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2023 Bait List
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Bait Lists
Like the bait on a fishing hook, these are the things to prompt if you want to catch a writer. Except in 17hols the fish gives you the bait and teaches you how to fish. A bait list is a list of things someone is interested in creating. Wanting to prompt? Have a look here for some inspiration. Content creators, its time to confess. Need ideas?
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pebby bait :3c
♡ apocalypse, end of a relationship, things coming to an end
♡ the bit just after things have come to an end where you dont really know what to do with yourself any more
♡ junboo ;-;
♡ plotless vibes but make it vivid and make it hurt
im
no subject
- mentorship, of any form
- I've been particularly facinated by creative partnerships recently! hhu, perfunit, vocalunit, woozi&svt, etc
- water metaphors, the sea, revisiting the past, themes of home
- the relationship between captain/liutenant, boss/enforcer or captain/knight: the kind of "I am your weapon, and what does that mean for the two of us" exploration
- meet cutes! found family! reality television (specifically things like "oh no we're both on the same cooking show")
- bias line is like half of svt at this point but I'm particularly fond of Dino, Minghao, Woozi, and Coups
- rivals to lovers, especially of the sports anime variety
- magical realism--particularly I just finished "the world we make" by N. K. Jemisin and the urban magic/"people becoming living cities" idea is really sticking with me recently!
also here is an expanded list of tropes I love, and I am on socials as watermotif on twt and lacquer on ao3. I also infrequently check curiouscat.
wrenbait 3.0
🖤 the spaces where you are waiting to be seen, or disappear to for regrouping.
🖤 musings on home.
🖤 the spectre of the past/consequences of fame
🖤 it's about X but it's also about Y
🖤 borrowed narratives (transposing other rpf/sports/bandom lore to krpf, e.g. summer of like, il predestinato)
🖤 sigh.... jeongcheol (+/- seokmin, wonwoo, mingyu)
🖤 other avenues of fame and infamy
more tropes/themes/genres i enjoy here.
i'm
LET’S GO 2023 <3
-contemporary poetry
-fantasy / horror / magical realism
-smashing two or more unlikely AUs together
-yes Taylor Swift lyrics I’ll admit it (also Bastille/Halsey/Linkin Park)
-post-disaster narratives
-multilingualism
-soongyuhao
-EXO cameos!
on twitter here and ao3 here!
i can't believe it's 2023
✧ circumstances where love doesn't win
✧ science fiction AUs! (especially recently AI/AR kpop developments)
✧ stories with alternate realities that are a metaphor for unresolved feelings (raven cycle, inception, pac rim, 1Q84)
mel bait 2.0
biases/fav ships (to write and read!):
- minghao/any (specifically: seokhao, gyuhao, haohan :'))
- jeonghan/any
- and really just any/any
brain-turning elements:
- relocating, the consequent struggle of cultural identity etc
- anything idolverse, dealing with insecurity, weaknesses, imperfection, etc.
- basically the darker sides of idolism/the idol industry
- casual intimacy
- end of the world type feelings, making do with what we have
- introspection
- character studies! (gods these are hard but still)
- song of achilles/circe aus/lore
Re: mel bait 2.0
socials: moonlitmel1 on twt and moonlitmelodies on ao3 :)
here we go again
⸙ tswift etc lyrics
⸙ death, dying, grief
⸙ break up no make up
⸙ POETRY
⸙ car/plane/train rides, liminal spaces
⸙ crossover bait
my socials are
sido bait 2023
-vernon, minghao, verhao :) also maknae line in any combination
-CHARACTER STUDIES
-rly anything plotless, atmospheric, or slice-of-life lol
-setting as a character
-keeping secrets from ppl you love
-Pleasure with a capital P (food, sex, sunshine)
-feelings so big u don't know what to do with them... being scared but doing it anyway...
-departures, endings, breakups; exes and the strange intimacy of once being known but not anymore
-magical realism (apparently, since i keep writing it), folklore adaptations
-women!!!! esp lesbians!!!!!!!!
i'm silver_muting on twt^^
how to hook an ally
✦ jeonghan, especially if he's being genuinely Awful in some way
✦ these ships in particular: gyuhan, cheolsoo, verkwan, boogyu, whatever the hell hoshy/joshy have going on
✦ "intimacy but not the kind of intimacy they want" (includes fwb, pining, enemies to lovers. see here for more)
✦ canonverse...but make it au (e.g. soulmates au but in canonverse, etc)
✦ things that feel like break-ups but aren't actually break-ups. separation, loss, disbandment, drifting apart...
✦ lyrics that feel like poetry (my weaknesses: fob, taylor swift, the national, lorde)
✦ sci-fi & adjacent aus: space au, pacrim au, cyberpunk au
hook line n sinker
- old jazz song lyrics (nina simone, etta james, billie holiday)
- indigo lyrics
- twice lyrics
- situational prompts based on tv movies etc (not a whole au, but something that happened in the universe)
- gender
- ships: gyuhan, jeongcheol, 8jun, mingyuzi, soonwoo, soonhao
socials are kwontent and mbwff
you bait nj like fish?
- anything seokmin, but especially 97z
- verkwan
- wonhao, wongyuhao, seokwoo, wonseokhao, wonseokgyu (but not minwon, for some reason)
vibes
- figuring yourself out/growing up generally
- succession fusion (just let me write about mingyu as tom please)
- ambiguous relationships, friends with benefits, homoerotic enemies... you get the idea
- introspection
- mitski lyrics
- frank ocean lyrics
- loneliness. interpret that how you will
- bodies of water
- lesbians. queerness generally
i'm seokmin_liker on twitter and ao3, and i'm sure you can find the fills i did on last year's page!
no subject
✧ not telling someone you are in love with them
✧ experience gap
✧ mind games
✧ formula 1 (not that i would definitely write svtf1... but i would consider it. given the right prompt...)
✧ lyrics from this playlist
2022 bait list / 2021 bait list / main twt haengseol / writing twt likewaterising / ao3 tonyang (kurusui)
no subject
- wonboo, seokhan, junhoon (midtier rarepairs generally...?)
- visceral horror-tinged fantasy(mermaids hunting sailors for sport, magic that carves itself into your bones, etc.)
- celebrity, fame, the self as a consumable product (bbb vibes)
- difficult platonic relationships
- the combination of the above two with high-intensity environments (canonverse, sports au, etc.)
- dry cleaning lyrics, carly rae jepsen lyrics + vibes combo, wong kar wai movie quote+vibes combo
- historical fiction or related tropes (strict social rules, reputation and legacy, etc.)
- quote one of your own fics at me (or a friend's if they're ok with it)
not on twitter, my ao3 username is 'pastel'
so you want to bait em
• jicheol (particularly if it's canon and particularly if it's angsty)
• exes meeting up again
• friends to not friends to ??
• basically just fics where they knew each other and then had a falling out and then saw each other again
• canon character meta that's not necessarily tied to a relationship
• found familyisms
• tender, gentle feelings
• shitty comedy and banter
• repressed jeon wonwoo
• have I mentioned the jicheol (also: wonchan, seokhan, seokhoon, wonchancheol)
preferred povs: scoups, woozi, dk, wonwoo
I can be found at:
no subject
llama bait :3
- jeonghan, minghao and mingyu...
- lyrics by miss taylor swift, boygenius, mitski, beabadoobee and the killers :3
- niki lyrics!!!!
- anything queer but especially lesbians <3
- growing up and growing apart
- falling in love with your best friend
- anything introspective!
- “i am your weapon, use me as you wish”
- FOUND FAMILY <3
- thoughts on home//cultural identity
- POETRY POETRY POETRY (richard siken…)
- is love enough?
i'm @/yeollama_ on twitter (here) and on ao3 here~
teach a man to fish,
- povs wonwoo, vernon, jeonghan, chan
- members in competition or academic rivals, i.e. prompts like these two from prev 17hols events
- post concert shenanigans
- dreams and ghosts and haunted folk
- give me an excuse to worldbuild
- give me an excuse to worldcopy (think anything with a vivid setting that’s integral to the storyline)
- what no baitlist is complete without: character studies
water the fig tree...
tropes:
- rule 63 or honestly just any sort of gender stuff where i can play around with nontraditional intimacy and sexual reciprocity
- gothic themes and settings, islands, isolation, being haunted figuratively but maybe also literally
- leaders who seem put-together and their right hand who is barely keeping them afloat behind the scenes
- super niche fields of work or study that i can research! bonus points if it's sci-fi or witch fic
- doomed and destined (mostly sports) narratives, obviously i'm an f1 girlie but i will take whatever i can get
- lyrics from tove lo, death cab for cutie, now,now, sza, nothing but thieves, and fall out boy have been Getting Me lately so run with those
- MORE HORROR! MORE GORE!!! MORE MONSTERS!!!!!! not super super dead-dove but i can work with MCD and body horror and when is a monster not a monster, oh, when you love it. or when it eats you
i'm wizardhoshi on twt btw <3
how 2 bait a mish...
-verkwan. i cannot change who i am...
-same age friends in general (95line, 97line)
-deekay/shua/wonu have done particular damage to me this year
themes/tropes
-"it was always you" or any spin on soulmateisms
-idolverse especially the bleak side of it
-classic romcom tropes
-devotion/loyalty as the thing that kills you
-open ended endings because i'm a sadist
-intimacy in the vast expanse of space
-unhealthy/unconventional ways to love
misc inspo
-death cab for cutie, sufjan stevens, mitski, fall out boy & any of the boygenius girls
-inception/game of thrones/pacrim (no hunger games this year let's spare me)
-richard siken, ocean vuong, pablo neruda
the three leaves of a clover
The Ships That Sail (in order):
- any permutation of seoksoonhoon (+ wonwoo)...
- minwon/soonwoo/wonhoon
- i want to try writng booshua/wonhan/woncheol/gyucheol!
the Words and Themes:
- character oriented... i love introspection
- guilt, secrecy and independence
- the star trek character experience (spock uhura suluisms)
- paul guest
- MUSIC REFERENCES especially classical... i grew up like this!
- huge marina tsvetaeva fan
- wang xiaobo's love declarations are so beautiful T_____T
- study on bilingualism and being lost in translation.... yeah.
- love as a litany as an effort
- cooking and food and fruit. and ramen. even takeout. etc.
- bittersweetism
the Tropes:
- sickfic lowkey
- i am an f1 type of plant and will accept f1 aus with open arms
- intimacy in the little things n the Things that happen before the get-together. acts of Service.
- something becoming more important because of the people you do it with
- friends to lovers + idiots in love
- fantasy is cool... vampirisms are Highly Encouraged.
- star trek aus
reel her in
ships:
‣ Jeongcheol, Seoksoo and Wonhui
‣ especially if JHHJ are troubled and mean
themes:
‣ I love to suffer!
‣ open endings
‣ anything unhappy, really
‣ right person wrong time/post-breakup
‣ if there’s theater or chinese involved… I can research and pretend it’s for uni. exams are coming up.
‣ recently developed unexpected interest in coming-of-age
‣ also, I’ll admit it, idolverse
inspirations:
‣ mitski lyrics…..
‣ the cure, cage the elephant, pixies are soft spots. also if anyone prompts (or knows) 草東沒有派對/no party for cao dong i will write for you no matter what.
moon bait!!
– richard siken
– hannibal nbc references...
– hurt/comfort
– yearning, being touch starved, pining, etc etc
twt: @/gyuhansoup or @/moonbreezeao3
crowdsourced vee bait (2023 ver.)
★ permutations of 96z and seungcheol/jeonghan/wonwoo/mingyu, leaderline.
★ things that could've been but never was
★ Endings (apocalypse, disbandment, break-ups, The Final Battle, etc.)
★ love is stored in everyday things™
★ ...and tigers.
2022 bait list /
catch me (no tvxq)
pairings: verkwan, gyuhan, vershua, boochan, jeongcheol, verhao. (anything. literally anything.)
what i roll with & what rolls me: rule 63 (always always always), lesbian/trans themes (long live seungcheol unnie), oceans/rain, small town boredom, big town blues, seasonal vibes, Character Study!, soulmates, idolverse childhood friends to lovers, post-disbandment (SORRY.), the morifying ordeal of being known, and pacrim
inspo: mac miller's 'swimming', the half of it (2020), pacific rim (2013), lady lamb, phoebe bridgers, anything from sos by sza
i'm on twt at sserasol and ao3 at naisyo!
lilli bait 2023
themes:
- romcoms, thrillers, horror elements, fantasy settings
- magic, space, soulmates tattoos, time loops, supernatural elements, sports (especially volley/football/ice skating/*deep sigh* formula 1)
- enemies (to friends/fuckbuddies) to lovers, complicated relationships, relationships without a label, one-sided relationships
- banter but also love in the form of non-verbal communication, alcohol-induced revelations or moments, miscommunication, tender wound tending
- heartbreaks and inevitable goodbyes
people:
- jeonghan, joshua, hochi, mingyu
- jihan :/ and any ot3 really
- btsvt or svtrv or any crossover ship lol
liam bait
ships/configs
⚝ verkwan/verkwanchan
⚝ boogyusol
⚝ jigyu
⚝ wonchan
⚝ jeongcheol/jihan/cheolshua/95z poly
⚝ hoshi (just as a concept)
tropes
⚝ weird/outré kinks
⚝ bleak boyband bingo
⚝ power dynamics/inbalances
⚝ infidelity/married characters
⚝ trans seungcheol. ooh you want me to trans scooby's gender so bad
fishy glug glug
✫ angst, unresolved feelings, liminal spaces, unrequited love, intense pining, no happy ending, major character death
✫ slice of life, little moments + snapshots, non linear narratives
✫ comedic situations or funny takes on normal situations?, meet cutes in weird places
✫ superpowers, office au, enemies to lovers !!!, fic with older characters (post college) !!!, reunions after a timeskip
✫ things change, but we all stay the same, or alternatively, thing stay the same, but we've changed
✫ emotional infidelity/constipation
✫ the mc but not the mc of this romance
✫ 'i would kill for you'
✫ anything involving minghao, seungcheol, junhui, wonwoo
on Twitter stickie and AO3 side_stickie_note
Extremely late to the party bait list
- supernatural/horror elements, magic, idolverse, things that are a little dark and sinister!
- any combo of enemies/friends/lovers, trope subversion (especially with a/b/o)
- Wonwoo and Seungcheol ships
- love is being consumed, literally and/or metaphorically
- if you're familiar with godlessbot on twitter, this is prime Leesabait
you can find me @/woncheoling on twitter, or @/aubergine_ao3 for just fic things!
are we still doing bait
ships:
- gyuhan
- verkwan
open to most ships tbh, except jeongcheol and meanie soz
themes/tropes:
- The Mundane
- modern AUs
- non-idolverse
- a bleak reality
- i hate the word ennui, but like, ennui
- food
inspo:
- rachel cusk
- maggie nelson
- the endless monotony of house music
find me on twitter and ao3 !! i love making new friends <3
no subject
ships:
- any combination of junhui, minghao, and mingyu (including all three of them!)
- seokgyu, seokhao, seoksol
- jigyu
- woncheol, meanie, gyucheol. haven't considered a poly triangle but I Could
- any of the jeonghan/joshua/seungcheol triangle
- soonyoung/junhui, wonhui
- honestly I can be convinced by any svt ship, it's about the Vibes(tm) so don't Not write a ship you love because of this list
vibes, energies, and general Thoughts:
- cowboys (the crowd pretends to be surprised)
- I love aus, I live for aus, give me all the aus
- sci-fi and horror are two sides of the "if it's not a metaphor for love I don't want it" coin. hopefully that makes sense!
- I'm an aquarius venus, let me see them Yearn
- idiots in love
- Girls (tm)
- loving the monster not in spite of their monstrocity but because of it (sometimes the monster is the fact you eat your hotdogs wrong. sometimes it's murder!)
- finding a home in each other is just [chef's kiss]
- I'm a simple man you give me a scene where one person sacrifices themselves for the other person and then the other person tends their wounds and calls them an idiot? I'm gonna lose my entire mind.
citrinecowboy on ao3, no public twt rn