fandom_empire | Fandom Rush 01.25

Welcome to week 5 of the Fandom Rush Challenge. Good luck to everyone!

Google Sheet Weekly Overview

The active fandoms for week 5 are:
All Chicago (all Chicago TV series)
Assassin's Creed (all)
Gilmore Girls (TV original + remake)
Spy X Family (comic + anime)
Star Ocean (games)
Star Trek (movies + TV)
Theater incl. Musical / Opera

Important! Gilmore Girls and Theater are on the list for four weeks now. No matter the works, both fandoms will get deleted next week, in addition to the three fandoms with the least works.

If you find one of your opt-out fandoms on the active list, feel free to choose a different one from the fandom pool instead. Already used fandoms (marked red) are not allowed. Leave a comment here before you start creating.

If you find one or more of your designated fandoms on the active list, you must create at least one work for them. Otherwise, you will lose five points!

If you want to use a designated fandom that is not on the current playlist, you can use a wildcard to replace an active fandom with the designated one of your choice. Leave a comment here before you start creating.

For this week's additional challenge, you will have to create extra works!

Create a gift for someone else's designated fandom. Check out the Fandom Overview Sheet. You can create one gift each for two challenge participants. One gift can consist of several small works, e.g. 4 icons, as long as the works are somehow connected).
Points depend on the work(s) (maximum 4 points each).

Note: Don't use designated fandoms you find on the active list and red-marked ones. You can create a gift for one of your designated fandoms if it is also a designated one for someone else.

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Short reminder of the rules
You can choose one to seven fandoms from the list to create something for it.

There is no maximum of works; the maximum number of weekly regular points is 25.

The additional challenge is optional. Play for extra points! Or simply ignore it. You can play the additional challenge only once every week. Don't forget to mark your work as 'additional' when posting it!

For complete rules, minimum and points go here.

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If you have questions, check out the Questions & Answers
post. If you can't find your answer here, feel free to leave a comment.

Posting for this week officially ends Sunday, February 16 17.00 UTC. There is a grace period until the week is finally called 'close'.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From:

jacquelee

For the additional challenge, it says 'gift' but then it says 'work'. Does this mean that we can create only one work as a gift? Which would mean we would have to write a fic to get the maximum number of points, because no single graphic is worth 4 points. Or could I create, say, 4 icons for someone as gift?

prisca

I've edited the text a bit and hope it is a bit clearer now. Feel free to create smaller works for one gift; just make sure the works belong together somehow. e.g., four icons with the same character.

peppermint_shamrock

For the additional challenge, I have a few questions:

I assume this is a gift for another person participating in this event and specifically for their designated fandoms, not just a gift for anyone that happens to use a designated fandom of someone here, is this correct?

If we're posting on AO3, do we indicate that it's a gift over there? Not everyone has an AO3 and not everyone who's on there necessarily has their account set up to accept gifts.

If someone else has a designated fandom that I also have as a designated fandom, am I allowed to do the gift for that fandom or do I need to pick someone's designated fandom that is not one of my designated fandoms?

Should people share in the comments here what sort of things they'd like to see and don't want for their gift? Fandoms are broad; it can be hard to know what someone might want to see for their fandom, and especially their DNWs. For the regulars here I can make some guesses based off of what they've shared here in the past but not everyone has posted things in their designated fandoms.

Edited Date: 2025-02-09 06:55 pm (UTC)

I've edited the text a bit and hope it is a bit clearer now.

You can create a work for everyone's designated fandom you find on the Fandom Overview Sheet ( except green and red marked ones).

You can mark your work as a gift at AO3 or leave a note in the header of your work at the Workplace.

Yes, feel free to use your designated fandom when it is on someone else's list, too.

For the last question: I admit I haven't thought about this, but yes, feel free to share your Wants and do-not wants here.

Okay, thank you for the clarifications!

I have just made a post regarding the gifts - maybe this will make it easier to decide what to create.

pattrose

I'm completely lost. I have no idea what to do for additional. Who am I gifting to?

You create a gift for one or two challenge participant(s). Maximum points are 4 for each gift; you can do smaller works, e.g., four icons, to get maximum points.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dhZOgRxrK1qVVWNuU3kB_hETXPl20NHKiwXJ-MayeNw/edit?gid=0#gid=0

This link goes to a shortened list with all the fandoms you can use. When posting your additional work (= gift), mention the participant's name who owns the designated fandom you used. E.g. you create a work for Emergency Room, and you would mark your post as: Gift for Pebble in the Lake (because ER is a designated fandom by Pebble in the Lake).

I hope this helps. If not, don't hesitate to ask.

ONe more question. How do they know it's for them? I'll hold off posting till I know.

I have just made a post regarding the gifts - you can make a note there that you have created gifts for someone. Leave a link to the works if you want. (But don't worry, you don't have to do this, it's only an offer you can use)