Medium Nomination Post

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Medium Nomination Post

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• Tagset
• Medium Rulesets

Nominating

Nomination is how you add things to the tagset! Mediums aren't matchable via Ao3, but participants can opt into mediums other than fanfiction. If you're someone who wishes to match on one of those mediums as a creator you'll be able to email us (ficinaboxmod@gmail.com) or contact us here on DW.

This post is where you should nominate any mediums you want added to the tagset!

If you're nominating a medium where the equivalent needs to be discussed you should only nominate if you are someone who intends to create the medium within the exchange. If it's a new length opt-in, another form of something already in the tagset, or something that fits easily into the Rulesets anyone can nominate.

When nominating a medium, please include the following categories:

Medium: Ruleset(s): What is it: Other Info:

You may also nominate a medium with Unique Rules instead of a ruleset. In the interest of avoiding rules creep, new Unique Rules mediums should only be mediums that absolutely cannot fit into a ruleset and which have multiple people interested in creating them, or which can either be added to an existing set of Unique Rules or added as a variation to that section (for example, Murdle is substantially similar to Logic Puzzles with possibly the need for a + wordcount variation to account for the story section)

Changes Since Last Year

• The video ruleset now counts 30 seconds as equivalent to 1k
• Photos of an item made according to instructions now count towards wordcount in instructions
• Unreliable Narrator was removed as a medium

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Medium: Bredlik
Ruleset(s): Poetry
What is it: a poem in the style of "i lik the bred". They are 8 lines long, use an ABCB rhyme scheme and (roughly) iambic tetrameter, are typically from the perspective of an animal, and feature humorous misspellings.
knowyourmeme link for the original bredlik: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-lik-the-bred
and link to a series of bredliks inspired by beowulf: https://sunderlorn.tumblr.com/post/159866188030

Other Info: since the poetry minimum is 15 lines for most styles, I think it would be appropriate to make the 1k equivalent 2 bredliks.

[blurble]

Medium: TTRPG rules
Ruleset(s): Instructions, possibly also writing for flavor text and art for any illustrations
What is it: a set of instructions for how to play a themed tabletop rpg, usually with character archetypes, a conflict resolution mechanism (dice rolls, card draws...), And some scenarios for the game premise, like "You're a bunch of bears, trying to steal honey".
Other Info:
Here's a bunch of examples of one page ttrpgs: https://gamerant.com/best-one-page-tabletop-rpgs/ (which, imo, should be the minimum for this).

[c_art]

Medium: typeset of a fanfiction, typeset of a recipient's fanfiction
Ruleset(s): probably Unique Rules
What is it: deisgning a loyout of a pre-existing fic to make it look like a real book. An ebook or a file easy to print and bind by hand as a book or booklet. May include creating custom chapter headers, scene dividers, cover art, illustrations etc.
Other Info: examples: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RTtpskak3f56KrDdFR9X78yKYlOmZnZu/view, something similar to the inside of any book here, but as a digital file https://www.fanficbookbinding.com/books

[(Anonymous)]

Medium: Sheet Music - Arrangement Of Music From Canon
Ruleset(s): Unique Rules
What is it: Sheet music that arranges music (either diegetic or non-diegetic) that appeared in canon. Like TV show openings, video game soundtracks, OSTs, original songs from canons, or other. This is similar to but differs from the Audio category because it is not audio, but scored music on the page. The instrument that the music is arranged for would be up to the creator.
Other Info: For equivalencies, transcription of 20 seconds of music, same as audio? Easy to measure when working from a source.

A performance of the sheet music would be extra effort from the creator, so I'm debating whether to also submit an additional medium that would be Audio - Performance Of Canon Music/Arrangement of Canon Music?

[zabbers]

Medium: In-Universe Memoir

Ruleset(s): Writing

What is it: A character's autobiography or account of an event, could include personal essays

Other Info: I'm probably going to give Dukat from DS9 a chance to talk about himself, uninterrupted.

[(Anonymous)]

Medium: Art - Point - Pixel Art
Ruleset(s): Art
What is it: Pixel art is a type of digital art in which the pixels that make up the image are distinctly visible, created by the intentional and precise placement of individual pixels. It often has a low color count.
Other Info: None

[(Anonymous)]

Curious as to why Unreliable Narrator has been removed, when other style noms like Rashomon-Style Narrative and Non-Linear Narrative remain in the tagset?

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Tropes vs Structures. Both Rashomon and Non-linear are narrative structures that can be quickly and objectively identified as filling the medium without needing to know anything about the canon. Unreliable narrator is a trope that can be presented a broad variety of ways, doesn't require any changes to the medium it's within, and would require familiarity with the canon to confirm the presence of.

[kryptontease]

Medium: Murdle
Ruleset(s): Unique Rules, variation of Logic Puzzles
What is it: a specific type of Logic Puzzle where you solve a murder.
Other Info:
+ Murdles involve suspects, weapons, locations (and sometimes motives), and you solve the murder from a set of clues (and sometimes, additionally, hints).
+ Murdles have a minimum of 3 categories, and a maximum of 4 categories.
+ Murdles can include a variable numbers of suspects, weapons, locations, and motives (when they're included). Minimum of 3 items per category.
+ Murdles sometimes include mini-puzzles, like decoding a message, or matching a fingerprint.
+ Murdles usually include a story-related intro and conclusion.

You can see examples of murdles here.

[fayharley]

Medium: TTRPG Supplement
Ruleset(s): Writing
What is it: Material for use within an already established table top system. For example, stat blocks and attack info for a new variety of enemies, subclass description and leveling information, or invention of new magical objects or spells.
Other Info: There's many examples of this for D&D over in the subreddit UnearthedArcana

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

This is being added to the tagset as "Medium Opt In: Poetry - Bredlik", and to the poetry ruleset as 2 Bredliks = 1k !

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

I've added it to the tagset as "Medium Opt In: Instructions - TTRPG rules"! The Instructions ruleset should cover additional credit for illustrations and writing over 1k including flavor text!

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Added as "Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Memoir"!

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Added as "Medium Opt In: Art - Point - Pixel Art"!

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

I've added it as "Medium Opt In: Writing - TTRPG Supplement"!

Just to make sure, is this a medium that would be limited to fandoms that have existing TTRPGs or would it still work if someone requested it for a fandom that doesn't have any TTRPG campaigns? (I don't think this'll be a big problem because a ton of fandoms have table top systems or "reskins", definitely more than enough for it to be a valid tag, just wanting to get an idea of how to answer the question if someone requests the tag for a fandom that doesn't have one)

[fayharley]

I think it should be open to all fandoms. I've seen good adaptations for example, of Horizon Zero Dawn enemies made for D&D campaigns. I was assuming most people would want to adapt their fandom for D&D and Pathfinder but there's plenty of options.

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Awesome! Thank you for the answer (Also with a rtmi fandom haha I need to go check that out)

[(Anonymous)]

Medium: Aesthetic Moodboard
Ruleset(s): Art
What is it: A collection of artfully arranged images related to a theme, character, ship, or fandom. They often have a panel format, though not always.
Other Info: Perhaps an equivalent of 1k could be 2 x 500x500px (min) boards?

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Is this medium intended to be a drawing of a moodboard, or to be a moodboard more like what you'd see on tumblr with arranged pictures?

The former (drawing of a moodboard) will be allowed, though we should pick a tag that makes it clear it must be a drawing and cannot be pre-existing pictures! It'll go by the comic panel rules in the art ruleset.

The latter (actual moodboard) will not be allowed since I'd like to avoid most mediums that involve manips, photos, or screenshots as the main content of the medium.

[(Anonymous)]

Medium: Cross Stitch Pattern
Ruleset(s): Unique Rules
What is it: Originally designed and illustrated pattern for creating a cross stitch work.
Other Info: Following the same pattern as the Knitting and Crochet Charts, with 200 squares = 1k words

[(Anonymous)]

Hi! Has the entire batch of media freeforms from the last year been imported in this year tagset, or I'm supposed to re-nominate the freeforms I'd like to request and offer?

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

The entire batch from last year was imported (Except for the Unreliable Narrator tag listed above). If any are missing please let me know!

[(Anonymous)]

That's wonderful! \o/ I'll check, just in case AO3 decided to glitch and left some tags out, but I'm relieved that I don't need to nominate all of them again.

[(Anonymous)]

Medium: Spreadsheets
Ruleset(s): Interactive Fiction not hosted on AO3
What is it: In-universe spreadsheets. A character's sex toy budget? A small business expenses & profits? A mad scientist' tracking of his experiments?
Other Info: -

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

I've added this as "Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Cross Stitch Pattern"!