Alas, it looks as though Forever Knight will not be playing much of a role in Yuletide this year. Through a sad mischance, even though a round dozen characters were nominated, Nick himself was not. Nor were any of the likeliest objects of his complicated romantic life. In other words, Natalie, Janette, and LaCroix are also missing from the tag list.

Oh, there are ways round it. One can still ask for casefic through Tracy or Schanke; Fleur might substitute for Nick's early life; Vachon could be used in historical fiction or vampire lore. However, one would need to be both canny in one's wording and willing to accept something a bit outside the box.

Which may explain why, at the moment, I'm the only person who has actually requested Forever Knight.

Now, I hasten to add that this is actually quite irrelevant to my chance of getting an FK story as my Yuletide gift. There are, in fact, two people who have offered the fandom: I might match with one of them. (Or not; but my four other requests were all fandoms I'd love to receive. So I'm sure I'll get a story I'll enjoy.)

No, the problem is that, if I am the only person to ask for Forever Knight, then there's no chance I'll be writing it myself.

Oh, the matching process is such that I might well match on something else, anyway. I know that, of course. But that's what happened last year; and it didn't stop me writing two FK-themed treats after I'd uploaded my assigned gift. (I wrote two other treats as well.)

However, if no one has put in a prompt for Forever Knight, I can hardly treat them, can I? (Well, unless I were to write a treat for myself. Which is not done.)

Right now, sign-ups are still open. But there's less than a day to go.