Five Figure Fanwork Exchange 2025 Dear Creator Letter
Aug. 19th, 2025 04:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annapodsPersonal info
Anna, she/they. Annapods on ao3, discord, bskye, tumblr.
My Ao3 bookmarks have some works that I really liked.
Fandoms and tags
Here are the fandoms I signed up with, as well as the tags. These are in no particular order.
Original Work
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KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
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K-pop
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데뷔 못 하면 죽는 병 걸림 - 백덕수 | Debut or Die - Baek Deoksoo
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崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
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DCU (Comics)
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Naruto (Anime & Manga)
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Prompts
Optional details are optional, these are just jumping points if you'd like some inspiration!
Original Work
This is a bit of a catch-all, because I'd be delighted by almost anything you could come up with! But here are a few jumping points if you'd like.
Copying a genre or style. A parody of noir novels, a pinup calendar, xkcd comics, an AITA post, a fake Chuck Tingle short story, impressionism, gothic horror, ...
More abstract styles, poetry, concepts, ...
A retelling of a known story: fairy tales and folklore, established tropes like supernatural romance or japanese high school clubs, established settings like RPG-inspired fantasy or a/b/o, ...
KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
The Saja Boys and how they work as a group. Could be funny, could be heartbreaking, could be warm and fuzzy! A few examples: them handling variety shows and games, Jinu's plan as a way out of Gwi-ma's influence, demonic behaviors like animal instincts and traits or on the countrary vampire-like traits, ...
Huntr/x interacting with Bobby, with the Saja Boys, with their fans... I'm also a Kpop fan and the movie was full of so many little details that made it clear it was done by fans, for fans. Exploring that more would be awesome! A pile of distinct examples: stage outfits or concepts, social media posts, outsider's POV, in-universe merch, details about their schedule or company, them as trainees, ...
Polytrix! Polytrix! Polytrix! (to the tune of couch) A few elements of note: cuddle piles and physical affection, the kind of misunderstanding that's about not realizing what's going on in the other person's head, hair care and doing each other's makeup, ...
Rumi/Jinu and alternate endings or continuations. Is his soul trapped? Damaged? Split? Rumi travelling to the demon realm to get him back, Jinu lost in his memories having to figure his way out, him trapped in the sword like it's an isekai webnovel, ...
Worldbuilding: how does the Honmoon work? How do souls work? How do demons work? Where do the demon hunting powers come from? How does the rest of the world handle demons? How does the k-pop industry/fandom explain the weird things that keep happening? Etc.
I'm also fine with other saja/huntrix pairings, don't worry about hitting a nOTP!
K-pop
This is very broad, and I really mean it to be very broad. I'm completely fine with going in fandom-blind. I'm also fine with watching a few videos you linked for context. I would love RPF just as much as something based on songs or MVs, or in-between.
Here are the groups that I am at least somewhat familiar with, in alphabetical order: ATEEZ (Band), IVE (Band), K.A.R.D (Band), Mamamoo, OnlyOneOf (Band), SEVENTEEN (Band), Stray Kids (Band), The Boyz (Korea Band), TOMORROW X TOGETHER | TXT (Korea Band), Triple H (Korea Band), 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Want to take a random MV you love and make a whole world out of it? Go for it! A few that already caught my attention, if you're looking for inspiration: Club Icarus - ARTMS (Album), undergrOund idOl - OnlyOneOf (Music Videos), 365 Fresh - Triple H (Music Video).
I have a weakness for pack/coven/etc AUs. I think it's the group dynamics and platonic commitment, often served with a good dose of physical affection and/or hurt/comfort. I love it completely platonic, completely polyamourous, and everything inbetween.
I love everything that explores K-pop as an industry. Processes, structures, norms... This is often found in AUs where one of them is not an idol, or they are in the industry but not as idols. Of those, I have a specific fondness for Manager AUs, because, well, caretaking. It also extends to fake in-universe content: interviews, merch and album packaging, stage outfits and concepts, ...
K-pop is a great fandom to have fun with, well, fandom! Social media AUs, outsider's POV, multimedia elements, ... I will gobble it right up.
데뷔 못 하면 죽는 병 걸림 - 백덕수 | Debut or Die - Baek Deoksoo
Everything in my K-pop request also applies here: I'm fond of pack/coven/etc AUs, exploring K-pop as an industry, and playing around with the in-universe fandom. Special mention for silly group shenanigans and affection.
Gen, pairings, polyam, it's all good. Cute antics are just as great as transmigration whump or full AUs.
I'm not actually up to date with canon (this is one of my osmosis fandoms) but I won't mind either way, I can ask the wikia and rely on context clues. That said, the idea of several versions of the same world based on divergences is very crunchy. What would have happened if...? Idol/photographer, Moondae as a manager, someone else jumps back in time, Gunwoo and the original Moondae having to share a body, ...
Adding a layer of a/b/o or similar on top of the canonical issues is like adding frosting on a cake.
崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
I hesitated between worldbuilding and choice of character for this request, but in the end one doesn't exclude the other, so. I'm not familiar with all the characters, far from it, but I'm fine with learning to know them through a gift! That tag also means that I'm fine with you not including the specific pairings I listed. I really like them, but I'll also like other pairings or gen stuff!
This being a gacha game, the designs for settings usually have clear inspirations. Why not push that to the max? What would it mean for the culture and economy of each place, for the fashion and crafts, for the architecture...? Feel free to make that AU or canon divergent for extra creative room.
This is a video game, a lot of characters have distinct voices and idiosyncracies. Wanna try to stick to them in your gift? This is not required of course, just saying that you don't need to be afraid of going overboard, I'll appreciate the attempt.
The angst potential for most of these pairings is off the charts and I would love to explore it.
DCU (Comics)
I love angst and found family, of course I'm into DCU. My favorites are Tim and Jason, but I'm not too fussy about who they might be paired with and who else might have a/the prominent role. Gen or shippy are both fine, OT3s and moresome are awesome, and I'll also take worldbuilding.
Please feel free to be mean to them! I DNWed mind break, onscreen rape and graphic torture, but I added in the letter that whump, rape recovery/mentions, and reference to past violence are all fine. A few notable storylines that I'm nowhere near sick of yet: Titans Tower AUs, Jason coming back to Gotham after the pit, Tim's miserable childhood.
Sentient places are great and I think Gotham could get some screentime, as a treat. Gargoyles, city scapes and maps, gentle eldritch horror, ...
I love random OCs and their potential acts of kindness. Crime Alley community building, comical but well-meaning goons, social media memes, ...
Naruto (Anime & Manga)
I like the warring clans period for canon divergence, time travel, and sociocultural worldbuilding. This is the one fandom that made me think that actually, no, I couldn't simply DNW weddings and proposals, because what about political/forced/arranged marriages? Also, pseudo-historical settings and clothing and architecture are amazing.
Early team 7 divergences and fix-its will be cherished. I'm including academy days and pre-academy in there. I'm fine with gen or shippy for these three.
Original characters are fine, both as background fillers and as main characters or half of a pairing.
There are a lot of other characters and pairings that I would love to explore! Please don't hesitate to add any you'd like and even make them an important part of the story. In fact, feel free to run with that worldbuilding request and use the occasion to go in whatever direction that does not include any of the characters and pairings I listed.
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Media and formats
I'm opting into everything that's allowed by the exchange. I love experimental, mixed, weird, unusual, etc formats and as long as you have fun making something for me, I'll love it! If you have an idea that I didn't mention, just go for it.
Things that were a personal challenge for you: Trying out a new medium or a new way to do things, mixing techniques, taking a gamble, ...
Low standard, low effort: I do not like the idea of you having a bad time with it, or feeling like you have to reach a certain length or quality. I do like the idea of a personal challenge to lower your own standards!
Quick and dirty, orojects started months ago that you think I'd like, works you’re not that proud of, typos and errors left in, ...
Interactive or useable content: anything that is printable or playable or foldable or usable in whatever way will be an immediate hit.
Ideas(tm): I love works with strong, coherent styles or inspirations. This could mean a lot of different things, and does not presume any skill level or difficulty! Might not be an option depending on the exchange, but I think stick figures on post-it notes count as a coherent style, for example.
Creator commentary: I'll love all of these even more if you included some information on what/why/how you made a work. Actually, if the exchange allows it, that could be the whole gift!
Recursive works: I'll be delighted by any recursive works based on my own! My blanket permission statement basically boils down to go wild as long as you make sure any other creators involved are okay with it.
Story likes
Gen, or close to it
Pre-slash.
Only 100 words of romance in a sea of plot.
Filthy, tender and loving but totally platonic porn.
Platonic affection and commitment
Stories about queerplatonic relationships, treated with the same kind of focus as romantic relationships: meet-cutes, flirting, dating, defining the relationship, domesticity, ...
Strong friendships, could-be-gen-could-be-polya, found and chosen family.
Sensual attraction, cuddling and snuggling, touch as a love language or a communication method, all the skinship.
Group polyamoury, some supernatural or a/b/o AUs (pack, coven, etc).
World exploration
Canon divergence, what-if, trope in/subversion.
Time travel fix-it, fix-it in general.
Crack and crack treated seriously, non-standard worldbuilding.
Meta, meta disguised as fiction.
Take your fandom to work, deep dive into someone’s lived experience.
Fandom culture and/or media in-universe.
Culture, language, sociopolitics.
Hurt/comfort
Loneliness-induced angst, touch starvation.
Whump and fixing it.
Take your fandom to therapy.
Story dislikes
These are things that I usually dislike, not DNWs. If you include them, I might skim those parts of your gift but I'll still leave an enthusiastic comment and be happy you had fun.
The expected romantic experience
Romantic milestones as a focus, for example meeting the parents or going to prom together.
Romantic curtain fic.
Proposals and weddings, with the exceptions of arranged, forced or political ones.
Gendered expectations confirmed by the narrative
Focus on traditionally “feminine” tasks like childcare, household chores, etc for female characters, omegas or whoever else stands in for women in this world.
Unquestioned fantasy gender essentialism in a/b/o or D/s AUs.
Social pressure or victim blaming that are not acknowledged as such by the narrative.
Children as relationship plot devices
Pining while raising a kid together.
A parent falling in love with their kid's teacher.
Wish babies.
OC children of canonical characters.
Heavy dubcon, unacknowledged dubcon
No-no-yes dynamics.
Ignored boundaries with no backlash.
Ignored safewords with no backlash.
Unchallenged internalized misconceptions about consent.
Consent issues that are not acknowledged by at least one character, the narration, or the narrative.
The same but for romance dubcon
Soulmate AUs where fate (or another kind of power) decides soulmates.
Sneakily dating someone, dating under false pretenses, “How could you not realize we were dating”.
Fake dating or friends-with-benefits with pining and “it’s not enough but I’ll take what I can get”.
Strong, unquestioned power imbalance.
Betting on relationships.
Large age gaps
For sexual content, I'd strongly prefer it if the youngest participant was at least the age of oldest, divided by two, plus eight: young >= (old/2)+8.
For romantic content, I'd strongly prefer it if any participant younger than 16 had at most a two years age gap with the oldest.
This does not apply for characters where age is not measurable in the same way or not relevant at all, like time travelers, aliens, robots, eldritch beings, ...
Messing with canonical ages is fine.
Internal POV of bigotted or cruel characters
Characters who delight in being gratuitously cruel.
Neo-nazis and fictional equivalents.
A/b/o or similar settings with extreme gender norms seen from the POV of a clueless alpha.
Grimdark stories
Grimdark = dystopian fiction characterized by harsh settings, extreme violence, and a bleak, fatalistic perspective on the future of humanity.
Apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic settings (that are not just a setup for time travel fix-it, or a parallel universe, or similar).
Hopeless dystopias, panopticons.
Prison AUs.
Other random dislikes
Homophobia as a quick relationship plot point.
Mundane high school or college AUs.
Deaging that is not linked to time/dimension travel.
Christianity as a theme/motifs.
Miscommunication that could be solved by blurting it out, no character development required.
On smut
I'll be happy with any rating!
I like
Praise, edging, oversensitivity, all the nice feelings.
Pure porn is great, using sex to tell a story is also lovely.
I usually dislike
Daddy/mommy kink, humiliation, breeding kink, rape kink, pet play, role play in general.
Do Not Wants
Unhappy, hopeless or ominous endings
Mind break, onscreen rape, graphic torture
Whump, rape recovery/mentions, and reference to past violence are fine.
Zoophilia, including fandom-specific equivalents
Tentacle monsters, plants, eldritch creatures and similar are fine.
Pregnancy, including male pregnancy and impregnation
Passing references due to canon are fine.
Passing references due to it being a recursive work are fine.
Biological incest, incest kink, incestual shame for not-biologically-related pairings
Sexual content with participants younger than 16
Characters whose age is not measurable in the same way or not relevant at all, like aliens, robots, eldritch beings, ... are fine.
Messing with canonical ages is fine.
Piss kink, scat, emetophilia
Harry Potter AU or content
Passing references due to canon are fine.
Passing references due to it being a recursive work are fine.
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