Letter

This is a generic list of likes, DNWs etc. for exchanges. I currently sign up to events on AO3 under the username ovely (subject to change in the near future).

I post anonymously in exchanges, feel free to do the same when gifting to me!

Typical DNWs

Individual requests may override these; if you don’t see one of these DNWs in a specific request, feel free to ignore it.

  • non-con
  • BDSM
  • omegaverse
  • references to non-sex-related bodily fluids in a sex context
  • mention of non-canon tattoos
  • pregnancy, childbirth, adoption of children
  • engagement and marriage scenes
  • loss of limbs
  • torture
  • poetry or song lyrics (except as sources for titles/epigraphs)
  • non-canon characters playing major roles

Fic likes

  • angst and hurt/comfort
  • characters suffering from headaches, fevers, fatigue, depression
  • (witty/sarcastic) banter and repartee
  • mundane things, details, trivial worldbuilding
  • inconsequential conversations
  • ambiguous relationships, ambiguous endings
  • metaphor and symbolism
  • canon divergence
  • in certain cases: institution AUs (universities, the military, the priesthood, etc.)
  • relationships where both parties are equal, or where the characters can’t be clearly categorised as “the masculine one” and “the feminine one”
  • emotionally charged fight scenes

Art likes

  • modernism
  • detailed line art and/or background details
  • metaphor/symbolism
  • pastiche of in-universe aesthetics
  • pastiche of existing artworks
  • typography
  • tender embraces
  • minor injuries and treatment of the same
  • eyes and/or hands
  • art that is mostly black and white with one highlight colour

Smut likes

  • masturbation and sexual fantasies
  • normally quiet/shy/stoic characters being vocal
  • enthusiastic consent
  • focus on hands/arms or eyes
  • the usually subservient partner taking the lead in bed
  • first times where one of them knows they’re really into it but it takes the other a moment to realise they like it a lot too
  • moans and sighs
  • sweat
  • normally neat hair getting messy
  • one partner being naturally gentle and the other (a bit) rough but it works

Common DNWs that I’m fine with

  • eye/hand injuries
  • character death, unhappy endings
  • infidelity
  • identity headcanons (as long as they’re framed in setting-appropriate language; some specific exceptions may apply, which I will specify in individual requests)
  • experimental formats (except poetry)
  • vomiting
  • sexual contact between characters aged under 18, as long as all parties are at least 15
  • intragenerational incest
  • setting-appropriate bigotry/discriminatory language