Nominations are Open!

[thenostalgicmod]

Links: AO3 Collection | Multifandom Horror Exchange tagset

Nominations are now open, through May 16 8:30 pm EDT.

General Information

• To nominate, edit nominations, or check if your nominations have been approved, please sign into your AO3 account, go to the tagset, and click on the appropriate choice in the top right corner of the screen.
  
• You may nominate items for the tagset even if you are not completely sure whether you want to include them in your own sign-up.
  
• Any nomination queries will be posted to Dreamwidth for feedback from the community. Please check the comm.
  
• Nomination limits are 10 Fandoms and 20 Relationships (per Fandom).
  
• When nominating, lone or single characters must be nominated under “Relationships” by using the format "Solo: [Character Name]".
  
• For this challenge, "/" will indicate romantic and/or sexual relationships, while "&" will indicate platonic relationships.
  
• Please disambiguate all fandoms by using the format "Character or Ship (Fandom)". Some fandom-specific disambiguations below.
  • For example, Itachi alone can be nominated as "Solo: Uchiha Itachi (Naruto)".
    
  • Please use your best judgement with respect to piping for your fandom. If "Character Identity A | Character Identity B" is the canonical tag but identities A and B are vastly different, you may prefer to use only one name/identity when nominating that character. By default, I will accept tags with or without piping as they are nominated. If anybody has a concern or spots any potential duplicates as a result, please do let me know by commenting on this post or one of the future nomination clarification posts. Thank you!

Community Discussion

• At the moment, there are no plans on my end to change either the medium matching or the 15 horror type tags from last year's tagset. However, please still feel welcome to discuss or provide feedback about Horror Type tags here. New ideas or suggestions may be considered if there is sufficient agreement from the community.
  
• This year, I am considering letting participants request "Opt-In" Horror Types in addition to the Horror Type tags that are in the tagset. These Opt-Ins could not be matched on. However, if named and described in optional details, a creator could choose to create based on the Opt-In instead of the tagset Horror Type. For example, if somebody opted-in to XYZ Horror by saying so and briefly describing their interpretation of XYZ Horror, then their assigned creator could create for XYZ Horror instead of the tagset Horror Type they matched on. My hope is that this would allow flexibility to accommodate niches that may not be adequately represented by the more general Horror Types in the tagset. Any thoughts on this, please feel welcome to share by commenting at the Community Discussion post. Thank you!
  
• No changes to Horror Type Tags will be made once nominations have closed.

Original Work Nominations

• There are 2 Original Work fandom categories for this exchange:
  
  
  • Original Work: Solo Human Character | Human Ships
    
    
    • Any solo human characters or relationships ("&" as well as "/") in which all characters are human should be nominated here. Please use "(OWH)" to disambiguate.
      
    • This does not mean that there cannot be any nonhuman characters in the work created (that would depend on Horror Type tag). It only means that the main character or ship of focus is human.
    
    
  • Original Work: Solo Nonhuman Character | 1+ Nonhuman Characters in Ships
    
    
    • Any solo non-human characters or relationships ("&" as well as "/") in which one or more characters or creatures are nonhuman should be nominated here. Nonhuman characters include ghosts and zombies that used to be human but could no longer be considered human. Please use "(OWNH)" to disambiguate.
  
  
• Below are the categories proposed to be used for this exchange. If anyone needs something in addition to these, the mod can be contacted at implodinglittlehearts@gmail.com.
  
  
  • Male (M)
    
  • Female (F)
    
  • Nonbinary (N)
    
  • Other (X)
    
  • Any (A)
  
  
• When nominating please add the category before the characters.
  
  
  • For example, you can nominate as "(F/M) Librarian/Alchemist (OWH)" to indicate a romantic or sexual relationship between a female librarian and male alchemist.
    
  • For example, you can nominate as "(N & X) Teenager & Evil Stuffed Animal (OWNH)" to indicate a platonic relationship between a nonbinary teenager and an evil stuffed animal.
  
  
• For further clarification about nominating Original Works, please see these two clarification posts from last year:
  
  
  • https://multifandomhorrorexchange.dreamwidth.org/1575.html
    
  • https://multifandomhorrorexchange.dreamwidth.org/2542.html
  
  

Crossover Nominations

• When nominating to Crossover Fandom, please disambiguate after each character in the relationship while being as specific as possible.
  
  
  • For example, you can nominate as "Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto) & Uchiha Sasuke (Naruto) & Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)".
    
  • For example, you can nominate as "Solo: Roronoa Zoro (One Piece to Naruto)" to indicate Zoro alone but in Naruto universe.
    

Fandom-Specific Disambiguations

Shoutout to the incredible sirvalkyrie for their patient guidance and help, thank you as always for making this happen.


• Star Trek: Nominate the original universe by show name. Characters from the Motion Picture through the Undiscovered Country may be nominated under Star Trek: The Original Series. Characters from Generations through Nemesis may be nominated under The Next Generation. AOS should be nominated separately. Books, comics, and other additional media should be nominated separately. All nominations must be disambiguated.


• Star Wars: The main movies are broken up into Prequel Trilogy, Original Trilogy, Sequel Trilogy, Rogue One, and Solo. The Clone Wars movie and series are to be nominated together. Other comics, books, video games, and movies are to be nominated separately by series name. All nominations must be disambiguated.


• Marvel (Comics): Marvel comics are to be nominated together. You may specify universe or run when disambiguating. All nominations must be disambiguated.


• MCU: All of the movies are to be nominated under Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Netflix shows are to be nominated under Defenders. All other shows should be nominated separately.


• DC (Comics): DC comics are to be nominated together. You may specify universe or run when disambiguating. All nominations must at disambiguated.


• DCEU: Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, Justice League, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Shazam, Aquaman, and Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn are to be nominated together under DCEU. ETA: Zack Snyder's Justice League may be nominated as an alternative to the DCEU fandom. Thank you theirwolf for the clarification!


• Arrowverse: CW shows Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lighting, Batwoman, and Superman & Lois should be nominated under Arrowverse. Any characters from other live action properties that have appeared or been referenced by name may be nominated under Arrowverse. Shows/movies outside of the main six may still be nominated separately.