Yuletide RPF
This year, the Yuletide RPF fandom has been nominated again. However, in order to ensure that everyone who wishes to participate is comfortable doing so, we will be organizing it a little differently than in the past.
Here's how it will work:
The fandom Yuletide RPF appears in the Celebrities & Real People category of the tag set. This is the fandom for stories about the people who make up Yuletide. There are ZERO CHARACTERS associated with this fandom. This is intentional. If you’re interested in writing about the nonhuman aspects of Yulechat (peer & hippos & bears, oh my), you should sign up for Yuletide Anthropomorfic instead.
When signups open, those who wish to request this fandom are encouraged to think about different scenarios that could involve any number of characters, rather than ones that are dependent on particular people. Those who offer this fandom will be committing themselves to writing about chat shenanigans or Yuletide flanick in the general sense.
After signups close, we will post a Yuletide RPF OPT-IN post on Yuletide, with a webform for easy data collection. Those who wish to allow themselves to be included in any potential Yuletide RPF fic will fill out the form and submit it. This form will remain open until Sunday 2nd November.
The list of people who have opted-in to Yuletide RPF will be made publicly available. Anyone wishing to write in the Yuletide RPF fandom - whether for their assignment or as a treat - is bound by this list. Only the people who have opted-in are considered the "nominated characters" for this fandom and you are not allowed to include any other people (although Yuletide animals, peer, etc, are fair game).
We know this is a different approach than has been taken in the past. We are trying it for this year, and will see how it works. Our goal is to keep participation in all aspects of Yuletide as accessible and non-stress-inducing as possible.
Here's how it will work:
The fandom Yuletide RPF appears in the Celebrities & Real People category of the tag set. This is the fandom for stories about the people who make up Yuletide. There are ZERO CHARACTERS associated with this fandom. This is intentional. If you’re interested in writing about the nonhuman aspects of Yulechat (peer & hippos & bears, oh my), you should sign up for Yuletide Anthropomorfic instead.
When signups open, those who wish to request this fandom are encouraged to think about different scenarios that could involve any number of characters, rather than ones that are dependent on particular people. Those who offer this fandom will be committing themselves to writing about chat shenanigans or Yuletide flanick in the general sense.
After signups close, we will post a Yuletide RPF OPT-IN post on Yuletide, with a webform for easy data collection. Those who wish to allow themselves to be included in any potential Yuletide RPF fic will fill out the form and submit it. This form will remain open until Sunday 2nd November.
The list of people who have opted-in to Yuletide RPF will be made publicly available. Anyone wishing to write in the Yuletide RPF fandom - whether for their assignment or as a treat - is bound by this list. Only the people who have opted-in are considered the "nominated characters" for this fandom and you are not allowed to include any other people (although Yuletide animals, peer, etc, are fair game).
We know this is a different approach than has been taken in the past. We are trying it for this year, and will see how it works. Our goal is to keep participation in all aspects of Yuletide as accessible and non-stress-inducing as possible.