Title: 'Shadowed Corners'
Fandom: Pokémon (Spoilers for Pokémon Legends: Arceus)
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to

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This week's prompt is forgotten.

Your response should be exactly 100 words long. You do not have to include the prompt in your response -- it is meant as inspiration only.

Please use the tag "prompt: #456 - forgotten" with your response.

Please put your drabble under a cut tag if it contains potential triggers, mature or explicit content, or spoilers for media released in the last month.

If you would like a template for the header information you may use this:

Subject: Original - Title (or) Fandom - Title

Post:
Title:
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Rating:
Notes:

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Nominations

Nominate HERE at the tag set. Nominations close at 11:59pm EDT on August 27.

Everyone may nominate up to 8 fandoms and 6 characters or relationships per fandom. Limited further nominations can be added during sign-ups. (I recommend keeping a record of what you nominated.)

After you've nominated, please check this community again before nominations end. We may need more information about what you've nominated, and we will post questions here.

FFFX uses the Fandom and the Relationship tag slots for nominations. You can nominate relationships, single characters, and a worldbuilding option. Please read further for how to format each of these.

In the Fandom field, you can enter a canonical or non-canonical fandom (it's okay if there's no work for it yet on AO3). There are tips on labelling new fandoms here.

What to enter in the Relationships field
To nominate a relationship, please enter Character/Character (Fandom) (for romantic or sexual relationships) or Character & Character (Fandom) (for platonic relationships).

Do NOT put "Group" or another prefix in front of a relationship nomination.

The punctuation / and & is very important to indicate what sort of relationship it is.

Putting the fandom at the end of the nomination is really helpful to stop tag misbehaviour.

Multiple relationships in one tag are OK - ie, "Character/Character & Character/Character" means you're asking for two sets of pairings who are doing something together or otherwise relate to each other.

To nominate a character, enter them in the format "Char: Name (Fandom)" - that is, actually type out "Char: ", but swap in the appropriate name and fandom, such as Char: Lucy Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis).

All nominated characters should explicitly exist in the fandom where they're nominated. Original characters are also fine as long as you describe a character who could have existed in canon, such as Char: Original Force-sensitive Character (Star Wars Original Trilogy).

To nominate Worldbuilding for a canon, enter it in the format "Oth: Worldbuilding (Fandom)" (filling in the relevant fandom), e.g. Oth: Worldbuilding (Narnia - Lewis). Not "Other".

Group nominations (ie "The Marauders") should be formatted as follows:

Nominations with a character and a group, like "Lily Evans & Marauders (HP JKR)" (where "Marauders" means four characters, namely Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and James Potter) means that at least two members of the group must feature prominently in the gift. which two is up to the creator.

"Creator's Choice of [GROUP]" means that one member of the group must feature prominently in the gift - the creator, not the recipient, gets to decide which.

"All: [GROUP]" means that all members of the group must feature.

If a group is quite large (10+), if it is subjective who belongs in the group, or if it is hard to know who belongs in the group without having canon knowledge, I am less likely to approve that group. For example - much as I can appreciate why you might want to nominate a set like "Canonical DILFs", I will not approve it, as it adds work and ambiguity.

I will check throughout nominations about who might appear in a particular group. If you want to speed up the approval of your nomination, please drop me a line when nominating to explain which characters are included in a group.

Some fandom notes
Please separate out Marvel movies and separate TV shows - ie, Iron Man (Movies) rather than MCU.

I will not approve "Star Wars (All Media Types)". Trilogies are fine. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types is an allowed exception. Please nominate The Acolyte as its own canon.

DC's Arrowverse includes (at least?): Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, and Batwoman.

"All Media Types" fandoms will probably be approved last, overall, because if someone else wants a more specific version of canon, we'd prefer to approve that. If you believe All Media Types is what's right for your fandom, please comment so we can discuss that. Assassin's Creed - All Media Types is fine.

Where possible, we will not approve a larger set of fandom and a subset that is covered by the larger set.

To nominate a relationship between characters who appear in different fandoms, please nominate them under Crossover Fandom and include the fandom for each. For example: Arya Stark (ASoIF)/Elsa (Frozen - Movies). Please be specific if the fandom name could refer to different versions and adaptations. You can ask for general crossovers between fandoms by nominating "Oth: Worldbuilding (Fandom 1 & Fandom 2)"

You can also nominate characters and groups under Original Work. Please indicate the genders of the characters if that is important to you. If someone requests Original Work characters or relationships with ambiguous genders, the preference of the person requesting takes precedence over the preference of the person offering. (But you can ask to add a more specific version to the tag set during sign-ups if that is an issue.)

Sign-up requirements
The following information about sign-ups may help you plan your nominations:

-You need to request at least 4 separate fandoms with at least 1 relationship in each - so every nominated fandom needs at least one character, or one relationship, or one worldbuilding tag nominated underneath it

-Offer minimums are set as low as possible - you just have to be able to offer for someone else's request

-It's fine to request or offer a fandom more than once using different tags (so you can divide up your art/fic requests/offers with different tags)

Other
Please feel free to use the comments to ask questions or brainstorm with others.

If you find it helpful to keep a record of your own nominations, please save that information off AO3, because we will clear personal nominations during sign-ups to make it easier to add things at that time.

Rules updates

-There is still a deadline for completing any letter (aka any external document describing your prompts and preferences that you link to in your AO3 sign-up). That deadline is September 21. Previously, the consequence when someone failed to complete their letter in time was that their letter link would be deleted. Specific deadlines and consequences are useful, but I wasn't happy with that consequence because I didn't think it actually helped anything. So, going forward, the consequence will be different. If you are matched to a recipient whose letter is incomplete, you may request to swap to another recipient at any time before the January deadline while the letter is still incomplete.

I will also encourage letter-writers to include a date of completion at the top, but this is not mandatory.

-I will continue to hold a check-in week on Dreamwidth; this year it'll be between 23 and 30 November. However, this year I will also send an email reminder of the check-in to the email associated with everyone's AO3 account. Further, if you find check-ins very difficult, and you have successfully completed at least one previous round of FFFX, you are welcome to discuss with me during sign-ups whether you can be excused from checking in.

-Last year I was asked if there were any particular rules about the proportion of your requests that are recursive fandoms (ie, you've nominated someone else's fanfic to request, because it includes a permission statement allowing you to do so). There weren't, so let's try the idea that at least two of your requests must NOT be recursive fandoms.

-Reminders rather than new rules, but: If you defaulted in round 4 or earlier, you are now welcome to sign up again (Exception: if you posted a placeholder and were banned for that reason). However, participants who failed to comment on gifts are not welcome while that requirement remains unfulfilled. This is an excellent time to check if your comment went through on a previous gift. Try plugging your AO3 name in here:

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/fffx/gifts?recipient=Modzilla

to quickly bring up all gifts from previous rounds.

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During signups we're willing to take late nominations in comments on this post! Please only nominate tags that you intend to immediately request.

Late Relationship/Solo/WB Nominations

Limitations

We will add at most 10 fandoms per person.
We will add at most 10 relationship/Solo:/WB: tags per person per fandom.*
Tags must meet all of the below requirements.
We will not be workshopping or fixing any nominations at this point..

(*We will add in WB: Any tags to any new fandom free of charge, though.)

Requirements:

Late nominations must be in batch load format: Fandom,Tag,Tag,Tag(...)
Each fandom should be on a separate line.
Fandoms which are already in the tagset must be exactly as they appear in the tagset. If you're nominating a fandom that isn't in the tagset please let us know which fandoms are new.
Relationships and characters must be in the format listed in the guidelines. If you think a character may be confusing (such as characters that canonically have more than one version and need to be distinguished, or characters who have names that make them sound like inanimate objects or abstract concepts) then please include an explanation.
Worldbuilding tags must be in the format listed in the guidelines and adhere to all of the guidelines for WB tags. In addition, please include an explanation separate from the list for each worldbuilding tag for what it is (This doesn't need to be complicated, just enough that we'll know it fits the rules!). We will not be accepting worldbuilding tags that need workshopped, though you're welcome to workshop it yourself (or on the Newbie Discord Server if you need help!) and try again. You may find the nominations queries a useful reference.
If you are not logged in, you will need to sign your nominations with your Ao3 name.

Late Relationship/WB Nominations will close on August 30th at 10:00PM Eastern (Countdown)! Make sure you request them before then! No new tags will be added after that point because your usual late nominations mod will be traveling for the rest of sign ups.

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Sign ups!

Signups are open! Go to the collection here (link) to sign up!
Signups will be open until August 31st at 9:59pm EDT (Countdown)

You must be 18+ to sign up.

Other links:

Tagset
Mediums Ruleset Post
AO3 Automagic App (for browsing requests!)
Sheet to help you select medium opt-in tags that produces a list you can copy/paste into AO3
Late Nominations (These close on August 30th at 10:00PM Eastern)
Fandom Promo
FIAB Newbie Discord Server (we'll answer all your questions!)

( What Are Sign Ups? )
( Request Instructions )
( Offer Instructions (On AO3, For Participants Offering Fic) )
( Offer Instructions (Non-Fic Mediums) )

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Creators are revealed, but the collection is still open for new works, of which we've had several already! And, of course, you can continue to read and comment to your heart's content.

Find more to read here!

Thank you to everyone who participated this year, and especially to all the pinch hitters who got us across the finish line--I appreciate you very much.

I also have an announcement to make:

Next year will be the tenth round of Fandom5K, if you can believe that! I've also decided it will be the last.

I've had a great time running this exchange, I've met some amazing people, and I've been delighted to see millions and millions of words posted to make other fans happy. However, ten years is a long time to do anything, and I'm ready to focus on personal projects. The exchange scene is much busier now than it was when CBMod and I kicked this off--hopefully participants can find plenty of other options throughout the year.

My plan is to retire the exchange rather than handing it over to a new mod, but of course anyone is welcome to start up an exchange on a similar theme. If you are interested in doing so and have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.

To make the tenth and final year something we can all look forward to, two sub-announcements:

First, I plan to announce the 2026 schedule by 1 February, 2026.

Hopefully that way everyone who wants to join can plan ahead more easily, and hopefully I can keep myself from letting the schedule creep later and later every year, as it has a habit of doing.

Second, I am issuing an amnesty to anyone who defaulted late in 2025 or previous years, as long as that default occurred before the works due deadline.

That is, if you forgot to contact me during check-in week, or you checked in but then hit the default button before the deadline because something came up, you no longer need to create a make-up assignment to participate in the final round.

If you didn't default before the works due deadline--maybe you simply didn't show up on that date and never turned a work in, or you defaulted with an extension--I will still ask you to turn in a makeup assignment before signing up next year. This also may apply if you turned in a placeholder or your gift otherwise didn't fulfill our rules.

If you have any questions about how this amnesty applies to you, please let me know! I may take a little time to get back to you during the offseason, so I'd suggest asking early if you need to plan ahead.

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Tagset Clean Up

This post is very specifically for issues with tags already in the tagset. If you have a question about a queried/rejected nomination or if you think tags you nominated got lost in the shuffle, please instead comment on the last Nominations Clarification post.

Your report must include:

The tag(s)
The fandom
The issue and if necessary what needs to be changed to fix it.

Things to definitely report to us

Wandering tags: These are tags that belong in one tagset fandom, but are showing up in others. This is usually caused by the fandoms being connected, but some tags just like to show up any ol place. Please indicate both the correct fandom and the fandom(s) being invaded.
Misspellings: Please tell me the correct spelling.
Duplicate tags: One will need to be removed, so please say which you would rather keep.
Doubled disambiguation: Sometimes we do this by accident, I will trim it back off.
Synning catastrophes: Sometimes a tag, or even a whole fandom, is synned to another thing in the tagset which then devours it. Make sure to tell me both the devoured tag/fandom and what is consuming it.
Tones/diacritics: Did you nominate Jiang Cheng/Wei Wuxian (The Untamed) and now the tagset has Jiāng Chéng/Wèi Wúxiàn (The Untamed)? We'll fix this!
Ambiguous tags: Does a relationship in your fandom use a codename/alias/assumed name/etc that could apply to more than one character? Let us know which characters.
Confusing tags: Are you just not sure what a tag means? We might not be able to fix it, but we'd like to know.
Mod whoopses: Did we say to do things one way and then went and accepted it the wrong way? Hopefully this won't happen often, but if it does please report it here!
Other structural fixes: Things I missed that aren't on the lists below.

Things you don't need to report

Crossover tags with ambiguous or AMT fandoms – we're happy to leave picking the specific adaptation up to the creator for those tags.
Fandoms sorted into the wrong media category – official AO3 tag wranglers handle this, we don't have any control over it and thus can't fix it.
Anything in the "Unassociated Characters & Relationships" bucket at the bottom.
Weird spaces in your disambiguations: I probably put them there to fix some issue.

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Nominations Clarification 5

This is the last Nominations Clarification post.

All tags nominated on AO3 should now be either accepted or rejected. All tags nominated via google form should now be either accepted or queried.

If you can't find your tags in the tagset, first check this post and the other 4 clarification posts to see if we queried or rejected them and you just missed it. (You should be able to just ctrl+f on the comm's front page for your fandom.) If they're not there, then please comment on this post or email. AO3 nominators should include a link to their nominations page. Google form nominators should give us as much specific tag information as they remember.

If your AO3 tagset nominations were rejected and you don't understand why, we're happy to explain! Please comment on this post or email. Include a link to your AO3 nominations page so we can look at that.

If you were previously queried you might still be waiting for a reply because I prioritized getting this clarifaction out so everyone would have time to view it before the tagset clean up phase ends. I will catch up on replying to all of you tomorrow!

If you missed nominations or all your nominations were rejected, like in previous years we will open up a post for late nominations once sign ups open. We will require you to format your tags for that perfectly, though, so if you had your tags rejected and don't understand why you should probably ask us to explain! Comment on this post with a link to your nominations page, or email us with your link.

Find tagset errors? Right after this post goes up, we'll put up a post for tagset fixes, like duplicate tags and mispellings and other errors.

Here is a little FAQ about Nominations Clarification posts for those of you who haven't run into them before, hidden under a details tag now:

Here is a little FAQ about Nominations Clarification posts for those of you who haven't run into them before:

What/why is a Nominations Clarification post?

Nomination clarifications are queries about tags we find confusing and updates about tags or the tagset in general. The goal of nominations is to create a tagset of unambiguous, easy to understand tags that will be useful to participants and solidly within the scope of the exchange. The goal of a clarifications post is to keep all of our participants up-to-date regarding our nominations work and solicit feedback where necessary to create the most useful tagset we can.

Do I need to read the whole post?

No. You can just skim each clarification post to see if a fandom you're interested in requesting or offering has been mentioned. We recommend doing this even if you don't care very much how the tagset is organized in case we make some kind of huge blunder with your favorite fandom or OTP.

How do I reply to a Nominations Clarification post? Do I need a Dreamwidth account?

You don't need a Dreamwidth account because we have anonymous commenting turned on. If you comment anonymously, remember to check back for our reply! You can also email us at ficinaboxmod@gmail.com if you'd prefer.

There's a query about a fandom I'm familiar with, but I'm not the nominator. Can I tell you what I think?

Yes! If you are not the nominator but have relevant fandom knowledge about something, please speak up. Nominators don't always reply to our queries, so answers from other people in the fandom are often very helpful.

Why haven't you processed my nomination(s) yet?

Nominations can't be processed in a strictly first-in, first-out manner because of various backend reasons, so most likely we just haven't yet had a chance because of the large volume of submitted nominations. Double check our nominations clarification posts for your tag. If sign ups open and one or more of your tags is mysteriously still missing, please reach out.

My AO3 tagset nomination(s) were rejected but aren't discussed below, why did you reject them?

Most likely you failed to disambiguate your nominations, or made some other error — we reject incorrect tags rather than fixing them. You're welcome to post a link to your nominations slate if you'd like us to tell you why the tag(s) were rejected. You can attempt to re-nominated tags either on AO3 or via the form if you'd like.

However, there is a delay between us rejecting and us posting nominations clarifications! Literally as I post this post, other people on the tagmod team are approving/rejecting new tags. So your rejected tag might show up in a future clarification post

I have a nominations question not answered here or on the Nomination Guidelines. Can I ask on this post?

Yes! You can ask nominations questions on whichever nominations clarification post has been most recently posted, or you can ask on the Nomination Guidelines, or you can use the mod contact post, or you can email us. We're happy to help no matter how you get in contact!

New Mediums

We got a lot of new medium opt-in nominations this year! Also, one length opt-in nomination! Here's a list for you to gaze at, to help you get excited for sign ups.

There are 40 new mediums, so they're getting a details tag too. Click here to view!

Length Opt-In: 900 words exactly
Medium Opt-In: Art - Papercraft - Fanart
Medium Opt-In: Art - Body Pillow Cover Style Art
Medium Opt-In: Art - Character Possessions
Medium Opt-In: Art - In-Universe Stage Performance Poster
Medium Opt-In: Art - Medieval Illumination-Style Art
Medium Opt-In: Art - Medieval Illumination-Style Illustration of a Scene From the Recipient's Fic
Medium Opt-In: Art - Phone Wallpaper
Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Astrology Birth Chart Reading
Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Dating App/Dating Site Profile
Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Illustrated Fic
Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Stage Performance Playbill Page
Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Tarot Card with Interpretation
Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Tarot Card Reading
Medium Opt-In: Writing - Astrology Birth Chart Reading
Medium Opt-In: Writing - In-Universe Transcript of Sports Match Commentary
Medium Opt-In: Writing - Not!fic
Medium Opt-In: Typographic Design - Calligraphy & Handlettering
Medium Opt-In: Typographic Design - Calligraphy & Handlettering - In-Universe Longform
Medium Opt-In: Typographic Design - Calligraphy & Handlettering - Epistolary
Medium Opt-In: Typographic Design - In-Universe Style Guide
Medium Opt-In: Typographic Design - Zine Page
Medium Opt-In: Typographic Design - In-Universe Zine Page
Medium Opt-In: Poetry - Double Abecedarian
Medium Opt-In: Poetry - Cinquain
Medium Opt-In: Audio - Filk Set To Public Domain Music (A Capella)
Medium Opt-In: Audio - First Person In-Character Narration
Medium Opt-In: Audio - Podfic with Freetalk
Medium Opt-In: Audio - Podfic with Interjections & Narration Stumbles
Medium Opt-In: Audio - Recorded Meta - Scripted
Medium Opt-In: Audio - Recorded Meta - Unscripted
Medium Opt-In: Instructions - Mocktail Recipe
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Craftwork - Pressed Botanicals
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Fanmix with Liner Notes
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Printable Dress-up Paper Doll
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Web Weave - Collage Style
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Crossword Puzzle
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Crossword Puzzle with Cryptic Clues
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Nonogram Logic Puzzle
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Raddle Puzzle

Queries

Google Forms nominations

DC Extended Universe: Hartley Rathaway | Pied Piper & Wally West (Kid Flash) (DCEU) — Nominator, this seems to be a nomination for the Flash TV show. Is that the case? That TV show isn't part of the DCEU. If it is for the Flash TV show, we will accept under DC's Arrowverse.
DC Extended Universe: Hartley Rathaway | Pied Piper/James Jesse | Trickster (DCEU) — Nominator, this seems to be a nomination for the Flash TV show. Is that the case? That TV show isn't part of the DCEU. If it is for the Flash TV show, we will accept under DC's Arrowverse.
DC Extended Universe: Hartley Rathaway | Pied Piper/Wally West (Kid Flash) (DCEU) — Nominator, this seems to be a nomination for the Flash TV show. Is that the case? That TV show isn't part of the DCEU. If it is for the Flash TV show, we will accept under DC's Arrowverse.
DC Extended Universe: Solo: Hartley Rathaway (DCEU) — Nominator, this seems to be a nomination for the Flash TV show. Is that the case? That TV show isn't part of the DCEU. If it is for the Flash TV show, we will accept under DC's Arrowverse.
DC Extended Universe: Solo: The Rogues (Flash) (DCEU) — Nominator, this seems to be a nomination for the Flash TV show. Is that the case? That TV show isn't part of the DCEU. If it is for the Flash TV show, we will accept under DC's Arrowverse. Also, this was nominated with the label "Group:" which isn't allowed per our nomiantion guidelines, so we switched it to "Solo:"
DCU (Comics): WB: Gotham vs. Metropolis (DC Comics) — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us?
Sinkhole (Podcast): Solo: Original Character Thrown Out Of The Sinkhole (Sinkhole) — Nominator, could you let us know what the sinkhole is and if there are canonically people who are thrown out of it?
烈車戦隊トッキュウジャー | Ressha Sentai ToQger: WB: Rainbow Line (Ressha Sentai ToQger) — This seems like it might be a group of characters, which would make it more appriate for a Solo: tag. Is it a group?
烈車戦隊トッキュウジャー | Ressha Sentai ToQger: WB: Shadow Line (Ressha Sentai ToQger) — This seems like it might be a group of characters, which would make it more appriate for a Solo: tag. Is it a group?

Ao3 tagset nominations

Dead by Daylight (Video Game): WB: Surviving In Between Trials (Dead by Daylight) — Nominator, we're not totally sure what this means but it reads like a prompt to us. Could you elaborate on what you meant by this and/or help us rephrase?
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim : Female Dragonborn/General Tullius (Elder Scrolls: Skyrim) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Haikyuu!! : WB: Bouncing Ball Corp. (Haikyuu!!) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Kingsman: The Secret Service (Movie): WB: Behind the scenes of the Kingsman organization — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us?
Original Work: Female General Who Returned/Female Childhood Friend He Wants to Marry/Hostage Princess General Has To Marry (OW) — Nominator, is it okay if we accept this as "Female General Who Returned/Female Childhood Friend She Wants to Marry/Hostage Princess General Has To Marry (OW)" or did you want the Female General to use he/him pronouns? If you did, we should probably rephrase the tag for clarity.
Original Work: WB: Cyberpunk Dystopia (OW) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Schmigadoon! (TV): WB: Other Musical Lands (Schmigadoon!) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Slow Damage (Visual Novel): Madarame Kei/Towa (Slow Damage), Shiro/Towa (Slow Damage) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Smosh: Bit City Host/Sarah Christ (Smosh) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms - Mercedes Lackey: Alexander & Elena (Five Hundred Kingdoms), Alexander/Elena (Five Hundred Kingdoms), Solo: Elena (Five Hundred Kingdoms) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- (Video Game): WB: Actions of Anti-Exodus Faction (Hundred Line) — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us?
The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- (Video Game): WB: Cryptoglobin memory sharing (Hundred Line) — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us? (We also want to check if "Cryptoglobin" is the correct spelling because we did keep misreading it as "Cryptogolbin" although we're not sure what that would mean either.)
The Magnus Archives (Podcast): Solo: Slaughter Avatar (The Magnus Archives) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Video Games: Devil May Cry (Gameverse): Dante/Vergil (DmC) — The "DmC" abbreviation is apparently specific to a different reboot so for extra clarity we've replaced this tag with "Dante/Vergil (DMC Gameverse)"—if you actually meant the Devil may Cry reboot from 2013, please let us know, but we think the capitalization situation was a tagset system whoops and not your actual intent.
ウルトラマンブレーザー | Ultraman Blazar: Solo: SKaRD (team) (Ultraman Blazar) — Nominator, we're confused about why this is disambiguated with "(team)", could you please explain?
暴太郎戦隊ドンブラザーズ | Avataro Sentai Donbrothers: Solo: Donbrothers (team) (Avataro Sentai Donbrothers) — Per the wiki, "Donbrothers" may refer to several subsets of characters. Is the nominator sure this description will get them the characters they want? Also, it looks like there are only five in the main Donbrothers team, so would the nominator prefer to just nominate the five as an explicit group, so they can get a gift about all of them?

Rejected Tags

Ao3 tagset nominations

Bandom: Bob Bryar/Brian Schechter (Bandom) — Unfortunately, we've decided that Brian Schechter doesn't meet our "famous in their own right" requirements, so we can't accept this tag.
DCU (Comics): Trisana Chandler & Daja Kisubo & Briar Moss & Sandrilene fa Toren (Emelan) in Gotham City (DC Comics) — This was accepted in error. It has been replaced with the tag "Trisana Chandler & Daja Kisubo & Briar Moss & Sandrilene fa Toren (Emelan) in Batman (Comics)"
Dead Boy Detectives (TV) : Jenny Green (Dead Boy Detectives)/Night Nurse (DCU) — This was rejected because it should have been nominated under Crossover Fandom. You're welcome to re-nominate it when late nominations open.
Dead Boy Detectives (TV) : Kashi (Dead Boy Detectives)/Night Nurse (DCU) — This was rejected because it should have been nominated under Crossover Fandom. You're welcome to re-nominate it when late nominations open.
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling : WB: How do portraits work? (HP - JKR) — This was rejected because it's in the form of a question. We would like to rephrase it as a specific worldbuilding topic, although "WB: Portraits" is probably too close to a group. Maybe something like "WB: Creation of Magical Portraits (HP - JKR)"?
Invisible Inc. (Video Game): WB: Agency operations post-canon (Invisible Inc) — WB: tags need to be phrased in an in-universe way. What's different about post-canon agency operations that you want worldbuilding about, or what event happened at the end of canon that might have impacted the agency?
Men's Hockey RPF: Celeste Desjardins/Leon Draisaitl/Lauren Kyle/Connor McDavid (Men's Hockey RPF) — Two of the characters in this ship aren't ellibile. Celeste Desjardins is married to a men's hockey player, but isn't famous for men's hockey and so can't be nominated in the Men's Hockey RPF fandom. Lauren Kyle is married to a hockey player but does not seem to be famous in her own right, and so can't be nominated at all. If our research has failed us, please let us know.
Midsomer Murders - All Media Types: All tags — Your tags were rejected because we don't accept All Media Types and other umbrella fandoms without discussion beforehand. When late nominations open, you can re-nominate your tags under a more specific fandom.
NCIS (TV 2003): WB: HR and employees complaint management (NCIS 2003) — Sorry, nominator, but WB: tags need to be about fictional things instead of things that require research, and NCIS is a real thing with a real HR department. If I'm mistaken and there's something fictional about this, please let us know.
Newsflesh Series - Mira Grant: WB: Orphans of the Rising (Newsflesh) — We think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
Ordem Paranormal (Web Series): WB: Typical Missions for the Pre-Canon Order (Ordem Paranormal) — WB: tags need to be phrased in an in-universe way. How was the order different pre-canon, or what pre-canon event changed the order such that missions would have been different then?
Original Work: WB: Lovecraftian Horror (OW) — Nominator, this seems like a genre instead of a worldbuilding topic, could you elaborate about what you want? (Alternatively, you might find that what you want is covered under the fandom "Cthulhu Mythos - H. P. Lovecraft")
Star Trek: The Original Series: WB: Rumors about Roddenberry's footnote (ST: TOS) — Nominator, we're not totally sure what this means but it definitely seems metatextual. All WB: tags need to be phrased in an in-universe way. What kind of worldbuilding were you hoping for?
The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien: WB: In-world historians seeking primary sources about the Elder Days (LotR Books) — All WB: tags are required to be phrased in-universe so this tag doesn't need that clarification, but also this seems more like a prompt than a worldbuilding topic. Would something like "WB: Primary Sources About The Elder Days (LotR Books)" suit your needs?

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Nominations Clarification 4

There will be one more clarification post after this. We're not quite through all the tags yet, but I wanted to get these queries out now.

Here is a little FAQ about Nominations Clarification posts for those of you who haven't run into them before, hidden under a details tag now:

What/why is a Nominations Clarification post?

Do I need to read the whole post?

How do I reply to a Nominations Clarification post? Do I need a Dreamwidth account?

There's a query about a fandom I'm familiar with, but I'm not the nominator. Can I tell you what I think?

Why haven't you processed my nomination(s) yet?

My AO3 tagset nomination(s) were rejected but aren't discussed below, why did you reject them?

I have a nominations question not answered here or on the Nomination Guidelines. Can I ask on this post?

Queries

Google Forms nominations

Crossover Fandom: Any Character (Naruto) in Konohagakure & Any Mountain Peak Lord (SVSSS) — Nominator, we're a little confused by this. Did you mean "Any Character From Konoha (Naruto) & Any Mountain Peak Lord (SVSSS)"? If so, we'd like to check that this will really suit what you want—"Any Character From Konoha" would include civilians and missing-nin, and "Any Mountain Peak Lord" is ambiguous enough that it might include people beyond the Cang Qiong Peak Lords. A more specific tag might look like "Any Konoha Ninja (Naruto) & Any Cang Qiong Peak Lord (SVSSS)"
DCU (Comics): WB: A Day in Arkham Asylum from the Perspective of an Employee (DC Comics) — To phrase this as a worldbuilding topic instead of a prompt, we've accepted this as "WB: Daily Life Of Arkham Asylum Employees (DC Comics)" — if that doesn't meet the nominator's needs, please let us know and we'll replace it or put in an alternate tag for you.
DCU (Comics): WB: Batman and Batman-adjacent (DC Comics) — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us?
Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey: WB: Seventh Path (Dragonriders of Pern) — Nominator, this was nominated twice in a row. Did you mean to nominate something else?
Falsettos - Lapine/Finn: WB: Sitting Shiva for Whizzer (Falsettos) — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us? It seems like it might be a prompt rather than a worldbuilding topic.
Kraven the Hunter (2024): Sergei Kravinoff/Tangerine (Bullet Train 2022) — This has been accepted as "Sergei Kravinoff (Kraven the Hunter)/Tangerine (Bullet Train 2022)" under "Crossover Fandom"
Kraven the Hunter (2024): Sergei Kravinoff/Tangerine (Bullet Train 2022)/Tom Ryder (The Fall Guy 2024) — This has been accepted as "Sergei Kravinoff (Kraven the Hunter)/Tangerine (Bullet Train 2022)/Tom Ryder (The Fall Guy 2024)" under Crossover Fandom
Monster Prom (Video Games): WB: Liam Prom (Monster Prom) — ~~Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us?~~ Accepting as-is, thank you to everyone who helped explain!
Original Work: Kind Male Rival/Previously Abused Man (OW) — Some of us were a little confused by this nomination. For clarity, we'd like to accept it as "Man Abused By Previous Partner/His Kind Male Rival (OW)"—unless you meant something else by this tag!
Original Work: Kind Male Rival/Previously Abused Man & Man's Adopted Son (OW) — Some of us were a little confused by this nomination. For clarity, we'd like to accept it as "Man Abused By Previous Partner/His Kind Male Rival & Abused Man's Adopted Son (OW)"—unless you meant something else by this tag!
Original Work: Male Rival/Injured Male Enemy He Rescues From An Abusive Situation (OW) — Some of us were a little confused by this nomination. For clarity, we'd like to accept it as "Injured Male Enemy In An Abusive Situation/His Male Rival Who Rescues Him (OW)"—unless you meant something else by this tag!
Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series): WB: Life of a Grunt (Pokemon Game) — To phrase this as a worldbuilding topic instead of a prompt, we've accepted this as "WB: Daily Life Of Grunts (Pokemon Game)" — if that doesn't meet the nominator's needs, please let us know and we'll replace it or put in an alternate tag for you.
Rats SMP Season 2: InTheLittleWood/Rendog (Rats SMP Season 2) — Nominator, is there a reason you need to specify the season for this SMP? We're pretty sure Ren was only in Season 2, so there shouldn't be any trouble there. If you were nominating this way because Empires is split up into seasons: we've done it that way this year because the worldbuilding and characters for both seasons are very different, and in previous years we've struggled with phrasing tags so that they only apply to one season or the other. We don't think Rats SMP has this problem, so we would prefer not to split it unless you have a compelling reason.
The Villains' Code Series - Drew Hayes: WB: The AHC (Villains' Code - Hayes) — We couldn't find much information about this via google, but this seems to be a group. If it is, we think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
The Villains' Code Series - Drew Hayes: WB: The Guild (Villains' Code - Hayes) — We couldn't find much information about this via google, but this seems to be a group. If it is, we think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
きみのせかいに恋はない | Kimi no Sekai ni Koi wa Nai | Is Love the Answer? (Manga): All tags with "Ito", "Ito Mayuri", "Enomoto", and/or "Enomoto Mayuri" — We require characters to be submitted with their full names so as to avoid confusion. Are Ito and Ito Mayuri the same character? Are Enomoto and Enomoto Mayuri the same character? If yes to both, we will edit the submitted tags and then accept. If these are different characters, we would appreciate help figuring out how to disambiguate the ones without last names from the ones with last names to prevent confusion.
きみのせかいに恋はない | Kimi no Sekai ni Koi wa Nai | Is Love the Answer? (Manga): WB: Relationship Negotiations (Kimi no Sekai) — WB: tags are required to be about a fictional aspect of the requested canon's world. Is there any reason to believe that relationship negotiations in this canon are substantially different from real life relationship negotiations? If not, we can't accept this tag.
不良執念清除師｜Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (TV): Chen Chuying & Pu Yiyong (Oh No Here Comes Trouble) — This is a duplicate of another tag. Did the nominator mean to submit it as / or something else?
崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game): WB: Heliobi (Honkai: Star Rail) — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us?

Ao3 tagset nominations

Crossover Fandom: The Librarians: The Next Chapter (The Liibrarians: The Next Chapter TV 2025) & The Librarians (TV 2014) — We think this tag means you want any librarians from the 2014 show and any librarians from the 2025 show, but we're not totally sure. Oe maybe any character from either show? We're not quite sure but would definitely like to rephrase this tag. Maybe "Any Librarian (The Librarians: The Next Chapter) & Any Librarian (The Librarians 2014)" or "The Librarians Ensemble (The Librarians: The Next Chapter) & The Librarians Ensemble (The Librarians 2014)" or something similar?
Fear Street Trilogy (Movies 2021): WB: Chatrooms Discussing The Curse (Fear Street) — Two nominators re-nominated this WB tag from last year. As you can see on your nominations pages, we've accepted it as "WB: Internet Discussions Of The Curse (Fear Street)" -- this is because this year we've decided we want to avoid WB nominations that might seem to opt a requester into a particular medium opt in. If for some reason this rephrasing doesn't capture what you want out of the tag, I'm open to rephrasing again or adding a different WB: tag of your choosing.
Video Blogging RPF: Buddha & Sykkuno (VB RPF) — We found what we believe are Buddha's twich and youtube, but we can't confirm his age. We need either a credible source or a post from Buddha that says he's over 18, otherwise we can't accept this nomination.
XCOM (Video Games) & Related Fandoms: WB: The Commander's Implant (XCOM 2012 Reboot Series) — This seems like it only applies to one character (which is against our worldbuilding guidelines, because that sort of thing is better as a prompt under a Solo: tag) but we also couldn't figure out what this means...so maybe we're wrong?
駄作 | Dasaku (Visual Novel): Haiki Yuuki/Nanagaki Alice/Nanagaki Chloe (Dasaku), Nanagaki Alice/Nanagaki Chloe (Dasaku) — Nanagaki Chloe appears to be a character that only shows up in the Dasaku ~Arisu to Kuroe, Musubareru Hi~ follow-up and not in Dasaku proper. Would you like to change the fandom to include both the original visual novel and the follow up? Otherwise, we can move this to Crossover Fandom.

Rejected Tags

Google Forms nominations

Citizen Sleeper (Video Games): WB: Sleepers (Citizen Sleeper) — We think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
Crossover Fandom: Gotham City (DCU Comics) & Natasha Romanov (MCU) — Per discussion on Nominations Clarification 3, we don't consider Gotham to be thinking/feeling enough to count as a character for FIAB. We would be willing to accept this as "Solo: Natasha Romanov (MCU) in Batman (Comics)", "Solo: Natasha Romanov (MCU) in Batman - All Media Types", as a similar tag with a more specific fandom, or as a crossover tag specifying a specific DCU character for Natasha to interact with.
Crossover Fandom: The Magnus Archives in Gotham (DCU) — Nominator, this isn't a tag format we accept and we're confused about what you wanted. Are you looking for any character from The Magnus Archives to cross over into the DCU Batman Comics? The correct tag for that would be something like "Solo: The Magnus Archives Ensemble (TMA) in Batman (Comics)". Are you looking for a tag that would put a Magnus Archives team in Gotham? A tag for that might be "Solo: Original Statement Maker (TMA) in Batman (Comics)" Or was this maybe supposed to be a WB: tag? In that case, please elaborate on what kind of worldbuilding you wanted and we'll figure it out.
Doctrine of Labyrinths - Sarah Monette: WB: The Cade-Skiffs of Melusine (DoL - Monette) — We think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey: WB: Dragons (Dragonriders of Pern) — We think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey: WB: Firelizards (Dragonriders of Pern) — We think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
Dream SMP: WB: Horror Setting (Dream SMP) — Nominator, this seems to be a prompt for an AU setting instead of a worldbuilding topic, so we can't accept it. If we're wrong, please let us know. You can also review our worldbuilding guidelines and request an alternate WB: tag.
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game): WB: Future Generations (Teenage Exocolonist) — We think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game): WB: Previous Inhabitants of Vertumna (Teenage Exocolonist) — We think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game): WB: Vertumna Group (Teenage Exocolonist) — We think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
IT (Movies - Muschietti): Bill Denbrough/Mike Hanlon/Ben Hanscom/Eddie Kaspbrak/Beverly Marsh/Richie Tozier/Stanley Uris (IT - Muschietti) — FIAB only allows 6 characters or less per relationship tag. Which of these seven characters would you like to remain in this ship tag?
Original Work: Exhausted Man Signs Up For Cloning Scheme To Ease Workload/His Female Best Friend/His Clone(s) (OW) — We don't allow tags with "(s)". Any request for a group of characters can be filled with just one of those characters or with multiple. Do you want the singular or plural version of this tag?
The Angel of the Crows - Katherine Addison: WB: Cerberuses (Angel of the Crows - Addison) — We think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
休日のわるものさん | Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san | Mr. Villain's Day Off (Anime): WB: Evil Organization (Mr. Villain's Day Off Anime) — We think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
休日のわるものさん | Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san | Mr. Villain's Day Off (Anime): WB: Rangers (Mr. Villain's Day Off Anime) — We think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game): WB: Trailblazer's Past (pre-Express) (Honkai: Star Rail) — This seems to be a request for a character's backstory, or possibly a group's backstory, which isn't an allowed worldbuilding topic for FIAB. We can put in a Solo: tag for you, or you can let us know what kind of worldbuilding topic you're hoping for and we can work out a new WB: tag!

Ao3 tagset nominations

Empires SMP: All tags — These were rejected because per our nomination guidelines, Empires SMP should be split into seasons 1 and 2.
Newsflesh Series - Mira Grant: WB: Any (Newsflesh) — We're rejecting this tag because we will add all WB: Any tags to the tagset after nominations close.
Real Person Fiction: Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Actor RPF)/Female Reader — "Real Person Fiction" is a little too broad of a fandom for us. We would also, if possible, like to avoid "Actor RPF". Is there a more specific RPF fandom, like for a show, that we could accept this tag under?
Real Person Fiction: Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Actor RPF)/Fred Hechinger (Actor RPF) — "Real Person Fiction" is a little too broad of a fandom for us. We would also, if possible, like to avoid "Actor RPF". Is there a more specific RPF fandom, like for a show, that we could accept this tag under?
Starian Cycle - Iris Foxglove: WB: Early Days of The House of Onyx (Starian Cycle) — Nominator, this seems like a backstory request for a group of characters, which isn't allowed per our guidelines. Can you elaborate on what kind of worldbuilding you're looking for?
Starian Cycle - Iris Foxglove: WB: Final Days of The House of Clay (Starian Cycle) — Nominator, this seems like a backstory request for a group of characters, which isn't allowed per our guidelines. Can you elaborate on what kind of worldbuilding you're looking for?
Video Blogging RPF: Sykkuno & Creator's Choice of Character (VB RPF) — Sorry, nominator, but like the previous KPop nomination we can't vet all possible "characters" in this RPF fandom as being 18+ and famous in their own right, so we can't accept this tag. We will update the nomination guidelines about this next year.

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Sign Ups are open until August 22nd 9PM EDT. (Yes, they're open a little early from what's listed on the schedule.)

If you sign up, you are committing to create a work of at least the quality of an unlined sketch or a fic of 300 words by August 30th 9 PM EDT, depending on what you match on. Gifts are not guaranteed, though pinch hits will be sent out and, we hope, filled.

Matching is by Fandom, Medium, and Archive Warning. Everything else is optional.

Matching is OR. This means you only need to create one of the fandoms requested, one of the mediums requested, and one of the Archive Warnings in that fandom's request.

You must offer and request at least three unique fandoms. They can all fall under the same umbrella fandom.

Do Not Wants are allowed in the optional details box. These are not meant to allow someone to box their creator in, but rather to give guidance. (Please see the FAQ if you're confused about DNWs should look like.)

In the optional details box, you can also talk a little bit about what you like besides the horror freeforms, link to your five minute fandoms, and do whatever else you'd like within the confines of an AO3 optional details box.

You must choose at least one medium per offer and request. You can choose either fic or art.

You must choose at least one Archive Warning per offer and request. The Archive Warnings you can choose are Graphic Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-con, Underage, and No Archive Warnings Apply.

Request what you are willing to receive.

Offer what you are willing to create.

If you do not want to create or receive any material with Archive Warnings, tick No Archive Warnings Apply.

Nominations will remain open through the close of sign ups. If you want something that is not in the tag set, you can still nominate it.

All links and schedule.

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Title: Proof
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating: PG for conflict
Notes: Spoilers through the Dreadnought Leviathan. The Lady Amalia faces off with Judge Magister Ghis.

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Nominations are open every year through the close of sign ups.

There is one eternal freeform tag set and one yearly fandoms and relationships tag set.

If you use all your nomination slots, nominating via sock is welcome.

A reminder that matching is on Fandom, Medium(s), and Archive Warnings. All extra information is optional and your artist/author does not have to use it. All participants are encouraged to try to make something their recip will like, but you're only guaranteed Fandom, Medium(s), and Archive Warnings.

Things that can be nominated include fandom, characters in the form of "Solo: Character Name" and ships in the relationships field, and freeforms. / denotes a romantic or sexual relationship. & denotes a platonic relationship.

Fandoms with umbrellas can be nominated as the nominators please, with both individual franchises and umbrella categories eligible. For instance:

Star Wars could have Star Wars (All Media Types), Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic, and Star Wars Thrawn novels nominated.
Marvel could have Marvel (All Media Types), Marvel 616, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (movies), Thor (movies), and individual game and comic titles nominated.
If you want to increase your odds of getting something with characters you both know, you may wish to narrow in on a more specific version of your nomination like Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic or Iron Man (movie).

Crossover ships should be nominated under Crossover Fandom or under [Canon name 1]/[Canon name 2]. As matching is only on fandom, you are most likely to get what you want by nominating the canon names. Example: Fandom: Iron Man (movies)/My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Relationship: Tony Stark & Spike.

Recursive fanfiction (aka fic or art of fic) is allowed if the creator has given public permission for their work to be included as a fandom in an exchange. Looking at you here, Dreaming of Sunshine fandom. Because Dreaming of Sunshine was synned to Naruto and its previous disambiguated for exchanges version was, too, to prevent Naruto eating DoS tags, please nominate under the new "Dreaming of Sunshine (Fanfic Disambiguation)" fandom tag. If you have a different recursive fandom you wish to be included, please point me in the direction of where the creator has given public permission.

The following nominations for fandoms will not be accepted:

Nazi RPF
RPF involving modern serial killers, mass shooters, or other modern tragedies
Other similar public figures who have living victims
Modern RPF for persons under the age of 18
Modern RPF for persons not famous in their own right

Other RPF is eligible. Fictional canons are eligible. Original Works are eligible. If someone nominates it, Creator's Choice of Fandom to give your creator complete freedom is eligible. The mod reserves the right to use their best judgment (or the fandom equivalent of phone a friend) for if something is or isn't allowed.

Because we're not matching on characters, ships, or freeforms, they do not have to be unique. Tags may wander. Unless the mod messes something up, this shouldn't cause any problems.

Freeforms should in some way be related to the theme, either to give an idea of the level of spookiness you're up for or to serve as some form of on theme prompt. Fic and art are expected to run the gamut from gentle spooks to screaming scares. Dark fic and art, horror, and the spoopy are all allowed and encouraged. If you have a preference, you should indicate it via freeform.

Because this is a flash exchange, we will not be doing clarification posts for freeforms. We'll still try to use a very open approach to what's on theme. Because we're only human, something may be rejected by mistake or misclick. If so, please let us know if your spooky/spoopy/horror freeform was accidentally rejected.

Examples of freeforms that would not be approved:

Trans Character

Fluff

Pining

Examples of freeforms that would be approved:

Trans Character Trying to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse

Human Makes Friends with the Monster in Their Closet

Ghost Pines for Their Living Lover Who Can't See Them

Eternal Freeforms Tag Set
2025 Fandoms and Relationships Tag Set

This post allows anon comments. Comments are not screened. If you wish to communicate with the mod privately, please either use the mod contact post or e-mail the mod at jumpscaremodding@gmx.com

I will be using this post as the new eternal nominations post, so rather than linking directly to the all links and schedules post, I will say to please check the sticky post at the top of the comm for all links and the current schedule.

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Jump Scare is a themed flash exchange dedicated to the spooky, spoopy (think Casper the Friendly Ghost or that Spooky Scary Skeletons vid), and horror. Nominated freeforms and the works themselves should adhere to the theme.

Eternal Freeforms Tag Set: Nominate freeforms here!
2025 Fandoms and Relationships Tag Set: Nominate relationships here!
2021 Tag Set (for reference; not taking nominations)
2025 Collection
Parent Collection
Canon Promo Post
Rules and FAQ
Nominations Post
Sign Up Explanation Post

2025 Schedule:
August 16-21 nominations and sign ups (closed 8:59 PM EDT)
August 22 matching
August 23-30 creating
August 30 8:59 PM EDT works due; 11:59 PM EDT works reveals
September 1 8:59 PM EDT creator reveals

To contact a mod, please comment on the Mod Contact Post, DM tuesday on Discord, or e-mail the mods at jumpscaremodding@gmx.com

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AMNESTY WEEK #027
Challenges # 001-270

Amnesty Weeks are a chance to post any stories you've written that, for whatever reason, weren't submitted during that week's challenge. And if you can't get the entries you want in during this Amnesty, never fear! The next one will include challenges 001-280, so you'll never miss out.

There's no voting for amnesty entries, and there's no limit on how many you can post, so long as each entry meets the usual community requirements (less than 1000 words, not NC-17, etc.) If, however, you manage to end up with 30 of the things you want to post, try to spread them out through the week for the sake of people's reading pages. These entries may also be crossposted and previewed anywhere you like, since there’s no voting to skew.

At the end of this two-week window, a post will be made collecting all the links of the posted entries, which will also signal the end of the posting period, and a new regular challenge will go up.

Entries are titled the same way as normal: [#] Story Title (Fandom)

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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #270 – Pride!

( This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 2869

Congratulations to both of you, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!

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You may now post your Challenge 270 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there!

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Title: Claim
Fandom: Greek Myth
Characters/Ship: Peleus/Thetis (noncon)
Rating: PG-13
Warning: noncon

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