Rules: Copy/paste and bold your fic preferences.
Tagged by @wanyinchen - I’M SO HAPPY TO BE TAGGED BY THE PERSON WITH THE BEST TAGS. The Best. Your answers also made me laugh because, unsurprisingly, I agreed with a lot of them *snicker*
Slow burn or love at first sight: Tiiiiny preference for slow burn. I also like love at first sight (especially the sort of love at first sight that leads to pining...years and years of pining), but when I think about it, it’s the love at first sight that leads to the slow burn that really gets me so I gotta go with the BURN.
Fake dating or secret dating: I read a lot of fake dating but my brain is always making up stories (that I inevitably never write down) with secret dating, so it’s a toss up for me! I completely agree with wanyinchen though - MUST HAVE A HAPPY ENDING. Must.
Enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers: For Xicheng, I literally cannot imagine enemies to lovers unless it’s a crack or a gangster AU...buuuuut, I would still totally read and love either one of those settings haha.
Oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence: YAAAS, those fics with the long ass correspondence - I mean, I frequently think about the letters Xicheng would exchange. There’s something so beautiful about letters (and longing hnnngh). But I agree that both one-bed and long-dist are goooooood.
Hurt/comfort or amnesia: Yeah again I completely agree with wanyinchen on this. Mmmmmmm hurt/comfort and most of all: THE HAPPY ENDING.
Fantasy AU or modern AU: I like both!! It’s just that I don’t know that much about the fantasy genre (does xianxia count as fantasy already? I hope I haven’t offended anyone by asking that...). Recently, all my imaginings have been modern CEO AU soooooo, I have to go with that one for now ^^;
Mutual pining or domestic bliss: To quote wanyinchen: “BESH, I wanT THAT MUTUAL PININGG!! ITS MY FOOD. aMBROSIA iF YOu WILL” FEED MY SOUL WITH THAT MUTUAL PINING HHNNNGGGH
Smut or fluff: I love both… but yes, fluff is the elixir of life.
Canon-compliant/missing scenes or fix-it: JC/LXC both need a break after their canon stories <3 ;-;
Alternate universe or future fic: THIS FANDOM BE BLESSED WITH AMAZING AUs!!!
One-shot or multichapter: SAME with wanyinchen!! This fandom’s multichapters are really something else (shout out to UOSB), though the one-shots are also amazing and actually allow me to get some sleep instead of binging that 100k fic, which is a bonus for y’know, carrying on with ‘real’ life (sob).
Kid fic or road trip fic: Yes yes yes
Reincarnation or character death: I actually can barely handle reincarnation or character death - my soul is a shrivelled being that canNOT take any pain without a good dose of fluff or at the very minimum a happy ending. Reincarnation provides just the minimum amount of soothing balm for me - but I still spend ages thinking about how that character died in their past life...I am so fragile lol.
Arranged marriage or accidental marriage: ahahahaha both both both but yes happy ending puh-lease!
High school romance or middle aged romance: I LVOE BOTH buuuut slightly more middle aged romance because dude I am getting there~ (also JC is the ultimate uncle and middle age SUITS him)
Time travel or isolated together: AGAIN, AS ABOVE, I WOULD READ BOTH (and everything in between because I am a major consumer)!! I think it’s important for the characters to spend time together and get to know each other and the potential for soft moments and awkwardness is just my jam <:3
Neighbors or roommates: Hahahahaha, so much potential.
Sci fi AU or magic AU: Ahhhh both really! ALL AUs!!
Body swap or gender-bend: Oooo, actually probably neither of these are my go-to, but if I had to choose it’d be body swap.
Angst or crack: BOTH! 100% BOTH! I love angst (and again, happy ending is a must) but crack taken seriously is also so freeing and makes my heart feel all light and funky. When a fic has both angst and crack, I mean...that is the holy grail (see: Talent Hunt Crew Finds Angry Guy)
Apocalyptic or mundane: give me all the coffee shop AUs.
I DON’T KNOW WHO TO TAG but if you’re seeing this and you’d like to do it, please do!! This was so much fun and it made me realise I could write a whole fic rec post with my favourite Xicheng fics.... ahh. Speaking of which, @wanyinchen I think about your kid!JC and kid!LWJ AU a lot hahahahaha. Thanks again for tagging me!! I’m not good at making friends on here so thank you thank you :D:D