourmaline drew yet another portrait of yet another punter. )
rodo: b/w icon of vignette from carnival row (carnival row)
2020-01-10 06:54 am

Fic: The Cold Light of Day

Title: The Cold Light of Day
Fandom: Carnival Row
Author: [personal profile] rodo
Length: 5358 words
Rating: 12+
Genre: hurt/comfort
Characters: Vignette Stonemoss & Tourmaline Larou
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to Amazon, of course
Beta: kalypsobean
A/N: Written for [personal profile] coaldustcanary during Yuletide 2019.

Summary: The sun is about to rise over The Burgue, and Tourmaline and Vignette are still outside the Row. With Vignette hurt, they have no choice but to find a place to hide and keep their heads low until the next night.


“You sure about this?” Tourmaline asked Vignette as they both pressed themselves to the huge chimney. )
rodo: b/w icon of vignette from carnival row (carnival row)
2020-01-09 06:01 am

Fic: The Dead Dreamer

Title: The Dead Dreamer
Fandom: Carnival Row
Author: [personal profile] rodo
Length: 9164 words
Rating: 12+
Genre: casefic
Characters: Rycroft Philostrate, Constable Berwick, Vignette Stonemoss, others
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to Amazon, of course
Beta: kalypsobean
A/N: Written for BookGirlFan during Yuletide 2019.

Summary: Philo has managed to keep his head down for half a year, hiding on the Row among the fae. But then, a dead body changes everything.


“Shite!” Philo heard Turnus curse when he entered the building they were in the process of demolishing. )
rodo: b/w icon of vignette from carnival row (carnival row)
2020-01-02 03:57 am

Fic: To Augur the Future

Title: To Augur the Future
Fandom: Carnival Row
Author: [personal profile] rodo
Length: 2705 words
Rating: 6+
Genre: backstory, world building
Characters: Piety Breakspear, Aoife Tsigani
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to Amazon, of course
Beta: kalypsobean
A/N: Written for [personal profile] lunabee34 during Yuletide 2019

Summary: Piety was a young girl when her mother introduced her to the woman would help change and shape her future. A couple of glimpses of their relationship through the years.


Outside, the sun was shining. )
rodo: chuck on a roof in winter with a santa hat (christmas)
2019-10-26 04:41 pm

Dear Yuletide Writer

first off, I hope you're going to have fun writing for me and that this letter helps. I'd also like to say that I'd like fic for all the characters/fandoms I'm requesting here, whether it follows my prompts or not. If you have an idea that you absolutely want to write about these characters and it doesn't go against my DNWs, feel free to write it. The “optional pairings” I mention in the fandom sections are all pairings I'd be interested in reading about, but you're not obliged to include any of them.

My AO3 Name: [archiveofourown.org profile] Rodo

General Do Not Wants: detailed depictions of depression and alcoholism, a story being in both first person and present tense (exception: Renegade X fanfic), unrequested non-canon pairings, setting AUs (like coffeeshop!AUs or space!AUs)

General Likes: stories with a similar tone and theme as canon, casefic, plotty fics in general, complicated interpersonal relationships, post-canon fic, canon-divergence AUs

Now for the canons:


아스달 연대기 | Arthdal Chronicles (TV) )


군함도 | The Battleship Island (2017) )


Carnival Row (TV) )


La casa de papel | Money Heist (TV) )


Designated Survivor: 60 Days (TV 2019) )


The Renegade X Series – Chelsea M. Campbell )
rodo: chuck on a roof in winter (feet)
2019-01-01 05:04 pm

Fic: Father and Son

Title: Father and Son
Fandom: Indiana Jones
Length: 2816 words
Rating: G
Genre: family, relationship study, 5+1
Characters: Indiana Jones, Henry Jones Sr
Warnings/Labels: referenced canon character death and terminal illness
Disclaimer: Not mine, of course
Beta: Hannah
A/N: written for pressdbtwnpages for Yuletide 2018

Summary: Five times Indiana Jones didn't get along with his father and one time he did.

“Now, Junior, tell me about your day,” Henry Jones Sr said when he returned from his lectures that evening. )
rodo: chuck on a roof in winter (Default)
2018-10-10 02:54 pm

Dear Author,

I hope I won't be one of those recipients one hates to write for. Those who demand either too much – half a novel's worth of specific pairings and ten kinks – and those who don't give you any idea of what they really wish for. So I will tell you what I like most about fandoms and fics in general and what I've been longing for in the specific fandoms I requested.

While I read slash, het and gen, I've been mostly into gen and canon pairings lately. I like stories about friendships, family relationships, adventures and I always appreciate a good plot. Since I spend a lot of time reading Game of Thrones fanfic, I am desensitized to most things, but on the whole (especially in other fandoms), I'm not a fan of darkfic and like my happy or at least ambivalent endings. Deathfic (only non-canon, I'm fine with canon death appearing in fics) has been a big no for me as well, just like the detailed depiction of depression and alcoholism . But apart from that, I'm not easily squicked.

As for the fandoms and characters I chose – I'd really appreciate any fanfic written for them, because they deserve more love. If I don't squee myself silly in the comments, I assure you it's not because I don't like what you wrote. I'm just not very good at squeeing. It's a personality quirk and people have given up on asking my opinion on things because a sober “It's good” is all I can come up with. I assure you, if I say “it's good”, I mean it.

A note: this year's letter, like the one before, contains some copypasta from previous exchanges where these wishes weren't fulfilled. My name on the AO3 is Rodo


The Alienist – Mary Palmer, Sara Howard, John Moore )

Babylon Berlin – Alexej Kardakow, Stephan Jänicke, Charlotte Richter, Gereon Rath )

Renegade X Series – Chelsea M. Campbell – Damien Locke, Gordon Tines )

Rivers of London – Dominic Croft, Peter Grant )

Rome – Octavia, Agrippa )
rodo: rose of versailles: marie antoinette, happy (marie antoinette)
2018-01-01 05:08 pm

Fic: A Hand from the Shadows

Title: A Hand from the Shadows
Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV)
Length: 18030 words
Rating: 6+
Genre: gen, post-canon
Characters: Jonathan Strange/Arabella Strange, Gilbert Norrell, John Childermass
Disclaimer: Not mine, of course
Beta: aurilly
A/N:This story mixes the book and show canons, although I do mainly stick to the show, and it would make little sense – plot-wise – if it took place in book canon, where things such as the fate of the magicians’ houses are not left up to our imaginations. I did incorporate some elements from the books though, like Vinculus’s wives.
Please note that Dr Thomas Young is not my invention. I know little about the man, so I’m quite sure he is unlike the real person, who was one of the more prominent scientists of his day.
At least some of the remaining misspellings are an intentional nod to the book.
Originally written for vargs during Yuletide 2017.

Summary: The Raven King's spell is not yet done and while Strange and Norrell have to find their way back home, Arabella Strange and John Childermass have different problems to deal with.



There are many arrivals and departures that do little to kindle the imagination of the fashionable lords and ladies residing in London. )
rodo: mucha's autumn allegory (mucha's autumn)
2017-10-01 02:15 pm

Dear Yuletide Writer 2017

I hope I won't be one of those recipients one hates to write for. Those who demand either too much – half a novel's worth of specific pairings and ten kinks – and those who don't give you any idea of what they really wish for. So I will tell you what I like most about fandoms and fics in general and what I've been longing for in the specific fandoms I requested.

While I read slash, het and gen, I've been mostly into gen and canon pairings lately. I like stories about friendships, family relationships, adventures and I always appreciate a good plot. Since I spend a lot of time reading Game of Thrones fanfic, I am desensitized to most things, but on the whole (especially in other fandoms), I'm not a fan of darkfic and like my happy or at least ambivalent endings. Deathfic has been a big no for me as well, just like the detailed depiction of depression, due to suffering from it. But apart from that, I'm not easily squicked.

As for the fandoms and characters I chose – I'd really appreciate any fanfic written for them, because they deserve more love. If I don't squee myself silly in the comments, I assure you it's not because I don't like what you wrote. I'm just not very good at squeeing. It's a personality quirk and people have given up on asking my opinion on things because a sober “It's good” is all I can come up with.

A note: this year's letter, like the one before, contains some copypasta from previous exchanges where these wishes weren't fulfilled.


1. Raumpatrouille Orion – Any: This one has been on my list of wishes for years, so I would read just about anything. I confess, I don’t ship the canon pairing Cliff/Tamara. Instead, I ship Cliff/Lydia van Dyke, Tamara/Helga, Mario/everyone and Lydia/everyone. Both Lydia and Tamara are my favourite characters, so of course I would love to read fic about them being awesome or having fun together. But I’d also read teamfic, adventure, canon pairings and a story about Villa or the other members of the crew. I also think a story about Spring-Brauner has potential. Canon left me with a desire for more that I haven’t satisfied yet. If you are a native speaker of German, please consider writing the story in German, if that isn’t against the rules. If not, English will do as well!

2. Renegade X Series – Chelsea M. Campbell – Damien Locke, Gordon Tines: I really crave more about the family life of Damien Locke, particularly his relationship with his father and the adults in his life. I would love to read about how he deals with his crazy mother and her son and husband and his father's family some more. Maybe a fic about him attending some family gathering or someone throws a party for him when he passes summer school after book 4. What I love most about the books – besides Damien, of course – is the way the characters define themselves by being heroes or villains and the way especially the adults don't deal well with the other.

3. Rivers of London – Ben Aaronovitch – Any: In this fandom, I only read gen and canon pairings, and I'd prefer casefic or something slice-of-life-y to anything pairing focused. Stuff I'd like to read includes, but is not limited to, Nightingale and Peter dealing with the new witches, Peter and his mother and father, Abigail (because she's cute) meeting the supernatural, something about Varvara, Dominic Croft visiting the big city (because I'm a city person living in the countryside and can sympathise), German wizards asking for international cooperation, and of course, protocols and Peter's views on architecture. And pretty much any casefic. Note: I have read the first few comics and Furthest Station, but don't mind book-only fic.

4. Rome – Octavia/Agrippa: Oh God, could canon have ended in a worse place? I mean, it’s nice to know Pullo and Vorenus will get their happily ever after living with their children in some place Not Rome, but when I watched the series, I was sure that this pairing would play a major role in the third season. Both are unmarried now, but I think Octavian still wouldn’t be too happy about them and I would love to read a post-canon story that brought them together against the odds or just showed us that while they have problems to work out, they also still have feelings for each other.
rodo: chuck on a roof in winter with a santa hat (christmas)
2014-01-01 03:49 pm

Fic: Speak of the Devil

Title: Speak of the Devil
Fandom: Arrow
Length: 6506 words
Rating: PG-13
Genre: gen, casefic
Pairing: Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Roy Harper, Thea Queen, Sebastian Blood, Lyla Michaels
Warnings: torture
Disclaimer: Not mine, of course
Beta: tptigger
A/N: This fic was originally written for Jena Bartley during Yuletide 2013

Summary: Oliver Queen is ready for a quiet night off when his sister tells him that her boyfriend is missing. [Set post episode 2.09]



Roy Harper lurked in the shadows and watched the door of a run-down office building with bleary eyes. )
rodo: chuck on a roof in winter with a santa hat (christmas)
2013-10-14 09:56 am

Dear Yuletide Writer of 2013

I hope I will not be one of those recipients one hates to write for. Those who demand either too much – half a novel with a specific pairing and ten kinks – and those who don’t give you any idea of who they are and what they wish for. So I will tell you what I like most about the fandoms and what fic I’ve been longing for to give you and idea what I want, but first a few general remarks:

I read slash, het and gen, although I have been mostly into gen and canon pairings lately. I like stories about friendships, adventures, hurt/comfort that’s heavy on the comfort part and I always appreciate a good plot (and some good porn). Two things I would really rather not read are deathfic (although death as a minor or canon plot point is fine) and detailed depictions of depression, as both can sometimes trigger depressive episodes and anxiety attacks. Apart from that, I am not easily squicked and can deal with almost anything you will throw at me.

As for the fandoms: I always choose fandoms where I am glad about every fic written for them or the characters, so even if I don’t squee myself silly (I’m not good at squeeing at all, it’s a personality quirk), I will appreciate the effort you put into your story. This year’s letter also contains some copypasta from previous exchanges where these wishes were not fulfilled.


The specifics )
rodo: cropped mucha picture (rodo)
2013-01-05 04:08 pm

Yuletide Recs and Hobbit Mania

Fucking dwarves. Seriously, I should have expected it. LotR did not make me super fannish, despite the fact that I loved the books (and Aragorn, and Eowyn and Faramir ...), probably because the elves just didn't do it for me and from afar it always seemed to me that the fandom was hardcore about elves. The only thing I shipped was Legolas/Gimli, but when I mentioned that once the reaction was pretty much "gross". So of course now I am ridiculously invested in these dwarves. My favourites die in the end. I didn't like the book. I don't have time for it, but still, I am rapidly sliding down the rabbit hole no matter how much I try to stop it. Before I disappear completely, my Yuletide recs of 2012:

18 fics in Being Human, City Hunter (Kdrama), Elementary, Gargoyles, Homeland, Kings, Le Pacte de Loups, Lost Girl, Pushing Daisies, Rome, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, Sharpe, Sky High, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, The Hour, Warehouse 13, Young Avengers )
rodo: chuck on a roof in winter (Default)
2013-01-01 08:00 pm

Yuletide Reveal

2013 started in a sucky way, so it can only improve from here, right? CAF of my mum's is in detox, which means a few days without drama, I hope, and a chance to read the last of the Yuletide stories I still have open in tabs.

As for my story:

Not Quite a Bond Girl (9401 words) by Rodo
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Spy Myung Wol
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Choi Ryu/Joo In Ah, Kang Woo/Han Myung Wol
Characters: Joo In Ah, Choi Ryu, Han Myung Wol, Kang Woo, Yu Da Hae
Summary: Ryu must build a new life. In Ah copes with the changes in hers. Both succeed to varying degrees until fate reunites them.

Yes, I wrote a fic with actual chapters and such. It is, as far as I know, the only story written for that series, which is a shame, because not only is it one of the dramas that doesn't kill off half its cast by the end, there are also still unresolved plot elements left, mainly regarding Choi Ryu and Ju In Ah, the secondary leads.
rodo: cropped mucha picture (mucha)
2013-01-01 02:07 am

Fic: Not Quite a Bond Girl 4/4

Title: Not Quite a Bond Girl
Fandom: Spy Myung Wol
Length: 9401 words in total
Rating: PG-13
Genre: post-series, a fix it of sorts, and fluffy
Pairing: Choi Ryu/Ju In Ah
Disclaimer: Not mine, of course
Beta: Teyke
A/N: This fic was originally written for idella during Yuletide 2012
Summary: Ryu must build a new life. In Ah copes with the changes in hers. Both succeed to varying degrees until fate reunites them.

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4


Chapter 4: On the inside, Choi Ryu sighed. What did it take for Ju In Ah to develop a sense of self-preservation? )
rodo: chuck on a roof in winter (Default)
2013-01-01 02:00 am

Fic: Not Quite a Bond Girl 3/4

Title: Not Quite a Bond Girl
Fandom: Spy Myung Wol
Length: 9401 words in total
Rating: PG-13
Genre: post-series, a fix it of sorts, and fluffy
Pairing: Choi Ryu/Ju In Ah
Disclaimer: Not mine, of course
Beta: Teyke
A/N: This fic was originally written for idella during Yuletide 2012
Summary: Ryu must build a new life. In Ah copes with the changes in hers. Both succeed to varying degrees until fate reunites them.

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4


Chapter 3: Charity functions, In Ah decided, were evil. )
rodo: mucha's autumn allegory (mucha's autumn)
2013-01-01 01:52 am

Fic: Not Quite a Bond Girl 2/4

Title: Not Quite a Bond Girl
Fandom: Spy Myung Wol
Length: 9401 words in total
Rating: PG-13
Genre: post-series, a fix it of sorts, and fluffy
Pairing: Choi Ryu/Ju In Ah
Disclaimer: Not mine, of course
Beta: Teyke
A/N: This fic was originally written for idella during Yuletide 2012
Summary: Ryu must build a new life. In Ah copes with the changes in hers. Both succeed to varying degrees until fate reunites them.

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4


Chapter 2: For a brief moment after waking up, Choi Ryu felt at peace, thinking he had died protecting Myeong Wol. )
rodo: rose of versailles: marie antoinette, happy (marie antoinette)
2013-01-01 01:31 am

Fic: Not Quite a Bond Girl 1/4

Title: Not Quite a Bond Girl
Fandom: Spy Myung Wol
Length: 9401 words in total
Rating: PG-13
Genre: post-series, a fix it of sorts, and fluffy
Pairing: Choi Ryu/Ju In Ah
Disclaimer: Not mine, of course
Beta: Teyke
A/N: This fic was originally written for idella during Yuletide 2012
Summary: Ryu must build a new life. In Ah copes with the changes in hers. Both succeed to varying degrees until fate reunites them.

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4


Chapter 1: In Ah walked through the lobby of the company headquarters as if she owned the place. She did, in fact, own it, )
rodo: chuck on a roof in winter with a santa hat (christmas)
2012-12-25 02:16 pm

Yuletide and other Christmas stuff

Okay, so I promised photos - which I was about to post when the memory chip of my new camera malfunctioned. Lesson learned, the new one cost four times as much as the old one and has a proper warranty. Also, I bought myself a present: a puzzle. 3000 pieces and I am making progress, but now I also have sore muscles in my legs (yes, I know, I am the least sporty person ever). Other than that, it has been an okay Christmas so far, although that might change because of my mother's CAF, who might or might not visit and might or might not whinge at us for the rest of the day.

ETA: Okay, CAF did not visit but did whinge and ruin the day.

But on to other things: Yuletide! This year's experience was pretty much a lesson in "never doing that again". I didn't get around to properly work on the story until the last two-ish days before the deadline and the story got so freaking long, I barely managed to finish and upload the draft before the deadline. The editing was done during the next two days. Unfortunately, those days were the first of my period and by the end I had the worst brain fuzz since I started taking my meds. Until about yesterday evening, I was pretty much out of it and on pain pills for a head ache that wouldn't end. And all that for a story in a fandom of two. I hope my recipient appreciates the work, although it could have been better had I actually been running at more than 30% brain capacity. Hopefully, I learned my lesson.

My present:

Changing Colors (1925 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Three Musketeers (2011)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Olivier d'Athos de la Fère/Milady Clarick de Winter
Characters: Athos, Milady Clarick de Winter, Porthos, Aramis, d'Artagnan
Summary:

The airship battles brought a dangerous prisoner.