[ID: gif from Supernatural. It blends Meg dressed as a nurse with Castiel tilting her head when she says, sardonic, that she doesn’t like poetry. The gif includes the title “Megstiel Winter Fest, sign-ups” in winter-themed letters, with snowflakes, in light blue.]
SIGN-UPS ARE OPEN!
ETA: the event is suspended, because I’m going to be too busy due to RL stuff to do it, and nobody elseso is everyone else that might be interested.
If things change in the future, I might organize something eventually. we’ll see
For any doubts or inquiries (like if you’re in need of an ao3 invite), CONTACT ME IN MY INBOX.
The sign up form includes an explanation of the rules for requests and for offers, and in the collection’s profile you can find the schedule, the rules and the FAQ. I’ve followed up the same guideliness as last year for the Halloween Fest, but just to put the main things here:
Sign-ups are open until September 30th at 23:59 CET. The assingments are due on December 28th at 23:59 CET. I also ask that, if anyone thinks they won’t be able to fulfill theirs, they contact me on December 23th AT THE LATEST so that I can find a pinch-hitter. The works will be revealed on December 31st (12:00 CET), and its authors on November 2nd (12:00 CET). After the authors are revealed, you can post your works anywhere else you want (tumblr, fanfiction dot net, etc.). Feel free to mention me in a post or tag them with #Megstiel Winter Fest 2022, so I can add them to compilation posts later on.
Requests will be visible after the sign-up period, so that anyone can fulfill extra requests (AFTER they’ve finished their assingment) or for outsiders to participate in the fest. I will also publish a list of those prompts here on tumblr, setting it as my pinned post and linking to it in ao3, for anyone who might have it easier with these page’s format, and to publizice it.
Works must center around Megstiel as a romantic pairing in its own right, and not as a stepping stone for any other ship. Anything less won’t be allowed, period. Polyships are allowed IF your recipient requests them specifically, but there will be limits to how many prompts can include them, so the author can choose to create something else and focused exclusively on Megstiel, if that’s not their cup of tea.
If you’re creating a personalized gift (for the exchange, or on your own), you must respect your recipient requests (i.e. ratings, warnings, etc.) and Do Not Wants. If you’re creating extra gifts or participating on your own (by fulfilling a prompt or even by posting a work on your own), that’s not required, but in that case, don’t put it down as a personalized gift. It’d be a gift for the entire Megstiel community. Archive Warnings must be tagged regardless, with other warnings left at the discretion of the author, with the request that they tag (or warn in the end notes, for those writers and readers who don’t want spoilers) anything potentially triggering in their works.
There are no limits (high or low) to the length of the fanworks. However, I’d ask, in case of personalized gifs, that authors put their best efforts in it. There won’t be an official Halloween/Horror theme either, but requesters can add in the description whether they’d like it added to their gifts, as a bonus, and the authors can choose whether to comply.
Following these rules, any kind of content is game. I’d ask that, if you’re including background pairings, you put them on the Additional Tags category or even the notes, as to not make fans of those ships encounter it in the tags when they’re looking for fanworks about them on their own right.
AO3 allows only up to 10 requests. Per the rules of the exchange, you can also only ask up to 3 requests of each category of gift. Those are selected in “fandom”, and are five in total: fics, fanvids, fanart, poetry, and graphics/gifs/playlists (take into account that your author might only want or can do one of those three when you formulate your prompt). There’s up to 5 offers, one per each category as well.
Use the description in your requests to include any stipulation, Do Not Wants, etc. You can also link to your tumblr if you want your gifter to anonymously contact you with doubts, or even link to a “dear author” letter that you want them to read.
There are links to explanations on how to embed audiovisual content to the page, as well as lists of compatible hosting sites, and a link to a list of tropes for inspiration for your prompts. For the audiovisual content, it’d be great if you added captions and image descriptions (it would certainly save me time when I reblog them over here lol).
I’m tagging a few people that might be interested to boost it. Under the cut there’s also a banner I’ve used for the collection, and that you can use to promote the event anywhere else (twitter, etc.), should you want to.
@inkbleeder @angelfishofthelord @casa-neurotica @heaven-ecologist @loverofdemoncorns @xtexboyx @captain-sodapop @elasticella @thevoidwouldbecalling @spncreatorsdaily @archivistsammy
[ID: screenshot from Supernatural. It blends Meg with dark blood on her face and a knife pointed at her, with Castiel holding a skull. It includes the title “Megstiel Winter Fest” in light blue winter-themed letters with snowflakes, and large white borders almost shaped like a heart around them. Click for better quality and full size.]
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I just want Megstiel content that isn't a disguise for D*stiel. Megstiel content of Meg and Cas being chaotic lovers defying their species to be together. Meg and Cas having a kid, and Dean having to push aside any prejudices because the kid is his BEST FUCKING FRIENDS. I want Meg and Cas dating, kissing, cuddling and yeah f**king... I want Cas to wrap Meg in his wings and to love her for eternity whilst the world burns around them because humans suck and destroy everything. I just wanted my angel and demon to be happy together...
But no... you h*llers had to whine, cry and throw a tantrum to get your half-baked 'canon' confession to the dude that used him as a fucking tool. Hell even SAM would have been a better bro to confess to. You all ruin the arc they having making Meg just a side chick, a lesbian bestie, bestie or worse. People loved the angel once... and hell even the wincest lot loved Cas once. But no - you h*llers had to come in with your conspiracies, your fake woke fan-policing, and peoples love for the chaotic angel waned and turned this fandom into a dumpster fire of shit with different 'factions' of fans - mean while the rare ships like Megstiel and Sastiel are either ignored or belittled. I'm tired... I'm tired of the fighting and bullying within this fandom Hell. Just move on... let the ones who watched the show without looking for 'subtext' to enjoy it (i.e everyone but h*llers/hatters)
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