sassysnowperson

Hello Everyone!

Nominations are now closed, we've gone through the existing tagset, and we have one last lingering nomination question.

And before we get to it I just want to say to the nominator, sincerely, thank you for giving me a very good laugh as I realized I would need to seek clarification on this particular count.

Nominations Questions

Syril Karn/Tony the Tiger/Capn Crunch/Count Chocula/Chef Wendell/Snap Crackle & Pop (Cereal)

Nominator, upon reviewing this ship, I realized that Snap Crackle & Pop were nominated with the & relationship. As this exchange does not allow for & relationships, the suggested change to the tag would be Syril Karn/Tony the Tiger/Capn Crunch/Count Chocula/Chef Wendell/Snap/Crackle/Pop (Cereal). However, I recognize that the way this ship is written, it could also refer to one singular entity, named Snap Crackle & Pop. While I do not have a deep familiarity with the cereal fandom, my understanding is that they are three different people. If you intend for this second interpretation, please provide some proof of the nature of the singular entity and possibly a suggestion for clarification of the tag. You are also welcome to suggest the ship with a different cereal mascot all together, if the existential question of whether Snap, Crackle & Pop is one entity or three is too much to contemplate.

If we don't hear back from you within 24 hours, we will approve into the tagset Syril Karn (Any)/Tony the Tiger/Capn Crunch/Count Chocula/Chef Wendell/Snap/Crackle/Pop (Cereal).

FAQ

Where did my noms go/why were my noms rejected?

Your noms may have been rejected if you nominated a group of characters, or if you nominated a pairing that was not rare. However, if your nom appears rejected an neither of those things are true, your ship was probably nominated in the wrong fandom. In these cases, the mods moved or are working on moving your ship into the closest correct canon. We should be done moving these ships hopefully in the next few hours, if not that then in the next day or so. Feel free to ask here for clarification on a specific tag.

Oh no! I forgot a very important tag!

Comment here and we'll try to add it in for you, if it's not too late in the sign-up process. We do request you comment with a specific format, which is:
Fandom,Relationship
[ex: Any Star Wars Crossovers,Ahsoka Tano (Rebels)/Leia Organa (Any)]

If you have more than one relationship in the same fandom, you can add it after the first one, separated by a comma:
Fandom,Relationship,Relationship
[ex: Any Star Wars Crossovers,Ahsoka Tano (Rebels)/Leia Organa (Any),The Armorer (Mando)/Mon Mothma (Any)]

What if there's something wrong with a tag in the tagset?

If you catch something, please comment here, or go to our Discord server and drop a comment in the #tagset-cleanup channel.

I'm so excited for signups, when do they open?

The schedule has them opening on Wednesday, but that's at the latest. We're going to work to get the tagset cleaned up, and open pretty soon after that! Be on the lookout for information here.

Any other questions, feel free to drop them in the comments below. Anon is on and comments are screened. See you soon for signups!

sassysnowperson

Hello!

Last day of nominations, and we've got a few specific question/notifications left.

As a reminder - we are rejecting nominations that are in the wrong fandom, and re-entering them in the correct fandom. Please comment here if you have any specific questions where your nomination went (Comments are Screened).

Clarification Needed:

Commander Black/Spark (Any) - Nominated under Star Wars Disney Canon. Nominator, we are not familiar with this character, and can not find it on Wookiepedia. Can you please clarify who is meant?

Original Clone Trooper Medic Helix/Obi-Wan Kenobi - Nominated under Star Wars Disney Canon. While we normally do not allow named OC's, we understand that this character is popular fanon and not generally understood to be the property of one specific creator. As such, we are willing to allow it, but not as a part of Disney Canon. Nominator, you can either nominate in Disney Canon a non-specific Original Clone Trooper Medic/Obi-Wan Kenobi, or you can nominate Obi-Wan Kenobi/Original Clone Trooper Helix (fandom) in Non-Star Wars Crossovers.

Not Allowed:

Any Group - Currently including Armitage Hux/Kylo Ren/Knights of Ren (ST), Dopheld Mitaka/Knights of Ren (ST), Dopheld Mitaka/Rose Tico/Knights of Ren (ST), Finn/Rey Skywalker/Knights of Ren (ST). Please re-nominate with specific Knight(s) of Ren, or requesting an OC Knight of Ren.

I know this clarification post is going out very close to nomination closure. If you see this after nominations close, comment below (comments are screened) with the updated version of your nomination, and the mods will add it to the tagset. Once sign-ups open we may choose to not modify the tagset further.

sassysnowperson

Nominations close at 11:59PM EST - a little less than seven hours from time of posting. Get any last-minute nominations in!

We'll begin cleaning up the tagset after this. Feel free to comment here (anon is on) with any errors you've noticed in the already approved tag. Or, you can join the Discord Server and put any comments in the tagset-cleanup channel.

Our discord also has nominations-swaps section if you've run out of space but have more delicious rarepairs you'd like to share, or if you're willing to use your unused spots to facilitate someone's else's dreams.

equusgirl

Hello!

It is the first full day of nominations and we already have over SEVEN HUNDRED nominations in the tagset! Y’all have some serious galaxy brains. However, we need your help to keep moving forward with the process; please review the following post to avoid rejected noms.

Specific Questions:

Fandom: "Star Wars Expanded Universe" - It is unclear what fandom category any nominations submitted under this umbrella are intended to be under. Please edit or re-submit these nominations into one of the fandom categories above, any remaining nominations in this fandom will be rejected in 24 Hours.

Relationships:

Commander Thorn/any of Padme's handmaidens - While we understand the idea behind this nomination, it's more vague than we want to allow at this time. Please re-nominate with specific handmaidens you'd enjoy, or requesting an OC handmaiden. If there's an issue with having enough nominations spots to submit all variations, please reply below or reach out to the mods.

Leia Organa/Qi'ra - Nominated in OT - I don't believe Qi'ra appears in the OT. The plan is to change this to Leia Organa (OT)/Qi'ra (Any) within the Disney Canon fandom. Please respond if you have evidence for Qi'ra in the OT, or wish for a different change to the tag.

Obi-Wan Kenobi/Bail Organa/Breha Organa (OT) - Nominated in OT - I don't believe Bail and Breha appear in the OT. the plan is to change this to Obi-Wan Kenobi (OT)/Bail Organa (Any)/Breha Organa (Any). Please respond if you have evidence for Bail and Breha in the OT, or wish for a different change to the tag

General Reminders:

Our fandom categories have changed this year! Which means we have a different set of fandoms for you to nominate under. The list is below and you can find further descriptions of each here.

• Star Wars Original Trilogy
• Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
• Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
• Star Wars Disney Canon
• Star Wars: Legends EU
• Other Star Wars Universes
• Any Star Wars Crossovers
• Crossovers (Non-Star Wars)

Please ONLY use the fandoms from this list.

Due to the high volume of incorrect fandoms, we have had to start rejecting tags. We've been keeping a list of any tags we rejected, and will add them back in if time permits - however! If you see a tag that has been rejected, and you don't see it in the corrected category, please re-nominate correctly if you are able to.

If you have run out of nomination spaces and want to ensure that a rejected tag makes it in, please comment here (comments are screened) with the tag formatted correctly (or questions if you're not sure how to format it correctly), and we will add it back in.

Fandoms that Should Not Be Nominated and the Correct Fandoms:

• Star Wars (Marvel Comics) -> these tags need to be nominated under ‘Star Wars Disney Canon’
• Star Wars Legends - All Media Types -> please nominate these under ‘Star Wars: Legends EU’
• Star Wars: Ahsoka (TV) -> these need to be nominated under ‘Star Wars Disney Canon’
• Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron Series - Alexander Freed -> belongs under ‘Star Wars Disney Canon’
• Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV) -> ‘Star Wars Disney Canon’
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon) -> ‘Star Wars Disney Canon’
• Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase I & II - Various Authors -> ‘Star Wars Disney Canon’
• The Mandalorian (TV) -> ‘Star Wars Disney Canon’

sassysnowperson

Hello!

Nominations have started and we've noticed that there have been a few noms that show up in the wrong fandoms. Some common issues are characters and properties that only exist in Disney Canon have been nominated in Any Star Wars Crossovers, and people using fandoms that are not a part of the new larger fandom categories we are using.

As a reminder, all ships should be nominated under the fandoms:
• Star Wars Original Trilogy
• Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
• Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
• Star Wars Disney Canon
• Star Wars: Legends EU
• Other Star Wars Universes
• Any Star Wars Crossovers
• Crossovers (Non-Star Wars)

At this time, any ships we find like this we are moving into the correct category. The way that we do that, these nominations may show up as rejected on your noms screen. You'll be able to find the ships in the categories above.

If you get the chance to edit your nominations yourself, please do so, this will save time for your mods, let you confirm your noms have been approved, and let everyone's noms happen faster.

Feel free to ask any questions about the process here or in the discord server. Anon is on.

sassysnowperson

Nominations are open!

Nomination categories have changed. Please review the new fandom categories even if you've nominated for this exchange before.

• Every person may nominate up to 20 ships in up to 10 fandoms.
• Ships must have fewer than 250 works that are over 1000 words in English on AO3.

Nomination Guidelines

To nominate:
• Read the Nomination Guidelines (this post!) and make sure you understand them — don't be afraid to ask me or any of the other co-mods questions if you don't!
• Go to the tagset and make sure you're logged in to your AO3 account.
• Click the nominate button and fill in the nomination page with tags you want to request.
• Only nominate in the fandom categories listed in the Fandom Nomination Guidelines section below. We are not using Star Wars - All Media Types as a fandom. You can copy and paste from the fandoms list here.
• When the mods have time, we approve them... assuming you filled it out correctly and we understand your nomination.
• If there's any confusion, there will be a nominations clarification post on this Dreamwidth community. We can't see who's nominated what so we can't just ask you directly. You just have to comment on the post or email me to clear things up!
• Lingering incorrect nominations may be rejected, but I will always be willing to add the correct versions in for you if you provide correctly formatted tags to me within the nomination period.

( Fandom Nomination Guidelines )
• Other Star Wars Universes: Is for ships between characters who exist in Star Wars properties that are not clearly Canon or Legends. Examples of these sorts of properties would be the Visions TV show, Star Wars Legos, and the Galactic Starcruiser hotel.
• Any Star Wars Crossovers: Is for any ships between characters who exist in different fandom categories, or for ships where you generally don't care which version is used. Use (Any) in the tag after the character or ship if the property is not important to you, or one of the specific property tags found at the end of this document. For example, Leia Organa/Mon Mothma (Any) or Female Revan (KOTOR)/Leia Organa (OT) or Wedge Antilles (Any)/Luke Skywalker (Legends).
• Crossovers (Non-Star Wars): Is for ships between at least one Star Wars character and one or more non-Star Wars characters. Use the relevant fandom abbreviation or (Any) for the Star Wars character. For example, Amilyn Holdo (ST)/Klara (Jordskott).

( Relationship Nomination Guidelines )

( Optional: Specific Fandom Names List )

Now, go forth and nominate!

sassysnowperson

Hello Everyone!

Nominations are now closed, but we have some lingering questions about a few noms.

Nominations Questions

Currently nominated in Star Wars Legends

Jango Fett (Any)/Ahsoka Tano (Rebels)
Jango Fett (Any)/Quinlan Vos (TCW)

Nominator, did you intend for any version of Jango Fett, or only as he appears in Legends? If we don't hear from you by tomorrow, 9/24/23, 11:59 PM EST, these will be approved as Jango Fett (Legends)/…

Currently nominated in Star Wars: Legends EU

Zhylaw | Lord Marshal/Original Male Character(s)

This appears to be a Chronicles of Riddick character, and the other part of the pairing does not specify the Star Wars Universe. If there is also a legends character with the same name, please clarify below. If you want a Chronicals of Riddik character with an Original Character from the star wars universe, please re-nominate under Crossovers (Non-Star Wars) fandom, and specify what sort of character you want. As it is not currently clear this is a Star Wars pairing, if we don't hear from you by tomorrow, 9/24/23, 11:59 PM EST, this nomination will be deleted.

FAQ

Where did my noms go/why were my noms rejected?

Your noms may have been rejected if you nominated a group of characters, or if you nominated a pairing that was not rare. However, if your nom appears rejected an neither of those things are true, your ship was probably nominated in the wrong canon. In these cases, the mods moved your ship into the closest correct canon. Check in Canon Crossovers, Canon/Legends Crossovers, or Canon EU.

Feel free to ask here for clarification on a specific tag.

Oh no! I forgot a very important tag!

Comment here and we'll try to add it in for you, if it's not too late in the sign-up process. We do request you comment with a specific format, which is:
Fandom,Relationship [ex: Any Star Wars Crossovers,Ahsoka Tano (Rebels)/Enfys Nest (Any)]

If you have more than one relationship in the same fandom, you can add it after the first one, separated by a comma. [ex: Any Star Wars Crossovers,Ahsoka Tano (Rebels)/Enfys Nest (Any),The Armorer (Mando)/L3-37 (Any)]

What if there's something wrong with a tag in the tagset?

If you catch something, please comment here, or go to our Discord server and drop a comment in the #tagset-cleanup channel.

I'm so excited for signups, when do they open?

The schedule has them opening on Tuesday, but that's at the latest. We're going to work to get the tagset cleaned up, and open pretty soon after that! Be on the lookout for information here.

Any other questions, feel free to drop them in the comments below. Anon is on. See you soon for signups!

sassysnowperson

Hello Everyone!

Noms are coming in and I'm so excited to see what the tagset is becoming! Please review the following post to avoid having your nominations rejected!

Some updates and reminders on the tagset:

General Reminders

Do not use clone numerical designations in the tagset - names only. For example: CC-2224 | Cody/CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo/CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives ‎should be formatted as Cody/Echo/Fives. Please. Save your mods eyes! (While we will reformat these if we have time, we reserve the right to reject nominations that were not formatted correctly. Please check your nominations and make corrections!)

Groups will be rejected (ie: 212 Attack Battalion, Rogue Squadron…). Ships must include individual names.

Corrections Needed

The following involve nominations that need to be changed by the nominator. While your mods will often try to find incorrectly nominated and/or formatted tags the right home, we sometimes don't know what you mean, and sometimes don't have the time to fix all of them. As such, nominations unchanged after 24 hours from posting this may be rejected.

Characters nominated in fandoms they do not appear

If the characters in a relationship do not appear in the same canon, one of the crossover fandoms must be used (Any Crossovers, Canon Crossovers, Canon/Legends Crossovers) to nominate these relationships. The mods can currently see the following characters in the wrong place.

Rex is nominated in the OT fandom

Evaan Verlaine is in the OT fandom

Sana Starros is in the OT fandom

Tholme (Legends) is in the PT fandom

Quinlan Vos is in Obi-Wan Kenobi fandom

Antoc Merrick is in Rebels fandom

Luke Skywalker (OT) is in Rebels fandom

Leia Organa is in Book of Boba Fett fandom

Neteyam te Suli Tsyeyk'itan from Avatar is in TCW fandom

If the named character does belong in the fandom, please reply explaining how. Otherwise, change to the crossover fandom of your wish.

There may be more the mods haven't reviewed yet! Please review your nominations to make sure each character is nominated under the correct fandom. Any left after 24 hours may be rejected by the mods.

Unapproved fandoms used

Please remember - only nominate under the fandoms listed in the nominations post.

The following fandoms currently have nominations in them, which may be rejected by the mods if they remain after 24 hours.

Star Wars - All Media Types - is not an accepted fandom in the tag set. Please change the fandom for any ship in this category. You may:

Nominate them as All Star Wars Crossovers - if they show up in multiple canons/different canons and you don't care the what the version is.

You can also move them to Canon Crossovers, or Canon/Legends crossovers, if there's a specific version of the relationship you want.

If both characters appear in one canon, you can nominate them in that canon.

The nominations in the following fandoms should likely be nominated under Legends EU:

Star Wars Legends: Republic Commando (Video Games)

The nominations in the following fandoms should likely be nominated under Canon EU.

Star Wars (Marvel Comics)

Star Wars: Bloodline - Claudia Gray

Star Wars: Leia Princess of Alderaan - Claudia Gray

Star Wars: Lost Stars - Claudia Gray

Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017)

Joy and Pain

Congratulations and I'm sorry to the following ships, rejected because they are no longer rare:

Jessica Pava/Rey

Bail Organa/Breha Organa

We do want everyone to have a fun time and be able to request and write the pairings of their dreams! If you are running out of nomination slots, feel free to join our discord where people are swapping free spaces in each other's sign-ups. Happy nominating!

sassysnowperson

Nominations are open!

• Every person may nominate up to 20 ships in up to 10 fandoms.
• Ships must have fewer than 250 works that are over 1000 words in English on AO3.

Nomination Guidelines

To nominate:
• Read the Nomination Guidelines (this post!) and make sure you understand them — don't be afraid to ask me or any of the other co-mods questions if you don't!
• Go to the tagset and make sure you're logged in to your AO3 account.
• Click the nominate button and fill in the nomination page with tags you want to request.
• Only nominate in the fandoms listed below. We are not using Star Wars - All Media Types as a fandom. You can copy and paste from the fandoms list here.
• When the mods have time, we approve them... assuming you filled it out correctly and we understand your nomination.
• If you did it wrong or I'm confused, I'll ask you about it in a nominations clarification post on this Dreamwidth community. You just have to comment on the post or email me to clear things up!
• We can't see who's nominated what so we can't just ask you directly, you have to pay attention!
• Lingering incorrect nominations may be rejected, but I will always be willing to add the correct versions in for you if you provide correctly formatted tags later on.

( Relationship Nomination Guidelines )

( Fandom Nomination Guidelines )

Now, go forth and nominate!

sassysnowperson

Star Wars Rare Pairs - Ao3 Exchanges 101

We've put this FAQ together for people who haven't done an exchange on Ao3 before, (or who have, but still have some questions they might be embarrassed to ask!). We'll talk about exchanges, nominations, sign-ups, and assignments. Huge thanks to The Dreaming of Sunshine Exchange FAQ, which did such a good job with their FAQ that I stole most of it!

( General )

( Nominations )

( Sign Ups )

( Assignments )

( Treats )

( Art )

( Podfic )

fiachairecht

Thank you to everyone who nominated, and everyone who has helped us out by flagging duplicates and wandering tags to date. Mods are almost done with the tagset cleanup, and signups will open on 27 September around 7 or 8pm Pacific.

A few reminders and notes before then!

1) If you have any unapproved nominations, they are either ships in 'Canon Crossovers' with no disambiguation, or ships that are crossovers that were nominated under a non-crossover fandom. Mods are moving the latter to the appropriate crossover fandom, and will disambiguate all remaining Canon Crossovers ships with '(Any)', unless the nominators clarify in comments on this post or in the Discord.

2) If you see any duplicate tags in the same fandom, please let us know either in comments here on in the #tagset-cleanup channel on Discord.

See you tomorrow evening!

fiachairecht

Nominations close 25 September, 11.59PM Pacific time, a little under 24 hours from this post's timestamp.

A few reminders as we head into the last day:

1) Please make sure your nominations in the crossover fandoms Canon Crossovers and Canon/Legends Crossovers indicate the source media for each character. Nominations without those disambiguations will either be rejected or modified to include mods' best guess as to which you mean. If you don't care about the version, please re-nominate your ships under the Any Star Wars Crossovers fandom.

2) Mods have moved some ships that were nominated under incorrect fandoms, which may mean they show up as rejected on your nominations page. If you have questions about where your ship tag ended up, please get in touch with us either via comments here or on the Discord.

fiachairecht

Hi all, we've loved seeing your nominations so far! We are, however, reaching a point where nominations we have questions about are limiting our ability to see new ones, so welcome to our first clarifications post!

Canon Crossovers
We have a lot of ships nominated here with no disambiguations, e.g. Bodhi Rook/Luke Skywalker. Please edit your noms to indicate which canon section characters are from. If you do not care about versions or eras, please re-nominate those ships under the 'Any Star Wars Crossovers' fandom.

Canon/Legends Crossovers
A number of characters - Alpha-17, Jaster Mereel, and Taria Damsin - who seem to be only Legends characters were nominated here shipped with other Legends characters. Please either confirm for the mods which canon pieces they appeared in, or re-nominate those ships under the 'Star Wars: Legends EU' fandom.

Star Wars - All Media Types
We are not using this fandom this year. Please re-nominate your ships under one of the pre-existing fandoms.

As these are beginning to have a significant effect on the nominations we can see and approve, we will begin rejecting nominations in about 24 hours (~11pm September 22nd, Pacific time). We realise this is relatively short notice, but rejected nominations will be saved and re-added at the nominator(s)' request.

fiachairecht

Nominations are open! Every person may nominate up to 20 ships in up to 10 fandoms. Ships must have fewer than 250 works that are over 1000 words in English on AO3.

Vader|Anakin and Kylo|Ben will be collapsed for purposes of determining eligibility. This means mods will be judging whether a Kylo|Ben ship or a Vader|Anakin ship is eligible based on the total number of fics tagged with any version of their name, using the umbrella Kylo Ren | Ben Solo tag or by handcounting the the number of Vader, Anakin, and Vader|Anakin fics and removing duplicates. This only effects eligibility - you are still welcome to include only one name in your nomination if you feel that best reflects the gift you would like to create or recieve.

Please use the fandoms exactly as they appear below - copy & paste is your friend! Mods will reject any other fandoms.

It's very helpful to us if you disambiguate your nominations - that is, put the name or abbreviation of the fandom the ship belongs to in parentheses after the character name, even if you think it's obvious. For instance, nominating Amilyn Holdo/Leia Organa (SWST) under Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. This is necessary if you wish to nominate the same ship in multiple fandoms - Mon Mothma/Leia Organa (OT) under Original Trilogy and Mon Mothma/Leia Organa (Legends) under Star Wars: Legends EU, and deeply appreciated in all other cases.

• New in 2022: Nominations for clone troopers should not include their numerical designation. If two clones have the same name, disambiguate them, e.g. with 'Fox (501st)'.
• New in 2022: Ships between a Star Wars character and the reader, between a Star Wars character and an original character, or between two or more original characters, should be nominated under the fandom that corresponds to the time period you want to see them in, e.g. Leia Organa (Canon EU)/Original Female Senator would be nominated under 'Canon EU'.

Nomination Organisation

The following fandoms will already be in the tag set. Please use them exactly as they appear here - copy & paste is your friend! Mods will reject any other fandoms.

• Andor (TV): Is for ships between characters in the Andor tv show.

• Any Star Wars Crossovers: Is for ships between characters who exist in different canon or legends properties, where the version of the character is not important to you. Disambiguate these ships by putting (Any) in parenthesis after the character or ship. For example, Leia Organa/Mon Mothma (Any) or Female Revan/Leia Organa (Any) or Wedge Antilles (Any)/Luke Skywalker (Legends).

• Canon Crossovers: Is for ships between characters who exist in different canon properties, where the version of the character is important to you. For example, Shmi Skywalker (OT)/Rey (ST).

• Canon EU: Is for ships between characters who exist in the current extended universe. For example, Carise Sindian/Varish Vicly (Canon EU).

• Canon/Legends Crossovers: Is for ships between one or more canon characters and one or more Legends characters, where the version of the character is important to you. You must specify which version of each character you want. For example, Rey (ST)/Jaina Solo (Legends) or Luke Skywalker (OT)/Wedge Antilles (Legends).

• Crossovers (Non-Star Wars): Is for ships between at least one Star Wars character and one or more non-Star Wars characters. For example, Amilyn Holdo (ST)/Klara (Jordskott).

• The Mandalorian (TV): Is for ships between characters in The Mandalorian.

• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016): Is for ships between characters in Rogue One.

• Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018): Is for ships between characters in Solo

• Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic (Video Games): Is for ships between characters in KOTOR I & II

• Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic (Video Game): Is for ships between characters in SWTOR.

• Star Wars Original Trilogy: Is for ships between characters in the Original Trilogy.

• Star Wars Prequel Trilogy: Is for ships between characters in the Prequel Trilogy

• Star Wars Sequel Trilogy: Is for ships between characters in the Sequel Trilogy

• Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order (Video Game): Is for ships between characters in Jedi: Fallen Order.

• Star Wars: Legends EU: Is for ships between characters in the Legends universe. For example, Mara Jade/Jaina Solo (Legends EU).

• Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV): Is for ships between characters in the Kenobi TV show.

• Star Wars: Rebels: Is for ships between characters in Rebels

• Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon): Is for ships between characters in Resistance

• Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon): Is for ships between characters in The Bad Batch

• Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett (TV): Is for ships between characters in Book of Boba Fett

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types: Is for ships between characters in TCW.

• Star Wars: Visions (TV): Is for ships between characters in Visions

For characters who exist in both Canon and Legends, please specify which version of the character you want in parentheses while nominating. For instance, Snoke/Wedge Antilles (Legends) belongs in the Canon/Legends Crossover fandom. Snoke/Wedge Antilles (Canon) belongs in the Sequel Trilogy fandom.

Now, go forth and nominate.

fiachairecht

Hello everyone! As we get ready for the exchange's 2022 round, mods have a few questions about tagset organisation we would like some community feedback on. Note that we are not going back to using 'All Media Types', these are just questions about the fandoms we will pre-load in.

1) Character/Reader Fic: Last year, canon character/reader ships were included in the fandom the character belonged to, e.g. 'Finn (SWST)/Reader' would be under the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy fandom. Are people who are planning to nominate/offer request readerfic happy with this, or would you prefer a separate fandom for character/reader fics?

2) The Disney+ Shows: There seem to be varying levels of overlap here, e.g. The Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett have a decent amount of crossover, while Kenobi is more separate. Is there enough overlap that combining them into something like a Star Wars (Live Action TV) fandom makes sense? Should only some of them be combined? Should they all be separate? Please chime in if you're planning to nominate/offer/request, not all your mods even have Disney+.

3) Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader: Anakin and Vader have historically been considered separate characters for ships & when determining ship eligibility requirements due to AO3 choices. This is distinct from our handling of Kylo Ren | Ben Solo, who is harder to break into separate characters, again due to AO3 choices. This year, we're considering combining Anakin | Vader when considering eligibility requirements - e.g. combining all Anakin/x, Vader/x, and Anakin|Vader/x fics - in order to bring the requirements into alignment. If a ship still qualifies, you would still be able to nominate Anakin/x and Vader/x separately in order to indicate the version of the ship that you like, just as you were able to nominate Ben/x and Kylo/x separately last year. How do you all feel about this?

4) Anything else? If you have any other questions or concerns about where certain things go, missing fandoms, fandoms that should be combined, etc, please leave them on this post. Last year's fandoms & descriptions are here.

We are planning to run this on a similar schedule to last year (so nominations opening around September 18th), so please try to get your comments in in the next week-and-a-half or so.

fiachairecht

Nominations are now closed.

There are still a few approvals, rejections, deletions of duplicates, and wrangling of wandering tags to get through before signups open tomorrow night.

If you see duplicate or wandering tags, or spot any other issues with the tagset, please let the mods know either in comments on this post or in the #tagset-cleanup channel on the Discord.

fiachairecht

Nominations will now close September 26, 9:59PM Pacific time.

We still have unanswered questions and other reminders in our first query post!

& ships
& ships are not eligible for this exchange. Please edit your noms to be the / version of the ships, or replace them with ships you would like the / version of.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Nominator responsible for the Original Female KX Droid ships, we've rejected your nominations from that fandom and added them to Ships With Original Star Wars Characters with a (Rogue One) specifier.

Ships With Original Star Wars Characters
Original High Republic Era Force Dyad/Original High Republic Era Force Dyad
Nominator, do you want two halves of a dyad shipped with each other, or two dyads shipped with each other in a foursome? If the first, please edit your nom to clarify (e.g. "Original Half of High Republic Era...". If we don't get a response we'll approve it as-is and you'll be able to clarify in optional details.

Star Wars Legends: Jedi Quest Series - Jude Watson
Please edit your fandom to Star Wars: Legends EU. You're welcome to disambiguate your ships by adding (Jedi Quest Series) at the end of the tag. If not edited by close of nominations, these will be rejected.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon)
Various ships with Fives
Does Fives appear in The Bad Batch? If not, please move these to Canon Crossovers. If you're out of nominations slots, please let the mods know and we'll do it for you

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
CC-1010 | Fox/Sabé
Is Sabé in the Clone Wars movie or series? If not, please move this to Canon Crossovers. If you're out of nominations slots, please let the mods know and we'll do it for you

fiachairecht

Thank you so much for all your nominations so far! Mods have a few questions and reminders.

& ships
& ships are not eligible for this exchange. Please edit your noms to be the / version of the ships, or replace them with ships you would like the / version of.

Star Wars Legends: Republic Commando Series - Karen Traviss
Please edit your fandom to Star Wars: Legends EU. Please either change your & ships to the / version, or replace them with other ships you would like the / version of. If not edited by close of nominations, these will be rejected.

Star Wars - All Media Types
Please re-nominate your ships under the appropriate fandom from the list in the nominations guidelines. If not edited by close of noms, they will be rejected.

Canon/Legends Crossover
Your fandom should be Canon/Legends Crossovers (plural). Please edit your fandom so we can accept your noms. If not edited by close of noms, they will be rejected.

Crossovers (Non-Star Wars)
Matt the Radar Technician
We do not consider Matt a Star Wars character for purposes of the exchange. While we're happy to accept nominations of him with, say, Kylo or Hux under Crossovers (Non-Star Wars), we will reject nominations of him with other non-Star Wars characters.

Lando/Dark Matter Crossover Ships
Nominator, you have a lot of different versions of Lando shipped with the same Dark Matter characters. If you want them all separate, awesome, but you can also nominate Lando Calrissian (Any)/your non-Star Wars character - this will save you some slots. Please either confirm you want them all separate or edit your noms. If not clarified by end of noms, we'll approve as-is.

fiachairecht

Nominations are open! Every person may nominate up to 20 ships in up to 10 fandoms. Ships must have fewer than 250 works that are over 1000 words in English on AO3.

Ships with Darth Vader and ships with Anakin Skywalker should be nominated separately. Ben Solo will not be considered a separate entity from Kylo Ren for the purpose of this exchange. Therefore, I will be judging whether a Kylo|Ben ship is eligible based on the umbrella of the Ben Solo | Kylo Ren tag - though you are welcome to specify Kylo or Ben in your nomination.

Please use the fandoms exactly as they appear below - copy & paste is your friend! Mods will reject any other fandoms.

It's very helpful to us if you disambiguate your nominations - that is, put the name or abbreviation of the fandom the ship belongs to in parentheses after the character name, even if you think it's obvious. For instance, nominating Amilyn Holdo/Leia Organa (SWST) under Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. This is necessary if you wish to nominate the same ship in multiple fandoms - Mon Mothma/Leia Organa (OT) under Original Trilogy and Mon Mothma/Leia Organa (Legends) under Star Wars: Legends EU, but merely appreciated in all other cases.

• Canon Crossovers: Is for ships between characters who exist in different canon properties. Please specify which fandom each character belongs to in your nomination. For example, Shmi Skywalker (OT)/Rey (ST). It is also used for ships between characters who share multiple subfandoms where you do not care which subfandom/era is given focus. Nominate those ships with an (Any) disambiguation. For example, Padme Amidala/Mon Mothma (Any).

• Canon/Legends Crossovers: Is for ships between one or more canon characters and one or more Legends characters. If one of those characters exists in both, please specify which version you want. For example, Rey/Jaina Solo or Leia Organa (Legends)/Mon Mothma (OT). If you do not care whether you receive the canon or Legends version of a character, specify those characters with an 'Any' disambiguation. For example, Leia Organa (Any)/Rey.

• Canon EU: Is for ships between characters who exist in the current extended universe. For example, Carise Sindian/Varish Vicly (Canon EU).

• Crossovers (Non-Star Wars): Is for ships between at least one Star Wars character and one or more non-Star Wars characters. For example, Amilyn Holdo (ST)/Klara (Jordskott).

• The Mandalorian (TV): Is for ships between characters in The Mandalorian.

• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016): Is for ships between characters in Rogue One.

• Ships With Original Star Wars Characters: Is for ships either between a pre-existing Star Wars character and an original Star Wars character (for instance, Leia Organa/Original Female Senator) or between two or more original Star Wars characters (for instance, Original Female X-Wing Pilot/Original Female X-Wing Pilot).

• Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018): Is for ships between characters in Solo

• Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic (Video Games): Is for ships between characters in KOTOR I & II. If nominating a player character, you may provide the character's gender, for instance, Female Jedi Exile/Kreia.

• Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic (Video Game): Is for ships between characters in SWTOR. If nominating a player character, you may provide gender and class, for instance, Female Sith Inquisitor/Darth Zash (SWTOR) or Lana Beniko/Nonbinary Jedi Consular. Advanced classes, races, and light/dark side alignment belong in your optional details.

• Star Wars Original Trilogy: Is for ships between characters in the Original Trilogy.

• Star Wars Prequel Trilogy: Is for ships between characters in the Prequel Trilogy

• Star Wars Sequel Trilogy: Is for ships between characters in the Sequel Trilogy

• Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order (Video Game): Is for ships between characters in Jedi: Fallen Order.

• Star Wars: Legends EU: Is for ships between characters in the Legends universe. For example, Mara Jade/Jaina Solo.

• Star Wars: Rebels: Is for ships between characters in Rebels

• Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon): Is for ships between characters in Resistance

• Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon): Is for ships between characters in The Bad Batch

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types: Is for ships between characters in TCW.

• Star Wars: Visions (TV): Is for ships between characters in Visions

For characters who exist in both Canon and Legends, please specify which version of the character you want in parentheses while nominating. For instance, Maz Kanata/Leia Organa (Legends) belongs in the Canon/Legends Crossover fandom. Maz Kanata/Leia Organa (Canon) belongs in the Sequel Trilogy fandom. All fandoms must be from this list.

Now, go forth and nom!

fiachairecht

Belatedly realised your favourite ship isn't in the tagset? Leave up to five properly formatted and eligible ships in comments here and I will add them.

A spreadsheet of nominated ships organinsed by fandom will be posted tonight before signups open.

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