soveryaverageme

Updated: February 04, 2022

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Things I'm Not Into (DNWs)		Things I'm Into (Likes)
Fandom Specific
The Mighty Ducks		Mighty Ducks: Gamechangers
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Dear Author!

Thank you so much for spending time to create something for me! I’m excited to see what you come up with! First off, this letter doesn’t cover everything that I like, but rather focuses on broad themes. Also, please don’t feel pressured to fit your creation to every little thing included – optional details are optional, of course!

For transparency, I’ve historically been a serial late commenter on exchange fics. (I’m getting better, though!) If I don’t leave kudos/comments right away, it’s not you, it’s most definitely me. I promise a comment is coming, it might just take me awhile.

(Note: Most of this letter was directly copied from recent exchanges I’ve participated in. This is a bit of a last-minute sign-up, so if it’s a bit incoherent, apologies in advanced).

Things I'm Not Into (DNWs) ꜛ

- Rape/Non-con
- PWP/Explicit Sex
- Incest
- Descriptions of Graphic Violence
- Asphyxiation/Choking/Strangulation
- Unhappy Endings/Hopeless Endings (Angst is fine, though)
- Non-Canonical Named Character Death (Characters who are dead in canon are fair game; random henchmen or OCs needed for casefic, etc. are fine).
- Apocalypse/Zombie AUs

Things I'm Into (Likes) ꜛ

Below are a few themes/tropes that I like that can be applied to any fandom. In general, I’m not super prescriptive with my prompts, but rather I try to dig into what and why I love certain things. (Overarching themes are in bold, with sub-themes in italics).

Platonic Relationships – I love friendship. Gen fics are my jam. I’m always a sucker for platonic cuddling, hair ruffling, and just people being protective/supportive of each other. Hair ruffling and forehead kisses are like my ultimate weakness. There’s something about platonic casual affection that gets me every time. I also love friends feeling comfortable sharing their vulnerabilities and trusting each other.

Families of Choice/Found Family – This is pretty much my favorite trope of all time. People choosing to be each other’s families and just platonically loving each other is my favorite thing in the entire world.

Protective/Supportive Friends – I love friends defending each other and supporting each other no matter what. Characters finding, building, and accepting unconditional friendship is wonderful (especially if it’s something they’re not used to).

Casual Affection – I absolutely adore casual affection between characters in whatever form that takes! From leaning on someone’s shoulders, hair pets/ruffles, or just being close to another person, I adore when characters are comfortable enough to show casual affection!

Relationship Negotiation – I really love characters having to figure out their relationships (both platonic and romantic), especially when they have to navigate an inherent uneven power dynamic (e.g., monetary differences, class differences, other complex relationships, etc.). I just really love characters talking to each other and being vulnerable with each other about who they are, their insecurities, and choosing to make the relationship work, regardless of everything else.

Trust – I love fics that focus on the trust and building of trust between two (or more) characters. People accepting the unconditional love and trust of another person and realizing it’s real is one of my favorite things. A character explicitly or implicitly declaring their trust in someone will make me squee every single time.

Communication – People talking out their issues and trusting each other with their entire being, just gives me the all the feels. I especially love when people have to deal with their (and each other’s) insecurities and have to be vulnerable to each other. This also includes the misunderstandings trope, especially if/when the characters eventually work it out in the end!

Emotional Hurt/Comfort – This goes hand-in-hand with my love of fics exploring healthy communication, trust, and relationship negotiation. I love the intimacy of emotional hurt/comfort. Emotional hurt/comfort has always hit me in the feels a lot stronger than physical whump hurt/comfort. I think this is because it forces characters to trust and be vulnerable with each other. I love being able to read characters bare their entire selves on the way to a resolution.

Fandom Specific ꜛ

I’m very easy to please, so if you touch on any of the general likes above, I’ll be delighted! I’ve also added specific information below for each of the fandoms I requested (in alphabetical order). Again, I’m generally not very specific with my prompts, rather preferring to give you broad thematic elements to work with.

The Mighty Ducks (Movies)

Mighty Ducks is one of those nostalgia fandoms that I don’t think I’ll ever grow out of, which is a bit weird, considering I’m a bit too young to have enjoyed its original theatrical release. (I think it was just shown a lot on reruns on cable TV).

My favorite character is Adam (which, yeah, might be a vanilla choice), but he’s been my favorite since childhood and that’s not changing anytime soon. I’d love to see a fic that explores the class differences between Adam and the original ducks or his time at on Varsity at Eden Hall. I’d be happy with any fic in which Adam has to navigate his friendships with the Ducks!

The other characters I requested are Ken, Portman, and Fulton because I really loved the friendship they develop in the second movie (and which is not really seen again!). If you couldn’t tell by the rest of my letter, I really enjoy different people coming together and figuring out how to be friends (or a found family!)

I’m also a big fan of post-canon fics (especially now that we’ve gotten to see a few of the OG Ducks in Gamechangers).

(I know this section is slightly shorter than the Gamechangers section, but that’s not an indicator of enthusiasm for the original series. It’s just that I had requested Gamechangers for a previous exchange and already had something written up!).

Mighty Ducks: Gamechangers (TV)

This show marks the first time in my lifetime that we’ve gotten new canon Mighty Ducks material. I really love this show for what is was! I wasn’t expecting it to be “cinema” or anything, but as far as a modern follow-up series goes, I think it does a pretty good job at capturing what made the original trilogy good and updating it for a 2021 audience. I actually really love the twist that the Ducks are now the antagonist team!

My favorite character in Gamechangers was Logan, and I wish the series had more time to explore his character! We get to see his dad show up to the hockey moms’ meeting, know about his pancake flipping prowess, and his lack of hockey-prowess, but I would have loved to see the show explore his relationships to the Don’t Bothers and experience moving to a new place. (It’s a pity that Logan wasn’t invited in the sleepover episode, and he wasn’t the only one who missed out. If you just want to write the Don’t Brother’s being friends, I’m all for that!)

The relationship we did get to see explored was between the girls! I love the episode where Maya and Lauren become closer friends and have to navigate their old friend group(s), along with their new friends on the Don’t Bothers. (And LARPing seems like it would be a great hockey-bonding exercise!) The “girls night” moments during the ninth episode are also a lot of fun! The original trilogy never really got to explore relationships between the girls on the team, so I really appreciate that this show took that direction. I’d love to read fic that explores their friendship more or their experiences in a relatively male-dominated sport.

As far as my favorite episode goes, I’d be remiss to say anything but the tenth episode—the show really goes “full Mighty Ducks” during the finale. I think that’s where the heart of the show really comes out. It’s a lot of fun to see the show lean into the same tropes that the movies did!

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