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femmeremix2014-03-18 02:55 pm
theladyscribe) wrote in femmeremix2014-03-18 02:55 pm
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Wild-Card Discussion
I've had several questions regarding the possibility of the Wild-Card, so I thought it would be a good idea to start some real discussion of it.
I see it working like this:
To be a wild-card remixee, you must still meet the three-or-five rule in the qualifying fandoms, but the stories that count do not have to all be in the same fandom. For example, let's say you've written two 500-word stories with women in Supernatural and one 500-word story in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Woo-hoo, you can sign up to be remixed by a wild-card participant! If you do meet the requirements for regular qualification, you can still sign up to be a wild-card remixee, but you are not required to do so. Furthermore, you can still be matched on the fandoms you qualify with even if you sign up for the wild-card.
To be a wild-card remixer, you are agreeing to potentially be assigned an author with whom you do not share any fandoms. For example, you only read/write Battlestar Galactica, but you signed up for the wild-card and were assigned someone who has only written Star Wars! You have two options: you can either research the fandom and try to access some of the canon and then write your remix, or you can remix blind and use only the author's works as the source for your story, whichever works best for you.
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Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?
I see it working like this:
To be a wild-card remixee, you must still meet the three-or-five rule in the qualifying fandoms, but the stories that count do not have to all be in the same fandom. For example, let's say you've written two 500-word stories with women in Supernatural and one 500-word story in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Woo-hoo, you can sign up to be remixed by a wild-card participant! If you do meet the requirements for regular qualification, you can still sign up to be a wild-card remixee, but you are not required to do so. Furthermore, you can still be matched on the fandoms you qualify with even if you sign up for the wild-card.
To be a wild-card remixer, you are agreeing to potentially be assigned an author with whom you do not share any fandoms. For example, you only read/write Battlestar Galactica, but you signed up for the wild-card and were assigned someone who has only written Star Wars! You have two options: you can either research the fandom and try to access some of the canon and then write your remix, or you can remix blind and use only the author's works as the source for your story, whichever works best for you.
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Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?
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Say I sign up with my two qualifying fandoms, and offer to write a wild-card of a particular type. Do I also have to include my own wild-card options? I'm not clear on how many fandoms I get to offer (I qualify under three fandoms), and the fandoms I would otherwise be able to offer wild-card for are not on the list yet.
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I'm not sure I fully understand your question. If you qualify in a fandom, you can list it in the sign-up (and the more you list, the easier it will be to match you with someone who shares at least one of your fandoms). As long as you qualify in at least one of the fandoms in the final qualifying list, you do not have to be added to the wild-card match-up.
You can offer to write a wild-card without opting-in to be remixed by a wild-card yourself. If you offer to write a wild-card, you may not have any fandoms in common with the person you are assigned, and you won't be able to be re-assigned.
I'm open to discussion as to whether people who only qualify as a wild-card should be allowed to request to write specific fandoms or must be assigned as a wild-card. I also would like people's opinions on whether wild-card only remixees should be required to have more total stories to qualify, as that will make it a little easier on their remix writers (ie, they have to have five-or-seven instead of three-or-five, but those stories can be across multiple fandoms).
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I also would like people's opinions on whether wild-card only remixees should be required to have more total stories to qualify, as that will make it a little easier on their remix writers (ie, they have to have five-or-seven instead of three-or-five, but those stories can be across multiple fandoms).
IMHO This is a smart idea and will probably make it easier to wild-card, yeah.