Spectre Requisitions

Assignments are out!

Please check your AO3 assignments page or the email you have associated with Ao3 and see who you were assigned to! There were NO initial pinch hits this year. If any pinch hitters are required, we will advertise when they become available both on our tumblr and DW comms.

We have done our best to try to ensure that everyone has a good match, but if there is an issue with yours, please contact us. We will handle things discretely and privately.  

Since assignments have gone out, there are a couple things we’d like  all authors and artists out there to keep in mind:

• You are only committing to writing or drawing one thing for your assigned recipient. That means, of the 5+ ideas they have offered, you are committing to writing one. If they asked for two pairings in the same line, you’re obligated to write only one of the two (your choice). Can you do more? Absolutely. Are you obligated to? Absolutely not.
• Please remember that the spirit of this exchange is all rare pairs, all the time. Do not use the exchange to try to write/draw a mega-popular pairing, with a less-popular pairing in the background. We do not allow backdoor mega-pairings to dominate works in this exchange.
• Please do not post your fic or art on Tumblr/DeviantArt/etc until the exchange has been revealed. It is imperative that everyone gets their gifts at the same time.
• Please don’t contact your recipient directly. If you have questions you want to ask them, please contact us! We are happy to be intermediaries for you!
• If you are writing a story/drawing a picture that features elements Ao3 has default warnings for, such as underage/non-con/etc, remember to tag your stories for such elements to advertise it to those that want to see it and to respect those that don’t. If you do not wish to do this or feel like you can’t tag a fic or artwork without spoiling the nature of a twist you’d prefer remain unspoiled, please use the “Choose Not to Warn” option so viewers can make the choice themselves whether or not they want to take a chance on seeing potentially upsetting content.
• You are obligated to respect your recipient’s DNW/squicks, but optional details are otherwise that - optional.
• Please be careful to not reveal who your recipient is. Posting “I’m so excited about my assignment!” is fine; posting “I’m so excited about writing Thane/Garrus for my best friend @participant!” is not.

If you have any questions or comments, be sure to let us know!

 Please change these nominations to be more specific. Failure to change these nominations by the final day of nominations (January 19) will result in them being declined!

Avitus Rix & Ryder – Please clarify which Ryder are you requesting: Female Ryder | Sara, Male Ryder | Scott, Ellen, or Alec

Illusive Man | Jack Harper/Shepard - Please clarify whether you want Male Shepard or Female Shepard.

Kai Leng/Shepard Clone - Please clarify whether you want Male Shepard or Female Shepard.

Miranda Lawson/Original Character(s) - Please clarify which kind of original character is desired, eg Miranda Lawson/Five Batarian Soldiers, Miranda Lawson/Female Alliance Recruit, etc.

Miranda Lawson/Miranda Lawson's Rogueishly Handsome Trans Clone - Please specify which gender the clone is.

As a clarification note for trans characters, please nominate trans characters under the gender identity that is preferred by/for the character (ex: for a trans! female Shepard that was assigned male at birth but is/identifies as female, please use "Female Shepard"). To ensure the character is seen as trans, please write in optional details that you would prefer to see this character as trans and DNW: non-trans/cis interpretations of [Character]. We do not use the "Trans [Character]" label firstly because we do not believe a trans character should be segregated from other characters of their chosen gender, and secondly because this allows a wider potential range of possible trans characters - by leaving it in optional details, any character can be seen as trans.