#and bear in mind I'm not making bold statements about what anyone can or cant write about

[wondrouswendy]

🍎 for the fruit game. I'm always a day late on these things.

I just appreciate being asked questions. There's no time limit on asking. So thank you for asking anon!

🍎 Is there anything you straight-up won’t write?

I try to avoid pairings I don't particularly like because my time is finite. I'm a firm believer in NOTPs. I just tend to stay in my lane with regard to what I like writing and reading.

I tend to avoid unhappy endings, not because I don't think there's merit to them, it's just not what I enjoy writing. I prefer to write "earn your happy ending" stories. Hero's journey and all that. On the flipside, I do sometimes read stories with unhappy endings, but it's very rare for me to commit to a long story that has that.

More detailed discussion about squicks and whatnot under the cut.

I won't write vore, incest, explicit domestic violence, characters outright cheating on each other. Overall, the usual squicks. I don't seek out this kind of content either. With regard to dub/non-con, I typically don't write either explicitly.

Implied references to something traumatic happening? Yes, if it's appropriate for the story and I feel I can handle it tactfully. I won't avoid writing about sensitive topics, but I try to approach them with a serious mindset. And, of course, I would warn appropriately for this kind of content.

The list of what I'm comfortable writing versus what I'm comfortable reading has some differences, though. Like for example, there's a story I'm working on that will feature a character with terminal cancer. Writing about this topic feels cathartic to me, but I probably would avoid reading about cancer in someone elses' story because it's a trigger for me.

There's probably other topics I could go into further, but overall, with regard to sensitive topics, I try to approach them with nuance. If I don't feel capable of respectfully handling them, I don't include them in my stories.