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First of all, I'm really excited to read anything in any one of those fandoms so thank you for writing for me, no matter what we matched on! I know that my NXT section is a lot longer than any of the others but that's just because of the number of nominated characters - please don't think that I would be any less delighted with fic for one of my other fandoms!

General
I am down with AUs, especially ones involving sci-fi/fantasy/magical realism, but I'd rather not receive any mundane AUs at this time. I would not like to receive a crossover or fusion, except where I've stated otherwise.
I'd rather not receive any fic about characters celebrating Christmas or other religious festivals, but seasonal activities are cool.

I love: Pretty much all of my OTPs fall under the category of 'two jerks who can't communicate continue to be jerks but put the effort into communicating better with one another, even when it makes them uncomfortable' and people struggling to express themselves but pushing themselves to get it right anyway, because it matters to someone important to them, is a trope I will always love in any romantic or platonic relationship. Themes of control and double-edged relationships. Character growth that comes at a price. Characters who are bad at emotions being forced to not only feel things but confront their feelings. Characters losing everything and just digging in harder and trying to find a way to survive. Worldbuilding. Struggles towards redemption. Fic that experiments with structure and style to create particular effects on the reader.  Anything ostensibly set in the canon universe but with some element of magical realism. 

I don't want: Permanent character death of the requested character(s); BDSM and soulmate AUs; transgender or asexual headcanons; anything with children apart from the canonical child characters.

Crueltide: I am happy to read dark fic for Utopia, BoJack Horseman, The Thrilling Adventure Hour and NXT but would rather not receive anything too dark for Hilary Tamar - the books deal with murder and death and so on, but in a generally light-hearted sort of way, and I wouldn't want anything which treated the topics more seriously than in canon.

Dark tropes I like include non-con and dub-con, unethical science experiments, guilt and grief, betrayal, psychological horror (especially when the victim begins to doubt their perceptions, or the ambiguity is a part of the narrative too), and the feeling of powerless when someone acts so cruelly or violently that you can't quite understand it because people aren't supposed to behave that way, or the inevitability of some disaster which hasn't quite come into play yet but which you don't know how to stop. Violence, or the threat of violence, and unequal power dynamics. Cults and other situations leading to a loss of individual identity. Mind control. Lackeys, abuse victims or people who have played second fiddle to a stronger personality struggling to figure out who they are as individuals not defined by the more dominant personality.

Porn: I'm happy to receive fic with sex in it if that floats your boat but I'd rather not receive fic where the porn is the whole point unless it's for one of the specific prompts I've left below (NXT: Becky/Sasha, D/s and/or angry sex and/or secret relationships; Thrilling Adventure Hour: Date night chez Doyle). I like to read mind games and seduction with a hint of danger, biting, choking and pain, service and surrender and vulnerability. I love it when characters get off to something that makes them feel ashamed or guilty, or when the threat of humiliation/exposure is used against them.

I'm not into kink negotiation - consensual smut can be awesome, don't get me wrong, but I'm not interested in reading about the discussion side of things - and I don't like pregnancy, body fluids which aren't blood or D/s with the Dom/me in a caretaking role of a submissive who acts much younger.

( Utopia (Grant Leetham) )

( BoJack Horseman (BoJack, Diane, Mr Peanutbutter) )( The Thrilling Adventure Hour (Frank & Sadie) )

( Hilary Tamar (Any) )

Thanks for reading and happy Yuletide!
TJ (kokiyas)