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  <title>"Once Upon a Time” Lasts Forever</title>
  <subtitle>opalmatrix</subtitle>
  <author>
    <name>opalmatrix</name>
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  <updated>2026-01-09T22:24:24Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-09-21:1093065:74760</id>
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    <title>Dear Purimgifter (2026)</title>
    <published>2026-01-09T22:09:06Z</published>
    <updated>2026-01-09T22:24:24Z</updated>
    <category term="saint of steel"/>
    <category term="chanur"/>
    <category term="tuyo"/>
    <category term="chalion"/>
    <category term="t. kingfisher"/>
    <category term="purimgifts"/>
    <category term="greenwing &amp; dart"/>
    <category term="cyteen"/>
    <category term="witch king"/>
    <category term="goblin emperor"/>
    <category term="discworld"/>
    <category term="moss &amp; pleiti"/>
    <category term="the people"/>
    <category term="dear author"/>
    <category term="alliance-union"/>
    <category term="nine worlds"/>
    <category term="streatfeild"/>
    <category term="rising world"/>
    <dw:mood>anxious</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;
Thank you for writing me mishloach manot for Purim!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Have some optional details about what I like and don't like in a story, as well as details about what I like about the individual fandoms and characters. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;span class="cut-wrapper"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class="cut-open"&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://opalmatrix.dreamwidth.org/74760.html#cutid1"&gt;Cut for LOTS of details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-close"&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=opalmatrix&amp;ditemid=74760" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-09-21:1093065:72514</id>
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    <title>Dear Yuletide Author (2024)</title>
    <published>2024-10-17T20:57:10Z</published>
    <updated>2025-03-05T03:06:18Z</updated>
    <category term="dear author"/>
    <category term="cat sebastian"/>
    <category term="streatfeild"/>
    <category term="witch king"/>
    <category term="yuletide"/>
    <category term="alliance-union"/>
    <category term="what did you eat yesterday"/>
    <dw:mood>determined</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;
Thank you for writing me a story for Yuletide! My biggest request is &lt;b&gt;no tragedies, no darkness unless followed by light&lt;/b&gt;.  I have a rough time emotionally when the days are short, and I think we could all use a little light and brightness these days.  But, contrariwise, I am a definite believer in the idea that tensions or even pain make a sweet ending better, so go for salt caramel or even black licorice rather than cotton candy.&lt;/p&gt;
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Have some &lt;b&gt;optional details&lt;/b&gt; about what I like and don't like in a story. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;span class="cut-wrapper"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class="cut-open"&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://opalmatrix.dreamwidth.org/72514.html#cutid1"&gt;Cut for LOTS of details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-close"&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=opalmatrix&amp;ditemid=72514" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-09-21:1093065:61264</id>
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    <title>Dear Purimgifter (FINISHED AT LAST!!!)</title>
    <published>2018-01-07T21:10:51Z</published>
    <updated>2020-10-03T20:37:07Z</updated>
    <category term="the people"/>
    <category term="dale mark"/>
    <category term="good omens"/>
    <category term="dear author"/>
    <category term="discworld"/>
    <category term="chabon"/>
    <category term="saiyuki"/>
    <category term="saga - comic"/>
    <category term="streatfeild"/>
    <category term="purimgifts"/>
    <category term="esther diamond"/>
    <dw:mood>rushed</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;
It's Purim: let's have fun.  Let's not be too heavy, even with canons that have tragedy as a main thread (for example, &lt;i&gt;Saiyuki&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Saga&lt;/i&gt;).  I've not given a lot of specific prompts for most of these: the exchange works are to be short, and getting elaborate with the prompts seems counterproductive.&lt;/p&gt;


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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-09-21:1093065:61143</id>
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    <title>Dear Yuletide Author</title>
    <published>2017-10-07T20:36:48Z</published>
    <updated>2020-10-03T22:31:41Z</updated>
    <category term="murderbot"/>
    <category term="dear author"/>
    <category term="streatfeild"/>
    <category term="yuletide"/>
    <category term="broken earth"/>
    <category term="eat yesterday"/>
    <category term="divine cities."/>
    <dw:mood>hopeful</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>1</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;
Thank you for signing up with me!  And have fun with your project!&lt;/p&gt;

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