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This is the beta post for the 2025-2026 round of fffx.

Please comment below if you can offer brainstorming, critique, canon-checking, fact-checking, or tips on structure, perspective, or visual effects for art or stories in this exchange! Thank you to all volunteers.

Sign-up summary of requested fandoms
Requests in the app
Tag set

Please include a way to contact you. Here is an optional template to fill out:



Again, thank you!!

  • We also have outstanding pinch hits available.

  • Check-in week for this exchange is November 23-30.
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FFFX stands for Five Figure Fanwork Exchange. It is a multifandom gift exchange for fanfic of 10,000+ words, and for comics of least 10 pages or at least 40 panels. FFFX is part of the Triple Crown multi-event challenge ([community profile] triplecrownofexchanges)

AO3 collection | Tag set | Browser app | Canon promo post | Beta post | Pinch hitter prompts

Current Phase: Works are revealed at the collection! The anonymous period of this exchange lasts until 5pm EDT, Saturday 18 April.

Schedule

Nominations start: 18 August 2025
Nominations close: 27 August (11:59pm EDT)
Sign-ups start: 2 September
Sign-ups close: 11 September
Assignments out by: 13 September
Assignment Swaps / FINAL Letter Completion Deadline*: 21 September
Check-in Week**: 23-30 November
Assignments due: 24 January 2026 (11:59pm EST)
Works revealed: 28 February 4 April (5pm EDT)
Creators revealed: 14 March 18 April (5pm EDT)


Click/expand this details tag to see more explanations, covering assignment swaps, check-in week, and other topics

*How do assignment swaps work? This exchange allows you to trade in your current assignment for a different one. This is intended as a safety net. Maybe you tried a new fandom to match a request and it didn't work out. Maybe you matched on something safe, but fell in love with something else after assignments went out. Whether you can swap to the new assignment of your choice will depend on several factors, including whether several other people are already creating for it. You can ask for any other assignment before September 21. Between September 21, 2025, and the main deadline of January 24, 2026, you can still trade in the assignment you hold for another one, but only if the one you want is listed as a pinch hit.

If you're writing a letter, I recommend you finish it during sign-ups so that your assigned creator can use it right away, but that doesn't always happen. So there's a hard deadline: please complete any linked letters by September 21; if you are matched to a recipient whose letter is incomplete after September 21, you are welcome to ask to swap to any other recipient throughout the exchange.


**What is Check-In Week? This is when you contact the mod on a check-in post at this community to confirm that you are committed to fulfilling your assignment(s). If you do not check in, you will be defaulted.


FFFX follows the pattern of many other Archive-of-Our-Own-based multifandom exchanges. The pool of available fandoms is created by nominations (eight fandoms, with six characters or relationships each, per person, with selective additions possible during sign-ups). When signing up, you can offer and request as few as four fandoms (one for offers), with one character or relationship in each, or as many as ten fandoms, with ten relationships in each. You will match on one of those characters or relationships (OR matching). FFFX allows original works prompts. FFFX does not match on freeform tags or rating.

Because this is an exchange for long works and many creators like to have something to go on, you must fill out your AO3 requests with your choice of the following: prompts, or notes on what appeals to you about a fandom, or general likes, or some combination of these.

Fandom promotion posts and guides to where your canon can be found are encouraged.


The mod can be reached at mod.modzilla@gmail.com as well as through this Dreamwidth community.

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Thanks for your swaps requests!
The following pinch hits are due at 11:59pm EST on Saturday January 24th 2026, and pinch hitters are also asked to check in in November 2025. To claim, please reply with your AO3 name, and let me know which recipient/PH number you want. You're also welcome to claim by emailing mod.modzilla@gmail.com. You can swap from your current assignment to a pinch hit; if so, please say that's what you're doing - otherwise I'll assume you're picking up an assignment on top of any current assignments.

Minimum requirements: An art gift must be a completed comic at least 10 pages or 40 panels long; a fic gift must be a story at least 10,000 words long. You can also fulfil a pinch hit by giving two complete half-length works, if your recipient has opted into that for the fandom(s) you are creating in. Any work must be for a fandom your recipient has requested and one character/relationship/worldbuilding tag requested in that fandom, and must avoid their DNWs.



Pinch hit #4 - art, fic [varies by request] - 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, Natsume Yuujinchou | Natsume's Book of Friends, Thor (Movies), Hannibal (TV) )

Pinch hit #18 - fic - Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling, Crossover Fandom x2 [Grimm TV/Guardian TV, Grimm TV/Christabel - Coleridge], 长公主在上 | Zhǎng Gōng Zhǔ Zài Shàng (Web Series), 绅探 | Detective L (TV) )

Pinch hit #23 - art, fic [varies by request] - Shadow of the Leviathan - Robert Jackson Bennett, LitenVerse - Nino Cipri, Stellar Harvest series - Eleanor Arnason, Original Work, Crossover Fandom [Queen's Gambit TV/Man Who Fell To Earth 1976], The Breakfast Club (1985) )



Click for links to CLAIMED pinch hit requests!Pinch hit #2 - fic - Fright Night (2011), Our Flag Means Death (TV), Riptide (TV), Star Trek: The Price of the Phoenix - Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath, Strange Angel (TV), Evil (TV 2019)

Pinch hit #8 - fic - Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Big Country (1958), Home Before Dark (1958)

Pinch hit #13 - art, fic - World Wrestling Entertainment, The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- (Video Game), はたらく細胞 | Hataraku Saibou | Cells at Work! (Anime), Original Work

Pinch hit #20 - fic - Tales of Berseria, Subarashiki Kono Sekai | The World Ends With You (Video Games), Kuroko no Basuke | Kuroko's Basketball, Bleach (Anime & Manga)

Pinch hit #21 - art, fic [varies by request] - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), 黄金の太陽 | Golden Sun Series, BCV: Battle Construction Vehicles (Video Game), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)

Pinch hit #22 - art, fic - 大梦归离 | Fangs of Fortune (TV), The Pitt (TV), The Bear (TV), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

Pinch hit #24 - fic - Angel: the Series, Black Widow (Movie 2021), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Crossover Fandom [various] x2, DCU (Comics), Gothika (2003), The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Original Work, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)

Pinch hit #25 - art, fic [varies by request] - Original Work x2, Tenet (2020), Crossover Fandom [various], Murderbot (TV) x2

Pinch hit #26 - art, fic [varies by request] - 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games), Watch Dogs (Video Games)


Thanks for your interest! Please also let me know if I've missed any canon promo posts.
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I hope your assignments are, by and large, well suited to you!

Sometimes you and your recipient are not a great fit. Or sometimes you're excited about a request during sign-ups, and the moment you get assigned to it, you wonder what you were thinking. So: swaps.

If you would like to swap to any other participant, please get in touch before 11:59pm EDT, Thursday 25 September - mod.modzilla@gmail.com. Most swap requests can be granted.

After that time passes, you can still swap your assignment in the following circumstances:

-The request you want is a pinch hit. You can swap to any pinch hit until the January deadline.
-Your assigned recipient has an incomplete letter. You are welcome to swap to another recipient, whether they are a pinch hit or not, until the January deadline.

I think I've responded to all the swaps requests I've received so far - please contact me again if I've missed replying to you.
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You should now have received an assignment! Please contact me (mod.modzilla@gmail.com) if you have a problem with your assignment, or you got two assignments (!), or if you just have a question about your assignment, whether it's a question for me or a question for me to pass on to your recipient.

You are welcome to email me to ask to swap your assignment. Because assignments were out late, I'm extending the swaps deadline to September 25. I usually confirm swaps towards the end of that period, but may be able to confirm sooner.


The following pinch hits are due at 11:59pm EST on Saturday January 24th 2026, and pinch hitters are also asked to check in in November 2025. To claim, please reply with your AO3 name, and let me know which recipient/PH number you want. You're also welcome to claim by emailing mod.modzilla@gmail.com.

If you already have an assignment and want to swap your assignment for a pinch hit, please say so - otherwise I'll assume you want both assignments.

I will reply to claims on this post after approximately a day - this is to give priority to people who are looking to swap.

Minimum requirements: An art gift must be a completed comic at least 10 pages or 40 panels long; a fic gift must be a story at least 10,000 words long. You can also fulfil a pinch hit by giving two complete half-length works, if your recipient has opted into that for the fandom(s) you are creating in. Any work must be for a fandom your recipient has requested and one character/relationship/worldbuilding tag requested in that fandom, and must avoid their DNWs.



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Please check the pinch hits tag for the most recent pinch hits.
Click for previous pinch hit details<Pinch hit #1 - art, fic - Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Star Wars: Ahsoka (TV), Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom [Star Wars Sequel Trilogy/Star Wars: Ahsoka] )

Pinch hit #2 - fic - Fright Night (2011), Our Flag Means Death (TV), Riptide (TV), Star Trek: The Price of the Phoenix - Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath, Strange Angel (TV), Evil (TV 2019) )

Pinch hit #4 - art, fic [varies by request] - 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, Natsume Yuujinchou | Natsume's Book of Friends, Thor (Movies), Hannibal (TV) )

Pinch hit #8 - fic - Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Big Country (1958), Home Before Dark (1958) )

Canon promo post: Dial M for Murder

Pinch hit #11 - art, fic [varies by request] - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game), Original Work, Crossover Fandom [Brooklyn 99/Labyrinth], Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games) )

Canon promo post: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Pinch hit #13 - art, fic - World Wrestling Entertainment, The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- (Video Game), はたらく細胞 | Hataraku Saibou | Cells at Work! (Anime), Original Work )

Pinch hit #18 - fic - Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling, Crossover Fandom x2 [Grimm TV/Guardian TV, Grimm TV/Christabel - Coleridge], 长公主在上 | Zhǎng Gōng Zhǔ Zài Shàng (Web Series), 绅探 | Detective L (TV) )

Pinch hit #20 - fic - Tales of Berseria, Subarashiki Kono Sekai | The World Ends With You (Video Games), Kuroko no Basuke | Kuroko's Basketball, Bleach (Anime & Manga) )

Pinch hit #21 - art, fic [varies by request] - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), 黄金の太陽 | Golden Sun Series, BCV: Battle Construction Vehicles (Video Game), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) )

Click to see CLAIMED pinch hitsPinch hit #3 - fic - Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games), Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022), Baldur's Gate (Video Games), The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien

Pinch hit #5 - art, fic - Bridgerton (TV), Don't Worry Darling (2022), Dune (Movies - Villeneuve), Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), Little Women (2019 Movie - Gerwig), Outlaw King (2018), The Princess Diaries (Movies), This Means War (2012)

Pinch hit #6 - fic - 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 화산귀환 | Return of the Blossoming Blade (Webcomic), 魔尊也想知道 - 青色羽翼 | Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know - Cyan Wings, 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed

Pinch hit #7 - art, fic - 奇蹟 | Kiseki: Dear to Me (TV), KinnPorsche: The Series (TV), We Are คือเรารักกัน | We Are (Thailand TV 2024), 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021), Star Trek: The Original Series

Pinch hit #9 - fic - Final Fantasy XII x4, Metaphor: ReFantazio (Video Game), Persona 5, Wolf's Rain (Anime), Final Fantasy XV

Pinch hit #10 - art, fic [varies by request] - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Superman (Movie 2025), The Orville (TV), Fire Emblem: Soen no Kiseki/Akatsuki no Megami | Fire Emblem Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn

Canon promo post: The Orville

Pinch hit #12 - art, fic [varies by request] - One Piece (Live Action TV 2023), One Piece (Anime & Manga), Baldur's Gate (Video Games), 将进酒 - 唐酒卿 | Qiāng Jìn Jiǔ - Táng Jiǔ Qīng

Pinch hit #14 - fic - Stargate Atlantis, Kolja | Kolya (1996), Cesta do pravěku | Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955), Jurassic Park Original Trilogy (Movies)

Pinch hit #15 - fic - 神さまのいない日曜日 | Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi | Sunday Without God (Anime & Manga), Octopath Traveler (Video Game), Octopath Traveler II (Video Game), 終末のイゼッタ | Shuumatsu no Izetta | Izetta: The Last Witch (Anime), よるのないくに | Yoru no Nai Kuni | Nights of Azure (Video Games), Crossover Fandom [various]

Crossovers: Atelier Ryza/Märchen Forest, Octopath Traveller/Octopath Traveller II, Eva Evergreen/Sunday Without God

Canon promo posts: Sunday Without God, Atelier Ryza & Märchen Forest, Eva Evergreen, miscellaneous


Pinch hit #16 - fic - Killjoys (TV), Ocean's 8 (2018), Elementary (TV), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)

Pinch hit #17 - art, fic [varies by request] - Men's Hockey RPF, Wednesday (TV 2022), Outlast (Video Games), Original Work, Glee (TV 2009)

Pinch hit #19 - fic - Severance (TV), Mission: Impossible (Movies), Doctor Who (2005), Succession (TV 2018)



Thanks for your interest! Please also feel free to let me know of canon promo posts I've missed.
Thanks to the people I've heard back from!

I still need to hear from P and also from two other people - C and S. In one case I need some sign-up details and in another case unfortunately there is a cascading matching issue - so if your name starts with s and you (appear to) have one possible recipient, please check your email.
Hello,

Sign-ups are closed. After running matching, I have reached out to two people who may not have a recipient (K, P). Please check your emails if that may be you; unfortunately I will need to delete your sign-ups if I don't hear back.

I am now running checks to see:

-that everyone who signed up has some kind of positive inspiration for their creator in the sign-up box
-that no one has "see my letter for DNWs" because DNWs need to be in the sign-up box to be enforced
-that everyone asked for four different fandoms [aka the if fandom appeared in the tag set as its own label, then it counts as one even if it may be related to another fandom also in the tag set].

Where there are problems with the above things, I will reach out to you and you will have approximately a day to fix this. If you notice a problem in your own sign-up, please email me at mod.modzilla@gmail.com - it will save us all time. Thanks!


I am also checking to see if there are any people signed up who have past FFFX gifts they have not commented on. In that case I will remove your sign-up, but if you comment in future, you're welcome to sign up for a future round.


If you see a late request for which you'd like to add an offer, please feel free to contact me, or to discuss any similar tweaks to your sign-up.


All prompts at the app: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/fffx2025/
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I was a little delayed in catching up to late nominations, but I think we're caught up now, except for:

Ciel Phantomhive & Phantomhive Servants (Kuroshitsuji)
What sort of group are the Servants please - who is included?

Cang Qiong Mountain Sect Qing Generation Peak Lords/Shen Jiu | Original Shen Qingqiu (SVSSS)
What sort of group are the Peak Lords please - who is included?

If these labels describe an amorphous set of unnamed characters, OR if they describe a specific, discrete group of characters of ten or fewer members, I'm happy to approve as nominated - otherwise these nominations may need to be adjusted.

Reminder: sign-ups are open until 11:59pm EDT, September 11. You have a bit over three days to either sign up, or edit your existing sign-up. See this countdown.

Reminder two: because I got things running a little late this year, there's a far smaller cushion between sign-ups closing and assignments going out. Please minimize the risk that I'll have to delete your sign-up (which I don't relish doing) by putting your DNWs in your sign-up, alongside something, anything I can plausibly interpret as a positive direction for your creator. Loose lips sink ships; lingering "WIP"s risk snips. Bad quips deserve ellipse.

There is still a swaps period, so you will get a second go at securing an assignment that's right for you if your initial match doesn't spark the kind of joy that will get you over the finish line.

Thanks everyone for your sign-ups and canon promos and for posting letters (especially already complete letters, talk about getting a Good Grade in Exchanges) that include status messages inside them!
Sign-ups have begun! Meanwhile, the tag set is open for late nominations.

Please use this post to promote the fandoms you plan to request, or ask for recommendations of canons that suit you! FFFX is a long-haul exchange - someone might not have time to get into your canon before sign-ups close, but they definitely have time to check it out over the course of the exchange overall.

Promoting your canons

Comment here with information about the canons you are thinking of requesting, or otherwise want to get people into!


Information you might include

Title
Please put your fandom's title in the subject of your comment. This helps people find your promo again.

Media

Approx length

Where to find it (If giving links, please only link to legal sources. You may want to encourage people to contact you directly if they are having trouble finding a canon and you can give them tips)

What is it, in summary?

What do you love about it?

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?

Content notes (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence) - this is at your discretion and is not expected to be comprehensive

Some examples: Yuletide, Fandom5k, previous fffx posts.


Please keep an eye on comments, as people may have follow-up questions about your canons.


Asking for recs


You're also welcome to leave comments (anon or not) asking people to rec you canons that they are likely to request.

For example: "Please tell me about canons for which you'd be excited to receive interactive fiction."

If asking for recs, consider letting people know if you're interested in specific media only, or have other restrictions.
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I'm so glad we're here! I am very grateful to my tagmod helpers (who did a lot more work than me this time, honestly) and to everyone answering queries.

Sign-up instructions

You can sign up at the collection.

Sign-ups are open until 11:59pm EDT, September 11.

Basics
-Ask for 4-10 fandoms, 1-10 "relationship" tags in each, and in each of your requests, tick at least one of the additional tags that specifies what kind of gift you're interested in.

-Offer 1-10 fandoms, 1-10 "relationship" tags in each, and in each of your offers, tick at least two of the additional tags that specifies what kind of gift you're willing to create.

-In fffx's tagset, the "relationships" field covers characters, relationships, and worldbuilding. fffx uses OR matching - you will get, or create, a gift focusing on one of those tags. If you want specific characters to interact, select a single "relationship" tag that names all of them and uses & and / as appropriate.

-You can repeat fandoms in your requests - ie, you can ask for Original Work twice. You still need 4 unique fandom requests. Offers can be be as minimal as you like, but you will need someone to create for in order to receive an assignment.

-Please list dealbreaking Do-Not-Wants in your sign-ups. You must also put some other, positive information about your interests in each request - this can be a likes list, some prompts, or just talking about what you like about the canon & characters.

Please consider your DNWs carefully. "DNW: unrequested relationships" might suit a 1k relationship-based exchange that also matches on freeforms like "trapped together in an elevator", but may cause stress to someone considering a longer plot. DNWs should give guidance but not constrict your author to a plot that is dramatically narrower than the possibilities of the tag you requested.

-Participants must be aged 18 or over.

-Do not use "AI" generative tools for fic or art. Please reach out to me directly if you're not sure if your assistive tool counts.

-There is a space in Offers - Title - for "Notes to Mod". You can use this space to tell me more about your matching preferences, if you like. You can also leave it blank. If you have Do-Not-Match requests, I may follow up with you for more information - ie, how pinch hits will be handled.

-You are not eligible to sign up if you have not commented on previous gifts (check your name here) or discussed the situation with me. You are not eligible to sign up if you posted a placeholder for which I banned you, unless you've posted a make-up work.

-You are not eligible to sign up if you took part last year and either defaulted after check-in, didn't check in during check-in, or checked in then didn't post a work. However, if that happened to you in any of rounds 1-4, you're welcome to sign up again now.


How the Additional Tags Work
If you request Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic, you will receive 1 gift that is a comic of at least 10 pages or at least 40 panels. (Ie, if there are 40 distinct panels, it can have 9 pages. If there are 10 full pages, it's okay if there are only 36 panels.)

If you request Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic OR 2 x 5-Page Comics at Artist's Discretion, you may receive 1 gift that is a comic of 10 pages or at least 40 panels, or you may receive 2 gifts of 2 comics that are each half that long. (If selecting that option, I recommend also selecting Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic - there are no drawbacks. But you don't have to.)

If you request Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic, you will receive 1 gift that is a fanfic of at least 10,000 words.

If you request Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic OR 2 x 5000-Word Fics at Author's Discretion, you may receive 1 gift that is a fanfic of at least 10,000 words, or you may receive 2 gifts of 2 fic that are each half that long. (If selecting that option, I recommend also selecting Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic - there are no drawbacks. But you don't have to.)

It is possible that if you select both Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic OR 2 x 5-Page Comics at Artist's Discretion AND Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic OR 2 x 5000-Word Fics at Author's Discretion, you may get two gifts, one of which is a 20-panel comic and 1 of which is a 5,000-word fic. It is possible that if you select "2 x 5" tags for more than one fandom, you will get half-length gifts from two different fandoms. This is up to your creators.

You have to offer two Additional Tags. If you are someone who creates only in 1 medium, you can select both the Fanart tags, or you can select both the Fanfic tags.


Groups
Groups & Creator's Choice tags works like this:
"Thop the Gribble & the Splonks"
This means a story focusing on Thop and his platonic relationship with two characters who fit into the category of Splonk. The characters chosen from the Splonks are up to the creator.

"Gribbles/Splonks"
This means a sexual or romantic relationship including at least two Gribbles and at least two Splonks.

"Gribbles & ALL: Splonks"
This means a story featuring platonic relationships between at least two Gribbles and all of the characters who can be defined as splonks.

"Creator's Choice of Gribble & Splonks"
This means a story featuring platonic relationships between ONE Gribble and at least two Splonks.

When ALL is part of the tag, all members of the group must play significant roles in the work. If it isn't, the creator gets to choose which character feature. Requesters may not select within the tag or DNW members of the group.

Groups that are nominated in this way should be discrete and clearly defined.

If an existing group or Creator's Choice tag doesn't work for you, please use your supplementary nominations slots to nominate a tag between specific characters.

If requesting a group, I recommend using your prompts to talk about who you see as part of the group, just in case your creator has a different idea.



Unusual Things fffx Is Doing
-Comments are really important. This exchange is scheduled to reveal on March 14 2026; I recommend thinking twice abut signing up if you think you'll struggle to comment during the anonymous period or soon after. It is a requirement of this exchange that you must comment on any gifts you receive or, if you cannot, refuse the gift.

-Please don't link to a letter (an external document containing prompts, general preferences, etc) unless you're confident you can complete it by September 21. I know you can't predict the future - please just plan in good faith. Letters, of course, are optional - you don't have to link one at all. If you do link to a letter, please consider keeping a status message at the top to let readers know whether it's complete or not and when it was last updated.

-This exchange requires you to put prompts, or general likes, or something you like about the canon, in the AO3 form. It doesn't have to be long or eloquent, but something other than your DNWs is required. Ie, Optional Details are only optional for creators - they are not completely optional for requesters.

-Please sign up with one account only.

-There are also extra deadlines - September 21 for asking to swap your assignment for any other assignment & for finishing your letter, and November 30 for confirming you're still committed to your assignment, as well as the posting deadline of January 24.

Some previous nominations queries remain

Please see previous post.

Additional nominations

Nominations will be re-opened tomorrow, for 3 fandoms/3 tags. If you care about recording what you've already nominated, please save that information now.

Errors in tag set

There will inevitably be some. Feel free to let me know and I'll do what I can to sort them out (this may not be until sign-ups close). I mostly care about errors that could cause confusion or difficulty in matching.

Welcome.
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Nomination queries

Thanks again for everyone's nominations so far, and also for answering queries, and for kind thoughts.

Please let us know of errors you notice in the tag set! If we've corrected or rejected something wrongly, we can correct it back.

If it's helpful to you to keep track of what you have nominated, please check the tag set and note down "My Nominations". Nominations will be cleared, to allow for further nominations, soon after sign-ups begin.

Crossover Fandom
Kara Danvers/Diana (Wonder Woman)
Lara Croft/Diana (Wonder Woman)
Peggy Carter/Diana (Wonder Woman)

Please specify which canons you want both characters to come from.

Gachiakuta (Anime)
Arkha Corvus/Enjin (Gachiakuta Anime)
Could we get more information about Arkha Corvus please? This character doesn't seem to have appeared in the anime yet.

화산귀환 | Return of the Blossoming Blade (Webcomic)
Cheong Myeong & Mount Hua Disciples
Who is included in Mount Hua Disciples please?

Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
Miles "Tails" Prower/Shadow the Hedgehog
I'd really appreciate it if you'd pick a media type, please, or clarify why All Media Types is preferred.

Tetsuwan Atom | Astro Boy
Reno/Prince Zade (Astro Boy 2003)
We're having trouble finding Prince Zade - could we get more information about this character please? Since the nominated relationship involves the 2003 series, can we approve this canon as that specific series?

Transformers - All Media Types
Char: Perceptor (Transformers)
Char: Springer (Transformers)
Creator's Choice of Wreckers
Drift | Deadlock & Ratchet
Megatron (Transformers)/Original Character(s)

Please pick a media type, or clarify why All Media Types is preferred. Could you also please clarify who is included in the Wreckers? Also, I'm happy to approve Megatron/Original Character (but not Character(s)).


Resolved queries
Actor RPF
Jonathan Bailey/Matt Bomer/Simon Halls
It's not clear to me that Simon Halls is a celebrity. Could you please provide some more information? I am only approving RPF characters who are famous in their own right, not famous because of spouses or family members.

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
Brian O'Conner/Roman Pearce (2 Fast 2 Furious)
Could you help me understand why this movie is nominated on its own? It's not clear to me how it and these characters stand alone.

Beware of Chicken - Casualfarmer
Rou Jin & Shen Qingyi (Beware of Chicken)
We're having trouble finding information about the character Shen Qingyi. Could anyone who knows please let us know who this is and where she (?) appears?

Brew Solves - Fandom
Brew Solves/Grill Burns
This fandom is a little confusing - could you please confirm what media it covers?

Captain America (Chris Evans Movies)
Cap!Peggy Carter/Original Female Character
What is meant by Cap!Peggy Carter here please - is this a canonical alternate universe depicted within the nominated movie set?

Crossover Fandom
Wanda Maximoff & William Kaplan | Billy Maximoff (Agatha All Along)
Please specify which canon Wanda should come from.

Dangan Ronpa Series & New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
The Series is nominated with:
Asahina Aoi/Togami Byakuya
Chabashira Tenko/Yonaga Angie (Dangan Ronpa Series)
Fukawa Toko/Togami Byakuya (Dangan Ronpa)
Hinata Hajime/Komaeda Nagito (Dangan Ronpa)
Hinata Hajime/Komaeda Nagito/Nanami Chiaki (Dangan Ronpa)
Komaeda Nagito/Nanami Chiaki (Dangan Ronpa)
Naegi Makoto/Togami Byakuya (Dangan Ronpa)
Shinguji Korekiyo/Yonaga Angie


Meanwhile, New Semester of Killing is nominated with:
Momota Kaito/Oma Kokichi
Oma Kokichi/Saihara Shuichi


Is it all right to fold the New Semester of Killing relationships into Dangan Ronpa Series? Or can the Dangan Ronpa Series nominations be coherently re-labeled in a way that excludes New Semester of Killing?

DC Extended Universe
It's not clear to us that Gotham should be approved as a character - let us know if we are mistaken, otherwise, we will reject.

魔尊也想知道 - 青色羽翼 | Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know - Cyan Wings
Wenren E/Yin Hanjiang & Xuanyuan Sect (DVAWTK)
Who is included in the Xuanyuan Sect please?

Fire Emblem: Soen no Kiseki/Akatsuki no Megami | Fire Emblem Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn
Ike & the Greil Mercenaries (FE: PoR/RD)
Could we check who is included in the Greil Mercenaries please?

Labyrinth (1986)
It's not clear to us that the Labyrinth itself should be approved as a character - let us know if we are mistaken, otherwise, we will reject.

The Mandalorian (TV)
Who is included in Din's Covert, please?

Neverwinter Nights: MotB (Video Games)
Akachi/Safiya (Neverwinter Nights: MotB)
All: Knight Captain and Companions (Neverwinter Nights: MotB)
Char: Knight Captain (Neverwinter Nights: MotB)
Gannayev/Female Knight Captain (Neverwinter Nights: MotB)
Gannayev/Male Knight Captain (Neverwinter Nights: MotB)
Knight Captain & One-of-Many (Neverwinter Nights: MotB)

Could I get more information, please, about the nomination of the expansion pack on its own rather than as Neverwinter Nights 2? Also, please help me out with any groups nominated in this set such as "Companions".

전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong
Kim Dokja/Secretive Plotter & Abyssal Black Flame Dragon & Sun Wukong & Uriel (ORV)
It seems like there are several Sun Wukongs. Could we get a bit more information about who is meant please?

Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
Guzma & Skull-dan | Team Skull
Is Team Skull a group with named characters as well as unnamed characters? Who is included please?

화산귀환 | Return of the Blossoming Blade (Webcomic)
Cheong Myeong & Mount Hua Disciples
Who is included in Mount Hua Disciples please?

내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo
Han Yoohyun/Han Yoojin & Guild Haeyeon (S-Classes that I Raised)
Who is included in Guild Haeyeon please?

Sense and Sensibility - All Media Types
Colonel Brandon/Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility)
I'd really appreciate it if you'd pick a media type, please, or clarify why All Media Types is preferred.

Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
Miles "Tails" Prower/Shadow the Hedgehog
I'd really appreciate it if you'd pick a media type, please, or clarify why All Media Types is preferred.

Stardew Valley (Video Game)
Marlon/Trans Male Farmer (Stardew Valley)
Willy/Trans Male Farmer (Stardew Valley)

Sorry - while I'm happy to approve multiple different gender options for a player character, I'd rather not approve anything more specific than that. However I'm not familiar with Stardew Valley - is the player character situation unusual?

Tetsuwan Atom | Astro Boy
Reno/Prince Zade (Astro Boy 2003)
We're having trouble finding Prince Zade - could we get more information about this character please? Since the nominated relationship involves the 2003 series, can we approve this canon as that specific series?
Hello all,

I'm really sorry, but a family emergency came up and the sign-ups will be at least one further day delayed.

Given there's a buffer between the proposed sign-ups close time (7 September) and the date assignments go out (13 September), my current plan is to close sign-ups later (somewhere between 9 and 11 September) and send assignments out more quickly. Let me know if that will be a problem for you. I think the gap between sign-ups and assignments can be a nice feature in this slow-paced exchange - it gives you some breathing room to finish a letter or decide if you want to ask for a particular assignment - but assignment swaps are still a thing!

A further query post will come soon, and then sign-ups. I'm regretful I've had to call on your patience a couple of times already this round, but I'm grateful for that patience! I hope this will be the last delay on my side.
Nominate HERE at the tag set. Nominations close at 11:59pm EDT on August 27.

Nomination queries

Thanks for everyone's nominations so far! Please help us with our queries.

Thanks also for the errors pointed out in the tag set - we'll catch up with those comments soon! A canon promo post will also go up soon.

Most of these queries are about groups and ensembles. If you want to nominate a group, please also help out tag sorters by clarifying who belongs to that group. FFFX's nominations are designed around relationships between individual characters, so if your nomination works out to "my favorite character + some others but I'm very flexible about which others", it may work best to nominate "char: my favorite character".


Captain America (Chris Evans Movies)
Howling Commandos Members & Steve Rogers
James "Bucky" Barnes & Howling Commandos Members & Steve Rogers

Who is included in Howling Commandos Members, please?

Call of Duty (Video Games)
John "Soap" MacTavish/Simon "Ghost" Riley & 141 (CoD)
Who is included in 141, please?

Cesta do pravěku | Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)
Please clarify what you mean by Any Anthropologist - what is the membership of that group? If the cast is as small as it looks, this seems as though your goals may be achieved with "Char:"-style nominations.

Criminal Minds (US TV)
Spencer Reid/Original Male Character(s) (Criminal Minds)
We will approve this without the "(s)" - please clarify if this will cause problems.

Crossover Fandom
Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom) & Justice League (DCU)
Who is included in Justice League, please?

Oth: Worldbuilding (Grimm & Christabel - Coleridge)
Is this Grimm TV or Grimm fairy tales? Or something else?

Oth: Worldbuilding (Grimm & Guardian TV)
Is this Grimm TV or Grimm fairy tales? Or something else?

데뷔 못 하면 죽는 병 걸림 - 백덕수 | Debut or Die - Baek Deoksoo
Creator's Choice of TeSTAR Member (Debut or Die)
Who is covered by "TeSTAR Members" please?

Diablo (Video Games)
Eirena the Enchantress & The Prophet (Diablo)
Is "The Prophet" the same or a different character to the wiki character called Ezek The Prophet?

崩坏:星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
Astral Express Members & Stelle (Honkai: Star Rail)
Who is included in Astral Express Members please?

Marvel Cinematic Universe
We are not approving tags under this umbrella label. Please nominate under individual TV shows, movie clusters, single movies, or Crossover Fandom, depending where the characters appear.

The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Murderbot & Perihelion Crew (Murderbot Diaries)
Who is included in Perihelion Crew, please?

Naruto (Anime & Manga)
Char: Original Character (Naruto)
Sorry, I will not approve "original character" with no other information - please expand on what sort of original character you would like. Or possibly this could be fulfilled with Worldbuilding?

Original Work
Asexual Priestess of a God of Lust & The God she worships (OW)
Is the god male or is the gender other/any/not applicable?

Court Wizard Who Dabbles In Dark Magic/Royal Soldier Who Believes Wizard Wants To Take Over The Kingdom
Does "wizard" indicate gender: male, or is unspecified gender OK?

화산귀환 | Return of the Blossoming Blade (Webcomic)
Cheong Myeong & Mount Hua Disciples
Who is included in Mount Hua Disciples please?

The Running Man (2025)
It looks like this movie won't be out for some months. If so, we won't approve it. Could you clarify please?

Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo
Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa & the Crows (Six of Crows)
Who is included in the Crows, please?

Stargate Atlantis
Radek Zelenka & Atlantis Expedition Members (SGA)
Radek Zelenka & Atlantis Scientists (SGA)

These groups appearing alongside Zelenka may not be within scope of the exchange. Could you please clarify who belongs to these groups and what you're looking for here?

Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
Steve Rogers & Thunderbolts Team Members
Please could you clarify - does Steve Rogers appear in this movie? Who is included in the Thunderbolts team members please?

Tortall - Tamora Pierce
Buriram Tourakom & The Queen's Riders (Tortall)
The group of "the Queen's Riders" may not suit the scope of the exchange. Please clarify if this is a group with a known and discrete membership - who belongs to this group please?

Warhammer 40.000 & Warhammer 40.000: Rogue Trader (Video Game)
These look like an overlap - if not, could nominators please clarify what media is enclosed within Warhammer 40.000 such that it excludes Rogue Trader?

We Are คือเรารักกัน | We Are (Thailand TV 2024)
All: University Friend Group (We Are Thailand TV 2024)
What is the membership of this group please?

Nominations

Nominate HERE at the tag set. Nominations close at 11:59pm EDT on August 27.

Everyone may nominate up to 8 fandoms and 6 characters or relationships per fandom. Limited further nominations can be added during sign-ups. (I recommend keeping a record of what you nominated.)

After you've nominated, please check this community again before nominations end. We may need more information about what you've nominated, and we will post questions here.



FFFX uses the Fandom and the Relationship tag slots for nominations. You can nominate relationships, single characters, and a worldbuilding option. Please read further for how to format each of these.

In the Fandom field, you can enter a canonical or non-canonical fandom (it's okay if there's no work for it yet on AO3). There are tips on labelling new fandoms here.


What to enter in the Relationships field
To nominate a relationship, please enter Character/Character (Fandom) (for romantic or sexual relationships) or Character & Character (Fandom) (for platonic relationships).

Do NOT put "Group" or another prefix in front of a relationship nomination.

The punctuation / and & is very important to indicate what sort of relationship it is.

Putting the fandom at the end of the nomination is really helpful to stop tag misbehaviour.

Multiple relationships in one tag are OK - ie, "Character/Character & Character/Character" means you're asking for two sets of pairings who are doing something together or otherwise relate to each other.

To nominate a character, enter them in the format "Char: Name (Fandom)" - that is, actually type out "Char: ", but swap in the appropriate name and fandom, such as Char: Lucy Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis).

All nominated characters should explicitly exist in the fandom where they're nominated. Original characters are also fine as long as you describe a character who could have existed in canon, such as Char: Original Force-sensitive Character (Star Wars Original Trilogy).

To nominate Worldbuilding for a canon, enter it in the format "Oth: Worldbuilding (Fandom)" (filling in the relevant fandom), e.g. Oth: Worldbuilding (Narnia - Lewis). Not "Other".

Group nominations (ie "The Marauders") should be formatted as follows:
  • Nominations with a character and a group, like "Lily Evans & Marauders (HP JKR)" (where "Marauders" means four characters, namely Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and James Potter) means that at least two members of the group must feature prominently in the gift. which two is up to the creator.

  • "Creator's Choice of [GROUP]" means that one member of the group must feature prominently in the gift - the creator, not the recipient, gets to decide which.

  • "All: [GROUP]" means that all members of the group must feature.

If a group is quite large (10+), if it is subjective who belongs in the group, or if it is hard to know who belongs in the group without having canon knowledge, I am less likely to approve that group. For example - much as I can appreciate why you might want to nominate a set like "Canonical DILFs", I will not approve it, as it adds work and ambiguity.

I will check throughout nominations about who might appear in a particular group. If you want to speed up the approval of your nomination, please drop me a line when nominating to explain which characters are included in a group.


Some fandom notes
Please separate out Marvel movies and separate TV shows - ie, Iron Man (Movies) rather than MCU.

I will not approve "Star Wars (All Media Types)". Trilogies are fine. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types is an allowed exception. Please nominate The Acolyte as its own canon.

DC's Arrowverse includes (at least?): Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, and Batwoman.

"All Media Types" fandoms will probably be approved last, overall, because if someone else wants a more specific version of canon, we'd prefer to approve that. If you believe All Media Types is what's right for your fandom, please comment so we can discuss that. Assassin's Creed - All Media Types is fine.

Where possible, we will not approve a larger set of fandom and a subset that is covered by the larger set.

To nominate a relationship between characters who appear in different fandoms, please nominate them under Crossover Fandom and include the fandom for each. For example: Arya Stark (ASoIF)/Elsa (Frozen - Movies). Please be specific if the fandom name could refer to different versions and adaptations. You can ask for general crossovers between fandoms by nominating "Oth: Worldbuilding (Fandom 1 & Fandom 2)"

You can also nominate characters and groups under Original Work. Please indicate the genders of the characters if that is important to you. If someone requests Original Work characters or relationships with ambiguous genders, the preference of the person requesting takes precedence over the preference of the person offering. (But you can ask to add a more specific version to the tag set during sign-ups if that is an issue.)


Sign-up requirements
The following information about sign-ups may help you plan your nominations:

-You need to request at least 4 separate fandoms with at least 1 relationship in each - so every nominated fandom needs at least one character, or one relationship, or one worldbuilding tag nominated underneath it

-Offer minimums are set as low as possible - you just have to be able to offer for someone else's request

-It's fine to request or offer a fandom more than once using different tags (so you can divide up your art/fic requests/offers with different tags)


Other
Please feel free to use the comments to ask questions or brainstorm with others.

If you find it helpful to keep a record of your own nominations, please save that information off AO3, because we will clear personal nominations during sign-ups to make it easier to add things at that time.



Rules updates


-There is still a deadline for completing any letter (aka any external document describing your prompts and preferences that you link to in your AO3 sign-up). That deadline is September 21. Previously, the consequence when someone failed to complete their letter in time was that their letter link would be deleted. Specific deadlines and consequences are useful, but I wasn't happy with that consequence because I didn't think it actually helped anything. So, going forward, the consequence will be different. If you are matched to a recipient whose letter is incomplete, you may request to swap to another recipient at any time before the January deadline while the letter is still incomplete.

I will also encourage letter-writers to include a date of completion at the top, but this is not mandatory.

-I will continue to hold a check-in week on Dreamwidth; this year it'll be between 23 and 30 November. However, this year I will also send an email reminder of the check-in to the email associated with everyone's AO3 account. Further, if you find check-ins very difficult, and you have successfully completed at least one previous round of FFFX, you are welcome to discuss with me during sign-ups whether you can be excused from checking in.

-Last year I was asked if there were any particular rules about the proportion of your requests that are recursive fandoms (ie, you've nominated someone else's fanfic to request, because it includes a permission statement allowing you to do so). There weren't, so let's try the idea that at least two of your requests must NOT be recursive fandoms.

-Reminders rather than new rules, but: If you defaulted in round 4 or earlier, you are now welcome to sign up again (Exception: if you posted a placeholder and were banned for that reason). However, participants who failed to comment on gifts are not welcome while that requirement remains unfulfilled. This is an excellent time to check if your comment went through on a previous gift. Try plugging your AO3 name in here:

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/fffx/gifts?recipient=Modzilla

to quickly bring up all gifts from previous rounds.
Hello all! Sorry to be extra-dormant in between rounds. This year's schedule is slightly compressed but I hope you will still find it workable.

Tentative schedule:

Nominations 16-26 August
Sign-ups 28 August - 7 September
Assignments out by 13 September
Initial swaps/letter completion 21 September
Check-in 23-30 November
Deadline 24 January
Works revealed 28 February
Creators revealed 14 March.

I will post rules updates by 8 August and will probably put a promo post up earlier in the schedule this year, before nominations start.

I recommend you also check out Fic in a Box | [community profile] ficinabox, our sibling exchange for fic and many other fanwork media, where nominations pre-gaming has already begun!
Creator names are now revealing at the FFFX 2024 collection. You're welcome to share what you drew or wrote widely. Congratulations, everyone who took part!

I especially want to thank the co-mods who helped me sort tags and check letters at the start of the round - there would not have been a round 5 without their help. Then there are so many other people who deserve thanks: pinch hitters, beta readers, treat creators, commenters, prompters, nominators, and anyone who said anything cheerful anywhere about this exchange. (Or pointed out an error.)

Thank you, all of you!!

I hope to run another round on a similar schedule, and will again reach out for help with tag sorting.


General feedback; letter completion; check-in period
Before next round, I will review the rules for recursive fandoms (ie, what can be nominated, is it okay for recursive fandoms to be your whole sign-up). These questions arose last round and while a case-by-case approach has worked okay so far, clarity is useful.

I will also put up a franchise post for discussing how we split/merge some fandoms where this is often a question (Marvel TV/cinema, DCU, etc).


Letter completion
FFFX has a rule that if you link an external document ("letter") to supplement your prompts, that letter MUST be available and complete by a set date after sign-ups close. The idea is to make sure creators can get started with confidence and are not wondering indefinitely if a letter will appear or gain content.

While I think the overall principle is sound, implementation is a problem. I have been really grateful for help checking letter completion in the past, but it's a lot of work and can be hard to get right. Then there's the question of what to do if a letter misses the deadline. I can remove the link - but that feels more like a punishment than a constructive result, and I'm not sure it actually helps a creator. Sure, your recipient didn't complete their letter, but now if you want to refer to their half-finished thoughts or check for previous letters, you have to do a lot more work.

Because of that, I have two proposals:

1. Requiring FFFX participants to put either a date at the top of their letter to say when it was completed, OR a statement that this is a general likes list. This would make letter checking much easier, but might be burdensome for participants. What do you think?

2. FFFX allows creators to swap their assignments nearly-at-will for a short period after assignments go out, and then at any later time before the deadline as long as you're swapping to a pinch hit. Instead of checking letters and imposing a penalty, maybe I should offer creators an option: you can swap to another assignment of your choice all throughout the creator period if your recipient's letter is incomplete. This seems like it might give creators more flexibility (if an incomplete letter is causing difficulty) and be more constructive overall. What do you think?


Check-in period
FFFX has a very long creation period, and so creators are required to check in roughly halfway in, during a week-long period that is set at the start of the exchange. This helps me seek pinch hitters "early" for recipients whose creators withdraw at that time or appear not to be involved at the exchange. It's fun for me to see (voluntary! optional) snippets from people who share those at the time. But you aren't required to give a progress update - this is the equivalent of me saying Marco and you saying Polo.

However, every year there are people who forget that this was a thing, and turn up months later, which is nice (extra gift!) but awkward - it can mean I recruited a pinch hitter when one wasn't necessary, and technically, the first person defaulted, but they may not realize they aren't getting a gift. Additionally, some people are unavoidably away from the period during check-in week, so checking in is burdensome - and not being able to check in in November doesn't mean you're unable to post a work in January.

I don't feel as strongly about changing the check-in period because I think it does work for many people. But I'd be interested to know how you feel about it. Maybe I should make the check-in completely optional, send an email at the same time, and keep the default deadline, so instead of "if you don't check in, you're defaulted", it becomes "here are several warnings, but I assume you're still participating unless you default".


Thanks for your thoughts! If you have feedback on other topics, that's welcome too! You don't have to be logged in to comment.
This year's round of FFFX will end at 5pm EST, Saturday 8 March, when creator names will be revealed at the collection.

Please comment on your gifts and on any other works that inspire you to comment. Comments are required for future participation and for Triple Crown eligibility.

Treats are welcome indefinitely, especially for pinch hitters.

Bonus: if you want, please comment below with recommendations from the collection! You don't need to log in to Dreamwidth to reply to this post.
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The good news
Works are revealed at the collection! Please comment on your gift; comments elsewhere are also welcome.

I recommend editing your work and changing the posting date to today's date so that readers outside the exchange can more easily find it.

I am grateful to all the efforts that got us to this point and hope you enjoy what you find in the collection.

Please contact me if you have a problem - mod.modzilla@gmail.com. However, unfortunately, it is I who must first bring a problem to you for your help.


The bad news
A work was deleted and we need a pinch hit ASAP. Please get in touch if you can create a 20+ panel comic or a 5,000+ word fic as a gift in one of the following fandoms during this exchange's anon period (ends Saturday 8 March, 5pm EST, but earlier would be appreciated).

CLAIMED - APOCAPINCH - art, fic - Bravely Default & Bravely Second (Video Games), Kingdom Hearts (Video Games), Pinocchio (1940), Soul Calibur, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Discovery, 聖剣伝説3 | Seiken Densetsu 3 | Trials of Mana (Video Game) )

Again, that's for a half-length gift (20 panels of comic or 5,000 words of fic).


Further, we do not yet have any gifts for pinch hitters. It would be neat to change that during the anon period.
Three pinch hitters are in contact while they work hard on required gifts! Thanks, all three of you! Some other creators are working hard on things they've told me they want to get into the collection. I appreciate you too.

Please expect the collection to open in under 5 days!

COUNTDOWN

... to reveals at 5pm EST on Saturday 22 February


That is not midnight. Please check what time it is for you, and get final edits in before then.


Treats can be posted indefinitely! Please consider a treat for a pinch hitter!


Comment settings
For a long time, new AO3 works allowed guest commenters by default. In July 2024, AO3 changed that. Now, when you post a new work, the default setting is "Only registered users can comment". This is a protective measure against spam and abuse.

If you want people with no AO3 accounts and people who aren't logged in to have the ability to comment on your work, I recommend you edit your work and select "Registered users and guests can comment". The options for comments are just above the field where you enter the full text of your work.


Comment requirements
FFFX requires participants to comment on their gifts. That doesn't mean you have to comment the moment works go live - though your creator(s) are probably excited to see what you think! - but if you can comment during the anon period, please do. You must have fulfilled commenting requirements before signing up to a future round.

My rules previously said that you must either comment OR you must contact me to confirm you cannot comment. I was planning to change that in the next round, but it occurred to me I don't need to wait. So: if you find that, unfortunately, you are at odds with your gift and cannot comment on it, you are welcome to simply refuse it from your gifts page. Although you're welcome to let me know what problem may have occurred, you don't have to - refusing it is sufficient. (Obviously you're also welcome to choose to refuse a gift later for personal reasons even if you had something positive to say about it at the time.)

While these sad mismatches do occur, I hope that the vast majority of gifts will delight the people who receive them (especially if you check your work against your recipient's DNWs), and I'm excited to get to reveal the collection!
Pinch hit #77 is due on 20 February 2025 at 11:59pm EST. To claim, please reply with your AO3 name (comments are screened; if you comment without logging in, you will not see your comment or replies to it) and let me know if you're claiming the full amount (10k/40 panels) or half (5k/20 panels). You're also welcome to claim by emailing mod.modzilla@gmail.com.

Minimum requirements: An art gift must be a completed comic at least 10 pages or 40 panels long; a fic gift must be a story at least 10,000 words long. You can also fulfil a pinch hit by giving two complete half-length works, if your recipient has opted into that for the fandom(s) you are creating in. Any work must be for a fandom your recipient has requested and one character/relationship/worldbuilding tag requested in that fandom, and must avoid their DNWs.

CLAIMED - Pinch hit #77 - art, fic - Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Enola Holmes (Movies), Crossover Fandom [various*], Babylon 5 (TV 1993), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Original Series, Stargate SG-1 )




As well as pinch hit #77, there are five other recipients whose gifts need to be posted before I can reveal the collection. Good luck, pinch hitters! With that luck, we're well on track for reveals at 4:59pm EST, Saturday 22 February.

Please note that reveals are at a different time of day to fffx's deadlines. Please get all final edits in well before this time. It's also not too late to offer to beta, or to find a beta - especially for spelling and grammar.

We now have prompts from several pinch hitters! Please consider making a treat for them (or any other fffx participant). Treats can be of any size.

And if you were interested in pinch hits (thanks!) but can't help out with #77, please consider checking out the pinch hits for our sibling exchange, [community profile] highadrenalineexchange, which also has a 10k minimum, or in some cases, a 25-panel comic minimum. Deadline is 16 February, or potentially negotiable.
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