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ceruleantactician) wrote2024-10-18 04:18 pm
Yuletide 2024 Letter
Dear Yuletide Author,
Thank you so much for creating for me. I look forward to whatever you come up with! I am CeruleanTactician on AO3 as well. All my prompts are just suggestions. If you have an idea that you think will be great, as long as it respects my DNWs, go for it. If you need any clarifications, please don’t hesitate to send a question through the exchange mods.
I have gifts enabled on my AO3 account and would be happy to receive any treats.
Dexter (TV) - Debra Morgan, Dexter Morgan
The Godfather (1972 1974 1990) - Connie Corleone, Tom Hagen
The Godfather - Mario Puzo - Kay Adams, Lucy Mancini
- Age-play/de-aging
- Animal abuse/death (Exception: canonical animal death)
- Bodily waste/bodily fluid mentions (Exception: blood, tears)
- Explicit sex (implied/referenced is fine)
- Incest, including with adopted family
- Infidelity involving any requested character
- Rape/non-con
- Unrequested sexual/romantic relationships involving canon characters (Exception: any canon relationships)
- Fandom-specific DNW for Dexter: Deb dying, Deb's canon death, Deb/Dexter.
- Fandom-specific DNW for The Godfather: Winegardner novels material, specifically how Tom dies and the character of Nick Geraci. The Puzo and Falco novels are great if you would like to include material from them. (Don't worry about this DNW if you aren't familiar with the Winegardner novels!)
- 5+1 Things
- Angst
- Backstory
- Canon divergence AUs
- Character/relationship studies
- Complicated relationships
- Darkfic
- Dramatic irony
- Epistolary and unusual formats
- Family
- Fix-its
- Fluff
- Friendship
- Happy, hopeful or bittersweet endings
- Hurt/comfort
- Loyalty and trust
- Outsider POV
- Reconciliation
- Redemption
- Tenderness and vulnerability
- Third and second person POVs
- Time travel and time loops
- Undercover
- Whump
- Worldbuilding
Requested characters: Debra Morgan, Dexter Morgan (My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags)
Dexter is a very unreliable about his own capacity for feelings, but it’s obvious even from S01E01 how much he cares about Deb. And I love Debra, my foul-mouthed Miami cop, who is brave, strong, dedicated, despite everything that she goes through over the course of the show. I love their sibling relationship. I'm familiar with the whole show, but seasons 1-5 are my favorites. <3
I’m totally okay with canon typical graphic violence and serial murder for this fandom. But please mind my DNWs for this fandom- please no Debra dying or Deb/Dexter, not even a hint of it.
Also, I didn’t request them, but feel free to include Rita or Lumen in your fic, I love them both.
- Deb & Dex after Harry’s death. Deb hadn’t even graduated high school, Dex had barely even begun his extracurricular activities, they had already recently lost their mother… how did they cope without Harry to bring them together? Is Dexter Debra’s legal guardian for a couple of years considering that she’s a minor after both of their parents pass? Why would a pre-series Dexter who’s convinced that he can’t feel emotions or care about anyone around him agree to do that?
- I’m always here for more Deb Finds Out in a different way than in canon fic. What if Dex had gotten to tell her like he tried to in season 2? What if she’d woken up after Brian kidnapped her in season 1 and saw/heard something she wasn’t supposed to?
- A Christmas episode! Neither Deb or Dex seem like the type to take the holiday seriously, but I could see them spending the day together if they both had the day off. Or perhaps something from their childhood?
The Godfather (1972 1974 1990)
Requested characters: Connie Corleone, Tom Hagen (My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags)
I love this sad Mafia family. I love all of the drama and the tragedy of this canon, and how despite all of the tragedy and violence they experience (and sometimes cause), they stick together and always remain loyal to each other. I’m totally fine with darkfic, canon-typical violence, murder, tragedy and unhappy endings for this fandom. But a fix-it or something more light-hearted/happier is totally welcome as well- please go in the direction that inspires you!
For this request, I would be fine receiving a fic about either Tom or Connie or both of them if that fits with your idea. Feel free to include other characters (especially other Corleones!) in major roles as well. I’ve split my prompts for this fandom into three sections: prompts for Connie, prompts for Tom and prompts for both!
Connie Corleone
Connie survives a lot in the films, especially her abusive marriage. But I would love to see Connie not just as a victim, but as a woman with agency who tries to find her own to deal with the situation she’s in, and who relates to both her own family and the Family business in a different way to her brothers.
- A look at Connie’s childhood. What was it like being the only girl in the family? How were the expectations different for her? What was her relationship with her parents like and how did it differ from the relationship her brothers had? How did she relate to the Family business, especially as her older brothers began to join it?
- An AU where any of her siblings help Connie “deal with” her abusive husband in a permanent way. Interpret “deal with” as you like.
- Something focused on her relationship with Sonny. They obviously care for each other a great deal. His death, especially given the circumstances of her abuse being used as a way to trap him, must have been devastating. How did she cope?
- I love how Connie acts as Michael’s unofficial consigliere in Part III. How did Connie become a part of the criminal side of the Family in between Part II and Part III?
Tom Hagen
I really love Tom and I would love to see your take on him! I would love anything about his life, his unique place in the family, his relationship with his siblings and with Vito and Carmela.
- Any look at Tom’s childhood. How did Tom get used to being a part of the family after Sonny convinced Vito to take him in? How did Vito’s criminal business affect their childhood?
- I would love any fic that focused on Sonny and Tom’s relationship. I love that Sonny just found an orphan boy living on the streets and decided to take him home and ask his dad if he could keep him. And Tom responded, okay, I am going to be loyal to you for the rest of my life. They have one of, if not the closest bond in the Corleone family and I would love to see more of it. Maybe a misadventure as kids or young adults, or something looking at their relationship when they both work in the Family.
- An AU where Sonny avoids his death on the tollway. How does Sonny and Tom’s relationship and the Family change over the years?
- A look at Tom’s early career in the Family. How did he approach Vito to start working for the Family? How was he treated by other members of the Family - were some reluctant to trust him because of Tom’s non-Italian heritage? What legal work (shady or otherwise) did Tom do for the Family? How did he eventually become the clear candidate for the consigliere position by the time of Connie’s wedding?
- Outsider POV on Tom. Maybe from one of the Corleone button men, maybe from a civilian outsider. Maybe from a member of another Family, wondering about the history between the Don Corleone’s firstborn son and heir apparent and an Irish kid?
- Some hurt/comfort with Tom after his kidnapping in Part I—maybe an AU where it got physical and Tom was tortured? Other hurt/comfort scenarios are welcome as well. I am always here whump and/or H/C.
- Tom mourning Sonny after his death. I always imagine that Sonny’s death strongly affected him, even years later. I do like ghosts/stories with supernatural elements, so feel free to go in that direction if you’d like.
- Why does Tom choose to stay with the Family despite Michael’s increasing paranoia and poor treatment of him towards the end of Part II? And what is his reaction to finding out that Michael had Fredo killed? How is their relationship rebuilt as Michael becomes more and more isolated (or how do they drift further apart)?
Connie Corleone & Tom Hagen
Connie and Tom are two of my favorite of the Corleone siblings. The two characters are both something of outsiders in the family- Tom because of his non-Italian heritage, Connie because she’s a woman. But in Part II with Tom, and Part III with Connie, they both end up being the last siblings left alive and willing to run the family with Michael. For a fic featuring both characters, I would love to see something exploring their similarities and differences.
- What if Connie had gone to Tom for help with Carlo’s abuse? Maybe she wanted legal advice for a divorce, maybe she thought that Tom might help her with a less direct approach than Sonny.
- After the end of Part II, Michael is colder and more alone than ever, but he still has Connie and Tom’s support. How unwavering was that support? (Connie was at least willing to go against Michael by letting Kay see their children.) What did they know about Fredo’s death and do they share that information with each other? How did they relate to each other?
- How did Connie end up as the unofficial consigliere in Part III after Tom’s death? Did Tom help mentor Connie in that role before his death? Or maybe an AU where Tom is still alive in Part III and able to help the family?
Infidelity DNW is waived for this request.
The Godfather novel is a favorite of mine. The films are wonderful, of course, but there are a lot of great moments that didn't make it into the movies. As a side note, you’re looking for a reread, I really recommend the full cast audiobook version of the novel if you can get your hands on it. It’s really well done.
Lucy ManciniLucy is unfortunately saddled with one of the most bizarre and misogynistic subplots in the history of mafia literature, but I would love to see more of her, especially her relationship with Connie and the other Corleones.
- She was Connie’s maid of honor, though their friendship falls apart just as Connie needs a friend more than ever as she’s dealing with an abusive husband. What if Lucy and Connie hadn’t drifted apart? Lucy/Connie is good as well if you’d like. (Lucy/Kay would be fun too, if you’d like!)
- What does she think about her relationship with Sonny, both at the time and in retrospect? What does she think about being known in her community as the mistress of a mob boss? What’s that like in a conservative, religious immigrant community like the one she was raised in?
- Unlike the films, Lucy doesn’t get pregnant by Sonny in the novelverse, but what if she had? What would it have been like to be a single mother in the 1940s, after the father of her child is violently murdered, and she has next to no community support because she was a mistress? Does she still go to Vegas? What kind of support do the Corleones offer her?
- What’s her relationship with the Corleones like after she moves to Vegas and makes a life for herself there? How much of what she does for the Corleones is she aware of? How much does she care? Does she eventually make a content life for herself, with Jules or with someone else?
I love Kay in the novels. Her choice to leave Michael temporarily when she felt like she had to, to go back to her parents in New Hampshire and not come back until Tom gave her an explanation for Michael’s behavior that she could live with. Her choice to convert to Catholicism, to become devout, to go with Mama Corleone to pray for her husband’s soul at the end of the novel.
- What was Kay's wedding like? Maybe some moments overs the years in her life with Michael? How does their relationship change over the years?
- How does Kay get along with the Corleone women who were born and raised in the life? She bonds with Mama Corleone over their shared faith, but what about Connie? What about Sandra and Theresa (Sonny's widow and Tom's wife)?
- How does Kay’s life go in the novel verse after the end of the book? Does novelverse Kay stay with Michael unlike her film counterpart? How does she make a life for herself and her children that she can live with?