Yuletide 2024!

[afterism]

Hello! I've written a lot because I love these fandoms and I'm excited to talk about them, but this whole letter can be summed up as: Anything about these characters would delight me! If my prompts don't work for you then don't stress about making something that fits them, I'd much rather read the fic that you enjoyed writing.

I'm open to treats and have gifts enabled.

Where to find me: afterism on AO3 | onlylostphysics on tumblr.



Navigation: Likes | DNWs | Fandoms: Miss Benson's Beetle - Rachel Joyce | John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme | Palia

Things I Like

Fics of all ratings, all tenses and POVs, magical realism, silliness, adventure, ghost stories, science and pseudoscience and the Indiana Jones style of archaeology, terrible jokes (and good jokes), fantasy & urban fantasy, myths and legends and fairytales, distinctive/atmospheric settings, lush descriptions, epistolary fic, unusual formats, canon-divergence AUs, people acquiring pets, characters being very good at one thing, roadtrip fic, domesticity, hurt/comfort, slices of life and anything that reveals character.

DNW

Non-con, serious illnesses or pandemics, permanent main character death, animal cruelty or death, bleak and hopeless endings, setting change AUs, unrequested crossovers.

Fandoms

Miss Benson's Beetle - Rachel Joyce

Margery Benson, Enid Pretty, Gloria Benson

Post-canon fic, please! The highs and lows of raising a baby in the jungle? Gloria's unconventional childhood, and the phases and countries she travels through? How do they decide where to go next, and what are they looking for?

Or, more granularly: do they become more prepared and experienced? What are the necessities of their lifestyle, and what luxuries and fripperies do they need? If you're passionate about entomology or botany or any field they could plausibly study, I would be delighted with something that gets pedantic about the science. Field research! Specimen collecting! Taxonomy!

I picked up this book on a whim and fell so hard for these two and their baby. I love how well-defined and different they are, how annoying and difficult they both can be, how unilaterally they support each other by the end. I loved the wild adventure, the descriptions of the island, the way it was never easy but in the end it was worth it. I want more of them!

Regarding Enid's death, a few options for how I'd like it to be handled, in order of preference:
1. Make her not dead! She survived the final fight and is absolutely fine and ready for more adventure.
2. Make her a ghost! Do you think a silly little thing like dying will stop her being a mother to her baby?
3. If she's staying dead, then I'd prefer any reference to her to be about the joy of her presence rather than the grief of her absence. Margery talks about her so much that Gloria feels like she knows her, that kind of thing.

I would love Margery/Enid if you're so inclined, whether it's how they get together or just a background fact of Gloria's life as she machetes her way through it.

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

Finnemore | The Storyteller

Well. I would like a story :D If there's a tale you've been dying to tell in his style then I am all ears! Or, optional prompts: a retelling of a fairytale or nursery rhyme? Another ghost story? A continuation of any of the stories he's told so far? Or, if you'd like some random concepts for inspiration, I'd love to be told a story about any number of these things: boarding school, swordfights, Antarctica, an old woman who swallowed a fly, gardening, spaceships, and learning to drive.

I love wordplay, and silliness, and stories that never end up where you expect, and parodies of British class and pompousness and that particular kind of bulletproof arrogance. The Treasure Island tale at the end of 1x04 is possibly my favourite, for sheer delightful absurdity and the Storyteller's unique way of viewing the world, but I love how his stories can be in any era and any genre so: surprise me! Have fun!

Palia (Video Game)

Zeki

Zeki is so much fun and I'd love anything that explores his life. Some kind of backstory for him, his seafaring days or any of his inventions or one of his heists/grifts/perfectly legitimate enterprises? Or, a glimpse of his letters, to his mother or business partners or old friends?

Or, what were his first few days and weeks in Kilima Valley like? How does he like to spend his time in the current day? I love the hints we get of how he feels about his neighbours but it would be delightful to see him interacting with any of other villagers, irritating Eshe or gossiping with Delilah or spending more time with Tish and/or Reth.

I've only been playing this game for a short while and I'm growing fond of everyone, but Zeki recently talked about being a cabin kitten for pirates and now I'm throwing fish at him every day to make him my best friend. I love him! I love how unapologetically clever and avaricious and sneaky he is. I love that that he's not amoral, it's just his morals are different to everyone else's.

Ship-wise, I'm open to seeing him with any of the adults but I don't want PWP for this fandom. Is he interested in romance? Is there heartbreak in his past, or something happening within the village? Is he visiting the Pavel's just to encourage Najuma or does he have a secondary interest in her dad? Or anything about how often he calls Reth pretty, because oh my god.

I'm really enjoying exploring this world and uncovering its lore, so if you're into worldbuilding then I'd love to read about Zeki's experiences with Flow, or the inventions Zeki's made and tinkered with over the years, or the adventures he's had (are Grimalkin pirates all earth-based or are there ✨️space pirates✨️?) or his favourite and most memorable heists. Or anything that you want to explore!