General Likes: I love anything from fluff to mildly dark. I draw the line at hopelessness—I hate when a piece is very dark and the main character is not enjoying themselves and there’s also no way out. I love enthusiastic submission/dominance with lots of after care. But I also love dubious consent, gentle manipulation, authority figures who take advantage of their charges, soft non-cons with a lot of gentle stimulation, morally grey characters that accidentally cross that major line and then can’t stop because their feelings are overwhelming.
Smut Likes: Bondage (all kinds, but specially rope bondage and shibari), blindfolds, gags, impact play (but especially tit and pussy spankings), light to moderate pain play, oral sex, face-sitting, fingerfucking, finger sucking, forced orgasms, orgasm denial, orgasm delay, orgasm edging, all sorts of nipple and breast play, nipple orgasm, double penetration, multiple orgasms, begging, praise and obedience kink, sex toys of all kinds (plugs, vibrators, clamps, dildos, like, really, love them all), anal sex and anal training, virginity kinks (including virginity checks, useless as they are) and chastity devices.
DNWs: Story written in second person (everything else is fine). Story written with any sort of AI. Stories featuring: domestic abuse; misogyny; racism; homophobia; ableism; transphobia; self-harm; suicidal ideation; any sort of scat or vomit; vore; watersports; A/B/O, sex pollen, and heat. Pregnancy, breeding, or oviposition as fetishes (mentioning pregnancy as a reality if it’s canon is fine). It goes without saying that racism is a 'no,' but because a lot of people will try to write diverse characters and fall into pitfalls they don't know are pitfalls, try to stick to your lived experienced. As a person of color, I prefer reading about all-white characters than being startled by a triggering dog whistle.
I also struggle with stories about people being trapped with no way out, even as I enjoy some level of non-consensual play and manipulation. I want victims to have some sort of agency, so any sort of compulsion where they agency is impossible turns me off. And even for extreme situations like ‘fuck or die,’ I like for it to end and leave the characters in a position to deal with what happened/what they did without coercion. I love captivity as a kink, but I need it to be a finite event. I love manipulation and gentle non-cons, but I prefer these to either lead the victim to enjoying themselves and being conflicted, to some form of Stockholm Syndrome where they’re on board with the situation, or to an end.
If HP or any magic related fandom, please no magical bonds, soulmates, love potions, or compulsive situations. No mind controls of any kind. I want people who are into the sex and the kinks, even when they’re ashamed of it because of the context (captivity or incest, etc.) or when they’re bound and gagged and thus can’t consent.