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Highlander ShortCuts 2021 is open for sign ups!
HIGHLANDER HOLIDAY SHORTCUTS OFFICIAL SIGN UPS BEGIN NOW.
Please read all info above and below the cuts to make sure that you understand. Or ignore it completely because you have probably done this a billionty times before, every year. If you have any questions, see link at the bottom of the post to ask a question.
DATES AND TIMES:
Sign Ups: October 1, 2021 to October 7, 2021 MIDNIGHT EST in a response to this post.
Assignments handed out: no later than October 14, 2021.
Default deadline: November 20, 2021 by email only.
Submission deadline: December 15, 2021 posted to the AO3 collection.
First story posted: December 22, 2021. Again, we are doing staggered postings on AO3.
OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF:
1. A beta would be preferred, as this is a gift.
2. Minimum word length: 500 words
3. Maximum word length: none
4. Pinch hitting: please. Please indicate if you can or cannot pinch hit.
5. Pimping: also please. When you sign up, if you could pimp the fest in a relevant community that would be great. If your communities are already informed, please pimp in your journal. Or on an insane journal or wherever. Please also, if somebody can, pimp on mailing lists as well.
6. YOU MAY SIGN UP FOR THE FEST USING THE ANONYMOUS POSTING FEATURE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE/WISH TO HAVE OR USE DW. This includes people who prefer to be mail list fans only.
SIGN UP FORM (expanded edition; sample filled form below)
Your name:
Your LJ user name if different:
Your email address: please somewhere I can reach you.
For the gift you want to receive:
1. Three to five of your preferred characters or pairings: here is also the place to list what you prefer—gen, het, slash, femslash as well.
2. A listing of preferences you would like to see in your gift, if any.
3. Any dislikes or squicks you do not want to see in your gift.
Scenarios: (OPTIONAL) Provide one or more scenarios you would like to see included in your gift. Note: Your writer is NOT OBLIGATED to use this scenario, but it may provide a jumping off point for them. Please don't go overboard with specifics; make it general enough to be workable by someone else. Do not provide a step-by-step outline.
For the gift you are going to give someone else:
1. Any characters or pairings you refuse to write. Please be generous here. Unless you have a serious issue with characters, please don't put them here. Please don't put something like "Everyone but Methos and Amanda" or something like that. The point of this is to stretch yourself and give a gift to a person who may not necessarily share your specific likes.
2. Anything you refuse to write (It will be assumed that you are willing to write anything that is not listed in this section. Within reason. I'm not going to be hedging my bets on those special unspoken things, and if I find myself really hard up to make pairings, I will email you before I give you an assignment. Likewise, if you have been in contact with me on lj or email re: your abilities/needs then I will remember them. This is not carte blanche to bombard me with nitpicky things, but I understand some concerns people have had in the brainstorming process, and I remember them.)
Crossovers with: Here is where you put the fandoms you'd like crossovers with. A MAX OF THREE FANDOMS. Format this area like so:
1. Fandom (characters you like from this fandom, like only if there's one that is a necessity to be in the fic. Otherwise, just leave it. I suppose if you HATE a character, you could note that, but I'd like to make this brief.)
Crossovers I'll write: List the fandoms you'll be willing to cross with HL. Do not get into details. If you have any stipulations about characters in a fandom etc, do not list it. You will either write a fandom or not.
I will try to pair people with crossovers and the like when I see them, but that won't be my sole criteria. Stating that you'd like to receive a crossover will not guarantee that you get one, and vice versa for writing one. This is an attempt to include crossovers in the santa list. I would naturally like to see crossovers, but I don't want to schism them into their own subgroup and dilute the whole writing group number.
The Jinxed_wood Crossover Stipulation: all the stories have to be set in the Highlander universe, even if they use crossover characters (as opposed to having Methos wandering around in the Buffyverse, for example, with nary another Highlander character in sight.). Thanks Jinxed!
FINALLY, should you feel that you NEED to clarify your wants and or needs further, or perhaps you have a few scenarios that you would like to see in a story and you need a few sentences to explain them, I suggest making a post in your LJ addressed to your HLHShortCutter in your LJ. I would note that you have done so and maybe link to it at the bottom of your sign in form.
Whew! That's a lot of work for a sign on! It looks smaller than the above.
We have never had issue with this before, but I want to continue the trend of signups taking only one comment. The more you put, the more difficult it becomes to place you, and the more difficult it becomes for your author. Please refrain from laundry lists and overly detailed optional requests.
FINISHED FORM SAMPLE:
Name: Amand-r
DW name: Amand_r
Email: amandr@gmail.com (incidentally, this is the email address at which you contact me)
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED PEOPLE: het, gen, slash, femslash, Methos, Caspian, Amanda, just about anybody regular, Methos/Duncan, Methos/Joe.
2. PREFERENCES: battle sequences, first time stories, character death, snappy dialogue (you know, Josslike conversations)
3. DISLIKES: smut for smut's sake, fluffy romance, watersports, Matthew McCormack, Cory Raines, season one Richie, bdsm.
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: Cory Raines, Connor.
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: Mpreg. PWP. Crossovers with your mom; it distracts her.
Crossovers with:
1. Firefly (I lurv River, Jayne, Malcolm)
2. Mad Men (esp Don, Roger, Joan, Peggy. The company. Don't much care for Betty.)
3. DCU (I lurv Batman, Nightwing, Robin, Superman, Green Arrow, etc)
Crossovers I'll write: Forever Knight, Dead Like Me, The Muppet Show, Longmire
Elaboration post in my LJ: No.
Can you pinch hit? Maybe. Contact me.
BLANK FORM FOR YOU:
NOTE: You have to add in the scenarios part. If you do not want crossovers, delete that part of the form.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? Please ask here.
Happy hunting, my little pumpkins. Please pimp far and wide.
SERIOUSLY, IF YOU BELONG TO ANY LISTS OR COMMS, PLEASE PIMP.
Please read all info above and below the cuts to make sure that you understand. Or ignore it completely because you have probably done this a billionty times before, every year. If you have any questions, see link at the bottom of the post to ask a question.
DATES AND TIMES:
Sign Ups: October 1, 2021 to October 7, 2021 MIDNIGHT EST in a response to this post.
Assignments handed out: no later than October 14, 2021.
Default deadline: November 20, 2021 by email only.
Submission deadline: December 15, 2021 posted to the AO3 collection.
First story posted: December 22, 2021. Again, we are doing staggered postings on AO3.
OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF:
1. A beta would be preferred, as this is a gift.
2. Minimum word length: 500 words
3. Maximum word length: none
4. Pinch hitting: please. Please indicate if you can or cannot pinch hit.
5. Pimping: also please. When you sign up, if you could pimp the fest in a relevant community that would be great. If your communities are already informed, please pimp in your journal. Or on an insane journal or wherever. Please also, if somebody can, pimp on mailing lists as well.
6. YOU MAY SIGN UP FOR THE FEST USING THE ANONYMOUS POSTING FEATURE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE/WISH TO HAVE OR USE DW. This includes people who prefer to be mail list fans only.
SIGN UP FORM (expanded edition; sample filled form below)
Your name:
Your LJ user name if different:
Your email address: please somewhere I can reach you.
For the gift you want to receive:
1. Three to five of your preferred characters or pairings: here is also the place to list what you prefer—gen, het, slash, femslash as well.
2. A listing of preferences you would like to see in your gift, if any.
3. Any dislikes or squicks you do not want to see in your gift.
Scenarios: (OPTIONAL) Provide one or more scenarios you would like to see included in your gift. Note: Your writer is NOT OBLIGATED to use this scenario, but it may provide a jumping off point for them. Please don't go overboard with specifics; make it general enough to be workable by someone else. Do not provide a step-by-step outline.
For the gift you are going to give someone else:
1. Any characters or pairings you refuse to write. Please be generous here. Unless you have a serious issue with characters, please don't put them here. Please don't put something like "Everyone but Methos and Amanda" or something like that. The point of this is to stretch yourself and give a gift to a person who may not necessarily share your specific likes.
2. Anything you refuse to write (It will be assumed that you are willing to write anything that is not listed in this section. Within reason. I'm not going to be hedging my bets on those special unspoken things, and if I find myself really hard up to make pairings, I will email you before I give you an assignment. Likewise, if you have been in contact with me on lj or email re: your abilities/needs then I will remember them. This is not carte blanche to bombard me with nitpicky things, but I understand some concerns people have had in the brainstorming process, and I remember them.)
Crossovers with: Here is where you put the fandoms you'd like crossovers with. A MAX OF THREE FANDOMS. Format this area like so:
1. Fandom (characters you like from this fandom, like only if there's one that is a necessity to be in the fic. Otherwise, just leave it. I suppose if you HATE a character, you could note that, but I'd like to make this brief.)
Crossovers I'll write: List the fandoms you'll be willing to cross with HL. Do not get into details. If you have any stipulations about characters in a fandom etc, do not list it. You will either write a fandom or not.
I will try to pair people with crossovers and the like when I see them, but that won't be my sole criteria. Stating that you'd like to receive a crossover will not guarantee that you get one, and vice versa for writing one. This is an attempt to include crossovers in the santa list. I would naturally like to see crossovers, but I don't want to schism them into their own subgroup and dilute the whole writing group number.
The Jinxed_wood Crossover Stipulation: all the stories have to be set in the Highlander universe, even if they use crossover characters (as opposed to having Methos wandering around in the Buffyverse, for example, with nary another Highlander character in sight.). Thanks Jinxed!
FINALLY, should you feel that you NEED to clarify your wants and or needs further, or perhaps you have a few scenarios that you would like to see in a story and you need a few sentences to explain them, I suggest making a post in your LJ addressed to your HLHShortCutter in your LJ. I would note that you have done so and maybe link to it at the bottom of your sign in form.
Whew! That's a lot of work for a sign on! It looks smaller than the above.
We have never had issue with this before, but I want to continue the trend of signups taking only one comment. The more you put, the more difficult it becomes to place you, and the more difficult it becomes for your author. Please refrain from laundry lists and overly detailed optional requests.
FINISHED FORM SAMPLE:
Name: Amand-r
DW name: Amand_r
Email: amandr@gmail.com (incidentally, this is the email address at which you contact me)
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED PEOPLE: het, gen, slash, femslash, Methos, Caspian, Amanda, just about anybody regular, Methos/Duncan, Methos/Joe.
2. PREFERENCES: battle sequences, first time stories, character death, snappy dialogue (you know, Josslike conversations)
3. DISLIKES: smut for smut's sake, fluffy romance, watersports, Matthew McCormack, Cory Raines, season one Richie, bdsm.
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: Cory Raines, Connor.
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: Mpreg. PWP. Crossovers with your mom; it distracts her.
Crossovers with:
1. Firefly (I lurv River, Jayne, Malcolm)
2. Mad Men (esp Don, Roger, Joan, Peggy. The company. Don't much care for Betty.)
3. DCU (I lurv Batman, Nightwing, Robin, Superman, Green Arrow, etc)
Crossovers I'll write: Forever Knight, Dead Like Me, The Muppet Show, Longmire
Elaboration post in my LJ: No.
Can you pinch hit? Maybe. Contact me.
BLANK FORM FOR YOU:
NOTE: You have to add in the scenarios part. If you do not want crossovers, delete that part of the form.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? Please ask here.
Happy hunting, my little pumpkins. Please pimp far and wide.
SERIOUSLY, IF YOU BELONG TO ANY LISTS OR COMMS, PLEASE PIMP.
I am First for a change!
LJ name: dkwilliams
Email: dkwilliams@inkquill.com (updated email)
Not much has changed since last year.
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: slash, gen. Methos. Duncan. Methos/Duncan. Methos or Duncan with crossover or historical characters (nobody living, please). Also friendship stories with any of the main characters (Duncan, Methos, Amanda, Joe, Richie, Connor, etc.).
2. PREFERENCES: HAPPY FIC!!!! Lots of other things: historical, romance, mysteries, domestics, caper-fic, humor, hurt/comfort, bdsm, general kinkiness, fantasy, crack-fic, mythology.
3. DISLIKES: het, permanent death, rapefic, partner betrayal and infidelity, dark or APOCALYPTIC (please, 2020&2021 have been bad enough). Duncan-bashing. The Horsemen.
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: Horsemen, any women from the movies
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: het, rape/non-con, permanent death, femslash, torture, Duncan-bashing, knife play, watersports, apocalyptic, covid-19!fic, anything based on any of the movies (except Connor & Alexandra)
Crossovers with:
1. Inception
2. Tatort Munster
3. Dresden Files
Crossovers I'll write: From Eroica, Cabin Pressure, Lewis/Morse/Endeavour, Inception, Good Omens, Dresden Files, due South, mythology. Maybe others. *shrug*
Elaboration post in my LJ: https://dkwilliams.dreamwidth.org/335352.html
Can you pinch hit? Nope
Thank you, Modlander, for continuing to give us this wonderful gift!
DW/LJ/AO3 name: killabeez
Email: killabeezish at gmail
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: Duncan, Amanda, Methos, Connor. I love pretty much all the characters on the show, but something with one or more of my favorite four would be ideal. However, other faves are Joe, Richie, Tessa, Matthew, Nick Wolfe, May-Ling, Cory, Ceirdwyn, Derek, Alex. Any of these as part of a rarepair or crossover situation would be awesome, as long as it's in grounded in the HL mythology. (HL: The Raven counts!) Or tell me something from their history we don't already know.
2. PREFERENCES: I love relationships, romantic or otherwise. Give some attention to what the characters mean to each other, or how their lives are intertwined, and I'll be happy. Other things I love: caper fic, domestic idylls, post-apocalypse (no zombies, though!!) quickening shenanigans, reunions after long absences, Immortal perspectives on current events or history, Watcher shenanigans, slash, het, gen, femslash, found family, what-ifs/alternate timelines. (Feel free to un-kill anyone!)
3. DISLIKES: Abusive relationships, cliches, MPREG, transphobia, Methos/Joe (definitely here for their friendship, though), any view of Duncan that involves the words "judgmental" or "clueless" or generally paints him as an annoyance the other characters have to tolerate. (He's my favorite, so if you don't love him, please leave him out! I'll happily read about someone(s) else.)
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: Kalas, Marcus Constantine
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: I'll leave this open. So far, no one's ever asked for ONLY things I couldn't write. (No, that's not a challenge!)
Crossovers with: If you have an idea for Black Sails, Jeremiah, 12 Monkeys, Supernatural, Killjoys, Lost Girl, Leverage, Miracles—or something with Steve Rogers, Thor, Loki, Natasha Romanov, and/or Sam or Bucky, please!
Crossovers I'll write: It could happen.
Elaboration post in my LJ: Right here.
Can you pinch hit? Oh, god. Maybe. /o\
no subject
LJ name:
Email: morgynleri@protonmail.com
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: Gen fic or established queer relationship (polyamory is good, too), Darius, Rebecca, Marcus Constantine, Methos, Silas, OCs welcome, historical figures welcome
2. PREFERENCES: low stakes adventure, slice of life, historical (especially 15th century), Immortals In Space, non sexual intimacy, non sexual kink
3. DISLIKES: explicit sex, angst, hurt more than comfort, Duncan MacLeod, abusive anything, mpreg, anything to do with bodily waste, permanent character death
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: Duncan MacLeod, Connor MacLeod, Ramirez, Kalas, any of the bad guy of the week Immortals
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: explicit sex, angst, hurt more than comfort, abusive anything, mpreg, anything to do with bodily waste, permanent character death
Crossovers with: Babylon 5, Tolkien, Harry Potter, The Witcher, MCU
Crossovers I'll write: Babylon 5, The Witcher (Netflix), Tolkien, MCU, Harry Potter, Leverage, historical RPF
Elaboration post in my LJ: Nope
Can you pinch hit? Nope
It's the happiest Highlander time of the year!
DW name:
Email: argentumls.11 @ gmail
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: gen/het/slash/femslash/poly/whatever, Richie (Clan Denial), Methos, Ceirdwyn, Gregor, Cory, Matthew McCormick, Carl Robinson, Jade, Liam (Highlander: the Raven), and/or David Quinlan (Highlander: The Watcher)
2. PREFERENCES: Genres: Hurt/comfort (emphasis on hurt), drama, action/adventure, heists/cons/capers, humor. Tropes/themes: secret identity revealed/discovered, clever or unusual uses of the character's Immortality/Quickenings/healing, time travel gone wrong (including becoming unmoored in time, loops, or Quantum Leap style), stories that focus on the mundane issues of being Immortal, unusual combinations of canon characters (gen or ship), characters needing to earn each others' trust.
3. DISLIKES: Duncan/Methos, sexual content over what we saw on the show, stories forcussed on sex, the Ahriman arc, movies 2-5, stories that are all or mostly introspection, peemanent requested-character death, character humiliation, crossover characters who are HL Immortals/Watchers/pre-Immortals when the story starts, non-canon AUs (e.g. mpreg, A/B/O, coffee shop, etc.), zombies.
All canon characters and OCs (mortal or Immortal) who fit the world are welcome in the story.
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: Duncan/Methos (I'll write either character, just not as a pairing), movie characters only, Maurice
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: historical characters/settings, porn, non-canon AUs (e.g. mpreg, A/B/O, coffee shop, etc.)
Crossovers with: Any live-action show I've written is fair game. This includes, but is not limited to:
Arrow: Oliver, Thea, Tommy, Sara Lance
Daredevil: Matt, Foggy, Karen (I OT3 them, too)
Spider-Man (specifically the Tom Holland movies, however a generic Peter Parker/Spidey is fine): Peter, Ned, Michelle
Scenarios:
I've posted a lot of prompts in various exchange letters over the years. Some of them are compiled here: sentence prompts
Crossovers I'll write: I feel like I may have used up my crossover juice this year.
Elaboration post in my DW: Sorta. See link above.
Can you pinch hit? Probably. It never hurts to ask.
no subject
AO3 name: jtt
Email: juliejtt at gmail
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE:
Methos, Watchers, Joe, Amanda, but I'm mostly flexible
2. PREFERENCES: gen, history, humor, myths, mystery, adventure, crack taken seriously, capers, stuff with Watchers, reality of being Immortal, reality of being a Watcher. You want to do a OC Watcher story? Go for it. New Immortal story? Cool. Got some headcanon you are itching to run with? Excellent. Love writing about Watchers and Immortals? Please do! Weird crossover idea you want to pull off? Awesome.
3. DISLIKES: gruesome stuff, Horsemen, bashing
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: Horsemen, Connor, Avengers, Marvel, DC
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE:
I stink at writing romance, so I won't try it or slash. No graphic violence stuff, but off screen is ok.
Crossovers I prefer:
I like most stuff. I'll leave it up to you if you want to do one or not. :)
Crossovers I'll write in no particular order: Murderbot, Babylon 5, Doctor Who, Old Guard, probably more I'm just listing what's top of my head
Can you pinch hit? Nope, not this time.
Going to give this a shot
(Anonymous) 2021-10-03 11:54 am (UTC)(link)AO3 name: Black_Dwarf
Email: dp_dwarf at gmx.net
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: gen, slash, het (anything really); Methos, Duncan, Joe, Amanda, Richie and Darius are my favorites and I‘d love for at least Methos to feature in the story. Favorite Relationships: Methos & Joe, Methos & Duncan, Methos/Duncan, Richie & Methos, multishipper here so just convince me, anyone & anyone, friendships; I also like Connor, Fitzcairn, Cory, Rebecca, Ramirez and a bunch of others I‘m probably forgetting. I don‘t hate anyone so feel free to include whoever you want. Worse case I might not remember who they are.
2. PREFERENCES: Mystery, adventure, period pieces, time travel, angst with a happy ending, drama, heists, Watcher centric stuff. I really do love crossovers and fusions. Feel free to unkill any character you want.
3. DISLIKES: Major character death, character bashing, rape/non-con, kidfic, mpreg, dom/sub, omegaverse, not really into kinks so they probably shouldn‘t be a focus, pwp, angst with no happy ending, tragedy, illnesses (just avoid illness altogether, got enough of that in real life, looking for escapism here ;) ).
For the gift I am giving: Methos, Duncan, Amanda, Joe, Richie, Cory, Fitzcairn, Darius. (I don‘t mind writing anyone but with characters that weren‘t prominent on the show chances are I won‘t know how to write them/haven‘t attempted to write them before. For instance I don‘t remember Ceirdwyn and I never watched HL - The Raven.
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: None come to mind.
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: Omegaverse, explicit sex and pwp, mpreg, rape, dom/sub
Crossovers with: Julie and the Phantoms; MCU (ideally TFatWS, involving Bucky Barnes/Sam Wilson); Star Trek; Umbrella Academy; BtVS; Being Human (UK); Sherlock Holmes (BBC); Doctor Who; come to mind but I‘m open to anything really.
Crossovers I'll write: Julie and the Phantoms, MCU and Star Trek Crossovers, I can definitely do and I can attempt to write any of the ones listed above.
Elaboration post in my LJ: I‘m not on LJ.
Can you pinch hit? Maybe, depends. Just ask me later.
Re: Going to give this a shot
Re: Going to give this a shot
(Anonymous) 2021-10-03 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)Going to link it here but feel free to ignore. https://archiveofourown.org/works/27366175
It‘s just amazing to talk to you. I‘ve been in awe of the HL fandom and all its amazing authors for so long.
no subject
LJ name:adabsolutely
Email:adabsolutely@yahoo.com
I want to receive:Any type story you might imagine from the Highlander TV series, especially the seasons 3-5, but I also like the idea of stories set in the present or future. Write something that intrigues you.
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE:My favorite characters are Methos, Duncan, Joe, and Amanda. I'm also fond of Fitzcairn, Robert & Gina. Sex where appropriate for the story, but not necessary.
2. PREFERENCES:Adventures, humor, road trips, encounters with old friends. Coping with new technology.
3. DISLIKES:Stories where Highlander characters are secondary to other universes. Hating on Duncan.
For the gift I am giving:I am most comfortable writing the main crew of characters, but enjoy dabbling in past, present, and future settings.
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: I'm leery of Caspian.
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: Real people, abuse, golden showers
Crossovers with:no
Crossovers I'll write:The only thing I've been watching lately is Gardener's World, and I just don't think that's going to work.
Elaboration post in my LJ:no
Can you pinch hit?It is within the realm of possibility.
no subject
Oh I don't know - I can see Monty taking on a quiet but irascible head gardener Methos who has opinions about horticulature and then being quiet surprised when Duncan turns up. *G*
no subject
DW/AO3 name: merriman
Email: ajisnotagrain@gmail.com
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: Flexible on ratings. Character-wise - Methos, Amanda, Joe, Duncan, roughly in that order. I also love a ton of the minor characters like Cory Raines, Robert & Gina diValicourt, Marcus Constantine, Grace Chandel, Fitz, Rebecca. The Watchers in general, the Horsemen in general. Also, I know this might be really weird, but if anyone else has the Highlander board game and wants to use Talia/Ix Tlali or Naminaga Minamoto/Amy Gray from that, I would be so thrilled. If anyone is interested in what the hell I'm talking about there, shoot me a message or something and I will fill you in. Pairings I like: Methos/Duncan, Methos/Marcus Constantine, Methos/Rebecca
2. PREFERENCES: Road trips, shenanigans, weird shit, future!fic, angst is fine so long as things end well.
3. DISLIKES: Hopelessness, non-canonical permanent character death, rape/noncon, character bashing, mpreg (pregnancy in general), kidfic, movie-only characters from anything other than the first (only!) movie. Pairings I don't like: Methos/Joe, Duncan/Richie.
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: Movie-only characters from anything other than the first movie, Cassandra, Kenny.
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: Rape/noncon, explicit sex in general, current RL events, anything else in my dislikes above.
Crossovers with:
1. Buckaroo Banzai (favored characters: Penny, Buckaroo, Tommy, Rawhide)
2. Only Lovers Left Alive (favored characters: Adam, Eve, Dr. Watson
Crossovers I'll write: Anything I've done in the past, really, plus The Old Guard and Supernatural.
Elaboration post in my LJ: 2018's letter is still up. It's right here
Can you pinch hit? Yup
Trying something new.
(Anonymous) 2021-10-06 03:21 am (UTC)(link)LJ name: none
Email: pennywashburne @ gmail.com
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: Any rating is fine. Connor, Richie, Rachel, Methos, Amanda, Joe, Rebecca, Tessa
I’d love it if Connor could be worked in, but anything is cool. Relationships: Connor & Richie, Methos & Joe, Methos & Amanda, Methos/Amanda, Methos/Amanda/Rebecca
Anything believable is good for me.
2. PREFERENCES: Adventure, fun, meaningful friendships, humor, everyday Immortal life, future stories, historical stories, rocket ships, heists, angst is fine if it ends well
3. DISLIKES: Judgmental Duncan, Cassandra, the Horsemen, Ahriman, PWP
Scenarios: Richie has a night out with some of the older immortals and is surprised to find that they can get into just as much trouble as he does, sometimes more.
Amanda convinces Richie to help her with a heist and others are dragged in.
Seriously, anything with spaceships. :)
Rachel interacts with an immortal from the show that isn’t Connor. Or she interacts with Joe.
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: The Horsemen, Cassandra, Duncan/Methos (Duncan & Methos is fine.)
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: explicit sex
Crossovers with: I’d prefer no crossovers, thank you.
Crossovers I'll write: Stargate SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, Quantum Leap, Buffy
Elaboration post in my LJ: No.
Can you pinch hit? Not this time, sorry!
The flame is hokey dokey!
LJ name: alienfish
Email: jillun@hotmail.com
I want to receive: something unexpected! ooh maybe musical?
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: Anyone from Highlander. Highlander should be the main focus.
2. PREFERENCES: not too grimdark, not too real horror, please.
3. DISLIKES: bodily waste kink, victim blaming, secretly the bad guy is really noble in intention so R is okay. Real People Fic. MPREG.
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: Real people.
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: bodily waste kink, victim blaming, RPF, MPREG
Crossovers with: anything is okay.
Crossovers I'll write: Sapphire & Steel, the U.K. Life on Mars with Philip Glenister. I'm tempted to offer up Altered Carbon, because I can see Immortals trying to get out of the Game that way.
Elaboration post in my LJ: none
Can you pinch hit? Not if I'm writing one.
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DW name: hafital
Email: hafital2 @ yahoo.com
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: slash, het, or gen all okay. Favorite characters are Duncan, Methos, Richie, Amanda, Connor, May Ling, Matthew, and Cory. Also love Tessa, Cierdwyn, and Rebecca. Open to many pairings. Feel free to put any of these characters listed together in a pairing or threesome (except Duncan/Richie, which I'm not into). I do also like Joe, just not as much in a romantic relationship but friendship with any of the above is great.
2. PREFERENCES: Fun and adventure, hurt/comfort, first time stories, laughter, character development, angst with happy ending, wacky hijinks, time travel, superheroes, can also be serious i like drama too, sexy times, but can also be gen, relationships romantic or platonic, threesomes or moresomes. Plotty goodness or moody character development. Stories set within the series or stories that explore all the millennia before and after the series. Capers are a blast! Moral quandaries. Duncan and Methos fighting the good fight. ETA: I also sometimes love a good AU.
3. DISLIKES: Out of character, death stories. violence against women, domestic violence, mpreg, bdsm, rape, Duncan/Richie, judgmental characters for no reason, character bashing. Duncan bashing of any kind.
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: I've only watched the first movie and Endgame and Highlander the Series, so random characters from The Raven or the other movies, comics or animated series, or any fan made films are all a pass. I can't write for those characters.
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: The same things in my Dislike, I would prefer not to write: OOC, death stories. violence against women, domestic violence, mpreg, bdsm, rape, Joe slash, Duncan/Richie, judgmental characters for no reason, character bashing. Duncan bashing of any kind. I'm pretty limited to just the TV series and the first movie and Endgame in terms of setting and source.
Crossovers with: If you *really* want to write a crossover, then -
Any Georgette Heyer novel, Justified, the Fast and Furious films, the MCU Thor films (Duncan and Methos visit Asgard.....hahaha), any of the other MCU films, Star Wars? I don't know, I'm not sure how that would work but if it sparks something go for it.
Crossovers I'll write: I'd probably manage with most things, if I've seen it.
Elaboration post in my LJ: I always say I'll try to write one and then never do! But who knows, maybe this year I will.
Can you pinch hit? Must pass, sadly.
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I want to receive:
1.PREFERRED PEOPLE: gen, het if crossover, slash, Duncan, Methos, Joe, Amanda, Richie (alive), any kimmie from Duncan's past (friend or foe), Duncan/Methos as only slash pairing
2. PREFERENCES: first time stories, amnesia stories, angst - only if happy ending, hurt/comfort, moral dilemma, snappy dialogue
3. DISLIKES: main character death, mpreg, rape, political rhetoric, crossovers not on my list of preferences - not fun if I don't know the show or movie you're referring to
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: Cory Raines, Connor (only because I don't think I could do him justice), Cassandra, Any of the Horsemen
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: Mpreg, rape, main character death - pretty much everything on my dislike list
Crossovers with: Moonlight, Lucifer, Criminal Minds, Buffy
Crossovers I'll write: Moonlight, Lucifer, Criminal Minds, Buffy
Elaboration post in my LJ:no
Can you pinch hit? no, sorry
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LJ name:
Email:
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: Richie & Duncan, Richie & Methos, Methos & Cassandra (yes, I know it is not healthy but it *is* interesting). Richie, Cassandra minus character bashing (I don't mind her being flawed though), Amanda, Methos.
2. PREFERENCES: Family. Friends. Clan Denial. Future fic as in far in the future. Immortal politics and its complications.
3. DISLIKES: Sex-focus. Romance-focus. Character bashing. Duncan as the only character focus. Methos/Duncan (as a background pairing it is okay).
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: I'll give a crack at any character.
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: Sex (I suck at it.) Duncan/Methos. AUs that massively change things like Immortals not existing.
Crossovers with: Buffy, Angel, Battlestar Galactica (new version), Star Wars, My Hero Academia, Muppets, Animorphs, Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere books, The Expanse,
Crossovers I'll write: Buffy, Angel, Battlestar Galactica (new version), Star Wars, My Hero Academia, Muppets, Animorphs, Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere books, The Expanse,
Elaboration post in my LJ:
Can you pinch hit? No.
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Brightknightie's 2021 sign-up
Email: a and k and r, at l and m and i, with a net after a dot
I'd like to receive:
1. TYPE/PEOPLE: Gen and canon 'ships are my favorites. I most enjoy Duncan, Tessa, Randi, Darius, Charlie, Angie, earnest Richie (not as much comedy Richie), Anne, Michelle, Cierdwyn, and one-off mortal characters whose relationships with our protagonists are (or should be!) bigger than their screen time. Duncan/Tessa is my OTP. Monogamy preferred in any romance. (No objections to Joe, Connor, or Methos! Just not specifically requesting (they usually get lots of representation).)
2. LIKES: I love the fable of the character doomed to lose everyone and everything, who is yet brave enough to care and care again. I most enjoy the first two seasons, when there are more mortal than immortal characters and the formula is not set. I adore when Duncan leans into the right side of history as it happens, not because the right is obvious, but because justice, mercy, and service are so deep in him. I like everything from missing scenes to character death, but the best, trickiest thing is when a story feels like stepping into the river of canon's reality. And a good guy being good is always a win.
3. DISLIKES: I don't enjoy the Horsemen, Ahriman, Cassandra, or Kenny. I despair of Duncan portrayed as childish. I'd rather not read pro-evil, non-con, things commonly called kinks, mentor/student, tropes like mpreg, or hostility to faith.
For the gift I'm giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WON'T WRITE: Cassandra, Kenny, Kronos, Silas, Caspian, Ahriman, Nick Wolfe, Cory Raines, characters native to The Raven or the later movies.
2. THINGS I WON'T WRITE: pro-evil, NC-17, things commonly called kinks, non-con, tropes like mpreg.
Crossovers:
Crossovers you'd write: If crossovers are your favorite: Young Blades, Forever Knight, Poldark, Call the Midwife, Grantchester, Endeavour, or most long-19th-century British or American literature. (If you're an MCU person, how about Tessa & Old!Steve as artists? Or Duncan & Wanda, bereavement or guilt?)
Crossovers I'll write: Young Blades, Forever Knight, and some long-19th-century British or American literature. And Dungeons & Dragons (the '80s cartoon).
Misc.
Dear Author Letter: https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/369495.html
Can you pinch hit? I will try.
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LJ/DW names: banbury
Email: mcburg@gmail.com
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: slash, gen, Duncan, Methos, Richie, Connor, friendship
2. PREFERENCES: contemporary (may be with historical roots), sci-fi, fantasy, happiness, romance, domestic,holiday fic...
3. DISLIKES: death, anybody's bashing, torture, bdsm, infidelity, non-con
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: historical characters
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: death, torture, bdsm, general unhappiness, non-con of any kind, het, bashing
Crossovers with: Harry Potter, Outlander, NCIS, Marvel Universe (Dune??? may be...)
Crossovers I'll write: Harry Potter, The Sentinel, Lord and Lady Hetheridge (series of crime novels I like very much right now)
Elaboration post in my LJ: No
Can you pinch hit? No
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DW name: carenejeans (the same at AO3)
Email: carenejeans@gmail.com
Here's my sign-up, pretty much the same as always…
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: Slash: Duncan/Methos, Amanda/Tessa. Poly: Duncan/Amanda/Methos. Het: Duncan/Amanda. Gen: Duncan, other characters, Horsemen optional.
2. PREFERENCES: I like Your Basic Highlander Story, generously mixed with humor, romance, angst, adventure, and princes-of-the universe sense of wonder. Not necessarily all at once. Slash, het, or gen are all fine. Drabbles or longfic and anything in between. I am, sad to say, enamored of clichés and crackfic, so if you've been hit with an inexplicable urge to write stories about sex pollen, soul-bonding, wingfic or aliens made them do it, here's your chance.
3. DISLIKES: Permanent death of major character. Judgmental Duncan.
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: None, really. I'd prefer to stick to the main group, but I guess I could write most characters. Even Kalas, though not with very much enthusiasm. ;-)
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: Stories set in any of the Highlander movies.
Crossovers with: Sherlock Holmes (any version), Good Omens, X-Files, Buffyverse, Fairy tales or folk tales. I'm fine with most crossovers, but I haven't been keeping up. I prefer straight-up HL stories.
Crossovers I'll write: Eh, as I said, I haven't been keeping up. Sherlock, Good Omens, maybe.
Elaboration post in my LJ: No.
Can you pinch hit? Maybe.
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Email: elivoodoo@gmail.com
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: Gen! If people are in relationships that's fine as long as romance and/or sex is not the focus. Rebecca Horne, Joe Dawson, Methos, your faves as long as they aren't my DNWs.
2. PREFERENCES: fluff, fun, friendship, shenanigans
3. DISLIKES: Cassandra, Kenny, Horsemen apart from Methos, Horton. Angst, illness, cannibalism, death of a loved one as a major focus. Please no smut this year.
SCENARIOS: if you have an historical period you like (flashbacks or not) I'd love to see it, unless it hits my DNWs. Slice of Life and/or More Magical Highlander Setting are welcome.
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: Kenny, Horton, Cassandra, Horsemen other than Methos.
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: Smut, angst, illness, grieving, cannibalism, descent into madness. Mysteries or epic fight scenes, because I don't do those well.
Elaboration post in my LJ: No.
Can you pinch hit? No.
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LJ name: mackiedockie
Email: yhtac57 via the g mail
I want to receive:
1. PREFERRED TYPE/PEOPLE: Het, gen, slash, friendly poly, I'm good with imaginative variants or the sidelong glance. Joe, Amanda, Duncan, Joe, supporting characters if they don't take over (Fitz?)
2. PREFERENCES: Roadshows, unexpected adventure, friends forting up against the slings and arrows. I am easily lured by classic tropes.
3. DISLIKES: Richie slash, final deathfic, squickfic.
For the gift I am giving:
1. CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE: I'll attempt almost character, but Joe is North on my writing compass, so if he isn't in the mix somewhere, I lose my way.
2. THINGS I WILL NOT WRITE: kid fic, squickfic, nothing deeply dark this year.
Crossovers with:
1. MCU (such as/or Iron Man, Doc Strange, Nick Fury, Namor the Submariner?)
2. Longmire
3. Sherlock
Crossovers I'll write: I'll take a stab at characters from familiar fandoms.
Elaboration post in my LJ: No
Can you pinch hit? Maybe? My track record sez its a long shot.