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Yuletide 2017 letter
Oct. 2nd, 2017 12:03 pmDear Yuletide writer:
Hello there! I hope you have fun this Yuletide season! I tried to keep things simple with my sign-up; this is where I let myself get rambling about these games I love, hee hee. One thing that should be made clear: I have a different tolerance level for what I write and what I read. Like, I have a number of M-rated fanfics posted, but I generally skim right on by such fics when looking for something to read. T ratings and under are what I look for when I want to read something unless the canon source is also M-rated and the fic seems to deal with adult issues reasonably.
My general DNW list:
Anything sexual - Any time I encounter a scene with more than hugs and kisses in it, I quickly skim past until I find where it seems to end. It really does not interest me. I am fine with romance and romantic scenes; there are some ships that I find endearing and cute, usually those where the couple works well together and are best friends along with being lovers or whatever. But my interest in shipping is primarily analytical, figuring out how they interact and why they're attracted to each other.
Gore - I'm actually quite squeamish; writing some scenes can make me sick. I find reading worse since I don't expect it. Simple non-graphic descriptions of injuries (like, 'they were bleeding and in pain') are fine.
Stuff I like:
Optimism and happy endings. Anything from sweet fluff to light in the dark style hope are great things in my opinion.
Nerding out about stuff. Seriously, I love reading extra details of how things work or how game mechanics might work out in person. I even read wikis and TV Tropes if I need to calm down. So if you're passionate about something and can work it into the narrative, go for it!
Genres... well, I read and write a wide range of things: fantasy, slice-of-life (especially in fantasy settings), adventures, sci-fi, allegories, parodies, comedy, philosophical musings... crackfics are great too, although I prefer the sort that's 'a method to the madness' over 'random stuff happens for no good reason'.
My requests:
Pikmin: Man-at-legs - I think my sign-up form has it covered, but I'll repeat: can I give the spider a hug? hee hee. Though this boss would be a prime candidate for horror or camouflaged villainy. Man-at-legs has a potential pint-sized army of machine-insects and bomber bugs at its disposal.
Puggsy: Any - I had a specific DNW in it, to not portray Puggsy as a villain or bad guy. It would be easy enough to do that, but since it is a nostalgia game for me, I prefer thinking of him as a good guy adventurer. Also, the version I have is the Genesis game, although I've seen stuff from the Sega CD version. The SCD version didn't seem to clear up the game's threadbare plot any.
As I mentioned, I love nearly the entire game. It was difficult to decide on which stages or bosses to suggest; I nearly nominated the Badger Baker as well, but for some reason never got around to adding them. It's quicker to list what I dislike about the game: the Lunar Jet Pug minigame and the 'troll completionists' secret ending. If you completed every stage through Raclantis Docks, the game would throw up a congratulations screen and force you to miss out on the Raclantis Maze level as well as the final boss (the guy I nominated as Emperor Raccoon). You had to reset the console to get off the congrats page too. Fortunately, that gives a good excuse for me to skip Lunar Jet Pug every time.
Warriors of the Eternal Sun: Marmillian, Cat Owner - Yeah, I love cats and that's partly why I nominated Cat Owner too. But it's also disappointing that returning the cat is not a sidequest. Though, this game doesn't have any sidequests, just lots of optional mini-dungeons.
As a note, Cat Owner is really a generic townsperson. There's also no female sprites in the game except some monsters; you can pick female portraits for your adventuring team, but they'll still have male bodies and beards! Because of this, I have no preference to the Cat Owner's gender, name, or anything. They just love their cat. And because Marmillian is never seen, I'm also fine if you want to reinterpret him as a her. Maybe this castle's culture is a sort of reverse Amazon situation where females have to appear masculine? It is mentioned at one point that this valley and other places it connects to are places to preserve dying cultures.
This is an obscure little gem on the Genesis and I am requesting a one-note easily missed NPC, so I suggest using this screenshot LP as a reference. Cat Owner gets spoken to every time NPC lines get updated, although they don't have many. Even so, they seem like the sanest person in the castle towards the end.
Happy writing! :)
Hello there! I hope you have fun this Yuletide season! I tried to keep things simple with my sign-up; this is where I let myself get rambling about these games I love, hee hee. One thing that should be made clear: I have a different tolerance level for what I write and what I read. Like, I have a number of M-rated fanfics posted, but I generally skim right on by such fics when looking for something to read. T ratings and under are what I look for when I want to read something unless the canon source is also M-rated and the fic seems to deal with adult issues reasonably.
My general DNW list:
Anything sexual - Any time I encounter a scene with more than hugs and kisses in it, I quickly skim past until I find where it seems to end. It really does not interest me. I am fine with romance and romantic scenes; there are some ships that I find endearing and cute, usually those where the couple works well together and are best friends along with being lovers or whatever. But my interest in shipping is primarily analytical, figuring out how they interact and why they're attracted to each other.
Gore - I'm actually quite squeamish; writing some scenes can make me sick. I find reading worse since I don't expect it. Simple non-graphic descriptions of injuries (like, 'they were bleeding and in pain') are fine.
Stuff I like:
Optimism and happy endings. Anything from sweet fluff to light in the dark style hope are great things in my opinion.
Nerding out about stuff. Seriously, I love reading extra details of how things work or how game mechanics might work out in person. I even read wikis and TV Tropes if I need to calm down. So if you're passionate about something and can work it into the narrative, go for it!
Genres... well, I read and write a wide range of things: fantasy, slice-of-life (especially in fantasy settings), adventures, sci-fi, allegories, parodies, comedy, philosophical musings... crackfics are great too, although I prefer the sort that's 'a method to the madness' over 'random stuff happens for no good reason'.
My requests:
Pikmin: Man-at-legs - I think my sign-up form has it covered, but I'll repeat: can I give the spider a hug? hee hee. Though this boss would be a prime candidate for horror or camouflaged villainy. Man-at-legs has a potential pint-sized army of machine-insects and bomber bugs at its disposal.
Puggsy: Any - I had a specific DNW in it, to not portray Puggsy as a villain or bad guy. It would be easy enough to do that, but since it is a nostalgia game for me, I prefer thinking of him as a good guy adventurer. Also, the version I have is the Genesis game, although I've seen stuff from the Sega CD version. The SCD version didn't seem to clear up the game's threadbare plot any.
As I mentioned, I love nearly the entire game. It was difficult to decide on which stages or bosses to suggest; I nearly nominated the Badger Baker as well, but for some reason never got around to adding them. It's quicker to list what I dislike about the game: the Lunar Jet Pug minigame and the 'troll completionists' secret ending. If you completed every stage through Raclantis Docks, the game would throw up a congratulations screen and force you to miss out on the Raclantis Maze level as well as the final boss (the guy I nominated as Emperor Raccoon). You had to reset the console to get off the congrats page too. Fortunately, that gives a good excuse for me to skip Lunar Jet Pug every time.
Warriors of the Eternal Sun: Marmillian, Cat Owner - Yeah, I love cats and that's partly why I nominated Cat Owner too. But it's also disappointing that returning the cat is not a sidequest. Though, this game doesn't have any sidequests, just lots of optional mini-dungeons.
As a note, Cat Owner is really a generic townsperson. There's also no female sprites in the game except some monsters; you can pick female portraits for your adventuring team, but they'll still have male bodies and beards! Because of this, I have no preference to the Cat Owner's gender, name, or anything. They just love their cat. And because Marmillian is never seen, I'm also fine if you want to reinterpret him as a her. Maybe this castle's culture is a sort of reverse Amazon situation where females have to appear masculine? It is mentioned at one point that this valley and other places it connects to are places to preserve dying cultures.
This is an obscure little gem on the Genesis and I am requesting a one-note easily missed NPC, so I suggest using this screenshot LP as a reference. Cat Owner gets spoken to every time NPC lines get updated, although they don't have many. Even so, they seem like the sanest person in the castle towards the end.
Happy writing! :)
