Divergent Gift Exchange: Official Info Post!

[feckyeslife]

Planning has concluded. Thank you to everyone who gave feedback and showed interest! I have moved to Dreamwidth for coordinating (it's easier for me) but will be cross-posting to Tumblr as well to continue to keep y'all informed!

Key Links:
Tagset | Collection

Timeline

• ✅September 2020 - Planning, feedback on structure
• ✅October 1-18 - Tagset nominations
• ✅October 5-18 - Signups
• ✅October 21 - Assignments go out
• ✅November 16-20 - Check in!
• ✅Dec 6 - Assignments Due
• ✅Dec 14 - Collection opens for reading (anonymous)
• ✅Dec 26 - Author reveals

Nominations

Please note that the tagset will be open for nominations while signups are running! I have pre-loaded in a pile of relationships and I think every canonical character, but I wasn't able to pre-load in everything. It took too long and I didn't want to push off the timeline any further.

If you have not participated in an event with a tagset before, it's fairly straightforward! When putting in a sign-up, the field for Characters and Relationships are limited to what is in the tagset to help facilitate matching. Otherwise, minor differences in how one person inputs a character or relationship name might mean even though they're asking for X and someone is offering X, they might not get matched. Using a standardized tagset eliminates that issue!

TL;DR You're going to want to check the tagset and nominate anything that you want to request which isn't already in it.

Requirements

This is a fanfic-only event to be held on AO3. If you require an AO3 account, leave a comment below or contact the mod (feckyeslife) for assistance.

• 500 word minimum
• Complete by assignment due date (no placeholders)
• Does not include requester Do Not Wants (DNWs)

Sign-ups

Sign-ups will include two parts- requests and offers.

Requests must include at minimum one (1) non-romantic request. This means you’re asking for a fic about just one character, two characters with a platonic relationship, or multiple platonic relationships. Please include any optional prompts, your likes, Opt-ins, and your DNWs in each request. Example:

Natalie Prior & Tris Prior
Prompt/Likes: Bonding after Tris realizes that her mother was Dauntless.
DNW: Natalie to die during the Abnegation attack

Requests can include additional requests (up to 3) that are either romantic or non-romantic. Please include any optional prompts, your likes, Opt-ins, and your DNWs in each request. Example:

Four | Tobias Eaton/Tris Prior
Prompt/Likes: Tris helping Four with one of his fears. OK with smut, as long as it is consensual
DNW: Non/Dub-con, BDSM or similar kink

If no match can be made to your offer, the moderator will reach out to the email associated with your AO3 profile if possible. The prompts/likes and DNWs cannot be used to box your author into writing something extremely specific. Example:

Peter/Christina
Prompt/Likes: Hooking up throughout Initiation, Christina feeling embarrassed about their relationship. Smut please!!
DNW: Relationship without smut, Peter/Christina being in a public relationship

Opt-ins are aspects that you are open to, but are not required. Opt-ins are also not assumed to be OK by authors unless stated.

• Smut
• Dub/non-con
• Requested Character(s) Dies in fic
• Suicide/Self-harm
• Underage (under 16) relationships

"Dear Author" letters which explain in greater detail your likes and dislikes are allowed. They are not required. However, they should be treated similarly to the opt-ins. You are not guaranteed to get anything that is only in your letter. Specifically, DNWs will only be enforced if they are included in your sign-up on AO3, not if they are only mentioned in your Dear Author letter.

Offers must include at least 3 characters you feel comfortable writing for and any relationships (romantic or non-romantic) that you are comfortable writing for. See matching below for more details.

Matching

Matching will be done with OR matching – your offer will be matched to a character or a ship included in someone’s request. I am fairly confident that by including a non-romantic request with each sign-up, matching should leave everyone knowing that they will be able to create something their reader will enjoy.

Any opt-ins (such as smut) are not requirements. The prompts/likes and DNWs cannot be used to box your author into writing something extremely specific.

Any requests which cannot be matched to an offer will result in the moderator reaching out to the requester and giving time for them to add to or change their sign-up. If by Oct 21 there are still no matching offers, the request will go to the pinch-hit list.

Defaulting/Pinch Hits

If you cannot complete your assignment, please notify the moderator. All incomplete assignments will be automatically defaulted on Dec 7th and sent out for pinch hitting.

If you are interested in volunteering as a potential pinch hitter (no requirement), please leave a note in your offer or comment below. Pinch hitters may also be solicited from the wider community (Dreamwidth, Tumblr, etc).

Anything Else?

Any remaining questions feel free to ask below!

Comments

[corinalannister]

Will letters be allowed?

[feckyeslife]

Yes, absolutely. I will put in a note in there about that shortly. They're not required though. Anything enforceable as far as DNWs and requests should still be in the sign-up. So if you sign up with Christina as a character and then put in your letter how you really would rather see Will instead, that's not how it should be done.