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Writers: John Ostrander and Kim Yale
Pencils: Doug Rice
Inks: Sam Kieth
Dumas takes Mark Shaw's family hostage.
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PH 6 - Blacksad, Redwall Series - Brian Jacques, Hiveswap, Original Other or Multi, Redwall Series - Brian Jacques, Hiveswap
PH 24 - Stranger Things (TV 2016), 9-1-1 (TV), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
PH 33 - SK8 the Infinity (Anime), Winx Club, 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga), D.Gray-man (Anime & Manga)
All claimed! Thank you all so much!
Thank you for considering our pinch hits!
Writer: Steve Englehart
Pencils: Tom Derenick
Inks: Mark Farmer
A “lost story” of Justice League Detroit. The Martian Manhunter takes the rookie members of the Justice League on a team-building exercise in the woods.
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Writer: Steve Englehart
Pencils: Herb Trimpe
Inks: Jack Abel
MODOK still isn’t done with poor Betty.
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Writer: John Ostrander
Pencils: Graham Nolan
Inks: Gary Kwapisz
It is decided that the Hawks need a P.R. makeover after the Byth debacle.
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Navigation: Rules/General Info | AO3 Collection | Sign Up Info | Medium Rulesets | Mod Contact: ficinaboxmod@gmail.com OR Screened Mod Contact Post
Swaps is the part of the exchange where you can trade in 1k increments of your assignment for 1k increments of other assignments!* Requests for swaps are open until September 7th and the mods will finalize the swaps over the next few days. Swaps are voluntary, so you don't have to give up any part of your assignment if you don't want to. We also can't guarantee that you'll be able to swap, although the more people who send in swap requests the more likely it is!
Non-participants who want to pick up swaps are invited to join in.
(* The rest of this post is going to talk about wordcounts in increments of 1k, but obviously if you are a fanartist or podficcer or something it's equivalent wordcount. Just, that would get really wordy to write every time...and we need a sheet to do the swap math for us...)
What & why are swaps, in more detail than above?
Fic In A Box allows participants to split their 10k assignments up into multiple gifts – ten 1k fics, or five 2k fics, and so on. We also allow pinch hits to be picked up in 1k increments. In this way, you can think of every full 10k assignment as actually being made up of smaller 1k assignments, since each gift needs to be 1k or more unless certain length opt-ins are selected.
It's definitely fun to make a bunch of small works for the same person, but it's also fun to make a bunch of small works for a whole bunch of different people. Especially because there might be requests out there that you could make 1k for, but not a full 10k.
Swap requests let you tell the mods, "Hey, I actually don't want to do all ten of my 1k assignments for the same person, can I trade some wordcount in?"
For example:
What happens if I don't submit any swap requests?
You will get your initial assignment email from AO3 and that will be your full and only assignment. You'll need to make 10k worth of gifts for your recipient. This is a perfect fine and normal way to participate in Fic In A Box! Swaps are completely optional.
Why are Swaps open when I don't know what my initial assignment will be yet?
Some people know they'll want to swap no matter what their initial assignment is. Other people will be traveling for the rest of sign ups, or only rarely have access to the internet, so they wouldn't be able to submit any swap requests if we only had them open after sign ups close.
If it turns out I like/dislike my initial assignment more than I thought, can I change my mind about my swap requests?
The instructions below ask for usernames for swap requests. Can't I just tell you what fandom/ship/medium I'd like to swap for?
We have to handmatch swap requests, so it's too complex/time consuming for us to figure out which users are requesting the things you want to make for you. The big swaps puzzle spreadsheet we use only shows wordcounts and usernames.
If you really don't want to look through all the requests to find ones you really like, then you can select the "I would like to be able to swap to anyone I might be matchable to on AO3" checkbox and make your AO3 offers as broad or narrow as you'd like. Please remember swaps aren't guaranteed, so you shouldn't offer anything you can't make 10k for.
How do I find requests I'd like to submit swaps for?
Since the AO3 requests summary is terrible, use the Automagic App (link) to search requests!
I just want to make lots of stuff for lots of people, but I'm not picky about the details. What's easiest?
Use the google form to tell us the following:
You may keep 9k of your initial assignment and get a 1k new swapsignment, or you may keep none of your initial assignment and get ten new 1k swapsignments for different people, or anything in between. Do not make AO3 offers for anything you can't make 10k for.
I'm extremely picky, can I give you a specific max swap wordcount for every swap I request?
Yes, and we're glad to have you do so! The last question on the answer form lets you give this kind of granular detail, as well as any other miscellaneous info you think we need to know.
How do I increase my chances of getting one or more swapsignments?
Getting swaps is mostly about luck, since you can't control what other people are or aren't willing to swap, but the more usernames on your swapsignments list the higher the likelihood that at least one of them will have word count available to swap around.
I definitely want to keep a full 10k assignment, can I still participate in swaps?
Yes, in two different ways!
I'm not signed up, can I submit a swap request and get a swapsignment?
Yes! Please do, in fact. There's more information about this below under the header "Swaps for Non-Participants"
The following forms will walk you through the information we need. You may fill these forms out as many times as you need, but only your final request will be used to make your swaps. These forms are identical except for the email part.
To enter into swaps without using the above forms, we need the following information emailed to ficinaboxmod@gmail.com. If you send multiple emails or use both the form and send an email, please make sure each submission contains your entire swap information. Only the most recent email or form submission will be used for your swaps.
(Click here for instructions about the tiny form above!)
Your AO3 username exactly as it appears on your sign up.
If you aren't signed up, note that the numbers below are assuming you're signed up so you will need to adjust accordingly.
What is the maximum amount total you would like assigned?
What is the maximum number of assignments you would like?
This is the maximum number of people you will be assigned to create for, including your initial assignment.
What is the minimum amount of your current assignment that you want to keep?
If all your swapping dreams come true, we'll make sure you have this amount of your original assignment still assigned.
You can keep as much as 10k (if you picked a max of over 10k) or as little as 0k. If you have no preference, put 0k. You can only keep wordcount in 1k increments, even if your assigned recip has shorter length opt-ins.
What other participants would you like to create for, how much would you like to create for them, and do you have any special notes?
You can provide either the exact AO3 username of the participant(s) you would like to create for as it appears on their FIAB requests, or say "I would like to swap to anyone I might be matchable to on AO3"
We need to know the amount of wordcount (in increments of 1k) that you would like to create for each participant listed. If opting to any match, please provide the maximum you'd like to be assigned to any single swap recipient.
If you have any special notes, we need those too! For example if you want to swap to someone to make them a map, we'd need to know you need to swap for a minimum of 2k, not 1k.
Please format the swap request information in the following way:
New Recip's AO3 name, Max amount you want to be assigned to this recip, Special Notes
Example:
Asymptotical, 2k
fencesit, 5k
tuesday, 5k, I need at least 2k to make a map
Initial pinch hits won't come out until after Swaps because IPHs are of course super useful for swapping!
If you:
...then you can get a pinch hit swapsignment!
If you're signed up, then you can indicate that you're willing to take 15k or 20k in the swap form.
If you're not signed up, then you can use the Non-Participant Swap Form (linked above) to get a pinch hit swapsignment!
We also would like to make people taking pinch hit swapsignments aware that swapsignments are likely not going to be like regular pinch hits:
Some of the Swaps puzzling does end up reducing or completely eliminating IPH wordcount, but that's not really the main goal. No one will go without a gift as a result of us having fewer or no swapsignments, so we'd like to encourage folks to only offer to take on that extra wordcount if they're very enthused to do so and feel it would be relatively easy for them to complete.
If you only want to pinch hit for requests who otherwise would have no one creating for them (entirely reasonable) you can simply wait for us to post our real initial pinch hits to the comm after Swaps conclude.
The FIAB Newbies Discord Server (link) is a great place to ask questions if you're still confused!
If you have any questions about swaps or sign ups that would give away what you're offering, please email us at ficinaboxmod@gmail.com or use the screened mod contact post to keep that info secret! You can also contact us via these methods if you're new to exchanges and have a question about exchange norms, appropriate sign up details, or other concerns.
Writers: Barbara and Karl Kesel
Pencils: Chris Wozniak
Inks: Karl Kesel
Dawn is sick in bed and hallucinates a visit from Don Hall, her predecessor as Dove. Or does she...?
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