Fandom Mixtape Exchange

2025 Round Creator Reveals!

2026-01-12T03:02:30Z

Posted by: tavina

Creators have been revealed! Thank you so much to all the participants!

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2025 Round Works Revealed!

2026-01-05T03:03:48Z

Posted by: tavina

We did it everyone! Works are now revealed! Find them at the collection and look upon our bounty!

This has definitely been a more hectic round than would otherwise be typical, so I thank everyone for their patience as we navigated our way to the finish line. Hopefully Fandom Mixtape Mod will be back next round to run this event next year! All the best.

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All Pinch Hits In; Reveals Expected in Circa 20 Hours

2026-01-04T07:06:07Z

Posted by: tavina

All pinch hits have now been posted, and work reveals are scheduled to occur on January 4th at 10pm EST which is roughly twenty hours from the posting of this message! Make sure to get all final edits/redates/possumscrems/etc in before reveals! We're so close to the finish line!

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Post Deadline Update; Collection Reveals Expected to be on Time.

2025-12-29T06:47:13Z

Posted by: tavina

We still have two assignments that are currently out with creators who have extensions. Both of these are expected to come in before the current reveals deadline on January 4th, 2026 at 10pm EDT. As of right now, the collection is still set to reveal at that time, so please make sure to get any all final edits/treats/last minute possumscrems in before then!

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Update + 8PDPHs

2025-12-18T08:10:00Z

Posted by: tavina

Navigation:

2025 Collection | Modmail: TavinaFanfiction@gmail.com

Hello Hello! A few housekeeping notes since this exchange has shifted to emergency new management during the middle of a round:

the original fandom mixtape mod has had an irl situation that means they've handed the rest of event stuff over to me (Tavina)
We still have (if I did all my math right) 8 pinch hits in search of a creator before we can reveal the collection - if you’ve turned in a work for this event and you do not have a gift and you do not see your name on this pinch hit list, please reach out to me at TavinaFanfiction@gmail.com ASAP to let me know.
Please direct any future or current mod queries for this round to TavinaFanfiction@gmail.com because I do not have access to the previous modmail and fandom mixtape mod may not be able to forward emails to me immediately
I am not taking over this event permanently, fingers crossed that fandom mixtape mod can return for future rounds if/when this event runs again!
Thank you all very much for your patience! Mods do sometimes run into brickspace issues that prevent them from being able to moderate fandom events. Please continue to be kind to fandom mixtape mod in future.

Now, on to the pinch hits which are still in search of a creator:

We have 8 post deadline pinch hits in need of a creator. The current due date for these should be December 28th, 2025 at 10pm EDT. Work reveals will now be on January 4th, 2026 at 10pm EDT.

Check the rules post for information on work minimums and requirements. Fanfiction should be at least 1000 words, and wholly created for the event. Fanart should be a complete artwork on unlined paper. Podfic should be of an existing work that is at least 1000 words, or a new recording of a work written by the creator that is at least 500 words.

In order to pick up a pinch hit either email the modmail or comment on this post (all comments on this post are screened) with:

The number and or username of the pinch hit you would like to pick up
Your ao3 username
An email where I can reach you

~~( PDPH 1 - 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest )~~
( PDPH 2 - NoPixel (Web Series), Video Blogging RPF, 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, Runescape (Video Games), ここは今から倫理です。| Koko wa Ima Kara Rinri Desu | From Now On We Begin Ethics (Manga) )
~~( PDPH 3 - Dial M for Murder (1954), Home Before Dark (1958), To Catch a Thief (1955) )~~
~~( PDPH 4 - 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Wind Breaker (Anime), Given (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga) )~~
~~( PDPH 5 - Original Work, Dream SMP, Red Dead Redemption (Video Games) )~~
~~( PDPH 6 - John Wick (Movies), M3GAN (Movies - Johnstone), Alex Rider (TV 2020), Dexter (TV), The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023), Moon Knight (TV 2022), Deus Ex (Video Games) )~~
~~( PDPH 7 - Weiß Kreuz, Felvidek (Video Game), Dracula Rising (Cartoon) )~~
( PDPH 8 - Leverage (US TV 2008), Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Crossover Fandom, Superman (Movie 2025), Agent Carter (TV), DCU (Comics), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Singin' in the Rain (1952), Marvel Cinematic Universe )

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Reveals Delay

2025-11-25T17:52:17Z

Posted by: intherainex

Due to American holidays and open pinch hits, works reveals will be delayed two weeks to December 7th. An updated pinch hit list will be available in the next 48 hours. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

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Assignment Deadline & Post Deadline Pinch Hits

2025-11-17T06:50:58Z

Posted by: intherainex

The assignment deadline has arrived! Thank you to everyone that has posted already. Below you can find a repost of existing pinch hits as well as new post deadline pinch hits. There are several 48 hour extensions that have been granted but if you don’t have a gift in the collection and don’t see your name below, please reach out so I can verify that I didn’t miss anyone.

To claim or reach out about pinch hit status, please either email the mod (intherainfic@gmail.com) or comment below. Comments will be screened so please remember that if you comment anonymously or without being logged in, I will be unable to respond to you.

Pinch hits will be due November 21 at 11:59PM, current American Eastern time, to keep our current reveal date. If you are able to claim a pinch hit but will not be finished by this time, please reach out and we can discuss our options.

PH 1: andthentherewere_none
Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games), The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008) [x2]

PH 3: facethestrange

镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest

PH 4: geelizzzie

NoPixel (Web Series), Video Blogging RPF, 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, Runescape (Video Games), ここは今から倫理です。| Koko wa Ima Kara Rinri Desu | From Now On We Begin Ethics (Manga)

PH 5: ifiwereabell

Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), Home Before Dark (1958)

PH 8: MxKit

Happy Halloween Scooby-Doo! (2020), The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon) [x2], The Cuphead Show! (Cartoon), Gotham High (Blog Post)

PH 9: psychomachia

Alex Rider (TV 2020), Dexter (TV), The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023), Moon Knight (TV 2022), Deus Ex (Video Games), John Wick (Movies), M3GAN (Movies - Johnstone)

PH 10: redgear

Felvidek (Video Game), Weiß Kreuz, Dracula Rising (Cartoon)

PH 11: ThoughtsCascade

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game) [x2], Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)

PH 13: inthesorrows

Original Work, Marvel Cinematic Universe, 9-1-1 (TV)

PH 15: enhattps

Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler, 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime), 时光代理人 | Link Click (Cartoon)

PH 16: kalika_999

呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Given (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), Wind Breaker (Anime)

PH 17: magicwonderdreamfantasy
Marvel Cinematic Universe, KPop Demon Hunters (2025), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man - All Media Types, Stranger Things (TV 2016)
PH 18: ollie_oxen_free
Original Work, Dream SMP, Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
PH 19: Ultra
Little Women (1994), Marvel Cinematic Universe [x2], Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies), Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Gilmore Girls (TV 2000) [x3], Hart of Dixie, Once Upon a Time (TV)

PH 20: ziazippy5379

Leverage (US TV 2008), Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Star Trek: The Original Series, Crossover Fandom, Superman (Movie 2025), Agent Carter (TV), DCU (Comics), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Singin' in the Rain (1952), Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Repost of Pinch Hits & New Pinch Hits

2025-10-27T01:10:12Z

Posted by: intherainex

Below are our several reposted Pinch Hits as well as two new ones. To claim, please either email the mod (intherainfic@gmail.com) or comment below. Comments will be screened so please remember that if you comment anonymously or without being logged in, I will be unable to respond to you.

PH 3: facethestrange

镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest

PH 4: geelizzzie

NoPixel (Web Series), Video Blogging RPF, 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, Runescape (Video Games), ここは今から倫理です。| Koko wa Ima Kara Rinri Desu | From Now On We Begin Ethics (Manga)

PH 7: malachiical

Slay the Princess (Visual Novel), The Last Halloween (Webcomic), How to Survive Camping - Fainting--Goat, Chonny's Charming Chaos Compendium Vol. 1 - Chonny Jash (Album)

PH 8: MxKit

Happy Halloween Scooby-Doo! (2020), The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon) [x2], The Cuphead Show! (Cartoon), Gotham High (Blog Post)

PH 10: redgear

Felvidek (Video Game), Weiß Kreuz, Dracula Rising (Cartoon)

PH 11: ThoughtsCascade

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game) [x2], Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)

PH 13: inthesorrows
Original Work, Marvel Cinematic Universe, 9-1-1 (TV)
PH 14: kannachan27
All For The Game - Nora Sakovic [x3], Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, KPop Demon Hunters (2025), Final Fantasy VIII

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Assignments & Initial Pinch Hits

2025-09-23T05:34:31Z

Posted by: intherainex

Assignments have been sent! Please contact me as soon as possible if there is any problem with the assignment you received.

Below are our Initial Pinch Hits. To claim, please either email the mod (intherainfic@gmail.com) or comment below. Comments will be screened so please remember that if you comment anonymously or without being logged in, I will be unable to respond to you.

~~PH 1: andthentherewere_none~~

~~Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games), The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008) [x2]~~

~~PH 2: digjig~~

~~Warhammer 40.000 [x2], If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device (Web Series), Cable and Deadpool (Comics)~~

PH 3: facethestrange

镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest

PH 4: geelizzzie

NoPixel (Web Series), Video Blogging RPF, 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, Runescape (Video Games), ここは今から倫理です。| Koko wa Ima Kara Rinri Desu | From Now On We Begin Ethics (Manga)

~~PH 5: ifiwereabell~~

~~Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), Home Before Dark (1958)~~

~~PH 6: intherainfic~~

~~Haikyuu!!, Wind Breaker (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)~~

PH 7: malachiical

Slay the Princess (Visual Novel), The Last Halloween (Webcomic), How to Survive Camping - Fainting--Goat, Chonny's Charming Chaos Compendium Vol. 1 - Chonny Jash (Album)

PH 8: MxKit

Happy Halloween Scooby-Doo! (2020), The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon) [x2], The Cuphead Show! (Cartoon), Gotham High (Blog Post)

~~PH 9: psychomachia~~

~~Alex Rider (TV 2020), Dexter (TV), The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023), Moon Knight (TV 2022), Deus Ex (Video Games), John Wick (Movies), M3GAN (Movies - Johnstone)~~

PH 10: redgear

Felvidek (Video Game), Weiß Kreuz, Dracula Rising (Cartoon)

PH 11: ThoughtsCascade

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game) [x2], Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)

~~PH 12: UlteriorAnima~~

~~Haikyuu!!, 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)~~

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Signups Closed

2025-09-22T04:21:57Z

Posted by: intherainex

Signups are closed! Two unmatchables have been emailed and have 24 hours to respond. If your AO3 username starts with M or R, please check your email!

Once both Unmatchables have responded or 24 hours has passed, assignments will be ran again and sent out by September 23.

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Nominations Closed, Sign Ups Open

2025-09-10T05:29:19Z

Posted by: intherainex

With 1,814 character across 302 fandoms, plus 1,550 songs nominated, nominations are closed!

And to give everyone some more time, sign ups are open. Please be sure to read the sign up rules before you submit your sign up. As people begin to sign up, please be sure to check your matchability on the app. (But any unmatchables will be emailed and given a chance to add offers if necessary!)

There is a ticky sheet available. This will create a list that you can copy & paste to easily put your song choices in your sign up. To use, go to File > Make a Copy, then you can check off the songs you want to request. When you’ve selected 20 songs in one column, the column will turn blue. Please remember that you are limited to 20 songs for each request.

If you have any questions or comments, please comment below or email the mod.

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Nominations Update 2

2025-09-07T01:37:12Z

Posted by: intherainex

If you have unapproved nominations in the following fandoms, please add disambiguation:

Batman - All Media Types
Daredevil (TV)
Doctor Who & Related Fandoms
Evillious Chronicles
哪吒 | Nezha (Movies 2019 2025)

The following tags have been moved:

Frank Castle (The Punisher TV (2017))/Steve Rogers (Captain America (Chris Evans Movies))
- Captain America (Chris Evans Movies) → Crossover Fandom

As a reminder, tags that remain improperly formatted when nominations close will be deleted. If you see any tags in your fandoms that have been accepted but need attention, please comment below to let the mod know!

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Song Promotion Post

2025-09-05T06:58:55Z

Posted by: intherainex

Want to promote a song you’ve nominated to other exchange participants? Comment below to do so!

Include the artist and song title, as well as links to lyrics, music videos, or anything else about the song that really showcases why you nominated it for the exchange. You can talk about the mood, genre, prompt ideas — whatever you’d like to include. Feel free to promote songs in the tagset that you didn’t nominate as well.

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Nominations Update 1

2025-09-04T05:20:01Z

Posted by: intherainex

The tagset has grown so much in the last few days! Thank you all so much for your interest in this exchange!!

If you have unapproved nominations in the following fandoms, please add disambiguation:

~~All For The Game - Nora Sakavic~~
Batman - All Media Types
~~Captain America (Chris Evans Movies)~~
~~Dandadan (Manga)~~
~~Dishonored (Video Games)~~
Doctor Who & Related Fandoms

If you see any tags in your fandoms that have been accepted but need attention, please comment below to let the mod know!

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Nominations Open

2025-09-02T17:49:20Z

Posted by: intherainex

Nominations have been opened early! Please review the nominations rules if you haven't already and be sure to get your favorites in.

If you see any improperly formatted tags in your fandoms, please comment on the most recent nominations post so they can be updated.

Thank you!

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Rules

2025-08-28T06:40:11Z

Posted by: intherainex

Please be sure to read the rules before participating!

Nominations

You can nominate up to 20 ships, in 10 fandoms as well as 20 songs.

Be sure to disambiguate your nominations in case of wandering tags. Please also be sure that any disambiguation is clear even if one is unfamiliar with the fandom. With the recent increase in character limit, spelling out the fandom completely is usually possible and preferred. If you are unable to spell out the fandom name entirely, choose an abbreviation that features key words over simply letters.

Relationships are distinguished by either a / or &. For ships with a /, this denotes a romantic and/or sexual relationship between the characters. For ships with a &, this denotes a platonic relationship between the characters. Mixed relationship requests are not permitted.

Hinata Shoyou/Kageyama Tobio (Haikyuu)
Hinata Shoyou & Kageyama Tobio (Haikyuu)

For single character requests, use the prefix 1: with a space between the colon and the character’s name.

1: Bokuto Koutarou (Haikyuu)

Original Work tags can be filled with any combination of genders unless the gender is denoted in the tag. If the gender of the characters matters to you, please bake it into the tag.

Horseback Rider/Stable Hand (Original Work) — Can be filled with any combination of genders
Horseback Rider/Stable Hand (M/F) (Original Work) — Male horseback rider and female stable hand
Female Horseback Rider/Female Stable Hand — Both characters are female

Crossovers should be nominated under Crossover Work, and each character should be disambiguated.

Miya Atsumu (Haikyuu)/Nirei Akihiko (Wind Breaker Anime)

Creator's Choice of Fandom requests should be formatted with the understanding that if canonical types are being requested, they should be labeled as such in nomination.

Any Canon Male Vampire (CCoF) - Canonical vampires only
Any Male Vampire (CCoF) - Canonical vampires or alternate universe

RPF is allowed. All nominated people must be over the age of 18 and famous in their own right. Politicians and criminals who were alive since 1900 are not allowed. RPF nominations made in bad taste may be deleted at mod discretion.

Songs will act as the freeforms and prompts for this exchange. Nominate all songs as Artist - Song Title so all nominated songs from one artist are grouped together.

A.C.E - Under Cover

Any nominations that are unclear will be queried as necessary in a post on the community. No nominations will be rejected until the end of the nominations period to give participants an opportunity to edit nominations that would have been rejected. Please be sure to check the community if you have nominations that are lingering on being approved.

Signups

To be guaranteed a gift, you must request three unique fandoms with at least one relationship and three songs each. You may request the same fandom multiple times or request less than three unique fandoms but the collection will not be held if you are a lingering pinch hit.

Requests must also select a minimum of one medium. Medium options are currently fanfiction, fanart, and podfic.

Optional details should include any Do Not Wants you may have, which should be clearly labeled as Do Not Wants or DNW. Only DNWs included in the optional details box will be enforced. DNWs that are only in a letter will not be enforced if a creator includes them. DNWs can not be used to box your creator into creating one specific thing for you.

DNWs should be neutrally stated. No explanation is needed for why you have a DNW. How to handle canonical brushes with your DNWs can be helpful if necessary.
If you do not have any DNWs, please state this in your optional details.

Other optional details such as prompts and likes are optional and may or may not be included in your gift at your creator’s discretion.

Creator’s Choice of Fandom requests may include three specific fandom DNWs but may not DNW umbrellas, such as video games or RPF. Requests may include suggestions on canon type in optional details but it is not guaranteed.

Requests will be viewable on the app throughout the signup period. Please use the app to help make yourself matachable during signups. If you are unmatchable at the end of signups, you will be contacted via the email associated with your AO3 account. You will have 24 hours to respond with additional offers or your signup will be deleted.

Assignments & Treats

Matching will be based on fandom, ship, medium, and song.

Assignments will be out within 48 hours of signups closing. Assignments will be delivered to the email associated with your AO3 account. You can check what email you signed up with in your account settings. You can also view them on your My Assignments page.

Fanfiction should be a minimum of 1,000 words and a new, complete work. It may not be a sequel or part of a series unless your recipient has opted in to such works.

Fanart should be a complete work in your own style. Hand drawn art should be on unlined paper. There should be a clear connection between the prompt and the art.

Since there are many standards of what constitutes a complete work, artists will be entrusted to post something they deem complete. Art will only be checked against the artist’s usual style if a recipient contacts the mods after works reveals that the art seems incomplete.

Podfic should be either a recording of an existing work of at least 1,000 words that meets all matching criteria or a recording of a new work written by the creator of at least 500 words. If you choose to record an existing work written by someone else, they must have a permission statement on their account or your must obtain permission to record their work.

Works can be created for any request made by the recipient, not just the one you matched on. If you somehow receive an assignment with requests that do not match what you offered, please contact the mod as soon as possible.

Assignments are anonymous. Please do not publicly discuss your assignment or post about your work until author reveals occur. You may privately discuss your work with a friend or beta, but be sure they understand that assignments are anonymous as well.

No AI may be used to complete your assignment.

Anyone may create treats for this event, even if they aren’t signed up. Treats do not have to meet the assignment minimums but must respect DNWs. Treats will not become main gifts unless the creator also claims any Pinch Hit that may go out for the recipient.

Assignment Deadline

If you are unable to complete your assignment, please default as soon as possible. This can be done by clicking the default button on your My Assignments page. If you default and do not have a gift at the deadline, your request will not go out for a pinch hit. You may still receive a gift in the collection but it is not guaranteed. There is no penalty for defaulting before the deadline.

Please keep your timezone in mind when it comes to the posting deadline or refer to the countdown in the current pinned post.

Works must be posted and complete at the deadline. You may edit between the deadline and reveals but please be sure that even if you made no edits, the work posted would be an acceptable gift.

Pinch Hits & Work Reveals

Initial Pinch Hits will be posted within 48 hours of assignments going out. These pinch hits will be due at the regular deadline. To claim a pinch hit, you will be able to either post a screened comment on the Initial Pinch Hits post or email the mod.

If there are any participants that still do not have gifts at the Assignment Deadline, Post Deadline Pinch Hits will be posted. If these are not filled by the Work Reveals date, reveals will be delayed by a week, with continued delays as necessary.

Creators that requested less than three unique fandoms will be included in any Pinch Hit posts but the collection will only be held for creators that completed their assignment and requested at least three unique fandoms.

Works will be anonymously revealed once all qualified participants have a complete gift. Works will remain anonymous for a week.

Commenting is not required but it is highly encouraged.

If there is a problem with your gift, such as a DNW being included or not featuring a requested ship, contact the mod as soon as possible so a replacement gift can be created for you.

Anything Else

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to comment below or email the mod. Anonymous comments are turned on.

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Schedule & Information

2025-08-28T06:34:23Z

Posted by: intherainex

Fandom Mixtape is an 18+ multi-fandom exchange using songs as work prompts.

Schedule

Nominations Open: September 2, 2025
Nominations Close: September 9, 2025
Signups Open: September 10, 2025
Signups Close: September 21, 2025
Assignments Out By: September 23, 2025
Assignment Deadline: November 16, 2025
Work Reveals: November 23, 2025
Creator Reveals: November 30, 2025

All dates are 11:59PM, current American Eastern time.

AO3 Collection | Tagset | AO3 App | Rules

Contact

Contacting the mod publicly is best done by commenting on one of the exchange posts. Anonymous comments will be enabled. Contacting the mod privately is best done by emailing intherainfic@gmail.com.

All official communications will be conducted via email and Dreamwidth. Please do not contact the mod directly on Discord for questions and concerns so nothing gets missed or lost.

Updates

Your assignment will come in an automated email from AO3, but all other communication will be done via posts to this community. If you have a Dreamwidth account, you can subscribe to this community and receive emails.

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