#rwbyrarepairexchange2023

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RWBY Rarepair Exchange 2023 Sign-Ups!

Hello and welcome to the third RWBY Rarepair Exchange!

You can sign up for the event here.

Be sure to check out this year's revised guidelines as well as this year's schedule! New this year is a drop-out deadline.

@rwbyrarepairs Thank you for your support!

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@stormage-writes I got your exchange assignment! You requested Ruby and Cinder college AU so here they are!

They get stuck in the same summer astronomy class and Cinder is more interested in how Ruby got those scars on her jaw than the meteor shower they're supposed to be watching.

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Hello there! Signups for the 2023 exchange will be opening next month, and in light of fandom happenings, I'd like to take a moment to potentially revise my current guidelines, specifically around which relationships don't count as rarepairs due to being too common.

The list currently consists of:

Whiterose (Weiss/Ruby)

Bumbleby (Blake/Yang)

Renora (Ren/Nora)

Arkos (Jaune/Pyrrha)

Fair Game (Qrow/Clover)

Nuts and Dolts (Ruby/Penny)

Rosegarden (Ruby/Oscar)

Blacksun (Blake/Sun)

Emercury (Emerald/Mercury)

This is a list I first composed two years ago after the interest check for 2021's exchange. Fandom dynamics shift over time, so "what counts as a rarepair" can also shift.

Please give me feedback if you think ships should be added to the list, or removed from the list. Link to the form is here. All feedback is appreciated. This form will close on March 30th, guidelines and this year's schedule will be released on the 31st, and signups will open April 1st!

@rwbyrarepairs

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2023 Guidelines

1. Under no circumstances should you violate the Do Not Want list of your recipient.

Breaking this rule will not be tolerated, and if you do so you will be banned from the next exchange.

2. Fics must be at least 1500 words, and artwork must be complete.

"Complete" means completed to your ability; every artist has a different style, and thus this just means finished to the artist's ability. Black/white pieces are allowed if they meet standards of polish.

3. If you need to drop out at any time, please let me know before the drop-out deadline so that I can find a pinch hitter.

4. NSFW content is allowed. However, NSFW of characters that are minors is not allowed (e.g. Beacon arc RWBY + JNPR) and incest/pseudo-incest (e.g. Ruby/Yang & Ruby/Qrow) are not allowed. Relationships where one character is a minor and one character is a significantly older adult are also not allowed. However, aging up characters is okay.

5. The following ships are not allowed due to being too common to be considered rarepairs: Whiterose (Ruby/Weiss), Bumbleby (Blake/Yang), Renora (Ren/Nora), Arkos (Jaune/Pyrrha), Fair Game (Qrow/Clover), Nuts and Dolts (Ruby/Penny), Rosegarden (Ruby/Oscar), Blacksun (Blake/Sun), Lancaster (Jaune/Ruby), and Emercury (Emerald/Mercury).

New pairing added due to feedback. Keep in mind that polyships including these pairings are permitted, so Jaune/Weiss/Ruby or Blake/Yang/Sun are fine.

6. Most importantly, have fun! This is meant to unite the rarepair shipping communties and feed each of our individual desires for more content of our rarepairs.

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2023 Schedule

Signups Open: April 2nd, 9 AM EST

Signups Close: April 30th, 10 PM EST

Assignments Sent: May 1st

Drop-Out Deadline: May 16th, 12 AM EST

Posting Date: June 1st

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In light of the episode release today, sign-ups will open tomorrow. Guidelines and schedule for this year's exchange will be released later today.

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AO3 collection has been created! Works that are posted in it between now and 8 AM Eastern US time will be revealed at that time.

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Emails have been sent!

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One day left to sign up for the RWBY Rarepair Exchange!

The sign-up form can be found here.

Please be sure to read the guidelines before signing up, and check out the schedule as well. Sign-ups will close in about 9 and a half hours.