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pilesofnonsense · 4 months ago

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RQBB 2024 Artist Sign-Ups Open

Please read through the information carefully to understand what will be expected of you as a participant.

The sign-up link is at the end of the post, under the spoiler cut.

Schedule for 2024 (all deadlines at 23:00 BST/5pm CDT):

Artist Sign-up Closes: September 1st

Check-in 2 & Art Draft Deadline: September 29th

Final Fic & Art Due: October 13th

Posting: October 16th-27th

Confirmation e-mails for sign-ups will be sent out after sign-ups close; if you have not received a confirmation by September 3rd, please contact us at [email protected]. We ask that you check your email (including the spam folder!) and reply so we can confirm that your registered email address is correct and you still intend to participate.

If you wish to only sign-up as a pinch hitter for the event, please email us at [email protected] and let us know the fandoms and ratings you’d be comfortable to pinch hit for, as well as your Do Not Wants (if you would be comfortable with pinch hitting M and E rated fics, you confirm that you are over 18).

Participation Requirements:

You must choose whether to join the Big Bang as an artist or writer. You may not do both.

Artists will need somewhere to host their work, so that it can be embedded on AO3.

If you wish to create for M or E rated fics you must be aged over 18.

All participants must read and adhere to the Expected Conduct guidelines (see below).

Art Requirements: At least one fully finished piece of original artwork (traditional or digital colored/shaded drawing or painting, fanbinding, completed cross-stitch or knitting project, etc.) or full podfic. Compilations or arrangements of existing art, such as playlists or moodboards, should not be your primary piece for this challenge, though you are welcome to include them as a bonus (see below).

Please note, we do not accept AI-generated or AI-assisted works, either as main or extra pieces.

We hope that artists, like the writers, will take this opportunity to challenge themselves—whether by attempting an ambitious work in their primary medium, finding new means of creative expression, or sharing an extra tidbit inspired by their work on this project (e.g. sketches, a playlist, a comment about the fic and the process of creating for it, etc.).

If you have any questions about the suitability of your art, please contact the mods.

Art Draft Requirements: Your draft should show significant progress on your piece. For a digital drawing, for example, the minimum would be completed lineart, ready for coloring. For handcrafts, your project should be about halfway done.

As always, if you are unsure what qualifies when it comes to your medium or process, you can contact us!

Maximum Number of Fics per Artist: Initially, each artist will only be able to sign up for 1 fic (they may create as much art for this fic as they like).

Artists who would like to create for more than one fic can indicate this in their sign-up, and will be contacted during matching if this is necessary. You may also sign up as a pinch-hitter to be contacted in the event that another artist drops out.

Matching Process: The artist sign-up will include a list of the anonymised fic summaries. Each artist will select 2 fics which they would be interested in creating for, with additional preferences (favourite show/shows they do not follow, OTPs and NoTPs, Do Not Wants, etc.) indicated in the comment field. Mods will then match writers to artists, taking preferences into account as much as possible.

If fics are oversubscribed or if it is otherwise necessary for matching, they may be removed from the list of eligible fics before the end of artist sign-ups.

If you have an issue with your match, please let the mods know as soon as possible.

Do Not Wants: In this event, you will have an opportunity to Do Not Want (DNW) the types of content that you do not wish to work on. Similarly, if you’ve had conflicts with certain people in the past and do not want to risk matching to them, you can include this in your sign-up or draft submission, and we will avoid matching you with them (details of these will not be shared beyond the mod team).

The mods will always account for DNWs within reason; however, attempts to manipulate matches via DNWs or otherwise acting in bad faith will result in the rejection of your sign-up or draft. We are also not private detectives, and will thus not be fielding any requests such as “do not match me with anyone who has ever drawn/written XYZ.” Please keep that in mind when considering whether this event is right for you.

Discord: Writers, artists, and anyone else involved in the event are all welcome to join our Discord for RQ Big Bang chatter! Links will be included in participant confirmation emails; please do not share these links, as they are created to meet our participant numbers.

Expected Conduct:

By signing up for this event, you agree to do your best to meet the deadlines. If you might need a little more time, please email the mods to explain your situation before the deadline passes. Those who miss deadlines without contacting the mods beforehand may be dropped from the event without further contact.

In order to participate in this event, you must be willing to contact the mods directly in the event that you have a question, concern, or issue with your participation (as in the deadline example above). We are happy to help participants with anything that arises, but cannot accept “telephone”-style communiques on behalf of others.

Be in regular contact with your match—if you’re going to be offline for a significant length of time, let them know. Radio silence from your match in events of this kind can be very concerning. (If you are having trouble getting in touch with your match, please contact us!)

Please take care to credit your writer in your own final post.

Our Discord server has its own list of rules, which are listed within the server. If you decide to join the server, we require you to read and abide by those rules.

Be kind and courteous towards your match and fellow participants. This naturally means that all forms of bigotry and discrimination are prohibited, but even where those are not at play, you are expected to treat others with respect.

We, like Rusty Quill, have an “all headcanons are valid” policy. Harassment or mockery of those with different interpretations will not be tolerated. This does not mean you cannot discuss how you see the characters with others or that your artist/writer should not take it into account at their discretion, but insistence that any one interpretation must be adhered to is not allowed.

If you have concerns that a work or participant may be in violation of the rules, please bring it to the mods directly. Harassment of other participants (including but not limited to callout posts, name-calling, baiting, etc.), either publicly or in the Piles of Nonsense discord server, over their identities, fanworks, or headcanons will result in an instant default.

A full overview of the guidelines can be found on our Challenge Guidelines page. We also have an FAQ. Please note that you cannot open blog pages using the app; you will need to use a browser to view them.

Note: If surveymonkey rejects your sign-up, claiming you haven’t picked enough fics, please try again, avoiding any fic with a note saying it’s been temporarily removed from sign-up. Temporary fic removal is a normal part of our sign-up process, but unfortunately surveymonkey can be glitchy - we had an issue last year where it would not hide removed fics, and instead simply refused to let anyone choose them.

The artist sign-up form can be found here.

Thanks for reading, and we look forward to working with you!

#rusty quill gaming #the magnus archives #the magnus protocol #rusty quill big bang #rqbb2024 #pon mod post #nonsense mod post #big bang #rusty quill

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dmbjexchange · 4 months ago

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DMBJ Rarepair Exchange 2024 Signups

By request, here is the sign up announcement that doesn't name the currently airing DMBJ show, so that people who have blocked mentions of it to avoid spoilers don't miss the signups!

It’s time for the Daomu Biji Rarepair Exchange, a fic, art and vid exchange for DMBJ ships where less than 3% of English-language authors have posted fics on AO3.

In this exchange, participants will be anonymously matched to create gifts for one another during an eight week creating period.

This exchange is open to all the DMBJ canons - if it’s DMBJ, then it’s eligible! It will take place on AO3, so you need an AO3 account to participate – if you don’t have one, you can request an invitation code here. If there isn’t enough time, no worries - contact the mods at here on Tumblr or on Discord and we can send you an invitation!

Please read this post carefully before signing up.

Schedule

September 9: Signups open

September 15: Signups close

September 23: Assignments out

November 17: Assignments due

November 18 - 24: Pinch-hit period

November 25: Works reveals

December 2: Creator reveals & treats deadline

Allowed Ships

Any DMBJ ship which has had less than 3% of English-language authors post fics for it on AO3.

For this year's exchange, this means the following ships are NOT allowed:

Wu Xie/Zhang QIling

Hei Xiazi/Xie Yuchen

Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie/Zhang QIling

Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie

Liu Sang/Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling

Qi Tiezui/Zhang Rishan

Wang Pangzi/Zhang QIling

Kan Jian/Liu Sang

Qi Tiezui/Zhang Qishan

Liang Wan/Zhang Rishan

Liu Sang/Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie/Zhang QIling

Er Yuehong/Zhang Qishan

Wu XIe/Xie Yuchen

Hei Xiazi/Liu Sang/Xie Yuchen

Hei Xiazi/Zhang Qiling

Hei Xiazi/Huo Xiuxiu/Xie Yuchen

Huo Daofu/Wu Xie

Rules

Sign-Up Information

1. Your creation must focus on your recipient’s requested ship (or one of their requested ships, if they have nominated multiple ones). While unrequested background ships are fine (unless listed as a Do Not Want), the focused ship must only be one of the requested ones.

2. You will be expected to create a gift matching your recipient’s request. Filling any specifying prompts is not obligatory, but try to create something you honestly think your recipient will enjoy!

3. You must not include anything that your recipient has listed as a DNW (Do Not Want). This goes for treats as well.

4. The minimum requirements for the gifts are 300 words for fic, one sketch on unlined paper for art (traditional or digital; no manips), or 30 seconds for a vid.

5. All the requests will be made visible to everyone to allow for treating! There are no minimum requirements for treats (but remember to mind your recipient’s do not wants!). You can also create manips for treats.

6. This is an anonymous exchange: refrain from discussing your assignment in public. After the works are revealed, there’ll be one week anon period when the creators remain anonymous before the creator reveals.

7. If at any point you need to drop out, just click on the “default” button on your AO3 assignment page; we’ll find a pinch hitter to create a gift for your recipient instead. If you need an extension to finish your gift, contact the mods before the deadline.

8. After the reveals, comment on your gift in a timely manner.

9. Most importantly: be excellent to each other!

Sign-ups will take place here on AO3, ending on September 15th. There, you can fill out details about your request and offer. You can edit your sign-up at any time until the sign-ups close on September 15th.

When signing up, you will be able to choose fandom and genre tags, as well as specify any additional details.

You will have to select the DMBJ canon you’re interested in creating and receiving a gift in:

Novels: Daomu Biji / The Grave Robbers’ Chronicles (including spinoffs, side stories, and extras)

TV: The Lost Tomb 1

TV: The Lost Tomb 2 Explore with the Note

TV: The Lost Tomb 2.5 Heavenly Palace on the Clouds

TV: Ultimate Note

TV: Sha Hai (and spin off movies)

TV: The Lost Tomb Reboot/The Sound of Providence (and spin offs)

TV: The Mystic Nine (and spin off movies)

TV: (The one that is currently airing)

Movie: Time Raiders

Movie: Reboot movies

Game: Time Raiders

This does not mean that you’re limited to requesting or creating a work during the canon timelines for those series/books/games. It’s just to mark which canons you’re familiar with to allow for easier matching: some participants might have a preference for a particular canon era, some might not be familiar with all the versions. You still have to choose your preferred canon eras even if you want to create or receive an AU.

You will also have to specify genres you’re interested in

Action/Adventure

Alternate Universe

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Angst

Canon Compliant

Crack

Dark

Domesticity

Fluff

Humor

Hurt/Comfort

Porn With Plot

PWP

Requests

Fandom - you have to choose at least one. If you’re willing to receive a gift in any canon era, you can just click “Any”!

Genre - you have to choose at least three tags.

Ratings - you have to choose at least one. This will help your gifter know what you like and are comfortable with when they're coming up with ideas to fill your prompts.

Warnings - you have to choose at least one. This does not mean that you WILL receive a gift with warnings, it just lets your gifter know if you are comfortable receiving a gift with warnings or not.

Optional Details - here’s where you can go into more detail about your perfect exchange gift!

If you run out of slots in the Relationships section (there is a limit of 20), you can list additional potential rarepairs here. Also, if you don’t have a specific ship in mind, but would like any ship involving a particular character, you can say that instead (e.g. ‘Liu Sang / any’, ‘Pangzi / any’, etc.)

You can also include:

General Likes: your creator may, but doesn’t have to, include them. This doesn't have to be detailed prompts, just general themes you enjoy, like getting together or established relationship.

Please note that works featuring QPRs, ace, and/or aro characters are absolutely valid things to request in a ship exchange. You may also request a fully platonic relationship if you wish.

DNW (Do Not Wants): things that your creator must not include - squicks, triggers, characters or things that you simply don’t like. Remember that you don’t owe anyone an explanation about why something is a DNW, and that DNW are not meant to be taken personally. Just list the things you don’t like, “DNW: X, Y.”

Please list if you have any audio or visual triggers (such as flashing lights). This could be in your DNW or could be separate. Please also list song/music DNWs (e.g. "please no lyrics that use the n-word" or "please no lyrics in [specific language]" or “please no [specific genre/s of music”).

Prompts/specific ideas: if you have any prompts, you can also put them here! You can be as general or as detailed as you’d like, but remember that while your creator will try to make the best gift for you, filling a specific prompt is not obligatory. You can include a crossover prompt (with other DMBJ verse or other canons), but make sure it’s not the only prompt you have.

For vid prompts, please list things like genres/styles of music you like (or like in vids), vibes/tone/theme you’d like to see (e.g. “angsty amnesiac Xioage”, “Heisang crack”, etc.), and things like that. Please try to avoid giving one or two specific songs for a specific character/ship.

If you run out of space for your prompts, you can write a prompt post on another platform like Dreamwidth, Tumblr, GoogleDocs, etc. and put the link in your sign up.

If you chose novels as one of your fandoms, you can use this field to list the ones you’re familiar with, such as ‘Books 1-4′ , ‘main series only′, ‘main series + specific extras’, etc.

The requests will be made publicly visible after matching is done, so that others will be able to create treats (additional gifts) based on them!

Offers

Fandom - you have to choose at least one. If you can create works for any canon era, you can choose “Any”!

Genre - you have to choose at least three.

Ratings - you have to choose at least one. This will help matching what people are comfortable creating with what people are comfortable receiving.

Warnings - you have to choose at least one. This does not mean that you have to create a gift with warnings, it's just for helping to match what people are comfortable writing with what people are comfortable receiving.

Optional Details - in this field, you can tell us more about the kind of works you like to create, for example if you really prefer established relationship, feel best with certain kinds of AUs, or like writing darkfic. We’ll take it into account when matching! By the same token, if there’s something you really don’t want to write, let us know here as well.

If you chose novels as one of your fandoms, you can use this field to list the ones you’re familiar with, such as ‘Books 1-4′ , ‘main series only′, ‘main series + specific extras’, etc.

In the optional details of your offer, you can also name people you don’t want to be matched to, for example your regular beta, and we will do our best to avoid matching you!

The offers will only ever be visible to the mods; never to anyone else.

Your Assignment

You will be matched to create a gift for someone who requested at least one of the fandoms that you offer, with as many similar genres/likes as possible. This exchange will be hand-matched, after using AO3’s matching algorithm to first generate the potential matches.

If you have any issues when you receive your assignment (you have a question about it or think there’s an issue with it), contact the mods as soon as possible. Do not contact your recipient on your own.

You will have to create a gift for your recipient, fulfilling the minimum requirements of fandom, genre, and ship, and avoiding any stated “do not wants”. Filling exact prompts is optional, but try to create something matching your recipient’s likes that they will enjoy!

You will have to post your gift to the exchange AO3 collection before the due date (November 17th), using the “gift this work to” option to give it to your recipient. Your work will remain in the collection only visible to you and the mods until the reveals happen. Remember to tag your work appropriately or use the “chose not to warn” warning.

Treating

Treats are additional gifts for the participants! To allow for treating, the requests will be made visible when matching is done. You can create treats at any time until the creator reveals! There are no minimum requirements for treats, and manips/moodboards/etc. are also allowed in addition to fic, art, and vids. As with assignments, you have to respect the recipient’s Do Not Wants, and while the optional details are optional, try to create something fitting the listed likes. One treat can only be gifted to one person.

Pinch Hits

In case someone needs to drop out, we will look for a pinch hitter to complete their assignment. Pinch hits will be posted to this tumblr and the DMBJ Yu Cun Discord.

Extensions

If you think you can finish your assignment, but you need a few days more, you can always ask for an extension!

Multi-Chapter Fics

If you are writing a multi-chapter fic for the exchange and don’t want to drop the entire fic at once, these are the posting guidelines for it:

Multi-chapter fics that are assignment fills must be fully written and at least the first chapter posted by the assignment deadline, ready for the fic reveals on November 25th.

From November 25th, at least one chapter is to be posted daily.

All chapters of the fic must be posted by the time of author reveals and end of treating on December 2nd (If the fic is more than 7 chapters long, then this will mean that multiple chapters will need to be posted on some days).

Multi-chapter fics that are treats can begin to be posted at any time, but must also be fully posted by December 2nd.

Other Important Information

Make sure to check the email you use on AO3 frequently during the exchange, as it will be the primary means of communication. We might contact you if there is an issue with your sign-up or if your gift creator has a question for you.

If you’d rather we contact you on DIscord or Tumblr, please leave your handle in the offer section of your sign-up.

If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to contact us here on Tumblr or on Discord.

#daomu biji #dmbj #the lost tomb #reunion the sound of the providence #sha hai #ultimate note #tomb of the sea #the mystic nine #lao jiu men #old nine gates #southern archives #time raiders #mystery of the abyss #the lost tomb reboot #the lost tomb restart

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wh40ksummerfest · 6 months ago

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How to: Treats

Have you finished your Summer Fest assignment but want to keep the fun going — and surprise someone with an extra gift? You can make a treat!

Treats are a little bit different from exchange assignments:

You do not need to have signed up for the exchange to give someone a treat. Anyone is welcome to create treats for requests in the exchange.

You are welcome to create treats for any participant(s), as many as you like. You do not need to contact the exchange mods or ask for permission. Just submit your treats for the mods to add to the collection (see the guide below).

Treats do not have to meet the minimum requirements for assignments, i.e., they can be shorter than 500 words or art sketches. Treats DO have to follow the recipient's stated Do Not Wants (DNWs).

There is no deadline for submitting treats; the collection will remain open for late treats after gift reveals.

Submitting treats: Step-by-step guide 👇

First, find a prompt or participant you would like to create a treat for. You can see everyone's requests in the Requests Summary.

Once you have created a treat, go to the exchange's profile page and click on 'Post to Collection':

You will be sent to a Post New Work page that is already set up with the WH40K Summer Fest collection.

Things on this page should be pretty self-explanatory. See also the AO3 tutorial for posting a work.

Exchange-specific requirements:

You must rate your work with one of the following Archive Ratings: 1) General Audiences; 2) Teen And Up Audiences; 3) Mature; 4) Explicit. Works listed as 'Not Rated' will not be approved by the exchange mods.

You must tag your work with the relevant Archive Warnings: 1) Graphic Depictions of Violence; 2) Major Character Death; 3) Rape/Non-Con; 4) Underage, 5) No Archive Warnings Apply; 6) Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings. Important! Note the difference between the two non-specific Archive Warnings: 👉 'No Archive Warnings Apply' means the work does not contain graphic depictions of violence, major character death, rape/non-con, or underage sex. However, it may still contain other potentially squicky/triggering content, which should be listed under Additional Tags. 👉 'Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings' (abbr.: CNTW) means the work may and probably does contain at least one Archive Warning, but the author won't disclose which one(s) to avoid spoilers. Only open CNTW works if you are comfortable being surprised by the content they may contain.

You must list your recipient's requested relationship(s) and/or requested character(s) that your treat focuses on. Minor/background relationships and characters, if any, go in the Additional Tags.

Your Additional Tags should list everything else someone needs to know before opening your work, including kinks, potential squicks and triggers not covered by the Archive Warnings. You can also list e.g., minor relationships ('Background Konor Guilliman/Tarasha Euten'), extra information about characters ('FtM Sigismund') or content ('Canon-Typical Violence'), genre ('Fluff', 'Angst', 'Omegaverse'), tropes ('Coming Out', 'Our Vampires Are Different'), etc. Additional tags help people avoid content they are uncomfortable engaging with and find content they really, really want to engage with, so try to include tags that broadly cover the content and theme(s) of your work.

Under 'Associations', the exchange collection should already be auto-filled.

Type in the name of your treat recipient in the box for 'Gift this work to'.

If you have any open assignments in the box for 'Does this fulfill a challenge assignment' (only visible if you do have open assignments), make sure none of them are ticked.

When you click the 'Post' button at the bottom of the page, your work is submitted to the exchange collection and awaits moderator approval.

😱 "Help! I posted my treat, but it disappeared!"

As long as the collection is anonymous, you can't see your own work(s) under the 'Works' tab in your dashboard sidebar menu like usual.

Once your treat has been added to the exchange collection by the mods, you can find it by going into 'Works' in your dashboard sidebar menu and clicking 'Works in Collections' in the upper right corner.

💝 Have fun treating!

If you have any comments or questions (for the mod team or your recipient!), please send an e-mail to [email protected]

Happy writing and drawing!

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temerairesummer · 5 months ago

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EDIT:

the pinch hit has been filled, thank you every one!

Hello all!! This year we have only One pinch hit that needs to be filled!

What is a pinch hit? - A pinch hit is just taking on the prompts of a participant who is unable to finish their assignment.

If you are interested in fulfilling our one pinch hit please take a look down at the prompt below and then either comment on this post that you'd like to take to take it, or DM the mod @nighttimepatrons We can't open the collection until everyone has a gift, so if you're able, please consider helping us out with this pinch hit.

PH #1: Medium: Fic Tags:William Laurence & Temeraire William Laurence & Jane Roland William Laurence/Jane Roland William Laurence/Tenzing Tharkay Jane Roland/Edith Galman John Granby & William Laurence John Granby/William Laurence Temeraire Jane Roland Catherine Harcourt Lily's Formation Tenzing Tharkay Aviator Ensemble-Lily's Formation Edith Galman John Granby William Laurence Prompt: Hi! I'm still making my way through the series, but I don't mind spoilers. I especially enjoy the relationship between Laurence and Temeraire. Jane Roland and Catherine Harcourt are also really interesting as strong women in a time when women were not expected to be.

Favorite tags and tropes: Friendship between the Aviators, established relationships,fluff, domestic fluff, slice of life, there’s only one bed, fake dating, friends to lovers, exes to lovers, enemies to lovers, friendship, hurt/comfort, masquerade, musical instruments, formal wear, pets, idiots in love, soulmates, touching each others' scars, nursing back to health after illness or injury, studying for exams, library meeting, first kiss, loyal friends, workplace family, found family DNWs: Rape, non, con, MCD, unsanitary kinks such as scat and watersports, graphic violence and gore, unrelenting angst, hurt/no comfort, drug use, miscarriage, general dead dove content, dub con, incest, anything blood related

#temeraire summer event 2024 #pinch hits

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yamabiko-77 · 1 month ago

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OBLIGATORY INTRO POST

what do i do? draw and write. more drawing tho

what are my pronouns? he/him only

how old am i? minor. adults are allowed if youre not weird :)

my main language is english however im able to speak polish

timezone is GMT

_____________fandoms!!!_____________

tsukihime/melty blood

favs: vlov arkhangel, night of wallachia, ciel

i haven't finished the remake or played type lumina so no spoilers :,)

fate series

favs: emiya archer, bedivere, lancelot (berserker, saber is so ugly with that haircut)

ive only finished: stay night all routes, zero

im halfway through babylonia singularity in grand order

again, no spoilers

fire emblem series

favs: kurthnaga, pelleas, limstella, elffin

completed: tellius duology (fe9/10), blazing blade (fe7), sacred stones (fe8)

currently playing: genealogy (fe4), engage (fe18?)

no spoilers especially not genealogy or 3h

minor fandoms (spoilers r okay)

-touhou series

-len-en project series

_____________links!!!_____________

(the current blog youre on is my main, art blog. i have other blogs for rambling about different fandoms if. for whatever reason youre interested LMAO. i make unhinged rambling posts, random headcanon drops and i reblog art on there)

type moon

fire emblem

(OTHER SOCIALS)

ao3

_____________extras!!!_____________

-dms are open for fandom talk, however if you choose to dm me please note i may not respond or may respond very dryly/strangely, there are 2 reasons i am chronically socially awkward and english is not my first language

-dnws are simple, if you're an nsfw blog please block me, and if you believe that some groups of people are bettter than other groups of people then dont interact

-i would prefer if there was no fandom discourse on any of my pages so if you want to berate my tastes or debate me im sorry but this isnt the the place for such

-dont interact with me about politics thanksss

-feel free to send asks about fandom stuff or even just asking me questions, i try to respond to all my asks

_____________requests???_____________

-art requests: closed, sorry! i will make a post when i open them up

-writing requests: also closed, i dont think ill do writing reqs at all in the foreseeable future

#introduction #blog intro #fire emblem #tsukihime #melty blood

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uchidachi · 6 months ago

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Dragon Age Exchange Letter 2024

Hello Black Emporium Rare Pair Exchange Writer/Artist!

Thank you for making this gift for me! I know I will love whatever you come up with, but for those who like a little more guidance I have left many prompts in the signup and some general likes & dislikes here.

I'm open to treats of Fic and/or Art and multi-recip treats!

General Likes: I really like UST and mutual pining, also the corny stuff like “fake married” or “bed sharing” or “arranged marriage” tropes. I LOVE Soulmate AUs more than anything else, I’m an absolute sucker for those. I also like the enemies-to-friends-to-lovers trope. I also really like cats, so if you give a character a cat, I will be happy

General dislikes: I love angst, but not really hurt/comfort. I love canon deviation and certain AUs, but I really don’t get into any AUs that change the setting for Dragon Age

DNW: any kind of abuse, bathroom kinks, bestiality, crossovers, humiliation, incest, modern AUs, mundane AUs, noncon/dubcon, omegaverse, pregnancy, PWP, second-person POV, underage, whump.

Specific Character/Pairing notes: I tag all my ships on this blog with “character a x character b” in alphabetical order, so if you want to look up what I’ve reblogged/posted on Krem/Harding for instance, look for the tag “harding x krem” and Adaar/Vivienne would be under both “inquisitor x vivienne” and “adaar x vivienne”. OT3s are under the tag “ot3″. A lot of the pairings this year are truly the rarest of rare, so for some of them I may not have any content yet!

For the many Vivienne ships I requested; I do headcanon her and Bastien having an open relationship when they are together, so feel free to use that headcanon if you want!

Now for the spoiler part of the letter. Please let this photo of my cat protect you if you wish to not read Veilguard prompts. Otherwise please scroll past the cat & click read more for more prompts.

Male Adaar/Solas or Female Cadash/Solas - I put this under the spoiler group because I am in love with the idea that maybe Inquisitors who were shot down by Solas during Inquisition get a second chance at romance in Veilguard. Just imagine the possibilities…

Vivienne/Emmrich Volkarin - Well, she does canonically like silver foxes ;)

Davrin & Merrill (Dragon Age) - LET! MERRILL! PET! THE! BABY! GRIFFON! Ok apart from Assan, I really would love to see Merrill able to make friends with another Dalish elf, and as a Grey Warden Davrin is likely less anti-blood-magic than average. Or at least I’m going to headcanon that he is, until proven otherwise.

Fenris/Neve Gallus - All the joy of pairing Fenris with a mage, with less drama because she’s 100% with him on hunting down maleficars & helping Tevinter slaves. Also I have one word for you: Casefic.

For general Veilguard stuff: I'm planning to play as a lady Rook that is a Dwarven rogue archer named Rhea. If there's a background for Rook that doesn't involve being part of the Carta I'll be over the moon. That's not at all required to include, but I thought I might as well include it

#black emporium rare pair exchange #fic exchange #exchange letter #dragon age

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this-is-not-a-slow-burn · 11 months ago

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I started watching Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves for the first time the other night and fell asleep some time after they talked to the dead dudes and discover who probably has that thing they need (dnw to post spoilers). But I had to look that up because I didn't remember even watching it at all until I saw a recent post on my dash about the movie and it jogged my memory a little. I was prescient enough to pause the movie before falling asleep, so that's something?

I remember some of it, but not all of what I watched.

Sooooo I guess I'm going to start over! Or maybe I'll just pick up where I left off and I'll remember as I go?

#honor among thieves

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blueinkedfrost · 2 years ago

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Baldur’s Gate Gift Exchange - Seeking Pinch Hitters!

The Baldur’s Gate Gift Exchange has the following prompts seeking a good home.

To fulfil a pinch hit, open the Baldur’s Gate Gift Exchange, select ‘Post to collection’, then add the recipient’s ArchiveOfOurOwn name into the ‘Gift this work to’ box.

Please claim pinch hits by sending a private message to me on Tumblr, Discord or another platform (since this exchange is anonymous until reveals).

Request 1: Anjak - CLAIMED

Phaere/Solaufein (Baldur's Gate)

Solaufein (Baldur's Gate)

Phaere (Baldur's Gate)

... [B]asically I want a prequel sort of fic. It can be short, it can be long, it can be fanart, but I want to see what Solaufein and Phaere were like before they became what they are. What happened to Phaere to make her this way? How does Charname (no one specific, can by any Charname) fit into this? I'm curious to see other people's take on drow and their complicated society/relationships. NSFW is probaby guaranteed, this is drow we're talking about. Have fun!

Request 2: Ant_Agony - CLAIMED

Any Character

Any Relationship

Baldur's Gate I/II/ToB, original (pre-EE) characters.

Any kind of fanwork would be appreciated.

There are some ideas for you to choose from:

I've always liked Valygar for his calmness, restraint, and kind heart, and I wonder if any of the companions (female, I guess) would get along with him romantically. Would it be a mage, so he should get over his prejudice? Will he affect this character in some way, trying to make their life more... peaceful? Or quite the opposite? I'm open to any point of view you'd like to share.

If you don't know or don't like Valygar enough to make it happen, you can try the same scenario with Aerie. Who among the companions may become very special to her? I don't feel like Haer'dalis will be a decent match for her. There are much more compassionate characters, both male and female. Still, open to anything you'll make up.

This is a very specific one. When I role-play as a lawful neutral or lawful evil character, I always fall into Scar, the second-in-command of the Flaming Fist. The problem is, he and Charname never have much time together due to his role in the game and his fate, so I just can't make it happen in my head. They're both lawful and responsible, and the Charname is such a young girl while he's a seasoned guard, so even if there's some chemistry between them, I can't imagine how they could end up together (even if just for a few days, until the plot goes on). So if you could help me to imagine it properly, with all the details one will need to believe it, I would be really happy.

Content to avoid: toxic or abusive relationships.

Request 3: AvandraTheMarySueSlayer - CLAIMED

Charname (Baldur's Gate)

Rasaad yn Bashir

Solaufein (Baldur's Gate)

Viconia DeVir

Any Relationship

DNWs: BG3 (please no spoilers!), noncon, toxic relationships, underage, unrequested kinks

I'd like a BG2/ToB/postgame piece (fanfiction or fanart, your call) involving these four. Rasaad and Viconia are a mess together in a party, add Solaufein and it gets even more interesting! I'd like clashes of faith, culture, personality, and growth from all the conflict. Whether it's into friendship or something more romantic, it's your call. If you want to make it romantic, I'm well into polyamorous relationships as much as mono. The only requirement is that they're healthy. Which would mean a lot of work, especially on Viconia's part. Feel free to make Charname male or female or whatever you like better! Let them shine with the rest of this group <3 If you make it NSFW, I'd rather have an emphasis on feelings (especially for Viconia, she deserves all the love!) And above everything, have fun!

Request 4: Felkh - CLAIMED

Kivan (Baldur's Gate)

Viconia DeVir

Sarevok Anchev

Anomen Delryn

Any Relationship

BG 2 / TOB fanfiction or fanart, please.

Open to anything, but specifically, my favourite characters are Anomen, Kivan, Viconia, Minsc, Aerie, Sarevok and Keldorn.

As a gift, I would be glad to receive something heartwarming and fluff to the core, family, friendship, humor, any type of bonding between characters.

So, here's a couple of ideas, but I am open to something entirely different (preferably centered about one or two of my favourite characters), if my prompts do not inspire you.

Brotherly bonding or friendship with Sarevok. Preferably, with alignment change. When he and Charname feel like siblings? What is the moment when this warm family feeling occurs, do they play cards, search for a map of this gods forgotten lands around Saradush, engage in a drinking contest, do a sparring match? I would really love to read about that moment.

If you choose something Anomen centric, I would love to read how he seeks and/or receives support from some of the party members. How he feels appreciated and accepted, always thought Anomen really lacks that in his life.

Guilty pleasure time: always dreamt to read more of femCharname / Viconia. I always imagined their romance to be more friendship based than her original "crawl under my boot and lick the heel" type of behavior, when she opens up and allow ws herself to be vulnerable.

Any sweet Aerie & Minsc moment. Pairing or no, that is up to you. Maybe, he allows his witch to bathe Boo? Maybe, he carries Aerie on his shoulders and she is almost flying again? Maybe, they try to travel to Rashemen, problwm is, neither knows how excactly to reach rashemen so they must ask for directions on every crossroad. (All my prompts are somewhere on fluff territory, I'm afraid).

A little peace for Kivan, please. I woukd love to see him amused and laughing, lighthearted for a change. He is surrounded by quite a crazy bunch, after all.

DNW: nothing angsty, no gore / exsessive violence / tragedy / torture etc. Unhealthy relationship or love/hate.

And huge, huge thank you, my gift-giver!

Request 5: MxArpakasso - CLAIMED

Charname/Solaufein (Baldur's Gate)

Charname/Viconia DeVir

Solaufein (Baldur's Gate)

Viconia DeVir

Original Non-Binary Character

Any fanwork, any prompt, use any one or multiple of these characters.

My Bhaalspawn: Mothre (like Mothra with an e) they/them, surface elf, divine soul sorcerer of Bhaal. Description: Looks like a lunar moth (come up with your own design, I wanna see creativity) is disabled and has adventured with a leg brace and walking cane as mobility aids since leaving Candlekeep, is slightly taller than Imoen. Personality; studious, adventurous, performative, cryptid.

Viconia: Mothre met her on the 3rd day they left Candlekeep, and has kept her in the party since, all the way till the end. Favorite traveling companion, would have romanced if she was romancable.

Solaufein: "I could show you the world", Mothre is really sad he couldn't join the party, really wish he could have joined the party. Mothre would have also romanced him if it was possible.

Exclude any content that is kink, nsfw, non-consenting, depictions of abuse&torture (I'm aware both Viconia and Solaufein suffered those, do not describe it), enslavement, pregnancy, gore, multination, child endangerment.

Content that is okay: good feels, fluff, angst, hurt/comfort, non-sexual intimacy, unrequited, trauma, depression, addiction, anxiety.

#baldur's gate #baldur's gate gift exchange #fanfic #fanart #baldur's gate fanfic #baldur's gate fanart

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feast-of-lights · 1 year ago

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WoT Not-So-Secret Santa 2023

Hi everyone! I (@anyboli) got a late start on this years exchange due to general life busyness, but I wanted to make sure that I still ran something for the holidays. In that spirit and to reduce some overhead, I'm trying a slightly different format:

An Open Exchange

Here's how its going to work:

Here is a form to fill out if you're interested in receiving a gift this year.

Starting later today (12/5) or tomorrow (12/6), I'll post the spreadsheet of responses publicly on this blog and pin it. If you're interesting in filling that request, just put your name next to the request (I'd ask people to limit themselves to only signing up for one request, and only one person per request).

In two weeks (12/19), I'll lock the spreadsheet and post any unfilled requests as a separate "Treats" list that anyone can fill

Unlike in previous years, if you sign up to receive a gift, you aren't obligated to create a gift, and you can sign up to create a gift without asking for a gift. Hopefully, though, with the Treats structure, everyone who asks for a gift will get one.

If you need to drop out before 12/19, just remove your name from the spreadsheet. If you need to drop out after 12/19, please DM me @anyboli.

Posting date for gifts is 12/24 - 12/31

The tag is #wot secret santa 2023

As always, there is no quality requirement or minimum word count on gifts, and please respect DNWs and spoilers.

Please send me an ask on this blog or a DM if you have any questions or concerns.

#wot secret santa 2023 #wot secret santa #mod post

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handsome-enemy-you-despise · 11 months ago

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SORRY I SHOULD HAVE TAGGED IT AS SPOILER. but it's... really up for interpretation. like basically everything in night vale

dnw about it also what the actual fuck

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melo7904 · 1 year ago

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I think I should make character diaries so that people can understand who the characters in my comics are (these are from my 3 series TN, DNW, CF)

So here’s my first one for the character Rin from dark new world (the dark new world ones are prequels to the comics to avoid spoilers)

(Yes I gave every [main] character a online username)

Spin-rin-123

New news came out, apparently omega corporation has been doing a great job (sarcasm) reusing old robot parts for their death robots, if it isn’t obvious I will probably have to start taking the parts as we destroy them, I got a project that I need the parts for anyway so it’s a win win situation, they lose the robot parts, I get my project finished, double win!

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#comic development #character development #text wall #oc lore #lore #original character #web series #character diary

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pilesofnonsense · 1 year ago

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RQBB 2023 Artist Sign-Ups Open

[ID: Picture of a black banner with the Rusty Quill show logos and a text in white and red that reads Rusty Quill Big Bang 2023]

Please read through the information carefully to understand what will be expected of you as a participant.

The sign-up link is at the end of the post under the spoiler cut!

Schedule for 2023 (all deadlines at 23:00 BST / 5pm CDT):

Artist Sign-ups: July 17th - 23rd

Check-in 2 & Art Draft Deadline: August 20th

Final Fic & Art Due: August 27th

Posting: September 3rd - September 17th

Confirmation e-mails for sign-ups will be sent out after sign-ups close; if you have not received a confirmation by July 26th, please contact us at [email protected]. We ask that you check your email (including the spam folder!) and reply so we can confirm that your registered email address is correct and you still intend to participate.

If you wish to only sign-up as a pinch hitter for the event please e-mail us under [email protected] and let us know the fandoms and ratings you’d be comfortable to pinch hit for and what your Do Not Wants are (if you would be comfortable with pinch hitting M and E rated fics, you confirm that you are over 18).

Participation Requirements:

You must choose whether to join the Big Bang as an artist or writer. You may not do both.

Artists will need somewhere to host their work, so that it can be embedded on AO3.

If you wish to create for M or E rated fics you must be aged over 18.

All participants must read and adhere to the Expected Conduct guidelines (see below).

Art Requirements: At least one fully finished piece of original artwork (traditional or digital colored/shaded drawing or painting, ficbinding, completed cross-stitch or knitting project, etc.) or full podfic. Compilations or arrangements of existing art, such as playlists or moodboards, should not be your primary piece for this challenge, though you are welcome to include them as a bonus (see below).

Please note, we do not accept AI-generated or AI-assisted works, either as main or extra pieces.

If you have any questions about the suitability of your art, please contact the mods.

As always, if you are unsure what qualifies when it comes to your medium or process, you can contact us!

Maximum Number of Fics per Artist: Initially, each artist will only be able to sign up for 1 fic (they may create as much art for this fic as they like).

Matching Process: The artist sign-up will include a list of the anonymised fic summaries. Each artist will select 3 fics which they would be interested in creating for, with additional preferences (favourite show/shows they do not follow, OTPs and NoTPs, Do Not Wants, etc.) indicated in the comment field. Mods will then match writers to artists, taking preferences into account as much as possible.

If fics are oversubscribed or if it is otherwise necessary for matching, they may be removed from the list of eligible fics before the end of artist sign-ups.

If you have an issue with your match, please let the mods know as soon as possible.

Expected Conduct:

Please take care to credit your artist/writer in your own final post.

Our Discord server has its own list of rules, which are listed within the server. If you decide to join the server, we require you to read and abide by those rules.

A full overview of the Guidelines can be found on our Challenge Guidelines page. We also have an FAQ.

The artist sign-up form can be found here.

Addition - Please read If surveymonkey is been rejecting your sign-up and claiming you haven’t picked enough fics, please try again, avoiding any fic with a note saying it’s been temporarily removed from sign-up.Temporary fic removal is a normal part of our sign-up process, but unfortunately surveymonkey is not functioning as it usual - instead of hiding the fics, it’s showing them but refusing to let people choose them.

Thanks for reading, and we look forward to working with you!

#rusty quill gaming #the magnus archives #stellar firma #rusty quill big bang #rqbb2023 #pon mod post #nonsense mod post #rusty quill #big bang

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wh40ksummerfest · 2 years ago

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40K Summer Fest Exchange 2023

Summer is coming and the future is grimdark!

But even on the battlefield, love can bloom... or hijinks can happen, friendships be made or broken, the most unlikely people meet from across 10,000 years of war-torn history...!

This summer exchange is a low-pressure Warhammer 40,000-themed fic and art exchange, running from mid-May to August 5, 2023, and welcomes all character- and relationship-driven fanfiction and fanart featuring characters from Warhammer 40,000 and the Horus Heresy series.

Participants who sign up agree to write a story of no less than 500 words, or to create a piece of fan art that is at minimum clean, finished line art on unlined paper that can stand as a completed work, in exchange for receiving one story or one piece of fan art.

Nominate your favourite characters and pairings May 12-28! Sign up for the exchange May 18-28! Assignment due July 30.

Schedule:

May 12 - May 28: Nominations and sign-ups May 29: Matching and assignments go out July 21: Early default deadline July 30 11:59 PM EST: Assignments due, pinch hits go out August 4 11:59 PM EST: Pinch hits due August 5 11:59 PM: Works go live August 12 11:59 AM: Creators are revealed

We're trying something different this year: opening nominations and sign-ups simultaneously. If you sign up early, please revisit the exchange before the end of the nomination/sign-up period to check that your offers are matchable with requests.

Rules and requirements

Nomination Requirements:

Allowed: Characters from the Warhammer 40,000 franchise and the Horus Heresy series, including the tabletop codices and rpg rulebooks, Black Library novels, short stories and anthologies, computer games, Warhammer TV animated films, and fan-created content such as TTS.

Not allowed: Characters from other fandoms.

Sign-Up Requirements

You must be 18+ and have an AO3 account to participate.

You will be able to request between 3 and 10 characters/relationships from the tag set. Please only request characters for whom you’d like to receive content. You must request three at the minimum. If no offers match your request, you will be contacted by the mod to see if you’d like to add requests to make you matchable.

You will be able to offer between 3 and 10 characters/relationships from the tag set. Please only offer characters and relationships for which you are willing to create fic or art. If nothing you offer matches any requests made, the mod will contact you to see if you can add offers to your sign-up.

There will be a section in sign-up for optional details and letters (off-site blog posts, character art, etc.) if you have them. It is very helpful to give creators an idea of what you like.

Anything you Do Not Want (DNW) to receive in your gift must be included in the AO3 sign-up; DNWs listed in external letters but not on AO3 may slip through.

Assignments

You are only guaranteed to match on one character or relationship.

Please be judicious about where you chat about your assignment; your recipient may be sharing that space with you and this is an anonymous exchange for the first week. No spoilers please!

If your assignment doesn’t match your sign-up, please contact the mod as soon as possible.

Gift Requirements

Gift works must respect the recipients’ DNWs. If a DNW is included, the creator’s work will not be published and the creator will be removed from the exchange.

Completed assignments must be a fic of at least 500 words or a fanart of clean, finished line art on unlined paper created specifically for the recipient and must include at least one of their requested characters and/or relationships.

Posting

Fanworks must be posted on AO3 in the 40K Summer Fest Exchange collection.

Fic entries with excessive spelling and grammar errors or art entries drawn on lined paper/badly scanned will be rejected. Contact the mods if you need help and they will put the word out.

Obviously, as this is an anon exchange, please don’t post your work (including snippets) elsewhere before reveals.

Pinch Hits

Pinch hits will be posted here.

If you’d like to claim a pinch hit, message the mod with your AO3 name.

Treats

Treats are welcome, but should fill a stated request for the recipient.

Treats must also respect any Do Not Wants.

There are no minimum requirements for treats (e.g. a fic of 300 words is acceptable).

Treats may go into the main collection.

Code of Behavior

Please acknowledge (ideally with a comment) your gift – even if you defaulted.

Default early if you know you will be unable to complete your assignment. The mod then doesn’t have to scramble for last minute pinch hitters.

If Shit Happens last minute, PM the mod asap or shoot an e-mail to [email protected]

This is supposed to be a fun low-key celebration of Warhammer 40,000 as a whole. This is not a place for kinkshaming, ship wars, militant moral policing, or general assholery. Thank you.

#warhammer 40k #wh40k #warhammer fanart #warhammer fanfic

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