Nominations questions & notes #2

[thedevilchicken]

View the new questions and notes post here.

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You can find the tagset here.

The tag set will close for nominations at 19:59 UTC today, Saturday 30 June. View the countdown here.

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1) DA: The Inquisitor is not the Herald of Andraste - I'm told that the inquisitor/herald are they same person, and I've been asked to check if the nominator means that the player character doesn't become that person, or if they mean something else entirely? If I don't hear from the nominator by 08:00 UTC tomorrow, Sunday 1 July, I'll leave it in but there may be some confused potential offerers who would like clarification!

2) The following tags: ALL: Falling for a Monster; ALL: Fuck or Die; All: Group Sex Saves The Day!; ALL: Impregnated in a Dream; All: Oviposition; All: Parasitic Penis on a Woman; ALL: Resurrecting Cock; ALL: Seeking a Dragon for its "Blessing"; ALL: Stealth Public Sex; All: Royal chooses favorite harem member to get them pregnant - Could the nominator modify to clarify that these are AUs and not just general tropes (e.g. "ALL: Impregnation can only happen in dreams", etc.). NOTE: per my last post, I'm planning to reject these unless they're edited to clear AUs if I don't hear from the nominator by the time nominations close. - FIXED, rejected. Nominator, if you want a version of these adding in that's more clearly AU, please comment!

3) All: One person is a mistake - I'm not entirely sure what this means. Could the nominator please clarify? If I don't hear anything from the nominator by 08:00 UTC tomorrow, Sunday 1 July, I'll reject. - FIXED, thanks nominator!

4) X-Men - All Media Types - nominator, could you please specify which X-Men you want? If this isn't amended (or you leave a comment) by 18:30 tomorrow, Sunday 1 July, I'll reject.


I'm also starting to look at duplicates. If you spot any, feel free to comment here (and I'll edit to add notes on the ones I'm looking at as I go along).

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Removed:
- group: Steve Rogers & Bucky Barnes (also approved as Group: Bucky Barnes & Steve Rogers (MCU))
- group: Dorian Pavus/Iron Bull (also approved as Group: Iron Bull/Dorian Pavus)
- ALL: Firefly AU/Fusion (also approved as ALL: Firefly AU)
- ALL: High Fantasy (also approved as ALL: High Fantasy AU)
- ALL: Space (also approved as ALL: Space AU)
- ALL: Animal Transformation (also approved as ALL: Animal Transformation AU)
- ALL: Urban Fantasy (also approved as ALL: Urban Fantasy AU)
- ALL: Everybody survives (also approved as ALL: Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies)
- All - Steam Punk AU (also approved as All: Steampunk, which has the correct delimiter)
- Group: Heimdall/Thor/Loki (MCU) (also approved as Group: Heimdall/Loki/Thor (MCU))
- ALL: Soulmark AU (also approved as ALL: Soulmate-identifying marks)


Considering:
(feel free to weigh in with an opinion on these!)

1)
ALL: Alignment Swap AU
ALL: Good guys are bad guys/Bad guys are good guys
ALL: Hero(es) Become the Villain(s)
- all will remain in the tagset

2)
ALL: Role reversal
ALL: Roleswap AU

3)
ALL: Soulmark AU
ALL: Soulmate-identifying marks
- Removed ALL: Soulmark AU per nominator comment below

4)
ALL: Daemons
ALL: His Dark Materials fusion
- both will stay in the tagset

5)
All: Leverage AU
All: Leverage Fusion

6)
All: Like canon but oviposition is the norm
ALL: Oviposition is a part of everyday life

7)
ALL: Doctors/Nurses
ALL: Medical AU
- both will stay in the tagset

8)
ALL: Stranded on a Desert Island
ALL: Trapped on an island
(there's also All: Gilligan's Island AU, but I think that's distinct enough!)
- all will stay in the tagset

9)
All: Roomate AU
ALL: Roommates/Housemates

10)
ALL: Space Pirates AU
All: Space Privateers AU
- both will remain in the tagset

11)
ALL: All Characters Genderswapped
ALL: Genderswap AU
- both will stay in the tagset


Might need rewording to make them more clearly AU (or canon-specific) and not just general tropes:
(e.g. "ALL: Mpreg is a normal part of everyday life", "FANDOM: Like canon but Char X is kept as a pet")
Remember: "ALL:" tags must work for a majority of fandoms.

- All: Creature Inside
- All: Identity Porn
- ALL: Kept as a pet
- ALL: Magic Made Them Do It
- ALL: Immortal Character Is Temporarily Mortal
- ALL: Living Clothing
- ALL: Living Furniture
- All: Mpreg AU
- ALL: Observing Rape For Science
- ALL: Using forbidden magic to raise the dead

Comments

[sirvalkyrie]

1)
ALL: Alignment Swap AU
ALL: Good guys are bad guys/Bad guys are good guys
ALL: Hero(es) Become the Villain(s)

All of them are Alignment swaps, but "Hero(es) Become the Villain(s)" sounds like just one person or side changing and the other remaining the same. "Good guys are bad guys/Bad guys are good guys" has everyone changing alignment. So the first, to me, is like if Rey accepted Kylo Ren's offer in The Last Jedi while the second is if Rey was always the bad guy and Kylo Ren always the good guy. The only scenario that those two don't cover that "Alignment Swap AU" does is where the villain becomes the hero without the heroes changing alignment.

On the other hand, none of these are tags I plan to request so I really have no strong opinion on what you do with them.

10)
ALL: Space Pirates AU
All: Space Privateers AU

I didn't know I wanted Space Privateer AU until I saw this, but I also agree that they are similar. If you merge them maybe delete both and make a new tag of All: Space Pirates/Privateers AU so it is clear that it encompasses both.

[thedevilchicken]

Thanks for the comment!

I think I'm going to leave the alignment tags separate, since people have some differing opinions on them!

Also leaving the pirates and privateers separate - I can see them being different enough for it to be important if you get one or the other.