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we heard crimes often and softly ([personal profile] badritual) wrote2024-01-01 05:40 pm
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candyhearts 2024

Sorry for the delay. I thought that my sign-up was detailed enough that the letter was unnecessary, but I decided to finish this up just in case!

All of my prompts are in my sign-up, or can be seen on the app.

Welcome! I'm [archiveofourown.org profile] badritual and I can also be found at [tumblr.com profile] hugh-evans. I'm super excited we matched up for this challenge! I'm sure I'll be thrilled with whatever you decide to write, and I hope something here pings your interest! Gifts are enabled if anyone wishes to leave extra treats.

I like gen, het, slash, femslash, poly-ships (poly-v too), etc. You're welcome to interpret my character noms as any, rather than all, though you're free to include all characters in a fic if you want! I'm also okay with not including all of the nominated characters. Also, if you want to include unnominated characters, I'm absolutely okay with that too!

If anything is confusing, or you have any questions or need clarification, you can reach me through the mods or you can anonymously message me via tumblr!

What I Love:

I'm really, really into gothic romance/gothic horror/horror of any stripe. I also love ambiguous/happy for now/sad endings. I love things that are not necessarily tied up with a neat pretty bow. That's not to say I don't enjoy a happy ending, though! This is mostly just to reassure you, the author, that if a happy ending doesn't seem to fit the story, or isn't coming, don't stress about it. I love endings that fit the story being told, regardless of whether or not they're happy. Aside from horror, I like romcoms, romcoms/comedies of errors, found family/families of choice, strong platonic friendships, broad comedy, understated/subtle comedy, cats (characters adopting/owning cats, turning into cats, caring for cats, cat familiars, werecats, etc.), religious and philosophical themes, postmodernism, and pastiche/epistolary to name just a few.

My main DNWs are listed below. Exceptions will be noted within the body of the letter:

DNWs:
• domestic violence/abuse
• permanent character death of requested characters
• violence against animals/animal death/animal harm
• sexual content of any rating involving teens 15 and under
• A/B/O, BDSM, and kneeling 'verses (these tropes appearing as "one offs" is fine, not interested in universes structured around them)
• mpreg
• pregnancy/kidfic (unless the kid is already an existing character in canon)
• watersports/omorashi/scat/etc
• feeding/stuffing
• fatphobia/bodyshaming/focus on eating disorders/focus on appearance
• focus on unrequested or background pairings at the expense of requested pairings
• mundane AUs (i.e. coffee shop, flower shop, cafe, high school/college, etc)
• vampire/werewolf/zombie AUs for fandoms where they don't exist
• dystopias/dystopian AUs
• horror that centers on mental institutions/hospitals/etc. (characters just being hospitalized or institutionalized for health reasons is okay)
• inclusion of current real-world events such as ongoing wars/U.S. politics/etc (exception to this being COVID as even passing references are hard to avoid)

Some Stuff I Like:
• gothic/gothic romance/horror/ghost stories!!!
• southern gothic/midwestern gothic/suburban gothic/urban gothic/regional gothic in general
• space gothic (think Event Horizon and the Alien series)
• cosmic horror
• body horror
• monsters!!! sentient monsters!!! monsters that just wanna eat things!!!
• eldritch architecture/houses/houses that want to eat you
• eldritch nature/nature that wants to eat you
• eldritch spaceships/planets/etc. (that want to eat you)
• bodyswap
• gray morality/shady ethics/etc.
• forced/close proximity
• time travel/time loops/time fuckery
• pining
• ghosts/hauntings/etc.
• miscommunication (within reason)
• poly/poly-v relationships
• enemies to lovers
• friends to lovers to enemies to lovers
• friends to enemies to lovers
• unhealthy/codependent relationships
• obsession/obsessive relationships
• relationships with a power imbalance (i.e. mentor/pupil, priest/parishioner, older partner/younger partner, queen/subject, etc.)
• power imbalances/power dynamics inverted (i.e. the student in the professor/student relationship has/gains the power, parishioner has/gains power over the priest, subject controls the queen, etc.)
• manipulation/mindgames (especially mutual manipulation/mindgames)
• characters facing/dealing with mortality (of their lives, their livelihoods, careers, etc.)
• age gap
• platonic soulmates
• amnesiafic
• epistolary/social media pastiche
• future fic
• casefic
• ensemble fic
• found family/families of choice
• complicated relationships
• professional/career-related jealousy
• ritual sex/resurrection rituals
• public consummation of marriage
• witchcraft/witches
• scary/creepy/spooky interpretations of fairytales/mythology/folklore/etc.
• deals gone wrong (supernatural demon deals/deals with the devil literally or figuratively... not talking like business deals that fall through, although if that was a metaphor for something...)
• small town AUs (small town in the suburban gothic sense rather than cute, quaint villages and whatnot)

All prompts offered in my sign-up are meant only as suggestions. I'll be perfectly happy with any combination of Stuff I Like/Fav Tropes/etc., if none of the ideas I've offered grab your attention.

Once again, I'd like to emphasize that my prompts/ideas are only suggestions! Please don't feel constrained by them! Mix and match as you please, or come up with something completely on your own. Optional details are optional!

As far is art is concerned, I tend to leave art details (style, colors, composition, etc.) up to the individual artist. The only art style I don't care for is chibi art; other than that, go wild!

If you have any questions don't be afraid to contact the mods! Thank you and happy writing!