...Are you saying "the theme is actually like whatever, next time we'll emphasize you don't need to care about it too much"?
Of course I know a Jam typically allows submissions to make their own interpretation, but you should be doing that by making sure your theme actually has room for interpretation in the first place. Let me be clear, "Pulp Sci-Fi" is actually fine, "Horror" is the main source of conflict, it just doesn't sit well with "Pulp" and "Kink". It kills a lot of design potential which I won't go into unless asked to.
"Just bend the rule then?", please, the restriction IS the challenge. If I'm just going to do whatever I want, why do I even bother to participate?
I'm absolutely fine on "no AI" rule on its own, it's more like a last straw thing. For how much the Jam is telling me to do, I'm also asked to take no shortcut? But to be frank, allowing AI wouldn't help at all. Just in no world is it realistic that "Horror" will be appropriately followed by a kink community jam.
TL;DR: Don't put the "tone" into the theme of a jam, just generally. Global Game Jam 2024 did that and it was horrible. Next year please consult someone that actually did a jam for a theme.