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

[muccamukk]

How are you thinking about comics fandoms? Would Marvel 616 generally be okay? Or would you rather do titles?

[masu_trout]

Awesome!

Out of curiosity, would you be open to making tags visible while nominations are underway? There's a few fandoms I'm in where I have two 500+ stories that are eligible--If I know early on that someone else is interested in requesting or offering that fandom, that's great motivation for me to write another eligible story before sign-ups proper start.

[theladyscribe( as admin)]

Yes, nominated tags will be visible as they're approved, which will probably happen in batches (and may be more sporadic in the second week of nominations as I will have somewhat intermittent internet access - tielan will be around, though).

[theladyscribe( as admin)]

Please nominate by individual title, as comics tend to be relatively self-contained. :)

[masu_trout]

Wonderful, thank you for the confirmation!

[geckoholic]

Tbh, I'm not sure that's the best way to go with comics, especially since it's not as big a fandom as the movieverse. Most of my lady-centric comics fics are crossovers between titles, and I don't have enough for most individual titles to qualify. And there's a bunch of fics/authors I could think of for which the same is true.

[muccamukk]

I kind of feel like this too. I have fic here and there over many titles, and only have one title that qualifies. Most comics readers who follow the big two don't just read, say, Young Avengers, they read a variety of things to keep up with their favourite characters/creators.

Misty Knight, for example, has been in Iron Fist, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, Daredevil, Namor, Defenders, Daughters of the Dragon, Deadlock, Power Man & Iron Fist, Heroes for Hire, and New Avengers. I only qualify on fic about her because I use "Heroes for Hire" as a catch all for a variety of street-level heroes/titles.

[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.

[igrockspock]

Hi! I nominated Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and I actually do qualify in it, but you can't see that now because several of my stories are currently anon/unrevealed. They will be revealed by the time signups for FemmeRemix start. Just wanted to let you know in case that was a factor in approving nominations!

[theladyscribe( as admin)]

That's good to know! We actually aren't able to see who nominates what, so this info will be more important when we're double-checking sign-ups before we match everyone. :)

[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!

[plaid_slytherin]

I've got a couple of questions:

1. I know Rule 63 stories don't count towards your numbers, but can they be remixed? The reason I ask is that my customary safe story is my Rule 63 fic but if they're off-limits anyway, should I still bother listing it?

2. Can stories in series count towards your qualifying, and does it matter if the series is incomplete?

[theladyscribe( as admin)]

1. Yes, Rule 63 can still be remixed, so unless there's another one you'd rather list as your safe story, you should list it.

2. Stories in series do count toward qualifying as long as the individual stories are complete. It doesn't matter if the series itself is incomplete.

[plaid_slytherin]

Thanks!

[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!).

[dhampyresa]

I have two questions:

1) Are the Star Wars movies considered one fandom or three (Original, Prequel and Sequel Trilogies) or seven (one per movie)? I would have thought the Star Wars fandom would be divided similarly to MCU (movies, cartoons, Legends books, EU books, comics, etc) but The Force Awakens is currently all on its lonesome in the tagset.

2) Does Fantastic Four (comicverse) count as Avengers (Comics) or X-Men (Comics)?

[theladyscribe( as admin)]

1. At this point, we are taking Star Wars: The Force Awakens as a solo nominee. If other people also nominate the other Star Wars films, we will discuss the possibility of merging them or keeping them separate. Since it's currently the only one, merging hasn't been an issue.

2. Neither of the mods are very familiar with Fantastic Four. Would it make sense for them to be slotted in with one group or the other, or would it be better to have them as a separate split as well?

[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!

[dhampyresa]

1. That's why I was asking, I wasn't sure how to nominate. I will for sure qualify for all Star Wars movies by the time sign-ups open, but may or may not qualify for any of the subseries.

2. Given that Marvel tends to treat the comics as mutants on one side and everyone else on the other and that's there's more crossover betwen the Avengers and Fantastic Four teams than the X-Men and Fantastic Four teams (as far as I know), I think it would make more sense to have them be under Avengers (comics).

[meatball42.livejournal.com]

Sad question, but would it be possible for you to reformat the tag-set list on ao3 so it's in the two-column format that the tagsets usually come in? IDK if this is something you can control or a quirk of AO3, but I doubt I'm the only one who finds looking through the paragraphs more difficult.

[theladyscribe( as admin)]

To my knowledge, there is no way to reformat the tag set on AO3. Your best bet is to ctrl+F and search for the fandoms you want to see if they are nominated.

[zdenka]

One trick I sometimes use is to select everything in one category and copy/paste it into Word. It pastes as a numbered list with one thing on each line.