as much as i sound like i'm dissatisfied with fandom status quo, i don't think my own preferences are that peculiar or odd? :'> basically, i love anything that tries to explore characters' personalities. if there's a dive into their thoughts/feelings/past/complexes with a creator's spin - that's an amazing bonus and a 'must-consume' sign for me.

i also love it when adachi and yu are given the chances to interact and when their interactions are treated with care. (i've been reading for a specific different fandom recently and.. empty and people-don't-talk-like-this dialogs are a huge joy breaker for me...). wanting characters to discuss all kinds of stuff at length is something that has always driven my own writing. adachi x yu communication in canon is very limited but the established dynamic has an immense potential for all types of fanworks~.

as much as i'm always blabbering about wanting characters to ~be true to their canon selves~, i do love creative liberties with age, genders, role reversal, AUs, etc. there's a fine line between what feels like an interesting and fresh interpretation of a character and what's too OOC for me to emotionally connect with, though. everything boils down to everyone's own tastes, i guess. i'd say that i personally appreciate it when a new spin on a character (or even a setting) is 1. crafted with a specific intention or theme 2. plays with the character's key original traits in some way, and 3. maintains character complexity. regarding point 3 - like i've said a few times before, seeing adachi and yu being repeatedly reduced to the same old memes or simply bodies in a pwp isn't something i tend to enjoy.
with all the experiments, i'm also partial to keeping adashuada as a same-sex pair - simply because there's enough of het ships out there available in fandoms as is and because i personally find exploration of queer topics relatable.

..did i say i love angst? i love angst. i feel like i've been mostly talking about writing-related creativity but atmosphere & mood is something that can be powerfully conveyed in any type of media. be it fics or art or playlists or moodboards or whatnot, angsty stuff that's emotionally charged with intense and dark or complex emotions is what i absolutely adore~
one of the reasons why many of the works i love classify as 'adashu' is because i love this darker mood in the ship-centered and rated stuff as well. (and i know lots of shuada fans insist that 'shuada doesn't mean it's vanilla!', bu-ut i rest my case that it's the specific power dynamic of adashu that makes it almost sinister at times.) i wouldn't call myself a DDDNE enjoyer but i'm not repelled by most of the dark, angsty warnings. well-crafted stuff that can be categorized as 'hurt/comfort' or 'angst with happy ending' are one of the best treats for me. these are also the tags i would love to hope to create more for~.

(in all fairness, i absolutely do not see adashuada fandom en masse returning to the darker stuff that characterized it in the 2010s, haha. not any time soon, at least. times and sentiments have changed irreversibly...)

thank you for the question and i hope i've answered it coherently! ultimately, i think it's important for every creator to listen to their own voice and create whatever they would love to see in the fandom space. so everything above is just a glimpse at what i'd love to contribute, if i had more time and energy :'>