21 March 2026 @ 11:06 am
We have six weeks left until assignments are due! I hope you're all having fun working out your clues for your cases. As for our pinch hits, we have four new requests joining our ranks!

Quick links: Rules and guidelines · 2026 Collection · Mod contact: gumshoeagency@gmail.com


This batch of pinch hits are due at the same time as our assignments on Friday 1 May at 11:59pm Eastern time. [ In your timezone + Countdown ]

Pinch hits must comply with the exchange's rules. Pinch hits must meet the minimum assignment requirements of a completed work of a minimum of 3,000 words for fanfiction, a minimum of 10 panels for a comic, or a recording of a completed fic of 3,000 words minimum with "casefic" as one of its tags. Works must include a fandom, character/ship and be of a medium that the recipient has requested, with the requested character(s) at the forefront participating in the investigation. You must have an AO3 account to participate.

We guarantee gifts for requests that feature a minimum of 3 unique fandoms.

Please take note of the mediums as some requests have a combination selected.

To claim, please either reply to this post or email gumshoeagency@gmail.com with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number you want to claim.

Comments are screened, so if you reply anonymously, please include an email in case I need to reach out to you. You will not be able to receive a reply from me if you comment anonymously on this post.




PH 1 (Comic, Fanfic) - The Defenders (Marvel TV), Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016), True Detective: Night Country (TV), Crossover Fandom (Knives Out/Murder She Wrote, Knives Out/Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Knives Out/Death in Paradise (UK TV 2011)</small> )

PH 2 (Comic, Fanfic, Podfic) - DC's Arrowverse, Boardwalk Empire, Rounders (1998), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - John Le Carré )

[ PH 3: Includes canon consumption tips. ]
PH 3 (Fanfic) - Death in Paradise (UK TV 2011), The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023), Lewis (TV) )

PH 4 (Fanfic) - Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, Nancy Drew - Carolyn Keene, Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Super Mysteries - Franklin W. Dixon & Carolyn Keene, G.I. Joe (Cartoon), Jem and the Holograms (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom (Babysitters Club [Martin]/Nancy Drew Hardy Boy Supermysteries, Babysitters Club [Martin]/Nancy Drew [Keene], Jim Cartoon/Nancy Drew Hardy Boys Supermysteries, Nancy Drew Harcy Boys Supermysteries/Jem and the Holograms Cartoon, Nancy Drew [Keene]/Hardy Boys [Dixon]), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV), Perry Mason (TV 1957) )

[ PH 7: Includes canon consumption tips. ]
PH 7 (Fanfic) - 神さまのいない日曜日 | Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi | Sunday Without God (Anime & Manga), Octopath Traveler II (Video Game), 少女たちの痕にくちづけを | Shoujo-tachi no Kizuato ni Kuchizuke wo | Kiss the Scars of the Girls (Manga), よるのないくに | Yoru no Nai Kuni | Nights of Azure (Video Games) )

PH 8 (Comic, Fanfic) - Winx Club, W.I.T.C.H., Heart of the Woods (Visual Novel) )

PH 9 (Fanfic) - Doctor Who (2005), Marvel 616, Legally Blonde - Hach/O'Keefe/Benjamin, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Crossover Fandom, Crossover Fandom (The Pitt/Criminal Minds, ER/Criminal Minds, Knives Out/Yellowjackets, Now You See Me/Leverage) )

PH 10 (Comic, Fanfic, Podfic) - Original Work, Twisted-Wonderland (Video Game), Katekyou Hitman Reborn! )

PH 11 (Fanfic) - High Potential (TV), Dimension 20 (Web Series), Veronica Mars (TV) )

PH 12 (Comic, Fanfic) - Buffyverse (TV), DC's Arrowverse, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV), Star Trek: The Original Series, Marvel Cinematic Universe )

PH 13 (Comic, Fanfic) - 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, グノーシア | Gnosia (Visual Novel), 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game) )


Thank you!
 
 
20 March 2026 @ 03:09 pm
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20 March 2026 @ 07:11 pm
We couldn't run the exchange without our pinch hitters!

If you're a pinch hitter who isn't signed up as a participant in 2026's round who would like to put yourself forward for a gift, please drop yourself on this post with your request(s) anytime during the active period of the exchange!

We have a couple of guidelines:

  • Please use the tagset to select fandoms and pairings ("/", "&", and "Solo") that were accepted for this round.

  • Treats for pinch hitters do not need to meet our minimum requirement for a completed gift. That means it can be a scene/snippet from solving a case rather than a case being solved from beginning to end. (One panel for art will be accepted. Podfic that records a drabble will be accepted. Fic that's a total of 500, 1,000, etc. words will be accepted.)

  • Prompts or links to letters (past or one specifically for this exchange) are optional and are very welcome.

  • Please list any DNWs in your comment.

  • Please do not reveal who you are pinch hitting for in your comment.

  • You can find our full guidelines in our rules post.

  • If you have a question regarding a pinch hitter's request, please email gumshoeagency@gmail.com with your questions.


I've provided a suggested format to post below, although you're welcome to post however you like as long as the information you provide is useful for a potential treater.

AO3 username: Please ensure you let us know your AO3 so you can receive a gift!
Fandom:
Mediums: (Comic, fic, podfic, a combo, or all)
Characters/Relationships: What are you requesting from the requested fandom?
Likes: These are optional. You can put prompts here so potential treaters know what kind of casefic you'd like to receive.
Do Not Wants:
Letter Link: If you have one.


Anon comments are allowed on this post.

Please note we do not guarantee gifts for pinch hitters, but please still consider dropping yourself onto this post. If you're interested in pinch hitting, please check out our available pinch hits.

Thank you again for participating, and I hope you have a good time being a part of our fabulous agency!
 
 
20 March 2026 @ 01:33 am
Half the writing time has now gone by, and the deadline is starting to approach. How goes it, everyone? I hope all is well, but please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or concerns. You have until 23:59 GMT on the 20th of April to add your fic(s) to the collection — so don't panic, there's still plenty of time.

A big thanks to everyone who has signed up so far, return participants and newbies alike!

If your writing is coming along nicely (or if you'd like to procrastinate), you can do some canon promoting here, or maybe just check out what others have posted.
 
 
19 March 2026 @ 06:54 pm
There are two days left to sign up! Sign-ups are open here and will close on Saturday March 21 9pm EDT (Countdown)

In the tag set, some fandoms you are familiar with may be classified under "Uncategorized Fandoms" - don't forget to check there for fandoms you may be interested in.
 
Please read the sign-up instructions here!

Key reminders:
You must request at least three and offer at least four distinct fandoms, defined as fandoms that do not share an "All Media Types" or similar franchise parent or metatag. You're welcome to request multiple subsets of the fandom (or the same fandom more than once) as long as your signup overall meets those minimums.

You will be matched on one (or more) character tags, one (or more) worldbuilding elements, and one (or more) medium type. Please ensure that for each of your requests and offers, you are happy matching on any combination of your selected tags across those categories!

Please state any "Do Not Wants" ("DNWs") in the AO3 optional details box for each request, or include a statement that you have no DNWs. DNWs should be clear, neutrally phrased, not contradict any of your requests, and not box your creator into creating one very specific type of fanwork.

Listing likes and/or prompts in your optional details (or in a linked letter) is encouraged but optional.

The boundary between "Fanfiction" and "In-Universe Media" is intentionally somewhat fuzzy: if you are signing up to receive one but not the other and have strong preferences about which side of that boundary you would like your gift to be on, or certain types of media you do not want to receive, please make that clear in your optional details.

Still have questions? Comment here (comments will be publicly visible) or email us at worldbuildmod@gmail.com.
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18 March 2026 @ 05:24 pm
Finished since the last reading post
The Ice Palace, which was a quick read at a little over 100 pages: two young girls are tentatively friends, then one of them disappears and the other feels this strong need to remember her, believing that others won't. Definitely intense.

Currently reading
Still reading The Young Alexander. Still plodding along with On Thin Ice. Started reading The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt, which isn't quite what I was expecting from the blurb. I suppose I thought the book would have Ramanujan, the Indian clerk and mostly self-taught mathematician, more in the foreground, but so far he seems to be the unknowable other only seen through other characters.

Reading next
Not sure. I popped into an Oxfam bookshop last week when I had a few minutes to waste and emerged with four books, so probably something I have on the shelves.
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17 March 2026 @ 07:51 am
On Friday evening, at the grocery store, I found the vestigial books-and-magazines section gone. Not relocated: vanished. Some of the remaining magazines seem to have been squeezed into the impulse racks near each register, but that looks temporary.

On Sunday afternoon, at the department store, I did not find any of the three items I went there for, and decided to swing by their books section before coming home. I was overwhelmed with the new-to-me "vocabulary" of contemporary book covers. This has been coming on slowly for quite a while, but it bowled me over in that moment. I could not tell the genres at a glance. No cover has traditional paintings or photographs. Everything is bright (or shiny/glittery on dark) shapes and single objects, or, if it's people, they are "cut outs," like that certain kind of clip art often used on business trainings. The edges of the pages are all gilded or otherwise painted, which used to be a sign of a very fancy special edition, like Franklin Mint or better, but seems now the norm. I couldn't even tell which were for adults versus young adults at a glance at their exteriors. (And few were not thick. I saw very, very few that physically signaled "quick read" to me.)

On Monday evening, at the drug store, I was relived to find their vestigial books-and-magazines section intact. It's not much, and the magazines are a lower tier than many the grocery store had sold, but it's there. Interestingly, other than a few -- leftovers? -- in the traditional mass-market form factor, most of its books were what I guess must be the new mass-market form factor: they are as tall as trade paperbacks, but not as deep. On your shelf, spine out or pages out (which I gather is a thing now: weird), they will look like trade paperbacks. They use a little more paper, I suspect, than a traditional mass-market book, but perhaps not a lot. However, they definitely won't fit in even a generous pocket.

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16 March 2026 @ 07:57 am
How disappointed are we about Hulu shelving Chloé Zhao's Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot/sequel series, Buffy: New Sunnydale, in which Gellar was to have returned to star alongside a new young slayer? Just a teeny-tiny bit wistful that maybe it could have been good, downright sad, quietly relieved, righteous that Whedon will get not one royalty penny?

(News article in the Hollywood Reporter.)

 
 
14 March 2026 @ 01:04 pm

Happy Saturday!

I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!

If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.

 
 
14 March 2026 @ 06:03 pm
Thank you for writing my request. I really hope you have fun with it, enjoying the prompts you received. In this letter I am providing optional details, because I understand they can be helpful. If you prefer to write something different, I am sure I will enjoy that too. I hope this letter is helpful; I am sorry it is so long.

Look here for my requests and tips about what I like )
 
 
13 March 2026 @ 08:08 am
I wonder whether Super 7 will ever put out more of their Dungeons & Dragons (cartoon, 1983-85) action figures. Take a look.

On the one hand, it would seem to be a good sign that they are and have been sold out of all their D&DC merch (except the $300 16"x20"x20" Tiamat). On the other hand, there hasn't been a peep out of them about a second wave of figures going on two years after the first wave (plus the bonus invisible [transparent] Sheila), even though they email me ads for all kinds of other figures. And early last year they communicated that they unfortunately had to cancel numerous projects and lay off numerous people due to the tariffs situation, though they didn't specify which projects. (I don't think they would have been affected by the perceived "failure" of the D&D movie at the box office, but that's a possibility, too; TPTB could have yanked the license.)

 
 
12 March 2026 @ 05:37 pm
Links:
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Mod Contact: worldbuildmod@gmail.com

Signups are now open! They will close on Saturday March 21 9pm EDT (Countdown)

In the tag set, some fandoms you are familiar with may be classified under "Uncategorized Fandoms" - don't forget to check there for fandoms you may be interested in.
 
Please read the sign-up instructions here!

Key reminders:
You must request at least three and offer at least four distinct fandoms, defined as fandoms that do not share an "All Media Types" or similar franchise parent or metatag. You're welcome to request multiple subsets of the fandom (or the same fandom more than once) as long as your signup overall meets those minimums.

You will be matched on one (or more) character tags, one (or more) worldbuilding elements, and one (or more) medium type. Please ensure that for each of your requests and offers, you are happy matching on any combination of your selected tags across those categories!

Please state any "Do Not Wants" ("DNWs") in the AO3 optional details box for each request, or include a statement that you have no DNWs. DNWs should be clear, neutrally phrased, not contradict any of your requests, and not box your creator into creating one very specific type of fanwork.

Listing likes and/or prompts in your optional details (or in a linked letter) is encouraged but optional.

The boundary between "Fanfiction" and "In-Universe Media" is intentionally somewhat fuzzy: if you are signing up to receive one but not the other and have strong preferences about which side of that boundary you would like your gift to be on, or certain types of media you do not want to receive, please make that clear in your optional details.

Still have questions? Comment here (comments will be publicly visible) or email us at worldbuildmod@gmail.com.

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Beloved Saturday-morning cartoon Thundarr the Barbarian (1980-1981, but reran for ages) recently got its very first comic book incarnation.

Knowing that the comics were coming, and looking forward to them, on New Year's Eve, at Half-Price Books with my annual gift card from my sister, when I curiously looked over four old paperback volumes of Lin Carter's 1970s "Gondwane Epic," I was primed to be struck that they must somehow have influenced the creation of Thundarr, which I'd known to be a child of Jack Kirby's genius and the network's desire to cash in via a "Star Wars + Conan" mash-up, but... such similarities! A distant future of leftover science and emergent sorcery; a destroyed moon and devastated earth; a barbarian, a sorceress, and a non-human as three adventuring companions; even a sub-plot that the barbarian doesn't have ordinary human emotional reactions (which has been my head-canon for decades). It couldn't be an entire coincidence, right? Well... Read more... )

 
 
11 March 2026 @ 06:46 pm
I didn't go to the office book group yesterday but posted about my current reading to the chat today. Next one is currently scheduled to be on a Thursday, so if I'm intended to go I'll need to shuffle my usual office days.

Finished since the last reading post
Finished A Habit of Murder and as usual was surprised at the outcome. Also read Orbital by Samantha Harvey, which I rather liked. Also read The Teacher of Auschwitz by Wendy Holden, which was OK.

Currently reading
Still reading The Young Alexander. Also read a couple of pages of On Thin Ice until I was bored. Started reading The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas in Elizabeth Roddan's English translation from the original Norwegian, which is pretty intense.

Reading next
Not sure
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Last night, I bumped into another imperfection -- and solution -- in playing the The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (HD) without motion controls on Switch 2 with a Pro Controller. The internet at large was not tremendously helpful, because of course most chatter is from when the game first came out, on different hardware and presumably before patches. The internet's advice was to quit without saving, sacrifice progress, reboot, and redo getting to this point, thus reloading the room ... which didn't work for me. The solution is simpler!

TLDR, no spoilers: Playing without motion controls, I've found that the "Move object" action is always and only to push. But when I toggled settings to motion for the controls only -- not the camera, not switching to joy cons -- pull became available in the place where it was needed. :-D You're welcome.

(Going forward, I'll try this on everything that looks like a port glitch.)

 
 
10 March 2026 @ 09:49 pm
 

Thanks everyone for your nominations and clarifications so far! We’re still working through final approvals and replying to responses on previous query posts.


Nominations have closed, but mods will manually update/add tags based on query post replies made before March 12 at 7pm EDT (UTC-4). Signups will then open March 12 at 9pm EDT. In the meantime, we’ll be working on approving final nominations, checking the tagset, and making sure the Original Characters and Any or No Characters tags are available for each fandom. We’ll also be removing any fandoms without worldbuilding tags. If you spot any errors or tags that have wandered out of their intended fandom, have rejected tags that you think shouldn’t have been, or have pending tags that haven’t been queried, please let us know! 


For the following fandoms: we have questions about one or more tags. If you’re the nominator, please include a link to your nominations page in your response.


Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies) - For WB: Elizabeth's Similarities to Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean), this seems more like a character study or meta-analysis prompt than worldbuilding; could you clarify?


Pluto (Manga) - For WB: Atom grieving post-canon (Pluto), this seems more like a character study or plot prompt than worldbuilding; could you clarify?


Spider-Man: Spider-Verse (Sony Animated Movies) - For WB: What Are The Different Canon Events of Spider-Man's Life, could you clarify what you’re looking for here?


Spider-Punk (2022 Marvel Comics) - For WB: How do Earth-138's Deaf Daredevil Power work? Is she mutant or is there a version of the HAND in the Spider-Punk Universe?, we’d like to simplify this to WB: How do Earth-138's Deaf Daredevil Power work?; does this work for you? For WB: Norman Osborne as President of Earth-138 and how it affected Kingpin and Daredevil's relationship, we’d like to simplify this to WB: Effects of Norman Osborne’s Presidency; does that work for you?


The Old Guard (Movies 2020 2025) - For Any Immortal Character (The Old Guard), we are not accepting “Any” descriptor character nominations. Would you like to specify specific immortal characters or a worldbuilding aspect relating to immortals? 


The Trials Series - Quinn Audio - For WB: Theo and Jane's first meeting in college (TT), this seems more like a relationship or plot prompt than worldbuilding; could you clarify?


Hallo itt Mátyás király! - Bogáti Péter - For WB: Modern archaeologists discovering Károly's copper cylinder, this seems like a specific plot prompt and we're having trouble finding canon context; would something along the lines of WB: Archaeology or WB: Archaeology of the Canon Time Period fit what you're looking for?


NoPixel (Web Series) - For WB: The Nerds Prior to Los Santos, WB: Yeager Demonblood's Childhood, and WB: Yuno Sykk's Childhood, these seem more like character study prompts than worldbuilding; could you clarify?


When the Angels Left the Old Country - Sacha Lamb - For WB: Religious Experiences as a Metaphor for Queerness, is this something that is understood/discussed as a metaphor in universe? If so, we’ll approve it, if not, this seems like meta-analysis outside the scope of this exchange.


ここは今から倫理です。| Koko wa Ima Kara Rinri Desu | From Now On We Begin Ethics (Manga) - For WB: Takayanagi's Childhood, WB: Takayanagi's Home Life, and WB: Tokigawa's Home Life, these seem more like character study prompts than worldbuilding; could you clarify?


仙王的日常生活 | The Daily Life of the Immortal King (Cartoon) - For WB: Froggy's Daily Life, this seems more like a character study prompt than worldbuilding; could you clarify?
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09 March 2026 @ 07:10 pm
Thanks everyone for your nominations and clarifications so far! We’re still working through the nomination queue, but if not all of yours have been approved, please check below (and/or in Query Post #1) for questions and clarifications.

As a reminder, please nominate characters in the character slot, and worldbuilding topics in the relationship slot (formatted as "WB: Topic (Canon)"). Relationships ("Character A/Character B") will be rejected. Please also disambiguate all nominations with the name of the canon in parentheses.


For the following fandoms: we have questions about the fandom as nominated, or about one or more worldbuilding tags. If you’re the nominator, please include a link to your nominations page in your response.

DC Comics - For WB: Gotham and Metropolis as Sentient Cities, are the cities sentient in canon, or is this a prompt for an AU where they are sentient? If the latter, that’s not really worldbuilding within the scope of this exchange.

Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon - For WB: Characters Forced to Return to The Realm, this seems more like a plot and/or character study prompt; can you clarify how it is worldbuilding? For WB: How Long are The Kids in the Realm?, this seems like a question with a short answer; can you clarify what you would be looking for in a fill for this tag?

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood - For Chris "Madam Christmas" Mustang's Girls (FMAB), we are not accepting group nominations for characters. Could you specify a particular girl, or an aspect of worldbuilding relating to this group?

Loki - For Character: Other Loki Variants, we’re not accepting group nominations for characters, but given the fandom context we’ll accept WB: Other Loki Variants (Loki TV).

Marvel Cinematic Universe - For WB: Influence of Sarah Rogers on Captain America and WB: Influence of Steve's time in the USO on him, these seem more like character-study prompts than world-building; can you clarify?

Masters of the Universe: Revelations/Revolution - For WB: What Happens After Adam's Death (MOTU: R), this seems more like a plot prompt than worldbuilding; can you clarify?

Iron Lung - For WB: What happened at Filament Station (Iron Lung) and WB: What happened to the rest of humanity (Iron Lung), these seem more like plot prompts than worldbuilding; can you clarify?

Jean Robertson Series - For WB: Carse, WB: Castle versus Town, and WB: Up the Burn, we’re not sure what these mean and are having trouble finding fandom details; can you clarify?

Philosophers Series - For WB: Eupheus and Kite Jockeys/Fresh Gale on the High Sonora, we’re not sure what this means and are having trouble finding fandom details; can you clarify?

If you nominated a tag that was rejected and you don’t think it should have been, please let us know your nominations page.

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09 March 2026 @ 07:49 pm
Last week, there was an announcement that the office heating and cooling system was being temperamental, that it needed a new part, and the new part was expected to arrive by Thursday this week. The way it was phrased, it sounded like the problem was excess warmth, not cold.

Coming in this morning, there was this wave of chill air the moment you opened a door into our office space. I was wearing a relatively warm jumper as an extra layer in the morning in order to be warm on the way, not intending to wear it in the office at all, but in the end it stayed on well into the afternoon. The heating is off or on a lower setting at the weekend, and had apparently failed to come on at all this morning. Monday mornings are often cooler anyway until the heating gets properly underway, but this was really colder than usual.

So it sounds like arctic layers are not needed for tomorrow, but it's probably best to be ready for all scenarios: that it's cold, that it's OK, or that it's warm.
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I'm playing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (HD) on Switch 2, docked, with a Pro Controller. Last night, I ran into an "I must be doing this wrong" frustration that turned out to be a known glitch, apparently affecting most folks playing without the motion controls for which the game was originally designed on the Wii. The most accessible advice on the internet is to "just" switch over to joy cons, turn on motion controls, calibrate, complete the puzzle, switch back to the pro controller, and switch back to button controls. ;-) Happily, I found an alternative tip -- to "flick" the right stick in a certain way -- and it worked!

I'd like to share, in case this helps anyone else: Spoilers for which puzzle has this issue, the glitch, and how to proceed without motion controls )

The possibility that I'm doing something wrong in a game is always first and foremost. :-) In this case, though, it's an actual known imperfection in an otherwise very impressive port.

 
 
08 March 2026 @ 04:13 pm
Signups are now open! Go here to signup. Guidelines are below.


Requests


You will sign up with 1-10 requests, with 1-10 relationships per request. You may repeat fandoms with different relationships. You may also select "any" for relationships, indicating that you are open to receiving a fanwork for any of the nominated relationships for that fandom.

The minimum number of fandoms is one, but if you request fewer than three unique fandoms, you're not guaranteed a gift, and we won't delay reveals for you. Three sub-fandoms within the same larger fandom (e.g., Tortall) are considered unique fandoms in this context.

If you go to pinch hits with fewer than three fandoms and your pinch hit lingers for more than a week (or more than 24 hours past the general assignments due date), you may contact the mods to add more fandoms.

You may request either fic, art, or both.

If you have a letter at an external site (Dreamwidth, Tumblr, Google Docs, etc)., provide a link to it in the relevant box. Please ensure that your letter is complete by the time signups close.

If you have any Do Not Wants (DNWs) that you wish your creator to respect, they must be in the Optional Details box of your signup. DNWs that are only contained in an outside letter cannot be enforced by the mods.

The mod encourage all participants to use clear, specific, and reasonable DNWs for this exchange. DNWs for specific characters in "any" ships will not be enforced. If you have questions about the best way to phrase your DNWs, please contact sufficiently.advanced.ex@gmail.com for assistance.


Offers


You will sign up with 1-10 offers, with 1-10 relationships per offer. You may repeat fandoms with different relationships. You may also select "any" for relationships, indicating that you are open to creating a fanwork for any of the nominated relationships for that fandom.

If you offer a specific "any" ship, such as "Any Dragon & Their Captain", you only need to be able to write one ship that fits the criteria.

You may offer either fic, art, or both.

You may also use one of your offer slots for "bucket" offers. Put one fandom tag in the fandom box; tick "Any" for relationships; then put all the other fandom tags in the optional details box, separated by commas. This can only be done with one of your offer slots, and means you are offering "Any" relationships in all of these fandoms. Remember that the relationships field also includes Solo: Character nominations; and general or specific worldbuilding tags.

Fandoms entered into the optional tags field will not auto-complete, but spelling and spaces matter. The easiest way to fill in your bucket list is to use the "Fandom:" box; when it autocompletes, you can copy and paste fandoms from there one by one into the Optional Tags line until you are done, and then leave the last fandom in the Fandom box. If you are offering lots of fandoms, you can make a comma-separated list in a text file by copying and pasting from the tagset, then pasting it in. This method ensures you do not lose your list if you enter one of the tags incorrectly, and makes it easier to edit if you change your mind.


Matching


Matching works on an OR basis. Your request will be matched to a creator based on just one fandom/relationship/medium combination.

If you do not have a potential recipient, you will be contacted and asked to edit your sign up. If you do not wish to do that, or if you do not respond within 24 hours, your sign-up will be deleted.