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Secret Santa 2015/2016 - Matchups Sent! Posting Deadline Sunday, January 3rd, 2016!


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Halloween's over as of several seconds ago, at least in my time zone, and you know what that means? It's Christmas now. :naughty:

(EDIT: LMAO, because when I posted this, it was JUST past midnight my time, but apparently the forum clock is a few seconds behind, OOPS. Things to keep in mind next year...)

...Hopefully I'm not putting this up too early, I'm just excited to get it started again this year and I want it active for as long as possible so as many people see it and join as possible. I organized the Secret Santa last year and I'm happy to be doing so again this time around. Because I'm a lazy so-and-so, much of this is copy-and-pasted from last year's event thread, but there are going to be a few changes this year, so you should definitely make sure you read it carefully so you know what's up!

So, the whole idea of Secret Santa is for you guys to fill out the form below, I'll match you up with your partner, you write or draw them something within their tastes, and then post it in the appropriate subforum before the deadline. Obviously you will also be receiving your own gift. You do not receive from the same person you send to; Person A sends to Person B who sends to Person C who sends to Person D who sends to Person A. Make sense? Additionally, if you participated last year, you will not receive from the same person you received from last time around, just to make sure things don't get samey (unless something weird happens, but you know).

Anyway, this year's dates are as follows:

Spoilered for irrelevance:

These dates are no longer relevant so I am hiding them from the original post. Plus I fucked 'em back and forth a bunch of times so you know.

Saturday, November 28, 2015: Sign-up deadline. Sign-ups will close at exactly midnight on the 28th (Eastern Standard Time), because I am going to be making match-ups as soon as I get them.

Somewhere between November 29th to December 2nd, 2015: When you will receive your matches (I'm leaving myself a few days' wiggle room; I'm going to try to get them to you guys sooner rather than later, of course, but my health is fragile at the best of times so I have to make sure I don't screw myself).

Sunday, January 3, 2016: The deadline for posting your gift.

Before I lay out the form I'll need you to submit to me so I can match you, I want to get the rules and guidelines out of the way first, just so everyone knows exactly what they're getting into by signing up. I know this section is a little long, but I'm sure you guys understand that it's just because I want to be thorough and make sure everybody has the best possible time giving and receiving their gifts. I'm sure everybody will put in a lot of effort to make sure that their recipient will be satisfied with their gift – the forum's creators consistently turn out excellent stories and art and I'm positive the Secret Santa will be no exception.

  • First, for written gifts, as with previous years, a rough 1000 total word count is a good guideline to ensure that everybody receives a substantial gift. If you prefer writing drabbles, that's totally fine (unless your recipient says otherwise) - just try to make sure that your drabbles total around 1000 words. It's also absolutely okay if you go above and beyond this limit and decide to write a novel, as long as you feel like you can get at least 1000 words in within the deadline. If you are not confident you can manage at least 1000 words, I have to politely ask you to reconsider your participation; otherwise it's unfair. For art, I don't think there's an easy way to make sure things are equal, so I will leave it in the very capable hands of our artists.
  • No 18+ content – it adds a layer of difficulty into the organization process and I'm just not sure I could accommodate everybody's preferences this way, so it's easier if we just leave it to stuff everybody can enjoy.
  • New for this year: You may not request real person fiction (stories written about real people as opposed to fictional characters) for your gift. This is not because I have some kind of specific vendetta against RPF in general, but there are vanishingly few people willing to write it, and when people are willing, they only want to write about this one specific person and not this other person, etc., and it's much too difficult to handle matchmaking because of it. I'm sorry if your heart's desire was some kind of RPF this year, but I just can't accommodate that kind of thing to anybody's satisfaction, unfortunately.
  • This goes without saying, but please make sure you respect your recipient's preferences. They're listed both to make sure it's easier for you to write and more likely that it will be something your recipient really enjoys!
  • Please try very hard to post your gift within the deadline date. I understand completely that things pop up, especially around the holiday season, but if you are going to be late or need to drop out, please let me know as soon as you possibly can so that I can let your recipient know and make other arrangements for their gift. If you drop out without communicating with me at all, you will not be welcome to participate in other Secret Santas I arrange in the future.
  • Related to the above, if you signed up to participate last year but did not fulfill your end of the deal, you are not welcome to participate in this year's event. (By 'fulfill your end of the deal,' I mean 'posted at least one 1000-word part of a fic or put up some art.' I'm only talking about people who flaked completely, not people who posted something, even if it was unfinished work.) I pour a lot of sweat and blood into this site event and I have less than zero interest in making matches for people who have not ponied up their end of the bargain in the past. I'm not going to name and shame you, but you know who you are. (I have nothing against you as people; I'm sure you understand.)
  • If you have any questions, comments, suggestions about anything, please PM me or post in-thread! But you should probably PM me if your question is about the person you're gifting to – you don't want to spoil the surprise, and acting as an intermediary is my job as the organizer, so it's no trouble at all.

Now, onto the somewhat more fun part of all of this: Filling out the form you need to PM me in order to participate!

Important: For members who are still Pending, I know you don't have access to the PM function yet, but you can absolutely still participate if you would like to. Just make sure you have your email address listed on your profile here and that non-friends can view your profile, and post in-thread that you would like to participate and I will be happy to contact you that way in order for you to fill out the form necessary for participation! (DO NOT post your contact details directly in the thread, though, as this is against forum rules. Just edit your profile [here's a handy link on how to do that!] and put it in there that way. Also, don't post your form in the thread, either - that's why I'll contact you, so it stays private!)

So, onto what I will need from you. Even if you filled this exact form out this year, I have to ask that you fill it out again, just in case things like fandoms have changed, to have an active PM thread with you, etc.!

Giving

  • Preferred medium to gift. Typically the Secret Santa involves mainly writing, but you can request art if you would like. I can't guarantee that you will receive what you request because it's partially dependent upon who signs up, but I will try my best to honor your preference here.
  • Tell me what you prefer to write/draw, original or fanfiction/fanart. If you like doing fanfiction/fanart, please list the fandoms you'd be most comfortable creating for. Try to be as inclusive as possible, just so we can cater to as many people as possible. Even old fandoms you're intimately familiar with you think nobody will want in the year 2015 - you never know! Please also specify whether or not you're willing to write/draw original and whether you're willing to write/draw fanfiction/fanart.
  • This is partially covered under the above bullet point, but also specify what gender(s) you would prefer to write stories/art of.
  • If there is anything you absolutely cannot stand to draw/write, tell me here. I would hate to match people if someone's likes make someone else uncomfortable so again, be as inclusive as possible – anything that makes you uncomfortable, be it specifically fetish-related or not (so things like mess, or certain fandoms or ships – just anything you don't feel comfortable with writing, for any reason).

Receiving

  • Preferred medium to receive. Again, there's no guarantee your preference will be fulfilled here but of course I will do my best.
  • Tell me if you prefer original or fandom, and what fandoms you would be happy to receive if you're into fandom at all. Tell me what characters (or kinds of characters) you would like to see, too. If you have some kind of genre preference, feel free to state that as well (something romance-oriented, action, whatever – no guarantee your giver can fulfill it but I'll put it out there for them to give a whirl).
  • Let me know what gender(s) you would like to receive stories/art of.
  • List your likes, fetish-wise. Be as detailed as you can with this so that your giver understands exactly what you'd like! Anything you particularly like is totally fine to list with the exception of 18+ content. (And don't be embarrassed or anything - the only people who will see this are me and your giver.)
  • Conversely, detail your dislikes. Again, be specific. Anything that squicks you out or makes you uncomfortable that has the possibility of being involved in a story/drawing here should be listed.

Also, I hate to be a bother, but I would like to request the following two things:

1. When you PM me your info, please post in-thread that you have done so. I had a very inconveniently-timed series of weird PM glitches last year and I want to pre-empt that this year by making ABSOLUTE SURE that I have everybody in who wants to be. :lol: I'd feel really bad if someone got left out. This also has the benefit of keeping this thread active and bumped up so as many people as possible see it so they can participate!

2. When you put your gift up, again, post it in this thread, or PM me, or ping me on Skype if we're contacts there, however you wanna do it. It just makes it a little bit easier for me to keep track on who's posted what for who so far, so I would really appreciate it if you could do this for me. I won't destroy Tokyo if you don't, but this stuff can get kind of hard to keep track of, so it's just for my own organization. I really appreciate it!

I am pretty sure that covers more or less everything, but please, if you have any questions at all, feel free to ask in-thread or via PM. Thanks for reading and participating!

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I AM SO IN, YOU KNOW I AM~

EXPECT MY PM VERY SOON WHEN IT ISN'T 4AM.

I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS AGAIN THIS YEAR, JUNE :heart:

:naughty:

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Hello! I'm typically not around at the end of the year, but I think it will be different this time... And I'm sure as hell glad I got to see this! Where do I post my gift when it's ready? ^_^

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Hello! I'm typically not around at the end of the year, but I think it will be different this time... And I'm sure as hell glad I got to see this! Where do I post my gift when it's ready? ^_^

In the relevant subforum - Original Fiction, Fanfiction, or Artwork, depending on what you made!

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WOO~! Sent my PM as well! Thank you so much for running this, Junia! <3 This is such an exciting time of year, haha >w<

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Exciting!! Day One and I already have 12 entries! :zippy: Keep them coming! My spreadsheets and I have fully activated.

Like this: :vampire: But like, not as cool and a lot nerdier, do you feel me

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But like, not as cool and a lot nerdier, do you feel me

Yes. I can picture this quite vividly.

:awesum:

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Just sent my PM!

I'm so super excited for SS, thank you so much for organising it again, Junia! <3

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But like, not as cool and a lot nerdier, do you feel me

Yes. I can picture this quite vividly.

:awesum:

Ooh. Someone's getting coal in her stocking this year. :schmoll:

( :awesum: )

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Lowkey afraid I will not follow through with posting on time again... badger me af please.

PMS to be sent within the hour.

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