Battleship Exchange 2024 Letter

Dear all,

Here are some additional information that please feel free to pick and choose or ignore.

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General

General like
Art like
Romance related Like
Smut Related Like
Horror/Dark Like
Hurt/Comfort

General like:

action/adventure/case fic
capture and rescue
competence
humour and banter
moral ambiguity
outsider POV
story telling
Loyalty between leader and subordinate, and oaths of loyalty, and conflicted loyalties, physical expression of loyalty (eg: kneeling )
people suffering stoically,
power exchange/manipulation
identity porn
Hurt/Comfort (Emotional & physical)
Understanding; characters who can understand each other (or some specific aspect of each other) in a way no one else can, regardless of whether they actually like each other; a sense of a long history together or shared secrets or shared unusual experiences.

Bright colours. (Bold, soft.)
Colours that complement/belong in the same colour palette.
Colours that clash.
Black and white/greyscale with a colour accent.
Monochrome
Characters drawn in alternate clothing/costumes
Digital art. Charcoal. Ink. Marker. Colour pencils. Pencil/ink sketching. Painting. Watercolour.
Gen content or romantic/sexual content.
Architecture/Location|
Flowers
Water
Musical instruments
Animals

Pining
Huddling for warmth, only one bed, locked in a closet, enforced proximity scenarios
Hand-holding, casual touches, tenderness when appropriate
Character comforting lovers with insomnia/nightmares
attraction between opposites
Friends to lovers
enemy to friend to lovers, friends to enemy to lovers, complicated love-hate relationships
Kissing
Relationships that in some way change a character into something stranger, whether that's monster transformation, corruption arc or simply impacting their life for the weirder.

Bondage, blindfolds
Marking (bruise, kiss mark, tattoo, writing/painting on the body, collar, dog tags, etc)
Erotic Humiliation
Praise kink
Rough sex, hair-pulling, bite-marks, bruises, breath play, spanking
Body worship, including scars, tattoos, etc
Character finding that their lover has horrible sex before and trying to make it better
Characters in pretty lingerie or wearing jewelry only
Sexual role play
Xeno, tentacles, alien biology and genitals

HORROR/DARK LIKE

psychological horror
Noir/Dark Fantasy/Dystopia
Canon Dark AU
Alien Invasion in a sci-fi setting/AU
ghost /supernatural creatures (that may or may not have mundane explanations)
Isolation, cut off from home planet/base/team, etc
characters who can't trust their memory (memory loss, memory implant, mind control, hallucination, illusion, delusion, etc)
Characters trapped inside a nightmare/Dream invasion
Dependent on Enemy for Survival
characters menaced by monsters/killers/aliens
"And Then There Will Be None" fusion
characters are captured and forced to fight /complete dangerous missions
Cube Movie Fusion
creepy castle
Forest
dungeons
ruins
Alien/Elder City
Liminal Space

Hurt/Comfort tropes I like:

character sacrificing themselves to protect others
characters downplaying their injury/suffering so that others can get help first
characters expect abuse but meet unexpected mercy instead
stoic character revealing their secret weakness because of feverish dream/nightmare/hallucination/etc to friends/loved one and get comforted,
injuries (accidental, from a battle, etc) that don't lead to permanent disability
hypothermia and cuddling for warmth
characters adapting to (often permanent) loss/rebuild their life with help
skin hunger
Pining angst that leads to requited love
Proud characters insists that they don't need help and are tough enough to struggle with misery alone. The other characters understand their issues with showing vulnerability, and offer the comfort in subtle, deniable ways that are couched as being for their own peace of mind or just for the sake of convenience
Physical comfort: bandaging wounds, hair washing, bath giving, supporting an injured character's weight, massage, etc
Comfort food