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Deadline Passed
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cwmodAll works are in or have been checked in for an extension, which will be due on July 7th. Thank you everyone, feel free to keep tinkering if you like until reveals and I will see you then!
One Week To Go!
Jun. 24th, 2018 04:57 pmcwmodJust a little wave to say we've got one week until submissions are due, and if needed, for any last minute extensions and pinchitters to go out.
Please leave a comment if you need to drop out or if you need any extra time, comments are screened.
Please leave a comment if you need to drop out or if you need any extra time, comments are screened.
Pinch Hit #1 -- Claimed!
May. 16th, 2018 06:41 pmcwmodPlease comment below with your ao3 username if you'd like to take this on. Comments are screened.
You don't have to be signed up to pinch hit.
Requests are for Arrow and Star-Crossed.
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You don't have to be signed up to pinch hit.
Requests are for Arrow and Star-Crossed.
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Matching update
May. 15th, 2018 09:05 amcwmodI’ve just run the matching algorithm and I’m waiting to hear back from one participant.
More information to come when I hear back.
ETA: I wasn’t able to hear back from them in time so I’ve created a mod sign up to finish matching and will put them forward as a pinch hit if they wish.
Assignments should be out shortly, please check your inboxes or the “My Assignments” tab on ao3.
More information to come when I hear back.
ETA: I wasn’t able to hear back from them in time so I’ve created a mod sign up to finish matching and will put them forward as a pinch hit if they wish.
Assignments should be out shortly, please check your inboxes or the “My Assignments” tab on ao3.
Letters Post!
May. 3rd, 2018 12:25 pmcwmodFor those who like to give a little more detail, here's a place to post your Dear Creator letters. Please bear in mind that writing and reading these letters are completely optional, so if you have DNWs, they still need to go in your AO3 sign up to be binding.
Happy Letter Writing!
Happy Letter Writing!
Sign Ups Open!
May. 1st, 2018 10:33 amcwmodSign Ups are now open here.
AO3 has a bug where not every tag shows up in the autofill box so if the one you want isn't there, don't worry, if you copy and paste it exactly as it appears in the tagset, it will go through.
Sign up summaries, as far as I know, still aren't working however I will try and keep a manual list for you guys below the cut and update it when I can. Numbers are by people signed up, not how many times they signed up for it.
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AO3 has a bug where not every tag shows up in the autofill box so if the one you want isn't there, don't worry, if you copy and paste it exactly as it appears in the tagset, it will go through.
Sign up summaries, as far as I know, still aren't working however I will try and keep a manual list for you guys below the cut and update it when I can. Numbers are by people signed up, not how many times they signed up for it.
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Tag Clean Up, Last Clarifications Post
Apr. 30th, 2018 10:40 amcwmodClarifications
Hank Henshaw/Mon-El -- Is that the original/actual Hank Henshaw aka Cyborg Superman or J'onn J'onzz under the assumed idenity of Hank Henshaw? Until/unless specified then it's open to either interpretation.
Arrowverse X-Overs
If either character in an Arrowverse pairing originates from another show (other than those that moved to LOT), I've put it in the Arrowverse crossovers section. Also for sake of massive four-way crossover events, I've put all Earth 2/Earth X pairings as crossovers, even if they are from the same show. Given how LOT has pulled various characters from across the Arrowverse, I'm letting them appear in both their original shows as well as Legends of Tomorrow, hopefully in keeping with where they were nominated. However there are some that were in both fandoms and to make matching easier, I've had to put them in one or the other or Arrowverse Crossovers if there is a reasonable doubt. Please let me know if any are in the wrong place.
TVD/The Originals
As with LOT, TO pulls a few characters from TVD. However, I'm classing Hayley as a TO character as I think that's what was intended at nominations. Ships that feasibly could be either (namely Mikaelson characters shipped with each other) have been put under a TVD Shared universe fandom, like the arrowverse crossovers fandom.
Deleted Tags
Soulmates has been merged into Alternate Universe - Soulmates.
Clark Kent/Lex Luthor already has Smallville and JLU counterparts.
Catherine Chandler & Vincent Keller & Original Character(s), please see the Rules post.
John Constantine/Original Female Character(s), please see the Rules post.
Quentin Lance/Original Female Character(s), plesae see the Rules post.
Known Issues/AO3 Bugs
Smallville appears in the cartoons/comics section as well as the TV section.
The Game only appears under Uncategorized Fandoms for some reason but only AO3 can move it.
Nominations will be ending at 11:59pm UTC tonight, in roughly ten hours from this post. Unless something is wildly out of place, Sign Ups will open shortly after, at 12:01am UTC on May 1st.
Hank Henshaw/Mon-El -- Is that the original/actual Hank Henshaw aka Cyborg Superman or J'onn J'onzz under the assumed idenity of Hank Henshaw? Until/unless specified then it's open to either interpretation.
Arrowverse X-Overs
If either character in an Arrowverse pairing originates from another show (other than those that moved to LOT), I've put it in the Arrowverse crossovers section. Also for sake of massive four-way crossover events, I've put all Earth 2/Earth X pairings as crossovers, even if they are from the same show. Given how LOT has pulled various characters from across the Arrowverse, I'm letting them appear in both their original shows as well as Legends of Tomorrow, hopefully in keeping with where they were nominated. However there are some that were in both fandoms and to make matching easier, I've had to put them in one or the other or Arrowverse Crossovers if there is a reasonable doubt. Please let me know if any are in the wrong place.
TVD/The Originals
As with LOT, TO pulls a few characters from TVD. However, I'm classing Hayley as a TO character as I think that's what was intended at nominations. Ships that feasibly could be either (namely Mikaelson characters shipped with each other) have been put under a TVD Shared universe fandom, like the arrowverse crossovers fandom.
Deleted Tags
Soulmates has been merged into Alternate Universe - Soulmates.
Clark Kent/Lex Luthor already has Smallville and JLU counterparts.
Catherine Chandler & Vincent Keller & Original Character(s), please see the Rules post.
John Constantine/Original Female Character(s), please see the Rules post.
Quentin Lance/Original Female Character(s), plesae see the Rules post.
Known Issues/AO3 Bugs
Smallville appears in the cartoons/comics section as well as the TV section.
The Game only appears under Uncategorized Fandoms for some reason but only AO3 can move it.
Nominations will be ending at 11:59pm UTC tonight, in roughly ten hours from this post. Unless something is wildly out of place, Sign Ups will open shortly after, at 12:01am UTC on May 1st.
Updated Schedule
Apr. 28th, 2018 09:12 pmcwmodSchedule
Nominations: 18th-30th April
Tag Clean Up: 30th April
Sign Ups: 1st-14th May
Assignments Out: 15th May (or as soon as AO3 can match)
Assignments Due: 30th June
Pinch Hits Due: 7th July
Works Revealed: 10th July
Creators Revealed: 17th July
I've also updated the Eligible Fandoms post to reflect CW Plus and CW Seed.
Nominations: 18th-30th April
Tag Clean Up: 30th April
Sign Ups: 1st-14th May
Assignments Out: 15th May (or as soon as AO3 can match)
Assignments Due: 30th June
Pinch Hits Due: 7th July
Works Revealed: 10th July
Creators Revealed: 17th July
- All closes and due dates are 23:59 UTC/All opens and reveals are 00:01 UTC. Posts here will advise if for whatever reason anything is extended.
- As always, here is the handy Time Zone Converter, set to 00:00 UTC, feel free to change the date as needed, add or subtract a second, and pop your own time zone in.
I've also updated the Eligible Fandoms post to reflect CW Plus and CW Seed.
Clarifications Post #2
Apr. 26th, 2018 01:21 pmcwmodSince there was no strong opposition, I’ve allowed fandoms from CW Seed (aka CW Archives). I’m currently approving fandom that are on any one of the three lists I have (CW, CW Plus, CW Seed).
However I’m having trouble finding connections for these two nominations;
Farscape
Justice League/Justice League Unlimited
Please let me know if there is a connection that I haven’t seen as of yet.
Lastly, you might notice on the schedule there is a huge gap between nominations opening and closing. This is because I thought I’d have to do several waves of promos to drum up a workable number of nominations but it’s taken off so much better than I thought. So unless it puts anyone out at all, I’m considering tidying the tags up on Sunday and getting this show on the road early next week. I’ll post an updated schedule in the next few days!
However I’m having trouble finding connections for these two nominations;
Farscape
Justice League/Justice League Unlimited
Please let me know if there is a connection that I haven’t seen as of yet.
Lastly, you might notice on the schedule there is a huge gap between nominations opening and closing. This is because I thought I’d have to do several waves of promos to drum up a workable number of nominations but it’s taken off so much better than I thought. So unless it puts anyone out at all, I’m considering tidying the tags up on Sunday and getting this show on the road early next week. I’ll post an updated schedule in the next few days!
CW Archives?
Apr. 19th, 2018 05:38 pmcwmod So I think a lot of the CBS or WB vs CW confusion is because of something I was unaware of, called the CW archives. Given the amount of nominations I have set to one side, I wanted to take a quick poll. I think my only concern is the more spread out it becomes, the more difficult matching may be. However, I don’t like turning people away either unless I have a good reason. So I want to open it up, what do you think?
Please reply in the comments if you think they should or shouldn’t be included, if you’d be likely to request them and if you’d be likely to offer them.
(Also I don’t have access to the CW archives due to my location and google isn’t turning up anything so if anyone knows where I can find a reference list for it, that would be super!)
Please reply in the comments if you think they should or shouldn’t be included, if you’d be likely to request them and if you’d be likely to offer them.
(Also I don’t have access to the CW archives due to my location and google isn’t turning up anything so if anyone knows where I can find a reference list for it, that would be super!)
Clarifications Post #1
Apr. 19th, 2018 01:45 pmcwmodFirstly, I didn’t realize the community was set to registered users only by default so anon commenting is now available.
Secondly, I just wanted to highlight quickly that this is an exchange for shows made by the CW. I know the CW was born out of CBS and WB (in 2006) however, it is just the CW itself that is eligible for this exchange, re-runs/syndication shows and shows that are/were solely made for CBS or the WB aren’t eligible at this time. Otherwise, it will just become a catch all exchange and while those are nice, they also work better with something to link us.
So I’m going to put up the first post now in case I’m missing anything or I’ve overlooked anything.
Everwood — seems to have aired on the WB, 2002-06.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch — seems to belong to ABC in the first instance and was distributed by CBS and then acquired by the WB in 2000-03.
Constantine — I’m aware that the character of John Constantine has crossed over into Arrowverse so I am going to allow it, however due to the fact the show itself isn’t a CW show, I would prefer to place it under the Arrowverse crossovers or the general crossovers tag.
If the nominators of the above are watching the community, I would love to hear their thoughts and if I’ve missed anything, please let me know!
Secondly, I just wanted to highlight quickly that this is an exchange for shows made by the CW. I know the CW was born out of CBS and WB (in 2006) however, it is just the CW itself that is eligible for this exchange, re-runs/syndication shows and shows that are/were solely made for CBS or the WB aren’t eligible at this time. Otherwise, it will just become a catch all exchange and while those are nice, they also work better with something to link us.
So I’m going to put up the first post now in case I’m missing anything or I’ve overlooked anything.
Everwood — seems to have aired on the WB, 2002-06.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch — seems to belong to ABC in the first instance and was distributed by CBS and then acquired by the WB in 2000-03.
Constantine — I’m aware that the character of John Constantine has crossed over into Arrowverse so I am going to allow it, however due to the fact the show itself isn’t a CW show, I would prefer to place it under the Arrowverse crossovers or the general crossovers tag.
If the nominators of the above are watching the community, I would love to hear their thoughts and if I’ve missed anything, please let me know!
Nominations & Eligible Fandoms
Apr. 17th, 2018 11:59 amcwmodNominations
Eligible Fandoms
- Because of the smaller set of eligible fandoms but larger ensembles, you will be able to nominate; 05 Fandoms, 10 Relationships, 05 Freeforms
- Relationships can either be platonic (Character A & Character B), romantic and/or sexual (Character A/Character B) or adversarial (Character A VS Character B).
- Please try to use canon tags where available.
- Please try to specify alternate versions of characters in your nomination if possible (such as Earth X or End Verse)
- Crossovers are allowed, provided at least one character is from a CW show. Please nominate crossovers as: Character A/Character B (Crossover) or Character A & Character B (Crossover) and nominate them under "Crossovers - Fandom"
- There can be more than two people in a ship or in a group, threesomes, moresomes and poly configurations welcome.
- Original Characters may not be nominated at this time.
- Please try to keep freeforms as broad as possible, with things such as genres, tropes and kinks rather specific prompts.
Eligible Fandoms
- For a fandom to be eligible, it needs to have been made by or distributed by, the CW. I've listed the dramas and comedies in the interests on the profile. I'm also open to accepting reality shows, kids shows and RPF of any type of show. Long story short, if it is on one of these three lists, it's accepted.
- CW Shows, listed here.
- CW Plus shows, listed here.
- CW Seed shows, listed here.
Questions?
Apr. 10th, 2018 05:47 pmcwmodMost things should be covered in the guide or are generally the same for all exchanges but if I've missed something or something comes up, ask it here or on any other post, or PM the mod and I'll try my best to answer it as soon as I can, as well as putting the information below as sort of an ad-hoc FAQ.
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The Guidebook
Apr. 10th, 2018 05:43 pmcwmodSchedule
Nominations: 18th-30th April
Tag Clean Up: 30th April
Sign Ups: 1st-14th May
Assignments Out: 15th May (or as soon as AO3 can match)
Assignments Due: 30th June
Pinch Hits Due: 7th July
Works Revealed: 10th July
Creators Revealed: 17th July
Rules
Eligible Fandoms
Nominations
Sign Ups
Pinch Hits
Defaulting
Nominations: 18th-30th April
Tag Clean Up: 30th April
Sign Ups: 1st-14th May
Assignments Out: 15th May (or as soon as AO3 can match)
Assignments Due: 30th June
Pinch Hits Due: 7th July
Works Revealed: 10th July
Creators Revealed: 17th July
- All closes and due dates are 23:59 UTC/All opens and reveals are 00:01 UTC. Posts here will advise if for whatever reason anything is extended.
- As always, here is the handy Time Zone Converter, set to 00:00 UTC, feel free to change the date as needed, add or subtract a second, and pop your own time zone in.
Rules
- Be nice. No flaming, kink shaming, personal attacks, ship bashing, all of that.
- No sexually explicit underage art. That's not me, that's the law. If you want to make art of underage characters, please keep it G rated.
- No plagiarism. Works should be new, for this fest. You can use them to fill prompts (such as bingo cards) elsewhere assuming the other event allows that but please bear in mind that the idea is that this is for your matchee.
- Be respectful of your matchee's DNW list. DNWs are only enforceable if they are on your ao3 sign up.
- This is more a mod request than a rule but, please say thank you for your gift. Even if it wasn't your cup of tea, someone tried and even a kudos is better than nothing at all.
- Be aware that anything other than your tags are optional details.
- Fic should be a minimum of 1,000 words. There is no maximum.
- Art should be a piece of full-size art, either digital or traditional.
- For the moment that's going to be the only mediums allowed. If there's interest then perhaps there could be themed rounds for things like fan mixes.
- There should be none of your matchee's DNWs in there.
- Works must new, for this fest, completed. They should not be sequels (or prequels) to other works or require other works for them to make sense.
Eligible Fandoms
- For a fandom to be eligible, it needs to have been made by or distributed by, the CW. I've listed the dramas and comedies in the interests on the profile. I'm also open to accepting reality shows, kids shows and RPF of any type of show
- More details here.
Nominations
- Because of the smaller set of eligible fandoms but larger ensembles, you will be able to nominate; 05 Fandoms, 10 Relationships, 05 Freeforms
- Relationships can either be platonic (Character A & Character B), romantic and/or sexual (Character A/Character B) or adversarial (Character A VS Character B).
- Please try to use canon tags where available.
- Please try to specify alternate versions of characters in your nomination if possible (such as Earth X or End Verse)
- Crossovers are allowed, provided at least one character is from a CW show. Please nominate crossovers as: Character A/Character B (Crossover) or Character A & Character B (Crossover) and nominate them under "Crossovers - Fandom"
- There can be more than two people in a ship or in a group, threesomes, moresomes and poly configurations welcome.
- Original Characters may not be nominated at this time.
- Please try to keep freeforms as broad as possible, with things such as genres, tropes and kinks rather specific prompts.
Sign Ups
- Minimum and maximums both for requests and offers are as follows; 03-10 Fandoms, 01-10 Relationships and 03-20 Freeforms
- Fandoms do not need to be unique for requests. If you want to nominate certain characters in one slot and relationships in another, that's fine. You can fill your slots up how you like. I will only ask for more than one unique fandom in the case of a participant that is unmatchable otherwise. A minimum of 3 unique fandoms is needed for offers.
- There will be ticky box options for "Any Relationship" and "Any Freeform" but please make sure you are absolutely comfortable with every option if you choose this.
- There will also be a rating option in your sign up, please tick what you are comfortable receiving and what you are comfortable giving. You can tick more than one option. If you are comfortable with any rating, please check all boxes.
- AO3 ratings roughly translate as follows; General Audiences - G, Teen - PG13, Mature - R, Explicit - NC17
- There will also be a "Warning" Option. This is not for warnings, but actually to select Art or Fic (or both) as your desired medium. For Art, please select "a" and for fic, please select "f".
- In the first instance, matching will run to try and match on at least one Rating, one Fandom, one Medium, one Relationship and one Freeform. Should this be impossible or result in a lot of pinch hits, then I will run it again without the Freeform, but ao3 will still give preference to matching Freeforms.
- You are only required to write for the things you match on, however, you're welcome to write anything they've requested.
- In the case of ao3 not being able to run freeform matching, please give the freeform tags consideration but you will only be bound by the DNWs, if that should happen. I will post here to advise if freeform matching was possible or not.
- You will be emailed your assignment as soon as matching is complete. Please check your spam folders before worrying. Please contact me in the event of an ao3 glitch should you not actually match on anything your assignment has asked for.
Pinch Hits
- Should the need arise, I'll post pinch hits here to the community. If you would like to take them on, please reply to that post with a (screened) comment giving your ao3 username if different from your DW username.
- You do not need to be signed up to pinch hit.
- There is no limit on how many pinch hits you can take on but please bear in mind the deadline may be shorter.
- Anyone is welcome to write treats, whether you're signed up or not. Simply post to the collection and add the person's name in the "Gift this work to..." section. There is no limit on the amount of treats you can write or the amount of treats you can get.
- If you wish to write something that hasn't been prompted, or contains a DNW but is inspired by someone's prompt then please feel free to gift it to the collection at large or to the mod account.
Defaulting
- I completely understand if people have to drop out, real life is rarely respectful of fandom commitments. If you need to drop for any reason, please do so by going to "Your Assignments" tab on AO3 and hitting the default button. Please do this as soon as you know you can't finish it, so that pinch hitters will have as much time as possible to fill it.
- There is no penalty for defaulting before the deadline. There will be a post reminding people that assignments are due at various stages. If you think you are going to be late, but you are sure you will have it finished within 24hrs of the deadline, please leave a (screened) comment on one of these posts and I won't default you.
- If you either don't say anything and default on/after the deadline or you ask for an extension and still don't have a finished work by reveals, you may not be able to participate in the future.
- If you have defaulted and the person who matched with you defaults, you will not be put forward for pinch hitting, we will just call it quits.
- If you defaulted before the deadline but for whatever reason find yourself able to participate again, please consider picking up a pinch hit or writing a treat.
