Recursive Exchange

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Hello! I've decided to forgo specific prompts for this exchange, but below are my DNWs with clarifications and a likes list. I really love everything I've requested and will be pleased as heck with whatever I get. Thank you!

DNWs

• Suicide, suicidal ideation, mentions of suicide, implied suicide, the word suicide
  • You may find yourself in a situation where you're writing, say, one character staying behind to fight so that their teammates can escape. Please focus on their determination to save their comrades, live as long as possible, and maybe just maybe succeed without dying no matter how slim the chances are.
  • Or, since I've requested time loops, you might find yourself writing a character who seeks/experiences temporary death to achieve some goal. Temporary character death is fine, but please have them killed by other people rather than killing themselves.
• dissociation/depersonalization from the POV of the person experiencing it, including Nara being in the black
  • examples include characters not feeling real, not feeling connected to their body, feeling like they're viewing a scene from the third person while someone else moves their body.
  • Exceptions to the above:
    • obviously there are canon characters who can do that kind of thing to themselves/other people because of their cool powers.
    • characters having a literal out-of-body experience because of magic ninja bullshit is fine.
    • characters literally not being in control of their bodies because of magic ninja bullshit is fine.
  • What I DNW is dissociation and the like as a reaction to stress/trauma. If it's enemy action to be resisted and fought against, go for it.
  • I know being in the black is some magic ninja bullshit but I DNW it because it's still like, a character's internal stress response. Showing Nara in the black from an outside POV is fine.
• people being sexually attracted to minors (under 18) unless it's background details for bad guys/casefic reasons
• requested characters or canon good guys as rapists
• first person POV
• characters meeting other versions of themselves on-screen
• Unrequested AUs that change the setting, replace the magic system, or significantly change the society the characters live in.
  • So, no to: mundane AUs, IN SPACE AUs, fantasy AUs, soulmate AUs, etc, unless directly requested.
  • But yes to: canon divergence, alternate timelines, For Want Of A Nail
• car crashes or people being hit by cars (a fender-bender or airplane crash would be fine though)
• permanent death of requested characters
• references to modern politics or current events

Likes

• casefic, mission fic, murder mysteries — I love intricately plotted examples but I ALSO don't mind simple plots or just having canon-typical events happening vaguely in the background
• minor characters — do you have a weird rare fave? please give them a cameo!
• worldbuilding — why and how do things work the way they do? what systems and social structures are in place?
• fake and fantasy politics — International (eg, concerning the threat of war or the import of stuff) or domestic, inter- and intraclan politics, small local politics, even stuff like city planning and zoning boards or school boards or HOAs! (Or fantasy equivalent.)
• unlikely friendships (friendship in general!)
• enemies to friends, enemies to allies, enemies to since-you've-had-a-rough-day-already-I-won't-try-to-stab-you-this-times
• characters who don't like each other being forced into doing something together, like solving a problem, escaping from prison, being handcuffed together, helping some third party that they both like, etc
• angst — especially over not belonging or not being use if a friendship/other emotional bond is real/reciprocated, and especially when everything turns out okay in the end!
• hurt/comfort — I like a broad range of emotional hurt/comfort, whatever you think fits the character! for physical, I like non-permanent injuries unless canonical. for sick fic, magically induced or poison-related are good, stress headaches or migraines, fevers/chills/hypothermia.
• protectiveness/loyalty — especially unexpected! also tied into something like being rescued when they thought they'd be on their own, or someone refusing to leave them behind.
• time travel — I like mental time travel the most if the character is traveling back to when they were about 8 or older, but physical time travel is also really fun!
• time loops — I like when time loops have a solid reason for existing and end because the characters do something, but if the canon worldbuilding makes the "you can't escape unless you confess your feelings" etc type of timeloop work then that's great too! I am not very picky about what exactly causes it, though: even in a canon like Person of Interest, feel free to throw in a random artifact that Just Does That and then the character has to find and break it to escape ot whatever.
• canon divergence — I like fix its, For Want Of A Nail, and pretty much any kind of canon divergence that could have happened because someone made different choices but doesn't remove the fantastic/non-mundane aspects of canon.
• dimension travel — like from canon to a wild canon divergence!
• garbage-tier magical items
• detailed setting description
• gentle spooks and horror — you can find more specifics in my Trick or Treat letter!
• committing treasons or other serious crimes for the benefit of loved ones/against a corrupt authority