Is "AU - Modern" supposed to also mean "mundane"? For example, Spider-Man is already 'modern' setting, but would a story where he's just a regular high-schooler instead of a superhero count for this? Similarly, what tag would be used for a mundane AU where the canon keeps its period setting but loses its fantastical traits? Would you consider a "AU - Modern or Mundane" tag?
FWIW, I am not on the banned list, but I also think it would be nice if participants had another way of becoming re-eligible. Completing multiple pinch hits or doing something else that contributes to the overall health of the exchange. People really do fall out of fandoms and find themselves unable to muster up the excitement to write 5k a year later. Additionally, it isn't that easy to find another ship in an assignment to write. What if the other fandoms are all horror and you are too much of a fraidy cat to consume them? Or the other ships are noncon ship and you aren't a noncon writer? Assuming that you can just pick up one of the other requests gives unfairly random advantage to people whose recipients happened to like all the same kind of thing (ex. the same m/f dynamic played across various Regency novels). It makes it tough for people who were assigned recipients with wide-ranging taste, and therefore, little overlap in the things they and their writer enjoy.
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FWIW, I am not on the banned list, but I also think it would be nice if participants had another way of becoming re-eligible. Completing multiple pinch hits or doing something else that contributes to the overall health of the exchange. People really do fall out of fandoms and find themselves unable to muster up the excitement to write 5k a year later. Additionally, it isn't that easy to find another ship in an assignment to write. What if the other fandoms are all horror and you are too much of a fraidy cat to consume them? Or the other ships are noncon ship and you aren't a noncon writer? Assuming that you can just pick up one of the other requests gives unfairly random advantage to people whose recipients happened to like all the same kind of thing (ex. the same m/f dynamic played across various Regency novels). It makes it tough for people who were assigned recipients with wide-ranging taste, and therefore, little overlap in the things they and their writer enjoy.