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GENRES

magical realism, fantasy, character analysis, sports (tennis), supernatural elements
normal stuff in combination with tags (e.g. here's this couple with an age difference kink and they're just, like, neighbors who work at the doctor's office and the grocery store)

TAGS

purity/corruption and analysis of, fake dating, dreams, ghosts, vampires, animal traits (especially when they're important to the plot), yearning, friends with benefits, enemies with benefits, strangers with benefits
fighting. being myad. What does it mean to be angry? What does it do?
roleplay particularly 1) to subvert existing power dynamics or whatever is keeping people apart and/or 2) to extend already-existing dynamics (e.g. catboy + pet play or vampire + bloodplay)
lying, not telling the whole truth, Things You Don't Say, things I thought you weren't saying, unreliable narrators, I expected you to think this of me but now I see you think something else so is it too late for us? Was I making it up all along?

DYNAMICS

age difference
prince/knight in the broadest sense
rogue/lawful but loyal follower (inverted prince/knight)
leader/lieutenant
mentor/apprentice
subverted or complicated power imbalance (younger character is in charge of older character, captain wants to Belong to their first officer, etc.)

childhood friends/brothers-in-arms to lovers (to enemies to lovers?)
roommates
The Missing Third: two characters who come together because of the presence or absence of another, two characters who exist in relation to one another through the third character, character a wants character b and character b is thinking about character c, etc.

THEMES

control, non-traditional omegaverse dynamics, discussions of masculinity / femininity / homophobia, analysis of idol industry, me as an individual vs me as part of the group vs Us
Maybe It's Okay To Be A Monster After All

NARRATIVE TROPES

playing with rules, especially magical rules and especially with wordplay (e.g. x gives y their heart but doesn't realize what that means until too late)
messing with the ages of the characters, especially messing with time
when there's some circumstance that prevents characters from being fully together, whether that's because of status, physical presence (maybe one is a ghost or is trapped in something or is far away) or good old bondage
angst. are we doing this because we like each other or are we doing it only for mutual benefit. he loves me, he loves me not. difference in communication styles/priorities.
when one character knows another SO WELL. bonus if that character is a friend or a friend with benefits rather than in the main romantic pairing

METHODS/QUESTIONS

What would you give up or sell out to get what you want? Once you get what you want, are you even the same person who wanted it anymore? Is it enough?
Characters making Decisions that they know will have consequences!
Using quotes from the members and extrapolating into world building or character study, especially by answering questions such as:

Are they telling the truth?
Are they trying to convince themselves? Is it a do as I say not as I do type of situation?
What if they decided to do something different or view the world in a different way?
Alternatively, what happens when something about their circumstances forces them into a decision where they can't choose the thing they usually would?
What challenges their perceptions?
If something about the world, backstory, other characters etc. is different or changes, what then changes about them?

INSPIRATION

i'm ieechanism on twt and capricornia on ao3!

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