Nominations open!

[chocolateboxmod]

 It's a bit early, but I figured "why not?"

You can find the tag set here! Nominations close at 11:59pm EST on December 29.

In terms of nominations:

• just about any fandom is eligible;
• Please remember that "Character A/Character B" is shipfic while "Character A & Character B" is genfic
• There is no limit on the number of characters that can be in a combination other than the AO3 character limit;
• Crossovers must be nominated in "Crossover Fandom", which is already nominated. Crossovers that are not nominated in this fandom will be deleted.
• Original Works are okay and I have nominated that fandom for you already;
• You will be required to offer two tags per fandom on signups (unless only one relationship tag is nominated), so please keep that in mind when nominating.

Please watch this comm for updates about clarifications, merging of fandoms, and my getting increasingly drunk as we head towards Christmas! DRUNK MOD BEST MOD.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

!! Very excited for this. It was so fun last year.

[anon001]

You say this "Crossovers must be nominated in "Crossover Fandom"" here, but on the tagset there're these instructions instead: "If crossover relationships are allowed, you can enter them under either fandom."

Which one is correct?

[(Anonymous)]

:D! I'm so glad you're running this again!

I have kind of a weird question. Do all of the characters have to be sentient? Are non-sentient "characters" fine as long as they're nominated with the understanding that the pairing tag implies that the more typical character is literally romantically or sexually involved with the non-sentient "character"?

For example, something like Dean Winchester/The Impala (his car) from Supernatural.

[rubylily]

Looks like one of my nominations accidentally duplicated itself. Under "幻影ヲ駆ケル太陽 il sole penetra le illusioni | Day Break Illusion" there are both Shirokane Ginka/Taiyou Akari and Taiyou Akari/Shirokane Ginka. The second can probably be deleted.

[isis]

Hooray, I love this exchange (and you are awesome, if drunk)!

[veleda_k]

Is there a shorter way to nominate a whole group of characters and their relationship? For instance, if I wanted to write/request the whole Leverage team, is there a way to do it other than "Sophie Devaroux&Nathan Ford&Alec Hardinson&Eliot Spencer&Parker"?

(That's just an example from a not so obscure canon. I want to nominate the Gentlemen Bastards from Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastard Sequence.)

[(Anonymous)]

Hi there mod!

Thank you for doing this again <3

I have a question. What if I want world-building fic set in a special location (like, a mall or a library) and the people working/visiting there? What do I put in the tags?

Or is this like "original work" and put these places as characters?

Thank you!

[zaluzianskya]

Oh man I can't wait!

[merit]

Yay! Here's hoping to a great exchange! Maybe even 300 signups this year!

[(Anonymous)]

You will be required to offer two tags per fandom on signups (unless only one relationship tag is nominated)

Is this really necessary? I believe someone already asked this question last time, but that was after signups had already opened, so I hope this is bringing up the issue in time. Is it supposed to help with matchability? Because for me this would just mean that I could offer fewer fandoms than I otherwise would because I can only write one ship in them and it's not like I can stop other people from requesting other ships in these fandoms.

And the main appeal of this exchange for me is the possibility to be guaranteed shipfic, so offering the gen version of my ships isn't really interesting to me.

[(Anonymous)]

Can we nominate things like "Alice/Bob & Charlie", i.e three (or more) characters interacting where only two are a romantic pairing?

[highsmith]

Help! AO3 isn't letting me edit my nominations. Is it a known issue right now, or did I miss something...?

[(Anonymous)]

Hi there,

When I look at my nominations page, I see some that have been approved, but they're not showing up in the tag set, including in "Unassociated Characters & Relationships" (presumably the unwrangled-tag holding bin). Also, one canon that was in the tag set last night is now gone (Doctrine of Labyrinths). Is this just AO3 being glitchy? Thanks in advance.