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Bulletproof: the kink or trope that you like so much that you'll read it regardless of petty things like ship or fandom.

The goal is to give every creator a really fun assignment for something they love, and give every recipient a ticket to the gift lottery.

There's no promise that you'll get something in one of your fandoms, much less for your favorite ship, but it's going to damn well be choking a person as part of a dramatic fake betrayal or sex with soulmates causes telepathy, which is so iddy that you'd still read it even if it wasn't in a fandom you know--and you're going to prove it!

It is, however, a lot to ask of people. Which is why you are welcome to signup and instantly default if you don't want to create, and you are equally welcome to not signup and do only pinch hits if you don't want to risk getting a gift.

And, in the event you are gifted something you don't want to read, you are also welcome to reject it. I encourage you to consider rejections in this exchange to be a consequence of the format, with no reflection on the quality, effort or moral fiber of the creator, and no judgment of the recipient.

Minimum: 300 words or (if Art is opted into) one clean sketch.
Medium: Fic. Art may be requested in freeform tags, the opt-in tag, or opted into via the title box.
DNWs: Archive Warnings are all opt-in, and do not need to be DNW-ed. You can also put DNWs in the title of each request. You may DNW specific fandoms but not categories of fandoms. You cannot limit your creator to specific fandoms or to specific ships using DNWs. Other than that, DNW whatever you want.
Gift Guarantee: When the collection opens, every person signed up will have a gift. There will be no post-deadline pinch hits for rejected gifts unless the gift does not match the tags or hits a DNW.
Opt-ins: RPF, Readerfic, Art

Organization

Where: This is a discord exchange primarily being run in the #bulletproof-exchange channel of the Exchanges After Dark discord server (EAD is 18+ and CNTW: https://discord.gg/v56yaTC)
Mod Contact: [email protected]
Important Links:
Claim a PH (google form, you may also email to claim): https://forms.gle/JNiMLNoVpnT9xstr5

Required PHs (html page, alphabetical): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRlho9yK5emSxX6bGEYRc3Szt5FUy28x-3cikdkZFOfQ0b0C_hoyNtp48TLBF1s8g_ZRggtnc0xRTnF/pubhtml?gid=1070717514&single=true

Available PHs (html page, alphabetical): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRlho9yK5emSxX6bGEYRc3Szt5FUy28x-3cikdkZFOfQ0b0C_hoyNtp48TLBF1s8g_ZRggtnc0xRTnF/pubhtml?gid=1270891980&single=true

Available PHs (html page, sorted by remaining): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRlho9yK5emSxX6bGEYRc3Szt5FUy28x-3cikdkZFOfQ0b0C_hoyNtp48TLBF1s8g_ZRggtnc0xRTnF/pubhtml?gid=1831943949&single=true

Gift Tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRlho9yK5emSxX6bGEYRc3Szt5FUy28x-3cikdkZFOfQ0b0C_hoyNtp48TLBF1s8g_ZRggtnc0xRTnF/pubhtml?gid=481545521&single=true

Find Requests:
Auto-app: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/Bulletproof2425
(Search for tags or keywords by going to "Search All Requests" and entering tags or keywords in the Freeforms box!
1) You can nominate Freeforms through the end of signups.
2) Freeforms cannot be fandom specific or hint at fandoms.
3) AUs that started out as crossovers but have widely ascended to non-fandom-related trope status (such as Daemon AUs) are allowed as Freeforms.
4) AUs that require knowledge of a fandom to create (such as Hogwarts AUs) are not allowed as Freeforms.
5) If a fandom specific freeform is accepted and I later find out it's fandom specific, I reserve the right to delete it from the tagset at any time during nominations/signups even if you have already requested it. If something is borderline and you want to check, email to ask!

Signup

Requests/Offers: 1-10 Requests, 1-10 Offers
Matching: Matching is on 1 Ship Category, 1 Relationship Type, 1 Warning, and 1 Freeform Tag
Title: Titles are your optional details and DNWs for this exchange. They have 255 characters (letters/numbers/spaces etc). You may opt-in, opt-out, and leave additional notes about things you like. Each title is considered individually and will not stack across your signup. DNWs are not optional for your creator. Your title can be used for DNWs, witty remarks, philosophical musings, and mentioning things like "I love fantasy books, and I might read your favourite book if you write me fic for it" or "I want FFF Threesomes UwU". Do not include links or your social media account names.

1) Opt-in: If you want RPF or readerfic you have to opt-in using the request title or the broad opt-in tags. While your creator may only give you these if you opt-in, they are not required to do so. If you want art, you may request it in the title, with the opt-in tag, or using art freeform tags.
2) Opt-out: DNWs can be added in the title of each request. These DNWs cannot be used to box your creator into specific fandoms or ships. If your tags contradict your DNWs, the tags will take precedence.
3) Preferences: You can indicate genre preferences, such as fantasy, sci fi, or urban fantasy in your title, and additional notes/suggestions about things you want. These are optional for your creator.
4) Fandoms: You may not mention or hint at wanting specific fandoms (except for when opting into specific RPF). Unreality fandoms (such as Goncharov) may be DNWed entirely, but otherwise you may not DNW broad categories or genres of fandoms. Specific fandoms/creators/publishers may be DNWed.

Fandom as Relationship Category: M, F, and NB refer to character gender, and include both trans and cis characters of that gender. The other category is intended for monsters, robots, aliens, and other not-human participants. This does mean that trans characters are opt-out.
Relationship Tags:
Gen - Gen, does not include sex or ships
Romantic - Ship-centric with or without porn
Filth - Explicit sex with or without ship-centric elements
Opt-ins as character tags:
These are optional and non-matching. You may broadly opt into any or none of the three opt-in things (RPF, Readerfic, and Art) for that request by using these checkboxes. If you would prefer to opt in to only more specific subsets of those things, do not check the boxes and instead use your title or (for art) freeform tags. While your creator may only give you these if you opt-in, they are not required to do so.
Warnings Tags: Selecting warnings tags counts as opting into those warnings. Not selecting them counts as opting out. This includes NAWA.
Freeforms: You can request up to 3 in each request. Your creator can chose to create for one or multiple of these. These are tropes, kinks, or other things that you love. You can also use them to explicitly opt-in to things.

If you're unmatchable (as in have nobody to create for) when signups officially close, you'll be contacted and have about 8-12 hours to make yourself matchable. If you aren't matchable by the time I start generating assignments you'll be assigned to someone at random! You can at that point default, default and pick up someone else for your assignment via the PH system, or keep that assignment.

Recipients:
Sanity check your signups. If you request only gen and fisting type combos, I'm reserving the right to delete your signup to preserve enjoyment for everyone else. I will not ask you to fix it.

Creators:
-Make a good faith effort based on the contents of the request you are creating for
-What you create must be complete, and stand alone
-If you previously wrote someone a fic and want to write them a sequel now, that's fine--but it still must be complete and stand alone as a fic. You may not gift sequels to fics that were not gifted to the recipient--this cannot be part 18 in your pre-existing fic series
-The work you create must fulfill at least 1 of each tag type (Ship Category, Relationship Type, Warning, Freeform)
-It cannot include unrequested Archive Warnings.
-RPF, Readerfic, and Art are opt-in
-Tag thoroughly to ensure your recipient knows what they're getting into
-You may not use AI in the creation of your works
Other than that, creator's choice. This INCLUDES: any and all weird headcanons, AUs, original works, your tiny fandom no one else has ever read, all of your OCs, your OTP that no one else asks for, genderswaps, and/or anything else you want to write or (if opted into) draw. Have fun!