Nominations are open!

[rfemod]

Nominations are now open! They will be open until December 10th, 10PM PST. [ Countdown to nominations closing ] | [ In your timezone ]

The rules are here, which will have additional information about the exchange.

An AO3 account is required to make nominations. If you need an invitation, please reach out to the mods via email or the comments section of this post. Anon comments are on, but they are not screened.

To qualify for this exchange, a ship needs to be a f/f ship with less than 250 works on AO3, complete, written in English, and filtered using the otp:true filter.

Characters need to be either women (canon or genderbent) or genderqueer characters that you think would fit in a f/f exchange. So someone like LaFontaine from the Carmilla web series, who is canonically against being referred to/seen as a woman, would not be eligible. We're going to trust you to use your judgment on this one.

You can nominate up to 10 fandoms with 10 relationships ("/" only) each. We will not be accepting solo character nominations or relationships using "&".

Please stick to one ship per nomination. Multiple ships within one nomination, whether in the same fandom or crossover, will not be accepted (e.g. Lois Lane/Lana Lang & Chloe Sullivan/Tess Mercer (Smallville))

There's no need to disambiguate they are crossovers or you are nominating multiple versions of a ship in different canons. Outside the above exceptions, please try to use the canonical tag when possible.

Please specify which version of canon you would like rather than nominating under the 'all media' version of the tag, e.g. "Dragon Age (Video Games)" vs "Dragon Age (All Media)". Assassin's Creed and American Girl Dolls are the exceptions to this rule. If you feel your fandom has a case, please reach out.

Crossover Nominations: Please nominate crossovers with "Crossover Fandom" in the "Fandom" section of the nomination form, and both fandom names listed in the ship itself. e.g. "Dinah Lance (DCEU)/Natasha Romanov (MCU)".

Genderbent Ships: Nominate with a 'F' in front of the character(s) you want to genderbend, e.g. Natasha Romanov/F!Sam Wilson. Please remember that the original ship has to has to qualify, not the genderbent version, so Peggy Carter/F!Steve Rogers would not be eligible due to the fact that the fact that Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers is over the limit.

Threesomes/moresomes: Are permitted as long as they are eligible. However, v shaped relationships (e.g. "Maria Hill/Sharon Carter & Sharon Carter/Natasha Romanov") or two unrelated ships nominated together (e.g. "Lana Lang/Chloe Sullivan & Lois Lane/Tess Mercer") will not be accepted.

RPF: RPF is permitted, subject to eligibility as outlined above. Non-famous family members are not eligible. Under-18s are not eligible for modern RPF. Controversial figures will not be accepted either.

Regarding specific fandoms with various umbrella fandoms:

Arrowverse/DCTV: Please nominate under "Arrowverse (TV)". Shows not specifically in the Arrowverse but are part of the DC TV universe (i.e. Smallville, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Titans, Doom Patrol, etc.) should remain with their original tag. Shows such as Arrow and The Flash (2014) belong under "Arrowverse".

MCU: Please nominate under "Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)", e.g. "Maria Hill/Sharon Carter (MCU)". Marvel TV shows (i.e. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, WandaVision, TFATWS, Agent Carter, What If …?, Loki, etc.) need to be labelled with their own individual tag.

Doctor Who/Star Wars/Star Trek/X-Men/Stargate: Please refer to the specific version that you are nominating. For X-Men, please use either "The Original Trilogy" or "ATS" (for "Alternate Timeline Series").

Characters who are in separate subfandoms (e.g. "Jadzia Dax (Star Trek: DS9)/B'Elanna Torres (Star Trek: Voyager)") belong to the "Crossover Fandom" category.

Comics: Please nominate these under their specific category. For DCU, that would be "DCU (Comics)". With Marvel, please specify the version that you are nominating (Noir, 616, etc.), i.e. "Natasha Romanov/Carol Danvers under Marvel 616 rather than Marvel Comics".

DC Extended Universe: Please nominate under the "DC Extended Universe" category.

Original characters in non-original canons: You may nominate Character/Original Character(s), e.g. "Diana (Wonder Woman)/Original Female Character"; "Leia Organa (Star Wars: Original Trilogy)/Original Jedi Character". You can be as specific as you would like. Any original character(s) nominated will be assumed to be female.

Original Works: These must be nominated under "Original Work" in the following format: "Character Type/Character Type", e.g. "Princess/Maid", "Pilot/Soldier/General", etc. All characters will be assumed to be female. If they are not nominated in this way, they will be rejected.

Reader ships will not be accepted in this exchange.

Recursive fandoms are also not eligible for this exchange.

If you have any questions, please comment here or email the mod at rarefemslashexchangemod@gmail.com.

Comments

[klutzygirl]

I'm a little confused - we don't have to disambiguate regular nominations? Instead of nominating Barbra Jean Hart/Reba Hart (Reba TV), it'd just be Barbara Jean Hart/Reba Hart?

[rfemod]

Yes, that's exactly it. I've realized that it's easier for me to check eligibility that way and then I'll add the disambiguation later. :)

[klutzygirl]

Got it! Thank you for clarifying.

[rfemod]

No problem! Glad i could clear that up. :D

[gutweed]

There are a couple of fandoms/ships I want to nominate that have no fics on AO3 at all. Should I disambiguate these since there will be no canonicals?

[rfemod]

That depends. If the fandom itself doesn't have have a tag on AO3, then yes, you can disambiguate the ships but if it is just the ships themselves, then no, because I won't know that it doesn't until I see the tag. I hope that makes sense! :)

[gutweed]

That makes sense, thank you!

[rfemod]

No problem! I'm glad to hear that. :D

[stardust_rifle]

Would it be possible to nominate OC/OC in a TTRPG setting? Such as "Original Female Tzimisce/Original Female Human" for Vampire: The Masquerade, forex?

[rfemod]

Yes, you can do that! :)

[griselda_gimpel]

I'm having difficulty getting the OTP: true function to work. Can anyone provide guidance?

(I've submitted mine now so I don't lose what I have, but I plan to edit it as I think of more nominations.)

[rfemod]

First, you click on the ship tag. Then go to the grey search and filter box on the right-hand side and click on the section under "More options". In the "Search within results" textbox, type in "otp:true" (no spaces, but without the quotation marks). Then click "sort and filter."

I hope that helps!

[griselda_gimpel]

Thanks. It's does.

[rfemod]

No problem! Glad to hear that. :D

[aurorabright]

How would you want to handle nominations where characters exist in multiple shows in the same universe? Specifically Angel and BTVS, and nomming a main character (Fred) with one who shows up on that show for like one episode (Willow) xD

[rfemod]

As long as the character canonically shows up at some point, you can nominate them under the show. It doesn't matter how long. If they don't, then it'd fall under crossovers. :)

[aurorabright]

huzzah!

[griselda_gimpel]

The Magnus Archives and The Magnus Protocol and Sheeple Chase exist in the same story-verse, but in a multiverse where different versions of characters exist.

Georgie/Melanie for the versions of the characters that originate in The Magnus Archives is just over the line for number of fics and so doesn't qualify.

But would Georgie/Melanie for the versions of the characters that originate in The Magnus Protocol/Sheeple Chase universe be allowed?

[rfemod]

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the fandom, but would you say that the versions that exist in the other parts of the universe feel different than the original? Either way, I'm leaning toward it should be fine and you can nominate them under the other canons.

[griselda_gimpel]

Yep, I'd say they're different enough.

[rfemod]

Then yes, you can go ahead and nominate them under the other versions. :)

[aurorabright]

another inquiry!

in minecraft youtube fandoms, ao3 doesn't split characters up between "fandoms" ie different incarnations of the characters.

for an example: geminitay/pearlescentmoon has 558 works when filtered.

but if you look in the fandoms, both the life series and empires have under 250 works each. these are effectively completely different characters, for example: empires pearl is a peaceful queen of a farming empire. while life series pearl is frequently consumed with murderous rage to kill her friends.

would stuff handled by ao3 in this manner be eligible if under 250 works per distinct fandom?

[rfemod]

If the fandoms and characters are distinct enough, which they seem to be, I think it's fine to consider them separate and nominate them however you feel is fitting.

[griselda_gimpel]

A note about my nominations for Foundation: I'm nominating for the Apple TV version, not the book version.

Thought I should mention this because a number of the female characters in the show were male characters in the book.

[rfemod]

Thank you for the head's up! I'll make a note of that when I come across it. :)

[abarero]

For Pokemon games, do you want us to use the umbrella Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series) series tag or each specific game under that?

[rfemod]

Thanks for asking! Please go with the main series tag. :)

[abarero]

Can do! Do I need to disambiguate the pairs then for each sub-series?

[rfemod]

If possible, just nominate the canon tag. It's easier for me to confirm eligibility that way. :)

[abarero]

Can do! Thanks!

[(Anonymous)]

Heads up, a crossover snuck into Avatar: The Last Airbender’s section in the tagset.

[rfemod]

Thank you for letting me know! It should be fixed now. :)