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Initial Pinch Hits #1-#15

The Pinch Hits are due the same time as regular assignments. The deadline is set for Saturday 16 August at 20:00 UTC. You can view a countdown here.

To claim: please reply to this post with your AO3 username and the name and number of the pinch hit you want to claim. Comments are screened. You can also email tentaclemod@gmail.com.

Anon commenting is fine but bear in mind that I cannot reply if you comment anon!

You don't have to be signed up to the exchange to claim a pinch hit, but you do need an AO3 account.

All pinch hits must comply with the rules here. The minimum is a completed work of fanfiction of at least 1000 words or a completed piece of fanart or 500 words of podfic (depending on what the recipient has requested).

CLAIMED! PH 1 - The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, 莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV), The Time Master Series - Louise Cooper, The Elric Saga - Michael Moorcock, The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini, 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)

CLAIMED! PH 2 - The Persuaders! (TV 1971), The Limehouse Golem (2016), Critical Role (Web Series) RPF, British Comedy RPF

CLAIMED! PH 3 - Red One (2024), Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013), Spacelords (Video Game), Original Work

CLAIMED! PH 4 - 英雄伝説創の軌跡 | Hajimari no Kiseki | The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie (Video Game), 英雄伝説閃の軌跡 | Sen no Kiseki | The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Series (Video Games), Star Trek: Enterprise, Kushiel's Legacy - Jacqueline Carey, Final Fantasy XV, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Sweet Valley High - Francine Pascal, Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper, Another Eden (Video Game), SK8 the Infinity (Anime)

( PH 5 - [Fanfic + Fanart, Podfic] 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, 镇魂 | Guardian - priest, Crossover Fandom, 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) )

( PH 6 - [Fanfic + Fanart] NoPixel (Web Series), 鴨乃橋ロンの禁断推理 | Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri | Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective (Manga), 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, 吸血鬼すぐ死ぬ | Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu | The Vampire Dies in No Time (Anime), Runescape (Video Games) )

( PH 7 - [All Fanfic] Formula 1 RPF, There Is Another Sun (1951), The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955), The Glass Key (1942), Dial M for Murder (1954), Briarpatch (TV), Cripple Creek (1952), Pit Stop (1969) )

( PH 8 - [All Fanfic] Bandom, Cool Runnings, due South, Good Omens, Zootopia, Real Genius- )

( PH 9 - [All Fanfic] Dishonored (Video Games), BioShock 1 & 2 (Video Games), Revenge (1990) )

CLAIMED! PH 10 - Wind Breaker (Anime), The Owl House (Cartoon), Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, The Dragon Prince (Cartoon), Demon Lord 2099 (Anime)

( PH 11 - [All Fanfic] X-Men: The Animated Series (Cartoon 1992), World of Warcraft, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV 2000), Hellboy (Comics) )

CLAIMED! PH 12 - Free!, Discworld - Terry Pratchett, The Batman (Movie 2022), Mystery Skulls Animated, EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic (Video Game), Our Flag Means Death (TV), Crossover Fandom

( PH 13 - [All Fanfic] 翔んで埼玉 | Fly Me to the Saitama (2019), Pluto (Anime), 毒恋～毒もすぎれば恋となる～| Doku Koi: Doku mo Sugireba Koi to Naru | Love Is a Poison (TV), Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger )

( PH 14 - [Fanfic + Fanart] Bleach (Anime & Manga), Natsume Yuujinchou | Natsume's Book of Friends, フェルマーの料理 | Fermat no Ryouri (TV) )

( PH 15 - [All Fanfic] 赤ちゃんと僕 | Aka-chan to Boku | Baby and Me, 銀と金 - 福本伸行 | Gin to Kin - Fukumoto Nobuyuki, 忍たま乱太郎 | Nintama Rantarou )

Assignments Are Out!

Signups have closed, matching has run, assignments are going out now!

The deadline is set for Saturday 16 August at 20:00 UTC. You can view a countdown here.

If your assignment does not contain a ship you offered, please get in touch as soon as possible at tentaclemod@gmail.com with your AO3 name and a description of the issue. Assignments cannot be changed for any other reason.

Info about posting, defaulting, treats, etc. is in the rules post here.

If you're interested in treating: you can view the requests summary here or the nice shiny automagic app here.

Locked/placeholder letters: Some locked letters and placeholders are absolutely to be expected at this stage. However, if you linked to a letter in your signup and it's currently locked and/or is a placeholder, it would be much appreciated if you could complete and/or unlock it as soon as you're able!

Recipient questions: Remember, if you need to ask your recipient a question related to your assignment, please email your question to me at tentaclemod@gmail.com and I'll send it on your behalf. Do not contact them directly. This is in order to maintain your anonymity and keep the fandom in which you're creating your gift a surprise!

Any issues, please email me at tentaclemod@gmail.com. Pinchhits will be out in a bit.

24 Hours Left until Signups Close!

Slightly more than 24 hours are remaining to sign up.

View the countdown here.

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Post-deadline pinch hit for Summer of Horror

Summer of Horror could use your help! We have one pinch hit left, due July 11 at 11:59 PM EDT or negotiable. Minimums are 500 words or a piece of original art (no manips), either digital or on unlined paper. For claiming and more details, go here.

PH 3 - FIC, ART - Psychonauts (Video Games), Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry, Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020)

Thank you!

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Post-Deadline Pinch Hit for Sakura Exchange (Due July 18)

sakuraexchange has one pinch hit still in need of a creator! If you might be able to fill this request by the current due date (July 18 at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT), or negotiable), please comment on the pinch hit post with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you'd like to claim.

The minimum requirements are 1000 words for fic, or clean lineart on unlined paper for art.

Available pinch hit (click through for details):

~~PH 16 - 終ノ空 remake | Tsui no Sora Remake, Tsukihime (Visual Novel & Anime), Kara no Kyoukai | The Garden of Sinners~~

Signups Are Open!

Due to AO3 downtime slightly late but open. You can now sign up here!
Signups will remain open until 20:00 UTC on Sunday, 13 July. View the countdown here.

- Signup form
- Tagset If your tag isn't here, please send me an email at tentaclemod@gmail.com with the fandom and relationship you are missing, and a link to the pairing on ao3 with the eligibility filters applied.
- Requests summary
- Signup summary
- Rules Post

You can request 3-10 fandoms and offer 4-10 fandoms with 1-20 ships and 1-3 media (fic and/or art and/or podfic) in each.

You are only guaranteed to match on one fandom/ship/medium.

You can only request fandoms and relationships that have been nominated and appear in the tagset.

You can request a fandom more than once (if you want to request more than 20 ships, or you want to request a particular medium for some ships and not others). However, you must still request at least 3 unique fandoms.

You cannot offer a fandom more than once.

Only reasonable Do Not Wants (DNWs) listed in your signup will be enforced.

Do not list "unrequested kinks" as a DNW as this frequently causes confusion. Please be specific to avoid disappointment.

Do not indicate that you prefer one of your requests over the others; do not rank requests in order of preference. Your gift creator is only guaranteed to know one of your fandoms.

If you request or offer Original Work: matching does not differentiate between this and other fandoms; it is not to be considered a "backup" and you might match on it even if your other fandoms have requests/offers.

Any questions, feel free to comment here or email me at tentaclemod@gmail.com.

All Tags Checked

The tagset is now in a reasonably final state. If your nomination does not appear in the tagset, please contact me here or at tentaclemod@gmail.com for any last minute changes or questions.

If you notice anything wrong, please don’t hesitate to contact me! Signups will open in approximately 6 hours as scheduled.

Nominations Query 3

Please check if your nominations have been approved and are appearing correctly. If there are mistakes, please report them here or at tentaclemod@gmail.com. There are 153 nominations left to approve.

Please reply to the questions within 24 hours.

Слабое сердце - Фёдор Достоевский | A Faint Heart - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Arkady/Vasily I can't find any reference to a Vasily by searching the book on Google. Is that Vasya?
- 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
  Could the nominator please help us find the character Tsukiguni Yoriichi/21st Fire Hashira — is that the Flame Hasira?
  - Our Flag Means Death (TV)
    Captain Flint | James McGraw/Israel Hands,
    Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy/Israel Hands - These don’t seem to be canonical characters, can we move these to Crossover Fandoms?
    - What We Do in the Shadows (TV)
      How does Israel Hands belong here? Could the nominator explain?