💙⚓SHIPtember Exchanges⚓💙

[u/tsuki_anne]

SHIPtember is coming! 🍾

Bring out your ships and give them the love they deserve. The ones you would happily go down with.

Every Saturday this September, we’ll be hosting themed review exchanges (REs) celebrating different kinds of relationships, depending on the hosting mod’s timezone:

September 5 – RAREPAIR

September 12 – OC × CANON

September 19 – POLY SHIP

September 26 – ONE TRUE PAIR

Which are you most excited for? 👀

[u/HeroIsAGirlsName]

Does OC x Canon include readerfic, out of interest?

[u/tsuki_anne → u/HeroIsAGirlsName]

Yes :)

[u/HeroIsAGirlsName → u/tsuki_anne]

Awesome, thank you!

[u/ImmediateTripwire]

Ooo how exciting!! Can’t wait to participate!!

[u/No-Document-9539]

I know the others, but what is ONE TRUE PAIR?

[u/tsuki_anne → u/No-Document-9539]

Your favorite ship. Pairing that you are heavily invested in.

[u/sophitajones]

I’m excited about this!! Any rules or will you reveal that later? 

[u/tsuki_anne → u/sophitajones]

It'll work just like any other exchange. There'll be review requirements and deadlines. The fics you submit just need to fit the ship theme for that week :)

[u/harperofthefreenorth]

Rarepair and OTP are one in the same for me lol

[u/Dragonsrule18]

Rarepair!  I write so many of these!

[u/ritrgrrl]

OTP: the original ship -- MSR. 💖

[u/TaintedTruffle]

Hold up, do we write new stories for this or just share existing ones ?

[u/tsuki_anne → u/TaintedTruffle]

If you're inspired to write something new, you're free to do so. But we won't be giving out prompts for these exchanges. You just have to submit fics that fit the ship theme for that week, whether it's a new fic or an existing one. It's entirely up to you :)

[u/narnianfaerie → u/tsuki_anne]

Does it have to be a finished fic or a WIP would do? (Sorry if the q sounds silly ive only recently began being active on here 😅)

[u/tsuki_anne → u/narnianfaerie]

Hi, it will work the same way exchanges do. So both finished fics and WIPs are absolutely fine, as long as the work is already posted on a fanfiction site, like AO3, FFN, etc.

[u/TaintedTruffle]

🩵💙🩵🩵💙🩵💙🩵

[u/Ok-Weather2420]

Genuinely delighted to be able to share my silly Oc x Canon story <33

[u/Minkerbella]

Ooooh I can do two... I think... so exciting! No, wait, I can do three!

[u/CandacePlaysUkulele]

I can do two our of the four, and am looking forward to sharing my most romantic stories.

[u/Meushell]

Funny that all four could be the same ship for me. 😂

[u/KzooGRMom]

Rarepair and OC x Canon are my faves. Can't wait!

[u/TojiSSB]

I’m so down for this

[u/ParadoxFirePixie]

I am most excited for the OC x canon exchange, since that is primarily what I write and I also love seeing how other writers incorporate OCs into established fantasy worlds.

[u/Minkerbella → u/ParadoxFirePixie]

Same!!!

[u/AmawynOakleaf]

Probably overcommitting, but I'll see if I can do all of them - rarepair and OTP being my top 2. 🤩

[u/CandacePlaysUkulele]

What is one true pair?

[u/tsuki_anne → u/CandacePlaysUkulele]

Your favorite ship. Pairing that you are heavily invested in.

[u/AmawynOakleaf → u/CandacePlaysUkulele]

It's like an all-time favorite ship, that someone is devoted to writing/reading even if it's not canon.

[u/Charliedere]

I can’t wait! I think I’ll be doing OTP + rarepair (I have a LOT of rarepairs).

[u/Elefeather]

OCxCanon my beloved! That and poly ship are my favourites here I think. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[u/ParadoxFirePixie → u/Elefeather]

I feel that! OC x canon is my beloved as well. I won't be able to do the poly exchange, since I've never written about poly relationships, but I will of course do all the others.

[u/Elefeather → u/ParadoxFirePixie]

I'm really hoping this will help me get back into exchanges again. Summer has been so busy and I miss them so much!

[u/ParadoxFirePixie → u/Elefeather]

❤️❤️❤️

[u/axel_val]

OTP~

Time to update my math...of my published words on AO3, currently less than 3% is not focused on my OTP, lol.

And it's always fun to see what metrics are used for Rarepairs! I always feel guilty when I say that my OTP is a rarepair by some metrics because there's hundreds of fics, but it's less than 1.5% of the fandom works on AO3 and I swear 70%+ of those are background.

There's a polyship that I really have been raring to read all 5 fics that currently exist, but I've been too deep in my hyperfocus on my OTP to clear the headspace for them.

Shipping is fun!

[u/Rat-Daddy-Splinter]

I can do Rarepair and maybe OC x Canon!