Yuletide Letter 2024 (Stellarete)

[aretestarseeker]

Dear author,

Thank you for writing for me! I know I took a while to get this letter up -- feel free to just go based off of what was in my signup and completely ignore the letter.


Pentiment
Andreas Maler, Caspar Ziegler, August Maler, Magdalene Druckeryn
 

I'm okay with whatever backstory/route options you want to go with for Andreas -- I've played through the game once, and went Italy/Bookworm/Theology/Occultist/Logician/Poland, and accused Ferenc and Hanna, but I'm happy to see any version of Andreas and Tassing!

If you're looking for more inspiration, here are some potential prompts:

* Modern historians attempting to reconstruct what happened in Tassing from incomplete information
* After Andreas's presumed death, Tassing grapples with how to react to it
* some sort of time loop situation where Andreas is trying to make it through Act II without Tassing succumbing to major violence? possibly featuring bonus Caspar angst as he realizes that the only way to save Caspar is by treating him harshly
* Andreas mourning Caspar's death
* Andreas (in a be-mean-enough-to-Caspar-that-he-leaves timeline) not knowing whether Caspar survived, having to grapple with his treatment of a boy who might now be dead
* Caspar (in a timeline where Andreas was mean enough to him that he left) facing the fact that this man who was never especially kind to him is now, so far as anyone knows, dead, and having to live out the rest of his life haunted by everything that happened in the short time that he was in Tassing
* The early days after August's death, when Andreas is still freshly grieving him
* After Act II, Andreas grieves both Caspar and August

Family Man
Luther Levy (Family Man), Lucien de St. Yves (Family Man)
 

General DNWs: explicit sexual content (fade-to-black is okay if it's not the focus of the fic), very graphic violence (canon-typical is blanket okay), unrequested setting-change AUs, unrequested non-canonical romantic pairings

Fandom-specific DNWs: focus on any romantic pairings (including canonical ones)

General likes: worldbuilding, in-universe mediums/documentation/etc. incorporated as part of a fic, moderate amounts of angst, moral complexity, characters heroically sacrificing themselves for what they perceive as the Greater Good, characters displaying competence at things they are canonically good at, characters who act strategically, characters with secrets that would destroy their life if ever revealed

Fandom-specific likes: academia, religion, religious guilt, non-religious guilt, historical details, character studies

If you're looking for more inspiration, here are some potential prompts:
* In-universe academia -- whether that's characters teaching classes, characters doing research, characters navigating university politics, characters having late-night discussions about philosophy, whatever you think would be interesting
* Honestly, I love this webcomic and will adore anything you create for it!

Treats are welcome.

Pimento
Riley Bread (Pimento!)Melrose Pedigree (Pimento!)Ainsley Aberdeen (Pimento!)Pimento (Pimento!)
 

General DNWs: explicit sexual content (fade-to-black is okay if it's not the focus of the fic), very graphic violence (canon-typical is blanket okay), unrequested setting-change AUs, unrequested non-canonical romantic pairings

Fandom-specific DNWs: N/A

General likes: worldbuilding, in-universe mediums/documentation/etc. incorporated as part of a fic, moderate amounts of angst, moral complexity, characters heroically sacrificing themselves for what they perceive as the Greater Good, characters displaying competence at things they are canonically good at, characters who act strategically, characters with secrets that would destroy their life if ever revealed

Fandom-specific likes: friendship, cultural differences, people helping each other, Pimento being very bad at being evil, humor

Character exceptions: I'd like my gift to feature either [Pimento and Riley] or [Melrose and Ainsley], but it doesn't need to feature all four at once. For [Pimento and Riley], it's fine if Riley is off-screen but relevant to the fic.

Pimento! is a short film (roughly 6 minutes). It can be freely and legally watched here.

As a note, Riley's name is only given in the credits -- he's the librarian.

If you're looking for more inspiration, here are some potential prompts:
* Riley and Pimento talk about one of the books she read
* Riley invites Pimento to a book club
* Melrose and Ainsley go on canon-typical monster-hunting adventures
* In-universe writing -- articles about Melrose and Ainsley! Pimento's homework! some sort of library book-report type of thing!

Treats are welcome.

We Know The Devil
Venus, Neptune, Jupiter
 

General DNWs: explicit sexual content, very graphic violence (canon-typical is blanket okay), unrequested setting-change AUs, unrequested non-canonical romantic pairings (any pairing between the three main characters is fine)

Fandom-specific DNWs: N/A

General likes: worldbuilding, in-universe mediums/documentation/etc. incorporated as part of a fic, moderate amounts of angst, moral complexity, characters heroically sacrificing themselves for what they perceive as the Greater Good, characters displaying competence at things they are canonically good at, characters who act strategically, characters with secrets that would destroy their life if ever revealed

Fandom-specific likes: internalized homophobia/transphobia, Venus, unhappy endings, ambiguous endings, thoughtful explorations of the characters' religious beliefs and practice, character studies

Character exceptions: I'd like my gift to feature Venus and either Jupiter or Neptune, but it's okay if it doesn't feature both.

I love this fandom but have never been very good at writing specific prompts for it, so feel completely free to ignore these, but if you're looking for more inspiration, here are some potential prompts:
* How (any of the red/blue/yellow) endings affect the characters -- not necessarily the one who became the Devil, looking at how it affected another character is also totally fine
* More exploration of any character's relationship with religion
* Trying to return to normal life after the (red/blue/yellow) ending
* Truth-or-dare goes on a little longer and manages to get Even Worse for the characters

Treats are welcome.