Recbox for HandmaidenOfHorror

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Username: HandmaidenOfHorror

Preferred Genres: literally any!

DNW Genres: none!

Preferred Media Types: Any, though given I don’t live in an English-speaking country I may have difficult access to English language books

DNW Media Types: None!

General Likes: Stories dealing with trauma of any kind, psychological/cosmic/abstract horror (think of the best creepypastas around rather than mainstream horror movies and novels), mysteries, complex constructed worlds (both scifi and fantasy), LGBT+ themes (I can forgive most clichés if it’s an explicitly LGBT story)

General DNWs: shallow, clichéd plots, especially typical rom-com

Fandom Preferences: Any

Requests for Content Warnings: Animal and child abuse/death

Examples of Media Enjoyed: Kaze to Ki no Uta, anything by Hagio Moto (Poe no Ichizoku, Thomas no Shinzou, Gin no Sankaku, AA’ etc.) or Riyoko Ikeda (Versailles no Bara, Onii-sama e, Claudine!), Angel Sanctuary, Tokyo Babylon & X, Earthian, Loveless, Noir (anime), Captive Prince, Pandora Hearts, Black Butler, Far Sector (DC)

Examples of Media to Avoid: MCU/DCU (but I like some of their comics and their other animated adaptations), rom-com, Twilight & derivative teen romances

Streaming Services I Can Access: None, but I’ve always managed ;)

Languages I'm Comfortable With: English, Japanese, Polish, I may try reading in Chinese but I’m far from perfect, and I forgot most of my German and Russian

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, you stated that you liked Far Sector by DC, so I would like to suggest Green Lanterns (2016), because it majorly focuses on Jessica Cruz's trauma and anxiety, as well as having a deep relationship with her partner Simon Baz. I would ALSO like to recommend JSA (1999) because of its focus on Alan Scott, who has recently been revealed to be gay in the main universe, as well as dealing with several members of Infinity Inc.'s (a team of JSA kids from the 80s) trauma. Just in general JSA is really good for building up an extended universe, and a lot of characters from different comics are closely tied to different members of the team. Personally I had a lot of fun with it.