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it's the internet and Yuletide in particular doesn't vet participants.

Yup. And since the Yuletide conditions are only matching on fandom and characters, I can completely understand the desire to give a "this stuff good, this stuff not" list. You could try explaining your caveats and requirements (as I have done when requesting BARE and Saved - 'no religious angst' would not be appropriate for those fandoms, but i really don't want a fic which treats either religious belief *or* apostacy as stupid), but... must you? Really? Every time? Plus you run as much of a risk that the author will not be able to understand or apply your preferences by saying something like that than by saying "no X".

"No X" is also how I negotiate my actual sex life, especially first encounters. I might like X under certain circumstances or with particular people, but I don't feel any need to declare that. If a partner can't roll with "No X, Y or Z" then they don't get to find out about "sometimes x, y only when i feel safe, and never z unless also q".