Nominations are open!

[keita52]

Nominations are now open!

 

You may nominate up to ten fandoms, with ten relationships per fandom. Please use canonical tags for fandoms where possible. Please nominate series as the series instead of nominating individual novels. A list of meta-fandoms and other exceptions is at the end of this post.

Relationships

You may nominate either platonic (&) or romantic (/) relationships. You may also nominate single characters; use the format "Solo: Character". Crossovers are permitted under the "Crossover" fandom.

For crossovers, both canons must be individually eligible for this exchange. You must include the original fandom in parentheses after each character's name. The fandom name may be shortened or abbreviated, provided it is still clear which fandom you are referencing.

Sample acceptable nominations:

• Dracula/Jonathan Harker
• Solo: Temeraire
• ART (Murderbot) & Deep Thought (Hitchhikers' Guide)

You may also use "any [group]" in nominations, provided that this is something that is clearly understood within the context of the canon. For example:

• Temeraire - "Solo: Any Male Dragon" or "Any Dragon & Their Captain"
• Provost's Dog - "Beka Cooper/Any Provost's Guard Member"

Please note that "any" nominations will only cover named canon characters.

You may also nominate original characters, provided that the description for the original character is clearly understood within the context of the canon. For example:

• Temeraire - "Original Dragon & Their Female Captain"
• Provost's Dog - "Solo: Original Nonbinary Provost's Guard Member"

Nominations that are simply "Original Female Character" or similar will be rejected as being too broad.

Canons approved to be subdivided

This list will be updated as nominations are approved.

• Alliance-Union - C.J. Cherryh
• Discworld - Terry Pratchett
• Kushiel's Legacy - Jacqueline Carey
• Tortall - Tamora Pierce
• Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey

 

Other Series Exceptions

This list will be updated as nominations are approved.

Comments

[withthekeyisking]

Duplicates:

The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Nikolai Lantsov (Grisha)
The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Nikolai Lantsov

The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Nikolai Lantsov/Alina Starkov (Grisha)
The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Nikolai Lantsov/Alina Starkov

Nikolai Lantsov/Alina Starkov (Grisha)
Nikolai Lantsov/Alina Starkov

Also Solo: Cole Stewart (TDM) is listed twice in Darkest Minds, as are all the "Solo"s in Shadows Between Us

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[keita52]

Thanks! I'll check the tagset.

[withthekeyisking]

Some more duplicates!

The Darkest Minds:
Ruby Daly/Clancy Gray (TDM), Ruby Daly/Clancy Gray (TDM)

Lorien Legacies:
John | Number Four & Adamus Sutekh (Lorien), John | Number Four & Adamus Sutekh (Lorien)
John | Number Four & Any of the Other Loriens (Lorien), John | Number Four & Any of the Other Loriens (Lorien)
John | Number Four & Naveen | Number Eight (Lorien), John | Number Four & Naveen | Number Eight (Lorien)
John | Number Four & Stanley | Number Nine (Lorien), John | Number Four & Stanley | Number Nine (Lorien)
John | Number Four/Adamus Sutekh (Lorien), John | Number Four/Adamus Sutekh (Lorien)
Maren | Number Six & John | Number Four (Lorien), Maren | Number Six & John | Number Four (Lorien)

Red Queen:
Mare Barrow/Maven Calore (Red Queen), Mare Barrow/Maven Calore (Red Queen)
Mare Barrow/Tiberias "Cal" Calore VII (Red Queen), Mare Barrow/Tiberias "Cal" Calore VII (Red Queen)
Mare Barrow/Tiberias "Cal" Calore VII/Maven Calore (Red Queen), Mare Barrow/Tiberias "Cal" Calore VII/Maven Calore (Red Queen)
Maven Calore/Tiberias "Cal" Calore VII (Red Queen), Maven Calore/Tiberias "Cal" Calore VII (Red Queen)

Shadows Between Us
Solo: Alessandra Stathos (TSBU), Solo: Alessandra Stathos (TSBU)
Solo: Kallias Maheras (TSBU), Solo: Kallias Maheras (TSBU)
Solo: Leandros Vasco (TSBU), Solo: Leandros Vasco (TSBU)

These relationships appear in The Infernal Devices fandom but none of them (other than Magnus) actually appear in the books:
Magnus Bane & Alec Lightwood & Max Lightwood-Bane & Rafael Lightwood-Bane, Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood, Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood/Jace Wayland

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[keita52]

Thanks. I deleted the duplicate associations.

The highlighted Infernal Devices relationships have been associated to that fandom by Ao3. It looks like they were nominated under the metafandom of The Shadowhunter Chronicles and for some reason also show up under The Infernal Devices. Nothing that I can do about it on my end.

[narya_flame]

I can see that The Lord of the Rings is already in the tag set; am I OK to nominate The Silmarillion separately, please?

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[keita52]

Yes, please nominate separately!

[aroberuka]

Hi mod, thank you for running this exchange!

I’m thinking about nominating characters/ships from the Songs & Swords series by Elaine Cunningham, which doesn’t have its own fandom tag on AO3 but is instead merged with the larger Forgotten Realms fandom. Since Forgotten Realms is a collection of d&d tie-in novels, written by a variety of authors and with no connection to each other except for the shared setting and occasional cameos, could I nominate Songs & Swords as a separate fandom instead?

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[keita52]

Hi, it looks like those are also tie-in novels, which makes them ineligible for the exchange- unless I'm missing something?

[aroberuka]

Ha, you know, I’m so used to thinking of them as their own thing that this didn’t occur to me even as I typed out ‘d&d tie-in novels’ -_- sorry.