Goreswap Exchange

Goreswap sign ups for the 2024 round are closed! Assignments will be out by January 30th, hopefully earlier. If your AO3 name begins with a V, please check your email!

Everyone is matchable, and assignments should go out tomorrow!

Just under twenty-four hours left to sign up! Instructions here. Sign up form here.

Sign ups are now open! In order to sign up, go to the sign up form. For detailed instructions, keep reading.

( Requests )

( Offers )

When you have finished filling in your offers and requests, click submit. Occasionally there will be a problem, in which case the field which could not be submitted will have an error message next to it. Otherwise, at this point you may review the Requests Summary in order to see all requests. You may return to your sign up page to edit it at any point until sign ups close.

If you see a mistake in your fandom, or feel that I edited your nominations in a way that changes their meaning, please comment here. I also have outstanding questions in the following fandoms:

( Doctor Who )

( Harry Potter )

( House of the Dragon )

Nominations are open early! Click here for the tagset. Detailed instructions are below.

Nominating is how the fandoms, relationships and characters you can offer and request in the exchange are chosen. You can nominate up to ten fandoms, and up to twenty relationships per fandom by filling out the form here (or click 'nominate' at the top right of the tagset). All eligible, correctly formatted nominations will be approved.

Formatting Guidelines:

If your fandom has a canonical AO3 tag, please enter that tag. If not, make up a tag that matches AO3's formatting. See below for instructions for specific franchises.

Individual character nominations should be nominated in the form "Solo: X." These nominations are for works featuring at least the requested character, not necessarily that character alone. Romantic and sexual relationships should be nominated in the form X/Y. Platonic relationships should be nominated in the form X & Y. You may also nominate larger groups, such as X/Y & A/B for a work which features all four characters together in two relationships, A & B & C for all three characters featured in platonic relationships, or X/Y/Z for a threesome.

Original characters may be nominated, by themselves or in relationships with canon characters. All details that aren't included in the tag are up to the creator's discretion. For example, Harry Potter/Original Female Slytherin would require a work featuring Harry Potter in a romantic or sexual relationship with a female Slytherin OC, whereas Harry Potter/Original Slytherin would allow the creator to choose the original character's gender. Creator's Choice of Fandom and Original Work relationships should also include all important details in the tag.

Please do not nominate ambiguous groups such as "Harry Potter & Slytherins." Instead, you may nominate "Harry Potter & Any Slytherin," or "Harry Potter & Any Slytherin(s)." This is to avoid ambiguity as to which specific characters must be included. I will generally correct this type of nomination without querying.

Without getting into existential issues, characters should unambiguously be some combination of alive, self-aware, and/or distinct individuals in canon. Animals, ghosts, and eldritch abominations are eligible, but non-sentient settings generally aren’t. Specific “versions” of characters are eligible only if they are so distinct as to be a different character (e.g., Wishverse!Buffy is a separate character with a different backstory and personality. Vampire!Willow is likewise a demonic entity and comes from a divergent timeline. Evil!Willow is not eligible as a separate character, as she is her usual self from the main timeline of the show in the midst of an emotional crisis.)

Crossover pairings should be nominated in the formatting X (Fandom)/Y (Fandom). Disambiguation (putting the fandom after the character names) is optional for other fandoms.

Franchise Guidelines:

Star Wars should be nominated by the specific Star Wars property or trilogy, e.g., Star Wars Prequel Trilogy: Anakin/Obi-Wan or Star Wars Legends: New Jedi Order: Solo: Ben Solo. I will query Star Wars nominations which do not give a specific property, and either make my best guess or reject at the end of the nominations period if I don't receive an answer.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and any related fandoms should be nominated under Buffyverse.

MCU movies should be nominated under MCU. TV shows should be nominated by the specific show.

Fire Emblem games should be separated into individual games.

Doctor Who should be nominated under the specific series or property.

If you have preferences for how an additional franchise fandom is nominated, please comment!

Hello, everyone! Goreswap will run in 2024 with the following schedule:

Nominations: January 12-19
Sign ups: January 20-27
Assignments out by: January 30 (ideally earlier)
Works Due: Sunday March 10
Reveals: Friday March 22

There will be no major rule changes. This is a great time to check that you commented on your gifts from last round before the next round starts. See you in 2024!

The collection is open! Thank you everyone who submitted a pinch hit or turned in a complete assignment!

Creators will be revealed in one week, on March 31 at 11:59 PM EDT. Until that time, please keep your work anonymous in public.

Remember, commenting on your gift(s) is required. If you receive a DNW or an unfinished work, or something else prevents you from commenting on your gift, please contact me. There is no deadline for this requirement; you only must comment before signing up again. If your comment will be delayed, there is no need to contact me.

All pinch hits are claimed! There is one pinch hit remaining! This pinch hit is due March 23, 11:59 PM EDT (or negotiable).

Minimums are 500 words or a sketch on unlined paper, and must feature some kind of gore. In order to claim, email me at [email protected], PM me, or comment below (comments are screened) including your AO3 name and the pinch hit you would like to claim.

Pinch Hit #10: Art, Fic - Archive 81 (Podcast), Shaperaverse, Stellar Firma (Podcast), Welcome to Night Vale

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Deadline has passed, and everyone without an extension has been defaulted! There was only one new post-deadline pinch hit, but there may be more as extensions finish.

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