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Dear CIEX Creator 2024
Firstly, please rest assured that there's no need to dig into the letter if you don't want to. If you've got something in mind to write for me and it's not bumping into my DNWs, go wild and have fun :D
The letter is here for additional information, some clarifications regarding my DWNs if you need them, and some more likes, including smut likes. It's not necessary to read if you think you got what you need from my actual request on AO3 <3
My tastes run varied and wild; I like domestic fluff and some crack treated seriously just as much as I do angsty fics that tear my heart out (provided they heal it again, LOL); I'm just as much up for dark romance (as long as it adheres to my DNWs) as I am a fluffy lighthearted, heartwarming romance; terrible characters doing terrible things and also being in love (with potentially less terrible people?) is fun, good people willing to commit murder when their lines are crossed is fun, a cozy walk under the starlight is fun! A lot of things is fun!
(If you wanna check out what kind of stuff I've written/bookmarked, I'm TisStrangerEerierAndPreposterousUsername on AO3.)
Table of Contents
General Information
Fandoms
- The Collector Series (Movies)
- Strangers From Hell (TV)
- Outlast (Video Games)
- The Passenger (Movie 2023)
- Stargate - All Media Types
- Dune (Movies - Villeneuve)
Xcons
I like xcon because I don't like sex for the sake of sex. Iâm the kind of ace that just donât get that and xcon, by the nature of the beast, tends to lend itself very well to lots of Emotionsâ˘ď¸ with the smut. It feels a little bit weird to say I read erotica for the Feelingsâ˘ď¸ but Iâm serious; I like my smut with plot and character/relationship studies, with world-buildng and scheming and characters who are doing something for a reason, whether itâs out of duty, for their own sadistic pleasure, or just because theyâre super smitten.
Weather itâs positive or negative emotions is just as cool; fear, trepidation, eagerness, anticipationâI just crave something I can dig my teeth into, you know.
I probably have a preference for dubcon over noncon, but thatâs just because I do want my requested characters to be happy at the end. Any path there is a-okay: noncon â> dubcon â> con, dubcon â> con, noncon â> con, con â> dubcon â> con, etcetera. Go wild!
For noncon, I do prefer the eroticized noncon kind; if it's just, 'oh no this is so traumatic and gross and fucked up and shitty and horrible' then like I'm not intersted in that, LOL. For any kind of xcon, tropes that make my brain go brrrr is stuff like blackmail, forced relationship, warprize, out of duty, debt, as a tactic for a mission, trying to manipulate somebody, etcetera.
I want that inner conflict, that duty vs self(care), that corruption, that dragging somebody else to your level, that in over your head and thereâs no way out but further in, that really picked the wrong person to honeypot, etc., kind of vibes. Emotions! Manipulation! Corruption! But like, mutuallyâeventually! It doesnât have to start that way, but I would love the requested characters to just kind of grow into each other, find that compromise, figure out how to be happy together, even if they have to break each other a bit first, LMAO.
General Smut Likes
I do like it when the characters enjoy themselves, and for xcon purposes that line can go anywhere. I donât mind some sadism, LOL. Weather itâs the âdidnât think Iâd be into this but wowâ to âdoing it out of duty and eventually we figured out how to both have a good timeâ or the simple âno no yesâ route, itâs a-okay.
Kink-wise, if itâs not in my DNW list, you can probably sell me on it. I donât have a lot of lines there, it really just depends on if the characters are into it or not; if they are, Iâll be happy for them!
Under/Non-negotiated kink is okay, too!
More specific stuff thatâs okay (but you donât need to stick to this): dom/sub ⢠bondage ⢠cockwarming ⢠manhandling ⢠rough sex ⢠soft/gentle/tender sex ⢠enthusiastic consent ⢠monsterfucking ⢠competence kink ⢠loyalty kink ⢠orgasm denial/control ⢠possessiveness ⢠size kink ⢠bigger (and/or more powerful (physically/politically/financially etc.) bottom/smaller (and/or less powerful (physically/politically/financially etc.) top ⢠sex with feelings ⢠smut with worldbuilding/character studies ⢠physical/emotional intimacy ⢠safe sane and consensual ⢠Consensual But Not Safe Or Sane ⢠collars ⢠dirty talk ⢠breath play ⢠objectification ⢠blindfolds ⢠humiliation ⢠punishment ⢠aftercare ⢠feminization
General Likes
In general, I like it when things are mutual. Characters mutually manipulating each other is good, mutual pining is good, mutual obsession, mutual protectiveness etc. are all good. I like characters enjoying each other's presence, knowing each other and supporting each other, and appreciating each other, even if the things they appreciate are superb murder skills, lol.
I like worldbuiling, character studies, crack treated seriously. Taking a silly concept and running it to the most serious conclusion. Logistical worldbuilding like laws, and transportation, and agriculture and production lines. Digging into the setting, so to speak.
I like monsters and aliens and unexpectedly sentient creatures in love. I like morally ambiguous/immoral characters in love, I like loyalty and devotion and characters sticking by each other. I like characters getting out of bad situations and choosing, perhaps, to not forgive somebody who's hurt them. I like characters moving on, and healing, and finding joy.
I like characters overcoming setbacks, and learning how to deal/live with setbacks they don't/can't overcome, i.e. chronic illness, permanent/long-term disability etc. I like characters making the best of things, in apocalyptic settings and so on. Sometimes things can't be fixed, and that's okay. (But also sometimes things can be fixed, and that's okay, too (i.e. fix-it fics, lol).
Gore & Violence
I'm okay with violence, but I don't want graphic depictions of gore. Blood is cool, have fun punching each other, sword fights, guns etc all good, but I don't want detailed descriptions of brain matter and guts; and also no teeth stuff. Like, it's okay for a character to get tortured but I don't want torture porn and I'm not interested in a step-by-step description of the torture.
Relevant DNWs: teeth loss, nail & eye trauma, loss of limbs (this includes tongue) (it also includes partial limb loss).
A note on my DNWs
- Assuming I donât mess with my DNWs for this exchange, I DNW âbittersweet/bad/sad/tragic/melancholy endingâ and to put that in context, it just means the requested characters shouldnât be dead, miserable, brooding, full of angst and fear and despair etc. at the end. I am perfectly happy with a âtwisted but happy endingâ in which, for example, the characters are corrupted and turn into murderers and go on a killing spree at the end, as long as theyâre happy. Like, to put it simply, I want my blorbosâ happy at the end; itâs fine if everyone else dies, LOL.
- Happy ending to me just means the requested characters are happy and having a good time! It doesnât mean they have to have a conventional healthy relationship, LMAO. If you have any questions about my DNWs, donât hesitate to ask the mods to relay them to me đ
- (So this means perma-death is off the table, but temporary death is a-okay)
- If I've requested Any makes X icon X (or other reiterations of such), then Any does not count as a requested character and does not need a happy end.
- For the 'gender changes & gender dysphoriaâ DNW, Iâm fine with a characters being trans as long as theyâre still the same gender as they are in canon. A guy is a guy is a guy, I donât consider that to be a gender changeâbut if going with a trans character, I still do not want any gender dysphoria!
- âbetrayal of trust (between endgame couple)â is something I normally DNW but will be waiving for this exchange.
- âinfidelity (between endgame couple)â is something I normally DNW but will be waiving for this exchange.
- âunderage non-con | unrequested underage shipsâ references to off-screen canonical events is fine, but nothing onscreen, thanks.
- âloss of limbs (including tongue) | eye/nail trauma | teeth lossâ this means donât damage/pull/cut anything off, donât make any references to even canonical teeth stuff, thanks.
The Collector Series (Movies)
Banging on the walls, scrambling onto the ceiling horror style, crying in the bath tub: just give me obsession, yearning, can't-live-without-you, (mutual) corruption, kink, twisted and fluffy feelings, psychopaths in love, seduction with ulterior motives, manipulation, codependence etc. What-ifs, canon-divergence, for want of a nail, or AUs etc welcome! :D
The Collector Series is two movies + one unreleased movie. In the first movie, a thief (Arkin) breaks into a house only to find a nightmare waiting for him; the Collector, a murderer that likes torture, has set his eyes on the household and filled it with traps, and is on the hunt to kill everyone inside. And it turns out getting out is no easy task.
âŚOkay so in the first movie thereâs this scene where Arkin instantly notices that the Collector has entered the house and then he sneaks around without the Collector seemingly even noticing him, and it is. Very. And also it should be 200% gayer, Iâm just saying (￣ďžďżŁ)
In the second movie, Arkin is forced to go back the Collector, in order to try to save a rich man's kidnapped daughter.
I love the chasing/chased dynamics, the cat and mouse games, the predator/prey thing. I love Arkin's competence, and how he does go back for the kid in the end. (There isn't, as far as I know, a canonical name for the Collector, but the fandom seems to be using Asa Emory as his name sometimes; I would be okay with this if you want to do that! :D)
Strangers From Hell (TV)
Corruption galore, and it's hot, is all I'm saying. Do you like Hannibal? In that case, I think you should give this kdrama a try! This is a one-season TV show in which Yoon Jongwoo, newly moved to Seoul for his girlfriend, moves into a rundown apartment building, Eden. Except things are... weird.
There's murders! Corruption! Blood! A mystery! Guys having conversations on rooftops! Scheming and manipulation! What's not to love? (I highly recommend these fics in my bookmarks, if you're new <3)
Outlast (Video Games)
The Passenger (Movie 2023)
Randy's coworker Benson goes on a killing spree and only Randy is spared, only to be promptly kidnapped by him. ...I just think the concept is very fun, and lends itself very well to fun xcons! :D
Stargate - All Media Types
I have a perpetual weakness for Todd and Iâm not sorry about it.