2023 Bait List

[hwarium]

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? Genres - magical realism? sports anime? mafia? Dynamics - casual intimacy? unrequited love? professional enemies to lovers? People - yes I mean biases, also calling out everyone who listened to Midnights (4am version) Narrative Tropes - hero's journey? man vs nature? (Woozi vs Hoshi) Other media - bleak boyband bingo, chainsaw man, formula 1 (Check out the 2022 bait list and the 2021 bingo post). Please don't reply to bait lists On dreamwidth, you can't edit a comment once someone has replied to it. Creators, feel free to drop your socials if you want to get yelled at. Navigation ABOUT FAQ CHAT BAITS ✧ FILLS ✧ ROUND 1: QUOTES ROUND 2: ALTERNATE UNIVERSES 2021 2022

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[latespring]

17hols!!! dropping my list early:

- 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.