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MCYTBLR AU Fest: General Rules and FAQ

TIMELINE:

May 4: Discord opens at 0:00, Artist creation starts. May 30-31: Artists with a finished piece of Art can sign up. May 31: Artist creation period ends at midnight. June 2-3: Writers can claim art and be assigned to Teams. June 6-7: Writers who wish to be assigned a Beta Reader can sign up (this is optional) June 9-10: Beta Writers can claim writers/art and be assigned to Teams June 29-30: Check-in #1 July 26: Writer creation period ends at midnight. Unless you have an extension, you must be fully ready to post at this point. July 27: Posting period begins at 0:00 August 2: Extension period ends. Unless you are a pinch hitter, you must be fully ready to post at this point. August 9: Posting Period ends. All work must be completely posted by midnight.

ABOUT:

MCYTBLR AU Fest is a mini reverse-big-bang event where artists and writers work together in teams to make stories and art inspired by MCYT and set in an Alternate Universe.

EXPECTATION:

Artists must make a completed Art piece. Writers must deliver a story of at least 5k words, inspired by the art they signed up for. Dark or triggering topics or themes must be tagged for.

RULES:

You must be a member of the discord, for team matching.

Because of Tumblr, Ao3 and Discord TOS, you must be 13 to participate.

Respect your fellow participants, even when you disagree on fandom matters

You agree to work together with your teammate(s) to make a piece of art and a fic together, and link to each other's works.

All works must be MCYT-centric and set in an AU— no canon-compliance.

No AI-Generated content.

LINKS:

Discord: TBA Ao3 Collection: Here

FAQ:

What is MCYTBLR AU Fest? MCYTBLR AU Fest is a reverse minibang-type event where writers and artists come together to create fanworks centred on MCYT and set in an alternate universe from canon.

How does it work? Artists will have a month to complete an art piece. After a month, once the art is complete, they will submit the art, with information about server, characters, relationships, and any warnings they are opting into, which will be posted anonymously for writers to view and claim, first-come-first-serve. Teams are assigned by mods, and then writers will have two months of creation time to make a pice inspired by the work (minimum 5k words).

What type of MCYT is included? We welcome creations based on any SMP, whether or not they have a canon tag on Ao3. Mianite, DSMP, QSMP, Hermitcraft, 3rd Life, Lifesteal, Witchcraft SMP— it’s all welcome.

Can I join if my Art is a Game/Web Weave? We welcome all types of art— web weave, game, traditional art, original songs, videos, etc. While the list is not exhaustive, we have outlined some of the baseline expectations for an art piece below.

What are the requirements for art? It is difficult to define precise expectations for art pieces, especially given the broad realm of things that could count as art. We are primarily looking for art that is complete to a level that you would normally post as "finished", ready to inspire a fic piece of 5k or more, containing an audio or visual component beyond the confines of the written word, that does not take more than an hour to consume. While you will have the opportunity to include your understanding of the world in things such as if the relationships depicted are romantic or not, the art piece must stand alone without explanatory text or extra worldbuilding.

The defined requirements for different forms of art are:

Digital or Traditional art: one piece, completed to whatever you would normally post as "finished", ready to inspire a fanfic.

Web Weaves: a web weave of at least ten elements, original or properly credited.

Video/animatic: a video at least 30 seconds long.

Other Art Form: other art forms such as fan games or original songs would fall under this category. If you wanted to sign up with an Other art form, you need to contact the mod team and work out what minimum expectations would be for your art.

Is shipping allowed? Yes. Because there is no broad fandom-wide consensus about how Creator boundaries are to be enforced in specific cases (whether it's okay to write beeduo as /r or /p is an obvious one, or whether it’s permitted to ship Joel Smallishbeans) or between specific fandoms (Lifesteal approach to shipping and boundaries is different from HBG is different from DSMP), the mods will not be policing any specific understanding of boundaries across the event. The event's motivating ethos is Don't Like Don't Read, in that artists will be able to specify for themselves if a given relationship is to be interpreted as romantic or platonic, and writers will choose to opt into that, and NSFW will have to be specifically opted into on both sides.

Is NSFW allowed? Yes. NSFW works are allowed, but must be opted into, both in terms of viewing art and in terms of creating fic. No one under 18 is permitted to opt into NSFW and attempts to do so will be grounds for a ban from this event and anywhere else the mod team touches. For the comfort of the greatest number of participants, and to conform with Tumblr TOS, anything with the tags Underage or Incest will not be permitted to be part of the event.

Are major archive warnings (noncon/graphic depictions of violence/MCD) allowed? Aside from the content rules governing NSFW (no underage or incest, for the comfort of the greatest number of participants), major archive warnings are allowed. Depictions of real life horrors such as genocide and slavery are not-uncommon motifs in MCYT fics, and the mod team is not interested in legislating which types of horrors, griefs or abuses are inherently worse than others and are therefore off-limits. Because holding writing to a quality standard or saying only survivors can write atrocities is unworkable from a moderation standpoint, the three mentioned major archive warnings (MCD, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Noncon), are permitted to be included.

However, Major Archive Warnings must be explicitly opted into by the artist, and writers are free to not include Major Archive Warnings that their artist has permitted. Delivering un-asked for major archive warnings is grounds for a ban from this event. The mod team reserves the right to warn other mod teams on both the MCYT and Multi-fandom side about your bad behaviour.

What kind of an information will I provide as an Artist? How long or detailed? Artists will be able to specify

the server their art takes place on

the characters in the work

whether the relationships in the work are romantic, platonic, or could be interpreted either way

if they are okay with NSFW work

what age group of people they are okay working with

the type of AU it is

any content warnings present in the work already (i.e. gore, eyestrain, child death)

if the work is nsfw

any major archive warnings they are okay with happening in the story

common fandom themes and/or triggering content that they are okay with happening in the story.

A DNW

What sort of fandom themes will I specify? While this will not be an exhaustive list of every possible triggering concept, the mods want artists to be able to specify if they are okay with dynamics that circulate in the fandom that may be triggering or people simply may have strong opinions on, and for writers to be able to sort by that. Some of the themes include domestic abuse, alcoholism, family dynamics, pregnancy, dubcon, torture, body horror, dehumanization, child death, non-consensual touching, drugging, etc.

What is a DNW?

Artists will have the opportunity to fill out a DNW, which stands for Do Not Want. This is anything that has the potential to ruin a fic for you, and is where you opt out of content that would trigger, squick, or just render the gift unreadable for you. DNWs must be phrased politely, (so no "No foster aus because they suck and you suck if you like them"), and they must be reasonable, (so no "no blood/injury" if the art depicted shows injury, and no attempting to box someone into a specific gift beyond what is depicted in the art, so no "dnw anything that isn't a modern au where scar is a theatre teacher and grian is a biology teacher and they live in a city named hermitopia and grian has a situationship with mumbo and scarian has a rivalry at a coffee shop for the half-price muffins and jellie has psychic powers she's manipulating the muffin market with" if that is not clear from the art), and they must be specific and clear, (so no “no triggering content"), but they can be as petty (disliking 1st person) or as broad-reaching (no modern aus, no specific ships not depicted, no crossovers with specific servers or fics) as you like. Deliberately breaking someone's DNW is grounds for a ban from the exchange.

Is Dark/Violent content allowed? As long as it is something that the artist has not opted out of, yes. For many of us, the source material that originally drew us to the fandom includes major character death, torture, murder-for-hire, death games, public executions and more. The fanfiction that arose from the source material follows in that trend. We will allow dark content to be part of the event, but it must be tagged for.

We also ask that participants use best judgement in delivering commonly triggering topics un-asked for. We reserve the right to ban people at mod's discretion for delivering unrequested triggering content, under the "do not be an asshole" rule.

Moreover, if your fic is rated E for any reason, (including violence or gore) your entire team must be 18+

How can I get involved? You can participate in this event as a:

Author

Artist

Pinch Hitter

Beta Reader

You can even sign up for multiple roles, as long as you’re very sure you can make your deadlines!

When do I have to join the discord? You have the option to join the dicord and hang out as soon as creation starts on May 4, and if you are an artist, you must join before sign-ups close on May 31. If you are a writer, you must join the discord before claims begin on June 1st. If you are a Beta Reader, we'd ask that you join before claims begin on June 9th.

How does team assignment/claims work? We will release a document with all the art pieces linked in it, and 24 hours afterwards we will release a sign-up form. Writers will be expected to list out out a top-five of artists they want to work with, and mods will match writers with art on a first-come-first-served basis.

How does Beta Reader assignment work? Shortly after writer sign-ups end, writers who wish to sign up for Beta Readers will be able to do so. In a similar way to how writers claimed art, beta readers will be given a list of summaries and then, 24 hours later, will be able to submit a short list of fics they want to help work on. Beta readers will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.

What happens if there are more artists than authors, or more authors than artists? If there are more writers, some artists will be assigned multiple writers. If there are more artists, we will put in place a question where writers can specify that they’d be willing to make multiple pieces, and a (hopefully small) number of writers would be assigned multiple teams.

What if all the artists I list have already been assigned? If every artist you wish to opt into has already been assigned, mods will contact you and ask if you wish to be matched to people who have not yet been claimed. You will then be able to choose if you wish to claim other teams, or wait and hope that there will be more writers than artists, and multiple writers on a team will be opened up. If that happens, you can re-submit your list and be assigned as a writer to one of your original artists.

I’m in [insert time zone here]. What if I’m not awake when claims open? There will be a spot to input your time zone in the discord. Mods will try to open the claims at a time that works for as many writers as possible. The art pieces will also be available for 24 hours before claims so that everyone can view them and pick out the ones that are the most interesting to them. We will aim for claims to open between 7 a.m. and 1 a.m. for as many writers as possible across all time zones. If claims fall outside that zone for you, you’ll be able to contact a mod and we’ll work out an alternative method for claims for you.

I don’t know what time zone I’m in? Go to timeanddate.com and enter the nearest major city, and it will tell you your current time zone.

What’s a check-in and how do they work? Check-ins are there to make sure everyone is on track to finish their piece in time, and to communicate any issues with the mods! If you know that you won’t be able to check in on a specific date (lack of internet, etc), please contact the mods in advance.

How long should my fic be? The minimum word count is 5,000 words! There is no maximum word count, but we ask you to be mindful of how much you can actually create in these two months.

If I wrote a multi-chapter work, do I have to have it all posted by the end of Posting Period? You must post your work in its entirety by the end of the two-week posting period.

What does AU mean in this context? AU stands for Alternate Universe and in this case means anything that would make the work not able to be tagged as canon compliant. Alternate endings, role reversals, complete setting or plot swaps, and crossovers all count. As this is a fest specifically to celebrate AUs, we ask that the AU be a significant and celebrated part of the work, not something that could be skipped if you aren’t paying attention.

Can I create two fics for my artist? Absolutely! There is no maximum for number of fics you want to create, but again, be mindful of not biting off more than you can chew two months of creation time.

Can I sign up with two pieces of art? You are welcome to sign up as part of the fest with multiple art pieces. However, if you do so, we will ask that you prioritize which art piece you want to be matched on first, and you will only receive a match to your secondary art piece after everyone else has an writer. We’re going to proritize every particpant getting a team before we prioritize every art piece getting a team.

Can I sign up with a multi-piece art piece? If you want to sign up with a web weave that features multiple panels, a long video, a long comic, a series of connected art pieces, a song cycle, or any other more complex/more ornate work, you are welcome to. We just ask that you make sure you can complete your art piece during the month of artist creation time, and keep in mind that if your piece is sufficiently complex, that might restrict the writers who are able to sign up for your piece. But if you think you can pull it off, then go for it.

Can I sign up with a writing buddy— as part of a collab team? You are welcome to sign up as a collaborative team, either an art team or a writing team! We ask that you make sure you work together well, and when you sign up for an team, you must declare that you’re a duo, so people know that they’ll be getting multiple team members and not one.

Can I submit an art piece that is part of a larger AU? All art pieces must stand alone, so you can't have it that your writer has to consider other art pieces to make a work. The art must also be made specifically for the event. We ask that you not submit an art piece that was made prior to the event, or one that is part of an au you've posted about so often that it will effectively de-anon you. Brainstorming or sketching early is fine.

Once my art piece is done, when can I post it? Art and fic should be posted together, during the Posting Period at the beginning of August. Once you have your art done, you'll have to hold onto it for another two months, while your writer is working.

What if I need to drop out? It is your responsibility to communicate with us if you need to drop out of the event for any reason, and we do need that communication. We know that life is no respecter of fic and art deadlines, so no hard feelings if something happens. However, we would hate for any artist to end up having no fic for their art, so please think about this if you are thinking of dropping out close to reveals. Dropping out after the last check-in without informing the mods will result in not being permitted to take part in further events run by this mod team.

I have a question not answered here? Send us an ask on tumblr, contact @antimony-medusa on tumblr or discord!

#mcytblrsource #dsmp #hermitcraft #traffic series #qsmp #reverse big bang #faq

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420technoblazeit · 2 years

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tommy's making a fair point about the mechanics of minecraft in relation to the lore actually. it's true that in the dsmp's current stage everyone kinda has the same power level. they all have netherite armor and the best enchanted weapons and all that because the traditional way of playing minecraft includes getting geared up to protect yourself from threats. but this has the unintended consequence of making the combat much less interesting during big story moments

when eret betrayed l'manburg in the war it was more impactful because l'manburg was set up as the underdogs by virtue of having less resources and protection than the dream team. there was a clear power difference visible in the way that fundy, tubbo, tommy, and wilbur had cobbled together pieces of armor and the dream team was decked out in full enchanted netherite. in the earlier days of the smp the lack of armor contributed to the weight of the conflict

the l'manburg era was pretty good at controlling this sort of thing because the no armour rule worked both within the context of the lore and on a meta level

it feels like every method of fighting has been explored a especially with the usage of things like end crystals, withers, tnt, and wolves. and these days even those aren't enough to really damage someone unless you have a way of stripping them of their armor

ranboo's death was a great demonstration of this problem, where in order to actually kill him they had to write a reason for him to take off his armor. i'm not saying that stream was disappointing but ranboo's death specifically felt a little anticlimactic to me and it's not really anyone's fault either. that's just how it works sometimes when youre using a game for something other than its initial purpose

on the other end of this i literally can't count the amount of times schlatt had to ask tommy to kill a skeleton or a creeper for him because he failed to account for his complete lack of armor outside of a character perspective

idk. it's interesting how the mechanics of a game like minecraft have to be put into consideration for when you're crafting a narrative in that form. many things to think about in smp roleplay

#dream smp #dsmp #mcyt #meta #tommyinnit #ranboo #jschlatt #fundy #tubbo #wilbur soot #dreamwastaken #georgenotfound #sapnap #eret #the pig squeals #analysis #long post

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theminecraftbee · 1 year

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alright, so I’m gonna pass out and PROBABLY be asleep for when the vote rolls over unless I set an alarm. so, let me make one last propaganda post, this time of a different ilk!

hi, I have heard the campaigning or seen his posts and am curious. who’s joe hills and how do I watch him?

hi and welcome! whether you be an ally or an enemy or anything else, I hope you stick around after the voting is done! joe hills is a very cool guy and I hope you like watching him. he’s one of the hermitcraft creators, described as the “original new guy”, as he was the first new hermit added in season one. he’s been here for that decade since! joe was added to be a “wild card” and plays that role well, often having a reputation for doing weird things. when it comes to his in-game build style, he’s a big fan of scale models of things, as well as helping out on any and all community projects!

joe’s hermitcraft videos tend to be much lower-key than some of the others, normally with minimal-to-no music. they’re largely recorded on stream, though they’re edited in such a way that they don’t feel like stream clips, but more like “he uses his stream to film video clips”. he enjoys wordplay, intentionally taking storylines and ideas in unintended directions, and marching to the beat of his own drum. if you’re used to the pacing of people like grian (or, for that matter, a dsmp stream), joe’s style can take time to get used to, but if you miss the lower-key days of let’s plays, he’s a great option for exactly that!

this season, he’s making a giant model pinball machine for his megabase! it has pixel art of the jwst deep field on it, and will have scale recreations of pinball parts inside. he also participated in the king ren storyline, has built elvira’s house of horrors (and changed the landscaping to match the seasons twice), and participated in the crossover! give it a shot!

joe streams five nights a week, with his days off being tuesday and wednesday. his usual stream start time is 9:30 PM EST. however, he usually has an afternoon hhh bonus stream on mondays (around 2 EST), a morning crafting stream on wednesdays with cleo (around 9:30 AM EST), and recently, a thursday morning bonus stream with his sister, quinn hills, a musician (also around 9:30 AM EST). he also does other bonus streams depending on the day and his energy. as you may be able to see from this schedule, he’s streaming like, all the time, so feel free to stop in! he streams simultaneously on twitch and youtube, so choose whichever platform is easiest.

joe hills streams are of basically whatever he needs to do on hermitcraft; they can best be described as “hermitcraft behind the scenes”. they’re also weird but in a specific, ritualistic way. his face camera will get bigger and more transparent for every 20 dollars in tips. the first time this happens it can be disconcerting but you do adjust pretty quickly, and it’s part of the charm to me! additionally, he has specific songs he plays during his streams, from the album he and his sibling made! they’re often parody songs, but there are also several original ones, and they’re all original lyrics and recordings. you’ll hear “lay your head down and dream” specifically after the first two songs while he’s setting up; that’s effectively his nightly stream’s theme song. you’ll also hear the songs during hydration breaks.

if anything you’ve seen us say about joe intrigues you, I strongly recommend you give him a shot! I’d recommend either a nightly stream to get the sense of the “average joe hills content”, if you’re considering becoming a regular, or to check out his first episode from this season to get a good sense of what a joe hills episode looks like.

we’d love to have you around, whether you did the right thing and VOTE JOE HILLS or not! but, uh, still vote for him. for me, okay?

#mcytblr sexyman #joe hills #joehillssweep #anyone can add other useful ‘how to find him’ informTion I may have missed #I hope this is helpful propaganda!

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q-starhalo · 8 months

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Alright everyone, let's gather the information we have about q!Bad so far:

- When he arrived at 9600 BCE, everyone he knew died, and one can assume it's because of his arrival + it corresponds to a historical event that could be Atlantis

- He's immortal + he's 11k+ years old

- He used to be a doctor (which I think lasted for one day)

- Something happened in Venice with drugs?

- Saw the witch trials

- He has fought in a war with Cellbit (referencing the Hunger Games video)

- Bad might've committed accidental crimes (Dapper was making up q!Bad lore and saying some crimes Bad did (which I can't remember if cc!Bad said was kind of canon or not?)

- After the war, Bad got put in a time loop/different universe but only remembers a "red thing" (egg arc <3)

^ it's assumed he could be also referencing tales (Karls lore from the dsmp (cause time loops and whatnot)) but it could also not be the case

- Skeppy has always been in these time loops and this is the first time Skeppy isn't physically there beside him

- Bad and Skeppy have known each before the time loop they were in

- Bad doesn't know how he got out of the time loop

- Bad is a part time Grim Reaper

^ He has a bell that summons/frees ghosts which are considered us chatters! It can also be taken as if Bad sees dead souls

^ on top of that, Bad has lead the dead eggs to the afterlife (unless general lore changes it, that has been a canon statement from Bad)

- Skeppy jr. (Bad and Skeppys other child) is alive and well with Captain Puffy <3

- Bad isn't human (obviously)

- It can be assumed that Bad and Foolish have known each other for such a long time (way before the island)

- Bad has a reason why only the eggs know he's not human and not the others

I'm missing a lot of stuff so if you can remind me, please let me know so I can add on :D

#I'm going to need to write down every lore drop cause I keep forgetting so much stuff #qsmp #badboyhalo #q!badboyhalo #<3

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morally-grey-girlbosses · 10 months

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Welcome to the Morally Ambigious Girlboss Tournament!

Have you ever thought "damn, she's a little evil but that's okay"? Has your fave girlie committed warcrimes, perhaps atrocities, perhaps a few murders? Do you need her freed because she only did some of that? Then this may be the tournament for you!

Submission Rules:

Submissions are open until July 29th, though I reserve the right to close them off early if I somehow get flooded with submissions.

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT THE SAME CHARACTER MULTIPLE TIMES. You are free to make as many submissions of different characters as you want.

The first serious submission I receive will become the avatar for the blog.

No characters from Harry Potter. If anyone raises concerns about other potentially problematic media, we will hold a vote as to whether it should be allowed.

No characters from real life, or fictionalized/exaggerated versions of real-life people (DSMP characters, youtuber egos etc.) unless its REALLY funny.

No more than two characters from any given work are allowed in the final bracket. If more than two characters are submitted, we will hold a play-in poll to determine which two will enter the main bracket.

Girlbossing is a vibe, not a gender specification. I will probably not be allowing any cis men to enter, but I won't be restricting it to only women, either. If there's any doubt as to whether a character counts as a girlboss, we will hold a qualifier poll.

I will try to include as many submissions as I can! However, in case I somehow get absolutely flooded with submissions, I am capping it at 256 girlbosses.

Because of my personal biases and love for them, Gertrude Robinson (The Magnus Archives) and Anne (Woe.Begone) are submitted automatically.

Tournament Rules:

This will be a double elimination/loser's bracket style tournament, in order to minimize any hurt feelings from people's faves being eliminated immediately.

I will try to reblog any and all positive propaganda, and post any and all positive propaganda asks, but I will NOT be giving attention to any propaganda against a character.

Please remain civil. This is a fun tournament for some slightly evil girlbosses to battle it out. Anyone who starts giving anyone else hate over this will be blocked.

I reserve the right to change or add to these rules as I remember any that I forgot.

Submissions below!

Tags for visibility:

@evilestgentleman @top-fictional-unhinged-women @corrupt-officials-brawl @michaeltournament @judge-and-justice-bracket @hauntthenarrative @greatest-greek-games @cowboycompetition @obscuredilfoff @best-transgender-character @generic-man-in-suit-battle

#poll #tournament poll #bracket

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antimony-medusa · 8 months

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HELLO QSMP FANS

I am come to you with my hat in my hand to tell you about a Fun New Event *jazz hands* that's running this fall that I am trying to lure people into. Ahem.

So Fic In A Box is one of the major multifandom fanfiction exchanges, so it runs on the People Submit Tags To A Tag Set > Everybody Signs Up With Ships From The Tag Set They Want To Write And Want To Receive > Assignments Go Out > Work For Two Months > Reveals Once Everybody Gets A Gift. However, it has some interesting fun quirks which make it really fun and which is why I'm trying to lure QSMP people into it so I can match on QSMP plz plz plz.

First thing: It's a 10k exchange. You get two months to write it, but everybody makes or receives (unless you have to drop) a 10k gift or equivilent. Don't you want a 10k gift? Come onnnnnnn do ittttt.

Wait, Equivalent?

Yes, this is point two. One of the things Fic In A Box is famous for is that you can opt into a whole bunch of rulesets, and they break everything down to 1k-equivilent increments, and so you can get 7k of fic, and 2k's worth of propoganda posters, and 1k worth of podfic, for example. 4k of birth chart analysis of your fave characters, 6k of in-world cost analysis spreadsheets. 2k fic, 8k worldbuilding headcanons. This ruleset is CRAZY in terms of the sort of stuff you can opt into, I encourage you to take a look at the tag set, it's everything from dress-up game to art remixes of your existing fic to in-world reddit articles to interactive fiction to poetry to gifsets to costume design. I'm personally looking at in-world RPF and in-world social media for QSMP and chortling madly as I imagine.

So wait, you might get one 10k gift or you might get several smaller gifts?

Yes, point 3. The other thing Fic In A Box does that they're famous for is swaps, which is where you look at all the sign ups in a handy app, and you go shopping among them, and then you go to the mods and say "I want to do 4k on my original assignement, and 2k of usernamealpha, and 3k of usernamebeta, and 1k of usernamthree" and they say "i'll see what I can do", and then the mods run everybody's requests through the single most complicated spreadsheet in the world to make everybody's requests balance out to 10k, and then you get little micro assignments to work on over the two months.

This means both that if a 10k fic seems daunting, you can write a couple smaller gifts and work up to it that way, and also, though this isn't like something to plan for, if life gets bad you can do partial defaults and just turn in your 4k, you're not *necessarily* on the hook for 10k.

So now you're seeing why I want to recruit more QSMP people, eh? Currently I'm only matchable with one person. Please sign up. I want to do swaps. I want to set myself four impossible assignments. JOIN MEEEEE. Sign ups are open through September 3rd! Message me for more information and I will happily infodump and explain at you!

(more about the tag set and thus the stuff you can request/offer under the cut, cause it gets long)

There are like over a thousand individual fandoms in the tag set to choose from for your sign-up, and in addition to SMPEarth, DSMP, 3rd Life, Hermitcraft, Empires, and Outsiders SMP being in the tag set, this is the list of QSMP tags. It has a good assortment of options! I was nominating and I was trying to hit the high points!

BadBoyHalo/ForeverPlayer (QSMP)

Cellbit & JaidenAnimations & Roier (QSMP)

Cellbit/Roier (QSMP)

Chayanne & MissaSinfonia & Philza (QSMP)

Chayanne & Philza & Tallulah (QSMP)

ElMariana & Juanfillipa & Slimecicle (QSMP)

ElMariana/Slimecicle (QSMP)

Etoiles/Philza (QSMP)

FitMC/Philza (QSMP)

ForeverPlayer/MissaSinfonia/Philza (QSMP)

ForeverPlayer/Philza (QSMP)

Luzugames/Quackity (QSMP)

Luzugames/Quackity/Wilbur Soot (QSMP)

MissaSinfonia & Philza (QSMP)

MissaSinfonia/Philza (QSMP)

Quackity & Tilin & Tallulah & Wilbur Soot (QSMP)

Quackity/Wilbur Soot (QSMP)

WB: Any (QSMP | Quackity SMP)

WB: Egg Revivals (QSMP)

WB: Egg/Code Connection (QSMP)

WB: Federation Kidnappings & Cryosleep (QSMP)

(NOTE: WB tags are all Worldbuilding tags, and they mean that you want a fic or a gift that focuses a concept more than a relationship)

So there is a BOLD assortment of tags to pick among, SURELY on that list you can find at least one. Technically to sign up you only need one relationship! They ask for three fandoms or they won't hold the exchange for you if you need to be pinch-hit (if your original gifter needs to drop), but if you're willing to take that risk, you can fully and legally sign up with an only-spiderbit or only-tntduo signup!

So! Shoot me a message or reply if you have questions! Join me! Fic in a Box!

#qsmp #qsmpblr #mcyt #mcytblr #exchanges

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briarborealisart · 8 months

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im a big fan of hermitcraft x dsmp crossovers despite my immensely minimal knowledge of hermitcraft (comparatively) because there are really only two ways of doing it: dsmp are the weird ones, or the hermits are the weird ones

MOST of the fics ive read have dsmp as the weird ones. that is, the premise of these fics are "dsmp character escapes from the server, winds up in hermitcraft, learns to heal" because the scale of conflict on hermitcraft vs dsmp is. ridiculously different to the point of hilarity. getting to see one of the benchtrio, who are at MOST 18 years old, look a 30-40 year old established player in the eye and go "oh yeah the reason im not a big fan of elytra rockets and explosions is because of public execution/war crimes/my country got blown up all the way to bedrock in an act of malice/i was brainwashed to explode things in my sleep" and the 30-40 year old established player starts sweating because how do you even approach an issue this ridiculously out of proportion with life is one of many joys in my daily existence

that is to say like. an ENTIRE COUNTRY got BLOWN UP in a WAR. TWICE!!!!!!!!!!!! THE SAME COUNTRY. and then the hermits have like. the mycelium resistance. which was resolved with a mini game carnival

YOU SEE THE ABSURDITY HERE RIGHT. the lore differences are soooo funny when dsmp are the weird ones. visibly sweating hermit voice "oh yeah no we. we are all very close friends here actually. we wouldn't do actual war crimes unless it was a joke. sorry did you say you could only die THREE TIMES????"

meanwhile if the hermits are the weird ones it's like. imagine a world where everyone can only die three times (or less if you're hardcore) before you're gone forever. and you know most people live a modest life with a few diamonds, NETHERITE is CRAZY to have, the fact that the dsmp was a war ridden server with many skilled fighters fully decked out (ha) in armor already kind of makes them weird. then they trip and stumble into hermitcraft and it's like. casually there are castles everywhere. entire biomes are clearly terraformed. one of the bases is alive and you have to feed it golden apples. multiple people who revolutionized redstone technology all live within a few days of each other. they not only have access to the end but sometimes farm the dragon. also did i mention they're all IMMORTAL???? AND KILL EACH OTHER FOR FUN?????? AND FLY EVERYWHERE?????? AND ARE THE RICHEST PEOPLE YOU'VE EVER MET??????????? and you thought RANBOO was rich????? you thought TECHNO was efficient at farming?????? ITS REALLY FUNNY

the point is there's a huge disparity in both lore and scale of the two servers and depending on which one you designate as Significantly Strange in the lore it's so so funny to see the other people's reactions

i rarely if ever see the latter example but i think im drawing inspo from one singular post i saw eons and eons ago about how the hermits are The Weird Ones and it's really stuck with me

#briarborealisart #dsmp #hermitcraft

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jammysheadspace · 4 months

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I'm looking for mutuals, as I'm quite very small yet interested in growth.

Looking for a moot? Look under the cut!!!

DNI (Do Not Interact):

Basic DNI criteria (proshippers, zoophiles, racists, sexists, homophobes ETC ETC)

If you're over 18 (UNLESS I'm familiar with you and we get along.)

Alfred's Playhouse "Fans" (I don't needa explain.)

If you make adult content (im a minor!!!!!!!!!! ill cancel YOU!!!!)

Anti-furries (please let people enjoy hobbies)

DSMP fans

THIN ICE:

Dry humor, or is just dry asf (It's pretty uncomfortable for me, sorry DD:)

People who follow me and never even care to check back (its a pain why would y do that in the FIRST place 😀)

The Pink Corruption (y'all are fine if you dont support the creators actions)

INTERACT!!:

Artists

PonyTown Players

Furries

Warrior Cats/Warriors fans

Pokémon fans

Phighting fans

Pokémon-esc games (Doodle World, etc)

JSAB

Fans of Victaton's series portraying S/A (Blues Story? Idk and no I don't support the concept of S/A.)

LGBTQ+ !! (unless zoophile cuz piss tf off)

The Smiling Critters (I'm aware it's Poppy Playtime, but I really like those)

Writers

TADC fans!!!

Brawl Stars players

Overall active people.

That's about all! If you'd like to befriend me, why not ask for my discord if you feel familiar enough with me?! Don't be shy :DDD

Stuff in this may update as I progress.

Psssssst, wanna cringe with me? A side-blog of mine is @hallsofshame .

#intro post #introduction #looking for moots

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spiritguru-sloppypears · 6 months

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Pinned Post: Work In Progress

Don't expect updates/accessibility updates immediately, if ever. I don't work on this often. Sorry.

Some of my content contains sensitive themes and/or implications of such. It is NOT FOR KIDS. Well... not for individuals under the age of 13. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. If you are under 13, DNI. BUT AGELESS BLOGS ARE WELCOME.

PRO-ISREALI, ANTI-PALESTINE, AND ZIONISTS DNI. I STAND WITH PALESTINE.

NSFW and pr0sh1p DNI.

IF YOUR BLOG IS EMPTY, THE BLOG IS UNTITLED, AND THE FAVORITES ARE HIDDEN OR THERE ARE NONE, I WILL ASSUME YOU ARE A BOT.

Yeah so this is my profile -

(More to come in the future for the ref)

Category: About Me

I am spiritguru-sloppypears, aka SloppyPears-ASH-SG!

I am a minor (currently 15)

My birthday is October 14th (10/14 or 14/10 depending on how you write it).

I am American/live in the US 🇺🇲

I am pangender (identify as all genders), and I use any pronouns!

I am aegosexual and demiromantic (may link meanings later)

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Category: DNI (do not interact)

Basic DNI criteria (idk if I am supposed to link anything)

Racist, homophobic/transphobic, truscum/transmed, ableist, any general discrimination stuff, p3do, z00ph1le, 1nc3stu0us, pr0sh1p/c0msh1p, f3t1sh/NSFW (Tumblr), Pro-Isreali, Anti-Palestine, zionists (Jewish people can interact if they are not pro-Isreali), inbox spammers [I'd prefer if bots not interact either], opinion bashers, factkin, people who ship REAL PEOPLE together, people who think that II Bow and Bot are one and the same (THEY CANONICALLY AREN'T), people under 13 (my content IS NOT FOR KIDS), ANYONE IN THE GOANIMATE/VYOND/PLOTAGON COMMUNITY (I genuinely hate those ppl /srs), possibly people who don't allow others to use tone indicators or don't want people using tone indicators around them, people who ship ANY DSMP ships (those make me INCREDIBLY uncomfortable /srs), BakuDeku shippers (sorry, Gacha ruined it for me), MLB Adrianette shippers (1. Gacha ruined it, 2. It's FUCKING TOXIC.), People staying neutral to the conflict of Isreal and Palestine, if you sexualize MePhone4 with a charger and/or his DND mode.

Possibly allowed to interact: None yet.

Category: Uncomfy fandoms and DNI-level ships

DSMP - Never really liked it, and the ships make me uncomfortable. YOU ARE LITERALLY SHIPPING REAL PEOPLE, GUYS /nbh

Plus, Dream stans. Not to mention Dream HIMSELF got accused/exposed (?) for being a p3d0ph1le.

MHA (partially) - Never really liked it, and I probably never will. Plus, Gacha ruined BakuDeku and such for me.

MLB/Miraculous Ladybug (partially) - Never watched the show, but again, Gacha ruined it for me. ALSO, ADRIANETTE IS TOXIC, GUYS.

Sally Face (ONLY DISLIKE THE FANDOM, MAINLY THE SHIPPERS, NOT THE GAME.) - The shippers are pretty unhinged. And it doesn't matter what part of the game you're at, SALLARRY IS FUCKING PR0SH1P. THEY'RE CANONICALLY STEPBROTHERS. (Also, I don't really see much in SalAsh, lack of romantic implications or the like.)

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Category: Ships I'm uncomfortable with

Mainly ships I WON'T draw if asked to.

If I allow you to send me requests, I will allow you to send me ship requests -

UNLESS IT'S ON THIS LIST. I WILL MAKE MORE LISTS OF MY UNCOMFY SHIPS IN THE FUTURE.

#pinned post #bfdi #ships i hate #ships i won't draw

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dear-b0y · 7 months

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this is an mlm blog. not writing for fem

Welcome to my Blog.

Hi!!! My name is Solomon and I literally have nothing to do besides classes so I thought “Hm let’s post internet porn.”

Anyways, before I get called a misogynist, plenty of ladies have WLW blogs where men cannot interact. I’m not the only MLM blog where I would like women to not interact because it’s for men/non-females. Also to clarify, I will write for afab, g/n, enby, etc etc. Just not ppl who identify as women and heres why:

I see a lot of posts/blogs (whether its fluff or smut) where it’s supposed to be written for g/n or male. Either you get slapped in the face with she/her pronouns or it seems more aimed for f!readers. Sure, there’s blogs for male readers but over half of them are top/dom readers. Personally, I like to be on the bottom/sub side and I don’t see a lot of sub male reader inserts. So, I wanted to try and write my own stuff just for fun and for that purpose.

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I Will not Write for:

piss, scat, emeto shit

women

dsmp

minors obvi (age 17 i can age up)

doms, unless i want to. this is my blog i can do what i want ☠️

ageplay

inc3st

Fandoms I will write for:

Obey Me!

Genshin Impact

Honkai Star Rail

Twisted Wonderland

Maybe NIJISANJI (still deciding)

JJK

Zenless Zone Zero

VNC

Demon Slayer

Bungou Stray Dogs

Any fandom really, those are just what came to my mind. It depends.

I Will Write:

Degrading, my fav

Praise

Impact play (spanking, slapping)

Bondage or any kind of restraints

Org. Denial

Edging

Overstim

Pet play

Gags

Aphrodisiacs

I will write dubcon if asked

Voyuerism

Wild things like knife play

Rough shit like choking

Soft dom

Hard dom

Wont write for dom or fem reader

maybe DDLB, if asked

aftercare :3

headcanons

afab/trans reader

default is amab

others

OCs (new)!!

Thought of making a variety of OCs so I can cater to peoples tastes. You can submit asks about them so I can further deepen their personality/maybe lore. so—here’s 3 that I’ve conjured up so far.

Valak: authority figure, more of the rough mean type (my fav). vampire OC because who doesn’t like vampires?? 6’1, has shoulder length hair because its sexy and more into the ouji fashion

Sitri: soft dom, prefers submissives over brats. black w dreads which are usually tied up, human OC and 5’10 ^_^, he’d be the type to sit you on his lap while playing video games

Vaughn: switch (i’ll write reader domming him if asked ;). daddy dom, would so use a sweet voice while absolutely blowing your back out. 5’9, short lighter hair, rich af

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Reblogs are greatly appreciated!

—Also, if you’re here just to hate then I’m gonna gonna answer ur shit😭😭

#mlm #smut #genshin impact smut #obey me smut #obey me #genshin impact #honkai star rail smut #honkai star rail #jjk smut #jjk #nijisanji #nijisanji smut #mlm ns/fw #gay #brat taming #bottom male reader #lucifer obey me #uke male reader #male reader

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ultra-raging-ghost · 4 months

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What are your ideas on the differences between a human and a demon, I've seen many many many many differing interpretations and I wanna collect them all like Pokémon cards

I have a couple thoughts on this actually!!!!

So first off the big ones, physically there's a bunch of differences between humans and demons, and even between demons themselves!

To me, humans generally follow like IRL rules and shit like that, but theres additional things that kinda come with minecraft mechanics. Obviously theres respawn, but i personally attribute that to some kind of supernatural occurrences or very specific circumstances. In the case of the QSMP there's cannon vs non-cannon/in-universe deaths, but i also like to keep the Federation in mind - they obviously have some sort of hand in the life cycle on quesadilla island, with the eggs having two lives and whatnot, and being able to briefly bring them back to speak with their parents before being sent off to the afterlife. I personally think humans have IRL mechanics, but organizations like the Federation or even sometimes standalone experimental organizations can have a hand in trying to affect the human life cycle.

We have god-like beings, angels and ferrymen of death and whatnot, and i cant help but remember the Hunger Games lore where more than one life wasnt given which is cannon to the QSMP. I also like to consider the DSMP, which is semi-cannon, where they had multiple "cannon" lives (as opposed to the QSMP where they have one "cannon" life from what we've seen) and Ghosts and resurrections and all that, human life from what ive seen is not only fragile but flexible! Can be broken but also can be bent!

I got a little side tracked but point is: humans - one life (unless interfered with) Demons - not one life! (Bad follows a death/rebirth cycle/We dont know how mouse and tina operate/etc.)

Other physicalities I consider is humans are generally pretty realistically sturdy, they easily lose limbs but can wear prosthetics, and with the help of magic they can be immune to certain things (Still organizing my thoughts on Fit's recent lore - might think abt that more later).

Demons are not only sturdier (Bad/Mouse/tina/dapper/pomme/emmie having generally neutral reactions to radiation, obviously bad and dapper arent doing the best but theyre fairing MUCH better than a human would in their condition) but i like to imagine they can shape shift a little? we know the eggs generally like to hc bad as a shapeshifter that can get bigger/smaller, but he has consistent features he cant really get rid of as far as we've seen like his horns and tail. When i draw him, i generally vary his horn shape/length and change his body type and height a little in every drawing on purpose, but also i like extending this to the other demons! Mouse and Tina obviously look more human, but like cc!tina has talked about how she likes q!tina to have huge fucking knockers and i like to imagine they can change that themselves, it just makes sense to me! There are limitations to it, in my mind the horns are a consistent and identifying feature on them that they cant really change without a TON of practice. But the rules are bendy, ykwim? they can be more or less animalistic, swap physically gendered traits, shift from nails to claws, etc.

As far as cannon things go, we know demons generally have a better nose and all smell like sulfur, humans smell different to them, probably like BO or something lol

Thinking magic wise, humans obviously dont experience a ton of it, but magic is everywhere! In the air, on your skin, and thats to say i just think its funny to imagine that demons can be summoned by saying their name 5 times kjbhvjbn

Culturally, demons are definitely a lot different not only from humans but from one another and i think thats entirely based on their upbringing! I could write a lot about that, but the first thing off the top of my head is like their clothing i guess? We see from mouse and bad's clothing they tend to wear pretty gear-like clothing, i guess is how you could describe it? I like to imagine belts and buckles are something theyre used to wearing, maybe for aesthetic reasons, maybe for mechanical reasons! Maybe in hell you gotta carry a lotta small shit, or rock climbing is a popular activity, who knows!

Demon culture as well to me includes horn pride, ykwim? They care for and polish their horns, paint them for celebrations and decorate them with jewelry! Theres popular standard colors like black and white but choosing something more extravagant is common! Like matching your hair color if you have it dyed a fun color, staining it, painting it patterned for birthdays or holidays. Maybe its like homestuck purpleblood facepaint rules, where showing your bare horns is something you do with special people you trust a lot? Thats something very cute to me.

Also! Mentioned this in another post! i like the idea of Pool noodle jail!! Putting pool noodles on the horns of baby demons who cant stop headbutting eachother! thats adorable to me!!

#qsmp #q!badboyhalo #q!bbh #q!tina #q!ironmouse #q!mouse #demon trio

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mcytblraufest · 1 year

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MCYTBLR AU Fest: General Rules and FAQ

TIMELINE: May 13: Writer creation starts, Discord opens. May 13-15: Writers seeking Beta Readers can sign up (having a Beta Reader is optional) May 17: Beta Readers can claim stories and be assigned to Teams (having a Beta Reader is optional) May 29-30: Team Check-in #1 June 12-15: Writer seeking Artists can sign up June 17-18: Artists can claim stories and be assigned to Teams July 1-2: Team Check-in #2 July 10: Podficcer creation start. If you are working with a podficcer, this is your creation end date, and their start date. July 17: Main creation end. Unless you have an extension, you should both be ready to post at this point. July 17-23: Posting Week

MCYTBLR AU Fest is a mini big-bang event where artists and writers work together in teams to make stories and art inspired by MCYT and set in an Alternate Universe.

Expectation: Writers must deliver a story of at least 5k words. Artists must deliver a finished piece of art inspired by the story they signed up for. Dark or triggering topics or themes must be tagged for.

Rules:

You must be a member of the discord, for team matching.

Because of Tumblr, Ao3 and Discord TOS, you must be 13 to participate.

Make a good-faith effort to respect streamer boundaries

You agree to work together with your teammate(s) to make a piece of art and a fic together.

All works must be MCYT-centric and set in an AU— no canon-compliance.

No AI-Generated content.

Links:

Discord: Here

FAQ:

What is MCYTBLR AU Fest? MCYTBLR AU Fest is a minibang-type event where writers and artists come together to create fanworks centred on MCYT and set in an alternate universe from canon.

How does it work? Writers will have a month to start work on a draft. After a month, at the half-way mark of their draft, they create a short summary/synopsis of their fic, which is posted anonymously for artists to view and claim. Teams are assigned by mods, and then teams will then have another month of creation time. Artists will create art based on the story they chose, and writers will finish their fic (minimum 5k words).

What type of MCYT is included? We welcome creations based on any SMP, whether or not they have a canon tag on Ao3. Mianite, DSMP, Hermitcraft, 3rd Life, Lifesteal, Witchcraft SMP— it's all welcome.

Can I join if my Art is a Playlist/Web Weave? You can particpate as an artist if your art is:

Digital/Traditional Art

Podfic

Playlist

Web Weave

What are the requirements for art? The requirements for different forms of art are:

Digital or Traditional art: a minimum of one piece, finished, inspired by the author's work.

Podfic: a podfic of the author's work, edited to whatever a baseline level of editing is for you.

Playlists: a minimum of one playlist inspired by the author's work per 5k, rounding up, to a limit of three required playlists. Playlists must be a minimum of an hour each.

Web Weaves: a minimum of one web weave inspired by the author's work per 5 k, rounding up, to a limit of two required web weaves, with at least ten elements each.

Other Art Form: other art forms such as fan games, original songs, would fall under this category. If you wanted to sign up with an Other art form, you need to contact the mod team and work out what minimum expectations would be for your art.

If I want to make more web weaves, can I? You can make as many pieces of art as you wish, the limit is just on what is required/expected by the mod team. For example, if your writer wrote a 10k work, you would be required to make two web weaves– but you could do as many as you want. If your writer wrote a 50k work, you would still only be required to make two web weaves, but you can do as many as you want.

Is anything required from me if I'm working with a particular type of artist? In general the requirement is just to be collaborative and communicative with your artist, but the one exception is if you are working with a podficcer. A podficcer can't start work until your work is complete (including editing), so to make sure they actually have time to record, anyone working with a podficcer will be required to finish a week early (so your writing completion deadline would be to finish by the 10th of July, instead of the 17th). In addition, podficcers will be generally expected to post near the end of posting week, so that they have two weeks to do the recording.

I heard there was web weaves, can I sign up for web weaves only? To increase matching opportunities, as a creator you must opt in to at least two types of art.

Is shipping allowed? Yes. For the comfort of the greatest number of participants, we ask that participants make a good-faith effort to ensure that any shipping is boundary-respecting, but because there is no broad fandom-wide consensus about how that is defined in specific cases (whether it's okay to write beeduo as /r or /p is an obvious case) or between specific fandoms (lifesteal approach to shipping is different from HBG is different from DSMP), the mods will not be policing any specific understanding of boundaries across the event. The event will operate on Don't Like Don't Read, in that everyone will have the chance to pick for themself if they are comfortable working with any specific ship, romantic or platonic, and it will not be permitted to change the nature of a relationship to /r after teams are assigned.

Is NSFW allowed? Yes, nsfw is permitted as long as it respects creator boundaries. When pitching a work, it must be clearly stated that the work contains NSFW content. To sign up to create an NSFW work everyone on the team must be 18+, and adding NSFW to a work after teams have been assigned is not permitted, even if everyone on the team is 18+. For the comfort of the greatest number of people in the exchange and the mod team, nothing that would warrant the tags Underage, Rape/Noncon, Dubcon, or Incest would be permitted.

If noncon isn't permitted, is non-consentual touching (platonic) allowed? As technically a punch in the face counts as non-consensual touching, and pvp is a classic part of most MCYT canons, we find banning all nonconsensual contact to be unnecessarily restrictive. As long as nonconsensual contact is not sexual in nature, it is permitted, however, it must be tagged for adequately along with any other potentially triggering content.

Do you allow dark or violent content? Yes. The lore of many mcyt servers includes death games, abuse, cannibalism, murder-for-hire, and other dark or violent themes. However, all potentially triggering content must be tagged for and those tags must be part of the sign-up, so collaboraters can make an informed choice to get infolved or not. Moreover, if your fic is rated E for any reason (including violence or gore), your team must be 18+.

How can I get involved? You can participate in this event as a:

Author

Artist

Pinch Hitter (Artist)

Pinch Hitter (Writer)

Beta Reader

You can even sign up for multiple roles, as long as you're very sure you can make your deadlines!

What is a Pinch Hitter? A pinch hitter is a person who saves the day and steps in when the original creator is unable to deliver their work for whatever reason, making a new work on an accelerated timeline. In case of pinch hitting a fanfic, you will will be asked to either write using the original writer's outline, or pitch a new story for the artist to pick among. If you are an artist, you will step in to make a new piece of art for a writer whose original artist dropped out.

Can I participate as a beta reader? Yes! Matching with a Beta Reader will be optional, but creators will have the opportunity to sign up to have a Beta Reader join their team for brainstorming, accountability, spellcheck, editing, or whatever else they need. Matching beta readers will be first come first serve.

What kind of a summary will I provide as a writer? How long or detailed? We ask that you keep your summary to two paragraphs or shorter, about as long as the AO3 Summary + Author's Note boxes. When you write out this summary, you should be about halfway through your draft, so you will have a general sense of how the story goes. In addition to a description of your fic, we'll ask that you list out the Server it takes place on, what type of AU it is, any ships (romantic or platonic), the expected word count, what age group of people you are okay working with, and any trigger tags that you expect to take place in the story.

When do I have to join the discord? You have the option to join the dicord and hang out as soon as creation starts on May 13, and if you are signing up either as a Beta Reader or wanting to be matched with a Beta Reader, you need to join the discord before signups close on May 15. If you don't need a beta reader or you already have someone you normally work with, you only have to join the discord before author sign ups close for artist matching, which is June 15.

Why do authors have to be halfway through their draft to sign up? How are you checking this? This is both to decrease the number of people who drop out halfway through, and to make sure that the artist definitely has something to work with. If you write your entire fic in the weekend before the posting deadline, that means the artist has a matter of days or hours for them to do their work, which isn't fair. Writers will be expected to submit a google doc with their half-draft in it at sign-up, for mods to verify word count.

How does team assignment work? We will release a document with all the summaries in it, and shortly afterwards we will release a sign-up form. Artists will be expected to list out out a top-five of stories they want to work with, and mods will match artists with stories on a first-come-first-served basis.

What happens if there are more artists than authors, or more authors than artists? If there are more artists, some fics will be assigned multiple artists. If there are more authors, we will put in place a question where artists can specify that they'd be willing to make multiple pieces, and a (hopefully small) number of artists would be assigned multiple teams.

What if all the fics I list have already been assigned? If artists outnumber authors, mods will set your list aside for later. Once every fic has one artist, we will assign you as a secondary artist to one of your chosen fics. If authors outnumber artists, you will need to submit another claim. While mods will update the form throughout the claiming period and remove fully claimed fics, there may be some delay with removing fics if we are unavailable.

I’m in [insert time zone here]. What if I’m not awake when claims open? There will be a spot to input your time zone in the discord. Mods will try to open the claims at a time that works for as many artists as possible. The fic summaries will also be available for 24 hours before claims so that everyone can read the summaries and pick out the ones that sound most interesting to them. We will aim for claims to open between 7 a.m. and 1 a.m. for as many artists as possible across all time zones. If claims fall outside that zone for you, you'll be able to contact a mod and we'll work out an alternative method for claims for you.

I don't know what time zone I'm in? Go to timeanddate.com and enter the nearest major city, and it will tell you your current time zone.

What's a check-in and how do they work? Check-ins are there to make sure everyone is on track to finish their piece in time, and to communicate any issues with the mods! If you know that you won’t be able to check in on a specific date (lack of internet, etc), please contact the mods in advance.

How long should my fic be? The minimum word count is 5,000 words! There is no maximum word count, but we ask you to be mindful of how much you can actually create in these two months.

If I wrote a multi-chapter work, do I have to have it all posted by the end of Posting Week? You must complete your work by the end of posting week, but in the cases of longer works, you may want to stretch out posting. In cases where you want to extend posting, you will be able to send in your draft to be verified by the mods, and then post just 40% of the draft during posting week.

Can I create two pieces of art? Absolutely! There is no maximum for number of pieces you want to create, but again, be mindful of not biting off more than you can chew in a month of creation time.

Can I sign up with two fics? You are welcome to sign up as part of the fest with multiple fics, especially given that the word count is reasonably achievable for many people. However, if you do so, we will ask that you prioritize which fic you want to be matched on first, and you will only receive a match to your secondary fic after everyone else has an artist. We're going to proritize every particpant getting a team before we prioritize every story getting a team.

Can I sign up with a writing buddy— as part of a collab team? You are welcome to sign up as a collaborative team! We ask that you make sure you work together well, and when you sign up for an artist, you must declare that you're a team, so people know that they'll be getting multiple writers and not one.

Can I submit a fic that is part of a larger story? All stories must stand alone, you can't have it so that your artist has to read other works to understand your existing work. The fic also must be written specifically for the event. We ask that you not submit a summary for a fic that was already written prior to the start of the event. Brainstorming or outlining starting early is fine.

What if I need to drop out? It is your responsibility to communicate with us if you need to drop out of the event for any reason, and we do need that communication. We know that life is no respecter of fic and art deadlines, so no hard feelings if something happens. However, we would hate for any writer to end up having no art for their fic, so please think about this if you are thinking of dropping out close to reveals. Likewise, it would suck if an artist put a lot of effort into creating art for a fic that ends up not being written, so authors, please inform us in advance if you must drop out or think you will not be able to complete your fic on time. Dropping out after the last check-in without informing the mods will result in not being permitted to take part in further events run by this mod team.

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lookinghalfacorpse · 2 years

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/dsmp /rp tw for self harm, abuse

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things you can do in a 9 x 6 x 3 obsidian box. a guide by technoblade.

- bother your roommate. obviously. look, the dude isnt doing good. there's only a certain amount of "bothering" to be done without causing irreparable harm-- you're not gonna dance with him, you're not gonna train with him, and you're gonna make a whole other itemized list of things you CAN’T do with him (i.e. stand in front of him when he's curled up in the corner. try kneeling down and come in from the side). but you can talk. you can play games. you can brainstorm more things to do, which has gotta count as an activity of its own at this point. actually...

- brainstorm more ways to bother your roommate. there we go.

- make lists.

- punch a wall. not recommended. turns out that the 2nd hardest block in the game kinda hurts your fist. crazy, i know. but it is, technically, A Thing You Can Do, earning it a spot on this list.

- inspect the cell. also not recommended. now you're probably saying "but technoblade, I'm in here for [unknown amount of time], how am i supposed to avoid looking at the cell at some point" to which I say: trust me on this. unless you're a huge fan of dried blood (weirdo), don't do it. you're gonna discover details you didn't need to know, your roommate is gonna look at you with sad puppy eyes, it's a whole thing.

- look at the spot on the wall where there used to be a clock and think "man, wouldn't it be nice if there was a clock here"

- ring the bell.

- ignore your roommate when he complains about you ringing the bell.

- stare into the middle distance and let the existential dread and all-encompassing anxiety consume you. uh. also not recommended.

- try to work out. fail at working out. it's gonna feel like a good idea because you always hear about people getting buff in prison, right? but those are normal prisons with, ya know, balanced meals. this is barely feeling like a prison anymore.

- argue with the guards and warden. not recommended, but only because the consequences affect more than just yourself.

- burn yourself on the lava. please don't do this.

- dream burns himself on the lava a lot. i’m not really sure how to handle it. i don't want him to, obviously. a few times, I almost, ya know, grabbed his arm or something, which i know won't go well and he might freak out, but is that better than letting him hurt himself? is this a coping mechanism to keep him from doing something even worse, and what happens if i take it from him? no one ever tells you what to do when a kid is sticking his hand in boiling lava and you can’t even offer him any alternatives.

- lose track of your lists, apparently. man, where's an eraser when you need one.

#drabbles #:) uh sorry #cdream #ctechnoblade #c!dream #c!technoblade #self harm #abuse #general prison shenanigans #rivalsduo #rivals duo #dreblr

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hopalongfairywren · 8 months

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for the violence ask game, 16 17 24 25?

you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc) Superhero AUs within the dsmp fandom. Seriously. Like especially the people who basically strip the characters of all but their names (and sometimes not even that) and who put them in a totally new setting without any connection to canon lore. It's not a big deal unless your searching on ao3 for a good fic of literally anyone besides Benchtrio and SBI (God help you if you want a canon fic) but it's weird to me as someone who is so interested in the canon dsmp storyline. And not even just the canon events! I mean canon divergent aus that split off from canon, canon to the left, just anything about actual dsmp lore. Idk I just don't get superhero fics why not make ocs at that point?

there should be more of this type of fic/art You already probably know I'm gonna say eggpire fan content, but let's go one step further. Red banquet content. fan ideas for what happened after the red banquet. eggpire healing fics. literally anything with puffy and hannah interacting. topic that brings up the most rancid discourse literally anything to do with the prison arc or exile arc. common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing I was sick of hearing people complain about fans getting 'too much into the lore' just. Yeah that's the whole fucking point.

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fanfic ask game: for hermitcraft specifically, those two fandom plots - "grian watcher angst" and "dsmp character goes to therapy". your thoughts, both on the concepts and on the typical execution thereof?

oh i see you're coming in with the controversial ones for me. hm. okay like.

....both of these are in the D-F range but i'm reluctant to put them fully in F because there are good examples out there that i like and i don't like saying "yeah i outright won't read this" when like, if a friend or an author i trust writes it, or someone puts something in a summary that makes me say "oh they're doing something new with the concept okay" happens, i will read it. also i always feel bad about my knee-jerk dislike of hermit!tommy given that hermit!tommy is actually pretty directly what got me into hermitcraft, so like. cannot possibly be that bad. just...

the problem with these types of fics tends to partially be "overdone" which like, once again. not always a problem in fanfic spaces. i'll go back to my naruto team 7 as family example i have read COUNTLESS of those fics that basically all have the same plot (kakashi puts them through hell training! bonding about trauma! the very specific plot point of 'they go to the chunin exams and are wildly overprepared for them and everyone goes 'what are they feeding those kids', often with the exact sakura/ino fight except sakura wildly outclasses her because she's 'grown up' now or whatever') and i eat them all up! for the people who like those tropes the fact they're popular is GREAT. the problem is, of course, when you're sort of tired of it and would like something else but that something else is annoyingly hard to find and then you're sitting there like "i know that complaining doesn't actually generate more fic, me WRITING generates more fic, but i only have but so much capacity and i want MY popcorn reading, where's MY popcorn reading".

...that extended ramble got a little out of hand but like. you see where i'm coming from, right?

the other problem is that i have a very, very limited patience for certain types of angst. which is silly, because i'm an angst writer to some extent (or, okay, i have a very complicated relationship with that, i actually wouldn't describe myself as an angst writer but people who do are valid and i fully understand where they're coming from). i also have a very limited patience for whump unless it scratches exactly the right itch for me. and i really, REALLY don't have patience for when the angst is just... circular, nothing ever gets resolved, you spend ten chapters in the same repetitive cycle of angst and comfort, and it's not really those tropes' fault that a lot of this happens there, right. it's that they're POPULAR so a lot of new writers write them. but writing angst that doesn't just make me bored is HARD and because i have trouble finding a lot of those fics that do write it well i have a tendency to write it off, because the other involved tropes aren't things i like enough to make me keep reading despite it doing a thing i dislike.

(the third secret reason i tend to mistrust these genres is 'i am so fucking picky about mumbo characterization these days and no one ever writes him right i am the most suffering person ever and also now whenever pearl is used for grian angst with no character of her own i descend from the trees like a feral tiger and maul something". these, however, are personal problems. especially the mumbo thing. my pickiness about mumbo is deeply self-inflicted and not even entirely accurate sometimes.)

but the thing is, as i said... if you're already my friend. if i already know i like your writing. and you write this stuff? yeah i'm on top of it. if i have had a friend vouch for you? yeah sure i'll check it out. it's just that i dislike enough of this stuff that i just... fundamentally will not read anything that hasn't been vouched for me or doesn't have such a good high concept that i can hold my nose and hope.

"but second didn't you just write a watcher thing last night also" yes i know this is the other reason i feel bad writing this one out because the problem really is "lots of baby writers hitting exactly the points of writing that i personally can't stand and also a complete saturation of it when i'm trying to find other stuff" instead of necessarily. anything wrong with the trope itself. i don't know. fandom oversaturation can be frustrating.

...so yeah. D or F.

#answered #ask game #discourse #<- i GUESS i feel so negative in this one #once again: if you write or love this stuff THAT IS FINE I THINK THAT'S GREAT i am trying to hammer home there's nothing. wrong with that #it's just super not for me anymore i think

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