Nominations post - Round 4

[worldbuildingmod]

Nominations are now open here. Full nominations information is available in this section of this round's rules post; this post is intended to summarise the most important points, particularly where there are differences from what is typical in most other exchanges.

You can nominate up to five fandoms, with seven character slots and five "worldbuilding" slots (using the AO3 relationship fields) for each.

Fandom names used should make it clear what the scope of the source material intended is. This may mean using AO3 non-canonicals. It is OK in this exchange for nominated fandoms to overlap in whole or in part (e.g. "Star Wars - Movies Only", "Star Wars - Legends", "Star Wars - New EU" would have some elements in common and others not). Crossovers are OK if and only if the crossover happened in canon; in this case, nominate under both fandoms, divided by a / (e.g. "How To Get Away With Murder/Scandal").

Please do:

• disambiguate all tags with the name of the fandom (please ignore the instructions on the nomination page itself to choose AO3 canonicals - these only occasionally have the disambiguations; unfortunately, this is standard AO3 text that I can't override)
  
• nominate the two "default" character tags used in the exchange -- "Original Character(s) (name of fandom)" and "Any or No Characters (name of fandom)" -- in each fandom you nominate
  
• preface all worldbuilding tags with "WB: "
  
• double check that your character tags are in character fields and your worldbuilding tags are in relationship fields (on the approval interface, I have no way to see which tags were nominated as which)
  
• be patient while waiting for your tags to be approved*

Please don't:

• nominate actual relationships (e.g. A/B, C&D) in the Relationship fields
  
• nominate RPF, or worldbuilding tags for close-to-real-world canons that would similarly constitute solely RL research with no use of creativity to answer the questions
  
• nominate AU ideas, unless the AU in question appears within the canon
  
• nominate fandoms without at least one worldbuilding tag

This post doubles as an evidence post and a brainstorming post. Feel free to comment here to provide extra information you think may help me deal with your nominations, or to discuss with other fans how best to organise your shared fandoms.

I will post clarifications posts regularly during the tag set sorting period; please keep an eye on the comm to see if any of your tags appear with issues or queries.

*Please note that I will be changing how I approach the tag set behind the scenes (in particular, I am trying to build the spreadsheet as I go), which means that it is likely there will be a slightly longer wait for your tags to be approved compared to previous years.

Nominations will close at 1655 UTC on Wednesday 15th January (countdown).

Comments

Amalgam & Warp World

[sirvalkyrie]

I have the same question for both of these worlds. Amalgam is a world that merged DC and Marvel into one. Warp World is one where the population is halved by having half the population merged with the other half.

Can I nominate theoretical characters where we don't know who the character was merged with? Either with the other half being specified in the nomination or up to the writer?

For Amalgam specifically, can I nominate theoretical merged events from Marvel and DC?

Re: Amalgam & Warp World

[worldbuildingmod]

Can I nominate theoretical characters where we don't know who the character was merged with? Either with the other half being specified in the nomination or up to the writer?

I think these would be very much in line with other Specific Original Character noms we've had in the past, so that's fine, as long as they're phrased clearly.

For Amalgam specifically, can I nominate theoretical merged events from Marvel and DC?

Are you thinking of things like (as an example) an Amalgam take on the Secret Wars/Convergence planet-made-of-different-bits-of-continuity thing? I don't see why not (as worldbuilding tags), again as long as the tags are sufficiently clear that someone could make an informed decision about whether to request or offer them.

Re: Amalgam & Warp World

[sirvalkyrie]

Got it! I asked about this last year and you gave permission then as well, but I wouldn't expect you to remember every question you were asked last year. Thank you for permission again!

Re: Amalgam & Warp World

[worldbuildingmod]

I had a feeling this had come up before; to be honest, you don't need to ask repeatedly -- the AO3 interface makes it clear if you're nominating tags that have been used before (if they're non-canonical but already exist within a tag set somewhere, they come up on a grey background), so they're among the easiest fandoms to approve.