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General Exchange Letter
Nov. 10th, 2020 03:34 pmWhat I want most is a story that you enjoyed writing. In many cases, I nominated and/or requested single characters. That's more aimed at not limiting you than at me not wanting those characters interacting with others. For / character interactions, I'll be as (and often more) happy with a G or a T rated interaction as with something E rated.
I'm more interested in character development and non-romantic plots, generally speaking, but don't mind romance and/or sex. If I've asked for an / pairing, I'm expecting it. For happy relationships, I prefer established relationships.
I'm usually good with most background pairings and with appearances by characters I didn't request but who fit the story. I will generally specify if there's a character or pairing I wish to avoid.
I'm in my 50s and am definitely interested in seeing older characters I've requested as adults. If one of my prompts or tags contradicts this, go for it; this is more of an I-like-this than an I-don't-want-that.
I would much prefer getting a story you loved writing that avoids my DNWs than something you didn't enjoy writing but think is exactly what I want. Exchanges are imperfect things.
Unless I specify otherwise in my sign up details, I am always open to recursives of my own work. My blanket permission statement is here.
I have visual processing issues that mean that I can't really appreciate a lot of art, vids, and the like. It has gotten worse over the last few years, and I can't offer clear parameters regarding what I can or can't manage because it varies.
In some cases, my DNWs include things I have written and/or things that would be okay under very specific circumstances. Those DNWs are simply because it's easier to detour around the field entirely than to define the exact route for avoiding the landmines.
Me not giving a specific prompt for a character or grouping that I requested does not mean I want them less. It means I got overwhelmed with all of the detail.
Generally speaking, I like:
Canon divergence.
Crack treated seriously.
Time travel fix-its.
Time loops with humor.
Unreliable narrators.
Two or more characters simultaneously trying to manipulate each other.
Divided loyalties.
Characters having inexplicably survived their tragic, canonical deaths.
Crossovers.
Established relationships with trust and good boundaries.
Worldbuilding, generally.
Worldbuilding that explores scaffolding/logistics in the background of canon.
Explorations of the dark implications that canon ignores.
Bisexual characters.
Genderqueer characters.
Poly characters and relationships.
Open ended stories.
5 things and variants.
Post-canon genre change via portal fantasy or alien invasion or similar. Also mid-canon divergence via such means.
If this is an exchange for which I've requested Creator's Choice or some other version of letting the creator pick, I have a long but not exhaustive list of canons that I know well enough to probably understand fic for them here. There's probably something on there that we have in common. If you don't want to deal with the list, that's fine, too. Any means any, and I knew that when I signed up.
Note: What I write is not necessarily consistent with what I like to read. I read a lot less porn than I write and am not necessarily interested in any particular kink, even when I've written it more than once. Gen is good. G, T, or M rated relationships are also good. I'm not completely against sex scenes or explicit sex; it's more that such things aren't the point for me.
As always, if I actually request explicit sex, take me at my word.
DNW: PWP, cancer, underage sex (I'm okay with the idea that it happens; I don't want to have to read about it), non-canonical death of requested characters, vampires, zombies, were-creatures, alpha/beta/omega, mundane AU, any sort of transplantation AU, non-canonical harm to or death of children, drowning or risk of drowning, incest, mentor/protege sex or romance, soulmates/soulbonds, bleak/hopeless endings, fusions, non-canonical reincarnation, focus on homophobia or transphobia or racism or ablism or similar prejudices, women as victims of sexual violence, detailed descriptions of food or food preparation, focus on chronic pain
I'm more interested in character development and non-romantic plots, generally speaking, but don't mind romance and/or sex. If I've asked for an / pairing, I'm expecting it. For happy relationships, I prefer established relationships.
I'm usually good with most background pairings and with appearances by characters I didn't request but who fit the story. I will generally specify if there's a character or pairing I wish to avoid.
I'm in my 50s and am definitely interested in seeing older characters I've requested as adults. If one of my prompts or tags contradicts this, go for it; this is more of an I-like-this than an I-don't-want-that.
I would much prefer getting a story you loved writing that avoids my DNWs than something you didn't enjoy writing but think is exactly what I want. Exchanges are imperfect things.
Unless I specify otherwise in my sign up details, I am always open to recursives of my own work. My blanket permission statement is here.
I have visual processing issues that mean that I can't really appreciate a lot of art, vids, and the like. It has gotten worse over the last few years, and I can't offer clear parameters regarding what I can or can't manage because it varies.
In some cases, my DNWs include things I have written and/or things that would be okay under very specific circumstances. Those DNWs are simply because it's easier to detour around the field entirely than to define the exact route for avoiding the landmines.
Me not giving a specific prompt for a character or grouping that I requested does not mean I want them less. It means I got overwhelmed with all of the detail.
Generally speaking, I like:
Canon divergence.
Crack treated seriously.
Time travel fix-its.
Time loops with humor.
Unreliable narrators.
Two or more characters simultaneously trying to manipulate each other.
Divided loyalties.
Characters having inexplicably survived their tragic, canonical deaths.
Crossovers.
Established relationships with trust and good boundaries.
Worldbuilding, generally.
Worldbuilding that explores scaffolding/logistics in the background of canon.
Explorations of the dark implications that canon ignores.
Bisexual characters.
Genderqueer characters.
Poly characters and relationships.
Open ended stories.
5 things and variants.
Post-canon genre change via portal fantasy or alien invasion or similar. Also mid-canon divergence via such means.
If this is an exchange for which I've requested Creator's Choice or some other version of letting the creator pick, I have a long but not exhaustive list of canons that I know well enough to probably understand fic for them here. There's probably something on there that we have in common. If you don't want to deal with the list, that's fine, too. Any means any, and I knew that when I signed up.
Note: What I write is not necessarily consistent with what I like to read. I read a lot less porn than I write and am not necessarily interested in any particular kink, even when I've written it more than once. Gen is good. G, T, or M rated relationships are also good. I'm not completely against sex scenes or explicit sex; it's more that such things aren't the point for me.
As always, if I actually request explicit sex, take me at my word.
DNW: PWP, cancer, underage sex (I'm okay with the idea that it happens; I don't want to have to read about it), non-canonical death of requested characters, vampires, zombies, were-creatures, alpha/beta/omega, mundane AU, any sort of transplantation AU, non-canonical harm to or death of children, drowning or risk of drowning, incest, mentor/protege sex or romance, soulmates/soulbonds, bleak/hopeless endings, fusions, non-canonical reincarnation, focus on homophobia or transphobia or racism or ablism or similar prejudices, women as victims of sexual violence, detailed descriptions of food or food preparation, focus on chronic pain
