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Hello! I have continued the annual tradition of dragging my feet on posting a schedule and, as a result, pushing everything just a little bit later than last year. But 2025 is here! Some dates may be tweaked slightly before signups begin:

Nominations: 23 April - 1 May

Signups: 3 May - 11 May

Assignments out by: 14 May

Mandatory check-in: 7-14 June

Default deadline: 14 June

Works due: 28 June

Works revealed: 19 July

Creators revealed: 28 July

I'm also announcing a few rule changes.

First, standalone comics of 5 pages or more will be allowed this year!

Second, partly to support the ability to request/offer comics for different character combinations, I will be allowing participants to request and offer the same fandom multiple times. You must still request 3 unique fandoms and offer 4 unique fandoms.

Third and finally, the use of AI to generate text or images is not allowed in Fandom5K.

Rules are still being finalized, but you can read the draft here. Not much else has changed since last year.

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We have two pinch hits, due at 11pm EDT on Tuesday 22 April. Please reply with your AO3 name (comments are screened) and the PH number/name you'd like, or email worldbuildingex@gmail.com with the same information, if you would like to claim one!

Please help us get gifts for these fine participants - if you can, spread the word!

CLAIMED - PH #5 - fic - Psychonauts (Video Games), Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry, Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020)

Request 1 by KibaSniper
Psychonauts (Video Games)
WB: Classes at Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp (Psychonauts), WB: Whispering Rock Campers as Psychonauts Agents (Psychonauts), WB: Whispering Rock Campers as Motherlobe Interns (Psychonauts), Chloe Barge (Psychonauts), Bobby Zilch (Psychonauts), Razputin "Raz" Aquato (Psychonauts), Lili Zanotto (Psychonauts), Melvin "Chops" Sweetwind (Psychonauts), Fanfiction

Do Not Wants: Sexually explicit material of any kind, especially underage material, incest, rape, dubcon/noncon, pedophilia, adult/minor relationships, script-styled pieces, songfics, chatfics, Aquato family being depicted as abusive to Raz.

Relationships: Chloe & Bobby, Chloe/Bobby (as agents only), Raz/Bobby (or platonic), Chloe/Lili (or platonic), Chops/Lili (or platonic), or any platonic interpretations of the listed characters.

Classes in Whispering Rock: i think this is really underutilized idea! we all only single classes with oleander, sasha, and milla, so i'd love for a piece featuring bobby, chloe, and other campers experiencing their regular classes or new ones.

Whispering Rock Campers as Motherlobe Interns: same general ideas as above! who would be their mentors? what would hollis teach them? what kind of missions would they go on?

Whispering Rock Campers as Psychonauts Agents: same premise as above, just now as actual agents! whether they're junior or regular agents as up to you. what departments would they work on? what kind of missions would they undergo?

Request 2 by KibaSniper
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry
WB: Satoko Houjou's Time Loops (Higurashi), WB: Rika and Satoko's Time at St. Lucia Academy (Higurashi), WB: Post-GouSotsu (Higurashi), Satoko Houjou (Higurashi), Rika Furude (Higurashi), Fanfiction

Do Not Wants: Sexually explicit material of any kind, especially underage material, incest, rape, dubcon/noncon, pedophilia, adult/minor relationships, character bashing, script-styled pieces, songfics, chatfics, the Meguri continuity, Rika and/or Satoko romantically paired with the other club members.

Relationships: Rika/Satoko

Post-GouSotsu: what are satoko and rika's lives like now? how is rika at st. lucia without satoko, and are her days as bland as satoko promised? how is satoko faring in a seemingly fine hinamizawa?

Satoko and Rika's time in St. Lucia: would love to see more their tension and the rift, such as satoko's time studying and being separated from rika, or rika turning a blind eye to satoko's issues as she has done.

Satoko Houjou's Time Loops: or i would love to see more of satoko looping! how does she come to the conclusions that she does in another loop? or are there any missing scenes that could be shown in loops shown in canon?

Request 3 by KibaSniper
Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry
WB: The Sea of Fragments (Umineko), WB: Life as a Voyager Witch (Umineko), WB: Life as a Piece in a Witch's Game (Umineko), WB: Abandoned Game Boards (Umineko), Bernkastel (Umineko no Naku Koro ni), Lambdadelta (Umineko no Naku Koro ni), Ushiromiya Ange (Umineko), Furudo Erika (Umineko), Fanfiction

Do Not Wants: Sexually explicit material (tho implied/referenced is fine for 18+ characters!), especially underage material, incest, rape, dubcon/noncon, pedophilia, adult/minor relationships, character bashing, script-styled pieces, songfics, chatfics, romantic Amakusa/Ange, any references or implicit works depicting Ange's love for Battler as romantic.

Relationships: Bernkastel/Lambdadelta, Erika/Ange, Bernkastel & Erika, Bernkastel & Ange, Lambdadelta & Ange

Abandoned Game Boards: what happens when bernkastel or lambdadelta leave the board? or what are their logic errors like if one player leaves them to suffer fixing it? maybe bern could abandon erika and toss her in to fix it on behalf of her master?

Life as a Piece in a Witch's Game: would love to see something ange-centered, how she's existing in a strange way as both a human and witch in different periods of time. her plane of existence is odd, after all! or what if ange accepted lambdadelta's proposal to swap sides and become her piece?

Life as a Voyager Witch/The Sea of Fragments: what do bernkastel and lambdadelta do as they search for new fragments? do they insert themselves at random? or do they promise pieces their aid to win the tide in a game they find interesting?

Request 4 by KibaSniper
Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020)
WB: Earthrealm and Edenian Relations (Mortal Kombat), WB: MK Armageddon Character Ending Continuations (Mortal Kombat), Sonya Blade, Kitana (Mortal Kombat), Mileena (Mortal Kombat), Jade (Mortal Kombat), Fanfiction

Do Not Wants: Sexually explicit material of any kind (tho implied/referenced is fine for 18+ characters!), especially underage material, incest, rape, dubcon/noncon, pedophilia, adult/minor relationships, character bashing, script-styled pieces, songfics, chatfics, Kitana/Mileena

Relationships: Mileena/Tanya, Kitana/Jade, Kitana/Sonya, Kitana & Jade & Sonya

Earthrealm and Edenian Relations: what are they are like!! i'd love a story where sonya is an ambassador from the special forces and enjoying edenian culture. i think there would be a lot she'd like, and a lot jade and kitana would show her as they're proud of the strides they've made since sindel retook the throne.

Armageddon Endings: take your pick! i was delighted to see mk1 pick up the old plot thread of tanya as a dragon caller, so it had been thinking about these endings. any elaboration on them would be great!

CLAIMED - PH #18 - fic for all requests, meta for some requests - Bionicle (Generation 1) x3, Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game, Tron - All Media Types x2, Pluto (Manga), Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies) x2

Request 1 by bluerosekatie
Bionicle (Generation 1)
WB: Mental and Practical effects of having moral Light drained (Bionicle), WB: Av-Matoran culture (Bionicle), Takua | Takanuva (Bionicle Generation 1), Gavla (Bionicle Generation 1), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
pre-canon friendship dynamics, memories of Karda Nui returning post-canon for Takua, resentment mixed with new/old friendship for both Takanuva and Gavla, post-canon reconciliation, Gavla as a Toa, OK with Takanuva/Takua/Gavla if it goes that way

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html

Request 2 by bluerosekatie
Bionicle (Generation 1)
WB: Effects of Emotion on Elemental Powers (Bionicle), WB: Romantic (non-sexual) relationships between Toa (Bionicle), Takua | Takanuva (Bionicle Generation 1), Gali (Bionicle Generation 1), Matau (Bionicle Generation 1), Nokama (Bionicle Generation 1), Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Matau/Nokama and Gali/Takanuva as specific preferred romantic ships, LOVE IS CANON, play-fighting/battle training, roleswaps, good communication, silly communication failures/flirting methods, quiet moments, Gali/Takua's mind link, Matau and Nokama interacting better as Hordika, team-ups

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html

Request 3 by bluerosekatie
Bionicle (Generation 1)
WB: Celebrations in Matoran/Toa Culture (Bionicle), Nokama (Bionicle Generation 1), Matau (Bionicle Generation 1), Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Matau/Nokama or Matau & Nokama, growing together on Mata Nui as Turaga, gift giving vs. acts of service, differences between different Koro's culture shaped by the Turaga there, holdovers from Metru Nui's culture, cameos of other canon characters, mixed tech and nature like the first arc's vibes, Metru Nui setting, AUs and canon divergence, etc.

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html

Request 4 by bluerosekatie
Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game)
WB: Xara's Escape Attempts from the Sunshine Institute (Minecraft: Story Mode), WB: Variety/Specialties in Admin Powers (Minecraft: Story Mode), WB: Source of Admin Powers (Minecraft: Story Mode), WB: Admin Duties/Pastimes (Minecraft: Story Mode), Romeo the Admin (Minecraft: Story Mode), Xara (Minecraft: Story Mode), Fred (Minecraft: Story Mode), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Xara/Romeo or Xara & Romeo, pre-canon or during canon, canon divergence AUs, angst or fluff, moments when Romeo wanted to free Xara, Admins aligned with the different dimensions (End, Nether, Overworld), shapeshifting and power dynamics, Fred's influence on both his friends, expansion on Fred's character, magic, origin stories, etc.

DNWS:
Xara/Romeo affection while Xara was captured/in the Sunshine Institute, incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html

Request 5 by bluerosekatie
Tron - All Media Types
WB: Program Culture Pre-Tron 1982 (Tron), WB: Program and User communication (Tron), Tron (Tron), Yori (Tron), Alan Bradley, Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Tron/Yori, Alan mentoring Tron in or out of the Encom system, canon divergence with Yori brought to the Grid, program conceptions of marriage vs. friendship, lonely!Tron but also happy couple Trori, Yori showing up as a character, etc.

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html

Request 6 by bluerosekatie
Tron - All Media Types
WB: Post- Tron: Legacy Fallout (Tron), WB: Program and User communication (Tron), Sam Flynn, Quorra (Tron), Tron (Tron), Alan Bradley, Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Sam/Quorra, Human idioms confusing programs, Tron being brought to the User world too, recovery and friendship between the main cast, Alan finding out about the Grid, repairing the Grid together, programs adjusting to the human world and humans adjusting to the Grid, etc.

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html

Request 7 by bluerosekatie
Pluto (Manga)
WB: Atom and Dr. Tenma's relationship post-canon (Pluto), WB: Uran's Empath Abilities (Pluto), Dr. Tenma | Dr. Boynton, Professor Ochanomizu | Dr. Packadermus J. Elefun, Uran (Pluto), Atom (Pluto), Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
unconventional/semi-explained origins of Uran's abilities, Uran using her abilities to support her brother, Atom protecting Dr. Tenma even if he doesn't deserve it, Professor Ochanomizu being a mentor/parent to Atom and Uran, Atom and Uran getting to be like kids, Atom having sensory issues bc of his powers, robot 'biology', robot and human friendships and rivalries, etc.

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html

Request 8 by bluerosekatie
Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies)
WB: Will Turner as Captain of the Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean), WB: Duties of the Pirate King (Pirates of the Caribbean), Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Caribbean), Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Willabeth, battle couple moments, Pirate King Elizabeth Swann, epic team ups, Will having supernatural abilities because of being the Dutchman's captain, action-adventure, trilogy as primary canon, raising children on the high seas, fallout of the third movie's events, sea metaphors, underwater locations, etc.

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html

Request 9 by bluerosekatie
Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies)
WB: Myths and Legends about Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean), WB: Mermaids and the Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean), Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean), Calypso | Tia Dalma (Pirates of the Caribbean), Syrena (Pirates of the Caribbean), Original Character(s) (Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies)), Will Turner, Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Syrena meeting Will or Davy Jones pre-On Stranger Tides, Calypso and mermaid interactions, Calypso/Davy Jones, references to At World's End, angst, differences between Will and Davy Jones' captaining, complicated but not evil mermaids and Calypso, sea metaphors, mysterious locations, deep-sea vibes, etc.

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html

From the rules
Participants are expected to create one of:

Fanfiction - a complete fic of at least 1000 words
Fanart - a finished piece of art, not on lined paper
In-Universe Meta - a complete piece of in-universe meta of at least 1000 words

These must be your own original work (eg. no AI).

Additionally, treats are very welcome! See all requests here. We hope to open the collection on Thursday 24 April.

Lastly, Worldbuilding Exchange participants may also be interested in

diegetic_exchange, focusing on in-universe material - currently in nominations.

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We currently have two pinch hits, due at 11pm EDT on Tuesday 22 April. Please reply with your AO3 name (comments are screened) and the PH number/name you'd like, or email worldbuildingex@gmail.com with the same information, if you would like to claim one!

If you know of a community that might be interested in these pinch hits, please spread the word!

PH #5 - fic - Psychonauts (Video Games), Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry, Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020)

CLAIMED - PH #17 - fic, meta - Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis, Exandria Unlimited Calamity Web Series, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, Tortall - Tamora Pierce, Emelan - Tamora Pierce, The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner, The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison

Request 1 by ChronicBookworm
Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
WB: Talking Animal customs (Narnia - Lewis), WB: Narnian Politics (Narnia - Lewis), WB: Intelligence and Espionage in Narnia (Narnia - Lewis), WB: Golden Age Narnian society (Narnia - Lewis), WB: Effects of the 100-year Winter on the Various Peoples of Narnia (WB - Lewis), WB: Cultural differences within Narnia (Narnia - Lewis), Susan Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis), Peter Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis), Lucy Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis), Edmund Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta

I would love to read more about the Golden Age, early days, middle days, or the end, it doesn’t matter. What was it like? What were the Pevensies like as Kings and Queens? How did society function? What were the political challenges they faced, what factions existed, and how did decisions get made? What sort of issues did the Pevensies deal with as monarchs? How did they get their information? Did they use Talking Animals as spies in other lands? Or in Narnia itself? How would one counter that? And in terms of daily life, what did people do with their time? How did they make a living, and how did they spend their leisure? Or did they even have that division?
I’d also love an exploration of the fact that there are so many diverse species within Narnia – how did the Pevensies balance the sometimes competing needs of their subjects? To what extent does each species have its own culture, and to what extent is there a unifying Narnian culture? How do the various species get on? How do the various animalistic instincts of the Talking Animals and their physiological features influence their behaviour and customs? Are there differences between geographical regions that cut across species? Which differences matter more, regional or between species? Or does it vary?
Regarding the 100 year winter, what effect did that have on different creatures, both the ones that are adapted to winter climates, and the ones that aren't? How did the grazers find food? And what about creatures like bears, who hibernate? A lot of animals have their young in the spring - was there a baby boom once the winter was over?

General likes in letter, and treats are very welcome!

DNW
• explicit sex (fade to black or references to sex are fine)
• changes to human anatomy or physiology (such as mpreg, omegaverse, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student (if it’s relevant, please set any romance sometime after they've stopped being teacher/student)
• non-canonical incest (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related. Cousin incest and canon-typical Targaryen incest are OK)
• infidelity or jealousy within relationships (real or imagined. Open relationships and jealousy as a path to feelings discovery are OK)
• more than 3-year age gaps for any ships involving characters 16 years or younger
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" for sex and fixating on that date
• modern-day terminology for sexual and gender identities in historical or fantasy canons
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs (merging crossover universes into one or having characters from one universe dimension travel to the other by either hand-wavey or explained means are all fine)
• The rift between Susan and her family

Letter: https://chronicbookworm.dreamwidth.org/13609.html

Request 2 by ChronicBookworm
Exandria Unlimited Calamity Web Series
WB: The Replenishment (EXU Calamity), WB: The Gau Drashari during the Calamity (EXU Calamity), WB: Cathmoira between Replenishments (EXU Calamity), Nydas Okiro (EXU Calamity), Eaedalus Okiro (EXU Calamity), Original Character(s) (Exandria Unlimited Calamity Web Series), Any or No Characters (Exandria Unlimited Calamity Web Series), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta

I would love to learn about Cathmoira! What’s the city like, how is it organised and run, what sort of occupations do people have? How much is magic a part of daily life – is it like Avalir where it’s omnipresent, or is it more low-key? Is there infrastructure for learning magic, or is that all in Avalir? How do residents of Cathmoira relate to its sister city? What is the wide open space on the mountaintop used for when Avalir isn’t there?
Or what is the Replenishment like when it doesn’t lead to the destruction of a continent? What celebrations are there? What does it look like and feel when Avalir deposits its gathered magic? How does that change Cathmoira, and how long does it last?
I’m also very interested in the Gau Drashari – what do they do when the purpose for their existence is gone? How do their abilities contribute to the fight against the Betrayer Gods? Do they travel around helping defend people against roving fiends, or do they find somewhere new to settle? Is this when they find the elemental rifts, and the Gau Drashari turn into the Ashari, even? Is it a conscious decision to seek out the rifts, or something that just happens?

General likes in letter, and treats are very welcome!

DNW
• explicit sex (fade to black or references to sex are fine)
• changes to human anatomy or physiology (such as mpreg, omegaverse, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student (if it’s relevant, please set any romance sometime after they've stopped being teacher/student)
• non-canonical incest (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related. Cousin incest and canon-typical Targaryen incest are OK)
• infidelity or jealousy within relationships (real or imagined. Open relationships and jealousy as a path to feelings discovery are OK)
• more than 3-year age gaps for any ships involving characters 16 years or younger
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" for sex and fixating on that date
• modern-day terminology for sexual and gender identities in historical or fantasy canons
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs (merging crossover universes into one or having characters from one universe dimension travel to the other by either hand-wavey or explained means are all fine)

Letter: https://chronicbookworm.dreamwidth.org/13609.html

Request 3 by ChronicBookworm
Hunger Games Series - All Media Types
WB: Victors and their relationship to their home districts (HG AMT), WB: Mentor's work during the Hunger Games (Hunger Games AMT), WB: Career Training (HG AMT), WB: Victors as Commodities in the Capitol (HG AMT), WB: Smuggling in the Districts (HG AMT), WB: Coordinating the Rebellion Across the Districts (HG AMT), WB: Past Hunger Games (HG AMT), Original Character(s) (Hunger Games Series - All Media Types), Any or No Characters (Hunger Games Series - All Media Types), Lyme (Hunger Games AMT), Mags (Hunger Games AMT), Finnick Odair (Hunger Games AMT), Wiress (Hunger Games AMT), Beetee Latier (Hunger Games AMT), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta

I’m very interested in Career training: how did one get to the point of being happy and eager to risk one’s life in order to kill other children? Was there some kind of selection process, or did anyone who wanted receive training? If there was a selection process, who did the selecting? Who was selected/trained, and was it voluntary or forced? What sort of indoctrination did they go through? What sort of skills did they learn: obviously weapons and fighting, but did they also train survival or how to get sponsors? How organised was the training, and how official – was it an open secret, or was it a matter of pride, or something people did on the down-low? And how did the Volunteers get picked? Collins has one throwaway line that the Reaping could go on for hours in the inner districts – what happened during these hours? Who decided which teenagers would go to the Games and which didn’t – and what happened to the ones that didn’t? When did the first seeds to training tributes start in the career districts? How did Career training and attitudes towards Careers and Victors differ between the three districts? When did volunteering become a thing? How different were the career districts in their approach to training for the Games?
I’m also interested in past Hunger Games in general! What kinds of arenas did the Gamemakers come up with? How did they go wrong?
When did the culture of selling victors start? How much did the past Victors see each other when they were in the Capitol? How did they settle back into their home districts as Victors? Were they welcomed since they brought food, were they outsiders, to what extent could they settle back into their old community – presumably it varied between districts and between victor, but in what ways? How did they cope with mentoring, and how did they cope with bringing home new Victors knowing the fate that awaited them? What sort of duties did mentors have? How did they balance getting sponsorships with keeping an eye on the Game and making sure sponsor gifts got to the Tributes when they were needed? How did they find sponsors? How much control did they have over what gifts could be sent? Could the sponsors decide to send something against the will of the mentor?
Regarding smuggling in the districts, how did that work? How were contacts made between districts? How were the logistics sorted? Was D6 a hub, as the transport district, or did they arrange it some other way? How much did Victors get involved, since they could travel (to the Capitol at least) and potentially meet each other there? Were there Peacekeepers in on it for a take? What kind of goods were smuggled between districts? The same goods that were shipped to the Capitol, or different ones? Were there organised smuggling rings spanning multiple districts, or was it more disjointed and disorganised local efforts?
Similarly, how did the rebellion coordinate across the districts? I imagine there would be similar logistics issues as regards smuggling, them both being illegal operations over the district barriers. Who was involved in organising the rebellion? Who knew about the rebellion, and how did they communicate? How independent were the various district rebel cells? Were there several rebel factions in one district, and how did they get on? How much influence did District 13 have?

General likes in letter, and treats are very welcome!

DNW
• explicit sex (fade to black or references to sex are fine)
• changes to human anatomy or physiology (such as mpreg, omegaverse, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student (if it’s relevant, please set any romance sometime after they've stopped being teacher/student)
• non-canonical incest (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related. Cousin incest and canon-typical Targaryen incest are OK)
• infidelity or jealousy within relationships (real or imagined. Open relationships and jealousy as a path to feelings discovery are OK)
• more than 3-year age gaps for any ships involving characters 16 years or younger
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" for sex and fixating on that date
• modern-day terminology for sexual and gender identities in historical or fantasy canons
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs (merging crossover universes into one or having characters from one universe dimension travel to the other by either hand-wavey or explained means are all fine)

Letter: https://chronicbookworm.dreamwidth.org/13609.html

Request 4 by ChronicBookworm
Tortall - Tamora Pierce
WB: Women's Roles and Spaces (Tortall), WB: King's Own recruitment practices (Tortall), WB: King's Own non-military tasks (Tortall), WB: Collaboration between the Queen's Riders and King's Own (Tortall), Keladry of Mindelan, Fanche Weir, Buriram Tourakom (Tortall), Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak (Tortall), Original Character(s) (Tortall - Tamora Pierce), Any or No Characters (Tortall - Tamora Pierce), Oranie of Mindelan (Tortall), Adalia of Mindelan (Tortall), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta

The Tortall books are an old childhood favourite of mine, and I really like the worldbuilding, the strong heroines, and the politics (that Pierce often glosses over as her stories are more focused on protagonists who aren’t very interested in politics, but the bits we do get fascinate me). I like how the universe gets more and more complex as the series go on, how what starts as fairly straightforward good vs. evil becomes more complicated, and the characters become more complex in later stories, but they don’t lose their hope and their belief in the goodness of humankind.
With regards to women’s roles and spaces, I’d love to see either how the women of the nobility manage their day-to-day affairs, or commoners – merchants, farmers, artisans, etc. What was considered a woman’s task, what was considered a man’s, which tasks were shared? How did Thayet pick her ladies? What role did women at court have if they weren’t among Thayet’s ladies? Under what circumstances could women own and run businesses? Which crafts were acceptable for women? How did Alanna and/or Kel going for knighthood change the common perception of women’s roles?
With regards to the King’s Own, I was intrigued by the parts of Squire when they weren’t fighting: when they were acting as disaster relief, building up forts, helping villages, and I’d love to see more of that – or of the King’s Own in general! Coram was in the army – what is the difference between the army and the King’s Own? What sort of missions/tasks are given to each force? And where do the Riders fit in? Are there ever any problems when the Riders work with the King’s Own – are there companies that work better or worse together? What sort of teething problems did they have when they established their systems? Where do they pick up most of their recruits? For how long do people sign on? What are the terms for regular members and for officers? Are is there a certain rank you can’t reach unless you’re noble, and how high can commoners go?

General likes in letter, and treats are very welcome!

DNW
• explicit sex (fade to black or references to sex are fine)
• changes to human anatomy or physiology (such as mpreg, omegaverse, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student (if it’s relevant, please set any romance sometime after they've stopped being teacher/student)
• non-canonical incest (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related. Cousin incest and canon-typical Targaryen incest are OK)
• infidelity or jealousy within relationships (real or imagined. Open relationships and jealousy as a path to feelings discovery are OK)
• more than 3-year age gaps for any ships involving characters 16 years or younger
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" for sex and fixating on that date
• modern-day terminology for sexual and gender identities in historical or fantasy canons
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs (merging crossover universes into one or having characters from one universe dimension travel to the other by either hand-wavey or explained means are all fine)

Letter: https://chronicbookworm.dreamwidth.org/13609.html

Request 5 by ChronicBookworm
Emelan - Tamora Pierce
WB: Namornese Culture (Emelan), Sandrilene fa Toren (Emelan), Niamara Bancanor (Emelan), Berenene dor Ocmore (Emelan), Ambros fer Landreg (Emelan), Original Character(s) (Emelan - Tamora Pierce), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta

The Emelan books were very important to me growing up—I actually discovered them before Tortall! I loved the worldbuilding, and the idea of magic working through everyday objects, as well as the found family among the Circle and their tight bonds! I loved how competent they all were in their own fields, and how their competence was acknowledged and nurtured by their mentors.
I’d love some further exploration of Namornese culture and politics. What festivals do they celebrate? What gods exist in the Namornese religion, and how are they worshiped? To what extent does the Living Circle worship exist in Namorn, and to what extent is it tolerated? How is the balance of power between the crown, the nobles, and the merchants? Berenene seems to have gathered a lot of power to the crown at the expense of the nobles – did she have the merchants’ backing in this? How much is the war with Yanjing felt in everyday life – by nobles, by commoners, by merchants and farmers? How does the climate affect farming, culture, life in general?
Please don’t feel constrained by the questions I have asked: anything about Namorn would fascinate me!
General likes in letter, and treats are very welcome!

DNW
• explicit sex (fade to black or references to sex are fine)
• changes to human anatomy or physiology (such as mpreg, omegaverse, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student (if it’s relevant, please set any romance sometime after they've stopped being teacher/student)
• non-canonical incest (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related. Cousin incest and canon-typical Targaryen incest are OK)
• infidelity or jealousy within relationships (real or imagined. Open relationships and jealousy as a path to feelings discovery are OK)
• more than 3-year age gaps for any ships involving characters 16 years or younger
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" for sex and fixating on that date
• modern-day terminology for sexual and gender identities in historical or fantasy canons
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs (merging crossover universes into one or having characters from one universe dimension travel to the other by either hand-wavey or explained means are all fine)

Letter: https://chronicbookworm.dreamwidth.org/13609.html

Request 6 by ChronicBookworm
The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
WB: The Role of the Magus of Sounis (Queen's Thief), WB: The Eruption of the Sacred Mountain (Queen's Thief), WB: Relations between the Little Peninsula and the Continental Powers (Queen's Thief), Eugenides (Queen's Thief), Eddis | Helen, Sophos (Queen's Thief), The Magus (Queen's Thief), Pheris Erondites (Queen's Thief), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta

I am quite intrigued by relations between the Continental Powers and the Little Peninsula: how did Eugenides react to their betrayal once the war was over? What kind of diplomatic relations did they have? How did they react to the Little Peninsula stopping the Mede progress, and taking part of Roa for his efforts? Do they try to repair the relationship, or does it remain frosty, and how does Eugenides respond to their overtures, whether friendly or hostile?
Regarding the role of the Magus of Sounis, what is that role? Is it just a special advisor? Does it come with any special duties, remnants from when the Magus used to have magic? What did they Magus do when it was a position for someone with magic?
With regards to the eruption of the Sacred Mountain, how did they evacuate? Sure, the people who fought against the Mede got lands, but what about the rest of them? What about the people who refused to move? What did they tell people? How did they organise the evacuation, and how did they prevent people from going back on the assumption it was a false alarm? How far from the end of the series did it happen? What consequences did it have for the rest of the peninsula, in terms of climate, folklore, or anything else? Did the gods have a role in any of this, aside from warning Helen in her dreams, either triggering or preventing the eruption, or lining events up so Eddis would be empty by the time the eruption occurred?

General likes in letter, and treats are very welcome!

DNW
• explicit sex (fade to black or references to sex are fine)
• changes to human anatomy or physiology (such as mpreg, omegaverse, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student (if it’s relevant, please set any romance sometime after they've stopped being teacher/student)
• non-canonical incest (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related. Cousin incest and canon-typical Targaryen incest are OK)
• infidelity or jealousy within relationships (real or imagined. Open relationships and jealousy as a path to feelings discovery are OK)
• more than 3-year age gaps for any ships involving characters 16 years or younger
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" for sex and fixating on that date
• modern-day terminology for sexual and gender identities in historical or fantasy canons
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs (merging crossover universes into one or having characters from one universe dimension travel to the other by either hand-wavey or explained means are all fine)

Letter: https://chronicbookworm.dreamwidth.org/13609.html

Request 7 by ChronicBookworm
The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
WB: women’s roles and spaces (TGE), WB: how the Barizhan Court works (Goblin Emperor), Ino Drazhin, Mireän Drazhin, Arbelan Drazharan (Goblin Emperor), Vedero Drazhin (Goblin Emperor), Csethiro Ceredin (TGE), Chenelo Drazharan (Goblin Emperor), Maia Drazhar (TGE), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta

This is such a nice comfort read book! I loved Maia finding his feet in court, how he started to flourish and come into his own, and how he, through his kindness and consideration, managed to win people over and start making changes for the better! I also love the politics, how people use subtle cues to signal favour or disfavour, the thought that goes into appearances, and back-room deals where people trade favours with each other!
I’d also be incredibly interested in seeing how the women’s court functions, politics among the ladies—both their own politics, but also how they move things in the national politics that’s usually seen as the men’s domain, how they wield influence over other ladies and over men, the different factions among the women – not just Csoru’s faction and Csethiro’s, but what other factions, among the older ladies, and to what extent does it mirror the men’s factions, what Csethiro is like as the Empress, Vedero’s circle and who is included in it, and how it interacts with other factions in the women’s court, what role Arbelan has at court and how she fits in, or what role Chenelo would have in Maia’s court if she survived – or what role Chenelo or Arbelan had before their relegations, when they were the Empress? How have things changed by the time Ino and Mireän enter court?
What is the Barizhan court like, and how does in differ from the Ethuvereise court? How would a person steeped in Ethuvereise politics fit in in Barizhan, or vice versa? What are goblin politics like? What are the various factions, what do they want, and how do they work together or against each other to further their goals? Are there things that are decided by combat other than who becomes the Great Avar when there are no heirs, and how are these combats judged – how is the winner determined, what are the rules, and what are the penalties for breaking the rules? How are issues solved if it isn’t by combat – by consensus decision or by rulings, and by who? Does the Barizheise court have something similar to the Corazhas, and who is included in that, if so? Who is included in the Emperor’s Dav, and how do the various Davs relate to each other and work together or against each other? How do social functions work when relations between the nobility and their households are less formal? Are there still barriers in palace and codes of etiquette, and what are the sanctions (social or official) for breaking them?

General likes in letter, and treats are very welcome!

DNW
• explicit sex (fade to black or references to sex are fine)
• changes to human anatomy or physiology (such as mpreg, omegaverse, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student (if it’s relevant, please set any romance sometime after they've stopped being teacher/student)
• non-canonical incest (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related. Cousin incest and canon-typical Targaryen incest are OK)
• infidelity or jealousy within relationships (real or imagined. Open relationships and jealousy as a path to feelings discovery are OK)
• more than 3-year age gaps for any ships involving characters 16 years or younger
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" for sex and fixating on that date
• modern-day terminology for sexual and gender identities in historical or fantasy canons
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs (merging crossover universes into one or having characters from one universe dimension travel to the other by either hand-wavey or explained means are all fine)

Letter: https://chronicbookworm.dreamwidth.org/13609.html

From the rules
Participants are expected to create one of:

Fanfiction - a complete fic of at least 1000 words
Fanart - a finished piece of art, not on lined paper
In-Universe Meta - a complete piece of in-universe meta of at least 1000 words

These must be your own original work (eg. no AI).

Additionally, treats are very welcome! See all requests here . We hope to open the collection on Thursday 24 April.

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Additional pinch hits will be out within the next 12 hours. The collection has briefly closed but is now open again for your works. Don't panic if you don't have a gift - several creators have extensions.

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Assignments are due in a little under 2 weeks, on 26th April 11:59PM UTC.

We have 4 existing pinch hits and 2 new ones:

PH 1 - CLAIMED
( PH 2 - Cassette Beasts (Video Game), Live A Live (Video Game), In Stars And Time (Video Game) )

PH 5 - CLAIMED
( PH 6 - Shades of Magic - V. E. Schwab, Майор Гром | Major Grom (Trofim Movies), Майор Гром | Major Grom (Comics), Nochnoy Dozor | Night Watch (Movies), Nochnoy Dozor | Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko )

( PH 12 - Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Highlander: The Series, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Jurassic Park Original Trilogy (Movies) )

To claim a pinch hit, please comment on this entry (all comments are screened) or e-mail unsentlettersexchange @ gmail with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number or recipient name.

These pinch hits are due April 30, 11:59PM UTC, 4 days after the assignment due date.

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Unless you've arranged an extension, your work for the 2025 round of the Worldbuilding Exchange is due at:

11pm EDT, Sunday 13 April
Countdown

Please check what time that is for you! Note that's 11:00, not 11:59.

Good luck to everyone currently creating, and thank you to those editing, beta-reading, and pinch hitting! We still have one pinch hit available at our current PH post (fandoms: Psychonauts (Video Games), Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry, Mortal Kombat); expect additional pinch hits after the deadline passes.