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merrimanFirst and foremost:
Where to find me: Here, obviously. I'm merriman over on AO3 and merrimanlyon on Discord. I like to keep things as consistent as possible.
Thank you for offering something I requested! Yuletide truly is one of my favorite things and I'm always so thrilled to see what someone else has in mind for the bitty little (and maybe not so bitty) fandoms I've requested.
Secondly, let's talk generalities: (this bit stolen from previous years' letters)
When it comes to rating, I am not picky. I'll be just as happy with a gen story as with smut and vice versa. Don't try and force a sex scene into a story if it's just not going there for you and don't try to keep it all-audiences if things are heating up. As well, I am perfectly good with slash, femslash, het, poly of any type, when it comes to relationships and pairings. Write what works for the characters and for you so long as it doesn't hit one of the DNWs below.
I am such a sucker for backstory and continuing stories, seeing what happened before we met the character(s) or after the end of the canon. Missing scenes are great too, but you can always get me with some pre or post-canon.
I love angst in stories, but I also like my angst to be resolved by the end of the story. I'm not asking for everything to be super happy funtime with kittens and roses and party balloons, but I'd like some resolution to whatever problem comes up.
As for my DNW list, here goes:
Non-con/dub-con/rape
Pregnancy
Kidfic
Mpreg
ABO
Incest
Underage sex
Cannibalism (of the sexual and non-sexual varieties)
Sex involving bodily fluids other than the norm, and human waste of any kind
In fact, please keep any sex on the non-kinky end of things
Non-canon character death
I'm good with different POVs, but I'd prefer to get plain prose as a format - I'm not into IF, video, poetry, drabble sets, etc. for these requests.
Thirdly, now for specifics:
1. Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel)
Characters: Any
Why Do I Love This: This games are utterly charming and sweet and hilarious and I don't think I could possibly love them more than I do. Every time I try to think of my favorite character, I can't narrow it down because they all have such wonderful stories that get told through the course of the games. I love that the whole point of the games are friendship, but that as sappy as it might have been, the humor keeps it from ever being too maudlin.
Request: I love everything about Arcade Spirits, and while Iris (and the Iris collective) is my favorite character overall, I also adore Juniper from the first game, Domino from the second game, and Hamza from both games. I would be happy to read something about any one of the four nominated characters or any combination of them. Have Juniper and Domino ever met somehow? What are some of the other Iris instances like? Seriously, anything with Hamza. And his pants.
Additional Prompts:
* Domino's guilty pleasure in life
* Juniper goes to Pengy Paradise
* Hamza encounters another Polybius cabinet.
* Iris accidentally orders the wrong pizza bagels.
2. The Prisoner (1967)
Characters: Number Six
Why Do I Love This: What a weird fucking show. I've always loved how slightly unhinged everything is in the Village, and how most of the people there just seem to run with it. I love the ever-changing Number Two position. I love Rover. And most of all I love that there's an ever-present attitude from Number Six that this is all a game he WILL eventually win. My very favorite episode is Hammer Into Anvil, followed closely by the first, last, and penultimate episodes.
Request: Oh how I adore this weird-ass show. The eerie nature of the Village, the numbers, the cheery "good morning, good morning!" over the radio every day, Rover, etc. The mind games Six plays with everyone, the mind games the folks running the Village play with him. I would love to see more of that sort of thing, or perhaps a return to the Village after Fall Out?
Additional Prompts:
* Number swap! Everyone Number Six thought he knew in the Village has swapped numbers except him.
* Rover speaks and it's very unnerving
3. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
Characters: Perfect Tommy
Why Do I Love This: This movie is the perfect combination of 80s fashion, action scenes, dry humor, and amazing cast. I love and adore the entire ensemble and the chemistry between absolutely everyone.
Request: Please please please tell me a story of how Perfect Tommy became perfect. Was he born that way? Was it a lot of practice? How does he maintain perfection? Has he ever done something that wasn't perfect?
Additional Prompts:
* Perfect Tommy's Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day
* Everyone deals with imposter syndrome and Tommy is no exception
4. The Dragon Prince Trilogy - Melanie Rawn
Characters: Aldiara
Why Do I Love This:
Request: I have always wished that we got to see more of Aldiara. As it is, we don't really get to know her since she's hiding so much about herself when we do see her. I would love some backstory for her, or something post-books. She's been very much embraced by the powerful folks in the books and her people are hopefully going to be able to be more open about who they are and what they can do. What happens to her later? How does she navigate this whole new society she's become a part of?
Additional Prompts:
* Aldiara getting used to horses
* Aldiara "sunrunning" with starlight
* We know that the diarmadh'im can cast with starlight, and iron and water crossings aren't as much of an issue for them, but what else can they do? What is it like using starlight?
Where to find me: Here, obviously. I'm merriman over on AO3 and merrimanlyon on Discord. I like to keep things as consistent as possible.
Thank you for offering something I requested! Yuletide truly is one of my favorite things and I'm always so thrilled to see what someone else has in mind for the bitty little (and maybe not so bitty) fandoms I've requested.
Secondly, let's talk generalities: (this bit stolen from previous years' letters)
When it comes to rating, I am not picky. I'll be just as happy with a gen story as with smut and vice versa. Don't try and force a sex scene into a story if it's just not going there for you and don't try to keep it all-audiences if things are heating up. As well, I am perfectly good with slash, femslash, het, poly of any type, when it comes to relationships and pairings. Write what works for the characters and for you so long as it doesn't hit one of the DNWs below.
I am such a sucker for backstory and continuing stories, seeing what happened before we met the character(s) or after the end of the canon. Missing scenes are great too, but you can always get me with some pre or post-canon.
I love angst in stories, but I also like my angst to be resolved by the end of the story. I'm not asking for everything to be super happy funtime with kittens and roses and party balloons, but I'd like some resolution to whatever problem comes up.
As for my DNW list, here goes:
Non-con/dub-con/rape
Pregnancy
Kidfic
Mpreg
ABO
Incest
Underage sex
Cannibalism (of the sexual and non-sexual varieties)
Sex involving bodily fluids other than the norm, and human waste of any kind
In fact, please keep any sex on the non-kinky end of things
Non-canon character death
I'm good with different POVs, but I'd prefer to get plain prose as a format - I'm not into IF, video, poetry, drabble sets, etc. for these requests.
Thirdly, now for specifics:
1. Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel)
Characters: Any
Why Do I Love This: This games are utterly charming and sweet and hilarious and I don't think I could possibly love them more than I do. Every time I try to think of my favorite character, I can't narrow it down because they all have such wonderful stories that get told through the course of the games. I love that the whole point of the games are friendship, but that as sappy as it might have been, the humor keeps it from ever being too maudlin.
Request: I love everything about Arcade Spirits, and while Iris (and the Iris collective) is my favorite character overall, I also adore Juniper from the first game, Domino from the second game, and Hamza from both games. I would be happy to read something about any one of the four nominated characters or any combination of them. Have Juniper and Domino ever met somehow? What are some of the other Iris instances like? Seriously, anything with Hamza. And his pants.
Additional Prompts:
* Domino's guilty pleasure in life
* Juniper goes to Pengy Paradise
* Hamza encounters another Polybius cabinet.
* Iris accidentally orders the wrong pizza bagels.
2. The Prisoner (1967)
Characters: Number Six
Why Do I Love This: What a weird fucking show. I've always loved how slightly unhinged everything is in the Village, and how most of the people there just seem to run with it. I love the ever-changing Number Two position. I love Rover. And most of all I love that there's an ever-present attitude from Number Six that this is all a game he WILL eventually win. My very favorite episode is Hammer Into Anvil, followed closely by the first, last, and penultimate episodes.
Request: Oh how I adore this weird-ass show. The eerie nature of the Village, the numbers, the cheery "good morning, good morning!" over the radio every day, Rover, etc. The mind games Six plays with everyone, the mind games the folks running the Village play with him. I would love to see more of that sort of thing, or perhaps a return to the Village after Fall Out?
Additional Prompts:
* Number swap! Everyone Number Six thought he knew in the Village has swapped numbers except him.
* Rover speaks and it's very unnerving
3. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
Characters: Perfect Tommy
Why Do I Love This: This movie is the perfect combination of 80s fashion, action scenes, dry humor, and amazing cast. I love and adore the entire ensemble and the chemistry between absolutely everyone.
Request: Please please please tell me a story of how Perfect Tommy became perfect. Was he born that way? Was it a lot of practice? How does he maintain perfection? Has he ever done something that wasn't perfect?
Additional Prompts:
* Perfect Tommy's Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day
* Everyone deals with imposter syndrome and Tommy is no exception
4. The Dragon Prince Trilogy - Melanie Rawn
Characters: Aldiara
Why Do I Love This:
Request: I have always wished that we got to see more of Aldiara. As it is, we don't really get to know her since she's hiding so much about herself when we do see her. I would love some backstory for her, or something post-books. She's been very much embraced by the powerful folks in the books and her people are hopefully going to be able to be more open about who they are and what they can do. What happens to her later? How does she navigate this whole new society she's become a part of?
Additional Prompts:
* Aldiara getting used to horses
* Aldiara "sunrunning" with starlight
* We know that the diarmadh'im can cast with starlight, and iron and water crossings aren't as much of an issue for them, but what else can they do? What is it like using starlight?
