#does it count as a rarepair if its a reader insert...?

[velvetsqwyrme]

i dont think i have many claims to fame, but i CAN say i have written the one and only spamton/reader/queen fic on ao3 which is a travesty for me personally because it means i have nothing else to read of that ship 😔

[shards-of-silver]

Thrawn RarePairs Challenge 2024: FAQ

While I'm online, I decided to post the answers to some questions I received in DM. I doubt the askers are the only ones wondering.

Who can participate in the challenge?

Anyone who wants to! Be they fanfic writers, fan artists, pod fic producers... Anyone who wants to increase the variety of ships in the Thrawn fandom or has a rarepair they want to shed light on is invited. I would have made a private event if the goal was to be selective about who can join.

With that in mind, anyone who wants to participate but has reservations CAN SUBMIT ANONYMOUSLY. They can post their work on Ao3 anonymously, request it be added to the collection, and I will upload it just the same (so long as it follows the rules of the challenge). If you don't have an Ao3 account, DM me. We will work out an appropriate arrangement.

How are OCs/Reader fics treated by this challenge?

They are allowed, with one caveat: all OCs count as a single character. Reader is a singular character of its own. OFC, OMC, and OGNC are all treated the same here. The point of the challenge is to increase the variety of ships in the Thrawn fandom. There are well over 100 Thrawn/OC fics. Thrawn/OC is not a rarepair. Similarly, there are already over 100 Thrawn/Reader fics. If you want to write, say Ar'alani/OC or Eli/Reader, however, that is allowed.

How will you treat incest/noncon/age gap/(insert other controversial ship type)?

Tag and rate your work appropriately. If you do that, you are allowed to join the challenge with any rarepair ship you want. My personal opinion about a ship does not determine whether it qualifies for rarepair status. I simply ask that all participants follow the "don't like, don't read/click" philosophy when it comes to perusing other people's entries.

That said, hate fics/troll fics/entries designed to bash a ship are not allowed. If someone wrote a (using this example for illustrative purposes only) Thranto fic about how toxic and awful they think the ship is and anyone who writes for it is stupid, one would be unlikely to consider that a true Thranto fic. Apply this logic to any ship you may be inclined to make works for. Don't create out of hate for this, please.

What if a ship gets over a 100 works over the course of the challenge? Can I still submit work for it?

Yes! The rarepair designation requires a ship have less than 100 fanworks on Ao3 as of the first day of the challenge. Some ships are very close, with over 90. If we are fortunate enough to have a lot of people participate and take some ships out of that category before the challenge is over, you can still submit works for that ship.

Are romantic ships and friendships treated differently for the purpose of this challenge?

Yes! Make sure to use the "&" instead of the "/" for platonic ships. So if a ship already has 100 romantic works and you want to write a friendship/family work (and the "&" pairing is under 100), go for it! This allows gen fics (my JAM) to be part of the challenge.

How will you treat threesomes/3+ character ships?

They are their own ship. For example: Thrawn/Eli/Faro is not the same ship as Thranto or Thraro. However, make sure you actually are writing/making a threesome and not a story about two people being together and hooking up with a third for a single paragraph. Honest tagging is important.

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If you have any other questions, my messages/asks are open! Thank you for all the interest this event has already received. Dates will be announced after the poll closes.

[rhdcarts]

I or M for Fanfic Ask Game? :D

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?I don't really have guilty pleasures in regards to what I read?? Like I think of guilty pleasures as things you want to hide and I just. Don't Care.Maybe the occasional reader insert I guessFor writing uhJust rarepairs in general tbh I'm the king of writing fics for ships nobody's even thought ofDoes projecting all of my issues onto them countAlso maybe angst and like, I don't mean to do this, but for some reason I keep hurting Gavin in abt 80% of my aus I have. I don't know whyM: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?HOO BOY well after I finish the 16 flash fics I have left I have to get back to writing the next chapter of my jeremwood soulmate ah (what's gonna happen next??? I guess we're All gonna find out)I have So many fics I have half planned out but right now probably the only two long fics I can see happening just because of how invested I am in them are my braggvin cute hacker boyfs au and my jeremwood 'Jeremy joins the crew' auThe braggvin one I've been playing around with for like six months and it's pretty much like""""Enemy""" hackers that fuck with each other and end up growing super fond of each other thru their antics and like shit goes down and Gavin realizes that matt is missing and has to save him And my jeremwood fic is my pride and joy Its called Caught In The Crossfire and the first like 14k is written (and rewritten) so far and that's just the first 4 chapters, 3 of which are just Jeremy's backstory but the entire thing is planned out and if only I could. Actually write it. Things would be greatI don't really want to reveal too much abt it but the main premise involves Jeremy and Ryan pretty much hating each other throughout three quarters of the fic And ofc they have to work together and everybody else loves Jeremy but Ryan refuses to get close, being an outright asshole to himbecause I'm all about that slowburn enemies to "not quite friends but at least we have an understanding of each other" to lovers A lot of shit happens, people are hurt, feelings are brought to the surface, and things go. Very wrong for everyoneAlso braggvin is a background pairing bc I'm predictable as shit