in love with

• travel writing, descriptions of scenery, TRAINS or any incorporation of public transport
• future fic; an exploration of future progressions, character development, coming of age, overcoming insecurities
• childhood friends to lovers, enemies to friends (to lovers)
• sci-fi / steampunk, especially with a discussion of the social implications of new technology
• different time periods, e.g. 1980s or 1990s.
• dreamy / magical realism
• bleak endings
• mono no aware
• use of words to build atmosphere
• domestic
• plotless stories with a focus on character study
• slice of life
• always down for the college au
• humor
• appropriately used angst

nopes

• non-canon mental illness
• supernatural creatures (e.g. vampires, A/B/O crap)
• genderswap
• the common nopes like mpreg, abuse etc.