#221 Strange Horticulture (Video Game), The Breakfast Club (1985), The Sexy Brutale (Video Game)
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This pinch hit is due at: 9PM UTC on Sunday 24 December 2023.
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Request 1 by Rydain
Fandom: Strange Horticulture (Video Game)
Characters: Worldbuilding (Strange Horticulture)
Character Requirement: My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Prompt:
I love the bleak yet cozy Edwardian setting and the fantastic catalog of plants created for the game. I’d especially love to see more of the actual horticulture and the townspeople, either canon or original - studying and researching plants, dealing with difficult ailments and people, perhaps even winning over some cynics and skeptics. The more fantastical aspects of the game’s plot can certainly be mentioned - I’d simply prefer a focus on the more everyday business that it leaves so much room to dig into.
Creative formatting (including images), sequences of short stories, and epistolary framing are all very much welcome.
Letter: http://rydain.tumblr.com/post/731820548956536832/yuletide-2023-letter
Request 2 by Rydain
Fandom: The Breakfast Club (1985)
Characters: Claire Standish, Allison Reynolds (Breakfast Club)
Character Requirement: My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
Prompt:
I’d just love to see more with either or both of these characters - especially more about who they are as people, and how the detention experience continued to shape their growth.
Some possible inspiration -
* Post-movie mutual appreciation - anywhere from just happy to see each other around to having closer friendly and/or romantic relations.
* The aftermath of their awkward hookups with Bender and Andy, whether any of that goes anywhere (short or long term) or remains a one-off reflex of rebellion and the weird bonding aspect of detention.
* Flipping the script of Allison’s obligatory goth-to-prep makeover. Does any of that actually vibe with her to incorporate in her own way? Does she encourage Claire to try out a change of style?
Do not want -
* Bender/Brian (as a couple - friendship is fine) or Vernon/any of the kids.
Letter: http://rydain.tumblr.com/post/731820548956536832/yuletide-2023-letter
Request 3 by Rydain
Fandom: The Sexy Brutale (Video Game)
Characters: Redd Rockridge, Greyson Grayson, Lafcadio Boone, The Gold Skull (Sexy Brutale)
Character Requirement: My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
Prompt:
Gold Skull and Lafcadio
These two represent a duality of torment and forgiveness that I’d love to see explored - either together, or separately if you prefer to focus on one character or the other.
Some possible inspiration -
* Lafcadio is both an idealized aspect of Lucas and an old friend of his. Was Gold Skull respectively inspired by someone Lucas knew, or is he all in his head?
* What does Gold Skull actually do when you see him around the manor? Is he also working behind the scenes in his own way, or more so observing and introspecting? In the prior loops before you take control of Lafcadio, what sort of interaction might they have?
* Conversations with each other, and/or Lucas - either in the background of Lucas’ self-torment, or after the ending of the game - helping him come to terms with the tragedy in their own ways.
Greyson and Redd
I ship Greyson and Redd like FedEx, as my fandom presence will attest. If you’d rather write them as friends or colleagues or newly minted partners in shenanigans, that’s absolutely cool, too. My main request is for them to be happy and better off for each other’s influence - either alive in a world where the terrible, horrible, no good spoiler never befalls them, or as ghosts carrying on with the tomfoolery. I’m also down for a full on AU if you want to have fun with these archetypes in some other setting, including a crossover.
I love these boys’ professional competence and intellect - but I also love how their flailing about the theater throws much of that out the window for the sake of bleak humor - so it would be hilarious to see some scenario devolve into a comedy of errors because they’re too busy checking each other out and/or flirting.
Any and all other end game couples and friendships (as friends or romantic partners) are welcome, as are feel-good polyamorous implications or explorations.
Some possible inspiration -
* Treasure hunts! How did they get involved with these in the first place? What else were they after - successfully or amusingly not - besides that damn egg?
* They're said to be the life of the party. Let's see more masquerade fun times, please!
* In an alternate setting, they’re both brought onto some heist or other scheme.
Letter: http://rydain.tumblr.com/post/731820548956536832/yuletide-2023-letter
Fandom: Strange Horticulture (Video Game)
Characters: Worldbuilding (Strange Horticulture)
Character Requirement: My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Prompt:
I love the bleak yet cozy Edwardian setting and the fantastic catalog of plants created for the game. I’d especially love to see more of the actual horticulture and the townspeople, either canon or original - studying and researching plants, dealing with difficult ailments and people, perhaps even winning over some cynics and skeptics. The more fantastical aspects of the game’s plot can certainly be mentioned - I’d simply prefer a focus on the more everyday business that it leaves so much room to dig into.
Creative formatting (including images), sequences of short stories, and epistolary framing are all very much welcome.
Letter: http://rydain.tumblr.com/post/731820548956536832/yuletide-2023-letter
Request 2 by Rydain
Fandom: The Breakfast Club (1985)
Characters: Claire Standish, Allison Reynolds (Breakfast Club)
Character Requirement: My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
Prompt:
I’d just love to see more with either or both of these characters - especially more about who they are as people, and how the detention experience continued to shape their growth.
Some possible inspiration -
* Post-movie mutual appreciation - anywhere from just happy to see each other around to having closer friendly and/or romantic relations.
* The aftermath of their awkward hookups with Bender and Andy, whether any of that goes anywhere (short or long term) or remains a one-off reflex of rebellion and the weird bonding aspect of detention.
* Flipping the script of Allison’s obligatory goth-to-prep makeover. Does any of that actually vibe with her to incorporate in her own way? Does she encourage Claire to try out a change of style?
Do not want -
* Bender/Brian (as a couple - friendship is fine) or Vernon/any of the kids.
Letter: http://rydain.tumblr.com/post/731820548956536832/yuletide-2023-letter
Request 3 by Rydain
Fandom: The Sexy Brutale (Video Game)
Characters: Redd Rockridge, Greyson Grayson, Lafcadio Boone, The Gold Skull (Sexy Brutale)
Character Requirement: My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
Prompt:
Gold Skull and Lafcadio
These two represent a duality of torment and forgiveness that I’d love to see explored - either together, or separately if you prefer to focus on one character or the other.
Some possible inspiration -
* Lafcadio is both an idealized aspect of Lucas and an old friend of his. Was Gold Skull respectively inspired by someone Lucas knew, or is he all in his head?
* What does Gold Skull actually do when you see him around the manor? Is he also working behind the scenes in his own way, or more so observing and introspecting? In the prior loops before you take control of Lafcadio, what sort of interaction might they have?
* Conversations with each other, and/or Lucas - either in the background of Lucas’ self-torment, or after the ending of the game - helping him come to terms with the tragedy in their own ways.
Greyson and Redd
I ship Greyson and Redd like FedEx, as my fandom presence will attest. If you’d rather write them as friends or colleagues or newly minted partners in shenanigans, that’s absolutely cool, too. My main request is for them to be happy and better off for each other’s influence - either alive in a world where the terrible, horrible, no good spoiler never befalls them, or as ghosts carrying on with the tomfoolery. I’m also down for a full on AU if you want to have fun with these archetypes in some other setting, including a crossover.
I love these boys’ professional competence and intellect - but I also love how their flailing about the theater throws much of that out the window for the sake of bleak humor - so it would be hilarious to see some scenario devolve into a comedy of errors because they’re too busy checking each other out and/or flirting.
Any and all other end game couples and friendships (as friends or romantic partners) are welcome, as are feel-good polyamorous implications or explorations.
Some possible inspiration -
* Treasure hunts! How did they get involved with these in the first place? What else were they after - successfully or amusingly not - besides that damn egg?
* They're said to be the life of the party. Let's see more masquerade fun times, please!
* In an alternate setting, they’re both brought onto some heist or other scheme.
Letter: http://rydain.tumblr.com/post/731820548956536832/yuletide-2023-letter
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