pikkugen

Dear Yulegoat, this year I (pikkugen) would love to get:

Something warm and fluffy never goes amiss. I'm a sucker for hurt/comfort, There Was Only One Bed, slice-of-life, worldbuilding and humor. Any rating from G to E, but mind the DNWs. Something experimental is exciting to get, any art in any form is welcomed warmly and Very Much Appreciated, but most of all whatever you want to create is Perfect. Open to treats.

DNW: graphic depictions of torture, main character death, piss/scat/vomit in sexual context, omegaverse, non-con.

On to the Special Requests!

The Cybernetic Tea Shop - Meredith Katz

I loved this little book, its sense-of-wonder set in far future (but not so far and not so futuristic that it'd be completely unrecognizable). Sal the robot is a darling in a world of hate and misunderstanding, and I love how she just wants to work in the tea shop despite anything. Clara is a fascinating person, and I totally see why she is intrigued by Sal and how her interest grows into something more. I'd love to see them interact in any setting, maybe in the story's future, or any in-between scene you'd like to experiment. I like the fact that they're both statedly asexual, but if you want to let them explore the physical side too (in any iteration! I'm not picky!) please do so. Or you could explore more of Karinne's and Sal's relationship while Karinne was still alive. What was the world like back then? Also, Terry the mechanic was very understated character who I'd like to know more, if you don't go the soppy romance way. Any art of them and the tea shop would be lovely! Tea shops are one of my favorite places ever, especially for writing.

They See What We Do Not See - Otto Mäkilä (https://www.ts.fi/static/content/pic_5_208910_k208911_1200.jpg)

This painting has vexed me since I first saw it. Who are they? What do they see (that we don't)? What's with THEIR SHADOWS? Why are they holding a tape measure? Give them a backstory, or tragedies, or romances, or a vista, or a profession, or whatever! Show me what they see! (I love symbolism in art, and the colours here Must Mean Something.) Worldbuilding? Yes please. Threesome? OH YES. Art of the scenery that We Do Not See? PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU. This painting itches my brain in all the ways.

Onfim of Novgorod - 13th Century Russia RPF

Little Onfim and his homework and margin scribbles! He's one of the characters we know only from these scraps of birchbark, such ephemeral evidence, and they're just like any boy's fridge drawings. Please tell me more of Onfim and his friend Danilo, and their poor teacher who had to try to guide them to the intricacies of writing while the boys clearly were boys and thought little of anything. What did they become when they grew up? Tell me what legend or folktale or his own imagination conjured the knights and monsters Onfim drew? Or draw me another in the same spirit if you wish! The people have always been people, and children will always be children, no matter what the time and culture. What would Onfim think if he knew his childhood scribbles are precious archaeological evidence of his existence?

Matthew Shardlake series - C. J. Sansom

I found these books earlier this year, and although I still haven't read them all (please no spoilers past Revelation Heartstone Lamentation, I don't have the next book... yet) I want to request my favorite character, Guy Malton. His unlikely friendship with Matthew, his relationship with him (I'm equally ok with &/, whichever way you want to sway) and his past in the monastery and whatever before that... also Sansom describes very well the effects and cures of scoliosis at that time, and also the stigma that physically different people suffered at that time and place. Matthew is also an interesting character, his intellect and experience in law and his religious journey from passionate Reformist to somewhat disillusioned whatever-it-is is fascinating. I love their interaction, whether it's over the cause of death of some poor individual or Matthew's back (and Guy's gentle scolding of him not taking care of himself), and there Just Isn't Enough of it in my world. (Also I'm Totally Not Admitting to any kind of kink over descriptions of backs and/or hands, cough.) Also Sansom's grasp of the Tudor age London is fascinating, so if you have ever wanted to pour all your knowledge of the era on some hapless individual, consider me a suitable victim. ;)

All in all, have fun, enjoy the process, I'll be happy with anything you come up with, thank you, you win the Yuletide, and may your plot bunnies be plentiful and your bears scarce!