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While this is primarily a fic focused exchange, there will be opt-ins for pretty much any medium, as long as we can agree on a clear and easily checked equivalent to 1k of written fic!

You should also keep in mind when filling mediums that your fic *must* fulfill one of your recipients fandom/relationship requests. I will add Solo: Worldbuilding to any fandom that you need it in throughout signups. Otherwise if you match to Character A/Character B, then your fill must be something shippy for those characters. For very technical fills like schematics, I would suggest using marginalia or other notes.

This post contains the requirements for each medium, sorted by the overall type. Some mediums are in multiple categories. To make it easier to navigate, everything is separated by cut tags, so I would suggest reading it from the tag link (click here).

There is also a spreadsheet (click here) which has a lot of other more specific filters for you to use! To use the filters (the upside down triangles), just File --> Make a Copy. There's also an HTML table version of the spreadsheet here (click here).

You may request "Medium Opt-In: Any Nominated Opt-In", "Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Opt-In", or "Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Fanfiction Opt-In", but make sure that you mean it if you do!

Note that if any art is done in a physical medium, it should be on unlined paper except in cases where it would make sense (journals, lists, ect) to be on lined paper.

Lower length Opt-ins:

  • Drabble
  • Double Drabble
  • Triple Drabble
  • Drabble Series
  • 300 minimum words per fic
  • 420 words exactly
  • 500 minimum words per fic
  • 666 words exactly
  • 750 minimum words per fic
  • 777 words exactly
  • 999 words exactly
  • One Poem Minimum of Any Requested Style of Poetry
  • One Poem Minimum of Any Nominated Style of Poetry



Written Opt-Ins

  • /r/IAmA AMA (Post + Questions + Replies): 1k written
  • /r/legaladvice Post: 1k written
  • /r/relationships Post: 1k written
  • Action Figure Packaging Bio: 1k written
  • Advice Column: 1k written
  • Album Liner Notes: 1k written
  • Any In-Universe Documents: 1k written
  • Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting: 1k written
  • Any Type of Essay: 1k written
  • AO3 Based Fanfic Exchange: Wordcount for everything written and I'll also need the password to fake exchange account so it can be revealed at the same time if anything was actually posted to it.
  • Bestiary: 1k written
  • Bestiary: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • Board Game: A new game with rules and instructions is worth 2k
  • Bureaucratic Paperwork: 1k written
  • Card Game: A new game with rules and instructions is worth 2k
  • Character Analysis: 1k written
  • Character Study: 1k written
  • Chatroom: 1k written
  • Cocktail Recipes: 1k Written
  • Cocktail Recipes: 2 Recipes under 1k
  • Cocktail Recipes: 1 Recipe + an image
  • Commentary track: 1k transcript
  • Commentary Track - MST3K Style: 1k transcript
  • Conspiracy Board: Boards with detailed parts: The Conspiracy Board itself will count for 1k (to account for arranging it and any text snippets/smaller contained works that aren't enough to count on their own). Any parts that have a determined equivalent (such as articles, drawings, schematics, ect) will count for that work's equivalent as long as they were posted in detail on the work.
  • Creator's Choice of 3+ In-Universe Mediums Per Work: 1k written or follows the rules of that work (note, you *must* include 3 mediums in a single work for this one)
  • Creator's Choice of 3+ In-Universe Mediums Per Work That Fit The Canon Setting: 1k written or follows the rules of that work (note, you *must* include 3 mediums in a single work for this one)
  • Creepypasta: 1k written
  • Diary Entry: 1k written
  • Epistolary: 1k written
  • Excerpts from a Character's Journal/Notebook/Sketchbook: 1k written or 1 sketchbook page
  • Fandom Primer: 1k written
  • fate/Stay Night (visual novel) style Heroic Spirit status screen: 2k equivalent for a full set of four pages including full illustrations with the template and 3k equivalent without a template
  • Game Walkthrough: 1k written
  • Grammar Sketch: 1k written
  • Highly Upvoted/Guilded Reddit Comment And The Comment's Context: 1k written
  • Horoscope: 1k written
  • In-Universe Academic Publication: 1k written
  • In-Universe Academic Publication: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • In-Universe Book or Movie Review: 1k written
  • In-Universe Complaint Form: 1k written
  • In-Universe Essay: 1k written
  • In-Universe Fanfic prompt list: 1k written
  • In-Universe Interview: 1k written (Audio interviews need transcripts)
  • In-Universe Magazine Article: 1k written
  • In-Universe Magazine Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • In-Universe Magazine Spread: Large illustrations and articles get treated as 1k + wordcount
  • In-Universe Magazine Spread: Tiny images and articles or only text gets treated as wordcount with a 1k minimum
  • In-Universe Newspaper Article: 1k written
  • In-Universe Newspaper Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • In-Universe Newspaper Front Page: Large illustrations and articles get treated as 1k + wordcount
  • In-Universe Newspaper Front Page: Tiny images and articles or only text gets treated as wordcount with a 1k minimum
  • In-Universe Personal Documents: 1k written
  • In-Universe Psychological Evaluation Report: 1k written
  • In-Universe Religious Text: 1k written
  • In-Universe RPF: Follow the rules of the type of work + wordcount of included notes
  • In-Universe Scientific Documents: 1k written
  • In-Universe Screenplay: 1k written
  • In-Universe Social Media: Written only: 10 posts, unless total wordcount (post and replies/comments) is over 1k then it counts for wordcount
  • In-Universe Social Media: Combinations: Art rules + wordcount for detailed art with a large amount of writing. One of the above rules for anything else.
  • In-Universe Tabloid Article: 1k written
  • In-Universe Tabloid Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • In-Universe Technical Code or Design Specifications: 1k written
  • In-Universe Textbook: 1k written
  • In-Universe Transcript of Podcast or Radio Show: 1k written (note, this cannot be an existing audio)
  • Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure: 1k written
  • Interactive Fiction - Twine: 1k written, if complicated coding is used (such as remembering past decisions in a branching and combining storyline) the author can self report for +500. Story must be in a playable format.
  • Legal Documents: 1k written
  • List of things (character) is not allowed to do: 1k written
  • Localization Notes: 1k written
  • Logic Grid Puzzle: A solvable puzzle with grid provided with 3 categories is worth 2k. Each additional category adds 1k up to a maximum of 5k. Category size must be at least 4
  • Map (Drawn or CC-Licensed Image) + Annotations Or Other Notes Related To The Map: Annotations 1k written. If using a CC image, you must link it and it does not count towards your minimum. If you draw a map, the map itself is worth 2k.
  • Meta: 1k written
  • Mission Report: 1k written
  • MSDS For In-Universe Substances: One complete MSDS or 1k written
  • Official Workplace Documentation: 1k written
  • Product Description: 1k written
  • Product Description: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • r/AmITheAsshole Post: 1k written
  • r/LegalAdvice Post: 1k written
  • r/Relationships Post: 1k written
  • Rashomon (1950)-style Conflicting Narratives: 1k written
  • Recipe book: 1k Written
  • Recipe book: 2 Recipes under 1k
  • Recipe book: 1 Recipe + an image
  • Recursive Fic of Any of the Recip's Gifts In This Fandom (W/ Permission From Author!): 1k written
  • Recursive Fic of Any of the Recip's Works In This Fandom: 1k written
  • Reddit Post (Any Subreddit): 1k written
  • Remix - Fic Remix of my Art: 1k written
  • Remix - Fic Remix of my Fic: 1k written
  • Screenplay: 1k written
  • Script: 1k written
  • Ship Manifesto: 1k written (note: this use of ship refers to a relationship.)
  • Shopping list: 5 lists, or one large formatted/drawn list with additional notes.
  • Spell or Ritual Instructions: 1k Written
  • Spell or Ritual Instructions: 2 Spells under 1k
  • Spell or Ritual Instructions: 1 Spell + an image
  • Tabletop Campaign: one complete short-form hack (honey heist style) = one Fiasco playset = one setting design for a longer D&D campaign
  • Tarot Card Reading: 1k written
  • Text Fic: 1k written
  • The Bookshelf Limbo' style book preview: 1 finished preview including cover, summary, and hand
  • Theatre - Musical: 1k written stageplay
  • Theatre - Play: 1k written stageplay
  • Theatre - Shakespearean-style: 1k written stageplay
  • Translation Analysis: 1k written
  • Translation notes: Actual translation note: 5 detailed bulletpoints or 10 short ones. (note, these should be paired with a translation if not in-universe, but since I cannot judge the accuracy of a translation it cannot be counted towards your requirement)
  • Translation notes: In-Universe translation notes: 10 bulletpoints (if paired with a translation, the english part will count for wordcount as long as it is your own original words)
  • Untitled Goose Style To-Do List: 5 lists, assuming separate lists for separate areas
  • Worldbuilding Headcanon: 1k written



Art & Design Opt-Ins

  • A Softer World' style art: 3 comics/9 panels
  • Adaption Concept Art: 1 finished image
  • Animatics: 5 "frames" (with frames being images that may or may not share the same background/scene but have differing foreground positions).
  • Any Technical Drawing: 1 clean finished page
  • AO3 Based Fanfic Exchange: Wordcount for everything written and I'll also need the password to fake exchange account so it can be revealed at the same time if anything was actually posted to it.
  • Bestiary: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • Board Game: Reskin an existing game to be fannish
  • Book Cover: 1 finished illustrated cover
  • Card Game: Reskin an existing game to be fannish
  • Coat of Arms/Heraldic Crest: 1 clean finished image
  • Cocktail Recipes: 1 Recipe + an image
  • Coloring Page: 1 clean coloring page
  • Comics: 1 comic page not on lined paper
  • Conspiracy Board: Boards with detailed parts: The Conspiracy Board itself will count for 1k (to account for arranging it and any text snippets/smaller contained works that aren't enough to count on their own). Any parts that have a determined equivalent (such as articles, drawings, schematics, ect) will count for that work's equivalent as long as they were posted in detail on the work.
  • Conspiracy Board: Boards without detailed parts: Will count for 1k
  • Costume Design: 1 clean finished drawing
  • Emojis: 3 emojis drawn from scratch
  • Excerpts from a Character's Journal/Notebook/Sketchbook: 1k written or 1 sketchbook page
  • Fanart: 1 clean finished image
  • Fanart Cover/Illustration of Recipient's Fic: 1 clean finished image
  • fate/Stay Night (visual novel) style Heroic Spirit status screen: 2k equivalent for a full set of four pages including full illustrations with the template and 3k equivalent without a template
  • Floorplan/Architectural Style Drawing: 1 clean finished drawing
  • In-Universe Academic Publication: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • In-Universe Advertisement: 1 clean finished image or 1 minute vid
  • In-Universe Magazine Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • In-Universe Magazine Spread: Large illustrations and articles get treated as 1k + wordcount
  • In-Universe Magazine Spread: Full illustration front pages get treated as an art
  • In-Universe Newspaper Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • In-Universe Newspaper Front Page: Large illustrations and articles get treated as 1k + wordcount
  • In-Universe Newspaper Front Page: Full illustration front pages get treated as an art
  • In-Universe RPF: Follow the rules of the type of work + wordcount of included notes
  • In-Universe Sketch Book Pages: 1 page of sketches
  • In-Universe Social Media: Combinations: Art rules + wordcount for detailed art with a large amount of writing. One of the above rules for anything else.
  • In-Universe Social Media: Art only: 1 post with a detailed image or 5 panels within a view of the someone's overall page with smaller images
  • In-Universe Tabloid Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • Location Interior Design: 1 clean finished drawing
  • Mandala: 1 clean finished image
  • Maps: A completed map based on fandom research (accuracy dependent on art/historical style) is 2k
  • Minimalist Poster: 1 finished poster
  • Pin-up Poster of Character: 1 clean finished image
  • Playing Card: 1 clean finished image
  • Product Description: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • Propaganda Poster: 1 finished poster
  • Recipe book: 1 Recipe + an image
  • Remix - Art Remix of my Art: 1 finished image
  • Remix - Art Remix of my Fic: 1 finished image
  • Ship Schematic: 1 clean finished drawing (note: this use of ship refers to the physical boat ect.)
  • Shopping list: 5 lists, or one large formatted/drawn list with additional notes.
  • Spell or Ritual Instructions: 1 Spell + an image
  • Stained Glass Sequence: 1 finished image, or 5 less detailed panels in a sequence
  • Tabletop Campaign: one complete short-form hack (honey heist style) = one Fiasco playset = one setting design for a longer D&D campaign
  • Tapestry: 1 finished tapestry
  • Tarot Card: 1 finished image
  • The Bookshelf Limbo' style book preview: 1 finished preview including cover, summary, and hand
  • Tool Schematic: 1 clean finished drawing
  • Trading Cards: 1 detailed trading card
  • Typeface Design: Set of sketched letterforms
  • Typeface design: A complete downloadable font (uppercase, lowercase, minimal punctuation, extended Latin or alternate glyphs) will count for 2k
  • Warning Label or Sticker: 1 label (note, these must be clearly fandom inspired and must be drawn, text can be taken from publicly available standardized labels if needed)
  • Weapon Schematics: 1 clean finished drawing



Audio Opt-Ins

  • Audio not!Fic: 1k of words in the original not!fic being podficced.
  • Commentary track: 1k transcript
  • Commentary Track - MST3K Style: 1k transcript
  • Fanmixes: 10 songs
  • Fansoundtrack: 10 songs
  • In-Universe Interview: 1k transcript (Audio interviews need transcripts)
  • In-Universe RPF: Follow the rules of the type of work + wordcount of included notes
  • Original Fan Music: 20 seconds, with a minimum suggested quality of either a clean recording or a computer generated demo.
  • Podfic: 1k of words in the original fic being podficced
  • Podfic of any of my fics that match this request's fandom/relationships: 1k of words in the original fic being podficced.
  • Remixes: 20 seconds, with a minimum suggested quality of either a clean recording or a computer generated demo.



Vid Opt-Ins

  • Animatics: 5 "frames" (with frames being images that may or may not share the same background/scene but have differing foreground positions). The creator must say in the authors note how many frames there are
  • Fake Trailer: 1 minute
  • Fanvids: 1 minute
  • In-Universe Advertisement: 1 finished image or 1 minute vid
  • In-Universe RPF: Follow the rules of the type of work + wordcount of included notes



Poetry Opt-Ins

  • Any Nominated Style of Poetry: This will follow the rules of the submitted style.
    • Alliterative Long Line: 10 Lines
    • Alliterisen: 2 Poems
    • Ballad: 3 Stanzas
    • Cascade Poem: 1 Poem
    • Elegy: 1 Poem
    • Free Verse: 15 Lines
    • Haiku Series: Series of 5
    • Narrative Poem: 15 Lines
    • Ode: 12 Lines
    • Pantoum: 1 Poem
    • Poetry - Golden Shovel: 12 Lines
    • Rondeau: 1 Poem
    • Sapphic Verse: 3 Stanzas
    • Sestina: 1 Poem
    • Sonnet: 1 Poem
    • Tanka Series: 2 Poems
    • Villanelle: 1 Poem
  • In-Universe Poetry: This will follow the rules of whatever poetry form is written
  • In-Universe Prayer: 15 lines OR the rules for that form of poetry
  • Song Lyrics - Filk/Parody: This will follow poetry rules
  • Song Lyrics - Original: This will follow poetry rules



Mixed Media Opt-Ins

  • Animatics: 5 "frames" (with frames being images that may or may not share the same background/scene but have differing foreground positions). Note
  • Any In-Universe Documents: 1k written
  • Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting: 1k written
  • AO3 Based Fanfic Exchange: Wordcount for everything written and I'll also need the password to fake exchange account so it can be revealed at the same time if anything was actually posted to it.
  • Bestiary: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • Board Game: A new game with rules and instructions is worth 2k
  • Card Game: A new game with rules and instructions is worth 2k
  • Cocktail Recipes: 1 Recipe + an image
  • Commentary track: 1k transcript
  • Commentary Track - MST3K Style: 1k transcript
  • Conspiracy Board: Boards with detailed parts: The Conspiracy Board itself will count for 1k (to account for arranging it and any text snippets/smaller contained works that aren't enough to count on their own). Any parts that have a determined equivalent (such as articles, drawings, schematics, ect) will count for that work's equivalent as long as they were posted in detail on the work.
  • Excerpts from a Character's Journal/Notebook/Sketchbook: 1k written or 1 sketchbook page
  • fate/Stay Night (visual novel) style Heroic Spirit status screen: 2k equivalent for a full set of four pages including full illustrations with the template and 3k equivalent without a template
  • Horoscope: 1k written, 500 equivalent will be added if any charts are included
  • In-Universe Academic Publication: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • In-Universe Magazine Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • In-Universe Magazine Spread: Large illustrations and articles get treated as 1k + wordcount
  • In-Universe Newspaper Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • In-Universe Newspaper Front Page: Large illustrations and articles get treated as 1k + wordcount
  • In-Universe RPF: Follow the rules of the type of work + wordcount of included notes
  • In-Universe Social Media: Combinations: Art rules + wordcount for detailed art with a large amount of writing. One of the above rules for anything else.
  • In-Universe Tabloid Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • Logic Grid Puzzle: A solvable puzzle with grid provided with 3 categories is worth 2k. Each additional category adds 1k up to a maximum of 5k. Category size must be at least 4
  • Map (Drawn or CC-Licensed Image) + Annotations Or Other Notes Related To The Map: Annotations 1k written. If using a CC image, you must link it and it does not count towards your minimum. If you draw a map, the map itself is worth 2k.
  • Product Description: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
  • Recipe book: 1 Recipe + an image
  • Shopping list: 5 lists, or one large formatted/drawn list with additional notes.
  • Spell or Ritual Instructions: 1 Spell + an image
  • Tabletop Campaign: one complete short-form hack (honey heist style) = one Fiasco playset = one setting design for a longer D&D campaign
  • The Bookshelf Limbo' style book preview: 1 finished preview including cover, summary, and hand
  • Untitled Goose Style To-Do List: 5 lists, assuming separate lists for separate areas

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Unconventional Formats

Date: 2020-08-09 04:13 pm (UTC)
kitsunerei88: (Default)
From: [personal profile] kitsunerei88
Hi mods,

Wondering if we can get a tag for Opt-In: Unconventional Fanworks? I'm thinking more in-universe documents like police notes, mission reports, court transcripts, pamphlets, travel guides, etc. I think in terms of word count, for the most part they should be easily read within the medium guidelines above (e.g. 400 words of a police report is still 400 words) but it would just put our openness to receiving unconventional works in the exchange.

Thanks!

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Animatics

Date: 2020-08-09 11:06 pm (UTC)
liryian: (Default)
From: [personal profile] liryian
I've nominated animatics as a medium opt-in; however, I'm not sure how much of one would constitute a 1k equivalent--my general understanding of them (having not created any myself) is that they can be quite a lot of work for even a minute of content, so I'm not certain whether 1 minute, as with fanvids, is appropriate, or whether it should be lessened in this case.

Date: 2020-08-10 06:38 am (UTC)
shamebucket: Cover art of Serious Weakness, edited in black and white. Trianon is having a nosebleed. (Default)
From: [personal profile] shamebucket
I'm nominating "Opt-In: Poetry - Rondeau". I think this one is a bit tricky - it's around the same length as a sonnet, but a lot of the lines repeat. I personally think that it's about as tricky/time-consuming to write as a sonnet since making repetition work is a little difficult, but I could also see the argument being made for two rondeaus counting as 1k since it does repeat a lot. I wanted to post this here in case other people had any input.

Date: 2020-08-10 08:11 am (UTC)
liryian: (Default)
From: [personal profile] liryian
Well, to my eyes it looks like it probably has about the same number of unique lines as a villanelle, which hasn't had an added length stipulation so would just be one villanelle to fulfill the 1k equivalent.

Somewhat relatedly, I've nominated "Poetry - Pantoum," which should probably have a length attached; it also has a lot of repetition but imo that makes it more work, not less.

(I also nominated "Poetry - Alliterisen" which is a seven-line form, so maybe x2 for the 1k? It doesn't repeat like the others discussed here.)

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Date: 2020-08-10 05:39 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Would it be possible to split Interactive fiction into smaller categories? Separating "Choose your Own Adventure" types, where all the word count would be the prose, and Twine (or similar software) type games where some of the word count would be code?

Date: 2020-08-10 06:20 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
To clarify, I don't think we can count code as 1:1 to prose. But saying something like a full CSS document = 1K words no matter how long the document was seems fair to me, but I'm open to other's suggestions on the subject.

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Date: 2020-08-10 08:37 pm (UTC)
bluedreaming: digital art of a person overlaid with blue, with ace-aro-agender buttons (Default)
From: [personal profile] bluedreaming
Since I see Medium Opt-In: Poetry - Haiku Series (3+) I’ve nominated Medium Opt-In: Poetry - Tanka Series (2+) since a tanka is 57577 so two seem equivalent to three 575 haikus.

Is there a need to define a drabble explicitly or are we operating under the understanding of 100 words exactly? (200 for double, 300 for triple, series being constructed of multiples of exactly 100)

Date: 2020-08-11 04:28 am (UTC)
merle_p: (Default)
From: [personal profile] merle_p
Hi, I wanted to ask if it would be acceptable to opt in to receiving a very particular type of poetry for one specific fandom in my letter without "officially" opting into the medium?

To clarify, there is one fandom/relationship where I would be interested in receiving "in-universe poetry" (as written by one of the characters if my assigned writer was so inclined) but I don't want to opt into poetry more broadly and also, none of the listed poetry subcategories necessarily fit what I'd be asking for.

Date: 2020-08-11 05:38 am (UTC)
liryian: (Default)
From: [personal profile] liryian
You should be able to nominate "In-Universe Poetry" or something similar, though I don't know how well that would work if you aren't open to receiving nothing but in-universe poetry; you should also be able to nominate whatever form you'd like to ask for, unless you've already used up your freeforms.

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Date: 2020-08-11 07:48 am (UTC)
liryian: (Default)
From: [personal profile] liryian
For the theater opt-ins, since those are mediums, would the expectation be for something written as a stage play script?

Date: 2020-08-11 11:02 pm (UTC)
liryian: (Default)
From: [personal profile] liryian
...not to be a bother, but I've added another medium nomination--"Medium Opt-In: In-Universe Newspaper Front Page".
The way I'm picturing that would go, it would have to be formated as an image (or by someone with a lot more coding experience than me) so I think that a wordcount minimum wouldn't be appropriate for it.

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Date: 2020-08-12 11:11 pm (UTC)
liryian: (Default)
From: [personal profile] liryian
Two more things--I'm planning on nominating golden shovels as a poetic form (wherein you take a quote from something else--traditionally another poem--and form your poem around those words) and I'm not sure what a good length requirement would be--based on current equivalents I think it should probably be between 10 and 15 lines but I'm not certain where it should fall; it's got more required elements than free verse with its 15+ lines, but is much less structured than alliterative long-line, which has a 10 line requirement.

The other thing is a question on length opt-ins; if I wanted to have an opt-in that could be summarized as "the poetic equivalent of [<1k] words", how should I phrase that? The intent would be that any nominated poetic form could be requested as a medium alongside it, so it doesn't make sense to have it as, for example, "Alliterisen x1" since while that would be a 500 equivalent it wouldn't also allow for a six-line ode.

Okay, editing to add a third thing: since my impression is that Fan Soundtrack does not involve original compositions, I'd like to add "original music" or "original score" as a medium. I think maybe a minute would be appropriate here, though you may want to ask for more input on that, with minimum quality (?) being at least a demo--possibly computer-generated--and maybe the sheet music as well? This should probably get asked about, since I'm sure that other people have different approaches than me and I wouldn't want to make it inaccessible for some composers.
Do you think "Medium Opt-In: Original Score" would be a good name for that?
Edited Date: 2020-08-12 11:51 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2020-08-13 07:48 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I'd like to suggest a few medium options.

1:1 in wordcount to fic:
Creepypasta - Story formatted like an internet urban legend
In-Universe Religious Text - Fairly straight forward

Following the same rules as a recipe book:
Spell or Ritual Instructions - Listing ingredients and steps to perform some sort of religious or magical ceremony.

And as another form of poetry:
In-Universe Prayer

Date: 2020-08-13 10:12 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
So far I've nominated two mediums:

Medium Opt-In: Bestiary
equivalent: I'm assuming every 'entry' would consist out of art and text. So text would probably just be counted as that, and then art as regular art (so 1 entry of art+ 1k text is 2k?)

Medium Opt-In: Conspiracy Board
equivalent: theoretically conspiracy boards can contain all kinds of mediums. I'd say everything is counted like the other medium equivalents in the tagset? So news articles and art etc...

Date: 2020-08-13 11:06 pm (UTC)
azurrys: Sandalphon (Granblue Fantasy) (Default)
From: [personal profile] azurrys
I nominated the following mediums - some thoughts on equivalence!

Medium Opt-In: In-Universe Interview: 1k written

Medium Opt-In: In-Universe Magazine Spread & Medium Opt-In: In-Universe Magazine Article: I recall there being a suggestion for In-Universe News Front Page that I think would apply well for these two!
- Full illustration front pages get treated as an art, 1 image = 1k
- Large illustrations and articles get treated as 1k + wordcount
- Tiny images and articles or only text gets treated as wordcount with a 1k minimum

Medium Opt-In: In-Universe Advertisement: 1 finished image on an unlined background for art OR 1 minute for vids

Medium Opt-In: In-Universe Psychological Evaluation Report: 1k written
Edited Date: 2020-08-13 11:06 pm (UTC)

Date: 2020-08-14 01:56 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Medium nominator here!

Mandalas = one fanart = 1k

Book Cover = each "side" would be one fanart = 1k (so a front cover only = 1k) A full book jacket with front and back cover might equal 2k since the back cover often has its own art, design, and text. But I don't think full book jackets will be very popular to make. I expect most everyone will be more interested in the front cover.

Minimalist poster = one fanart = 1k

Typeface Design = depends on how complete the set of characters is, I would say!
I'd be okay with sketched letterforms being equivalent to 1k

But a font that is complete enough to have an actual download (e.g. uppercase, lowercase, minimal punctuation, extended Latin or alternate glyphs), and/or presented with type specimens or fleurons, would seem closer to 5k.

Date: 2020-08-14 05:18 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Nominator for in-universe RPF; I'd consider any creative medium done with the intention of having been created by an in-universe character of one or more other in-universe characters to count as equivalent to a standard fic/art/etc. fill.
What tends to clinch it for me as different from regular fanworks is in-character 'author's notes' surrounding the work in-text, allusions to the fact they are treating the fictional (to us) characters as real people (to the character writing), or otherwise treating them in a way we'd treat IRL celebrities. I'd consider that as part of the wordcount if it was a text medium.

If anyone else has input, or if the nom seems too confusing or difficult to prove, I'm okay for it to be edited/deleted, no worries :)

Pin-up posters

Date: 2020-08-14 10:50 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I nominated Pin-up Poster of Character as Medium Opt-In, some thoughts on equivalence (feel free to chime in)

This (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81Qo5e6A7oL._AC_SY679_.jpg) is what I was thinking of, and I think it could be equivalent to about 3k? So maybe something like

Full figure sketch or detailed bust rendering = 1k
Full figure sketch or detailed bust rendering + shading, or background details, or typefont = 2k
Colored full figure or colored detailed bust rendering = 3k
Colored full figure or colored detailed bust rendering + background or typefont = 4k (Example (https://previews.123rf.com/images/imogi/imogi1902/imogi190200027/116383922-retro-garage-repair-service-vintage-poster-with-pin-up-pretty-girl-in-mechanic-uniform-holding-wrenc.jpg))
Colored full figure or colored detailed bust rendering + background and typefont = 5k (Example (https://www.sportys.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/7/17091_3.jpg))

If you think it should be handled differently, by all means!

Date: 2020-08-18 07:06 am (UTC)
lirin_lirilla: (Default)
From: [personal profile] lirin_lirilla
I nominated Medium Opt-In: Logic Grid Puzzle.

Logic puzzles are definitely worth more than straight word count, but they kind of grow exponentially based on how many characters there are and how many types of information there are for each character, so I'm a little fuzzy on how to directly correlate. (Of the four I've made, word counts range from 412 to 823, but my off-the-top estimate on how much work they took me would probably put them at equivalent to 3k minimum but probably closer to 5k+.)

You could maybe make a very rough equivalence by number of clues (off the top of my head, something like each 2 or 3 clues = 1k), though that might be a bit backwards because if you have shorter/less complicated clues you need a lot more of them (vs. I try to make my clues have a lot of depth so that my puzzles need as few as possible).

Or maybe the simplest thing would be to set a minimum size for the puzzle and then set a blanket equivalence. (And I don't know how you want to count the grid into that, since it is an image but takes a lot less work than most art, as evidenced by the fact that my limited art skills are up for the job.)

Anyway, however you want to handle this is of course fine—let me know if you have any questions!

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From: [personal profile] lirin_lirilla - Date: 2020-08-19 01:03 am (UTC) - Expand

Date: 2020-08-18 11:46 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Hi! I just nominated moodboards. In other exchanges, I've seen the 1k equivalent be 3 moodboards, which I agree on as someone who makes them.
The detail within them is dependent on the creator's style, but I think as long as there are at least 4 separate images within each moodboard, it fits the fandom definition. (I usually do 9, but people use varying templates.) If it's any less than 4, it would likely be more in-line with a standard graphic.

Date: 2020-08-19 12:29 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Whoops, noticed a similar nomination just got rejected. Ignore this, lol.

Date: 2020-08-20 06:19 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
A potentially silly question, but, what does "AO3 Based Fanfic Exchange" mean in this context? You create a whole extra exchange account and fill it with at least 1 work? Something else?

Thanks!

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From: (Anonymous) - Date: 2020-08-20 07:27 pm (UTC) - Expand

Date: 2020-08-22 06:38 am (UTC)
lucymonster: (Default)
From: [personal profile] lucymonster
Hi mods,

Sorry for the probably dumb question, but re. length opt-ins - if I request 'any length opt-in', would that mean I'm opting into receiving poetry (since some lengths are poetry-specific) even if I haven't included any poetry media opt-ins in my request? Basically I want to request any fic length but no poetry, and I'm trying to figure out the minimum number of additional tags I need to spend on length opt-ins in order to do that.

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From: [personal profile] lucymonster - Date: 2020-08-22 09:41 pm (UTC) - Expand

Medium enquiry (recursive fic)

Date: 2020-08-24 08:55 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this enquiry (I can't access email atm)!

Please can someone explain the meaning of recursive fic for these medium opt-ins? I think I get it, but want to be sure :)

Recursive Fic of Any of the Recip's Gifts In This Fandom (W/ Permission From Author!): 1k written
Recursive Fic of Any of the Recip's Works In This Fandom: 1k written

Thanks so much!

Re: Medium enquiry (recursive fic)

From: (Anonymous) - Date: 2020-08-24 11:46 pm (UTC) - Expand

Date: 2020-08-27 09:38 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Hi Mods! I just had a quick question. I really want to join, but a vast majority of the ships/characters I want to request are listed as 'not being allowed' because nobody else has requested them yet therefore they don't exist. How am I supposed to remedy this? How am I supposed to let my future creator know what I want?

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Date: 2020-08-31 04:53 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Hi! I have a couple questions. Sorry if these have been asked before, I looked around but couldn't find anything.

1. What does "unlined background" for art refer to? Is it a painted detailed background, or anything ranging from a simple color to something more complex?

2. If a fanvid, for example, reaches 3 minutes, would that count as a 3k word equivalent?

3. For written mediums besides fic, are we allowed to do a lower word count for them if our recip has opted into those? Or do we have to stick with their specified mediums in this post?

Thanks!

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From: (Anonymous) - Date: 2020-08-31 05:49 am (UTC) - Expand

Photo Editing/Manips

Date: 2020-08-31 09:02 pm (UTC)
astrospecial: (Default)
From: [personal profile] astrospecial
I know some exchanges don’t allow photo manips/edits— is that allowed for some of the art opt-ins? (I’m imagining ones that aren’t fanart/comic specific).

Re: Photo Editing/Manips

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Date: 2020-09-11 12:57 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Hi,

Sorry if this is a pedantic or obvious question (or has been answered elsewhere - I can't spot it). For written mediums, if they go over a 1k word count (say 1200 words), are the additional words also counted towards the overall 10k? Or should the medium be exactly 1k (or 2k etc)?

Many thanks :)

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From: (Anonymous) - Date: 2020-09-13 10:11 pm (UTC) - Expand

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Date: 2020-09-12 06:15 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Hi! RE AITA posts 1k written, do in-universe comments/replies to the post also count towards the word count, or is the "original" post the only thing that counts?

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