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I would want it to be open to various forms of art, so keep that in mind for your suggestions!

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MCYT Rarepair Exchange: Overview and Rules

We all have our guys we like to toss into the oven and bake to a crisp. We mix them up however we want, and throw in some variables for additional flavour. Unfortunately, sometimes not everyone gets your vision. Sometimes you’re the sole warrior of a nation made up of you and your three mutuals. Worry not, this event is here to save you! With the help of MCYT Rarepair Exchange, you can beam your most exotic of pairings straight into unsuspecting people’s heads. Beware though, the same fate will likely befall you!

TIMELINE December 7th - nominations and Discord open December 12th - sign ups open December 21st - nominations close December 24th 11:59pm GMT - sign ups close January 1st - all assignments sent February 10-16th - posting period February 16th 11:59pm GMT - posting period ends February 17-23rd - treating week 

LINKS Discord: coming soon! Tagset: coming soon! Tag nomination form: coming soon! Collection: [link]

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Writing - a complete, standalone work, 1k+ words;

Art - one drawing considered ‘finished’ by the artist’s standards;

TAG NOMINATION RULES

Each person can nominate up to 20 relationship tags, both platonic “&” and romantic “/“ from any MCYT fandom. Tags with more than 2 people are allowed and encouraged.

For large fandoms (5k+ works on Ao3 as of Dec. 2024) your tag must have no more than 30 works with your tag included.

For small fandoms (-5k works in Ao3 as of Dec. 2024) your tag must have no more than 50 works with your tag included.

If your fandom has 200 or fewer works, mods will hear cases pleaded for any relationship tag that isn't the most popular/often used to be taken into consideration.

If your rarepair doesn’t exactly match the criteria but you believe it fits the spirit of the event, there is space in the nomination form for you to convince us why we should allow your tag into the tagset!

Event runners/moderators reserve the right to disqualify or allow any submissions that may not fit the criteria flawlessly. We will do our best to judge fairly without letting "popular"/"big" ships take priority in this event.

Adult/minor romantic relationships are not allowed in the event. Age of the character will be decided by age of the creator portraying the character during the majority of the SMP/series’ run. Mods reserve the right to disqualify any tag that they believe to be in violation of this rule. Minor/minor romantic relationships are allowed with the exception of characters considered to be extremely underage (ex. Yoghurt (DSMP) or QSMP eggs).

Further instructions regarding the nomination process are included in the form.

SIGN UP RULES

As per Tumblr, Ao3 and Discord TOS, you must be 13+ to participate.

Each participant must join the Discord server for ease of communication. If we cannot find you on Discord by the time the sign up period ends, your sign up will be deleted.

An Ao3 account is required to participate. [Here] is an instruction on how to make one if you don’t have one yet.

You must request and offer at least [5] relationship tags across at least [2] fandoms. You can request/offer up to 10 fandoms with 20 relationship tags per request/offer, for up to 200 possible tags total. Plenty of room!

You must either include your DNW (Do Not Wants) or state ‘DNW: N/A’ in each request box.

You must include at least one like (setting/AU/trope) or prompt in each request box. 

You must include your Tumblr url in each request so your gifter knows who to address your gift to.

Please make sure the email attached to your account is one you check regularly, and one you are comfortable to share with the mods, as due to how Ao3 exchange system works, the mods will be able to see it.

If you are 18+, you may sign up for creating and/or receiving NSFW works. If someone under age 18 is found out to have signed up requesting or offering NSFW content, they will be kicked from this event and any upcoming ones.

You cannot sign up solely for creating/receiving NSFW works. You must include at least 1 SFW offer and request in your sign up. 

NSFW and SFW offers/requests must be done in separate boxes. Example:  Request 1: GeminiTay/Smallishbeans (Life Series) - SFW request Request 2: GeminiTay/Smallishbeans (Life Series) - NSFW request

CREATION RULES

Your gift must focus on at least one of the requested relationships.

Unless your giftee explicitly requests otherwise, your gift may include non-requested relationships to make smaller appearances without overriding the requested tags.

You do not have to create a work for the ship you matched on with your giftee - if one of their other requests speaks to you, go for it!

Likewise, you do not have to create an NSFW work if you matched on an NSFW request/offer.

You must abide by your giftee’s DNW no matter what.

No AI created content is allowed.

POSTING

Your gift, meeting the requirements, must be posted to both Ao3 and Tumblr. 

When posting to Tumblr, you must tag both your recipient and the event blog.

Dark, violent, or generally considered triggering topics must be tagged appropriately.

FAQ 

What if my rarepair doesn’t have an Ao3 tag? Well, it’s time for it to get one! Feel free to request pairings without an official tag.

Is RPF allowed? This event will not be banning RPF works or tags, and will allow it as a fandom able to be nominated from. The nominations must still abide by the rules for other fandoms in this exchange. If you are unsure if your tag qualifies, please mention as such in the "plead your case" section of the form or send us an ask for clarification.

Are crossovers allowed? Crossovers are allowed as long as all tagged characters are from MCYT related fandoms! When nominating a crossover tag please specify which fandoms they are from. Example:  Joel | Smallishbeans (RPF) & Smallishbeans (Life Series) & Smallishbeans (Hermitcraft) (Crossover Fandom)

Considering the difficulty of deciding by which criteria the different fandoms should be judged, the mods reserve the right of disqualifying crossover nominations if we decide the pair is not considered rare.

Are Major Archive Warnings allowed? When signing up you can opt in into receiving/creating works including Main Character Death and Graphic Descriptions of Violence. No other Major Warnings are allowed.

What does NSFW include? On-screen sexual content or detailed elements of gore (anything that would require a rating higher than PG-13; anything you wouldn't feel comfortable showing to a 13 year old). NSFW is not allowed regarding characters that are considered minors.

What if I can’t finish on time? If you figure out you can’t finish your assignment on time, please contact event moderators as soon as possible! Depending on whether you just need a day or two more, or are completely unable to have your gift ready by the deadline, we will either give you an extension or send your assignment to Pinch Hits.

Can I create more than one gift? Of course! You’re only required to make one, but you can create as many gifts as you like. If you really want to make more than one gift, we suggest signing up for the Pinch Hitter role in Discord, or browsing requests in preparation for the treating week!

If you have any other questions or concerns, send us an ask!

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Hypno Ship Week Day 3 (Outfit Swap)

The ship for this one is Hypno x Grian!

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This one was honestly a bit of a headache, but I finished it! I'm actually a little excited for the next one, I have an idea for it, and I hope I can get it out on paper the way I want it to look-

Hypno x Grian ; Outfit Swap

   Hypno stared at the mirror, his nose scrunched in a not-quite disgust not-quite discomfort expression. He turned halfway to take in the outfit he currently wore. He’d agreed to swapping clothes with Grian, and he wasn’t sure why. The red hoodie had a wide hole in the back, presumably for the avian’s wings, and was baggy but short. Hypno wasn’t that much taller than the avian, but it was enough that the hoodie that usually hung off Grian baggy was short on Hypno’s torso. 

   Due to Grian’s bird legs, they’d agreed not to swap pants, so the hoodie looked a little out of place with the tight utility pants the blonde wore. He’d also agreed to Grian also wearing his bandana so he stared at his hair, lifting a hand to flatten the top which had gotten frizzy with how often he wore and played with his bandana. The blonde sighed before turning to leave his bedroom to go to his living room, where Grian was probably waiting for him. In the back of his mind, he hoped the avian hadn’t put holes in his coat. 

   Upon getting downstairs to the living room, Hypno paused and had to take multiple deep breaths. Grian was standing in the living room, using the turned off tv as a darkened mirror. His back was turned to Hypno, so he could see that the avian had indeed had to put holes in the back of his coat for his wings, but honestly, seeing Grian in his clothes, he didn’t mind the holes. Grian was very clearly checking himself out the best he could in the makeshift mirror, so he hadn’t noticed Hypno’s arrival. 

   The blonde cleared his throat, grabbing the avian’s attention easily. Grian turned to face him, eyes quick to rake over the other’s appearance. Hypno suddenly felt very self-conscious under the perceived scrutinizing gaze. When Grian’s eyes met his again, the blonde couldn’t help but flush lightly. His bandana was tied neatly on Grian’s head and his coat was a little big, but it somehow worked really well on Grian. The turtleneck top Hypno usually wore fit just loosely, the chest cut out uncovering just slightly more skin. 

   Hypno had to look away before he thought too much on it. Grian’s words startled him briefly. “My hoodie looks good on you.” The blonde felt his cheeks flush more before he once again cleared his throat. “And mine looks good on you.” He heard the avian giggle before musing playfully. “Your hoodie looks good on me?” Hypno turned bright red at the statement and stumbled over his words. “That’s- I meant- You- It’s- My clothes-” He stopped himself from embarrassing himself further when Grian cackled.     “I’m just messing with you!” He teased between laughs. “I know what you meant. And thank you! It’s surprisingly very comfortable for being form fitting. Or, I suppose it’s supposed to be form fitting.” Hypno hazarded another look at the avian, taking note that he was no longer being stared at, instead Grian was giving himself a once over. The blonde couldn’t help but think that yeah… this was a good idea.

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Hypno Ship Week Day 2 (Pranking Hermits)

The ship for this one is Hypno x Wels!

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This one is a bit shorter, and I'm not nearly as happy with it, but I wanted to just get it finished lol

Hypno x Wels ; Pranking Hermit(s) 

   Hypno was currently in his attic, restocking the TNT in his firework shooter aimed at his neighbor’s castle. He hummed a quiet tune to himself as he did. Once the TNT was full, he checked the dispenser with fireworks. “Eh, they’re fine for now. I’ll just have to go get some more in a couple days.” He spoke to himself before standing up and stretching out his back. He heard a few pops and sighed in relief before jumping at a voice. 

   “Hey Hypno, whatcha doin’?” The man in question spun around to come face-to-face with his neighbor. “Heeey Wels! Just, organizing is all!” He plastered on a grin and stepped out of all the dispensers. Wels raised an eyebrow from under his helmet. “Organizing, hm?” The bandana’d male nodded, his grin still intact. “Yep! Organizing! What can I do you for, though, on this fine day, Neighbor?” 

   Wels regarded the other blonde with playfully scrutinizing eyes before sighing dramatically. “Well, I was hoping you’d be free. I wanted to get up to some shenanigans! But it appears that you are quite busy, so I’ll have to mess with Jevin by myself, I suppose.” Hypno sputtered and shook his head, dusting his hands of gunpowder from the TNT and bounded over past Wels,” Hey now, I never said I was busy. See? Just finished, not busy anymore!” 

   The knight smiled and followed as Hypno went downstairs, to his storage room. He put the leftover TNT in the right chest and whatever miscellaneous blocks he was carrying before turning to the knight,” So, what was your idea for pranking Jev?” Wels grinned and his foot pressed a button on the ground. “Just kidding!” The next thing Hypno knew, he was respawning in his bed upstairs. “What the-” 

   He slipped out of the bed and went back down to his storage room to find Wels picking up his splayed items around an anvil. “You jerk!” Hypno laughed and collected his things from his neighbor. Though a shiny book stood out to him that was not his. “Oh, hey wait, this wasn’t mine.” Wels grinned,” It is now.” Raising an eyebrow, Hypno opened the book to the first, and only, page, and read it out loud. 

   “Prank-kill any Hermit and pass this book to them. You cannot kill who gave you the book, and you cannot PVP.” Closing the book, Hypno gave Wels’ arm a whack, resulting in giddy laughter. Wels spoke through laughter as he followed Hypno walking back upstairs,” Well, you can go prank Jev.” Hypno barely resisted the urge to roll his eyes, fighting back a smile. “You’re helping me, jerk.” He passed Max on his way out of the house, patting the cat as he did, and opened the door with a ‘Front door open’.

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The week is over!

Thank you to all participants :] we'll host another event sometime, don't you wait

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day 7: free day!

woo im done! look at tiny jevno boy

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Hypno Ship Week (7): free day: magic trick!

Ending this very fun challenge with a piece inspired by the fact that I went to an illusion show yesterday :D

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Day 7: free day!

Last day of the event! Late entries will be accepted, but please tag the blog in them

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I wrote something for HypnoShipWeek, a little bit of Cleo/Hypno and Tango/Hypno

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day 6: comfort

i can ship scar with anyone when i put my mind to it

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Hypno Ship Week (6): pets/comfort

quick painting I whipped up bc I kinda felt like practicing color theory

anyways them. Being cosy

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Day 6: pets/comfort

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Hypno Ship Week Day 1 (Old Friends)

The ship for this one is Hypno x xB!

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Hypno x xB ; Old Friends 

Hypno hadn’t known when they had changed. When had they become more than just friends? When had they began being more touchy? Holding hands? Cuddling without asking? When had this burning in his chest started? This longing when his friend logged off longer than normal? When had he started thinking of xB when Grian or Scar came to him to gush about their current crushes? When had he begun dreaming of xB when his eyes closed? When did Jevin start to be right? 

These thoughts haunted Hypno’s sleepless nights when he had them. Of course he didn’t think the feeling was denied. He knew how xB’s mind worked. Or at least he thought he did. He knew if the guardian was bothered by the small changes in their friendship, he definitely would have said something by now. There’s no possible way xB hadn’t noticed the slow changes. At the very least, the feelings were neutral, given what Jevin and Wels had told him they’d noticed. 

A knock on his front door snapped him out of his thoughts. He rose from his seat on the couch Jevin had made him and set his coffee on the short end table before heading to the door. He gave Max some pets as he passed, as had become a kind of tradition. Opening the door, Hypno found himself face-to-face with the very subject of his wandering mind. He almost hadn’t caught the man’s greeting, too lost noticing the slight shimmer in xB’s teal eyes. 

He did get lost in the endless shimmer and hadn’t noticed until xB had snapped his fingers in his face. He blinked a few times before giving a small smile. “Sorry xB, what was that?” xB sighed dramatically and rolled his eyes fondly. “I said, do you have any wither skulls. I don’t want to deal with the Nether right now.” Hypno smiled and nodded.”I think I have one or two, yeah. Let me see if I can find them.” The bandana’d player stepped away from the door to head to his storage room. xB followed him and closed the front door behind him. 

xB whistled lowly and looked around as he followed his friend. “This place looks amazing. No way you did this. Who did it?” Hypno put a hand on his chest in faux offense,” You have so little faith in me, B. But you’re not wrong, Jevin did the interior. It looks great, I’m quite happy with it.” As they walked into the blonde’s storage room, and around the staircase in the center that led to Wels’ base. If xB noticed the big staircase in the center of the room, he didn’t question it. 

Hypno went looking through his chests until he finally found the pair of wither skulls he had stashed from when he went beacon grinding. “Aha! Here we are.” He closed the chest and tossed one of the skulls up in the air before catching it and turning. As he turned, he held the skulls out. Though he nearly jumped out of his skin at his friend being pretty much in his face. He could feel his face burning, but didn’t draw attention to it. “Uh- Here you go. Two skulls, just as promised!” 

xB smiled and grabbed the skulls. He examined them for a moment before pocketing them. The two made their way back upstairs and toward the front door, both giving Max pets on the way. At the door, Hypno leaned against the doorway while xB stood just outside. “Thank a bunch, Herpner. Ya saved me a bunch of time! I’ll find a way to repay ya.” Hypno waved his hand in a dismissive gesture. “No no, don’t worry about it. I wasn’t plannin on using ‘em, so you can just have them.” 

The guardian hummed and put his hands in his pockets. “Alright, if you’re feelin’ so generous, I’ll accept the free skulls. Then consider this free of charge as well.” Hypno hardly had time to react. In the next breath, he felt soft and scratchy on his cheek. He barely registered that xB had kissed his cheek. A fingerless-gloved-hand reached up to touch the spot gently, as if he couldn’t believe what had just happened. Scratch that, he couldn’t believe that had just happened. Had that happened? Was he imagining it? xB was walking away from his front door like it hadn’t happened. 

By the time his brain had decided that yes, that had just happened and xB just kissed him, the guardian was long gone. The only proof he was ever even there was the footprints pressing the grass down in Hypno’s front lawn and Hypno’s red face. He ducked inside and shut the door, his automated system saying “Front door closed”, before making his way past Max. He subconsciously gave the fluffy cat pets before collapsing on the couch, on his back, to continue wondering what their friendship had become.

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day 5: secrets

what if hypno was in sword fight club. what then

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Hypno Ship Week (5): secrets/suspicion

Hypno is being burdened by the Watchers at the start of s8 but is too scared to tell anyone about it, and XB is starting to get worried.

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Day 5: secrets/suspicion

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I finally finished day 1 of hypno ship week, old friends / getting closer! I don't know if it's the most overt theming, like, it honestly could be read as an established relationship or qpr if you wanted to and I wouldn't argue with you. It's pretty obvious I'm rusty, so go easy on me! /lh

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Despite the drizzling rain outside the little coffee stand, Hypno found managing drive thru customers far more relaxing than usual. Cars seemed reluctant to clump up into a demanding line and customers seemed to be utilitarian in their orders, requesting simple drinks with little to no special instructions.

"You need anything?" False seemed particularly bored, no walk up customers to chat up or maintenance tasks to busy herself with. Hypno was debating convincing her to take over the drive thru when the employee entrance door opened, cold air and morning rain rushing in.

Jevin also rushed in. His sweatshirt was soaked and his expression looked apologetic. False whipped around from the counter she was cleaning with dedication. A sigh of relief escaped her lungs and she returned to scrubbing sticky vanilla syrup and blue raspberry stains from the surface.

Hypno's curiousity got the better of him, "Did you finally get tired to being perfect at your job?" The joke had a pinch of snark to it, but Jev's chuckle disintegrated any though that he would respond with heat.

"No, I'm just that confident you guys could deal perfectly well without me." Hypno was about to say something about how it was a Monday, and Mondays were always terrible, but Jev got to his argument before him.

"I mean, that line," a roll of the eyes and a gesture out the empty drive thru window, "only a professional like you could achieve the feat of serving the entire morning rush before I had even arrived."

Hypno tried to think of a clever response, but to no evale. A matching eye roll and a huff of exasperation would have to do.

The sound of tires on wet concrete interrupted their conversation. Hypno hurriedly slide open his window, an awkward smile covering for his annoyance towards Jevin.

"Could I get myself a quad shot Americano with oat milk and..." Hypno dropped his customer serving face in favor of a cheeky grin, "for you, maybe enough lenience to ditch work?"

"I feel like you were scouting out a day we wouldn't be so busy." Hypno's fingers easily found xB's tab on the touch screen register and entered his order. Jevin had already taken his place at the espresso machine. Hypno would have liked to think it was to prove himself after coming in late, but logic told him Jev just wasn't to kean on leaving customers waiting.

XB's eyes we're on his phone, determinally searching for something before unbuckling from his seat. His torso strained his car to hold out his phone to Hypno. After a glance, Hypno doubled his grin.

He hurriedly added a lid to xB's nearly finished drink, double cupping and sleeving, as usual, and placed it in xB's free hand.

He grabbed his keys.

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Hypno thought an hour and a half drive was a great trade for xB's spontaneous compulsion to take him to a new teriyaki place. Him bringing food back to the parked car was even worth an earful from Cubfan about the importance of being a responsible employee.

His usual order to test and measure restaurant quality was chicken teriyaki with fried rice and a side of coleslaw. His meat was tender and juicy, rice was properly seasoned with vegetables cooked to his liking, and the coleslaw was still crisp.

XB had opted for beef with white rice and coleslaw. Hypno eyed his meal, before stabbing his fork through one of his pieces, rice clinging to the sauce. XB gave him a horrified glance and a fake pout. Unfortunately, Hypno determined that the beef was too dry, and therefore, not worth a trade for any of his precious chicken.

"That's theft, you know," xB made a move for Hypno's food, only for a hand to easily reroute his whole arm away from his goal. XB hadn't been trying that hard, but now he was determined. "I'm definitely thinking that saying, 'an eye for an eye,' yeah, that works here."

Another lunge, another redirect, all the while Hypno is quickly and efficiently tucking away the rest of their settlement fee.

"I could take this to court, you know."

"For what?" Hypno plays stupid, "you can't seriously think it's a good idea to prosecute yourself for entitlement to my things. I mean, what are you, a vigilante?"

Hypno's on his second to last piece, the chicken stabbed onto the end of his fork. XB fanes panic and places his meal out of his way, using his hand to brace on the steering wheel and seat.

Hypno eats the piece.

XB uses his leverage to bring his body up and out of his position, leaning into his personal space.

Hypno stabs the final piece and brings it to his mouth.

XB is there before him, fully crowding him against the window and earning his emotional damages settlement when he bites the chicken right off of Hypno's fork.

As he's chewing, he begins to return to his seat. Before he's there, but after he's swallowed, Hypno pulls at the back of his head for a quick, sweet kiss.

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I might crosspost to AO3 when I've finished all the prompts, but that's also fucking terrifying, so... /hyp

Also, my sincerest apologies for the tags; they are actually deranged a bit.