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Dear Yuletide Person!

This is my first year participating in Yuletide and I'm seriously excited! I've read stories from previous Yuletides but didn't really feel the need to participate until this year. I'm trying to get back into writing or doing creative things. And I can't get back into something unless I do it!

I absolutely adore all the fandoms I requested, so I'm pretty much guaranteed to enjoy what you write. However, you want to clearer ideas on what I like (I almost didn't make the sign-up, which is why I didn't write much or anything in the optional details), please see the below.

( Revolutionary Girl Utena )

( Princess Jellyfish )

( Ookiku Furikabutte )

( Gentleman Bastards Series )

( Temeraire Series )

In general, I would prefer a story that is light on the angst. I tend to focus more on characters and dialogue than plot, so if your story isn't thick with the plot, no worries. The story can be gen or romance, I enjoy both. As for squicks, it'd be best to stay away from rape, torture, extremely overt or gross violence, and humiliation. (Although, with these series, I'd be shocked if you wanted to lean that way.) Anyways, I'm sure you'll do fine. I can't wait to read your story!

~aliceylain

Undone, G, Revoluationaru Girl Utena

Hoooooooly crap, signing up for Yuletide was an exercise in dithering and dithering and more dithering. The problem, of course, wasn't the requests. Those took me ten minutes to nail down. The hard part was the offers because I had very specific criteria for an offer. It had to be a canon that I was very familiar with (read or watched at least two times), not known for overly clever dialogue (because I don't want that sort of pressure on me), not known for overly clever plots (I am better at character-introspective stories than plotty stories), does not have specific accent or pattern to dialogue (archaic or era-specific canons are right out), and lastly, something that I actually wanted to write in. While there are canons I adore, I don't always want to actually write fanfiction for them.

While coming up with my sign-up and worrying about whether I could write a decent story, it occurred to me that I haven't really written anything since January of this year. Which means...I need to start writing again. Even if what I write is crap. Even if it's hard. And since I had the day off today, I decided I would write and post something. Even if it is crap. Even if it is hard. Since this was a product of about four hours, I decided to start easy and with a canon that I've written in before. This week, I'll try to write in a canon that I haven't before and see where things go.

Shiori holds a fascination for me, more so than Juri does. Juri seems so one-note, while Shiori more complex. I've also found fanfiction that has them getting together in the end to be a little ridiculous. It's clear to me from the canon that even if Shiori were inclined that way, that they would still never, ever get together. And even if they were to get together, it would be the worst relationship in the world. It's a relationship of failed communication and pain and it's hard for me to believe that anyone could look past that.

Title: Undone
Fandom: Revolutionary Girl Utena
Rating: PG
Summary: The path that was prepared for Takatsuki Shiori.
Notes: Includes dialogue from episode 17. Very rough but this is meant more as practice than anything else.

( Someone behind her stabbed a black rose into her chest and Shiori flung back her head back with a groan. )