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Oh look, I haven't posted since last Yuletide. I should probably do more over here. Ah well. That's for later me to worry about!

First 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. Treats are always welcome, though never expected.

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:

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It's fic swap season and that means it's time for the Highlander Holiday Shortcuts swap! One of my favorite swaps ever. My sign-up has all my basic info, but here's some additional details that might be relevant:

• I've been doing a rewatch of the series from the beginning and enjoying it wholeheartedly. There's definitely some absolute bangers in season one, right off the bat. There are also some duds, but that's what happens with the first season of any show.
• I'm currently dealing with some pretty heavy family stuff, so I'd prefer something lighthearted this year, or at least something with a happy ending.
• I have also started collecting rusty swords in order to refurbish them, which has been a really fun and really ridiculous hobby so far. I wouldn't mind seeing some sword-care written into a story.

The things I love most about Highlander overall are how it handles immortality in various ways. There are episodes about the melancholy and ennui that can come from so much time, episodes about losing loved ones, episodes about being able to learn more than a mortal has time to learn, episodes about survival, episodes about how much someone can change over centuries, etc. There is so much to explore. Plus there are the swords and the fights. I do love the swords and the fights. I think that's it! Please contact the mods if you have questions for me.