Multifandom Horror Exchange

A 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.

• (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.

Please comment on this post if you can help clarify any of these queries. Thank you!

DCU (Comics)

For the following, are there any universes or runs to be specified? Else, I'll accept them under the "DCU (Comics)" umbrella.


• John Constantine & any
  
• Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne
  
• Zatanna Zatara & any

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

For the following, could someone please confirm that "Multiple Falmer" is a type of character? I ask to make sure the nominator didn't mean Multiple Falmers in the plural. Else, I'll accept as is.


• Female Falmer Servant/Multiple Falmer

Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types

To streamline nominations, would it be possible to use only specific media versions of The Witcher? For the moment, "The Witcher (TV)" and "Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game)" have been accepted. I'd be willing to accept the books, RPF, etc. as well.

If this would be alright, I'll leave alone the tags nominated under All Media Types for the nominators to change and add to a specific fandom, if they wish.

World Wrestling Entertainment

Could someone please confirm that "Bray Wyatt" and "The Fiend Bray Wyatt" are to be treated as separate characters? Else, I'll assume they are different and accept as is.

Links: AO3 Collection | Multifandom Horror Exchange tagset

Apologies for the delay! Nominations are now open, through May 14 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)".

Community Discussion

• At the moment, the following 4 mediums are proposed to be used for matching. However, if the community would prefer to use only Art (Medium) and Fic (Medium) with no consideration for sexual content, then that can be changed based on feedback.
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• At the moment, the following 14 Horror Type tags are proposed to be used for matching. However, feedback from the community is welcome. Some suggested tropes for the Horror Type tags can be found here.
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• No changes to Medium and Horror Type Tags will be made once nominations have closed.

Original Work Nominations
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Crossover Nominations
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Fandom-Specific Disambiguations
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This is a post created to enable discussion about the horror type tags that are most likely going to be used in this exchange.

In the comments, please feel free to share agreements, disagreements, other proposals, or general discussion about the tags as they are presently described beneath the cuts.

Based on community discussion, the mod may change (expand or narrow) the suggested guidelines for each horror type; add or remove horror types, etc.
As changes are made throughout the nominations period, they will be updated here along with an edit that describes the latest date and time of change. No changes will be made once nominations have closed (May 14 8:30pm EDT).
Proposed Changes (Take #1): Apr 25 10:30pm EDT
Last Updated: Apr 29 11:00pm EDT
Proposed Changes (Take #2): May 7 4:00pm EDT
>Last Updated: May 9 5:30pm EDT

2021 Update:

• 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 on this post.
  
• No changes to Horror Type Tags will be made once nominations have closed.

Dark Fantasy
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Gothic Horror
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Cosmic (Lovecraftian) Horror
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Institutional Horror
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Psychological Horror
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Killer Horror
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Body Horror
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Medical Horror
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Violent Horror
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Survival Horror
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Science-fiction Horror
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Folk Horror
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Religious Horror
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Paranormal Horror
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Monster Horror
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