Patron Saint of Falling Over Things

Dear Yule Goat,

Thank you for writing for me this year!

I am very okay with optional details, so if something I've mentioned here doesn't suit your writing preferences, please feel free to ODAO. Also, please feel free to include as many or as few of the nominated characters as you like. Whatever you do, please enjoy writing! I promise I will enjoy your fic. I'm just really excited that there's going to be fic for a small fandom I love.


General Likes:
- I have a competence kink like woah. I love lateral thinkers and characters trusting their instincts and people trusting the experts in their teams to do their jobs well.
- Loyalty. I love it when people have their people's backs. I love it when someone pledges to keep their person safe. I love love love it.
- AUs of the non-mundane kind. I don't mind a coffeeshop AU but please make it in space! Highschool AU but with superpowers!
- Found families, people finding acceptance and learning to be safe and trust again
- Crossovers are fun. You can find my fandoms at st_aurafina
- Touch-starved characters getting love
- Visible queerness being normal and accepted. It's not possible in all of my fandoms, but I did like the way that it wasn't made a capital I issue in The Watchmaker of Filigree Street.

Things that I don't like so much (but aren't deal breakers)
- Sad endings
- Embarrassment
- Angst

Concrete DNWs:
Character death, partner loss, grieving, pregnancy, terminal illness, body horror, body fluids, teacher/student, employer/employee, non-con.

Ratings/Pairings/Kinks:
- Anything from gen to explicit is wonderful. Porn is great! But not essential!
- Het/Femslash/Slash is welcome, unless I've specified (such as in The Watchmaker of Filligree Street or Batwoman.)
- Kinkwise, D/s overtones, impact play, bondage are all great. Other things are unlikely to squick me, unless they're specifically in my DNW list, so if the story takes you there, that's fine.

( The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Batwoman, A Discovery of Witches, A Simple Favour, Moonbase Theta Out )

Miscellanea
I have talked about some fandoms more than others, but that does not indicate a preference of any sort. I would be happy with fic from any of these fandoms.

If we've matched on a longer fandom and you're looking for other options, a few of my fandoms are short and easy to absorb:

Moonbase Theta, Out is a podcast that has very short episodes, and the first season is less than two hours long. You can find it (and a list of character names and pronoun preferences) here:
Moonbase Theta, Out

A Simple Favour is a movie, so has less than two hours commitment.

Batwoman is, as of writing this letter, only five episodes long so far.


My partner is lilacsigil or laraleftlane and she will be happy to sneakily answer any questions about my likes and dislikes. She will keep this secret from me, (possibly forever, because that's how she rolls.)

For stalking purposes, you can find me most places under st_aurafina. I'm st_aurafina and st-aurafina.
All my previous Dear Author letters are here: Dear Author.

Thank you so much for writing for me! I hope you have a wonderful Yuletide.