fandom growth 2017

Hi! This is AO3 user pyrophane, and first of all, thank you so much for participating! I’ll love your fic no matter what you write, so please don’t feel pressured ❤️ I’ve written some prompts, and a list of tropes/narrative devices I enjoy, but by no means do you have to include all or any of them – if you have a particular idea you’re burning to write, go for it! Also, I've grouped ships together for ease of discussion, but you definitely don't have to include all of them in the same work.

 

I'm on tumblr here and on twitter here. You can find my own fic here and here, and some of the fics I’ve liked here.
 

General likes:

• unusual/experimental prose style and structure
• worldbuilding, histories (canonical or invented), strong sense of setting
• mentorships
• girls
• pining and repressed feelings, repressed characters finally admitting what it is that they want
• power dynamics
• unhealthy relationships
• relationship dynamics that are difficult to define but deeply felt
• sparring
• physicality and nonverbal communication
• clashing worldviews
• leader/second-in-command dynamics, loyalty kink
• references to backstory events or other canons (I love crossover cameos!)
• rarepairs, minor characters, multishipping, friendships, ensemble casts, characters having relationships beyond the central ship
• legacies
• wound care
• polyamory negotiations
• light imagery
• dreams

Tropes/AUs I love:

• pre-canon and futurefic
• missing-scene fic
• post-apocalyptic roadtrips
• canon divergence
• enemies to friends where there's still some form of legitimate rivalry or resentment (to lovers optional)
• friends who could have been lovers to enemies (to lovers optional)
• espionage AU, casefic, fakeout makeouts, undercover as a couple
• lotus-eater machines
• magical realism, urban fantasy, general magic/fantasy/witchcraft AU
• time loops

NSFW likes (see here for more details):

• breathplay/choking
• consensual violence
• D/s undertones, undernegotiated or non-negotiated D/s
• focus on hands/wrists/throats/collarbones
• pretty much just throats in general
• authority kink and power dynamics
• multiple partners
• edging
• basically, if it involves the combination of violence and tenderness/intimacy, I'm in!

Things I have no preference on:

• content rating
• implied and background pairings, unless specifically mentioned (you can find a complete list of my ships here!)
• multishipping, polyshipping
• genre
• plot/lack thereof and endings
• presence of other characters, nominated or not, unless specifically mentioned

General dislikes:

• plotless fluff
• scat, watersports, etc
• graphic medical experimentation
• romance-related jealousy, infidelity
• noncon
• formal BDSM
• pwp -- porn is great but I'd prefer if it wasn't the only thing in the fic (... unless it involves breathplay)
• public humiliation
• fic centred on kids/pregnancy/marriage
• graphic descriptions of unsanitary situations

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