It's Yuletide!
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traykorIs this the only time I post each year? Just about!
A few over all notes to start:
I love crossovers, and if it's a detective show that's:
1. Available in the US, in English, on some form of streaming service
2. Not set in the US
I've probably seen at least one episode. You can also check previous year's letters for lists of favorites, or favs spotted in this year's tagset:
Brokenwood, Midsomer, Father Brown, Marple, Death in Paradise, and hey everyone's into Enola this year....
Detective team ups are wonderful. Casefic is awesome, crack detective team ups are love (and I mean that. You want to toss Detective Pikachu in there? go for it), I also like character profiles, or backstory, and worldbuilding. Happy endings only please (a solved case counts). This year is dark enough, add some light.
I DNW AUs if the detectives stop being detectives. I'm fine with most other AU/canon divergences.
I DNW porn. No canon-character death (please kill OCs for your murder victims if you're going for that)--if they're alive still in canon they should remain so. Please keep sexual violence to aired on TV levels--in general think 'safe for network broadcast' for both sex and violence. Don't maim the detectives (but feel free to beat them up). I particularly dislike the tropes of 'accuse the detective of a crime' and detectives breaking moral codes/otherwise becoming villains.
Shetland
Characters: Jimmy Perez and Duncan
I do in fact ship Jimmy/Duncan, but don't feel you have to go that way, I will not be at all disappointed by gen or canon ships. Not keen on Jimmy/Tosh since it's superior/subordinate. If you're inclined to the slash, I'd love a how they got together fic, or a casefic, or even just something atmospheric about Shetland and life on the islands.
Mystery Case Files
Character: Master Detective
So, I'm a hidden object game addict. Seriously. If you play these, poke me after Yuletide and we can be friends. MCF is one of my favorites of the many series I play, especially the classic Ravenhearst saga ones, and Dire Grove, which is the best game they've done. I'd love background or history on the detective, or how they came to be a master detective. I'd love any kind of interactive fic or choose your own adventure for this particular fandom.
Dark Parables
Character: Fairy Tale Detective
See above re: HO games. For this series, I love the world the detective travels to. Her poor long suffering horses.I'd love a revisit of any of the many characters (like the Riding Hood Sisters) we meet, or history or background on the detective. I'd love any kind of interactive fic or choose your own adventure for this particular fandom.
Queens of Mystery
Character: Matilda Stone
Matilda is still a fav detective, her and all her busybody aunties. I wish there was more than one season. They left a LOT of questions unanswered. So feel free to answer any of them. Who's the crow's owner? Who's her dad really? What became of mom? Or more about any of the aunts, they've had long lives. Have they solved crimes when Matilda was little? Small Matilda and the aunties vs. some bumbling cops and A Murder. It's pretty clear from the DCI's intro that the aunties have A History of Meddling.
Matilda totally solved odd petty mysteries like lost dogs as a kid.
A few over all notes to start:
I love crossovers, and if it's a detective show that's:
1. Available in the US, in English, on some form of streaming service
2. Not set in the US
I've probably seen at least one episode. You can also check previous year's letters for lists of favorites, or favs spotted in this year's tagset:
Brokenwood, Midsomer, Father Brown, Marple, Death in Paradise, and hey everyone's into Enola this year....
Detective team ups are wonderful. Casefic is awesome, crack detective team ups are love (and I mean that. You want to toss Detective Pikachu in there? go for it), I also like character profiles, or backstory, and worldbuilding. Happy endings only please (a solved case counts). This year is dark enough, add some light.
I DNW AUs if the detectives stop being detectives. I'm fine with most other AU/canon divergences.
I DNW porn. No canon-character death (please kill OCs for your murder victims if you're going for that)--if they're alive still in canon they should remain so. Please keep sexual violence to aired on TV levels--in general think 'safe for network broadcast' for both sex and violence. Don't maim the detectives (but feel free to beat them up). I particularly dislike the tropes of 'accuse the detective of a crime' and detectives breaking moral codes/otherwise becoming villains.
Shetland
Characters: Jimmy Perez and Duncan
I do in fact ship Jimmy/Duncan, but don't feel you have to go that way, I will not be at all disappointed by gen or canon ships. Not keen on Jimmy/Tosh since it's superior/subordinate. If you're inclined to the slash, I'd love a how they got together fic, or a casefic, or even just something atmospheric about Shetland and life on the islands.
Mystery Case Files
Character: Master Detective
So, I'm a hidden object game addict. Seriously. If you play these, poke me after Yuletide and we can be friends. MCF is one of my favorites of the many series I play, especially the classic Ravenhearst saga ones, and Dire Grove, which is the best game they've done. I'd love background or history on the detective, or how they came to be a master detective. I'd love any kind of interactive fic or choose your own adventure for this particular fandom.
Dark Parables
Character: Fairy Tale Detective
See above re: HO games. For this series, I love the world the detective travels to. Her poor long suffering horses.I'd love a revisit of any of the many characters (like the Riding Hood Sisters) we meet, or history or background on the detective. I'd love any kind of interactive fic or choose your own adventure for this particular fandom.
Queens of Mystery
Character: Matilda Stone
Matilda is still a fav detective, her and all her busybody aunties. I wish there was more than one season. They left a LOT of questions unanswered. So feel free to answer any of them. Who's the crow's owner? Who's her dad really? What became of mom? Or more about any of the aunts, they've had long lives. Have they solved crimes when Matilda was little? Small Matilda and the aunties vs. some bumbling cops and A Murder. It's pretty clear from the DCI's intro that the aunties have A History of Meddling.
Matilda totally solved odd petty mysteries like lost dogs as a kid.