Summertime Sadness

Dear creator,

Firstly, I’m really excited by what you might create! Feel free to follow any of the tags or prompts, but also, pillage my likes list for whatever you’d like. Previous letters are also up for grabs, but please only use this letter’s DNW please.

Feel free to make it as brutal, sad or upsetting as you want. You can take whatever liberties (DNWs not withstanding) to get it there, and (similarly) I’m happy to see all my faves do terrible things (to themselves, to each other, to other people). Self-destruction, baby! And, in general, there is no amount of sadness that I can’t withstand. Wring it out of me!

ALSO I don’t have many smut tags. But I’m always up for smut, And feel free to steal tags from other prompts; I’m up for any of my requested tags being used for any ship.

General Likes
Smut Likes
DNWs
Hamilton
The Folk of the Air
Star Wars Sequels
Original Works

General & Art Likes

- Casefic
- Darkfic *
- PWP
- Angst, all the angst, there is seriously no such thing as "too much angst"
- Hurt/comfort & whump **
- Second Person POV
- Pining, including unrequited even for requested ships
- Bathing/washing, being dried with a towel
- Power dynamics being explored
- Forced proximity setups: snowed in, trapped/stranded/handcuffed together, huddling for warmth, too sick to move, captivity etc.
- Being emotionally overloaded or overwhelmed
- Height differences
- Touch-starved or stoic characters
- Sad or self-destructive or angry or self-loathing characters, suffering for any reason but also possibly for reasons they brought on themselves
- Bisexual characters
- Ghosts
- Cooking and food, especially food sharing
- Enemies and annoyances to lovers, rivalries especially flirty ones
- Lotsa repressed feelings
- Regrets, rejections, repression, all those angsty things
- Soulmate AUs especially words/last words, especially when this trope is twisted to be horror or plumbed for angst
- Horror ***
- Nonsexual intimacy
- Guilt-laden infidelity
- Messy characters in extremely messy situations

Art Likes
I like a wide variety of art! Bold colours, black & white/greyscale, jewel tones, dark neons.

I love interesting compositions and perspectives, and shots that feel like the characters were caught in the moment. I like most tones — fluffy and bright or dark and angsty or intimate and intense.

I love size differences emphasised in less traditional ways: big men kneeling in front of small women; big muscular women with huge hands clutching their smaller partner; small women threatening bigger partner etc. But I also like the traditional ways too, with men with large hands holding small women, people leaning down to kiss their partner etc. etc.

Size difference isn’t all I like, though! I also like intimacy in all its forms (sexual or non-sexual), interesting lighting, things that look both dangerous and sexy, anyone kneeling for anything, hand-holding, blood, characters who can’t bare to look at the other, and anything that shows angst. But also, I don’t know dick about art, so whatever you think is best probably is!

I like comics and gifs too! I don’t have specific art-related DNWs. I have more specific ideas in my individual prompts below, but yeah, I’m pretty open to whatever way the wind takes you, if you want to make art! Any rating is fine, also.

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Things I opt-in to: mentioned past relationships or background ships, major character death, experimental formats inc. interactive fiction, pregnancy (but not breeding kink, that’s a DNW), graphic violence, sad or ambiguous endings, suicide, ships breaking up or one/both of them dying (or killing each other)

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All of the below are non-exhaustive lists to illustrate what I like in some of my broader likes — but feel free to go off-script if you think it’ll fit a ship well. As long as it doesn’t hit my DNWs, I’m pretty open!

*Things I like in darkfic: noncon and dub con; Came Back Wrong; Something Made Them Do It; betrayal; grief; dealing with past trauma or receiving the trauma within the fic; suicide or dealing with suicidal thoughts (or being gaslit into suicide); being haunted (figuratively or literally) by past wrongs they committed; actions motivated by self-loathing or loneliness; torture; revenge; non-consensual non-sexual actions; boundary violations, and anything appropriate from any other list :D

**Things I like in hurt/comfort: whump; sickness; injury; comfort from the enemy; being severely bloodied or beaten; overworking to the point of sickness; touch-starvation; emotional hurt heaped high; feeling dead inside; feeling undeserved of comfort; bathing/washing; comfort applied by the person who hurt them; being embarrassed about their hurt; the comforter being embarrassed or guilty that they are attracted to or aroused by the hurt party; pregnancy and related sickness or discomfort; sex as comfort; all the pining possible; being hurt trying to protect the person they care about; forced proximity; crying when you’ve been trying so hard to hold it in

***Things I like in horror: please see my Holiday Horror and Multifandom Horror lists for both horror tropes I like and horror canons I enjoy and wouldn’t mind seeing emulated or pastiched.

Note: I keep trying to shorten all these like lists, and sometimes I succeed in finding ways to roll two things under one umbrella, but I seriously love every single one, dammit.

Smut Likes

Rough sex, vanilla sex, hand kink, enthusiastic cunnilingus, public use and gangbangs, being held down, biting/scratching, bittersweet sex, noncon, dubcon, accidental stimulation, heat cycles, face-fucking, extremely emotionally charged sex, spanking, casual D/s, first times, humour and awkwardness, aftercare, femsub, fingerfucking, shoving fingers into mouths, public and semi-public sex, Bad Guys Made Them Do It, pining while fucking, sex pollen inc. only one partner doused, affectionate use of the word "slut/whore" (like "you’re a good little slut"), showing trust through sex acts, voyeurism, masturbation (solo, mutual and guided), frottage, clothed and semi-clothed sex, handholding while fucking

I’m okay with either come/cum as spelling and with pussy, cunt or vagina as terminology for vaginas.

DNWs

- Anyone under 16 involved in explicit sex
- Anal in het or femslash
- Unaroused victim in noncon (but arousal can be a fear response or induced rather than real arousal)
- Scat, watersports, emetophilia, belly kinks (inc. feeding & inflation), pussy slapping, fisting, oviposition, breeding
- CSA in anything more than mentions (other kinds of CA are fine to be featured)
- The phrase “to the hilt”
- Mpreg
- Readerfic

Hamilton

>>> Hamilton/Burr

I am always filled with so many Hamburr feelings, I love them so much. I especially like the idea that Burr is constantly feeling second-best, that Hamilton doesn’t even notice — or, when he does, doesn’t understand it — and that it twists Burr up inside, making him bitter and desperate. He wants to hate Hamilton, but he also desperately wants his approval — and his dick. Okay, that bit might be my own shippy heart but look.

I’m happy for them to have hookups and sex, but I would rather it be casual for Hamilton and very-not-casual for Burr. If you want to write more requited feelings, ghost!Hamilton is also juicy to me, because it adds an element of not being able to actual touch or really connect.

For Theodosia, I’m alright with her not being in the story, or Burr loving her as well. I’m not super interested in portrayals that suggest he doesn’t really love her (I’d rather her be left out entirely if so). For homophobia, I don’t mind it not being mentioned, it being less serious than it actually was, or a serious concern. Or, basically, however you want to handle it is fine by me.

I’m not into historical RPF and don’t know much about that time period, so do not worry about historical details if you don’t want to (but feel free to go wild if you do love that stuff).

For art, my favourite Ham/Burr is Jamael Westman and Giles Terera, but I like Manuel-Miranda and Odom Jr. too! Or go in a different direction — I’d be happy to see your interpretation! I would prefer Burr to be black, though.

1. “You meant nothing to me.”
2. A: I'm sorry; it wasn't personal; B: It was to me
3. Character A embraces/holds seriously hurt Character B in their arms
4. Character A permanently forgets character B
5. Character A realizes their partner is incapable of loving them specifically
6. Character's greatest fear happens despite every attempt to avert it
7. Character(s)' best just wasn't good enough
8. The guilt/regret that comes from fucking up a relationship (in all its disastrous glory)
9. Hanahaki Disease - knows it will eventually kill them; keeps it a secret anyway
10. A has moved on; B hasn't
11. i hate myself for loving you
12. living with the consequences of your mistake (and regretting it every day)
13. The Most Ardent Pining Self-Hating Unrequited Love Imaginable
14. Obsessive All-Consuming Unrequited Love
15. One Character Thought it was a Relationship But the Other Just Considers it a Fling
16. One half of the ship is a ghost
17. The quiet melancholy of certain landscapes
18. A realizes B didn't come back right; says nothing because B wasn't interested in them before
19. Soulmate AU - one-sided soulmates
20. Time Loop - Looper Tries to Make Someone Fall in Love with Them & Fails

The Folk of the Air

>>> Jude/Cardan

I love to see both of these characters suffer, and suffer terribly. I like the way Cardan leans into his suffering and, in the first book, makes others suffer in retaliation. I like the way Jude struggles against it and is defiant until the last. Let’s further break these cuties!

I love their dynamic in all the books, but Cruel Prince in particular is my favourite, when they are at odds with each other and are still both desperately struggling for power. And early Wicked King was rad. They are such utter and complete disasters. Having said that, wherever you wanna situate the story is fine by me — in fact, a few tags might suit QoN or post-canon. I have read the novella, and I loved it, but if you wanna ignore it for a different post-marriage dynamic, I’m good with that!

I’m happy to see whatever interpretations of their relationship you might have, but I also talk about them in almost every past letter, if you want inspiration. But they have such an iddy dynamic that you really can’t go wrong.

For art, I’m happy for whatever interpretations you have on either characters. I’m also always happy to see Cardan’s tail hanging around.

1. Attempt to revive dead loved one(s) fails
2. Betrayal
3. Can't live with you; can't live without you
4. Canon Break-It - Break the Ways Canon Resolved Conflict and Make it Worse for the Characters
5. canon couple break up soon after their canon ending
6. Character A Cannot Save Character B
7. Character A embraces/holds seriously hurt Character B in their arms
8. Character A keeps secrets from Character B
9. Character's greatest fear happens despite every attempt to avert it
10. Characters switch bodies to at least one character's dismay
11. The feeling of having forgotten/missed something very important but you can't remember what
12. A goes evil & can't be cured/contained;B stays with them as they wreak havoc instead of killing them
13. Hanahaki Disease - knows it will eventually kill them; keeps it a secret anyway
14. i hate myself for loving you
15. Monster Pregnancy Leads to Attempted Dark Magic Fixes
16. The Most Ardent Pining Self-Hating Unrequited Love Imaginable
17. Mourning the death of the person they unrequitedly pined for
18. Obsessive All-Consuming Unrequited Love
19. Time Loops - Breaking the Loop Requires Letting a Loved One Die
20. Time Travel - Loved One Doesn't Recognize or Believe Who You Are

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

>>> Hux/Rose

To start off with, please don’t be afraid to make Hux as petty as he is in canon if that’s what you want; I actually enjoy that part of him! And I don’t mind Rose getting frustrated or disgusted. If anything, it adds to the angst~

I have a real soft spot for both these kinds of characters: Hux, barely-in-control and desperate for power and to prove himself; Rose, sure-footed and unafraid, defiant and with perhaps a touch too much of devotion to a cause.

For any unrequited tags, I’m actually up for either/or being the pining party. I like them both hating the other, especially hating that they have been made to feel some sort of way. And for Rose in particular, she may not be able to ever forgive him for the things he’s done, so she won’t give into any feelings.

I’m happy for this to be consensual or not, on whichever side suits you best. For any consensual D/s elements you might want to include, I do have a slight preference for Rose as the domme. But non-D/s is fine, and, for noncon, all bets are off.

For art, I prefer their canon presentations.

1. Canon Break-It - Break the Ways Canon Resolved Conflict and Make it Worse for the Characters
2. Captivity
3. Character A embraces/holds seriously hurt Character B in their arms
4. Character A forced to choose between Character B and the Greater Good
5. Character A realizes their partner is incapable of loving them specifically
6. Character didn't know crucial information that changes everything
7. Characters know their relationship won't end well; they still get together
8. Characters switch bodies to at least one character's dismay
9. Did You Really Think I Had Forgiven You?
10. Hanahaki Disease - knows it will eventually kill them; keeps it a secret anyway
11. i hate myself for loving you
12. The Most Ardent Pining Self-Hating Unrequited Love Imaginable
13. Obsessive All-Consuming Unrequited Love
14. A realizes B didn't come back right; says nothing because B wasn't interested in them before
15. Soulmate AU - one-sided soulmates
16. Stranded alone together for a very long time
17. Time Loop - Looper Tries to Make Someone Fall in Love with Them & Fails
18. Timeloop - Looper realizes to break loop they must pretend to love B and stay with them forever
19. Villain changed but nobody cares
20. You Despise Me and Yet I Love You

Original Work

>>> Original Male Character/Original Female Character
>>> Solo: Original Female Character

I don’t have a lot of preferences here! I like all sorts of settings and am excited by all the tags requested. Longfic is great, but as are little snapshots of scenes that illustrate a freeform. Feel free to take liberties in interpreting any of these tags, too. Whatever feels right to you, just have fun and make it as sad as you wish!

Any genre is good for me. Want to make one character an alien or android? Go for it! Set in a wizard school or a spaceship cantina? Excellent! Want a creaking mansion whence time forgot, or an Old West shootout? Both sound great!

I’m also up for trans or non-binary characters, as long as it isn’t the main point of the piece nor the reason for their sadness. The same goes for any marginalised identities: I’m very open to them but prefer it not to be where their sadness stems from.

All the same stands for art, too!

1. "Where were you when I needed you?"
2. “I think of you often.” “I don’t think about you at all.”
3. “You meant nothing to me.”
4. Attempt to revive dead loved one(s) fails
5. Betrayal
6. Blood pact to keep a horrible secret
7. Did You Really Think I Had Forgiven You?
8. Didn't Think Anyone Would Rescue Them; Were Right
9. The guilt/regret that comes from fucking up a relationship (in all its disastrous glory)
10. A has moved on; B hasn't
11. Heartbreaking Rejection from the Person They Pine For
12. i hate myself for loving you
13. The Most Ardent Pining Self-Hating Unrequited Love Imaginable
14. Obsessive All-Consuming Unrequited Love
15. The quiet melancholy of certain landscapes
16. A realizes B didn't come back right; says nothing because B wasn't interested in them before
17. Sentient Haunted House Kills Others But Keeps Requested Characters Forever
18. The slow realization of figuring out that the object of your loyalty is a terrible person
19. An Unhappy Relationship That's Killing You Inside
20. You Were Everything I Believed In; What Am I Supposed To Do Now?