maevebran

Thank you for writing for me. I recognize that this is a gift of your time and mental energy so I appreciate it. In general I love Christmas and like to see characters I love enjoying the holiday in their own way. Most of my suggested prompts are holiday fics but I'd be happy with anything especially if it explores the greater family together, be it blood and or chosen family.

I don't mind explict sex but it isn't needed. I do not enjoy potty humor, water sports, scatological acts, or hardcore BDSM (light bondage ie teasing with handcuffs or tieing to the bed can be fun) I really dislike established couples betraying their partners. Also I prefer characters to keep their established sexuality. I ship het couples where there is no established couple. I also don't want AUs like Coffee Shop or University. Canon Divergance AUs are good but I enjoy these characters in their settings.

Knives Out
Marta/Ransom
I ship them but if you want to write mearly friendship I’m good with that. Maybe Marta visits him in jail and they become pen pals. Maybe something else happened while they were on the run together. I just enjoyed them together.


Slings & Arrows
The whole cast
I had a weird thought and would love to see what someone could do with it. It's Christmas and New Burbage is putting on either The Christmas Carol or the musical Scrooge as a gala fundraiser. All the wacky usual suspects are there doing their thing. If you want to set it after the end of the series with Ellen and Geoffrey are together that would be awesome.

Other than the canon couples, I don't care who is with whom. You want Darren and Anna in a drunken post rehersal thing? Go for it? Maria finding herself in bed with Darren in some kind of hate sex ? That would be awesome. Richard and Anna finally getting it on? Great. None of those would also be awesome. Wacky hijinks of putting on another play with Oliver's ghost meddling is an awesome idea too. New Burbage being New Burbage is the key.


The Spy Who Dumped Me
Audrey Stockton
Morgan Freeman
Sebastian Henshaw
I ship Audrey with Sebastian but enjoy the friendship with all three of them. I love me some holiday fic of them on case or just hanging out.

Ten Inch Hero
Boaz Priestly
Tish
I ship Priestly and Tish like Fed Ex. I would love to see their relationship grow. Does he stay “normal” or go back to the funky hair and piercings? Or does he do some combination of of the t-shirts but leave off the piercings and funky hair? I love the group at the sandwich shop and they way they interact so if you want to include them go for it. Does Tish try her tricks on Priestly or has she found the guy who doesn’t need them? What dies she tell Piper and Jen the morning after?

Walker (2021)
Emily Walker
Cordell Walker
August Walker
Stella Walker

I love the cop stuff but the thing I love about the show is the family. I really love the flashbacks to the happy Walker family contrasted with the current dysfunctional on. A happy holiday contrasted with the one while Cordell was undercover would be heartbreakingly good but if the family leads you in a different direction ok. I just really like Cordell and Emily together. If the other Walkers by blood or family acceptance want to make an appearance that would be great as well. If you want to give me Emily and Cordell smut and leave the kids out of it, I wouldn’t be disappointed.

Thank you for writing for me and Happy Holidays,
Maeve Bran

Thank you for writing for me. I love these fandoms so I'm sure I'll love whatever you write. There are a few things I don't like and those are non con, slash and femslash, partner betrayal, and blood/scat paly. I'm a strictly het kind of person but I don't mind explicit.


Outlander TV
Jamie Fraser
In the TV Show Claire went back at the Winter Solstice / Christmas. So I'd like to see where in the adventures of her return, the Hogmany (New Year's) Celebrations fall. Was it in Edinburgh in the brothel? Was it after they returned to Lollybroch and Laoghaire shot him? Was on board the ship after Young Ian was kidnapped. I'd love to see Claire included but feel free to add any of the others that would be reasonably included.


I really love Jamie and Claire and I love the holidays. I noticed that she returned to him around the holidays and want to see what that was like. Particularly in light of how he explains Lollybroch was at the Hogmany when he remet Laoghaire, it would be an interesting contrast with the Lollybroch celebrations with Jamie recovering from his wounds. But any of the other possibilities would be entertaining. Jamie and Claire with the whores celebrating Hogmany would be interesting.


Hornblower TV
Horatio Hornblower
William Bush
Edward Pellew
I love the friendship between Horatio and Bush and the Father and son relationship between Pellew and Hornblower. So anything along those lines at any point in the series. I also adore warm hearted holiday fic so a Christmas at sea or in the West Indies would be most welcome.

The Spy Who Dumped Me
Audrey Stockton
Morgan Freeman
Sebastian Henshaw
I ship Audrey with Sebastian but enjoy the friendship with all three of them. I love me some holiday fic of them on case or just hanging out.

The Americans
Paige Jennings
Henry Jennings
Elizabeth Jennings
Philip Jennings[Clark Westerfeld

I would love to see how Paige and Henry spend their first Christmas after their parents return to Russia. Stan can have a part to play. And also how Phillip and Elizabeth deal with Christmas in Russia so far from their children.

[Unknown site tag]Thanks for writing for me.In general, I'm a het shipper and don't mind explict sex and don't mind violence but graphic descriptions of blood and gore does nothing for me and prefer to avoid too much of it. Adult language is ok but try to keep it to only the really needed instances. Slash and fem slash are on my no read list. I also have a thing against partner betrayal so if the character is married in canon, I don't like the character to cheat on them. Also I dislike incest weather the characters are related by blood or not. If a character is an adopted family member (legally not the "adopted" relative of close family friends) please treat them as if they were related by blood.

I like plot and I like character studies. I'm a fluffy person so if you whamp the characters please find a way to a happy ending. I also enjoy Christmas stories for Yuletide.

Americans - Philip Jennings, Elizabeth Jennings, Paige Jennings, and Henry Jennings

Here's where I confess, I don't actually have cable so I'm a season behind. I'm still waiting for season 4 DVDs to be released so I can watch it.

I do love the Jennings family dynamics and anything with the Philip and Elizabeth being fabulous parents while being cold blooded spies is great. I also love Philip and Elizabeth trying to navigate their personal feelings within their cover.



Outlander TV- Jamie Fraser, Jenny Fraser, Frank Randall, Claire Beauchamp
I read the first four books 19 years ago and kept up through the 7 book. I've reread the first book recently, but otherwise the details are fuzzy so I prefer the TV canon though if you take spoiler bits from the first four books I won't care.

I loved the friendship that was developing between Jenny and Claire. I love Claire and Jamie and their tempestuous relationship. I like Claire telling Jamie about the future. I would love to see Jamie and Claire discussing Frank. That was the thing I missed from the book in the show - Jamie on their wedding night asking about Frank because he knew Claire had to be thinking about him. A post secret reveal discussion of Frank and his connection to Black Jack would be great. As would a Christmas at Lallybroch (or Leoch since Jamie did say at the campfire before the Grants attacked that it would be Yuletide by the time they got back to the Castle so with fudging Christmas could end up either place.)

Death Comes to Pemberley - Fitzwilliam Darcy, Elizabeth Darcy

I really like this portrayal of Elizabeth and Darcy. Anything with them as a couple either pre or post series.

Anything that flushes out this couple is welcome.

Yuletide Recs:

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First let's start with my two very lovely gifties. They were two very different takes on the same prompt.

What's Your Number?
Be The Change
Colin lived in his apartment for almost four years before he ever said more than a “Hello,” or “Good morning,” to the girl in 6C, Allison Darling.

A very nice non linear telling of Colin's point of view of the events of the movie with some exploration of his past as it relates to why he is the way he is with women and how that changes with Ally.
Be aware that it is rated Explicit for a very good reason.

Someone Like You
Ally and Colin find a way through.

Colin and Ally continue their relationship in a very fun and sweet way. (With a lot of Colin walking around naked.) Rated Teen and up.

Now for my other recs-

Marvel's Avengers Movie RPF
A Spring Fling
New York City, where every weekend is marathons of Halo and the coming of the Thor baby.

Now I normally stay far, far away from RPF since I deem actors people and therefore entitiled to their privacy like any other person, but I have a soft spot for Chris Evans and when I read he was paired with Scarlett Johansson I had to read it. I'm glad I did since this is sort of cracky and fun and definitely charatures of the real people and not them themselves (but still totally with in what little we know of their personalities.)

AO3 Tags
The Bar at the End of the Fandom
PWP walks into a bar...

I seem to like me a good anthropomorphic fic and this is a good one. Somehow all the tags are in character if you ever imagined the tags to have characters. My only problem and it is a small one is the use of gender neutral pronouns. I pronounce words in my head as I read and when I get to words I don't know I make something up and "Hir" pronounces in my head like "her" so I get frustrated and think why don't they just use "His" and "her" already and avoid the confusion and frustration.

Push
Kick at the Darkness
Cassie and Nick go on a Division-sponsored road trip. Cassie kicks at a few things.

A very fun and adventurous road trip fic of Nick and Cassie's in which they finally get together while evading Division. Rated Mature for sex with an underage Cassie (she's like 17)

Love, Like an Hourglass
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

This is glimpses of Cassie and how she sees Nick each year for the five years it takes to rescue her Mother. It is rated Explicit but no underage warning needed since she is 18 when they get together.

Knitting Anthropomorphic
There's Kinks in this Yarn, But It Still Knits Up Fine
The diary of a circular needle who just cannot STAND the thought of knitting another *(@#ing scarf. Luckily, KnitLife.com exists.

A very fun (and slightly porny) secret diary of a pair of knitting needles. My one draw back is the gender neutral pronouns. I pronounce words in my head as I read and when I get to words I don't know I make something up and "Hir" pronounces in my head like "her" and "sie" turns to "She" so I get frustrated and think why don't they just use "His" and "her" and "she" and "he" already and avoid the confusion and frustration.

The Inuksuk Obliteration
This crazy Middleman TV fic is like an episode of the show. Complete with waky happenings and even wakier solutions and incredibly in character and well written.

Scenes from a Cultural Exchange or The Muppets Take New Burbage
This is a crossover I didn't know needed doing until I read it. Slings & Arrows and Muppets works extremely well. It is not hard to picture these wacky hijinks ensueing.

Ghost of an Idea
My gift was a Warehouse 13. It is a heart warming tale of Christmas in the warehouse. The historical detail is spot on and cranky Artie is always fun.

A Harsh Breath
Captain America (2011). This is a newly awakened Steve Rogers trying to find what he'd missed with some help from Tony Stark. Much darker than I usually like but still a possible way this would go.

One of a Kind
Captain America (2011) A yuletide madness of Dr. Erskine and Peggy talking about Steve and why he is the one to test the formula on. A nice character insight to all three.

Rumors and Telephone Calls
Captain America (2011). This is one of the year after Steve missed the date fics. This one though has a sneaky Howard who plans an eveing with friends to cheer Peggy up. It is both sad and fun. And ends somewhat hopeful which I like in a fic.

Thank you for writing for me. I appreciate all the thought and effort you are putting into the story. I'm sure I'll love it.

In general- I'm not into slash. I also don't like characters cheating on canon established partners. I don't mind sex in stories as long as that isn't the whole story.

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First, thanks for writing for me. I hope I gave you stuff to work with.

I do have a few squicks- Slash, non-con, incest, and partner betrayal (ie. if canon has an established relationship having a character cheat on that relationship).

Other than that I'm a fluff person.(Not to say it has to be entirely fluffy and plot is a bad thing. I like character driven plots.) I also don't mind kinky stuff or NC17 ratings.

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