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Hello writer!

I am getting this up to get it in the sign-up, but will update by end of day Monday (October 27th). That said, if I end up getting delayed on that, know that most of what I am asking for I did last year and the year before, so I encourage you to check out my 2024 letter.

Thanks so much for writing for me!

-SoT

Dear Yuletide author,

Thanks so much for writing for me! Sorry this took a while for me to update - it's been a very busy week for me! But here you finally are. I will go by fandom in the order they are listed in my sign-up.

Previous Yuletide letters:

2024

2023

Please use the 2024 letter, along with the sign-up, for general details about what I like and dislike. There are also some important feelings about how I feel about broader questions like dubcon (in terms of my rape/non-con DNW), my standards for historical accuracy with historical fandoms, and so on.

All but two of my fandoms from my sign-up are listed in one of those letters. Here are some additional details on characters that I did not include in the previous sign-ups -

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1990)

Nothing really to add here, everything that I put in my 2023 Yuletide letter for this fandom applies here as well!

Wayfarers Series - Becky Chambers

Since I signed up for Wayfarers the previous time, I have also read books 2 and 4! I was really fascinated by Roveg in the fourth book - his complicated, fraught history as an exile from his homeland, and where he goes from the end of that book. While I would also love Rosemary/Sissix romance or smut, or general worldbuilding, I'm also very interested in what you do with him here! It could be romance, could be friendship, could be innovating new art as an exile, could be none of the above...but I want a general focus on him moving forward and finding a new niche for himself.

The Wire (TV 2002)

In this version of things, in addition to Omar and Mouton, I also requested Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell, wanting a story about them together if you choose them. Basically, I ship it and think more work exploring what would happen if there were a sexual/romantic tinge to their frenemies (or friends to enemies, rather) relationship would be fascinating. Have they been messing around since adolescence? Is it a more recent thing? How does the turn against each other affect that? Does it make that turn all the more bitter? What kind of feelings are there - is it purely sexual, is it one-sided romance? How is this complicated by the aggressive homophobia they clearly buy into? Go to town with all the messy possibilities! Absolutely does not have to have a happy ending (just like in canon, lol) - I want mess!!!

Also a clarification that in my sign-up, I said I didn't want canonical character deaths. That's mostly with regard to Omar's death, but I'm fine with exploring Stringer's so you can disregard that (if you're allowed to do that. If not, just explore it up to that point. I would prefer not to give him a different ending, though).

New fandoms!

The Gilded Age (TV 2022)

Canon is a 3-season period live-action TV series produced by HBO (and airing there in the USA), focusing on various characters - both wholly fictional and based on real people - living in the 1880s in New York City.

You can see my Just Married 2025 letter for details on what I want with this fandom. However, that sign-up largely focused on Larry/Marian and I also requested Peggy and Oscar, so here are some more details on what I'd like with them!

Peggy/Marian - I think this is an interesting, underappreciated ship, given how close they are to each other. What if, even while they advise and support each other in their relationships with men, they're also exploring their sexuality with each other? What do they make of that? What kinds of feelings are there, or are there not? How is the racial divide of 1880s New York complicating this relationship? What degree of awareness of what this is vs. deeply internalized homophobia comes into play here? Do they see it as "practice," "not real sex," etc. or something real, that nevertheless has to go by the wayside for their hetero relationships? (I don't really want an ending with this where they don't end up with their canon male love interests, as I like those too, but I think it's interesting as something going on at the same time as that. Or, alternately, maybe they get back together much later in life, widowed, or something like that.)

Peggy/Kirkland - I thought their relationship was really cute and their getting-together at the end of s3 was swoonily romantic. So just...go forward from there! Explore what their life looks like after this point, and how they deal with the reactions of everyone around them!

Oscar - I'd love to read about anything relating to his sexuality: how he figured it out, his first fumblings, maybe how he first discovered and got into a relationship with John Adams (though I find him kind of a dull character so I'd prefer not to dwell on him too much). Alternately, look at where he goes forward after John Adams' death - how he mourns even if he has to do privately, who he is able to talk with about this, does he get into a lavender marriage with Enid and does he share the truth of his sexuality and his past love with her? And who is the man who comes after? I'd love to see some romance between Oscar and some OCs, but also just some general Oscar character exploration.

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Series - Mackenzi Lee

Canon is a 3-book historical fantasy novel series by Mackenzie Lee: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, and The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks, each focusing on a different sibling in the Montague family (Henry "Monty," Felicity and Adrian). I have read all three.

My requested characters are Monty and his best friend/love interest Percy Newton, from the first book, who I'd like written about together; and Simmaa "Sim" Aldajah and Johanna Hoffmann, who are supporting characters in the second book, and where I'd like either Sim and Johanna together or Sim alone.

A lot of what I love so much about these books is the accurate exploration of queer, neurodivergent and other diverse ways of being in the context of 18th century Europe. The characters rarely feel to me like modern people inserted into that era - they feel like how people of that time who have these identities would be then. That's something I really appreciated and would like to explore further with these characters.

With Monty/Percy, basically I just want more of their love and romance - a continuation of where their life goes forward from the first book. We see bits of them in books two and three, but I'd love you to fill in the gaps, or even continue to let us watch Monty and Percy grow old together after book 3. What kind of life do they have together? How open are they (or can they be) about who they are to each other? What kind of relationship do they have going forward with Felicity, Adrian or anyone else? I'd love to see your answers to these questions - but most of all I'd like sweet, swoony love between them (and more smut is great too!)

With Sim, the idea of a lesbian North African Muslim pirate queen is just so intriguing and yet we only get small portions of this in the second and third books. I'd really love to see a story that focuses wholly on Sim, and especially on her relationships with women. We see her flirting with Felicity but being rebuffed since Felicity is aroace - but who does she actually have a chance with? I like the idea of her with Johanna, so if bring Johanna into it I think that would be really cool to explore. But it would also be great to see her with an OC, or multiple OCs! I especially like a focus on cultural differences with her lovers, but you could also - similarly to Oscar above - do something exploring her earlier life and how she recognized she was into women, and her earliest relationships with girls.

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Thanks so much for writing for me and your patience while I completed this letter! I can't wait to see what you come up with in a couple months :)

Dear writer,

Thanks for creating for me - whether you are my assigned writer or creating a treat, I really appreciate it and can't wait to see what you've made!

General Preferences:

LIKES:

This varies a bit by fandom, so please see those specific sections (for instance, there are some specific fandoms/ships where I prefer darker stuff, and most stuff below is relatively fluffy/lighthearted) but here are some general ideas of what sort of fic I enjoy.

I love a lot of the fandom cliches, particularly Only One Bed, fake dating turned real, friends to lovers. Can never get enough of those.
I’m a big fan of reading about characters in a relationship growing as people together, discovering new sides to themselves, figuring out how to live or raise kids together, etc.
I like soulmate AUs a LOT so long as the characters still get some chance to develop feelings organically, whether or not they are already aware of their soulmate status. Stuff where they find out before they are in love and kind of fight it at first, but end up getting to know and falling for the person anyway — love it, can’t get enough.
Big into people falling in love with someone they'd never expect.
I really love outside character perspectives/reactions on a particularly unexpected relationship.
If you have characters from different cultures, countries, worlds, planets, etc. I really really love stuff that explores cultural differences in relationship norms (regardless of the nature of the specific relationship, I love this between friends, colleagues, etc. too as well as lovers) and where characters share their cultures with each other.
Some things I really like for smut fic: Oral sex, especially cunnilingus or rimming. Strap-ons. Motorboating, nipple play (no clamps though), boobs/chest focus. Marking, including/especially scent-marking but also stuff like leaving scars. Femdom in F/M. Creative and weird uses of non-human biology in sex in sci-fi and fantasy scenarios.

GENERAL DNWs, no exceptions:

ABO/Omegaverse of any kind| Ace/aro/demisexual/demiromantic headcanons | Animal death/abuse/harm | Autistic or neurodivergent headcanons as main focus of the story | Bathroom kinks | Breathplay or other potentially life-threatening kink | Child sexual abuse, including in backstories (unless it is canonical. Note that a character having been abused as a child in some other way does not mean that "child sexual abuse" is canonical) | Daddy kink | Detailed violence/torture/gore | Explicit physical abuse | Extreme underage (i.e. younger than the age when teens typically start having consensual sex IRL) | Feederism or other weight-fetishization | Focus on feminine grooming rituals (such as doing each others' hair/makeup) in F/F | Genital mutilation (such as sounding) | Issuefic. Feel free to give your characters strong opinions and explore fraught issues, but the key word there is explore; I don't want to feel like I'm being lectured to or taught a lesson | Jewish or Muslim characters with uncircumcised penises | Loss of intelligence/Flowers for Algernon plots | Making canonically LGBTQ+ characters cis/straight | Men domming women | Mpreg-specific: butt babies, surprise uteruses, or other stuff that's implausible to whatever fictional universe you're in | Negative/stigmatizing discussion of abortion | Pre-relationship/UST that never resolves in romance/ship fic | Pregnancy in a female character (unless in the background) | Rape/non-con | Sexual orientation headcanons that "contradict" their romantic and sexual relationships or "if it's you, it's okay" | “Soulmate AUs” where the main couple are not actually soulmates | Using feminizing terms for male characters | Women giving up their ambitions/careers/dreams for a relationship treated as romantic/desirable/ideal, especially in F/M

GENERAL DNWs, with specific exceptions for specific fandoms/characters:

Amnesia/memory loss (okay with this for Utena, as long as the memories come back by the end) | AUs that change the setting or central relationship significantly* (exception: a less-bigoted version of the canon is fine for historical fiction or historically-inspired fantasy like FE3H, but not modern AUs or otherwise moving them into a fundamentally different setting/time period. except with Faisal/Lawrence I'm fine with modern AUs!) | Lifestyle BDSM (okay with and in fact big into this with Faisal/Lawrence, so long as Faisal is the dom) | PIV in smut (this is not really my personal preference ever, but I'm fine with it in requested het ships unless otherwise noted, and taking my other smut preferences into account) | Trans/non-binary headcanons for focus characters (specifically headcanons, does not apply to canonically trans/non-binary characters) (exception: fine with it in any fandoms where it isn't prohibited in the signup, provided it isn't used to make same-gender combos F/M or to add in more PIV)

*Setting changes means like significant shifts in place/time or worldbuilding, like a sci-fi AU for a realistic fiction work, or moving a historical or futuristic work to the present day. It does not mean plot-divergence, or smaller worldbuilding changes (e.g. a soulmate AU) in an otherwise similar universe. You can use your best judgment on where to draw the line, obviously. "Central relationship" changes are stuff like changing people's ages, genders/sexes, species, etc. or "reversing" in-canon character dynamics (like giving characters each other's jobs or social roles).

Usually DNW, with broader exceptions for certain fandoms or ships, please look at the specific fandom:

Abusive relationships between requested characters/pairings/that are non-canonical | Big power differentials between members of the main couple in ship fic | Cheating on main couple in ship fic | Major Character Death | Whump/dark fic (as stated in some of the fandom sections, I'm never really a fan of full-on "Hurt No Comfort," but I'm cool with and even prefer darker themes for some fandoms)

Additional caveats:

Consent: Characters do not have to give explicit verbal consent to be considered "consenting." Characters being drunk/high/stoned is fine as long as they're both clearly into it, and as long as they're not clearly way past the point where they could say no IRL (just use your best judgment here, I'm just really tired of fics where one beer is treated like a "dubcon" situation).

Dubcon: I do not want any outright non-con/rape, but I am fine with some degree of dubcon as long as it's a situation where the person would be interested in that other person if they were clear-headed (or whatever the case may be), where it's more of a catalyst to acting on real feelings, and also where whomever is not "dubconned" isn't intentionally taking advantage of the other party. I prefer mutual dubcon, and I especially enjoy the classic tropes like "sex pollen," pon-farr/fuck-or-die stuff with sci-fi and fantasy races, etc.

Historical accuracy: I'm someone who has a strong interest in history, including in the periods for historical fiction works here. I don't expect exacting historical accuracy, but please don't get basic and broad things wrong: some examples would be which countries existed, having people use overly modern slang, etc. My one caveat is anything involving music, as that is my own area of academic expertise. If you're going to incorporate something involving music history or music trivia please make sure you really and truly know it (as in, are not just relying on something you saw online or you remember your high school band teacher telling you) because it will truly take me out of the fic if people get things wrong there! Characters talking about music, playing it, going to concerts, etc. is fine, but if they are going to make a fact claim about it, fact-check it if it's intended to be accurate (obviously, if you intend the character to be wrong or unsure, that's fine). (For the purposes of this exchange, this section applies most to A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia and The Gilded Age. FE3H is set in its own medieval fantasy world that I don’t expect to be overly similar to the historical Middle Ages any more than the original game is, so go to town.)

Fandom-Specific Preferences:

So I requested most of these for previous exchanges, and my preferences are pretty similar this time around! Here are the letters for those. Just keep in mind the marriage nature of this particular exchange when looking at these ideas/prompts:

Star Trek DS9: Star Trek Holidays 2023
Fire Emblem: Three Houses: Purim Gifts 2024 for F/F ships, Just Married 2023 for all ships
Revolutionary Girl Utena: Yuletide 2023
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia: Yuletide 2023
The Gilded Age: This is my first time requesting this fandom! Go based on what my sign-up says, and know that my preferences are fairly similar to other period/historical fandoms other than that I'm not really into the AUs here. I want it set in the time period and setting of the show, and preferably fairly close to "canon." Caveat is that as of this writing, I don't yet know what season 3 has in store, so "close to canon" in the sense of "where the show is at at the end of season 2." But feel free to draw on the events of season 3 if you want! I'm sure I'll still love it so long as it still adheres to my DNWs from the sign-up. (And don't worry about spoilers: I'm a spoilerphile, and I'll also be watching this season week by week as it airs in the U.S.)

Dear writer

Thanks for creating for me - whether you are my assigned writer or creating a treat, I really appreciate it and can't wait to see what you've made!

General Preferences:

LIKES:

This varies a bit by fandom, so please see those specific sections (for instance, there are some specific fandoms/ships where I prefer darker stuff, and most stuff below is relatively fluffy/lighthearted) but here are some general ideas of what sort of fic I enjoy.

I love a lot of the fandom cliches, particularly Only One Bed, fake dating turned real, friends to lovers. Can never get enough of those.
I’m a big fan of reading about characters in a relationship growing as people together, discovering new sides to themselves, figuring out how to live or raise kids together, etc.
I like soulmate AUs a LOT so long as the characters still get some chance to develop feelings organically, whether or not they are already aware of their soulmate status. Stuff where they find out before they are in love and kind of fight it at first, but end up getting to know and falling for the person anyway — love it, can’t get enough.
Big into people falling in love with someone they'd never expect.
I really love outside character perspectives/reactions on a particularly unexpected relationship.
If you have characters from different cultures, countries, worlds, planets, etc. I really really love stuff that explores cultural differences in relationship norms (regardless of the nature of the specific relationship, I love this between friends, colleagues, etc. too as well as lovers) and where characters share their cultures with each other.
Some things I really like for smut fic: Oral sex, especially cunnilingus or rimming. Strap-ons. Motorboating, nipple play (no clamps though), boobs/chest focus. Marking, including/especially scent-marking but also stuff like leaving scars. Femdom in F/M. Creative and weird uses of non-human biology in sex in sci-fi and fantasy scenarios.

GENERAL DNWs, no exceptions:

ABO/Omegaverse of any kind | Animal death/abuse/harm | Autistic or neurodivergent headcanons as main focus of the story | Bathroom kinks | Breathplay or other potentially life-threatening kink | Child sexual abuse, including in backstories (unless it is canonical. Note that a character having been abused as a child in some other way does not mean that "child sexual abuse" is canonical) | Daddy kink | Detailed violence/torture/gore | Explicit physical abuse | Extreme underage (i.e. younger than the age when teens typically start having consensual sex IRL) | Feederism or other weight-fetishization | Focus on feminine grooming rituals (such as doing each others' hair/makeup) in F/F | Genital mutilation (such as sounding) | Issuefic. Feel free to give your characters strong opinions and explore fraught issues, but the key word there is explore; I don't want to feel like I'm being lectured to or taught a lesson | Jewish or Muslim characters with uncircumcised penises | Lifestyle BDSM | Loss of intelligence/Flowers for Algernon plots | Making canonically LGBTQ+ characters cis/straight | Men domming women | Mpreg-specific: butt babies, surprise uteruses, or other stuff that's implausible to whatever fictional universe you're in | Negative/stigmatizing discussion of abortion | Pre-relationship/UST that never resolves in romance/ship fic | Pregnancy in a female character (unless in the background) | Rape/non-con | Sexual orientation headcanons that "contradict" their romantic and sexual relationships or "if it's you, it's okay" | “Soulmate AUs” where the main couple are not actually soulmates | Using feminizing terms for male characters | Women giving up their ambitions/careers/dreams for a relationship treated as romantic/desirable/ideal, especially in F/M

GENERAL DNWs, with specific exceptions for specific fandoms/characters:

Ace/aro/demisexual/demiromantic headcanons (exception: I'm fine with ace and/or aro Yang in LOGH if he's not in a ship) | Amnesia/memory loss (okay with this for Sailor Moon or Utena, as long as the memories come back by the end) | AUs that change the setting or central relationship significantly* (exception: a version of the canon where bigotries around sexuality/gender exist less or don't exist is fine for LOGH) | PIV in smut (this is not really my personal preference ever, but I'm fine with it in requested het ships unless otherwise noted, and taking my other smut preferences into account) | Trans/non-binary headcanons for focus characters (specifically headcanons, does not apply to canonically trans/non-binary characters) (exception: fine with it in any fandoms where it isn't prohibited in the signup, provided it isn't used to make same-gender combos F/M or to add in more PIV)

*Setting changes means like significant shifts in place/time or worldbuilding, like a sci-fi AU for a realistic fiction work, or moving a historical or futuristic work to the present day. It does not mean plot-divergence, or smaller worldbuilding changes (e.g. a soulmate AU) in an otherwise similar universe. You can use your best judgment on where to draw the line, obviously. "Central relationship" changes are stuff like changing people's ages, genders/sexes, species, etc. or "reversing" in-canon character dynamics (like giving characters each other's jobs or social roles).

Usually DNW, with broader exceptions for certain fandoms or ships, please look at the specific fandom:

Abusive relationships between requested characters/pairings/that are non-canonical | Big power differentials between members of the main couple in ship fic | Cheating on main couple in ship fic | Major Character Death | Whump/dark fic (as stated in some of the fandom sections, I'm never really a fan of full-on "Hurt No Comfort," but I'm cool with and even prefer darker themes for some fandoms)

Additional caveats:

Consent: Characters do not have to give explicit verbal consent to be considered "consenting." Characters being drunk/high/stoned is fine as long as they're both clearly into it, and as long as they're not clearly way past the point where they could say no IRL (just use your best judgment here, I'm just really tired of fics where one beer is treated like a "dubcon" situation).

Dubcon: I do not want any outright non-con/rape, but I am fine with some degree of dubcon as long as it's a situation where the person would be interested in that other person if they were clear-headed (or whatever the case may be), where it's more of a catalyst to acting on real feelings, and also where whomever is not "dubconned" isn't intentionally taking advantage of the other party. I prefer mutual dubcon, and I especially enjoy the classic tropes like "sex pollen," pon-farr/fuck-or-die stuff with sci-fi and fantasy races, etc.

Fandom-Specific Preferences:

So I requested most of these for previous exchanges, and my preferences are pretty similar this time around! Here are the letters for those:

Fire Emblem: Three Houses: Purim Gifts 2024 for F/F ships, Just Married or Sakura Exchange 2023 for all ships
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu / Legend of Galactic Heroes: Yuletide 2023 (I requested somewhat different characters there, but should still give a good idea of what I like in terms of general tropes and dynamics)
Revolutionary Girl Utena: Yuletide 2023
Sailor Moon: This is my first time requesting this somehow? So I don't have a preexisting letter, though I'm working on these for other fandoms. The main thing here is to follow what I discuss in the signup prompt, and earlier in this letter for my general fandom preferences. I'm a big fan with these ships of soulmates/connections to their past lives in the Moon Kingdom. More specifically with particular ships: I love stuff with Haruka/Michiru about how they initially get together and discover their lesbian identities, and also am most into smut with this ship; with Ami/Rei and Minako/Rei I'm big into opposite-attracts stuff, and with Ami/Rei stuff set relatively early in season 1, soon after Rei is first awakened as a Senshi. With Kunzite/Zoisite, I would also love to see backstory - does their relationship date back to their time in the Moon Kingdom, and when they were Prince Endymion's friends before the Dark Kingdom recruited them? Whether or not you go that route, how did they get together, and what's caused their relationship to last? What do they love so much about each other? I overall prefer stuff to focus on the anime or the manga, but not Sailor Moon Crystal; and in Minako/Rei's case, I also like the live-action TV series' take on them.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: Go based on what's in the letter. In terms of prompts, I'd really like both missing-scenes that explore a sexual or romantic relationship between Celliers and Yonoi, but also potential alternate, happier endings where they're able to be together. Also big on smut here, and angst! (but with a happy ending.) If you don't think you can make a happy ending happen here, I am fine with it happening mid-canon without where they eventually go from there specified.

Dear spacer,

Thanks for creating for me - whether you are my assigned writer or creating a treat, I really appreciate it and can't wait to see what you've made!

General Preferences:

LIKES:

This varies a bit by fandom, so please see those specific sections (for instance, there are some specific fandoms/ships where I prefer darker stuff, and most stuff below is relatively fluffy/lighthearted) but here are some general ideas of what sort of fic I enjoy.

I love a lot of the fandom cliches, particularly Only One Bed, fake dating turned real, friends to lovers. Can never get enough of those.
I’m a big fan of reading about characters in a relationship growing as people together, discovering new sides to themselves, figuring out how to live or raise kids together, etc.
I like soulmate AUs a LOT so long as the characters still get some chance to develop feelings organically, whether or not they are already aware of their soulmate status. Stuff where they find out before they are in love and kind of fight it at first, but end up getting to know and falling for the person anyway — love it, can’t get enough.
Big into people falling in love with someone they'd never expect.
I really love outside character perspectives/reactions on a particularly unexpected relationship.
If you have characters from different cultures, countries, worlds, planets, etc. I really really love stuff that explores cultural differences in relationship norms (regardless of the nature of the specific relationship, I love this between friends, colleagues, etc. too as well as lovers) and where characters share their cultures with each other.
Some things I really like for smut fic: Oral sex, especially cunnilingus or rimming. Strap-ons. Motorboating, nipple play (no clamps though), boobs/chest focus. Marking, including/especially scent-marking but also stuff like leaving scars. Femdom in F/M. Creative and weird uses of non-human biology in sex in sci-fi and fantasy scenarios.
Gen stuff: Character exploration, introspection, anything worldbuilding-centric about alien characters. Slices of everyday life on a ship or space station, or other planet. Per the stuff about cultural differences, I love delving deeper into the politics, religion, history, and especially the arts (music, theater, literature, visual art, whatever) of sci-fi and fantasy cultures!

GENERAL DNWs, no exceptions:

ABO/Omegaverse of any kind | Amnesia/memory loss | Animal death/abuse/harm | Autistic or neurodivergent headcanons as main focus of the story | Bathroom kinks | Big power differentials between members of the main couple in ship fic | Breathplay or other potentially life-threatening kink | Child sexual abuse, including in backstories (unless it is canonical. Note that a character having been abused as a child in some other way does not mean that "child sexual abuse" is canonical) | Daddy kink | Detailed violence/torture/gore | Explicit physical abuse | Extreme underage (i.e. younger than the age when teens typically start having consensual sex) | Feederism or other weight-fetishization | Focus on feminine grooming rituals (such as doing each others' hair/makeup) in F/F | Genital mutilation (such as sounding) | Issuefic. Feel free to give your characters strong opinions and explore fraught issues, but the key word there is explore; I don't want to feel like I'm being lectured to or taught a lesson | Jewish or Muslim characters with uncircumcised penises | Lifestyle BDSM | Loss of intelligence/Flowers for Algernon plots | Making canonically LGBTQ+ characters cis/straight | Men domming women | Mpreg-specific: butt babies, surprise uteruses, or other stuff that's implausible to whatever fictional universe you're in | Negative/stigmatizing discussion of abortion | Pre-relationship/UST that never resolves in romance/ship fic | Pregnancy in a female character (unless in the background) | Rape/non-con | Sexual orientation headcanons that "contradict" their romantic and sexual relationships or "if it's you, it's okay" | “Soulmate AUs” where the main couple are not actually soulmates | Using feminizing terms for male characters | Women giving up their ambitions/careers/dreams for a relationship treated as romantic/desirable/ideal, especially in F/M

GENERAL DNWs, with specific exceptions for specific fandoms/characters:

Ace/aro/demisexual/demiromantic headcanons (exception: I'm fine with ace and/or aro Yang in LOGH if he's not in a ship) | AUs that change the setting or central relationship significantly* (exception: a version of the canon where bigotries around sexuality/gender exist less or don't exist is fine for LOGH) | PIV in smut (this is not really my personal preference ever, but I'm fine with it in requested het ships unless otherwise noted, and taking my other smut preferences into account) | Trans/non-binary headcanons for focus characters (specifically headcanons, does not apply to canonically trans/non-binary characters) (exception: fine with LOGH and AOS provided it isn't used to make same-gender combos F/M or to add in more PIV)

*Setting changes means like significant shifts in place/time or worldbuilding, like a sci-fi AU for a realistic fiction work, or moving a historical or futuristic work to the present day. It does not mean plot-divergence, or smaller worldbuilding changes (e.g. a soulmate AU) in an otherwise similar universe. You can use your best judgment on where to draw the line, obviously. "Central relationship" changes are stuff like changing people's ages, genders/sexes, species, etc. or "reversing" in-canon character dynamics (like giving characters each other's jobs or social roles).

Usually DNW, with broader exceptions for certain fandoms or ships, please look at the specific fandom:

Abusive relationships between requested characters/pairings/that are non-canonical | Cheating on main couple in ship fic | Major Character Death | Whump/dark fic (as stated in some of the fandom sections, I'm never really a fan of full-on "Hurt No Comfort," but I'm cool with and even prefer darker themes for some fandoms)

Additional caveats:

Consent: Characters do not have to give explicit verbal consent to be considered "consenting." Characters being drunk/high/stoned is fine as long as they're both clearly into it, and as long as they're not clearly way past the point where they could consent IRL (just use your best judgment here, I'm just really tired of fics where one beer is treated like a "dubcon" situation).

Dubcon: I do not want any outright non-con/rape, but I am fine with some degree of dubcon as long as it's a situation where the person would be interested in that other person if they were clear-headed (or whatever the case may be), where it's more of a catalyst to acting on real feelings, and also where whomever is not "dubconned" isn't intentionally taking advantage of the other party. I prefer mutual dubcon, and I especially enjoy the classic tropes like "sex pollen," pon-farr/fuck-or-die stuff with sci-fi and fantasy races, etc.

Fandom-Specific Preferences:

So I requested most of these for previous exchanges, and my preferences are pretty similar this time around! Here are the letters for those:

Star Trek DS9: Star Trek Holidays 2023
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu / Legend of Galactic Heroes: Yuletide 2023 - I requested slightly different characters/ships for this, but should still give you a general idea of what I like! I elaborate on some of the additional ones in the signup. (I'll probably eventually make this one its own page since I request it a lot)
Star Trek AOS: I haven't requested this before, so go based on the signup in terms of what I'm interested in and what I DNW.