Nominations are now live!

[theladyscribe]

The FemmeRemix 2016 tagset is now up and nominations are now live.

Please only nominate fandoms in which you have written three or more stories of 500 words or more OR five stories of 100 words or more about or involving canonical female characters. This is to help us streamline matching.

As a reminder, here are the rules regarding crossovers and megafandoms:

For the purpose of matching, stories which require knowledge of one or more canons are considered crossovers. This includes most instances where two canons take place within the same universe, though there are some exceptions.

Example: You have written three 500-word stories that use characters from both Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion. You do not qualify in either fandom because we cannot guarantee that you will match on both Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion.

The biggest exception to this rule is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which has multiple interrelated canons. To simplify the MCU as best as possible while still allowing for the prolific overlap of many of these canons, we have divided it thusly:

The Avengers (Marvel Movies) — Includes all stories involving characters who are currently part of the Avengers team: Ant Man, Avengers 1-2, Iron Man 1-3, Captain America 1-3, and Thor 1-2.
Daredevil (TV)
Agent Carter (TV) — Includes both the TV show and the short film.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV)
Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies)
Jessica Jones (TV)

Comments

[theladyscribe( as admin)]

Ahh okay. I am less familiar with the comics than with the films. Here is a question for you both: would it make sense to separate out X-Men Comics from the rest of the Marvel universe, or would it be better for all of them to be covered under Marvel 616?

[geckoholic]

I don't write or read much X-Men, so I'm not the best person to ask there, but I think I'd lean towards Marvel 616 as a way to catch it all.

[muccamukk]

I would too.

I think Remix Redux had Avengers (comics) and X-Men (comics), but a lot of people do cross over those as well, especially with characters like Wanda and Carol.

[theladyscribe( as admin)]

Our biggest concern is whether or not this will cause difficulty for matching. If we set it up as Marvel 616 as a catch-all, that means that anyone who offers to remix in Marvel 616 will need to be able to write for both the Avengers side and the X-Men side. We haven't made a formal decision yet (I still need to confer with tielan), but what if we were to separate the two as Avengers (comics) and X-Men (comics), with the caveat that stories involving characters who cross over often should be categorized under the canon in which they are being written?

So for example, if you've written several stories wherein Wanda is hanging out with the X-Men, they would be categorized under X-Men (comics), while stories wherein Wanda is with the Avengers would be categorized under Avengers (comics).

Participants would have to use their own discretion about where particular stories might fall, but that seems like it might be the best option.

[muccamukk]

I think that would make sense to me.

I would be comfortable including the Heroes for Hire gang under the Avengers, and just picking sides for the rest.

For me, offering comics in something like this does include a risk of finding a bunch of fic based on a title I haven't read, but I've always been pretty willing to track down whatever it is to catch up, and I think most comics fans are. It's more fun than offering little titles and not matching.

[theladyscribe( as admin)]

After conferencing with tielan, that is indeed what we have decided. Marvel comics will be divided into Avengers (Comics) and X-Men (Comics). Thanks for your input in this decision; it was very helpful!

[muccamukk]

That seems very workable.

You, uh, don't seem to have tickied the "Make tags visible" box in the edit settings though? I still can't see the tag set.

[theladyscribe( as admin)]

Whoops! Fixing that now, thank you!

[muccamukk]

AO3: Not as intuitive as everyone would like!

Another question: If I have permission from my original author, can I include remixes I've written? (It doesn't make a difference for my counts, but remixing remixes is fun!).

[theladyscribe( as admin)]

For this round, no, previous remixes cannot be remixed (primarily because we don't want to change the rules now that nominations have started). If/when we announce round three, bring it up again and we'll take it into consideration!