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 )