Rare Ships!!! on Ice

Nominations are ongoing! For more on what that means and how to do it, see this post.

Now, clarifications time! If you're not familiar with AO3 nominations, as the tagset owner, I can't see who nominated what. All I see are the nominated tags themselves, which I have the choice of accepting, rejecting, or editing+accepting. (You may have noticed me editing some of your tags -- usually to fit AO3 canonical order. This isn't because you did it wrong, it's just a habit for me.)

Since I can't see usernames, that means if I have questions about specific tags, I'll be making clarification posts like this to get more info. These posts are also good places to point out any typos or duplicate tags. You can answer on the post or via email at rareshipsonice@gmail.com.

I just have one question today.

For the tag "Pocha yuuri/gangbang," neither Pocha Yuuri nor Gangbang is a canon character. I'd like at least one canon character listed in any given tag. (further, a gangbang isn't a character - it's more like a party. Tags should clarify who's at the party.)

Are there any more clearly defined tags involving at least one canon character that would work for you instead? Maybe something like "Male Grand Prix Finalists/Pocha Yuuri" or "Yakov Feltsman/Christophe Giacometti/Victor Nikiforov/Pocha Yuuri" etc.

We've ended up with 224 relationships in the tag set. Amazing! Stay tuned for sign-ups opening no later than May 5, 8 p.m. PST. If I can get everything together before that, they might open a bit early.

Tag set is here. Tag spreadsheet is here. I'll be sorting the spreadsheet into category tabs: M/M, F/F, M/F, Threesomes+, Crossovers, and Gen (these can overlap; for example, Victor/Evgeni will be both M/M and Crossover). Let me know if there are other categories you'd find useful.

And if you see any typos/duplicates/other errors in the tag set, please let me know.

Wow, this is one good-looking tagset already! Great work, everyone. I now come bearing various updates.

1. No-penalty Default Deadline

I've added a no-penalty default deadline to the info post. If you need to, you can still default at any point of the exchange, no explanation needed -- sometimes things just happen. However, if you default after July 9, you'll need to create an extra treat before participating in any future rounds.

2. Mediums Discussion

We've got some discussion over here about whether to add podfic and graphics as requestable mediums. If you have any feedback on that -- and on reasonable rules if we do include them -- I'd love to hear from you either on this post, that post, or via email.

3. Nomination Clarifications 1

If you're not familiar with AO3 nominations -- as the tagset owner, I can't see who nominated what. All I see are the nominated tags themselves, which I have the choice of accepting, rejecting, or editing+accepting. (You may have noticed me editing some of your tags -- usually to fit AO3 canonical order. This isn't because you did it wrong, it's just a habit for me.)

Since I can't see usernames, that means if I have questions about specific tags, I'll be making clarification posts like this to get more info. These posts are also good places to point out any typos or duplicate tags ;) You can answer on the post or via email.

This time, I just have four tags I'd like to ask the nominators about.

Georgi & Everyone
Chris & Everyone
I've been considering these, and have decided they're too broad. Are there more limited or more clearly defined groups you'd like to nominate instead?

Yuri Plisetsky/D (Petshop of Horrors)
Is this Count D, Papa D, or New D? I assume Count D, but want to double check.

Yuri Plisetsky/Nikaido Nekomaru (Super Dangan Ronpa 2)
A quick google didn't turn up a Nikaido Nekomaru. Can you confirm that's a character in that canon, or should this be Nidai Nekomaru? (Or someone else?)