Dear Trick or Treat 2019 Author letter
Dear Creator,
Thank you so much in advance for your work!
Likes
Parallels and contrasts between characters and their journeys.
Characters looking out for each other and rescuing each other, giving care and emotional support. Especially women receiving care and support, getting their needs made a priority by their loved ones.
Canon divergence and role reversals are loved, though I also enjoy other AUs.
More things I enjoy: fusions, CYOA, outside pov, story/fragments of story as told in-universe, IF/interactive fiction, poetry, vignettes, character studies, plotty stuff, angst, fluff, smut, adventure, characters talking to each other, character focus in smut, enemies to lovers, friends/lovers to enemies to lovers/friends, pining, worldbuilding, quiet character moments, bittersweet endings, happy endings, open/ambiguous endings, quiet and subtle romance, the total opposite of quiet and subtle romance, psychological horror, cunnilingus, messy and complicated dynamics, blurring between obligation/need and love, fear/horror/anger mixed with desire/love, politics, isolation, competitiveness, competitive smut, limited agency, legacy, manipulation, scheming, ulterior motives for sex, Force bonds, Force shenanigans, Force Ghosts, time travel, weird worlds/dimensions, time moves differently, scars, suspense, undercover, undercover as a couple, mission fic, teaching games, compromised sense of self, interpersonal tension, duty versus desire, love/hate, possessiveness, insecurity, secret relationships, secrets, the divine as sex, using the Force for sex, choking, breathplay, bloodplay, biting, scratching, Ahsoka’s fangs, growling, blindfolding, chains, trust issues, implicit trust, emotional intimacy, casual displays of affection, shared beds, snuggling, sitting/lying in laps, jumping people, stories where the woman/women are a significant part of the man/men’s characterization, stories where the woman/women are a significant part of each other’s characterization, characters gathering each other’s backstory a little at a time, investigating each other, spying, sex and violence paired together, fucking in the same room as your enemies’ corpse, body heat sharing, loneliness, connecting to the force together, mutual pining, dreams, fix-it, parallel universes, parallel universe characters, us against the world, ghosts, ghost sex, feeling each others sensations during sex, rough sex, rough kissing, lap sex, sex on furniture, sex against walls, rough kissing, lap sex, sex on furniture, sex against walls, slow sex, quick sex, gentle sex, neck kissing, kissing tears, kissing hands (back of or palm), nuzzling, afterglow cuddles, underwater sex, sexy baths, sexy showers, desperate sex, bruises, marks, hair-pulling, hair-pulling, face-touching, arms around shoulders/waists
Smut Likes
character focus in smut, cunnilingus, competitive smut, ulterior motives for sex, scars, possessiveness, love/hate, Force/magic shenanigans, the divine as sex, choking, breathplay, bloodplay, biting, scratching, Ahsoka's fangs, growling, blindfolding, chains, trust issues, implicit trust, emotional intimacy, casual displays of affection, shared beds, snuggling, jumping people, sitting/lying in laps, sex and violence paired together, fucking in the same room as your enemies' corpse, body heat sharing, dreams, pining, mutual pining, ghost sex, feeling each others' sensations during sex, rough sex, rough kissing, lap sex, sex on furniture, sex against walls, slow sex, quick sex, gentle sex, neck kissing, kissing tears, kissing hands (back of or palm), nuzzling, afterglow cuddles, underwater sex, sexy baths, sexy showers, desperate sex, bruises, marks, hair-pulling, hair-pulling, face-touching, arms around shoulders/waists
Art Likes
General:
any art style, rough sketches and clean line art both, color and composition to set mood, comics, scenery, single and group character poses, cute or actiony or romantic or moody or creepy, character expressions, body language
Poses:
non-explicit poses like characters kissing (on the mouth, the temple, the top of the head, hands, the cheek, etc), holding hands, hugging, carrying each other (princess carry, fireman, piggyback, shoulder rides), and pressing their foreheads together, petting their faces/hair, arms around shoulders/waists
explicit poses involving anything in my smut likes
Audio Likes
I don’t usually write about audio/podfics, I'm sorry if this is a bit vague. While some of the things most featured in my music collection/Spotify are ballads, folk songs, pop music, and alternative rock, I also tend to enjoy songs across a variety of musical genres. I love musical theatre too. In-universe audio recordings, of lectures or reports or hidden records could be cool. Music and/or sound effects are fine but I don't need them to enjoy a recording.
Vid Likes
As with podfic, I've never written about vid before. Hopefully this is helpful anyway! Atmosphere, pretty images, editing that builds on parallels and/or tells a story. Or maybe, like above, video that's used in an educational context, or that's part of a report. Star Wars and Buffy both have video games, and you're welcome to use footage from those if there's any you can get.
IF Likes
I rarely write about IF, so I hope this is helpful! I've mostly played web-based and CYOA games, but I'm open to receiving something different if the program is small and easily accessible. It's been a while, so I'm afraid I'm not sure what to say other than that.
DNWs
permanently dead female characters (where she’s not even a ghost), the concept of Anakin and Ahsoka as a father/daugher relationship, mpreg, detailed gore, detailed description of bodily fluids and excretions, watersports, scat, emetophilia, noncon (unless requested/prompted)-dubcon is fine, rape (except where specified below), a/b/o, rule 63’ing female characters, body horror, explicit torture, permanently damaging torture, maiming, mutilating, bashing of characters or ships, unrequited love (except if it's only unrequited in a characters' head), unrequested/unprompted ships (though mentions are okay), stories where nobody really cares about the woman/women in the ship, m/m outside of m/m/f ships, focus only on m/m interactions, a story where the f/f or m/f is secondary to the m/m, AUs which don't use canon settings (unless prompted/requested), underage (17+ is fine, whether you change canon ages or set things when the characters would be 17+), ageplay/infantilization, unrequested/unprompted humiliation, bestiality, Jedi Order as evil/immoral (versus deeply flawed institution, which is good), oviposition, monster sex, tentacle sex, flowery terms for body parts (love cave, love tunnel), sex without attraction, actually "mad" Daenerys
Note: I realized after signups had ended that I had accidentally left off a DNW while copy/pasting my list. I completely understand that it only being present in my letter means it’s not enforceable, but have decided that you would probably rather know than not, so it’s included in this note, as follows: bleak/hopeless endings.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Ahsoka Tano (Clone Wars), Kalifa (Clone Wars)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for them:
Ahsoka/Anakin, Ahsoka/Female Anakin, Ahsoka/Barriss, Ahsoka/Asajj, Ahsoka/Bo-Katan, Ahsoka/Dooku, Ahsoka/Kalifa
Star Wars: Rebels
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars Rebels)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for her:
Ahsoka/Vader, Ahsoka/Female Vader, Ahsoka/Hera, Ahsoka/Sabine, Ahsoka/Kanan, Ahsoka/Kanan/Hera, Ahsoka/Bo-Katan, Ahsoka/Kallus, Ahsoka/Thrawn, Ahsoka/Kaeden
Buffyverse (TV)
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Wishverse Buffy Summers (Buffyverse), Buffy Summers (Buffyverse)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for her:
Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Female Angel Buffy/Cordelia, Buffy/Tara, Buffy/Kendra, Buffy/Willow, Buffy/Vampire Willow, Buffy/Giles, Buffy/Maggie Walsh, Buffy/Riley, Buffy/Female Riley, Buffy/Drusilla, Buffy/Darla, Buffy/Anya, Buffy/Glory, Buffy/Satsu, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Angel, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Cordelia, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Tara, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Kendra, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Giles
Game of Thrones (TV)
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Daenerys Targaryen (GoT), Missandei (GoT), Grey Worm (GoT)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for them:
Grey Worm/Missandei, Grey Worm/Missandei/Daenerys, Daenerys/Brienne, Daenerys/Margaery, Daenerys/Cersei, Daenerys/Yara, Daenerys/Olenna, Daenerys/Ellaria, Daenerys/Jaime/Cersei, Daenerys/Jaime, Daenerys/Brienne/Jaime, Daenerys/Kinvara
Alternate Universe Works
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Sith Ahsoka Tano (AU-SW), Chosen One Ahsoka Tano (AU-SW), Vampire Buffy Summers (AU-BTVS)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for them:
Ahsoka/Anakin, Ahsoka/Female Anakin, Ahsoka/Barriss, Ahsoka/Asajj, Ahsoka/Bo-Katan, Ahsoka/Dooku, Ahsoka/Kalifa, Ahsoka/Vader, Ahsoka/Female Vader, Ahsoka/Hera, Ahsoka/Sabine, Ahsoka/Kanan, Ahsoka/Kanan/Hera, Ahsoka/Bo-Katan, Ahsoka/Kallus, Ahsoka/Thrawn, Ahsoka/Kaeden
Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Female Angel Buffy/Cordelia, Buffy/Tara, Buffy/Kendra, Buffy/Willow, Buffy/Vampire Willow, Buffy/Giles, Buffy/Maggie Walsh, Buffy/Riley, Buffy/Female Riley, Buffy/Drusilla, Buffy/Darla, Buffy/Anya, Buffy/Glory, Buffy/Satsu, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Angel, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Cordelia, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Tara, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Kendra, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Giles
Star Trek: The Original Series
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Mirror Nyota Uhura (Taping Our Sloth), Nyota Uhura (Taping Our Sloth)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for them:
Spock/Uhura, Mirror Spock/Uhura, Mirror Spock/Mirror Uhura, Spock/Mirror Uhura, Michael Burnham/Uhura
Star Trek: Discovery
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Michael Burnham (ST: Disco)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for her:
Michael/Mirror Gabriel, Michael/Philippa, Michael/Mirror Philippa, Michael/Uhura, Michael/Spock
Legend of the Seeker (TV)
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Cara Mason (Legend of the Seeker TV), Denna (Legend of the Seeker TV)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for her: Cara/Leo, Cara/Dahlia, Cara/Denna
Thank you so much in advance for your work!
Likes
Parallels and contrasts between characters and their journeys.
Characters looking out for each other and rescuing each other, giving care and emotional support. Especially women receiving care and support, getting their needs made a priority by their loved ones.
Canon divergence and role reversals are loved, though I also enjoy other AUs.
More things I enjoy: fusions, CYOA, outside pov, story/fragments of story as told in-universe, IF/interactive fiction, poetry, vignettes, character studies, plotty stuff, angst, fluff, smut, adventure, characters talking to each other, character focus in smut, enemies to lovers, friends/lovers to enemies to lovers/friends, pining, worldbuilding, quiet character moments, bittersweet endings, happy endings, open/ambiguous endings, quiet and subtle romance, the total opposite of quiet and subtle romance, psychological horror, cunnilingus, messy and complicated dynamics, blurring between obligation/need and love, fear/horror/anger mixed with desire/love, politics, isolation, competitiveness, competitive smut, limited agency, legacy, manipulation, scheming, ulterior motives for sex, Force bonds, Force shenanigans, Force Ghosts, time travel, weird worlds/dimensions, time moves differently, scars, suspense, undercover, undercover as a couple, mission fic, teaching games, compromised sense of self, interpersonal tension, duty versus desire, love/hate, possessiveness, insecurity, secret relationships, secrets, the divine as sex, using the Force for sex, choking, breathplay, bloodplay, biting, scratching, Ahsoka’s fangs, growling, blindfolding, chains, trust issues, implicit trust, emotional intimacy, casual displays of affection, shared beds, snuggling, sitting/lying in laps, jumping people, stories where the woman/women are a significant part of the man/men’s characterization, stories where the woman/women are a significant part of each other’s characterization, characters gathering each other’s backstory a little at a time, investigating each other, spying, sex and violence paired together, fucking in the same room as your enemies’ corpse, body heat sharing, loneliness, connecting to the force together, mutual pining, dreams, fix-it, parallel universes, parallel universe characters, us against the world, ghosts, ghost sex, feeling each others sensations during sex, rough sex, rough kissing, lap sex, sex on furniture, sex against walls, rough kissing, lap sex, sex on furniture, sex against walls, slow sex, quick sex, gentle sex, neck kissing, kissing tears, kissing hands (back of or palm), nuzzling, afterglow cuddles, underwater sex, sexy baths, sexy showers, desperate sex, bruises, marks, hair-pulling, hair-pulling, face-touching, arms around shoulders/waists
Smut Likes
character focus in smut, cunnilingus, competitive smut, ulterior motives for sex, scars, possessiveness, love/hate, Force/magic shenanigans, the divine as sex, choking, breathplay, bloodplay, biting, scratching, Ahsoka's fangs, growling, blindfolding, chains, trust issues, implicit trust, emotional intimacy, casual displays of affection, shared beds, snuggling, jumping people, sitting/lying in laps, sex and violence paired together, fucking in the same room as your enemies' corpse, body heat sharing, dreams, pining, mutual pining, ghost sex, feeling each others' sensations during sex, rough sex, rough kissing, lap sex, sex on furniture, sex against walls, slow sex, quick sex, gentle sex, neck kissing, kissing tears, kissing hands (back of or palm), nuzzling, afterglow cuddles, underwater sex, sexy baths, sexy showers, desperate sex, bruises, marks, hair-pulling, hair-pulling, face-touching, arms around shoulders/waists
Art Likes
General:
any art style, rough sketches and clean line art both, color and composition to set mood, comics, scenery, single and group character poses, cute or actiony or romantic or moody or creepy, character expressions, body language
Poses:
non-explicit poses like characters kissing (on the mouth, the temple, the top of the head, hands, the cheek, etc), holding hands, hugging, carrying each other (princess carry, fireman, piggyback, shoulder rides), and pressing their foreheads together, petting their faces/hair, arms around shoulders/waists
explicit poses involving anything in my smut likes
Audio Likes
I don’t usually write about audio/podfics, I'm sorry if this is a bit vague. While some of the things most featured in my music collection/Spotify are ballads, folk songs, pop music, and alternative rock, I also tend to enjoy songs across a variety of musical genres. I love musical theatre too. In-universe audio recordings, of lectures or reports or hidden records could be cool. Music and/or sound effects are fine but I don't need them to enjoy a recording.
Vid Likes
As with podfic, I've never written about vid before. Hopefully this is helpful anyway! Atmosphere, pretty images, editing that builds on parallels and/or tells a story. Or maybe, like above, video that's used in an educational context, or that's part of a report. Star Wars and Buffy both have video games, and you're welcome to use footage from those if there's any you can get.
IF Likes
I rarely write about IF, so I hope this is helpful! I've mostly played web-based and CYOA games, but I'm open to receiving something different if the program is small and easily accessible. It's been a while, so I'm afraid I'm not sure what to say other than that.
DNWs
permanently dead female characters (where she’s not even a ghost), the concept of Anakin and Ahsoka as a father/daugher relationship, mpreg, detailed gore, detailed description of bodily fluids and excretions, watersports, scat, emetophilia, noncon (unless requested/prompted)-dubcon is fine, rape (except where specified below), a/b/o, rule 63’ing female characters, body horror, explicit torture, permanently damaging torture, maiming, mutilating, bashing of characters or ships, unrequited love (except if it's only unrequited in a characters' head), unrequested/unprompted ships (though mentions are okay), stories where nobody really cares about the woman/women in the ship, m/m outside of m/m/f ships, focus only on m/m interactions, a story where the f/f or m/f is secondary to the m/m, AUs which don't use canon settings (unless prompted/requested), underage (17+ is fine, whether you change canon ages or set things when the characters would be 17+), ageplay/infantilization, unrequested/unprompted humiliation, bestiality, Jedi Order as evil/immoral (versus deeply flawed institution, which is good), oviposition, monster sex, tentacle sex, flowery terms for body parts (love cave, love tunnel), sex without attraction, actually "mad" Daenerys
Note: I realized after signups had ended that I had accidentally left off a DNW while copy/pasting my list. I completely understand that it only being present in my letter means it’s not enforceable, but have decided that you would probably rather know than not, so it’s included in this note, as follows: bleak/hopeless endings.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Ahsoka Tano (Clone Wars), Kalifa (Clone Wars)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for them:
Ahsoka/Anakin, Ahsoka/Female Anakin, Ahsoka/Barriss, Ahsoka/Asajj, Ahsoka/Bo-Katan, Ahsoka/Dooku, Ahsoka/Kalifa
Star Wars: Rebels
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars Rebels)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for her:
Ahsoka/Vader, Ahsoka/Female Vader, Ahsoka/Hera, Ahsoka/Sabine, Ahsoka/Kanan, Ahsoka/Kanan/Hera, Ahsoka/Bo-Katan, Ahsoka/Kallus, Ahsoka/Thrawn, Ahsoka/Kaeden
Buffyverse (TV)
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Wishverse Buffy Summers (Buffyverse), Buffy Summers (Buffyverse)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for her:
Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Female Angel Buffy/Cordelia, Buffy/Tara, Buffy/Kendra, Buffy/Willow, Buffy/Vampire Willow, Buffy/Giles, Buffy/Maggie Walsh, Buffy/Riley, Buffy/Female Riley, Buffy/Drusilla, Buffy/Darla, Buffy/Anya, Buffy/Glory, Buffy/Satsu, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Angel, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Cordelia, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Tara, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Kendra, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Giles
Game of Thrones (TV)
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Daenerys Targaryen (GoT), Missandei (GoT), Grey Worm (GoT)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for them:
Grey Worm/Missandei, Grey Worm/Missandei/Daenerys, Daenerys/Brienne, Daenerys/Margaery, Daenerys/Cersei, Daenerys/Yara, Daenerys/Olenna, Daenerys/Ellaria, Daenerys/Jaime/Cersei, Daenerys/Jaime, Daenerys/Brienne/Jaime, Daenerys/Kinvara
Alternate Universe Works
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Sith Ahsoka Tano (AU-SW), Chosen One Ahsoka Tano (AU-SW), Vampire Buffy Summers (AU-BTVS)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for them:
Ahsoka/Anakin, Ahsoka/Female Anakin, Ahsoka/Barriss, Ahsoka/Asajj, Ahsoka/Bo-Katan, Ahsoka/Dooku, Ahsoka/Kalifa, Ahsoka/Vader, Ahsoka/Female Vader, Ahsoka/Hera, Ahsoka/Sabine, Ahsoka/Kanan, Ahsoka/Kanan/Hera, Ahsoka/Bo-Katan, Ahsoka/Kallus, Ahsoka/Thrawn, Ahsoka/Kaeden
Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Female Angel Buffy/Cordelia, Buffy/Tara, Buffy/Kendra, Buffy/Willow, Buffy/Vampire Willow, Buffy/Giles, Buffy/Maggie Walsh, Buffy/Riley, Buffy/Female Riley, Buffy/Drusilla, Buffy/Darla, Buffy/Anya, Buffy/Glory, Buffy/Satsu, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Angel, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Cordelia, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Tara, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Kendra, Wishverse Buffy/Wishverse Giles
Star Trek: The Original Series
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Mirror Nyota Uhura (Taping Our Sloth), Nyota Uhura (Taping Our Sloth)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for them:
Spock/Uhura, Mirror Spock/Uhura, Mirror Spock/Mirror Uhura, Spock/Mirror Uhura, Michael Burnham/Uhura
Star Trek: Discovery
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Michael Burnham (ST: Disco)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for her:
Michael/Mirror Gabriel, Michael/Philippa, Michael/Mirror Philippa, Michael/Uhura, Michael/Spock
Legend of the Seeker (TV)
Treat - Fic
Trick - Fic
Cara Mason (Legend of the Seeker TV), Denna (Legend of the Seeker TV)
You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts.
You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts.
I’d be happy with gen, but in case you’d like to write something shippy, these are ships I like for her: Cara/Leo, Cara/Dahlia, Cara/Denna