A new '90s TV fanfic exchange

[brightknightie]

I just learned from senmut's post that there is a 90s_channel_tv_exchange! It looks like perhaps the latest successor to myoldfandom and retrotvexchange...?

Here's how 90s_channel_tv_exchange describes itself:

Timeline:

• Nominations: 25 Jan - 01 Feb
• Sign-ups: 03 Feb - 10 Feb
• Due: 21 May
• Reveals: 28 May

Requirements:

• Minimum 1K words or equivalent art
• Live-action or cartoon fiction TV series that aired at least 1 new episode in any country in the '90s, or were dubbed into English for the first time in the '90s
• Matching is "or" on one medium (art or fic), one fandom, and one relationship field tag
• Nominate 1-4 fandoms and 1-5 single characters or relationship groups per fandom
• "You may request the same fandom multiple times, but a gift is guaranteed only if your requests and offers each have 3 unique fandoms." See the rules for anthology shows and crossovers.
• "Requests are 3-10 fandoms with 1-10 character tags, and Offers are 4-10 offers and 1-10 relationship field tags."

I don't understand this "relationship field tags" system and feel like I'd end up assigned a romance that I can't write, so I'm thinking I won't play, but I will look at the nominations and consider!

Some eligible series: FK, HL, BaTB, TNG, DS9, VOY, XF, BtVS, AtS, QL, E:FC, SG1, DS, Doctor Quinn: Medicine Woman, Sailor Moon, Babylon 5, Farscape, Lois and Clark, Gargoyles, Darkwing Duck, Pinky and the Brain, Batman Beyond, ReBoot and many more...

Comments

[senmut]

I might. It all depends on what is in the final tag set. I am one of the oddballs that always requests differently than I offer.

[argentum_ls]

I am one of the oddballs…

Is that weird? I took it as a given that most people do that.

[senmut]

The band of folks I run with generally nominate, request, and offer all the same... with maybe a safety fandom that can be consumed quickly or that is so large someone is sure to match.

[greerwatson]

Yes, I generally have a heavy overlap between my requests and offers. And that means nominations, too, since I want to be sure the things I want are in the tag set.

In some exchanges, I also write "treats", i.e. extra gifts. There I write more widely, sometimes in fandoms I've never written before (but have read/watched), because the prompt inspires a plot bunny. However, for my formal offers, I take care to play it safe.

[brightknightie]

I also generally request and offer the same fandoms and characters, fwiw... but, again, I haven't done many AO3-matched events, or very large events.

[argentum_ls]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing that.

Most of the people I've had opportunity to talk to who do multi-fandom exchanges seem to split the difference: a couple fandoms that are the same offer/request and a couple that are not.