This is a generic list of likes, DNWs etc. for exchanges. I sign up to events on AO3 under the username ovely.
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