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mtyg ([personal profile] mtyg) wrote in [community profile] yuletide2019-11-11 02:52 pm
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Make The Yuletide Gay!

Hello Yuletiders! I've got a new mini-challenge for you: Make the Yuletide Gay

The purpose of this challenge is to help those of us who like canon f/f & m/m couples to find one another's requests and to increase the amount of canon m/m & f/f in the collection!

Canon certainly encompasses a lot of things and everyone has their own definition. Depending on the culture, era, and level of censorship in which your canon was made, one level of canon might be more explicit than another. There's also the case of Word of God, one-night-stands, exes, and one-sided relationships to factor in!

For the purposes of this post, all that is asked is that you list your canon ships in good faith. If you see that someone's request isn't what you'd consider to be canon, please keep looking for someone else that does have what you're looking for rather than debating it.

How does it work?
  • List your Ao3 name, a link to your letter, and specify what canon f/f and/or m/m ships you're requesting, as well as any specific prompts you may have for them. If you have the time/inclination to do a little promo post/primer on your canon ship(s), do it!
  • Look through the comments and see if there are any canons you know or would like to get into!
  • Tag your any canon m/m or f/f fics you write this year with "Make The Yuletide Gay" so other people can find them when the collection opens!
Here is a form for you to use if you'd like to opt-in to the challenge:


Since this mini-challenge is all about writing for as many canon gay ships as possible, it only makes sense that we try to make a comprehensive directory of all the canon m/m and f/f ships requested this Yuletide! Fill out the form here with any and all canon f/f & m/m ships that you've seen requested this year. The responses will serve as a filterable and searchable directory. 
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Re: Missing Canons

[personal profile] sailorkitty 2019-11-11 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Desert Peach - Rosen Kavalier/Pfirsich Rommel

(They have engagement rings!)
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Re: Missing Canons

[personal profile] evewithanapple 2019-11-11 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Every K.J. Charles title that's been requested (all are M/M or F/F romance novels)

The Henchmen of Zenda - K. J. Charles
Simon Feximal Series - K. J. Charles
Lilywhite Boys Series - K. J. Charles
The Price of Meat - K. J. Charles
A Charm of Magpies Series - K. J. Charles
Sins of the Cities Series - K. J. Charles
Society of Gentlemen - K. J. Charles
Green Men Series - K. J. Charles
Band Sinister - K. J. Charles
England Series - K. J. Charles
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[personal profile] sailorkitty 2019-11-11 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Ao3 Username: Aquatics

Letter: https://sailorkitty.dreamwidth.org/7533.html

Canon gay/lesbian pairings: Rosen Kavalier/Pfirsich Rommel (Desert Peach)

Prompts:

These two are adorable. I’d love for something fluffy and/or domestic - We don’t see enough of their ’mutually happy’ moments in canon, so anything where the two are happy and together would be lovely.

I love the fact that they commit and actually do stay together, despite the time, place, and Rosen being Rosen. So I’d love to see fic centered around that, like the tale of the engagement ring, how Rosen came up with the idea, etc. Or the two getting married ’for real’, be it a grand old wedding with Udo as best man and Stange officiating, or just quietly taking sacrement together in an empty church.
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Re: Missing Canons

[personal profile] primeideal 2019-11-11 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Women's Hockey RPF: Julie Chu/Caroline Ouelette

Foundryside (Robert Jackson Bennett): Sancia Grado/Berenice Grimaldi

Wayfarers Series (Becky Chambers): Rosemary Harper/Sissix Seshkethet (I've only read the first book so it's possible there are other ships I don't know!)

More canon gay

(Anonymous) 2019-11-11 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Here are a couple more:

Los Espookys (TV) - Andrés/Juan Carlos is a canonical couple requested by several people

Burnt (2015) - Adam Jones/Tony Balerdi is one-sided canonical (Tony being in love with Adam), requested by a couple of people

Sense8 (TV) - Wolfgang Bogdanow/Kala Dandekar/Rajan Rasal is a canonical M/F/M pairing ... that counts, right? The two guys do have sex with each other. Requested multiple times.

Re: More canon gay - Missing Canons

(Anonymous) 2019-11-11 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, threadfail, this was supposed to go under "Missing Canons"!
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Re: Missing Canons

[personal profile] evewithanapple 2019-11-11 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't be sure about Henchmen of Zenda, since that's the only one I haven't read, but for the rest of them:

Simon Feximal Series - K. J. Charles (Robert Caldwell/Simon Feximal)
Lilywhite Boys Series - K. J. Charles (Miss Christiana (Lilywhite Boys)/Stan Kamarzyn - this one is asexual romance with a trans woman and a cis man, I don't know if it would fall under your purview - and Alexander "Alec" Pyne-ffoulkes/Jerry Crozier)
The Price of Meat - K. J. Charles (Arabella Wilmot/Johanna Oakley. I know there's an m/m pairing in there as well, but I don't remember which characters are involved)
A Charm of Magpies Series - K. J. Charles (Ben Spenser/Jonah Pastern, Lucien Vaudrey/Stephen Day)
Sins of the Cities Series - K. J. Charles (Clem Talleyfer/Rowley Green, Justin Lazarus/Nathaniel Roy, Mark Braglewicz/Pen Starling - Pen is genderqueer)
Society of Gentlemen - K. J. Charles (Julius Norreys/Harry Vane, Gabriel Ashley/Francis Webster, Silas Mason/Dominic Frey, Richard Vane/David Cyprian)
Green Men Series - K. J. Charles (Randolph Glyde/Saul Lazenby)
Band Sinister - K. J. Charles (this one is a little tricky because the characters are poly, so there's a variety of canon combinations, but I would say the "main" ones are Guy Frisby/Philip Rookwood and Philip Rookwood/John Raven/Lord Corvin)
England Series - K. J. Charles (Daniel da Silva/Archie Curtis, Fenella Carruth/Patricia Merton)

Also I forgot to mention it above, but for Lynes and Mathey Series - Amy Griswold & Melissa Scott, Julian Lynes/Ned Mathey is a canon gay pairing.
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Re: Missing Canons

[personal profile] fucktheg0ds 2019-11-12 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Killing Eve - Nadia/Villanelle
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[personal profile] minebyrights 2019-11-12 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Ao3 Username: theoldgods
Letter: https://minebyrights.dreamwidth.org/4645.html
Canon gay/lesbian pairings:
The Favourite (2018): Sarah Churchill Duchess of Marlborough [requested only Sarah but more than happy to see her shipped with Anne, as in canon]
--If you love the idea of messy Georgian women fighting and literally fucking for power, in a black comedy/satirical setting, this is certainly a canon for you, and Anne/Sarah (as childhood friends grown into constant companions/codependent Queen and Advisor dynamics) has such a long history behind it and such a potent influence on the plot even postcanon that I'd love to explore it.

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019): Héloïse/Marianne
--Do you love portrait painting, art gays, remote and claustrophobic seaside settings, 18th century women getting high and fucking each other, Orpheus/Eurydice metaphors applied to two women, and bittersweet 18th century queer feelings? Both fix-its and just plain canonical explorations welcome, and I'm a big fan of the idea of them getting down and dirty on the beach, or more painting, or painting on the beach, or...

[Other Note:]
[I also requested John Reid and Bernie Taupin, not a canon couple, for Rocketman (2019) but am happy to have pretty detailed explorations of the canonical Elton/Reid and/or Elton-->Bernie relationships included as part of that.]

[This is a great idea; thank you, OP, for organizing!]
Edited (adding thanks for making the Yuletide canonically gay) 2019-11-12 00:24 (UTC)
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[personal profile] flowerdeluce 2019-11-12 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Ao3 Username: [archiveofourown.org profile] flowerdeluce
Letter: Here!
Canon gay/lesbian pairings: Milton Isaacs/Brackish Okun, Independence Day (Movies)
Prompts: There are lots of prompts in my letter :)

PS: I love the name of this challenge!
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Re: Missing Canons

[personal profile] minebyrights 2019-11-12 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019): Héloïse/Marianne
Harlots (TV): Amelia Scanwell/Violet Cross, Margaret Wells/Nancy Birch (may be more like Nancy Birch-->Margaret Wells? It's ill-defined in canon!)
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Re: Missing Canons

[personal profile] flowerdeluce 2019-11-12 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
I've just posted my Make The Yuletide Gay challenge comment below, but I'll add it here too for your list. The canon is Independence Day (Movies) and the canon m/m ship is Milton Isaacs/Brackish Okun. It's being requested by me! :)
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[personal profile] panny 2019-11-12 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Ao3 Username: [archiveofourown.org profile] Panny
Letter: Here!
Canon gay/lesbian pairings: Asgardians of the Galaxy: Annabelle Riggs/Ren Kimura, arguably Annabelle/Valkyrie (at least canonically one-sided)

About the Ship

Annabelle Riggs, formerly of the Defenders and most recently of the Asgardians of the Galaxy, is an archaeologist, a lesbian, an initiate of the Valkyrior, and is stumbling toward superheroism in her own right. She was introduced in Cullen Bunn's Fearless Defenders title where she quickly developed feelings for Valkyrie (planting an impressive kiss on her within the first issue). Annabelle's infatuation with Valkyrie would drive her character for the first half of the comic's run, leading to a series of events that would end with Annabelle and Valkyrie sharing a body in order to save Annabelle's life. Their relationship remains close but complicated.

Ren Kimura, of the Defenders (and maaaybe initiated into the Asgardians of the Galaxy as of the title's finale), is a dancer with a proficiency in a multitude of styles, an Inhuman with razor ribbons for hands, a fledgling superhero who fights with the power of dance, and a lesbian. She met Annabelle shortly after her Inhuman heritage revealed itself and the two quickly fell in love and began a romantic relationship.

Asgardians of the Galaxy opens with the two of them on a date during which Annabelle tells Ren that she has to something to ask her before being interrupted by the plot in the form of Angela. Annabelle is quickly whisked away, though the two do keep in contact and are reunited during the last few issues of the comic. After Valkyrie suffers death by crossover event, a desperate Ren travels through time and space to rescue Annabelle. They remain together, Annabelle vowing to continue to fight in Valkyrie's memory and Ren vowing to follow Annabelle wherever she goes.

Fearless Defenders: 12 issues
Asgardians of the Galaxy: 10 issues
Edited 2019-11-12 01:01 (UTC)
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[personal profile] scansionictus 2019-11-12 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Ao3 Username: [archiveofourown.org profile] icuts
Letter: Here
Canon gay/lesbian pairings:
• Batwoman (comics): Safiyah/Kate, Safiyah/Tahani, Kate/Tahani
• God's Own Country (2017): Johnny/Gheorghe
Prompts: All my prompts are in my letter, but I did make a promo post for Batwoman here!
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Re: Missing Canons

[personal profile] scansionictus 2019-11-12 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Batwoman (comics): Safiyah Sohail/Tahani and Safiyah Sohail/Kate Kane.

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