Nominations open!

[chocolateboxmod]

Welcome to Fandom 5K nominations, 2023 edition!

Nominations are open over here. We do not have any restrictions on what can be nominated in terms of fandom size, type, and so forth, and we also allow crossovers and original fandoms to be nominated. Please nominate crossover relationships into the Crossover Fandom tag, and original characters and relationships into the Original Work tag.

Please note that for this year, we are using the Relationships fields and not Character fields. This changes how you nominate!

In terms of how to nominate characters versus relationships, please follow the format below:

• "Character: Character A (fandom)" - this means that you are nominating Character A on their own. AO3 may suggest a tag to you - please do not use it for nominations and instead nominate as above. 
• "Character A/Character B" - this means that you are nominating Character A/Character B in a ship, inside their own fandom.
• "Character A & Character B" - this means that you are nominating Character A and Character B in a gen configuration, inside their own fandom.
• "Character A (Fandom)/Character B (Fandom)" - this means that you are nominating Character A/Character B shipfic, and that it is a crossover. Please be specific about fandoms, especially if there are a lot of adaptations featuring Character A and/or Character B.
• "Character A (Fandom) & Character B (Fandom)" this means you are nominating Character A and Character B in a gen configuration, and that it is a crossover. Please be specific about fandoms, especially if there are a lot of adaptations featuring Character A and/or Character B.

For complicated franchises, please nominate according to the following guidelines:

• Dragon Age - nominate as "Dragon Age (Video Games)" or "Dragon Age: Absolution".
• Marvel Cinematic Universe - please only nominate characters who have appeared in the movies into this fandom. 
• Marvel Netflix series - these should all be nominated as "Defenders (TV)"
• Star Wars - please nominate in terms of "Star Wars Prequel Trilogy", "Star Wars Original Trilogy", "Star Wars Sequel Trilogy" etc.
• X-Men films - as "X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)" and "X-Men (Original Timeline Movies)"
• Arrowverse - use "DC's Arrowverse" for Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Batwoman, Black Lightning, Legends of Tomorrow and Superman & Lois
• Marvel and DC Comics - as "Marvel (Comics)" and "DC Comics"

We are not familiar with every fandom, so we will be taking guidance from you as to how your fandoms work in terms of fandom tags, etc. Please watch this space for queries!

Comments

[hakvrei]

Hi! I have a few things I'd like clarified before I go ahead and nominate:

1. For nominating the Legend of Zelda series, would it be acceptable to nominate under "The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms?" Or should I go ahead and nominate the individual games? The last exchange I was in had us nominate the individual games, but the related fandoms tag was also used.

2. I want to nominate One Piece, but the only fandom tags are "One Piece (Anime & Manga)" and "One Piece." Should I go ahead and nominate the first tag? Or do we need to specify whether we're nominating the anime or manga? Not too sure how anime/manga noms go.

3. I'm considering nominating Final Fantasy VII, but have never nominated a Final Fantasy game before. How should I go about this?

[chocolateboxmod]

1) For Zelda, individual titles or series that are in direct continuity with each other, please!

2) I know we've already sent through some nominations for One Piece, but the rule of thumb is pretty much that you only need to nominate the anime or manga separately if there are distinct differences between the two such that if you were requesting Sanji, for example, you wouldn't be blindsided by completely different characterisation. (I should mention I don't actually know if there are differences, I just know that Sanji is a character in One Piece.)

3) Final Fantasy VII is complicated because of the timeline shenanigans set up in FFVII: Remake. Which game(s) were you looking to nominate? More generally, Final Fantasy games are nominated individually with reference to their series.

[hakvrei]

1. Okay, got it, thank you!

2. Oh, yeah that shouldn't be a problem. Thank you for clearing that up!

3. I was thinking of nominating the remake, so I take it I would nominate it under "Final Fantasy VII Remake (Video Game 2020)"? Sorry, all of this is confusing to me, too!