HC Ex Letter

ao3: aroberuka
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Hello, hope you’re having a great hcex! Whether you’re here for an assignment or out of curiosity, thank you for checking out my letter ^^

In general, my fic likes tend towards gen, character-driven stories. I often gravitate towards secondary/minor characters and relationships, or relationships that can be extrapolated from canon but don’t get any on screen development, so I love most anything that involves characters getting to know each other: first impressions, learning something new, finding you were wrong about someone, etc. I do like a bit of canon divergence, especially for Homestuck and its infinite branching timelines, but what I’m looking for most of all is any kind of fill-in-the-gaps fic: backstory exploration, post-canon picking up the pieces, missing scenes, canon-typical adventures… I love adventure fic, especially as a way to build trust: give me characters on a quest / lost in the wilderness / trapped in a cave / etc. figuring out how to work together in a pinch!

When it comes to Hurt/Comfort, I’m more interested in the aftermath than the hurt itself: I only have a few hard limits on how bad the hurt should get (basically, no terminal illnesses and no permanent brain damage), but it’s not really what I’m here for either.

On the Physical Hurt/Comfort side, I enjoy all kinds of minor-to-gruesome flesh wounds, especially when Circumstances mean proper medical care isn’t available, or has to be delayed to take care of a more immediate threat. I’m not the biggest fan of sickfic, but poison, heatstroke, hypothermia, and mind-numbing exhaustion are all great sources of hurt.

On the Emotional Hurt/Comfort side, I’m always there for stories dealing with loneliness, longing for home or family, grief/mourning, and adjusting to a new normal in big or small ways. I also love anything that plays with public v. private life: holding it together until you can break down in private, letting your guard down before [trusted person], and so on.

The truest thing I can say about my preferences for the comfort side of things is “Yes”, but I do have a sweet spot for the more subtle and indirect forms of comfort: discreet shows of silent support, taking someone’s mind off the hurt even for just a minute, doing what you can from a distance when you can’t be there in person, and so on.

Do Not Wants: smut; 1st person narration; omegaverse; direct references to current events; cancer; severe traumatic brain injury (a concussion is fine, as are typical action movie head injuries with none of the serious consequences they’d likely have in real life).

Opt-ins: graphic violence.

 

 

( Naruto )

 

( Dragonlance )

 

( Scum Villain )

 

( Homestuck )

 

( Fire Emblem: Three Houses )