Hi!

Thank you for writing for me! I'm so excited to be part of an exchange that's all about the ships. Shipping is such a huge part of my fandom interest. I tend to ship canon and close-to-canon ships, so that's what I'm asking for here. Most of these are things I've asked for in other exchanges, so feel free to read my past letters and use stuff from them. It all still applies! I'm also on Twitter and GoodReads. My AO3 name is Katayla.

If you already have an idea, feel free to run with it! In terms of DNWs, I'd rather not get anything that wouldn't appear in the canon. (Same goes for ratings.) I tend to like happy or at least hopeful endings, but I am okay with canon-typical angst, since some of these ships certainly have it.

Things I like are banter, characters laughing together, cats, books, baseball, hope, missing scenes, future fic, outside POVs, playing with hair, baby/kid fic, and touching.

My signup included more detail than usual for me, so I'm just copying the texts of my requests.

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Thanks so much for writing for me!

Hi!

Thank you for writing for me! This is such a cool exchange idea! If you already have an idea, please feel to run with it. In terms of DNWs, I'd rather not get anything that wouldn't appear in the canon. (Same goes for ratings.)

Things I like are banter, characters laughing together, cats, books, baseball, hope, missing scenes, future fic, outside POVs, playing with hair, baby/kid fic, and touching.

You can find past letters for exchanges under this tag. My Twitter and GoodReads are both public. My AO3 name is Katayla.

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Thank you so much for writing for me! I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Hi Writer,

Thanks for writing for me! I'm really excited that I get to ask for ships! My Ao3 name is katayla and you can find letters I've written for other exchange (mostly Yuletide) under this this tag.

I'd love something happy or (since some of these can be angsty couples!) at least that gives me some hope. I'm okay with AUs, especially canon divergence ones. In general I like lower rated fic, but I'm okay if you want to go mature.

I'm feeling pretty "give me anything!" for these ships, but I will try to give more specifcs!

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Thank you for writing for me! I'm excited to see what you come up with!

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Hi! Thanks for writing for me! I'm excited to see what you come up with. If you already have an idea, please feel to run with it. In terms of DNWs, I'd rather not get anything that wouldn't appear in the canon.

Things I like are romance, banter, characters laughing together, cats, books, baseball, hope, missing scenes, future fic, outside POVs, playing with hair, and touching.

You can find past letters and and other Yuletide things under my Yuletide tag. My Twitter and GoodReads are both public. My AO3 name is Katayla.

Requests are in alphabetical order.

Casson Family - Hilary McKay
Cadmium Casson, Michael

I'd love to get to see some of the events between the fourth and fifth books!

So I read these books for the first time this year and fell hard for Caddy/Michael in the first book. (Loved his fake girlfriend!) And I liked where they ended up, but I wanted to know more about what happened between books four and five!

Clearly she caught up with him and some things happened that wouldn't fit into a children's book series, but . . . they weren't on good terms in book four. And then they weren't on good terms again in book five. So what happened there? Was all forgiven as soon as they met up post-book four? What was the fight over? I want to know more!

If that doesn't spark you, feel free to tell another story about them. Maybe something after book 1 when they're together for the first time? Or more of Caddy's thoughts throughout the series. I feel like we kind of lost track of her after the first book. But look at her! She got the career she wanted. That's awesome! OR more about Michael! We don't really know a ton about him outside his feelings for Caddy. What's his family like? I'd also love future fic. Do they have more kids? What will it be like growing up with Caddy's siblings as aunts and uncles?

Appearances and meddling by other Casson family members is welcome!

President's Daughter series - Ellen Emerson White
Meghan Powers, Preston Fielding

I'd love established relationship fic for these two. Maybe there's a political crisis they have to deal with together. Or maybe one of Meg's brothers gets into some kind of trouble and they help him through it.

I've asked for these two before here and here, and I still want all of those things, too, so feel free to draw prompts from there.

This year, though, I also have a craving for established relationship fic. In ten or so years, they'll be a political power couple, right? What does that look like? I mentioned maybe one of Meg's brothers getting into trouble, but it doesn't need to be serious trouble. What if they just do something that gets them extra media attention? Maybe Steven gets drafted by a baseball team. That would be quite a conversation.

I'd also be interested in slice of life fic for them. What do date nights look like? Do they have to duck the media or are have they become a boring established couple the world doesn't care much about? I'd also be interested in seeing them at a family gathering (maybe with Preston's family?).

Mostly, I want a fic that says, "yes, they'll get together and be happy."

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares
Paul Rodman, Lena Kaligaris

Remember Paul and Lena’s awesome meeting in book 2? And all their great scenes in book 3? It seemed like it was going to be a lovely story of moving on from your first love and finding a new relationship. But instead, that story thread was completely dropped. It would make me very happy if you gave me a little Paul/Lena! Whether it’s a getting together story or a glimpse of an established relationship, I just want to see what might have been.

I was super-into what book 3 seemed to be selling for Lena and Paul, and then it went away! I don't hate Kostos, but I thought he and Lena missed their chance and grew apart. And that can be a really cool story to tell. People DO move on from the first loves. People change from who they were were at age 15. (So I'm not really looking for a fic that villainizes Kostos. Feel free to ignore everything after book 3!)

So . . . what would it look like if Lena/Paul had happened? How would they get together? What would they look like as a couple? Or maybe a look into Paul's head? Or maybe someone else's perspective on them? Does the Sisterhood think he's a good choice for Lena? Or maybe another moment between the two of them that's full of tension?

Looks forward to December 25,

katayla

Dear Fic Corner Writer,

Hi! Thank you for writing for me. This is my second time doing this exchange and I've done Yuletide a bunch of years, so if some of these requests sounds familiar, well, I've pretty much copy and pasted them from past requests.

In terms of generalities, I like my childhood celebrated, not ruined! I tend to like the stories that would fit into canon. (Minus, I suppose, my Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants request that asks for a rewrite of canon.) I like romance and friendship and stories that leave me hopeful. I like slice of life stories and future fic and won't say no to long epics!

You can find my old Yuletide letters under this tag and my past Fic Corner letter here. My Twitter and GoodReads are both unlocked.

Requests in alphabetical order.

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Thank you! I'm really looking forward to what you write!

Let's talk about beauty products again! Sephora's VIB sale starts tomorrow. And Beauty.com is doing a 20% off sale. Click here to get access. (I haven't ordered from Beauty.com yet, but they seem to have most of the big brands and I love their partner site, drugstore.com.)

So, what are you loving, what are you buying, what should the rest of buy, what do you want to know? Let's talk!

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Hi Yuletide Writer!

I'm really excited about these requests and I hope you're excited about them, too! Most of my requests this year are of the "tell me more" variety, so if you already have a "more" in my mind to write, then feel free to go off and start writing. If you'd like more guidance (I usually do), keep reading.

I like PG 13 stories best, but it's okay if you want to go higher or lower. I like shippiness and friendship (and shippy friendship!). My requests are on the shippy side, but gen works for me, too. If you want to write a big epic, I’m all for that, but I also really love slice-of-life fic. Just a little glimpse of characters hanging out or talking or doing what they do. I also like future fic! What do these characters’ lives look like in 10 years? 20? Further?

My LJ is pretty locked up (and not terribly active these days), but you might be interested in poking around my Yuletide tag, which includes past letters and recs. And my Twitter and GoodReads are both public. My AO3 name is Katayla and that's where you'll find my fic.

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Thanks you for writing me a story! I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

So empressearwig does beauty product posts from time to time, where we all talk about what makeup and other beauty products we're loving right now and ask for recs and advice.

Annnd I have new loves to talk about it! So I'm making one. This post is unlocked, so feel to invite your friends!