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My AO3 account is UnhinderedDreams, and this is my eternal list of likes for exchanges. This list is continually updated as I think of new things to add.

Likes: General

alternate dimensions
alternate histories
alternate realities
alternate universes
antiheroes
banter
blackmail
candles
carnivals
characters having agency
characters loving their powers/abilities and having fun with them
chosen/destined/prophesied ones forging their own path
competence
corruption
costume balls
cults
dancing
dark and stormy nights
derelict cruise ships
derelict ocean liners
derelict spaceships
different flavors of immortality
dream manipulation
dreams
faustian bargains
festivals
fog
forests
gaslighting/mindfuckery
ghost towns (of the non-haunted variety)
hidden agendas
hitchhiking
kidnapping
lesser of two evils
magnificent bastards
manipulation
masquerade balls
moral ambiguity
moral decay
morally bankrupt
morally grey
nightclubs
nightmares
parallel universes
prisoner of war
rain
rivers
shenanigans
skinny dipping
smug bastards
sparring
spoils of war
stalking
sunflowers
thunderstorms
uncanny valley
uneasy allies
unreliable narrators
vampires being vampires
villains
villains being villainous
villains corrupting heroes
waterfalls
worldbuilding

Likes: Animals

cats
coyotes
crows
dogs
foxes
javelinas
lynxes
owls
panthers
quolls
ravens
wolves

Likes: Art

all styles
anything listed in any of my other Likes categories or my prompts or my requested tags that can be translated into art
characters done up in period clothes
- cowboys
- flappers
- gangsters & molls
- gunslingers
- highwaymen
- knights & ladies
- medieval
- outlaws
- pirates
- renaissance
- saloon girls
- space pirates
- swashbucklers
other types of clothes I'm partial to
- brown bomber jackets
- flowing dresses
- hooded cloaks
- kilts
- leather pants
- long, leather coats
- ripped and faded jeans
- ruffled shirts
- slinky dresses
- stockings
- suspenders
- three-piece suits
- zoot suits
a man unzipping a woman's dress
a woman pulling a man towards her by his tie
a woman straddling a man
balancing on a log to cross a river
character covertly watching another character
character menacing another character
character sketching or painting
character sketching or painting another character
castle ruins, castles, gothic trappings, fog, rain
come hither looks
cuddling in front of a crackling fire
dancing
domestic scenes
finger pressed to lover's lips
gambling, especially cards
- set in a regency gambling den
- set in a saloon in the old west
- set in an alien casino
- set in the 20th or 21st century in a high-class casino
- set in the 20th or 21st century in an underground casino
kissing
- eskimo kisses
- forehead kisses
- hand and finger kisses
- neck kisses
- shoulder kisses
- sweet kisses
- thigh kisses
- wrist kisses
library settings
looking over shoulder
mirrors
nature settings, especially forests and rivers and waterfalls
playing an instrument
poker cards
pressed up against a building in an alley
reading together
set in a carnival
sipping hot chocolate/coffee/tea
sitting on the hood of a car
snowball fights
speakeasies
stargazing
tarot cards
touching foreheads
vampire(s) feeding on a hapless damsel
walking through a spooky forest
women with guns, blades, crossbows, and/or a bow & arrows; men too

Likes: AU

1920s
1930s
1940s
ancient egypt
ancient greece
ancient rome
apocalypse
archaeologist
artist
assassin
author
bank robber
biker
bodyguard
bounty hunter
bratva
canon divergence/fork in the road
con artist
criminal
cyberpunk
demon hunter
detective
dystopian
fae
fairy tale
gangster
ghost hunter
gothic
highwayman
historical
hitman
law enforcement
linguist
lovecraftian
mafia
magic
magical detective agency
magician
mail order bride
medieval
medieval fantasy
mirrorverse
monster hunter
mythology
noir
occult
old west
organized crime
paranormal investigator
pirate
post-apocalypse
private investigator
regency
rock star
royalty
serial killer
soulmate
spy
steampunk
sugar daddy
superhero
thief
treasure hunter
urban fantasy
vampire
vampire hunter
victorian
viking
weird west
wereanimal
zombie apocalypse

Likes: Beings/Creatures

angels
antichrists
banshees
centaurs
demigods
demons
devils
djinn
dragons
dryads
elves
fae
fallen angels
gargoyles
ghosts
gods
golems
humans
incubi/succubi
mages
mermaids/mermen
naiads
nymphs
pegasi
peris
phoenixes
psychics
satyrs
selkies
shifters
sirens
sorcerers
unicorns
vampires
warlocks
weres (I'm particularly partial to werewolves.)
witches
wizards

Likes: Genre

apocalyptic
cyberpunk
dark
dark fantasy
dystopian
fairy tales
fantasy
folklore
gothic
gothic horror
gothic romance
historical
horror
legends
magical realism
murder mysteries
mysteries
mythology
neo-noir
noir
old west
paranormal
paranormal romance
post-apocalyptic
preternatural
regency romance
romance
romcom
science fiction
screwball comedies
steampunk
supernatural
tall tales
urban fantasy
urban legends
weird west
whodunits

Likes: Haunted Settings

ghost ships
ghost towns
haunted apartments/flats
haunted asylums
haunted attics
haunted auditoriums
haunted balconies
haunted basements
haunted bodies of water
haunted bus stations
haunted campgrounds
haunted cemeteries
haunted carnivals
haunted castles
haunted churches
haunted circuses
haunted cliffs
haunted dance halls
haunted estates
haunted fairs
haunted forests
haunted funhouses
haunted highways/roads/streets
haunted hospitals
haunted hotels
haunted houses
haunted islands
haunted libraries
haunted lighthouses
haunted movie theaters
haunted museums
haunted neighborhoods
haunted opera houses
haunted radios stations
haunted schools
haunted sheds
haunted stages
haunted stores
haunted studios
haunted subways
haunted theaters
haunted tour buses
haunted train stations
haunted train tracks
haunted trains
haunted tv stations

Likes: Mythology

arthurian
celtic
christian
egyptian
greek
norse
roman

Likes: Professions

antique dealers
archaeologists
assassins
book dealers
con artists
ghost hunters
hackers
highwaymen
hitmen
librarians
linguists
magicians
mercenaries
pirates
private investigators
spies (including double and triple agents)
thieves
treasure hunters

Likes: Shippage

[blank] with benefits
- enemies with benefits
- exes with benefits
- friends with benefits
- rivals with benefits
- siblings with benefits
[blank]-to-lovers
- enemies-to-friends-to-lovers
- enemies-to-lovers
- enemies-to-rivals-to-lovers
- friends-to-enemies-to-lovers
- friends-to-lovers
- friends-to-rivals-to-lovers
- rivals-to-enemies-to-lovers
- rivals-to-friends-to-lovers
- rivals-to-lovers
age gaps
character/character
- ancestor/descendant
- angel/demon
- angel/fallen angel
- angel/human
- antichrist/nun
- antichrist/preacher's daughter
- antichrist/priest
- assassin/target
- bad boy/good girl
- bank robber/hostage
- boss/employee
- brother/sister
- con artist/mark
- cop/criminal
- cop/informant
- cult leader/cultist
- demigod/human
- demon/human
- doctor/patient
- experienced dom/inexperienced sub
- experienced male/inexperienced female
- experienced older male/younger female virgin
- experienced younger male/older female virgin
- fallen angel/human
- ghost/human
- god/human
- guard/prisoner
- highwayman/lady
- hijacker/hostage
- hitman/target
- kidnapper/kidnappee
- mentor/mentee
- older man/younger woman
- priest/nun
- priest/parishioner
- spy/mark
- teacher/student
- therapist/patient
- uncle/niece
- vampire/human
- villain/hero
- werewolf/human
codependency
dysfunctional/fucked up relationships
established A/B groom C
established A/B seduce C
incest
lima syndrome
obsession
obsessive love
polyamory
possessive behavior
power imbalance
stockholm syndrome
threesomes, foursomes, moresomes

Likes: Smut/Porn/Kink

anal play
anal sex
barebacking
begging to come
being woken up by sex
blindfolds
bloodplay
blowjobs
bodice-ripper style ravishment
body worship
breathplay (preference for choking with hand)
breeding kink (doesn't have to result in pregnancy)
car sex
carriage sex
casual sex
claiming
clandestine "we shouldn't be doing this" sex
clothed female/naked male
clothed male/naked female
clothed sex
cock warming
consent or the lack thereof
- consensual
- consensual noncon
- dubcon
- noncon
corruption kink
counter sex
creampie
cuddling
cunnilingus
D/s (preference for male dom/female sub)
daddy kink
demon sex
desk sex
desperate "i thought i lost you" sex
dirty talk
doggy style
double penetration
edging
finger fucking
finger sucking
flirting
forced eye contact
forced orgasm(s)
foreplay
frottage
fucked by alternate dimension self's significant other
fucked by evil version of friend(s)/loved one(s)
fucked until unconscious
fucked with the hilt of a weapon
fucking so hard the bed thumps against the wall
gags
gangbang
gangbanged by alternate universe/timeline versions of partner(s)
gentle sex
ghost sex
groping
gunplay
hair brushing
hair pulling
hair washing
hand over mouth
hate sex
having to stay quiet
ice play
innocence kink
just the tip
just the tip leads to more
kissing
kissing scars during sex
knifeplay
library sex
lifted by partner during sex
light bondage
limo sex
loss of virginity
manhandling
marking
- bites
- bruises
- scratches
military kink
monsterfucking
multiple orgasms
nipple/breast play
orgasm delay
orgasm denial
overstimulation
pinned by the wrists
playful sex
praise kink
priest kink
receiving cunnilingus while restrained
riding
ritual sex
roleplay
rough oral sex
rough sex
seduction
semi-public sex
sensuality
shower sex
size kink
somnophilia
spanking
table sex
teasing
tender sex
tender sex while still sore from rough sex
thigh riding
tracing scars during sex
triple penetration
trying to stay quiet while being fingered in public
undernegotiated kink
uniform kink
unnegotiated kink
vaginal sex
vampire sex
voyeurism
wall sex
werewolf sex
woman being held down

Likes: Tropes

accidental baby acquisition
aliens made them do it; fuck or die; magic made them do it; sex pollen; et cetera
alternate first meetings
amnesia
back from the dead
came back wrong
canadian shack
capers; heists
case fic; mission fic
characters getting transported into the fictional world they're a fan of
characters getting turned into vampires
characters getting turned into werewolves
damsel in distress
dimension hopping
distressing damsels
everybody lives
fake dating
fake dating becomes real dating
families of choice; found family; team as family
first time
five things
fix-it
forced to work together
good guys are ever so evil
good guys go dark
handcuffed to each other
heroes are the bad guys
heroes turn dark/heroes have a hidden dark side
honeypot mission
huddling for warmth
huddling for warmth leads to sex
magic comes with a price
marriage
- accidental marriage
- arranged marriage
- fake marriage
- forced marriage
- marriage of convenience
- woke up married
meet-cute
meet-cute turns dark
mistaken identity
ofc being inserted into her fave canon/ofc being inserted to a canon she hates
on the run
reincarnation
reunions
ritual sex; sex magic
road trips
secret identity
secret relationship
seducing someone for a bet leads to real feelings
seduction as revenge on third party
seduction to the dark side
self-rescuing princess
slow burn
soulbonds
soulmates
sparring leads to sex
the bad guys win
there's only one bed
they fight crime
time loops
time travel
to the victors go the spoils
trapped together
undercover as a couple
we're all going to die, let's have sex; we didn't die, let's have sex
we've gotta get out of these wet clothes
x+1 things (where x is any number 3 or higher)

Likes: Types of Endings

ambiguous/open
bittersweet
bleak
dark
happy
hopeful

Likes: Types of Fanworks

AUs
atmospheric
crack
crack treated seriously
crossovers
dark
dead dove: do not eat
eerie
fluffy
fusions
post-canon
pre-canon
romantic
smutty
spooky
stealth crossovers

Likes: Vids

everything!
action
angst
any genre of music, except songs where the vocalist constantly screams instead of sings/raps/etc.
AUs
bouncy
canon pairings, non-canon pairings
character studies, ensembles, shippy
cheesy
constructed realities
crack
crossovers
dark
fast cuts, slow cuts, and anything in between
fast paced music, slow music, and anything in between
genre swap (e.g. making a romcom seem like it's a horror film)
horror
humor
light-hearted
multimedia aka multifandom vids that aren't crossovers
music with lyrics
music without lyrics
old school opening credits
recontextualization of scenes
romance
sappy
trailers
using opening credits theme song from one source with video from a different source
using trailer audio from one source with video from a different source
And pretty much anything else. I'm sure I'm forgetting various things; I really do enjoy all kinds of vids.

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