Exchange Guidelines

[magnetgirl]

THE BASICS

Focus on character. Things like plot, structure, theme, making sense (!) are extras to me. I just want complicated, fully realized, damaged, imperfect, interesting characters doing things. Any things. It can be grocery shopping, seriously. I care about character.

And relationships! Complicated, fully realized, damaged, imperfect, interesting relationships involving two or more people. Romance, friendship, family, found family, all of it. I love best: siblings (birth, adoptive, as close as), BFFs who love each other, people who belong together but are afraid, people who are horrible together but can’t quit, casual relationships that turn unexpectedly deep, soulmates. I love unresolved sexual tension. Two people flirting in a grocery store, seriously. I care about feelings.

My perfect scenario for pretty much any fandom is: everyone in the group has to live together for some reason and they all squabble about dishes and TV rights and sneak around into each others bedrooms in the middle of the night. 

THINGS I ESPECIALLY LIKE

curtain fic

introspective character/relationship analysis masquerading as fic

family, Found Family, Team-As-Family

kid fic/legacy

road trips

angst and fluff

hidden identities
heists
elaborate descriptions of fashion

THINGS I ESPECIALLY LIKE IN RELATIONSHIPS

touchy-feely physicality (but vanilla sex)

Unresolved Sexual Tension

Besties with Benefits

Grew Up Together

Imzadi (First Love is True Love)

Powerful Woman/Infatuated Subordinate

Lopsided Balance of Feelings

Only Happy When It Rains (ships that have an element of tragedy)

They Are the Hunters We Are the Foxes (ships that have an element of danger e.g. spies in love)

Enemies to Lovers

Courtly Love
Divorced But We Share Custody of the Relationship

Additional notes on my shipping preferences can be found HERE

DO NOT WANT

PWP, smut — unless specifically requested, graphic description of sexual acts just pulls me completely out of the story, I prefer it simple and suggestive.

BDSM

alphaa-beta-omega

parent/child incest

mpreg

cisbending (trans or NB is fine)

horror, gore

graphic depictions of violence

action oriented plots

character or relationship bashing

ART LIKES

Fairy tales and fantasy

Mundane/Modern AUs

"After the War" old age/retirement, or kids/legacy

Something that will inspire me to write a story about the couple

Tropes

VID LIKES

vids that ask questions

character or relationship explorations

family/found family/team as family

unresolved sexual tension

parallels

quick cuts
intercut dialogue is cool, with the visual matching or not, but I do not like when characters’ lips move without the accompanying dialogue

You can browse my public playlists on Spotify to get an idea of my musical tastes.

I like:
film scores
classical ballet
soft rock
indie rock
alt rock
riot grrrl and grunge
emo
pop punk
indie pop
electropop
electronica
electronic rock
hip hop
kpop, jpop, anime pop, vocaloid
celtic
showtunes
modern country
rap

I do not like:
heavy metal
hard rock
boy bands
chants
choral
opera
jazz
easy listening
classic country
big band
 

AUs, CROSSOVERS, AND FUSIONS

I love it! As long as the characters and relationships are recognizable, feel free to play with setting. Mundane and historic AUs are fun and I love a good multiverse. For these purposes my fandoms are listed here. Please do not set the work in one I am not familiar with. 

Please feel free to ask if you have any additional questions.