Seasons of Drabbles

Signups have just opened, and nominations are still ongoing!

We have two three nominations queries at this time. If you were one of the nominators of these tags, we would appreciate you helping us with clarifications:

• Little Shop of Horrors - Menken/Ashman: The tag "Chantel (Little Shop of Horrors)" was nominated, but we are having trouble confirming that this character exists. Could the nominator share information on where they appear in the canon?
• Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! | Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!: The tag "Sheriff Dekastop (Eizouken)" was nominated, but we are having trouble confirming that this character exists. Could the nominator share information on where they appear in the canon?
• Heartbeat (UK TV): The tag "Cup of Tea (Object and Concept Anthropomorphism)" was nominated, but we wanted to double-check if this is indeed a nomination for a cup of tea that appears in Heartbeat—in which case it should be disambiguated with the proper fandom—or if it was an error.

Thank you!

Hi everyone, please note that there's just ~24 hours left to sign up (and nominate) for the current round!

As usual, right after signups close, we will have a 12-hour grace period during which you can ask us to add any tags to your signup.

Nominations are now open for the fall 2024 round of Seasons of Drabbles!  Nominations will remain open until signups close on Monday, October 28.

New Nominations Rule: Going forward, broad writer's-choice character nominations (e.g., "Creator's Choice of Demon" or "Any Star Trek Captain") will not be approved. This is because it requires the mods to have fandom-specific knowledge when checking that gifts are for a requested character during approvals. Instead, please nominate specific characters.

For example, we would not approve "Creator's Choice of Jedi" under Star Wars because it'd require extra work from the mods to look up which individual characters in a gift are Jedi or not. Instead, we'd ask you to nominate specific Jedi characters.

The only fandoms where such broad nominations are permitted are the "Creator's Choice" fandoms, since by their nature, character nominations cannot be specific.

Important Reminders

• Please check first whether the character or fandom you're nominating is already in the tagset! This tagset is to be reused for all rounds in 2024.

• All character nominations should be disambiguated, for example: Steve Rogers (Captain America (Movies)). Not doing this slows the approval process significantly, so please disambiguate! Characters may be nominated in any/every fandom in which they appear.

• You may nominate up to 10 fandoms with up to 10 characters each.

• With some exceptions, both umbrella fandoms and sub-fandoms are allowed. For instance, you may nominate under Marvel Cinematic Universe or Star Wars - All Media Types. You may also nominate under sub-fandoms such as Thor (Movies) or Star Wars Original Trilogy. (Please remember that if you request Any for an umbrella fandom, you will be requesting any character who appears in any of the fandoms below the umbrella - NOT just characters in the tagset. So if you plan to request Any, you may want to request under a specific sub-fandom rather than the umbrella.) Please check the fandom notes section for exceptions prior to nominating!

• RPF is allowed. Nominated RPF characters must be famous in their own right, and must be 18+ for modern RPF.

• Crossovers are allowed. Crossover fandoms should be nominated as Fandom A/Fandom B. Character nominations for crossovers should be nominated as Character's Name (Fandom A/Fandom B). For example, if nominating Luke Skywalker for a Narnia/Star Wars crossover, the fandom would be nominated as Chronicles of Narnia/Star Wars, while the character would be nominated as Luke Skywalker (Narnia/Star Wars).

• Recursive fandoms are allowed. The required format is Recursive: Fic/Series title - Creator. Recursive fandoms may be nominated under two circumstances: 1. the creator has posted a blanket permission statement, 2. you are the creator. In either case, please contact us when nominating so that we have the pertinent permissions. Characters nominated under recursive fandoms should be disambiguated with the title of the recursive fandom.

• Since we will be re-using the tagset all year, recursive fandoms will be removed on an as-needed basis between rounds (only if a blanket permission statement comes down, or the creator asks for it to be removed).

• Original Works are allowed. When nominating characters, please disambiguate with (Original Work). If an original character's gender is important to you, please specify it in your nomination.

• Original characters may also be nominated in existing fandoms. When nominating an original character within an existing fandom, please disambiguate with the name of the fandom. If an original character's gender is important to you, please specify it in your nomination.

• Objects/concepts/etc may be nominated in the character slot for any canon in which they appear. For Original Works, you can make some up if you would like.

Thank you to all who have nominated and signed up so far! We have a couple more nominations queries.

• We generally don't accept character nominations of the form "Any [description that applies to multiple characters]" or "Creator's Choice of [description that applies to multiple characters]", as we would be unable to verify that a gift contains this character without being familiar with the canon. If you made a nomination of this form, please feel free to change it to a more specific character!

• Gokaiger/Zenkaiger: Could the nominator specify which parts of the Super Sentai series this is meant to encompass?

Nominations are now open for the summer 2024 round of Seasons of Drabbles!  Nominations will remain open until signups close on Sunday, June 30.

Important Reminders

• Please check first whether the character or fandom you're nominating is already in the tagset! This tagset is to be reused for all rounds in 2024.

• All character nominations should be disambiguated, for example: Steve Rogers (Captain America (Movies)). Not doing this slows the approval process significantly, so please disambiguate! Characters may be nominated in any/every fandom in which they appear.

• You may nominate up to 10 fandoms with up to 10 characters each.

• With some exceptions, both umbrella fandoms and sub-fandoms are allowed. For instance, you may nominate under Marvel Cinematic Universe or Star Wars - All Media Types. You may also nominate under sub-fandoms such as Thor (Movies) or Star Wars Original Trilogy. (Please remember that if you request Any for an umbrella fandom, you will be requesting any character who appears in any of the fandoms below the umbrella - NOT just characters in the tagset. So if you plan to request Any, you may want to request under a specific sub-fandom rather than the umbrella.) Please check the fandom notes section for exceptions prior to nominating!

• RPF is allowed. Nominated RPF characters must be famous in their own right, and must be 18+ for modern RPF.

• Crossovers are allowed. Crossover fandoms should be nominated as Fandom A/Fandom B. Character nominations for crossovers should be nominated as Character's Name (Fandom A/Fandom B). For example, if nominating Luke Skywalker for a Narnia/Star Wars crossover, the fandom would be nominated as Chronicles of Narnia/Star Wars, while the character would be nominated as Luke Skywalker (Narnia/Star Wars).

• Recursive fandoms are allowed. The required format is Recursive: Fic/Series title - Creator. Recursive fandoms may be nominated under two circumstances: 1. the creator has posted a blanket permission statement, 2. you are the creator. In either case, please contact us when nominating so that we have the pertinent permissions. Characters nominated under recursive fandoms should be disambiguated with the title of the recursive fandom.

• Since we will be re-using the tagset all year, recursive fandoms will be removed on an as-needed basis between rounds (only if a blanket permission statement comes down, or the creator asks for it to be removed).

• Original Works are allowed. When nominating characters, please disambiguate with (Original Work). If an original character's gender is important to you, please specify it in your nomination.

• Original characters may also be nominated in existing fandoms. When nominating an original character within an existing fandom, please disambiguate with the name of the fandom. If an original character's gender is important to you, please specify it in your nomination.

• Objects/concepts/etc may be nominated in the character slot for any canon in which they appear. For Original Works, you can make some up if you would like.

Hi everyone, we have one last nominations query in addition to the previous ones—"Jacob Ferris (SVH)" was nominated under Sweet Valley High - Francine Pascal, but we're having trouble verifying that this is a character that exists. Could we get more information on where they appear?

Hi everyone, we have a couple more questions about nominations as well as some remaining ones. Thank you for your help!

• Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  • Golden Deer Students (FE3H): We generally don't allow groups unless they only exist as a group/it's impossible to nominate the members individually. Please be more specific in your nomination.
• Guild Wars 2 (Video Game)
  • Any Charr Character (GW2), Any Hylek Character (GW2), Any Jotun/Giant Character (GW2), Any Ogre Character (GW2): Please be more specific in your nomination.
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  • Lawr: This seems like a typo, but we want to make sure before rejecting.
• Object and Concept Anthropomorphism
  • Peacock (Object and Concept Anthropomorphism): We wouldn't categorize living animals under Object and Concept anthropomorphism; would you be interested in nominating under Original Works instead?
• Saiyuki Ibun
  • The three current sanzos (Saiyuki Ibun): We generally don't allow groups unless they only exist as a group/it's impossible to nominate the members individually. Please be more specific in your nomination.

Nominations are now open for the Winter 2023/2024 round of Seasons of Drabbles! We've started with a new tagset since the old one was getting unwieldy to use on the mod-end, and it's a new year!

• The tagset is here. Nominations will remain open until signups close on Sunday, January 14.

• You may nominate up to 10 fandoms with up to 10 characters each.

• All character nominations should be disambiguated, for example: Steve Rogers (Captain America (Movies)). Not doing this slows the approval process significantly, so please disambiguate! Characters may be nominated in any/every fandom in which they appear.

• The tagset will be re-used through the end of 2024. Nominations will be wiped ahead of each new round to allow you to nominate new fandoms/characters for that round.

• With some exceptions, both umbrella fandoms and sub-fandoms are allowed. For instance, you may nominate under Marvel Cinematic Universe or Star Wars - All Media Types. You may also nominate under sub-fandoms such as Thor (Movies) or Star Wars Original Trilogy. (Please remember that if you request Any for an umbrella fandom, you will be requesting any character who appears in any of the fandoms below the umbrella - NOT just characters in the tagset. So if you plan to request Any, you may want to request under a specific sub-fandom rather than the umbrella.) Please check the fandom notes section for exceptions prior to nominating!

• RPF is allowed. Nominated RPF characters must be famous in their own right, and must be 18+ for modern RPF.

• Crossovers are allowed. Crossover fandoms should be nominated as Fandom A/Fandom B. Character nominations for crossovers should be nominated as Character's Name (Fandom A/Fandom B). For example, if nominating Luke Skywalker for a Narnia/Star Wars crossover, the fandom would be nominated as Chronicles of Narnia/Star Wars, while the character would be nominated as Luke Skywalker (Narnia/Star Wars).

• Recursive fandoms are allowed. The required format is Recursive: Fic/Series title - Creator. Recursive fandoms may be nominated under two circumstances: 1. the creator has posted a blanket permission statement, 2. you are the creator. In either case, please contact us when nominating so that we have the pertinent permissions. Characters nominated under recursive fandoms should be disambiguated with the title of the recursive fandom.

• Since we will be re-using the tagset all year, recursive fandoms will be removed on an as-needed basis between rounds (only if a blanket permission statement comes down, or the creator asks for it to be removed).

• Original Works are allowed. When nominating characters, please disambiguate with (Original Work). If an original character's gender is important to you, please specify it in your nomination.

• Original characters may also be nominated in existing fandoms. When nominating an original character within an existing fandom, please disambiguate with the name of the fandom. If an original character's gender is important to you, please specify it in your nomination.

• Objects/concepts/etc may be nominated in the character slot for any canon in which they appear. For Original Works, you can make some up if you would like.

Thank you, everyone, for the amazing nominations so far! Below are a couple reminders/announcements:

• We've had to reject a number of nominations so far, mostly for being duplicates. If you are confused as to why your nominations were rejected, please don't hesitate to reach out to us (mod contact post here; email: seasonsofdrabbles@gmail.com).

• Remember that all character nominations should be disambiguated.

• Signups open July 9, so start thinking about what you'd like to offer/request!

Nominations are now open for the Spring 2023 round of Seasons of Drabbles!

• The tagset is here. Nominations will remain open until signups close on May 7.

• You may nominate up to 10 fandoms with up to 10 characters each.

• All character nominations should be disambiguated, for example: Steve Rogers (Captain America (Movies)). Not doing this slows the approval process significantly, so please disambiguate! Characters may be nominated in any/every fandom in which they appear.

• The tagset will be re-used through the end of 2023. Nominations will be wiped ahead of each new round to allow you to nominate new fandoms/characters for that round.

• With some exceptions, both umbrella fandoms and sub-fandoms are allowed. For instance, you may nominate under Marvel Cinematic Universe or Star Wars - All Media Types. You may also nominate under sub-fandoms such as Thor (Movies) or Star Wars Original Trilogy. (Please remember that if you request Any for an umbrella fandom, you will be requesting any character who appears in any of the fandoms below the umbrella - NOT just characters in the tagset. So if you plan to request Any, you may want to request under a specific sub-fandom rather than the umbrella.) Please check the fandom notes section for exceptions prior to nominating!

• RPF is allowed. Nominated RPF characters must be famous in their own right, and must be 18+ for modern RPF.

• Crossovers are allowed. Crossover fandoms should be nominated as Fandom A/Fandom B. Character nominations for crossovers should be nominated as Character's Name (Fandom A/Fandom B). For example, if nominating Luke Skywalker for a Narnia/Star Wars crossover, the fandom would be nominated as Chronicles of Narnia/Star Wars, while the character would be nominated as Luke Skywalker (Narnia/Star Wars).

• Recursive fandoms are allowed. The required format is Recursive: Fic/Series title - Creator. Recursive fandoms may be nominated under two circumstances: 1. the creator has posted a blanket permission statement, 2. you are the creator. In either case, please contact us when nominating so that we have the pertinent permissions. Characters nominated under recursive fandoms should be disambiguated with the title of the recursive fandom.

• Since we will be re-using the tagset all year, recursive fandoms will be removed on an as-needed basis between rounds (only if a blanket permission statement comes down, or the creator asks for it to be removed).

• Original Works are allowed. When nominating characters, please disambiguate with (Original Work). If an original character's gender is important to you, please specify it in your nomination.

• Original characters may also be nominated in existing fandoms. When nominating an original character within an existing fandom, please disambiguate with the name of the fandom. If an original character's gender is important to you, please specify it in your nomination.

• Objects/concepts/etc may be nominated in the character slot for any canon in which they appear. For Original Works, you can make some up if you would like.

Fandom notes:

• For BNHA nominations, please nominate under the new tag "僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)"—the old fandom tag without the "Anime & Manga" bit has been removed and the characters nominated under both have been merged.

• Do not nominate The Avengers (Marvel Movies). Any MCU character who appears only in The Avengers movies should be nominated under Marvel Cinematic Universe.

• For Disney's What If...?, characters should include the season/episode number in the disambiguation. E.g. if nominating Peggy from the first episode of s1, the character tag should be Peggy Carter (What If s1e1). Characters may be nominated for any episode in which that specific version of the character appeared.

• There may be other special cases we are currently unaware of. If your fandom requires unique consideration, please reply to this post to let us know. Additionally, please keep an eye on the Dreamwidth community, as we are likely to post clarification requests as nominations come in.