2017 Updating the Rules and FAQs

[scribblemyname]

A few questions:

1. Last year, we allowed gen relationships, pairings, or teams in the relationships field. Did this work for everyone? I would like to keep the No Characters/No Relationships method of requests/offers this year as it enabled better automated matching.
2. Because crossover nominations or umbrella fandom nominating will both be permitted this year, it will be possible to request crossovers between different parts of the multiverse without having multiple fandoms per request. Does anyone want to be able to request multiple fandoms at once?
3. Do you also want to be able to nominate a crossover character under a different canon than source canon? I'm up for this if the character is a canonical Marvel character from a different timeline.

And a few definite changes:

1. This year we will allow crossover nominations. You can nominate crossover relationships with disambiguated source fandom in parenthesis, e.g. Clint Barton (616)/Natasha Romanov (MCU) under either character's fandom. You do not have to nominate both canons, but if the second canon ends up nominated by someone else, the crossover pairing may appear under both.
2. This year I will not require cape names to be specified in nominations but will allow it if a participant wants more specificity. Hunting down participants to fix their noms was painful.

Comments

[sholio]

I would very much like to keep gen relationships and teams, please.

[scribblemyname]

:thumbs up:

[(Anonymous)]

1) I think you could keep it that way, or else do it like other exchanges do it, ships and character nominations going in the same slot. I'm cool with it either way.

2 & 3) Crossover handled like your example sounds better to me, though the way it was the last time was workable. It would be nice if you allow to nominate characters or ships under a canon where those characters or ships don't appear.

Are crossovers outside Marvel possible? Like for example Superman/Cap. I don't recall.

Now my only worry remains about signing up to too many things and finding that I can't fulfill them all. :/

[scribblemyname]

Thanks for the input! I definitely don't mind allowing characters in addition to ships.

I did not do crossovers outside of Marvel, except where Marvel had a crossover property and I think there was one? I vaguely recall that.

I know this worry. I've managed not to this year, but barely, and only if I succeed at getting my rarepair written very, very soon, but I have a plan. Finally.

[(Anonymous)]

Good luck on your Rare Pair fic! Fortunately my assignment is complete and posted, then again I'm planning to signup to darkest night, crossovering and fandom growth so I'll be quite busy quite soon. /o\