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Tian Guan Ci Fu - Tumors
Tian Guan Ci Fu - QYZ/YY
Dragon Age
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Scum Villain - SXY/TLJ
Scum Villain - Healer gen
Scum Villain - Liujiu or Liu & jiu
Crossover - SVSSS & DOS
General Likes
DNWs

Tian Guan Ci Fu - Tumors

Ling Wen & Shi Wu Du & Pei Ming (any hurt)

• Aftermath Of One Character Finding Out Other Character Wouldn't Sacrifice Them For The Greater Good
• Aftermath of Temporary Character Death
• A and B risk safety/health to help C
• Badass in Distress
• Being stuck together in a seemingly fatal situation
• Came back from dead the same but traumatized by having died + the circumstances of their death
• Character A abandons plans in order to rescue Character B
• Character A undertakes a dangerous mission and Character B's job is to keep them alive through it
• Character Comforts With Awkward Shoulder Pat
• Character is temporarily blinded and is taken care of by partner(s)/family
• Character who is clearly not fine insists they are fine
• Character works so hard while mildly ill that it turns severe
• Characters argue over the best way to comfort hurt character
• Choosing friendship or love over political loyalty
• Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
• Comforter helps the hurt character hide injuries
• Comforter Rains Down Retribution On Hurt Character's Behalf
• Downplaying an Injury
• Downplaying Trauma
• Exhaustion
• Faking Recovery So Others Will Stop Worrying About You
• Helping hurt character walk
• Hiding injuries from onlookers but comforter knows
• Hot tea for the hurt character
• Hurt character continues to protect unhurt character(s)
• Hurt character hides their hurt out of pride
• Hurt while saving the other character(s)
• Hurt/sick character needs to be carried
• Injured character tries to pretend the blood on them isn't theirs
• Insisting That Exhausted Character Rest
• Protection - Mutual
• Recovering from traumatic resurrection
• Rescues - Character seeks revenge for dead loved one; only to find them alive and in need of rescue
• Technically awful attempts at comfort are actually very comforting
• Temporary Character Death - Revival Quest
• Time looping X forced to watch loved one die repeatedly; loop is broken by loved one’s survival
• Time Travel Do-Over
• trapped in an isolated place together

Quan Yizhen/Yin Yu (either or both hurt)

• [Blank] to Lovers - A gets in trouble or injured protecting B; which makes B see A in a new light
• Aftermath of Temporary Character Death
• Attempted Kidnapping
• Badass in Distress
• Came back from dead the same but traumatized by having died + the circumstances of their death
• Casual disregard for personal safety/wellbeing
• Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
• Character A abandons plans in order to rescue Character B
• Character A finds Character B fainted and has no idea how long they've been out
• Character draws negative attention onto themself to protect another
• Character gets hurt protecting other character(s)
• Character Gets Hypothermia and has to be Cuddled back to Health
• Character who is clearly not fine insists they are fine
• Choosing friendship or love over political loyalty
• Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
• Comforter Rains Down Retribution On Hurt Character's Behalf
• A confesses feelings because they think B is unconscious
• A confession in a desperate situation has to be dealt with afterwards
• cradling someone in their arms
• Downplaying an Injury
• Downplaying Trauma
• Falling Asleep As A Sign Of Trust
• Hair matted with blood
• Hands too shaky to complete task
• A has conflicting feelings while B tenderly treats his/her injuries
• Helping hurt character to dress/undress
• Hurt character is reluctant to accept help
• Hurt to Protect the Comforter
• Hurt/sick character needs to be carried
• Protection - Mutual
• Recovering from traumatic resurrection
• Rescues - Character seeks revenge for dead loved one; only to find them alive and in need of rescue
• return from the dead
• Surprised Not To Be Viewed As An Enemy
• Technically awful attempts at comfort are actually very comforting
• Temporary Character Death - Revival Quest
• Time looping X forced to watch loved one die repeatedly; loop is broken by loved one’s survival
• Time Travel Do-Over
• Unexpected Mercy
• X Time Travels To Prevent Love Interest's Death/Trauma But Now X's Stuck There And Are Two Of X

Dragon Age

Dorian Pavus/Felix Alexius (either or both hurt)

• [Blank] to Lovers - A is in danger and needs to be rescued; prompting B to realize their feelings
• Badass in Distress
• Carrying A Sick/Hurt/Exhausted Character To Bed
• Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
• Character A finds Character B fainted and has no idea how long they've been out
• Character A gets angry at Character B's tendency to self-sacrifice
• Character A is distraught when they find out B thought A wasn't flirting in earnest and comforts B
• Character A undertakes a dangerous mission and Character B's job is to keep them alive through it
• Character apologizes for being sick/hurt
• Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
• Character gets hurt protecting other character(s)
• Character Gets Hypothermia and has to be Cuddled back to Health
• Character hides injury they think isn't a big deal
• Character is used to illness/injury and treats it less seriously than others
• Character is weak and fatigued but doesn't slow down because they're "just tired"
• Character Planned to Die but Didn't
• Character who formerly had chronic pain adjusts to lack of it
• Character who is clearly not fine insists they are fine
• Character with high pain tolerance is in too much pain to hide it
• Checking For Fever With A Gentle Touch That Lingers
• Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
• Collapsing from exhaustion
• Comforter helps the hurt character hide injuries
• A confesses feelings because they think B is unconscious
• Dizziness
• Downplaying an Injury
• Downplaying Trauma
• Fix-It - Surviving near-death experience
• Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
• Hands too shaky to complete task
• Hiding injuries from onlookers but comforter knows
• Humor as way of dealing with pain/trauma
• Hurt Proctector Keeps On Protecting Despite Needing Protectee(s) To Keep Them Upright/Mobile
• A learns how much chronic pain B's in during bodyswap & doesn't want to return body.B wants it back.
• Massaging Another Character's Hands
• Mutual pining during slow recovery from near-fatal injury
• Non-powered character defends injured powered character
• Protection - Mutual
• Technically awful attempts at comfort are actually very comforting
• Unexpected recovery from an injury believed to be fatal

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Aloy/Vala (either or both hurt)

• Accidental feelings reveal while temporarily blinded and feeling completely helpless for it
• Badass in Distress
• Being stuck together in a seemingly fatal situation
• Carrying A Sick/Hurt/Exhausted Character To Bed
• Casual disregard for personal safety/wellbeing
• Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
• Character A finds Character B fainted and has no idea how long they've been out
• Character A gets angry at Character B's tendency to self-sacrifice
• Character A is distraught when they find out B thought A wasn't flirting in earnest and comforts B
• Character Catches Colds Easily
• Character Cradling Sick Character's Head In Their Lap
• Character gets hurt protecting other character(s)
• Character Gets Hypothermia and has to be Cuddled back to Health
• Character insists on completing mission despite injuries
• Character is weak and fatigued but doesn't slow down because they're "just tired"
• Character who is clearly not fine insists they are fine
• Character who isn't used to support/affection gets a lot of it from newfound partner(s)/family
• Characters both hurt by third party (physically)
• Checking For Fever With A Gentle Touch That Lingers
• Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
• Collapsing from exhaustion
• Comforter lends clothes to hurt character
• Comforter Rains Down Retribution On Hurt Character's Behalf
• A confesses feelings because they think B is unconscious
• Culturally inappropriate healing methods
• Downplaying an Injury
• Exhaustion
• Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
• Helping hurt character walk
• Hiding injuries from onlookers but comforter knows
• Hurt character is used to having to tend to their own wounds
• Hurt/sick character needs to be carried
• A is too uncertain of their place in B's life to directly ask for direly needed help
• Protection - Mutual
• Technically awful attempts at comfort are actually very comforting
• Time looping X forced to watch loved one die repeatedly; loop is broken by loved one’s survival
• Time Travel Do-Over
• trapped in an isolated place together
• Wilderness Survival

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Female Sith Inquisitor/Darth Acina (either or both hurt)

• [Blank] to Lovers - A is in danger and needs to be rescued; prompting B to realize their feelings
• A's seriously injured on mission; B's ordered to leave A and proceed with the mission but disobeys
• B sees formal A voluntarily wearing casual clothes for 1st time while A is sick/injured
• Badass in Distress
• Being stuck together in a seemingly fatal situation
• Casual disregard for personal safety/wellbeing
• Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
• Character A abandons plans in order to rescue Character B
• Character Cradling Sick Character's Head In Their Lap
• Character gets hurt protecting other character(s)
• Character Gets Hypothermia and has to be Cuddled back to Health
• Character who is clearly not fine insists they are fine
• Characters both hurt by third party (physically)
• Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
• Comforter helps the hurt character hide injuries
• Comforter Rains Down Retribution On Hurt Character's Behalf
• Comforting via letters/email
• A confesses feelings because they think B is unconscious
• cradling someone in their arms
• Downplaying an Injury
• Exhaustion
• Fake Dating While Mutually Pining & One Partner Gets Hurt
• Forcing Exhausted Character to Get Some Sleep
• Hair matted with blood
• Hiding injuries from onlookers but comforter knows
• Humor as way of dealing with pain/trauma
• Hurt character continues to protect unhurt character(s)
• Mistakenly Believes the Other is Dead
• Overworking
• Protection - Mutual
• Rescues - Character seeks revenge for dead loved one; only to find them alive and in need of rescue
• Technically awful attempts at comfort are actually very comforting
• Time Travel Do-Over

Scum Villain

Su Xiyan/Tianlang-jun (either or both hurt)

• Badass in Distress
• Blood Drinking
• Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
• Character A finds Character B fainted and has no idea how long they've been out
• Character believes no one is coming to save them
• Character Cradling Sick Character's Head In Their Lap
• Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
• Character Gets Hypothermia and has to be Cuddled back to Health
• Character who is clearly not fine insists they are fine
• Checking For Fever With A Gentle Touch That Lingers
• Choosing friendship or love over political loyalty
• Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
• Comforter helps the hurt character hide injuries
• Comforter lends clothes to hurt character
• Comforter Rains Down Retribution On Hurt Character's Behalf
• Comforting each other because both have been mistreated by the same asshole
• cradling someone in their arms
• Cuddling & Snuggling
• Culturally inappropriate healing methods
• First proper meal in ages
• Fix-It - Surviving near-death experience
• Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
• Hair Brushing
• Hair matted with blood
• Hair Washing
• Helping hot pregnant murder girlfriend go on comforting killing spree
• Hiding injuries from onlookers but comforter knows
• Holding Hands For Comfort During/After Dangerous Situation
• Hurt character continues to protect unhurt character(s)
• Hurt/sick character needs to be carried
• Kissing away tears
• Massaging Another Character's Hands
• Mistakenly Believes the Other is Dead
• Pregnancy Aches and Discomfort
• Protection - Mutual
• Rescues - Character seeks revenge for dead loved one; only to find them alive and in need of rescue
• Roaring Rampage of Rescue
• Rubbing A Sick Character's Temples
• Time looping X forced to watch loved one die repeatedly; loop is broken by loved one’s survival
• Time Travel Do-Over

Mu Qingfang & Any Peak Lords(s) (any hurt)

I was mainly aiming for gen healer fluff/angst/humor or SVSSS-typical ridiculousness or both, but if you want to go shippy with it then I am totally fine with that as long as the focus is on MQF's healer role in some way! (I actively ship Mushen, Mujiu, and MQF/QQQ, but I multiship a ton and can "Yeah that would be cute/fun" at basically anything.)

• Badass in Distress
• Belligerent Patient
• Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
• Character A abandons plans in order to rescue Character B
• Character A finds Character B fainted and has no idea how long they've been out
• Character A gets angry at Character B's tendency to self-sacrifice
• Character hides injury they think isn't a big deal
• Character who is clearly not fine insists they are fine
• Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
• Culturally inappropriate healing methods
• Exhaustion
• field medicine
• Fighting/healing others through severe injuries
• First Aid
• Forcing Exhausted Character to Get Some Sleep
• Guilt-tripping reluctant character into getting injuries seen to
• Healer hides own injuries intending to treat themself later
• Healer hunting down patients who won't stay put
• Healer is unconscious; other(s) have to heal then
• Healer quickly treats own injuries then hides them while healing others
• Helping hurt character walk
• Hurt character continues to protect unhurt character(s)
• Massaging Another Character's Hands
• Overworking
• Physically Injured Character Giving Medical Instructions to Save Their Own Life
• Protection - Mutual
• Sick/injured character has to keep working. Others take care of them.
• Time looping X forced to watch loved one die repeatedly; loop is broken by loved one’s survival
• Time Travel Do-Over

Original Shen Qingqiu | Shen Jiu/&Liu Qingge (either or both hurt)

That & is not a mistake or less wanted, I love any version of this disaster of a pair whether shippy or gen! If you go gen I'm fine with background Qijiu. (I'm also fine with Liuqijiu)

• A's seriously injured on mission; B's ordered to leave A and proceed with the mission but disobeys
• B sees formal A voluntarily wearing casual clothes for 1st time while A is sick/injured
• Badass in Distress
• Being stuck together in a seemingly fatal situation
• Bridal/Princess Style Carrying
• Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
• Character A abandons plans in order to rescue Character B
• Character A finds Character B fainted and has no idea how long they've been out
• Character believes comforter is taking care of them for practical or selfish reasons
• Character believes no one is coming to save them
• Character Comforts With Awkward Shoulder Pat
• Character gets hurt protecting other character(s)
• Character Gets Hypothermia and has to be Cuddled back to Health
• Character is extremely bad-tempered about comfort
• Character offers comfort even though they don't really want to interact with character
• Character verbally defends someone who isn't standing up for themself
• Character who is clearly not fine insists they are fine
• Characters overcome distrust through providing comfort
• Checking For Fever With A Gentle Touch That Lingers
• Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
• Comforter helps the hurt character hide injuries
• Comforter lends clothes to hurt character
• Downplaying an Injury
• Downplaying Trauma
• Fear of history repeating itself
• Fix-It - Surviving near-death experience
• Hair matted with blood
• A has conflicting feelings while B tenderly treats his/her injuries
• Helping hurt character to dress/undress
• Hurt character hides their hurt out of pride
• Hurt/sick character needs to be carried
• Injured A deliberately emotionally attacking uninjured B
• A is too uncertain of their place in B's life to directly ask for direly needed help
• Promising to come back for them
• Protection - Mutual
• Qi Deviation
• Searching for injured partner/friend who was left behind
• Stuck in a Blizzard (TOGETHER)
• Technically awful attempts at comfort are actually very comforting
• Time Travel Do-Over

Crossover - SVSSS & DOS

Luo Binghe (SVSSS) & Nara Shikako (DOS) (either or both hurt)

• Abandonment Issues
• Being stuck together in a seemingly fatal situation
• Character believes comforter is taking care of them for practical or selfish reasons
• Comforted By A Stranger
• Comforting Out of Obligation Turns Into Real Sympathy
• Falling Asleep As A Sign Of Trust
• Huddling For Warmth
• Physically Injured Character Comforting Emotionally Distressed Character
• Injury after encounter with a cosmic horror
• Traumatic Backstory Revelations
• Unexpected Mercy
• A is too uncertain of their place in B's life to directly ask for direly needed help
• Character believes they're (turning into) a monster
• Character Comforts By Taking Immediate Action To Solve The Problem
• Comforter stunned by how much comfortee trusts them
• Comforting dimension traveler who can't go home
• Dimension Traveler A Has Had Bad Experiences With Other Versions Of B & Is Cautious
• Character abandons plans in order to rescue stranger who is suffering

General Likes

Basics

• Missionfic
• Casefic
• Fluff
• Hurt/Comfort
• Slice of life
• Established relationships
• Get togethers
• Pre relationship
• Size Difference

Canon Divergence

• ANYTHING really. For want of a nail, something went different, someone made a different choice, that one (antagonist) character fell down the stairs. I'm open to any kind of canon divergence here.
• Fixit

AUs

• Daemon
• Roleswap
• Role-musical-chairs
• Another character is the [insert player character role] this time
• Fusions with other canons I've requested here or elsewhere
• Modern so long as the magic is still a thing and the plot is within the same lines as canon
• Superhero but ditto the above

Time Stuff

• Time loops (either groundhog day or long term)
• Mental time travel backwards
• Two people time travelling back with very different goals, without knowing the other is also a time traveller

Hurt/Comfort

• Overexhaustion do to use of powers
• Being overexhausted and having to keep using powers anyways
• Healing coming with a price that the healer pays
• Hiding injuries, magicail ailments, exhaustion, ect
• Insisting on completeing a mission while injured
• Faking recovery to stop people from worrying
• Poisoning
• Non-fatal sicknesses
• One character having to carry another to safety
• Insecurity
• Imposter syndrome
• Panic attacks
• Grief over canon deaths
• Anger born of worry
• Crying into someone's chest/shoulder
• Cuddling for warmth

Pining

• Mutual pining
• Mutual "we totally aren't into each other what do you mean"
• Getting undressed around someone you're pining for and/or watching them getting undressed
• Healing plot point meaning they have to touch
• Enemies pining for each other
• Thinking the other half of the pairing is out of their league

Pregnancy

• Magical/Force based Mpreg in a society where Mpreg is not normal
• Magical/Force accidents
• Magical/Force rituals
• Magical/Force pregnancy as a cure for something
• They want a kid so one character just straight up invents mpreg
• Characters either fighting or not while pregnant depending on the situation and their personalities
• Het mpreg

Friendship

• Ensembles
• Protective friends and partners
• Everyone else thinking the pairing is already in a relationship
• Science!

Hate

• Enemies to lovers
• The fallout of broken friendships/trust (from before the fic)
• "I needed you -- as in past tense"
• One half of a pair who very truely hated each other gets permanent amnesia and now things are awkward
• Slowly learning to value and respect each other
• Wrong place wrong time
• Don't actually hate each other but they're on opposite sides of a conflict
• Forced to work together
• Forced to shore up each other's covers
• Sparring
• Arguments as flirting
• Threats also being flirting
• The pairing fighting and (nonfatally or permanently) injuring each other
• Really truely trying to kill each other and then suddenly freezing when they get an actual opening
• Self hate

Fluff

• Accidental confessions
• Body worship
• Cuddling
• Oops someone is temporarily and magically a kid and now everyone else has to take care of them
• Banter as flirting
• Fancy clothes for fancy events
• One character not realizing they are being courted while being very obviously courted
• Competence kink
• Wrists and hands
• Hair
• Lazy morning afters
• Wearing the other person's clothes
• Flower crowns
• Character looking breathlessly pretty in some sort of natural environment

Worldbuilding

• Music as magic. Especially for someone who views it as a tool to pull out when necessary rather than their main passion.
• Plant magic and gardening!
• Really just any extra specific elemental magic
• Science and nerdy stuff!
• Magical artifacts
• Little worldbuilding details from canon.
• Ridiculous details from ridiculous canons.
• Cultural differences in fantasy worlds between fantasy cultures.

Unconventional Formats

• Epistolary
• Notes to self
• Chatroom
• Outsider pov
• Varric's exaggerated narration
• Spreadsheets

DNWs

• Humiliation.
• Severe social ineptness (canon-typical SQH is fine).
• Planned public declarations of love that only one half of the pairing knows about ahead of time.
• Cheating or suspicion of cheating.
• V type poly.
• Open relationships.
• Unrequited between requested characters in a fic tagged for them.
• Unrequested gender/sexuality headcanons.
• Non-canon slavery.
• Non-canon permanent maiming/incapacitation.
• Graphic description of wounds.
• Graphic torture.
• Non-canon permanent major character death.
• Permanent requested major character death (even if canon).
• Noncon, fear of Noncon, or focus on past Noncon.
• Unrequested Dubcon.
• Underaged.
• A/B/O.
• Extremely painful sex or anal bleeding.
• Kissing after throwing up.
• Blowjobs after anal.
• Rimming.
• Fisting.
• Sounding.

SVSSS specific DNW:

• PIDW characters finding out they were considered fictional in another world.

Dragon Age specific DNW:

• Custom Names for Player Characters. (The defaults can be found on the wiki, or just using last names is fine)

Clarifications:

• Planned public declarations of love that only one half of the pairing knows about ahead of time: I mean things like public marriage proposals/announcements, public confession speeches, announcing the relationship, ect. If the characters have already talked about that sort of thing and the in-the-dark-character is going to react like "Oh hey that thing we talked about is happening now, with no unpleasant surprises that will make me uncomfortable", then don't worry about it! I just don't want them caught off guard or embarrassed by something they had no idea was coming. (It's a big second-hand embarrassment thing for me.)
• Suspicion of Cheating: I mean things like "Are they dating someone else/want to date someone else/slept with someone else/am I a side piece" ect, but not things like "Are they flirting with that waitress". Momentary "Wait wait--oh no that's not it at all" type suspicions are also fine in general, as long as there is no stretch of time where cheating is suspected (for either the reader or the characters)
• Permanent requested major character death (even if canon): I don't want any of the requested characters to be dead at the end of the fic. I don't want a pre-death fic that very blatantly references or leads into the start of the plotline of the eventual canon character death. (If the line isn't deliberately meant to remind of the death, then you're probably fine! The amount I care about references to a canon death that's definitely going to happen is directly related to how justified/proportionate/quick the death was, so don't worry about it for Three Tumors but do worry about it for Su Xiyan)
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• Related things to that last one that are totally okay!: Focus on grief. Fic where the canonically dead character is dead for most of the fic as long as they're alive by the end of the fic. Dead character comes back as a corporeal ghost ala TGCF or a similar "Basically alive with fancy powers" sort of undead. Pre-death fic that doesn't very blatantly reference or lead into the canonical character death plotline. Pre-death fic that leads into/directly references canonical death plot but clearly sets up a divergence even if the characters don't realize the significance at the time. Time travel/Peggy Sue fixit where the canonically dead character definitely died in the last timeline but they're averting it this time. Canon divergence dealing directly with the canon death plotline.