Dear Yuletide Writer (2018)

Dear Yuletide Author,

The year's getting colder (or hot)
The snow is approaching (or not)
Whatever the season
Small fandoms are pleasin'
And here are some I like a lot!

(Optional details are optional! Write whatever you like, I'm looking forward to reading it, but maybe something here can be a jumping-off point if you'd like inspiration.)

Some of these fandoms have more plot/character details in canon to work with than others, and their section lengths vary accordingly. I would be thrilled with a fic for any of these!

Previous dear author letters, from which most of this preamble continues to be reused.

I'm also primeideal on Ao3 (and Tumblr), and Ember Nickel on FFN.

General likes
-canon-divergence AUs
-five things
-worldbuilding
-dialogue
-wit and wordplay
-nonstandard formats (documentation, epistolary, etc.)
-time travel
-happy endings
-sad endings (when providing some measure of closure or melodrama; I'm fine with character death)

General dislikes
-explicit sex
-underage sex
-rape/noncon
-issue-fic
-second person POV
-character or religion bashing
-cliffhanger endings
-themes of cynicism or futility, or that the (canon's) main plotlines "are for nothing"

Blade Runner (2049): Ana Stelline, Luv, Lt. Joshi, Officer K|Joe

Please treat this as an OR request; I would be happy with fic focusing on only one, or some combination, of the requested characters! My ships for these characters are Joshi/Luv and K/Luv.

Joshi/Luv: More antagonistic showdowns, whether leading to reluctant attraction or just more violence.

K/Luv: They're both fascinated by each other's sometimes-obedient, sometimes-creative natures, and together the fascination only grows.

Is Ana really genetically sick, and if so, how does that affect her life after meeting Rick? Is it a cover story? What other memories has she implanted?

What if Officer K had gone rogue on a different mission and gotten in touch with his "humanity" another way? Why is Pale Fire his baseline test? Are there others for different replicants? Do replicants have an afterlife?

Does Luv even like her job? Does Joshi? Have either or both of them had close calls before?

Divine Cities: Shara Komayd, Olvos, Signe Harkvaldsson, Tatyana Komayd

Please treat this as an OR request; I would be happy with fic focusing on only one, or some combination, of the requested characters!

Olvos appears in an unexpected guise. Some of her hidden miracles. Her relationships with the other Divinities.

One of Signe's weirder inventions. Her relationship to her Dreyling and Continental identities. A generational culture clash with Sigrud (or anyone else).

Shara's tenure as Prime Minister. An idealistic conflict with Vinya. Something only she had clearance to research.

Lessons Shara tried to teach Tatyana. What does Tatyana remember post-Miracles? What does it mean to be Continental?

Any kind of worldbuilding for this fandom would be great, in any setting (or the afterlife! :p)

Newspapers (Anthropomorphic): New York Times, Washington Post

...I ship it. Around May 2017 or so, there seemed to be lots of cute and innuendoy Tweets/commentary/goofiness about how both of them seemed to be flirtatiously racing to outdo each other with hard-hitting investigations. (i.e. Emily Nussbaum!) So some version of the Grey Lady and her girlfriend? (Gen is great too!) Friendly rivals? Gloating about each others' misfortunes? Getting worked up about rival sports teams, in a professional way?

For this fandom, I'd prefer an emphasis on the humor and less on contemporary politics, except in a cracky "two scoops" kind of way. Feel free to set it in any era though--past, present, or future could all be cute!

Pandemic Legacy

Prompts are spoilery for both games, beware!

Any kind of worldbuilding. In-universe documentation from behind the scenes in the first game, the second, the haven years in-between? (Like the "recon reports" or "archives.")

The story of (any part of) your campaign, or the campaign you wish you'd had ;)

The point of view of a normal civilian.

S1: Sagittarius' thoughts during the infiltration? The fallout (literal or otherwise) of the nuclear option? What brought about Michael Davidson's change of heart? What's the deal with Team Bravo?

S2: The endgame from Jade's point of view? The Hollow Men's experience reaching the Havens? Rumors of the lost havens in the (searchable) mainland cities? What happened to India?

The Shipwreck Arcana

There's not much of a story here, but I'd love anything about these characters/archetypes who are "trapped in a drowned world" and trying to escape. Feel free to incorporate the mechanical/mathy elements, or focus more on the names and evocative art! What secrets does the Belltower hide? What happens when The Stranger meets The Prophet? Any one of these cards would be a great premise for a story.

Gallery of the face-up sides

Faded powers