Signups Belatedly Open!

[littlefics]

Signups are now open! My deepest apologies for the delay. They will remain open until October 16 (one day later) at 11:59pm Eastern time (Countdown). You can browse the requests in the app!

The tagset will remain open for nominations through the end of signups. If AO3 won't let you request a character that you know is definitely in the tagset, please comment here with the exact fandom and character(s) you were trying to request. A mod will then batch load it for you on the backend, and you will be able to request it.

• You must request 3-10 fandoms with 1-20 characters and 1-7 drabble types each. Fandoms in your requests must be unique, but may be related (e.g., three Star Wars requests would be fine, as long as it was three separate Star Wars fandoms).

• If you wish, you may request Any for drabble type. This means you are open to receiving any of the 7 drabble types in the tagset.

• If you wish, you may request Any character. This means any character in the canon (NOT just the tagset). Please do not request Any unless you really are open to receiving any character from that canon.

• If you have character DNWs, requesting Any might not be the best idea, as this could end up with a bad match with someone who had only offered that character. We will be checking for this before we send assignments, but it's possible we could miss something, which would lead to us having to re-assign your writer and send you to pinch hit. (Note that the character DNW would still be upheld in this situation.) If you are requesting Any and do not wish to receive fic about objects etc, you should DNW that as well.

• Blank signups are allowed, but prompts, likes, and a list of DNWs are strongly encouraged.

 

Offers:

• You must offer 3-10 fandoms with 1-20 characters and 1-7 drabble types each. Fandoms in your offers must be unique, but may be related (e.g., three Star Wars offers would be fine, as long as it was three separate Star Wars fandoms).

• If you wish, you may offer Any for drabble type. This means you are open to writing any of the 7 drabble types in the tagset. (Note that unless your recipient has also requested Any, you must write one of the specific drabble types they requested.)

• If you wish, you may offer Any character. This means any character in the tagset (i.e., if your recipient has requested specific characters, you must write one of them). Please do not offer Any unless you really are open to writing any character in the tagset for that fandom (including any last-minute additions to the tagset).

 

Do Not Wants:

• Only reasonable DNWs in your AO3 signup will be enforced.

• A reasonable DNW is a DNW that is clear and does not attempt to box your writer into writing just one thing.

Other:

• Some tags may not appear in the drop-down menu, but can still be used by copy-pasting from the tagset itself. This is a known AO3 bug.

 

• If you encounter any issues while signing up, please let us know ASAP, as AO3 bugs can sometimes hit exchanges. (We are aware of the character tag issue; please see the note at the top of this post!)

• If you need to let us know something about your signup (such as not wanting to be assigned to a specific other participant), please contact us via email (seasonsofdrabbles AT gmail) or the mod contact post.

Comments

[tildytwo]

I'm getting an error message ("These character tags in your request are not in the selected fandom(s), Red Dead Redemption (Video Games): Sadie Adler (Red Dead Redemption), Hosea Matthews (Red Dead Redemption) (Your moderator may be able to fix this.)"

I've tried copying and pasting directly from the tag set multiple times. Any suggestions on what to do now?

[littlefics]

Unfortunately, AO3 has a caching issue that can lead to that error message. Thank you for telling us the exact fandom and characters—we can fix it on the back-end, using batch loading. You should be able to sign up for those tags now!

[tildytwo]

That helped. Thank you!

[gybie]

Hello! I’m having a little trouble with two tags today.

Fandom: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
Character: Welt Yang (Honkai: Star Rail)

Fandom: World of Warcraft
Character: Illidan Stormrage (Warcraft)

Thank you for all your hard work!!

[littlefics]

You should be able to request them! If you still see the error, "These character tags in your request are not in the selected fandom(s)", please let us know. If they are simply not appearing in the drop-down menu, you will need to copy-paste them from the tagset itself. (This is a known AO3 bug.)

[gybie]

Thank you so much!

[peasina]

Hi, I'm having trouble with the following characters not going through:

Our Flag Means Death (TV)
Lucius Spriggs (Our Flag Means Death)

Monty Python's Flying Circus
Sir Robert Eversley (Monty Python)

Thanks for your help!

[littlefics]

Should be fixed, thank you!

[celamity]

Yoshimo (Baldur's Gate) and Khalid (Baldur's Gate) and Garrick (Baldur's Gate) need to be batch loaded in the Baldur's Gate fandom.

[littlefics]

Done! Thank you.

[stellarcadia]

Hey, I don't know if this is something you can do anything about now since signups are open, but both of the Good Omens fandoms have a tag with two different characters in it:

Lesley | International Express Man Ligur (Good Omens - Gaiman & Pratchett)
Lesley | International Express Man Ligur (Good Omens TV)

These should be "Lesley | International Express Man" and "Ligur" (with appropriate disambigs).

[littlefics]

Thank you, fixed!

[twist_eris]

Hello! I'm getting the error message "These character tags in your request are not in the selected fandom(s)" for the following characters:

Bleach (Anime & Manga): Kurosaki Ichigo (Bleach), Zaraki Kenpachi (Bleach)
Naruto: Rock Lee (Naruto)

Thank you for the hard work!

[littlefics]

Fixed!

[aroberuka]

Hi mod! I couldn't add the following character to my sign up, even when copy-pasting directly from the tagset:

Fandom: The Radiant Emperor Series - Shelley Parker-Chan
Character: Ma Xiuying (The Radiant Emperor Series)

[littlefics]

Should work now!

[aroberuka]

Yup, thank you!

[claire_cz]

Hello, AO3 doesn't let me request a character who is in the tagset, could you please load it?
It's: SEAL Team (TV) - Sonny Quinn (SEAL Team TV)
Thank you :)

[littlefics]

Thanks, should work now!

[narie]

Hi hi! I'm trying to request 安乐传 | Legend of Anle (TV) as a new fandom in the tag set, as well as a bunch of characters within it (Han Ye, Anning, and Di Cheng'en), but it tells me that I am not allowed, because: "These fandom tags in your request are not allowed in this challenge: 安乐传 | Legend of Anle (TV)"

[littlefics]

It looks like that fandom and those characters are not yet in the tagset. In order to request those tags, please nominate it and other characters you're interested in in the tagset: https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/13351/nominations/new Hope that helps!

[narie]

Omg I feel like such a dummy - I remembered nominations are open all the way through sign ups, but I forgot they're separate forms anyhow! Have submitted the nominations now.

[ishipallthings]

Hi!

I'm trying to request Robin Loxleigh (The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting) under the fandom The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting - K. J. Charles - it's in the tagset but AO3 won't let me select it. Thanks!

[littlefics]

Thanks for letting us know, it should work now!

[ishipallthings]

Thanks for helping me out with the KJ Charles tag - do you mind batch-loading "Matt Murdock (daredevil tv)" for me as well? Thank you again!

[littlefics]

Done!