Nominations Clarification 2

[genfreeformmod]

Thank you to everyone who's gotten back to us!

New clarification notes about fandoms and relationships:

• Star Wars - All Media Types — This fandom is for crossovers between other Star Wars media. Nominations in this fandom need disambiguations the same way Crossover Fandom nominations need nominations. If you have questions about this, please reach out! Nominators have 24 hours to remove their nominations before they'll be rejected.
• Gargoyles (Cartoon) — I had to reject several / relationships in this fandom. Please review the exchange rules.
• Transformers - All Media Types — I prefer to avoid AMT and & Related Fandoms where possible. Please pick one media type, or else comment below letting me know why you need the AMT fandom.
• Group: Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes (SWOT) — Is Figrin D'an a single person? Should this be a Group: nom for sure, or should it maybe be "Figrin D'an & the Modal Nodes"?
• Winter Tide — This was accepted under the canonical AO3 fandom "The Innsmouth Legacy - Ruthanna Emrys"
• Shepard & Shepard - Twins (Mass Effect) — I've accepted this as "Shepard & Shepard (Mass Effect)" because the twins part is something you should put in your optional details or make into a freeform.

New clarification notes about freeforms

• Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale Fusion — Is this meant to be fusions with, like, any fairy tale, or fusions with the, uhhh, shonen series?
• gay-lesbian hostility — I've never seen this phrase before and I'm not 100% sure what it means - which could be a problem if I have to make mod decisions down the line. Could the nominator elaborate for me?
• This Is Definitely Not A Euphemism for Anything — Nominator, I don't know how I would evaluate a work as containing this freeform or not containing this freeform, so I'd like to rephrase it. Is your intent that you'd like a gift work with a lot of euphemisms in it?
• Crossovers & Fandom Fusions — This tag is too broad! Please nominate tags related to specific fusions or crossovers that you'd like to see. I'll hold off on rejecting this for as long as possible so you don't lose the slot, but I can't accept it.
• Quote: I've got red in my ledger; I'd like to wipe it out. (Marvel) — fandom specific freeform tags should be submitted in the format "FANDOM - FREEFORM INFO"...but also I can't accept a freeform that's just a quote from one of the MCU movies because I don't know how I'd evaluate whether a fanwork has actually hit the freeform. I'll hold off on rejecting this for as long as possible so you don't lose the slot, but I can't accept it.
• Religious or Mythological Imagery Symbolism Guilt Content Discussion — Sorry, nominator, I can't parse this freeform and don't know what it means! Can we try to rephrase?
• Rule 63 — This has been accepted as "Alternate Universe - Gender Changes". If this doesn't capture exactly what's important to you about Rule 63, let me know what tag would be better and I'll add it into the tagset for you.
• Canon Compliant — This really isn't something I can evaluate fanworks for, especially in a multifandom exchange. I'll hold off on rejecting this for as long as possible so you don't lose the slot, but I can't accept it. We have related tags that might fill this niche for you, though, like "Episode Tag", "Post Canon", and so on.

Outstanding clarification:

• Boogie Boys (Web Series)/Video Blogging RPF — Assuming that stuff from this comment is still true (and I can't see why it wouldn't be) I'm willing to accept these fandoms as is, but I am extremely hesitant to accept "Liam Winter & Creator's Choice Of Youtuber(s) (Video Blogging RPF)" because "Youtuber" is an incredibly broad category when combined with the Video Blogging RPF tag, probably too broad to be useful. Could the nominator narrow down the fandom or the tag further? Also, you forgot to disambiguate all of your relationships, btw.
• Kino no Tabi | Kino's Journey - All Media Types — I prefer to avoid AMT and & Related Fandoms where possible. Please pick one media type, or else comment below letting me know why you need the AMT fandom.

Comments

[dirty_diana]

Rule 63 nominator - Alternate Universe - Always a Different Sex is what I'm looking for, rather than Gender Changes.

[genfreeformmod]

Both are now in the tagset!

[(Anonymous)]

I nominated "This Is Definitely Not A Euphemism for Anything", and that's what I intended! Maybe "Lots of Euphemisms"?

(Unfortunately, I can't rephrase it on my end, because I nommed something that AO3 synned/changed to another tag... that I also nominated, and that had already been accepted, so now I can't edit those noms at all.)

[genfreeformmod]

"Lots of Euphemisms" works, thank you! I edited the tag for you before accepting.

[(Anonymous)]

I was the nominator for gay-lesbian hostility, and I’d accept any work in which a lesbian character and a gay male character have some kind of tense relationship—nemeses, frenemies, rivals, etc. Generally, I would expect at least one of the characters to be actively antagonistic to the other.

I’m totally open to any necessary reformulations—this is just the way I’m most used to seeing it. If it works better to broaden the tag, I’m also happy to use to “MLM-WLW” or similar instead of “gay-lesbian.”

Thanks for checking in, and please don't hesitate to let me know if/how I can further clarify.

[sholio]

Just as a passerby, fwiw, I would never have interpreted this tag to mean this! I would have assumed someone requesting the tag was looking for political content, such as gay groups being hostile to lesbians or vice versa, misogyny by gay men against lesbians, etc. An individual relationship between a gay man and a lesbian who dislike each other personally wouldn't have occurred to me.

[genfreeformmod]

Just like Sholio above, I also would have thought that it would be about general political groups rather than focused on interpersonal conflict! How about we phrase the tag to "Interpersonal Conflict Between A Lesbian And A Gay Man"? That way we can be sure you'll get what you want.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you both for your input! One of those many cases of being lost in my own little fandom niche, I reckon. I'm good with the suggested rephrasing, but if it would be equally clear to swap "conflict" with "tension", I think that might be a little closer to what I have in mind. But if that would introduce a problem, I'm 100% okay with your suggestion. Thanks again!

[genfreeformmod]

No problem, it's in with "tension"!

[liryian]

Fairytale fusion nominator here--ngl I forgot about the anime, I meant "fusion with any fairytale" but without the space it's stuck in lapslock. Also isn't the anime spelled Fairy Tail?

[seal_nonnie]

It is, though I have known people (admittedly generally not within the fandom for it) to misspell it.

But now I can't stop thinking about Fairy Tail fusions. Which deadbeat parent in your canon is now a dragon, and who is now an ice mage who strips for fanservice definitely normal reasons?

[genfreeformmod]

The anime is spelled Fairy Tail but this freeform came in at roughly the same time as the Fairy Tail fandom nominations so I was like "What...if...."

Anyway, it's accepted now!

[humiliatedrook]

Hi, I nominated "Religious or Mythological Imagery Symbolism Guilt Content Discussion" - I can separate it into two different tags:

"Religious/Mythological Imagery/Symbolism/Discussion"
"Religious Guilt"

Would that work?

[genfreeformmod]

Yes, that works, thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

I have a Star Wars - All Media Types nomination for Any Hutt Character. I put it there because I don't want to limit the character choice to any specific franchise or era and nominating that same tag in multiple franchises seems unrulily and wasteful, both from a nomination perspective and a request perspective.

[genfreeformmod]

Oh, this makes sense. I'll accept this nomination!

[(Anonymous)]

Figrin D'an & the Modal Nodes are the Cantina Band from A New Hope.

[genfreeformmod]

Ohhh, that makes sense, thank you!

[genfreeformmod]

I had a slight miscommunication with someone helping me with the tagset because I was unclear so I was accidentally approved, but I will swap it out for "Liam Winter & Creator's Choice Of OfflineTV Streamer(s) (Video Blogging RPF)" before sign ups open. Thanks!!