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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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The end of August 31 in New York time (EDT) is the deadline for:
  • completing any letter you have linked in your sign-up, and

  • requesting to swap your current assignment to an assignment for any other participant
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Here is a countdown to that time!

If you want to swap, please email me.

If your letter is incomplete, please complete it.

Thank you to everyone who has picked up pinch hits! We still have several initial pinch hits left. After the swaps deadline passes, I will post an updated list of pinch hits.

Although the period during which you can swap to any person ends on August 31, you will continue to have the option of swapping your assignment for a pinch hit until January 18.
If you have a link in your AO3 sign-up to an external document talking about what you would like in a gift, please make sure it is complete and accessible to creators. The deadline for this is 11:59pm EDT, Friday 25 August, and here is a countdown.

If your letter is incomplete at that time I will contact you, then shortly after, I will notify your creator & remove the letter link from your prompts.

It's acceptable to have more prompts for one canon than another. It's also acceptable to add a note to your letter saying that although you have not filled in all your planned sections, as of [date] this is the final letter version. I just don't want your creator to be left wondering if you're going to add more or not, or if they are working on an idea that will turn out not to be what you want. Given the length of the exchange, they would have a long time to wonder. Please help them create with confidence!


25 August, midnight EDT, is also the deadline for asking to swap to any other request. After this time, you can still swap your assignment, but only to an existing pinch hit. I'll put an updated pinch list up shortly after the swaps deadline.
Thanks to everyone who's helped take us down from 15 to 3 pinch hits. Some more will go up after the 31st.

Swaps
If you'd like to swap your assignment for another one, please contact me (mod.modzilla@gmail.com) and let me know which other recipients you would like to create for instead. If you're swapping to a pinch hit, I'll confirm immediately. Otherwise, I'll confirm on the 31st. I won't reassign you to anyone who already has 2 creators, and if you give me a list, I'll prioritize anyone who will be left without a creator by someone else's swap.

Letters
132 people chose to link a letter. Please check your letter and make sure it's complete. Letters that are not complete after the 31st will be deleted from your sign-up. I'll warn you first. If you currently have an incomplete letter, please complete it as soon as you can so a creator can get started on their work with full confidence.
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I have sent assignments. I hope you are pleased with what you find in your email, at the collection, or from your profile.

If there's a problem, please talk to me at mod.modzilla@gmail.com.

Good luck with your assignment! Please keep your assignment secret!

To add to these encouragements, I reintroduce you to Shadowfffx:

Shadowfffx, one of three Triple Crown Horses

You may recognize the noble horse Shadowfffx from an inaugural Triple Crown of Exchanges ([community profile] triplecrownofexchanges) banner. Shadowfffx is a DARK HORSE who is IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL. Be like Shadowfffx! Shadowfffx will keep pace with you on the course!


Assignment Swaps
Your assignment may be a poor fit for you, and if so, you can swap it. The initial swaps deadline (for swapping with more or less your choice of assignment) is end of August 31, EDT. Contact me at mod.modzilla@gmail.com and let me know your preferred choices. If you are swapping to a pinch hit, it's a pretty sure thing; otherwise, I'll let you know just after the 31st.

Letters
If you linked to a letter and it's currently incomplete, it must be complete by the end of August 31st.

Pinch hits
Initial pinch hits will be listed in the next day.

Treats
The collection is open. Treats are welcome for any participant, and do not have to be above 5,000 words. Click 'Post to Collection' at the top right of the collection, and make sure you fill in your recipient's name in the New Work field that says 'Gift this work to...'

Canon promo
Please consider checking out the canon promo post - especially if you're feeling uncertain about your current assignment and would like to swap it for another. There is a treasure box of canons to try. Or maybe you want to hedge your bets if you go out to pinch hit - it's never too late to promote your own canons.

Have fun!
Assignment swaps approaches! That is, if you want to trade in a current fffx assignment for a different one, comment here or email me by September 14. More instructions below. If you want to keep your assignment, please just check in in November.

Swaps "week"
When I first thought of this, I referred to it as swaps "week", which is misleading - sorry. To be clear, your deadline to let me know if you would like to swap your assignment is September 14 (EDT). Here is a countdown to one minute before midnight on September 13, EDT. After that deadline I will sort through requests (will there be two? twelve? twenty?), reassign people, and post pinch hits. That will probably take less than a week. If we do this next year I will call it Swap Date or something like that.


If you want to swap your assignment
Please comment on this post or email mod.modzilla@gmail.com with:
-Your AO3 name
-Your current assignment
-Assignment(s) you would like instead
-Your preference: if you cannot have an assignment you want instead, would you like to default or would you like to keep your original assignment?

You are likely to get your preferred choice - however, I will not assign people to new recipients who already have two people creating for them OR who have already defaulted.


Letter checks
If your letter is clearly incomplete or locked on 14 September, I will edit your sign-up to remove the letter link.

Please check your letter to make sure it's fully visible and is the version you meant to post. Please do this even if you have defaulted or think you may have to default. Your original creators may be working on gifts for you, and treats are always possible. If you have unfinished sections that you don't think you'll be able to fill out, a note that says "This letter will not be updated further", or similar, counts as complete.

And if you're still in a checking mood, consider also checking your recipient's letter and their DNWs, while there is still plenty of time to correct course if straying into territory they won't enjoy.


Questions to recipients
I am happy to pass these on, whether you're asking about your official assignment or about requests you're thinking of treating.

Because I'm a solo mod and some people are asking for many fandoms, I am only making up fake questions if you'd specifically like me to, and then, just one or two. I don't promise to cover all fandoms, because I don't think I can do it convincingly. I hope that's all right!

Thank you very much to everyone who has responded to recipient questions. I really appreciate it. Right now, I have none outstanding.
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