iggy | Dear Yuletide (2025)

Dear Yuletide Author,

This will be my third time participating. My AO3 is Haro. If someone feels so inclined, treats and gifts are also enabled on my account.

I'm a millennial lesbian living in the midwest US with my long time girlfriend and our menagerie of kitty cats. Cats are a welcome addition to ANY prompt I give. As far as I'm concerned all my faves are cat lovers, even if they don't know it yet.

Non-series specific likes: Found families, friends to lovers, mutually requited pining, teamwork, equality in relationships, mutual protection, physical affection, battle couples, home being a person and not a place, established relationship fic, angst and hurt comfort with a happy ending (I'm soft at heart), transfem headcanons, dancing, characters in fancy or special clothes, anything with cats. I'm also a sucker for stories where characters triumph against impossible odds, as well as stories where free will > fate.

Dislikes: noncon, dubcon, cheating, drawn out miscommunication, major character death (except what already exists in canon). Unrequited relationships, love triangles, stories about one partner outliving the other by a lot, descriptions of pregnancy, detailed descriptions of baby rearing, kids as a focal point.

I'm also not really interested in smut fic as a gift. Allusions to sex, mentions of it, sensuality, and fade to black are very welcomed though!

Amyway, here's my prompts! I tend toward quite shippy requests.

永夜星河 | Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (TV) [Ling Miaomiao/Mu Sheng | Mu Ziqi/Xia Ziqi

I am desperate for anything post-canon with our Miaomiao and Ziqi. There's so little of it out there. I'm so into these two right now! They have my heart. If you can't do post-canon, any established relationship within the timeline of the story would also be loved. Perhaps something while they're traveling together to look for his memories?

You are welcome to include any other LGIEF characters, as well as Mu Yao/Liu Fuyi as a ship.

For post-canon, I'd prefer something that isn't a reunion story, but instead takes place once they've already encountered each other at the book signing and continued their relationship. They've started their next journey together, and even if it isn't quite as full of adventure and peril as their previous one, it's still wonderful. I love anything that throws back to their time in the parallel world together and homages it, or you could also go all out and somehow bring supernatural elements to the current era. Just have fun!

Things I love with these two:

-While his journey was about self-love; our fragile, insecure Ziqi is never going to lose that aspect of him entirely. I like a Ziqi that still has some insecurity about himself, his personal worth, and of course, about if he can be the partner Miaomiao deserves (he absolutely can be). He's much healthier, happier, and more confident in himself, but he's still human.

-The sweet, teasing, and fond banter they have.

-I'd prefer no all out smut, but fade to black and implications are fine. I think it's important for our Ziqi to be just as inexperienced as he was as Mu Sheng. Miaomiao also comes across as quite shy.

Here's a few letter exclusive series specific ideas:

1- Body worship of any kind, especially with regard to Ziqi, who is much more a normal guy in this world than the cool, badass super strong demon hunter he used to be. And toward Miaomiao, just because she's Miaomiao and she deserves to be adored.

2- Anything regarding Ziqi's illness! Although the surgery for moyamoya disease alleviates most chronic symptoms, and for most people, they just have to take daily medication, it's still true that he has a disability and that it's had a deep impact on him his entire life. Make it sweet. Maybe even explore some of the things he can do now that he's had his operation, but that he's still hesitant about because his kneejerk reaction is that he's not allowed to do any strenuous activity since it had been that way most of his life. You can ALSO explore how his illness parallels his half demon condition in Catching Demons, if you'd like.

3- Miaomiao escaping her rotten work life. She deserves a better job. Maybe her time in Catching Demons and her reunion with Ziqi, as well as his encouragement, finally gives her the courage to demand more (Ziqi tells Miaomiao his courage was born because of her, so he can return the favor). Does she get a promotion? Does she find a better place to work? Does she go back to school to find her way into a career that she's more passionate about? It's up to you.
4- Ziqi growing his hair out. Look, Ding Yuxi is a beautiful man, but that ponytail adds something extra, and I miss it. I think Miaomiao would agree.
5- Anything where they reflect back on their journey in Catching Demons with both fondness and melancholy (they'd miss their friends and family in there, after all).

Series specific DNW: Please no other pairings for the characters but Miaomiao/Ziqi. I'm also not much of a fan of them finding reincarnations of Fuyi and Mu Yao (I'd rather them somehow reunite with the originals someday). Please nothing that involves Miaomiao doubting whether this Ziqi is the same as the Ziqi she fell in love with in the book.

Treats welcome.

苍兰诀 | Love Between Fairy and Devil (TV) [Dongfang Qingcang/Xiao Lanhua]

Xiao Lanhua/Dongfang Qingcang are the only required characters. Any other cast members as supporting characters is a-okay, but I want the focus to be on those two. If any side pairings sneak in, I'd be okay with Jieli/Shangque, Xunfeng/Changheng, and that's it.

Would just love to see some post canon DFQC/XLH content! Anything with them ruling Cangyan Sea together, DFQC helping XLH with her goddess duties, being a battle couple, etc. An assertive XLH that knows who she is in her role as the goddess and as the Moon Queen, is extremely loved (but of course, she should still be her cheery, sweet self when it comes down to it).

Here's a few letter exclusive series specific ideas:

1- A fun idea would be something extremely post-canon. They're immortals, so maybe it's 100,000 years down the line and they're still together and thriving. How has Cangyan Sea changed in that vast span of time? I do imagine they'd have children, which I'd love for them, but I'd prefer to keep it to a reasonable amount (maybe three max).

2- A bit more of a longshot, but I'd also be VERY interested in any post-canon DFQC/XLH with transfem!DFQC. A DFQC, finally free of the restraints placed by her father, discovering and exploring her gender in a way she never had a chance to before. And of course XLH would love her and be so supportive.
3- Coming back to life after having your existence obliterated by the goddess of Xishan would be tough, which is I assume why it took Dongfang Qingcang five hundred years to do so. What, if any, long-term impacts could it have on his body? As a chronic pain and disability have-r myself, I would find it really fascinating to see him having to reconcile with not coming back exactly the way he'd planned. He's still the mighty moon supreme, holder of glazed fire, and he will never regret his decision to die for Xiao Lanhua, but he doesn't feel as infallible as he used to. Xiao Lanhua is a powerful healer, so of course she'd help him as much as possible to alleviate any pain and discomfort, but even a goddess can't always cure everything. DNW with this: anything that decreases his lifespan.

DNW specific to this series: Anyone calling Xiao Lanhua 'Xiyun' outside of maybe someone like Yunzhong. If it is her friend or anyone in the moon tribe though, it's Xiao Lanhua or one of her titles, kids as a FOCAL point (kids are okay for this ship, but the story should be more about the parents than the kids).

Also, I deeply want them to have an amazing sex life of course, but DFQC is canonically a virgin who is still very much trying to figure out this 'being a human with emotions and desires' thing, so unless it's way post-series, I'd prefer that be kept in mind when characterizing it (aka no super dominant, overly confident and experienced DFQC).

Treats welcome.

淮水竹亭 | Love in Pavilion (TV) [Zhang Zheng/Anaran]

These wonderful, heartbreaking, tragic boys. Despite their very limited screentime, they really won my heart and nestled their way into it.

I'd love to see ANYTHING romantic with these two.

I think they would be so tender; quiet and devoted Anaran, and caring and attentive Zhang Zheng.

A fix it fic would be fantastic (you could do this however you'd like, but I AM partial to them running away with each other). Zhang Zheng will need a miracle cure from a deadly illness (and perhaps a cure to a poison, if the fix it happens after Zheng Zheng takes the poison that canonically kills him), so it would be great to see some lasting repercussions. Perhaps Zhang Zheng loses his martial arts abilities or is physically handicapped in some way? But he and Anaran are still able to live on, and they are more than content.

Qingmu Yuan can be mentioned as they both have feelings for her (and I imagine they'd worry about her), but I'd like the focus to be on them. Other characters from LIP can also make appearances if needed. For this ship, something like them taking a disciple in the future would be okay, but I'd rather not see them having children themselves.

Treats are welcome.