#rarepair info

[mcyt-rarepair-exchange]

MCYT Rarepair Exchange: Overview and Rules

We all have our guys we like to toss into the oven and bake to a crisp. We mix them up however we want, and throw in some variables for additional flavour. Unfortunately, sometimes not everyone gets your vision. Sometimes you’re the sole warrior of a nation made up of you and your three mutuals. Worry not, this event is here to save you! With the help of MCYT Rarepair Exchange, you can beam your most exotic of pairings straight into unsuspecting people’s heads. Beware though, the same fate will likely befall you!

TIMELINE December 7th - nominations and Discord open December 12th - sign ups open December 21st - nominations close December 24th 11:59pm GMT - sign ups close January 1st - all assignments sent February 10-16th - posting period February 16th 11:59pm GMT - posting period ends February 17-23rd - treating week 

LINKS Discord: [link] Tagset: [link] Tag nomination form: CLOSED Collection: [link]

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Writing - a complete, standalone work, 1k+ words;

Art - one drawing considered ‘finished’ by the artist’s standards;

TAG NOMINATION RULES

Each person can nominate up to 20 relationship tags, both platonic “&” and romantic “/“ from any MCYT fandom. Tags with more than 2 people are allowed and encouraged.

For large fandoms (5k+ works on Ao3 as of Dec. 2024) your tag must have no more than 30 works with your tag included.

For small fandoms (-5k works in Ao3 as of Dec. 2024) your tag must have no more than 50 works with your tag included.

If your fandom has 200 or fewer works, mods will hear cases pleaded for any relationship tag that isn't the most popular/often used to be taken into consideration.

If your rarepair doesn’t exactly match the criteria but you believe it fits the spirit of the event, there is space in the nomination form for you to convince us why we should allow your tag into the tagset!

Event runners/moderators reserve the right to disqualify or allow any submissions that may not fit the criteria flawlessly. We will do our best to judge fairly without letting "popular"/"big" ships take priority in this event.

Adult/minor romantic relationships are not allowed in the event. Age of the character will be decided by age of the creator portraying the character during the majority of the SMP/series’ run. Mods reserve the right to disqualify any tag that they believe to be in violation of this rule. Minor/minor romantic relationships are allowed with the exception of characters considered to be extremely underage (ex. Yoghurt (DSMP) or QSMP eggs).

Canonical sibling or parent-child relationships may not be requested as romantic, but may be requested as platonic (ex. Jimmy and Lizzie in Empires SMP season one or the QSMP eggs with their caretakers/parents).

Further instructions regarding the nomination process are included in the form.

SIGN UP RULES

As per Tumblr, Ao3 and Discord TOS, you must be 13+ to participate.

Each participant must join the Discord server for ease of communication. If we cannot find you on Discord by the time the sign up period ends, your sign up will be deleted.

An Ao3 account is required to participate. [Here] is an instruction on how to make one if you don’t have one yet.

You must request and offer at least [5] relationship tags across at least [2] fandoms. You can request/offer up to 10 fandoms with 20 relationship tags per request/offer, for up to 200 possible tags total. Plenty of room!

You must either include your DNW (Do Not Wants) or state ‘DNW: N/A’ in each request box.

You must include at least one like (setting/AU/trope) or prompt in each request box. 

You must include your Tumblr url in each request so your gifter knows who to address your gift to.

Please make sure the email attached to your account is one you check regularly, and one you are comfortable to share with the mods, as due to how Ao3 exchange system works, the mods will be able to see it.

If you are 18+, you may sign up for creating and/or receiving NSFW works. If someone under age 18 is found out to have signed up requesting or offering NSFW content, they will be kicked from this event and any upcoming ones.

You cannot sign up solely for creating/receiving NSFW works. You must include at least 1 SFW offer and request in your sign up. 

NSFW and SFW offers/requests must be done in separate boxes. Example:  Request 1: GeminiTay/Smallishbeans (Life Series) - SFW request Request 2: GeminiTay/Smallishbeans (Life Series) - NSFW request

CREATION RULES

Your gift must focus on at least one of the requested relationships.

Unless your giftee explicitly requests otherwise, your gift may include non-requested relationships to make smaller appearances without overriding the requested tags.

You do not have to create a work for the ship you matched on with your giftee - if one of their other requests speaks to you, go for it!

Likewise, you do not have to create an NSFW work if you matched on an NSFW request/offer.

You must abide by your giftee’s DNW no matter what.

No AI created content is allowed.

POSTING

Your gift, meeting the requirements, must be posted to both Ao3 and Tumblr. 

When posting to Tumblr, you must tag both your recipient and the event blog.

Dark, violent, or generally considered triggering topics must be tagged appropriately.

FAQ 

What if my rarepair doesn’t have an Ao3 tag? Well, it’s time for it to get one! Feel free to request pairings without an official tag.

Is RPF allowed? This event will not be banning RPF works or tags, and will allow it as a fandom able to be nominated from. The nominations must still abide by the rules for other fandoms in this exchange. If you are unsure if your tag qualifies, please mention as such in the "plead your case" section of the form or send us an ask for clarification.

Are crossovers allowed? Crossovers are allowed as long as all tagged characters are from MCYT related fandoms! When nominating a crossover tag please specify which fandoms they are from. Example:  Joel | Smallishbeans (RPF) & Smallishbeans (Life Series) & Smallishbeans (Hermitcraft) (Crossover Fandom)

Considering the difficulty of deciding by which criteria the different fandoms should be judged, the mods reserve the right of disqualifying crossover nominations if we decide the pair is not considered rare.

Are Major Archive Warnings allowed? When signing up you can opt in into receiving/creating works including Main Character Death and Graphic Descriptions of Violence. No other Major Warnings are allowed.

What does NSFW include? On-screen sexual content or detailed elements of gore (anything that would require a rating higher than PG-13; anything you wouldn't feel comfortable showing to a 13 year old). NSFW is not allowed regarding characters that are considered minors.

What if I can’t finish on time? If you figure out you can’t finish your assignment on time, please contact event moderators as soon as possible! Depending on whether you just need a day or two more, or are completely unable to have your gift ready by the deadline, we will either give you an extension or send your assignment to Pinch Hits.

Can I create more than one gift? Of course! You’re only required to make one, but you can create as many gifts as you like. If you really want to make more than one gift, we suggest signing up for the Pinch Hitter role in Discord, or browsing requests in preparation for the treating week!

If you have any other questions or concerns, send us an ask!

[frostmarris]

SURVEY CLOSED thank you!!

MultiSaku RarePair Survey!

If you could spare a few moments, please help me out and give me your top 5 fave Sakura rarepairs in the survey above! (Disqualified ships listed in the form)

Sharing/reblogging is super appreciated!

[worlds-worst-ships]

Welcome to the home of the world's worst ships!

Hello there, I'm Jack Goodwin and this absolute affront to the natural order that I call a blog is where I take a break from the insane content I normally make where you only have one job... to have fun.

Wanna stay up to date on my video/.streaming content? Go follow @maji-man. Or just click HERE to see all my socials in one list.

Here's a post where I explain the point of the blog. I highly suggest you read it twice or more to make sure you understand.

Be warned: If you neglect this post and run your mouth in my comments, chances are I'll make fun of you in my videos and streams. Now then, down to business.

Are there two characters that absolutely should not be anywhere near each other, to the point where one should be getting a restraining order? Are there pairings in fiction that you couldn't be paid a quadrillion rubles to come up with on your own? Are you sick of all these picket-fence, vanilla pudding, ERENxMIKASA snoozefests that plague the internet? If so, you've come to the right place. Get your kissy-kissy lips on, find a slightly uncomfortable chair and LETS GET SHIPPING!!!

I have only FOUR RULES HERE:

You can say whatever you want here, so long as;

1. Its not discriminatory

Any sort of phobia/ism here is not welcome. This blog is for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, orientation or gender identity.

2. Its a joke,

and clearly a joke. We poke fun at each other here. Lets keep it fun.

3. Its true.

I have the power of google, and any misinformation will be swiftly corrected. When you are corrected, either accept it or be blocked. Misinformation and straight up lies are not welcome here.

4: You speak with the understanding that these characters aren't real people, nor do they represent them

These are cartoons. Works of fiction. They're not real. Please keep any deep-seated obsession with character's ethnicity, sexuality, age, background etc to yourself. Acting holier-than-thou and making that the subject of your personal issue with my posts doesn't make you a hero, nor is that the groundbreaking opinion you think it is, it just makes the jokes awkward and uncomfortable for many people here.

Aaaaanyways, now we've got that out of the way (and yes, I will add more rules as the need arises, don't test me)

I'll mostly be using the absolute maelstrom of doodoo I call a brain to come up with ideas, but if you'd like to submit some ideas of your own, feel free. Send it to my ASK box. Nothing illegal, past a certain point, please.

Oh, and the ask criteria/format is in the linked post below. (Anonymous asks are and will always be turned off, cuz I know that this site is full of pussies who can't talk shit on main)

JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T READ THAT POST, AS I KNOW MOST OF YOU WON'T: If you do not follow that exact format, I WILL DELETE YOUR ASKS ON SIGHT.

I REPEAT: I will not even CONSIDER posting them.

FUN FACT: After having this blog for multiple months with anonymous asks turned off, I haven't gotten a single hate message (other than that one kid who got made a fool out of). This is why they're off, in case you wondered.

Its also worth mentioning, some of you are new to the concept of comedy, so I'll write it nice and big for you (if you know what a crackship/joke is, then skip this paragraph): THIS IS A JOKE BLOG. A GIMMICK BLOG. A COMEDY BLOG. I DO NOT CARE EVEN SLIGHTLY ABOUT SHIPPING AS A CONCEPT MUCH LESS DO I EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 9/10 OF THE CHARACTERS YOU'LL SEE HERE, SO IM JUST MAKING J O K E S. IF YOU ARE OFFENDED, THEN YOU HAVE KNOWINGLY CHOSEN TO BE OFFENDED WHICH IS ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT. THANK YOU :)

I REPEAT this is a CRACKSHIP BLOG, so if you're deeply hurt by any of my polls, just know that nothing here reflects me as a person because none of what I post is serious. If anything you see after reading that causes you any emotional distress, it IS NOT my fault. Its funny, but its not my fault.

[sapphicahsokatanoweek]

Some info tiles as to definitions and examples of Rarepairs and Crackships for Sapphic Ahsoka Tano Week.

TL:DR - Rarepairs will be considered as ships with less than fifty (50) works on AO3 (no other filters applied other than the ship itself).

Each info tile has also been posted individually with the text displayed underneath for easier viewing.

[critter-rarepair-reccs]

Welcome to Critter Rarepair Reccs!

Hey y'all! Welcome to Critter Rarepair Reccs, a recommendation list aimed at fics written for ships that are largely under-represented, appreciated, and loved in our fandom! Now, let's address the elephant in the room first; rarepair is a misnomer here, knowingly. Some of the ships eligible to be recc'ed on this list might not be ones you'd consider a rarepair! So, the more proper welcome would be-

Welcome to Critter Underloved Ship Reccs

For brevity's sake, the URL is staying, though.

Now, it goes without saying, but before we get into the details here, let's get one thing clear: this blog is dedicated to spreading love and appreciation to fanworks and their creators. Ship hate of any kind will not be tolerated and will result in a block.

With that said, let's talk about the criteria for an underloved ship and why we're defining it the way we are.

Definition & Explantion

There is one qualifier for a ship to be eligible for this list: less than 100 fics were written for it and posted to Ao3 during 2023.

We landed on this metric for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it casts a very wide net for pairings while still narrowing the field a fair bit. The gulf of works between flagship pairings, endgame pairings, and some of the larger side/non-canon pairings is significant. Secondly, we wanted to take a look at how the fandom is currently, which is why we pivoted away from using the Wildflower System ( @cr-summer-wildflowers ) of excluding any pairing with more than 500 fics total. There are a number of pairings that were extremely popular at one point in time, but these days get far less love and attention. Let's take Widofjord for example. They have almost a thousand fics total and were in the Top 10 relationship tags for Critical Role on Ao3 for a long time. But last year? Only 27 fics were written for them. They have, functionally, become a rarepair.

So, to be fair to ships that exist in that same, nebulous space, we're looking at totals from last year, not lifetime.

For illustration purposes, here are charts (compiled by the wonderful @spottedenchants ) showing how many fics were written for each PC/PC ship last year.

Ineligible Ships

Which ships, then, don't qualify under that definition? It's not a terribly long list. PC endgame relationships, primarily, a handful of non-canon pairings, and some prospective endgame ships. For simplicity's sake, we'll break them down by campaign.

Campaign 1: Perc'ahlia, Vaxleth, Pikelan, Perc'ildan

Campaign 2: Shadowgast, Beauyasha, Fjorester, Widomauk

Campaign 3: Imodna, Dorym, Ashrym

If one of these pairings is secondary or background to a fic, that's alright! But the fic shouldn't focus or center on them. It's also worth noting that polyamorous ships that include one of these pairs are also alright! Shadowidomauk, for example, only had 61 fics written for it last year, so they're in the clear! The same goes for Dashrym, as another example, as they've only ever had 36 fics written for them.

It is also worth noting all accepted submissions must be respectful of character’s canon sexualities; for example, we will not take fics that feature an M/F pairing of a lesbian character, even if said pairing fits the “rarepair” criteria.

The caveat to the above would be queerplatonic fic! There will be an option on the submission form to specify, to avoid confusion due to Ao3’s lack of a designated QPR relationship tag!

So when does the list open for submissions?

Very soon! February 7th, next Wednesday! The opening theme with be Fluff, and that list will be posted a week later, on Valentine’s Day, February 14th! I hope we’ll see you then! 🩷

[agentcaboose]

Day 7 !!!

I couldn't make much today sooo while listening to come playlists I paired some ships with songs I like,,, no I will not elaborate

I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ - Donut x Lopez

Me and My Husband - Epsilon x Delta

Marlboro Nights - LT Squad (I couldn't pick a pair)

Too Sweet - Sarge x Doyle

Bad idea right? - Felix x Tucker

Shut Me Up - Wash x Felix

Just One Yesterday - Temple x Tucker

GINASFS - Epsilon x Wash

I Was Made For Lovin You - Kai x South

Besitos - Locus x Lopez

Can Ghosts be Gay? - Church x Caboose

All I Want is You - Donut x Caboose

Hold Me Down - Wash x Grif

I've got so many ideas for fics in the future from this week! I can't wait till the next event!!!

[yourlocalpurplekinnie]

Yugioh Rarepair Week Day 5!!

Of course I’m gonna choose to do Tweetshipping for this day. I mean, theres literally a crossover prompt??? So I NEEDED to draw them :3

Also I drew them in the outfits of Mozarta the Melodious Maestra and Fairy Cheer Girl (but you cant see that too well (was gonna do another drawing but fully body to properly see the outfits but I’ll probably just do that another day away from this challenge :3)

Tomorrow I’m probably gonna do circus but it’s probably gonna mostly be a bunch of non-refined drawing as I’m gonna find out the outfits, their roles and stuff + I dont know if I wanna do multiple ships too??? But yeah :333

I definitely could have made them a big more expressive but hey </3 I’ll save all my talent for tomorrow /j /nsrs

[ninyard]

Jeremy/aaron

[dc-rarepair-week]

Rules & Info (DC Rarepair Week 2025)

Must be a rarepair! (if you are uncertain if your pairing counts, you can go to AO3 and see how many works it has lol)*

Must be within the DC fandom.

This can be either a platonic or a romantic pairing just make sure you indicate which (mainly regarding fics)**

Submissions can be SFW or NSFW but they MUST be properly tagged AND follow the rules and terms of service of the platform you are posting on (Tumblr/AO3 👈see links)***

All posts should be tagged #dc rarepair week 2025 or @dc-rarepair-week

Have fun!

*Please know that I am not going to be policing the pairings. I'm using ao3 as a guide for myself (and for those who ask) but I'll let everyone make their own judgments. If you believe that your ship does not get a lot of love and attention, then go ahead and use them! 😁

**AO3 pairing tags: "&" = platonic "/" = romantic if something is ambiguous, you should probably use both tags to be safe

***please be aware that if something is not properly marked mature, that should be, I will reach out to you to have that fixed before I will reblog it. If it is not corrected, I will not be able to reblog it here (marking something as mature hides the content for those who do not wish to see it). Also, if it violates the community guidelines, I will not be able to reblog it here at all (I am not looking to get banned).

[mcyt-rarepair-exchange]

Nominations and Discord are open!

The tag nominations for MCYT Rarepair Exchange are open! From today, you have until December 21st to nominate your favourite relationships.

We ask you to carefully read the instructions included in the form, and follow them! You do not have to nominate your tags all at once - we trust you to keep count of how many tags you already nominated, and submit the form several times if needed. 

It’s worth keeping an eye on the tagset to check if the tag you’re about to nominate hasn’t already been submitted by someone else, and to see if there are any pairs you never thought of that you’d be willing to offer or request! You can find the tagset [here].

You can join the Discord [here]! Remember that to participate in the event you need to join the server. Don’t worry if you’re nervous about talking to new people - beyond picking your roles, writing an intro, and checking the announcements channel, we don’t need you to do anything.

If you have any questions regarding the form or the nomination process, don’t hesitate to send us an ask!

[mcyt-rarepair-tournament]

That’s the first wave, folks!

The first wave of polls are up! I will be releasing the second pair of brackets tomorrow, after which I will put up both of the bracket trackers up here for all to see.

By the way, this time there’s only two brackets instead of three. Have fun voting!

[kozzax]

hi i’m curious you reblogged my post with “shadubs” and i’m super curious about a) what that ship is (lizzie x bdubs?) and b) your thoughts about it bc i love rarepairs!!! :0

-gr1an

Oh yeah it's. The thing about shadubs is. Waurrruugugghhh

Ok so shadubs IS lizzie x bdubs and actually if you want a lot of information about it I recommend asking @captainschaos --it's ver brainchild even though I technically was the one who was making the inciting joke.

Originally the joke that sil made was that bdubs and joel were destined metamours-- talking, at the time, about etho. I took this and went yeah so this implies that there's something going on between bdubs and lizzie which, yeah, that makes sense.

They garden together. They're sweet together and gentle and they bond over ribbing at Joel and riffing off of each other and. Their relationship is quiet and understated but it's so full of this profound mundane sort of love. Whether it's romantic or not isn't important, what's important is that they tend to the garden like clockwork and they sit together for tea parties and they gossip with each other.

Where like... ethubs is grand gestures of loyalty, right. Ethubs is tragic and doomed and grand and in love. Bdubs will wax poetic about etho at the drop of a hat, even if he'll later undercut it with a joke. Etho will create something incredible for Bdubs just to make him smile. They love each other in these big overarching bold ways.

To me, shadubs is nothing like that. If they didn't tell you they were in some kind of relationship, you probably wouldn't even notice. Shadubs is the little things. Lizzie picks up a new packet of seeds when she's at the store because those flowers would look lovely growing in Bdubs' cloak. Bdubs making two cups of coffee in the morning, one for him and one for Lizzie at just the right time for it to be warm when she joins him in the kitchen. Quietly and unobtrusively holding hands in the solace of their home.

And don't get me wrong-- they're both meangirls sometimes. They bitch about whatever's annoying them while they garden. Teatime is a time for gossip about their friends and other partners. Playing up their annoyances and yes anding each other is part of how they work. But at the core it's this soft tender quiet relationship that's just... so incredibly mundane in the best of ways.

[daily-genshin-rarepairs]

Hello all! As my url suggests, I’ll be posting genshin rarepairs daily! This blog was inspired by someone else who had a similar blog, but I can’t find it now, and it seems that the original owner deleted it.

So, I made this one to fill in! Every day, I’ll post a different rarepair. Typically, I’ll follow the format of having an image of the characters involved. Posts will be between 10am and 11am EST.

Submissions are always open, but depending on how many I have at once, it may take a while to get to yours. Feel free to submit fanart, headcanons, or other forms of propaganda along with any submissions! I might host events such as tournaments or other activities, but keep in mind I have things like school to take care of.

There are currently 5 pairs in the queue.

rarepairs - #genshin rarepair / #genshin rarepairs not rarepairs - #not a pair

My main blog is @wistfxlwishes :3

SOME RULES!

1, I won’t be posting any ships with the short female model characters. Even if they’re implied to be not children/older, it’s strange to me and makes me uncomfortable.

2, I might post crossover ships occasionally, but it’s not the main focus. If I do, they’ll mainly be Honkai: Star Rail characters or similar gacha games like Wuthering Waves or Reverse 1999.

3, Don’t start any discourse!!!! Please!!!!!!!! This is all supposed to be fun and entertaining and putting others down for enjoying a fictional romance between fictional characters will earn you a block. Thanks!

4, I have a right not to post any submissions. While I don’t think this will be a problem, if I feel uncomfortable with anything submitted, I won’t post it. Simple as that.

5, When submitting, please only submit one ship at a time! It makes it easier for me since I only post one every day, and if there are multiple in one ask, I have to break it up. You can send in as many as you want at a time, just not all in one, please. 🥺

Thank you!!

[jrueships]

Alpey/jaba

MORE ABT THEIR SLEEPING PATTERNS

[dailyerijune]