Trick or Treat Exchange

One pinch hit needs a new pinch hitter! This is now due October 30, 23:59 UTC/7:59 EDT. This pinch hit must be filled for the collection to open.

To claim, please comment on this post with your AO3 name. Comments are screened. Pinch hits are first-come, first-serve, and if you're the first to claim, you'll receive the assignment to your email.

You don't have to be signed up to Trick or Treat to claim a pinch hit.

CLAIMED PH #22 (sanguinity):

Nightingale & Courtney - Katie Daysh, Captains Courageous - Rudyard Kipling, Hornblower - C. S. Forester, The Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster, Kidnapped - R. L. Stevenson, Strange Empire (TV)

https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2023/user/sanguinity

Treating Spreadsheet

Thank you so much to FireBatVillain on EAD for setting up a treating spreadsheet! Here is the link to the spreadsheet.

Here is an invite to EAD. (Exchange After Dark, an 18+ discord server for exchange discussion.) I'm not running the spreadsheet, so any questions should be sent there.

Community Challenge

We're getting close to the Treat portion of our community challenge, with 235 works tagged, but the Tricks have a ways to go with only 141. We need 250 of each to unveil this year's adorable badge.

Community Challenge post

Several pinch hits still need sweet and/or spooky homes. But first! Some general reminders.

1. The assignment deadline is October 24, 23:59 UTC/7:59 EDT.
2. There will be no extensions for any reason.
3. Please review the minimum requirements to fill assignments per the rules post.
4. The community challenge is ongoing! See post here.

Pinch Hits

To claim, please comment on this post with your AO3 name and the number or name of the pinch hit you would like. Comments are screened. Pinch hits are first-come, first-serve, and if you're the first to claim, you'll receive the assignment to your email.

You don't have to be signed up to Trick or Treat to claim a pinch hit.

These are now due October 28, 23:59 UTC.

PH #1 (DreckDetritusAndDross):

Aveyond, OTXO (Video Game), Westward (Video Games)

https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2023/user/DreckDetritusAndDross

CLAIMED PH #2 (fawatson):

The Last of the Wine - Mary Renault, Alexander Trilogy - Mary Renault, The Mask of Apollo - Mary Renault

https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2023/user/fawatson

CLAIMED PH #15 (dandelionblizzard):

Rope (1948), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Nirvana the Band the Show (Canada TV 2017), Jake and Amir, 4th Man Out (2015)

https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2023/user/dandelionblizzard

Assignments are out! You should receive your assignment emailed to the email address associated with your AO3 account. Alternatively, you can find it under the "Assignments" tab on the sidebar of your AO3 profile.

If you linked an unfinished letter, please try to complete and/or unlock it as soon as possible.

If your recip's letter is incomplete or locked, please wait to contact me about it until after Sept 28. (Or just work from the signup details.)

Assignments are due October 24, 23:59 UTC. Please note that there will be no extensions. If you tend to need wiggle room in your deadlines, you may want to plan to post a few days early.

Initial Pinch Hits

There are 14 initial pinch hits! To claim, please comment on this post with your AO3 name and the number or name of the pinch hit you would like. Comments are screened. Pinch hits are first-come, first-serve, and if you're the first to claim, you'll receive the assignment to your email.

You don't have to be signed up to Trick or Treat to claim a pinch hit.

These are due at the regular assignment deadline, October 24, 23:59 UTC.

PH #1 (DreckDetritusAndDross):

Aveyond, OTXO (Video Game), Westward (Video Games)

https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2023/user/DreckDetritusAndDross

PH #2 (fawatson):

The Last of the Wine - Mary Renault, Alexander Trilogy - Mary Renault, The Mask of Apollo - Mary Renault

https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2023/user/fawatson

PH #9 (MxKit):

Balan Wonderworld (Video Game), DCU (Comics), Mummies Alive (Cartoon), The Nameless Game (Gameverse), Transformers: Earthspark (Cartoon)

https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2023/user/MxKit

( already claimed )

Signups will close in just over seven hours! At 7:59 EDT/23:59 UTC. Here is a countdown.

And here are some notes and reminders!

Please no embedded gifs or images in your AO3 requests
I will be adding this to the rule set for next year-- apologies for the late addition. If you have gifs/images in your signup currently, please remove them.

Assignments
These will likely go out by Sept 21, depending on whether I need to contact unmatchable creators.

Letters
If linking to an outside letter, please try to have that letter complete and unlocked ASAP. The Trick or Treat creation period is not very long, and your creator may only have time early in the creation period.

If your recip's letter is incomplete or locked, please wait to contact me about it until after Sept 28. (Or just ignore it, and go off the signup details.)

The Dropdown of Doom
If when signing up, certain character or ship tags don't appear in the dropdown, that's normal. It's an error with the dropdown only. Simply copy/paste the tags exactly as they appear in the tag set, and they'll go through.

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Signups are now open! They will close on September 18 at 7:59 PM EDT/23:59 UTC.

Please review the signup instructions in this post before signing up.

I need a couple more days to get the community challenge together. That post will be up sometime this week.

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Nominations close in seven hours! Don't worry if your nominations haven't been processed yet. The schedule includes a three-day cleanup period.

Here is the nominations post!

Here is the countdown until nominations end!

EDIT: Also, I'm getting to fixes all at once. So if I haven't replied to a Dreamwidth comment yet, it's so I know it's not done yet.

Welcome back to Trick or Treat! Nominations are open. They close on September 8 at 7:59 PM EDT/23:59 UTC.

Countdown until nominations end.

Here is this year's tag set! You may nominate up to 8 fandoms with 8 characters or relationships in each.

You can also check last year's tag set to see how fandoms were approved last year.


Nominations format

You can nominate characters and/or relationships under each fandom you nominate. For AO3 matching algorithm reasons, both characters and relationships are nominated under the “Characters” slot in the tag set, and ships should be specified by including “Ship:” in front of the pairing.

All fandoms in the tag set need to be nominated with at least one character or relationship tag under that fandom.

For all tags:
Please nominate original works under the fandom Original Work.

Please avoid using pipes where possible and do not use diacritics/tone marks where unnecessary.

All character and ship nominations must be disambiguated. (See below for an explanation!)

Please use the name order as in the canon ("Given Name Family Name" for most western canons, "Family Name Given Name" for most Asian canons).

For relationship tags:
Relationships must include "Ship:" in front of the pairing.

You may nominate / or & relationships. "A/B" is a romantic or sexual relationship; "A & B" is a platonic relationship.

Please alphabetize ships by family name.

Please nominate crossovers under the fandom Crossover Fandom, with ships in the format:
Ship: Yuri Plisetsky (YOI) & Rajah (Aladdin).

What is disambiguation?

This means adding the fandom in brackets after your nomination. Some examples:

Sakurayashiki Kaoru (SK8)
Leia Organa (SWOT)
Luke Skywalker (SWST)
Ship: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson (BBC Sherlock)
Ship: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson (Sherlock Holmes - ACD)
Ship: Mia Fey/Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney)
Ship: Enoshima Junko/Tsumiki Mikan (DR Hope's Peak)
Ship: James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers (Marvel 616)

Before nominating, please check if your fandom is already in the tagset, and what disambiguations were used. Your nominations get approved faster if they are already in the correct format.

Specific Fandom Nomination Guidelines

MCU movies should be nominated together under Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The formerly-on-Netflix Marvel shows (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, and The Punisher) should be nominated under The Defenders (Marvel TV). Other Marvel shows should be nominated separately.

Marvel Comics should be nominated by the characters' native universe, e.g. Marvel 616.

DC Comics should be nominated together under DCU (Comics). You may specify timeline (e.g. Pre-Flashpoint) in the disambiguation.

Arrowverse TV shows should be nominated together under DC's Arrowverse.

All DCEU movies should be nominated together under DC Extended Universe.

Baldur's Gate games should be nominated together as Baldur's Gate (Video Games). "Tav" or "Dark Urge" are the main character of BG3. "Charname" is the main character of BG1 or 2. "Original Character(s)" are not player characters.

Buffyverse (TV) consists of the television shows for both Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) and Angel: The Series.

Doctor Who is divided between 1963, 2005, and Torchwood.

Danganronpa has the original continuity ("Danganronpa - Hope’s Peak Arc") while Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is separate.

Dragon Age should be nominated as Dragon Age - All Media Types.

Star Trek should be divided by show, with Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) separate.

Star Wars should be divided into Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, the standalone movies, then the individual properties, e.g. The Mandalorian (TV).

Ace Attorney and The Great Ace Attorney are two separate fandoms. Please use localized names where applicable, i.e, "Miles Edgeworth" and "Herlock Sholmes."

Final Fantasy VII Remake is separate from the Compilation of FFVII.