SFW General Exchange Letter

[wolffyluna]

General

• I like the whole gamut from fluff with a minor conflict to angst that gets resolved to completely tragic tragedies. - Tragedies that are inevitable and tragedies where the ground work for them was laid well before anyone could predict the tragic outcome, so as soon as the characters know a tragic outcome is a possibility it is too late, are both very good. - As are bittersweet endings, or angst with a happy ending
• Hurt/comfort - I like comforters who are being/trying to be relentlessly practical, or who express their care for the comfortee through actions more than words. - comforters and comfortees trying to be stoic (and not necessarily succeeding). - comforters and comfortees pretending that what is going on has nothing to do with one of them being hurt, they’re just being randomly nice/ they’re not hurt at all! - comfort after nightmares/panic attacks/other PTSD symptoms is very good. Especially nightmares. (Nightmares are such a good vehicle for revealing things about a character.) - As is comfort after more recent traumatic events, such as tending injuries after a battle or a character has been rescued from captivity I am a big fan of the hurt being a character having a minor illness or injury that isn’t particularly concerning but does make them feel miserable wound tending is also great h/c. I love the intimacy of dressing wounds, it’s so good.
• Mutual pining/wanting to get together but not be able because [reason], with [reason] being resolved at the end (example reasons: mistaken identity, “I am your boss and it would be unethical”, but in general I am not picky about this dynamic) (Or, of course “I should not take advantage of you!” “You are very much not taking advantage of me, what are you talking about?”)
• Kissing! Forehead kisses, kisses on the cheek, full on make outs: kissing is great!
• Cuddling! I feel the same way about cuddling as I do about kissing! It’s all good. I especially like characters falling asleep leaning against each other. Or characters holding each other, or a character resting their cheek or chin against the other.
• I like exploring the messed up dynamics and/or the terrible-idea-ness of the relationship, if applicable. Characters giving into temptation, eg knowing that a particular relationship is a bad idea, or would be breaking their vow of chastity, but going into it anyway.
• Politics! I love characters trying to navigate it, the tension between their political persona and they’re actual persona, the ethical dilemmas of power, all of it!
• Loyalty, fealty, feudalism, ‘is it gay or just feudalism?’. Dramatic expression of loyalty. Intense loyalties, conflicted loyalties: they're all good.
• Two characters sharing a body
• Dancing, either partner dances or just both people happening to dance at the same time.
• Hair, hair brushing and hair braiding.
• Crossdressing
• Religion, religious discussions and worldbuilding about religion. - I am not invested in any particular religion being right or wrong in a given particular fictional work or world, and I am happy with whatever interpretation you would like to pick. I’ll be thrilled either way! - I am interested in this for both fictional and real world religions
• Horses! Whether they're just in the background, or are a major part of the art/plot. I love horses. You cannot go wrong with horses. Do not be intimidated, I do not expect Wealths of Equine Knowledge fics. If there is horse there, and it gets patted or ridden, I will be very happy.
• Pet rats
• “What if X happened instead of what happened in canon?”/”What if Y didn’t die?”/canon divergence AUs
• Crying
• Geology. Plot relevant rocks, people giving each other rocks, rampant geological symbolism: it’s all good.
• Third and second person POV
• complicated gender and sexuality situations, world building around sexuality and gender. I like fictional homophobia and transphobia (but if you want a to worldbuild an accepting world, go right ahead!) I also like characters who do not fit neatly into buckets, either in their or our society.
• Historical settings or historical inspired settings. Feel free to get very specific with it. Do you think your Blorbos would be great as minor nobles in Merovigian France, or as traders in the 700s Tang Dynasty? I would love that!
• People dying and coming back and having a lot of feelings about that

Art:

• As a general note: anything I’ve mentioned in my general likes (or smut likes), I also like in art. I’ve copied over most of the relevant likes over here as well, so they’re easy to find, but if there’s something in the above list that takes your fancy as something to put in art, go right ahead!
• I am big fan on drawings/re-drawings of canon scenes. If you’ve got a moment in canon you’ve been dying to draw, I would love to see it.
• Kissing! Forehead kisses, kisses on the cheek, full on make outs: kissing is great!
• Cuddling! I feel the same way about cuddling as I do about kissing! It’s all good. I especially like characters falling asleep leaning against each other.
• Characters resting their heads against each other
• Hair, hair brushing and hair braiding.
• Crying
• For art, I like coloured lighting and unusual/restricted palettes.
• I also like intense colours and contrast in art
• I like both digital and traditional art
• Dancing, either partner dances or just both people happening to dance at the same time.
• Horses! Whether they're just in the background, or are a major part of the art/plot. I love horses
• Pet rats
• Crossdressing
• Symbolic representations of relationship dynamics
• Tarot style or tarot inspired art
• Historical fashion