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multifandomhorrorexchangeA quick clarification regarding nominations, especially under "Original Work: Solo Nonhuman Character | 1+ Nonhuman Characters in Ships".
Originally, I had imagined that the category X would probably be used for characters or creatures that the nominator headcanons as something along the lines of objects, things, or "it" rather than "he"/"she"/"them", etc.
If there is a monster, creature, non-human entity, or animated object that you have a gender and/or sex headcanon about when nominating, please try to use that in place of X.
For example, if you headcanon a particular djinn as female, you may use F to indicate that instead of X. Similarly, if you have a headcanon that djinns, as a "species", have gender and/or sex but you do not care what it is for your ship, you may use A to indicate that.
I bring this up because I came across several nominations that had a category built into them but used X. I accepted a few before noticing, and then changed the X to the category indicated in the nomination.
For example, I've changed "(X & X) Ghost Girl & Ghost Kitten (OWNH)" to "(F & A) Ghost Girl & Ghost Kitten (OWNH)".
For example, I've changed "(X) Solo: Female Virtual Assistant (OWNH)" to "(F) Solo: Female Virtual Assistant (OWNH)".
Below are some ships that confused me because there seems to be a category built into the nomination. There are also other nominations which contain non-human creatures that are often associated with some sort of gender and/or sex but were categorized as X. But I do not want to change any these myself because that wouldn't feel right.
If you've nominated these (or something similar that hasn't been approved yet), please either change the X to indicate the category you headcanoned, or let me know that you'd prefer to keep X either by commenting (Anonymous is fine!) or sending an email to implodinglittlehearts@gmail.com. Until these are changed or the nominator confirms that they'd prefer to use X, I won't accept them.
Originally, I had imagined that the category X would probably be used for characters or creatures that the nominator headcanons as something along the lines of objects, things, or "it" rather than "he"/"she"/"them", etc.
If there is a monster, creature, non-human entity, or animated object that you have a gender and/or sex headcanon about when nominating, please try to use that in place of X.
For example, if you headcanon a particular djinn as female, you may use F to indicate that instead of X. Similarly, if you have a headcanon that djinns, as a "species", have gender and/or sex but you do not care what it is for your ship, you may use A to indicate that.
I bring this up because I came across several nominations that had a category built into them but used X. I accepted a few before noticing, and then changed the X to the category indicated in the nomination.
For example, I've changed "(X & X) Ghost Girl & Ghost Kitten (OWNH)" to "(F & A) Ghost Girl & Ghost Kitten (OWNH)".
For example, I've changed "(X) Solo: Female Virtual Assistant (OWNH)" to "(F) Solo: Female Virtual Assistant (OWNH)".
Below are some ships that confused me because there seems to be a category built into the nomination. There are also other nominations which contain non-human creatures that are often associated with some sort of gender and/or sex but were categorized as X. But I do not want to change any these myself because that wouldn't feel right.
- (X/M) Selkie/Man Who Steals Her Sealskin (OWNH)
- (X/M) Reverse Anglerfish Mermaid/Man Who Was Hoping For the Other Kind of Mermaid (OWNH)
If you've nominated these (or something similar that hasn't been approved yet), please either change the X to indicate the category you headcanoned, or let me know that you'd prefer to keep X either by commenting (Anonymous is fine!) or sending an email to implodinglittlehearts@gmail.com. Until these are changed or the nominator confirms that they'd prefer to use X, I won't accept them.
