everysecondtuesday | Summer of Horror placeholder Letter

Hi! I have previous past letters with likes lists and prompts that still hold true, so feel free to peruse old letters, though please be aware of my current DNWs and requests. In past letters, you can find more art likes, general likes, ship likes, and so on. This letter is more focused on horror due to the nature of the exchange, but if there's something I've mentioned in, for example, AAT that you'd like to work into a horror work, I'm sure I'd be delighted!

Already have a horror idea that works with my usual horror likes or uses a freeform from a past Jump Scare request or you otherwise have reason to believe I'll like it? No reason to wait to create! I'm sure I'll like it, too.

For ease of finding me: tuesday.

What I've written and what I want as a gift can differ, so for best results, please rely on my likes and DNWs over what you may find on my AO3 works page.

In general, I want you to know that I love all levels of horror, from gently spooky to hair-raising horror, so I will be pleased with a work no matter where in the range it lands!

Text Likes

I like all ratings for fic, from General Audiences to Explicit.

I'm open to any length, from just over the minimum to sprawling epics (and under the min for treats).

I like both traditional fic and non-traditional and experimental formats, including interactive fiction, Choose Your Own Adventure, epistolary, in universe documents, and multimedia. I like past and present tense. I generally prefer third person (especially consistent third person limited where POV shift only happens in scene breaks or doesn't happen at all) or a match to canon (which in some cases is going to be first or second) or a match to the standards of the form (e.g. first person for epistolary, letters, and journals; second person for CYOA and IF).

(I'm open to everything! These are just preferences.)

Art Likes

I am open to any rating for art, but please note my art DNWs that would especially apply for explicit art.

I especially like character expressions and things that set mood (color, body language, composition, etc), as well as scenery. I also like details in clothing, jewelry, and hairstyles and hair ribbons and fancy hair pieces where appropriate (e.g. fancy weddings including fancy clothes).

I really enjoy settings, background, and other details, so if you're like, "Oh, no, is this extra detail unwanted?" the answer will always be no, please give it to me. On the flip side, please don't feel like you have to go super in depth to please me. I'm sure I will be happy wherever you end up on the spectrum.

I enjoy everything from full color to black and white.

General horror art likes:

The horror is just off-screen, and we see the reaction to it
Ghosts in whispy greys
Ghosts in faded color, bleached out
Black and white with just one color used to ominous effect or similar
Creepy setting
The art looks normal at first glance, but a closer look reveals the horror

Bloody handprints and smears and deep gouges in the background walls

Use of color to show something off/wrong

E.g., Sakura's hair is pink at the roots, but the tips are a vibrant red

Cosmic or eldritch monster shown on screen
Contrast between bubbly cute art and something actually terrifying

For art based on live action series, I'm less concerned about the characters looking exactly like the actors and more about them being recognizable/capturing the feeling of the characters. Same for other types of canons, too, really. I'm not the right audience for more abstract works that require the viewer reading into the work or ones that require extrapolation on the viewer's part, as I'll admit I'm terrible at that, but otherwise, if the style you want to use differs from the style of canon, I'd be happy to see what you come up with. For any canon, I'd be happy with whatever your style is, something in the style of canon, or something in the style of another canon if that sounds like fun for you!

Horror Likes:

Artifacts of doom
Body horror
Cannibalism (by choice or by necessity; knowing or unknowing)
Creeping horror
Eldritch horrors
Embracing the horrifying implications from canon and exploring them further (e.g., SDV is a pretty happy game, but those sure are some dove children)
Gallows humor
Ghosts and ghost stories
Heart-pounding horror where people must actively run away from the monster/killer
Mimics and people lures
Monkey's paws (literal or metaphorical)
Monsters
Murder mysteries
Non-euclidean geometry and architecture
Protagonist/positive character in canon is horror to someone else
Quiet, subtle horror
Sad horror
The setting is out to get you
Triumphing over the horror
Thinking you triumphed over the horror, but there's the implication that actually, it's not quite gone yet …
The undead
There's also my Jump Scare freeform likes (separate post) that contains a ton of freeforms. It's an old post, so if something on there contradicts a DNW, please respect the DNW.

I'm not relisting the types of horror I requested, but I would love any of the things I requested for each fandom I requested it in, so if nothing above fits, but you have an idea of what you want to create that respects my DNWs, please go for it!

Do Not Wants

General DNWs

Graphic descriptions of eye trauma. (References to past eye trauma or non-descriptive eye loss are fine.)
Comas, covid, and unrequested real life serious illness.
Pet death. (For Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld, please keep bonded pets safe. Everything and everyone else can be in danger.)
Gender-related dysphoria.
Pregnancy of trans men. (Other mpreg welcome.)
Dubcon, noncon or rape play. Sexual harassment or menacing.
Traumatic sex or sex-related trauma.
Memory issues related to sex.
Infidelity.
Focus on unrequited love
Underage (under 18) sex. (References to teenagers being sexually active in teenager-typical ways is fine, but I'd rather not get explicit sex scenes.)
Adult/currently-a-minor relationships.
The spelling "cum" (as opposed to "come").
Anal tearing or bleeding.
Women on the receiving end of anal.
Contract or 24/7 BDSM or use of the word "master" in a sexual context.
Painplay as a punishment or unintended and/or unwelcome sexual arousal from a punishment or torture.
Mommy/daddy kink.
Sexual material going into a public bath (e.g. semen in a public onsen).
Christian religious horror (angels, demons, etc. as an element of horror; inclusion of non-Christian demons are fine; references to Christianity/Christian characters in canons with Christianity are fine).
Bright, strobing lights or quick flashing in visual gifts (I'm not sure anyone wants to make an animated gif, but just in case)
On-screen naked clearly visible dicks in art gifts. (This applies only to art. See letter DNW explication section for ways I'd be fine with dick-having characters depicted naked or having sex in art.)
Fandom-specific DNWs on AO3. Common fandom-specific DNWs involve permanent character death.

DNW Clarifications and Explications:

Comas and unrequested real life serious illness: Weird confined to canon stuff like Without a Cure, qi deviations, or chakra exhaustion are fine. Cancer is not.

Gender-related dysphoria: Dysphoria unrelated to gender is fine. I'm good with body horror, but if someone transmigrates into an AFAB body from an AMAB one or vice versa (or something else where gender dysphoria can crop up), I don't want descriptions of their discomfort with their new chest or genitalia or signs that their gender identity is a reason this experience is distressing for them. Discomfort over things like the body being the wrong height or the arms being shorter or other things that could be the same whether male or female are fine. "This is weird, but I'm rolling with it" is fine. "I have breasts now and I'm actively distraught over it" is not a good fit for a gift for me.

Trans characters existing without any reference to them experiencing dysphoria is fine (as are references to binding, tucking, and other things that I have room to read as to do with presentation alone).

I'm fine with pregnancy experienced as body horror in mpreg, but in that case, please still avoid active distress over developing breast tissue/anything in the chest area, and please heed the pregnancy of trans men DNW.

Pregnancy of trans men: To be as clear as possible, this DNW is for pregnancy of people who were assigned female at birth but identify as men. So long as my other DNWs are followed, I'm fine with things like people changing around their own body, including their reproductive systems, with magic or by other means to try to make mpreg possible; trans women or nonbinary people getting pregnant; or male transmigrators getting pregnant (whether it's because they fell into an omegaverse world, men can just get pregnant in this world, or they ended up in a female body (in which in this one case, yes, you can mpreg a newly trans man, though please heed the gender-related dysphoria DNW)).

Dubcon, noncon, rapeplay. Sexual harassment or menacing: In the past, I've been fine with (and liked) a lot of dubcon, but I currently don't want any. In the case of anything that could be taken in a dub- or noncon direction, I want the consensual version only.

Memory issues related to sex: Memory issues unrelated to sex are fine.

Infidelity etc.: Poly is fine. I don't want anyone confused on the fact that it is poly, not cheating.

In general, my major concern is to avoid a) definitely cheating in any direction, b) something in which one part of the ship thinks the other part is in a closed relationship and that's what the main ship is engaging in, c) something in which one half of a closed relationship believes the other is cheating on them and we the audience are likely to also think that's what's going on and which comprises a major, ongoing part of the work as opposed to something brief and mistaken.

References to canon infidelity are fine.

Focus on unrequited love: For pining for requested ships, characters can think it is unrequited, but I would like them to be wrong. References to things as they stand at whatever point in canon are fine in canons where unrequited love comes up, but I'd rather not get a fic entirely about a character being sad that their love is a one way street and ending up alone unless explicitly requested. That said, if I have included a parenthetical with this DNW that lists unrequited ships I am fine to get a work centered around (probably a vid if history is anything to judge), then I absolutely mean it, and pay attention to what I said there over what I've said here.

Underage (under 18) sex: References to teenagers being sexually active in teenager-typical ways is fine, but I'd rather not get explicit sex scenes.

Adult/currently-a-minor relationships: Aging up so everyone is over 18 is fine. Relationships between two people roughly the same age is fine, like a 17 and 19 year old. References to minors having unrequited crushes on adults is fine (though in that case, again, I'd rather not have that unrequited crush be a major focus). For scenarios in which two adults knew each other when one was a minor, I'd prefer not to have direct references to the possibility that anything could've happened then, even if it's to emphasize that the younger adult is an adult now.

Anal tearing or bleeding: Dry sex and using things that aren't lube as lubricant (e.g. semen or spit) going by porn logic is fine so long as there's no damage from it.

Women on the receiving end of anal: If women are having anal sex, I want them to be on the giving end only (so f->m pegging is fine).

Contract or 24/7 BDSM or use of the word "master" in a sexual context: Mentioning this because I have a lot of BDSM-related or adjacent likes. It wouldn't ruin my night or fic, but I'm not super into the formalized contract thing or it being the focus of a relationship/what the relationship is primarily about, and I don't want to accidentally set any traps for my author. I'm fine with and enjoy non-formalized play, with people having fun with pain, bondage, some power dynamics (e.g. characters addressing each other by title), etc.

Painplay as a punishment or unintended and/or unwelcome sexual arousal from a punishment or torture: If someone's getting spanked, I want it to be because they want it. If someone's getting tortured, I don't want it to be sexual.

On-screen naked clearly visible dicks in art gifts: I'm not expecting this to necessarily be an issue in a horror exchange, but if it does come up, whether because you're drawing a comic with spicy sections or for some reason the characters are naked in the art, please hide the dicks in some way, whether that's in water that isn't very clear so you can only see a vague outline, through angling, inside the other person if it's a comic with sex (the base/beginning of a dick going into someone being visible is fine), a conveniently placed house plant or thigh, everything but the base/bottom inch being hidden by someone's hand, partially clothed sex—it doesn't matter to me so long as the head isn't visible and most of it is hidden. Again, this DNW is for art only. (I have commented on and liked many works that would hit this DNW, but DNWing the specifics of what I'm actually trying to avoid isn't really feasible, so even though there's only a 10% chance of getting something that would guarantee I disliked the gift, we're throwing the metaphorical baby out with the bathwater.)

I would be very happy with gen, but if you want to create a work with a / ship in it as a focus, here are some I'd be open to for each fandom! Note that I am fine with background ships as well.

Dwarf Fortress:

I'm not sure how to adequately and clearly word this, but I'm open to any configuration of ship from people as opposed to creatures. Any gender with any gender. Dwarves, humans, elves, etc. I would also, again, as with every request, be very happy with gen.

Fields of Mistria:

Balor/Eiland
Balor/Caldarus
Balor/Farmer
Caldarus/Farmer
Juniper/Valen
March/Ryis as a significant component of a March & Olric work (but please have March & Olric be forefronted, too!)
Terithia/Elsie
Terithia/Landen
Terithia/OFC of creator's choice (Maybe she's a terrifying mermaid looking for love! Maybe she's Terithia's future ex who parts on good terms! Maybe she's a mysterious figure fished out of the water who disappears/fades away with the morning mist, and you have the unsettling feeling that she either has protected Terithia from something terrifying in thanks for her kindness, or she would have been the terrifying thing if Terithia had just boated past her! Maybe some other character entirely!)

Guild Member Next Door | Virtual Strangers:

Lee Yeowoon/Yoon Jigu

I'm the Max-Level Newbie:

Cheon Yuseong/Kang Jinhyeok

Mushroom Musume:

Any possible canon ship (so any of the daughter's possible relationships!)
Daughter/Witch
Daughter/Another Daughter
Daughter/woman who infects/corrupts her whose scene had intriguing blank spots (but please no noncon filling the blank spots).

Naruto:

I like anything where Sakura is the focus, so if you want to throw in a ship for a work that fulfills my Sakura request, I would be fine with that. Please note my ship DNWs involving Sakura, but otherwise, I am open to F/F, F/M, and multiships for Sakura. Some ships I particularly like are Sakura/Ino, Sakura/Shikamaru, Sakura/Sai, Sakura/Neji, Sakura/Itachi, and Sakura/Kisame, and many more.

I am also open to receiving Itachi/Kisame!

Stardew Valley:

Krobus/Any Gender Farmer
Krobus/Any Canon SDV Love Interest
Krobus/Willy
Krobus/Marnie
Krobus/Marlon
Elliott/Willy

Survive! Mola Mola!:

In a work in which the mola mola is the terrifying creature some poor hapless humans are trying to survive against or you otherwise need to include humans for the work, I am open to F/F OC ships! But I otherwise, I think this one is geared very toward gen works due to the nature of the game.