Rare Male Slash Exchange
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| Gift Exchange | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Rare Male Slash Exchange |
| Abbreviation: | RMSE |
| Date(s): | 2017 - present |
| Runs: | April - August |
| Moderator(s): | rareslashex-mod (2017-2019) thedevilchicken (2019[1] tentaclemod(2022-present)[2] - 2022) |
| Type: | fanwork gift exchange |
| Fandom: | multifandom |
| Associated Community: | Dreamwidth |
| URL: | DW, AO3 |
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Rare Male Slash Exchange is a gift exchange for M/M pairings with fewer than 200 works on AO3.
Event Info
Ship Eligibility
To be eligible, a pairing must fulfill the following criteria:
- Be a slash ship involving male characters only
- Have no more than 200 fics on AO3 - this includes only complete works of at least 1000 words in English (using "otp: true")
Where numbers are borderline, the mod reserves the right to use their discretion; please feel free to make a case in the eligibility post![3]
Schedule
History
During the 2020 iteration of the event, there was a notable incident involving sockpuppeting, in which a collection of accounts attributed to the same user were largely assigned one single account 'soarc' as both creator and recipient.[4] These sockpuppet accounts were commonly referred to as the 'socktopus' on Fail-Fandomanon "Bangs, Fests, and Exchanges" threads.
Links
References
- ^ Creators Revealed! post in which thedevilchicken annonced that they would be running the exchange in 2020. Posted 12 Augsut 2019.
- ^ Rare Male Slash Exchange 2022 post in which tentaclemod announced that they were running the exchange for 2022. Posted 26 April 2022.
- ^ Rare Male Slash Exchange Rules & Schedule 2023 but this rule has held steady across the years. e.g. here's the 2017 rules.
- ^ BFE thread summarizing socktopus incident