Reveals 2018

[nino_mod]

It's been quite the NinoEx season, for your mod and many others. Sorry for the mess yet again, and thank you for making it through till the end with me! The enthusiasm of all of the participants and readers means the world to me.

Of course, I'd like to extend the usual special thanks to my beta folks, and to my two illustrious pinch hitters this year: amh1988 and selvage, without whom this exchange would not have seen the light at the end of the tunnel.

Okay, that's enough, time for the goods.

Recipient	Writer	Fic
aeslis	yukitsubute	Survivors
amh1988	yunmiyake	Be Patient with Me
astrangestorm	marmarci	Leaping at the chance
azurevanillasky	pikamiya	Captain
berrybuttboy	waxrose	rendezvous
duckyshimetai	mikunicchi	The Kiss Thief
gabrielhawke	rainbowemperor	Familiar Faces
gomushroom	semikusa	Halving the Compass
icecreamsuki	sk1726	Alive A Life
ltgmars	selvage	The Golden Thread
marmarci	sky_fish7	My Heart in Your Orbit
mikunicchi	gomushroom	The Deep End Job
nana9	selvage	Steal Your Thunder (Or Your Heart)
phrenk	duckyshimetai	Part of the Choreography
piggywhale	azurevanillasky	Destination Dusty Planet
pikamiya	reveetoile	Love Situation
rainbowemperor	ltgmars	Under Your Spell
reveetoile	amh1988	Magic Beans
selvage	silverdoll14	The Exercise
semikusa	astrangestorm	The Inheritance Game
shardaunei	phrenk	Never Change My Mind
silverdoll14	icecreamsuki	Microattractions
sk1726	nana9	The rhythm of my heart.
sky_fish7	aeslis	One Step Forward
waxrose	piggywhale	Garden of Firefly
yukitsubute	gabrielhawke	The world ending (at our feet)
yun_miyake	amh1988	Cheap and Dirty

I'm highly considering making the transition to AO3 next year. Last year when I ran a poll on Twitter, it hadn't seemed like a hugely popular choice (though there were some participants who were very adamant about it, as many people are starting to shift to doing fic things exclusively on AO3). It loses some of the formatting customization within posts, but as an exchange platform, I think it automates and simplifies a lot of the issues that end up causing delays (manual posting, timing, formatting fixes, etc.). It's also better equipped to handle long, multi-part stories because it has a chaptering function built in. The kicker is that (from what I can tell) there's much less wiggle room for late submissions, so we'd all have to be on our A-game and committed to being on time for this to work.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Nah bruh stick to DW? I plan to be here curating the annual Nino party for as long as people want it, so let me know what I can do to make it better. Hope to see you again next year! :3.

Comments

[pikamiya]

I don't mind the idea of moving to AO3 :) I've never really written fic outside of it, and if it would make things easier for you that would be lovely :)
♥ Thanks again for all that you do to make this great! It was a lot of fun, and I'll be back next year!

[semikusa]

Thank you for everything mod! Can’t stress enough how I would’ve not made it without you. You’re truly great! Also, thank you to all the writers who worked hard, and the pinch hitters of course! And most of all to @astrangestorm for the fic ❤️

I think AO3 is fine too, I join an exchange there and the facilitation is quite easier for exchanges, with the guidelines separated on a different page from the request and offers page and all! What I’m not sure about is how many people use AO3/have an account. But it’s definitely worth considering!

[astrangestorm]

You're very welcome!! <3

Could you tell I had fun? ;)

[semikusa]

As someone who’s been a fan for a very long time, I was ecstatic to find out that you were my writer! But I had this great feeling that you were the one who wrote this, haha. I’m really glad that you had fun!! That makes me happy too!

[gomushroom]

Hi there! Your fic ❤️! Thank you for your lovely and awesome fic ❤️!

[semikusa]

Hi!! I’m glad you enjoyed the fic. Halfway I was starting to doubt myself and honestly, still do, but your words gave me courage! (How cheesy!) As a fan of yours too, your satisfaction comes a long way. Thank you for enjoying and you’re welcome! ❤️

[waxrose]

Thank you for everything you've done for this exchange! I have so much fic still to catch up on reading and commenting for. July has been nuts. I'm okay with a move to AO3, if that's the direction things go in!

[astrangestorm]

Thanks for your hard work and your patience, dear Nino mod! This has been a favorite exchange of mine as long as it's been around - everybody's love for Nino (and Arashi) always shines through <3

Like every year, lots of great stories!!

I'm fine with AO3!!

[amh1988]

I'm OK with AO3 too, but I remember that it takes time to create an account too, so you might need to factor that in at sign-ups time.

Anyway, thank you so much for a great experience! Something about exchanges seems to really bring out some amazing creativity! Thank you to every reader, and writer. And hey, it looks like my writer and I had a mutual exchange, how cool is that!?

[yun_miyake]

thanks for your sweet fic, i really love it :) ohmiya with such plot is just perfect. And hey, we wrote fic for each other, that's cute lol.

I agree with you about ao3, it takes time to create an account, but if it's more convenience for long fic, i will agree with everyone to move

[mikunicchi]

Dear mod, thank you for making this exchange happen! And thank you for helping me this much <3 Even though I am so damn late with commenting and reading (damn rl) every story is awesome!
As for AO3 thing... I have never participate in an exchange there but if the majority decided to move AO3, I am fine with it too!

And most of everything... Dearest @gomushroom, you are an angel and can I hug you now? :")

[gomushroom]

Why of course! *hugs back! I love your prompts and I had the best fun writing for you <3!

[duckyshimetai]

Dearest mod, thank you so much for all your effort and hard work in seeing this exchange through! ♥

I've never participated on an exchange on AO3 (haven't even moved any fic there ^^;) but I do have an account and I don't mind moving there if it happens!

Also @mikunicchi ♥ thank you for the lovely story!!

[mikunicchi]

You're very welcome! I wish I could do more about it but I am glad you liked it! 🙏❤️

[yukitsubute]

Thanks for the exchange, and thanks to gabrielhawk for the amazing fic you wrote me ❤❤

[reveetoile]

Dear amh1988, thank you so much for your lovely story. I really really loved it so much :)

Thanks to the nino_mod and all authors for the first stories. It was a lovely exchange and I still need to catch up with some stories. As for AO3 I don't mind moving there. But I don't know what will happen if you need more time to finish your story which can happen so easily after all.

[ladyc2]

The kicker is that (from what I can tell) there's much less wiggle room for late submissions, so we'd all have to be on our A-game and committed to being on time for this to work.

I'm pretty sure extensions can still be given and the mod can delay reveals with the AO3 exchanges - plus from what I've read on a multifandom exchange meme (which is a good place to ask questions about running exchanges if you have any - just pm me and I can give you a link if you like) a lot of people post what's called a bus-test fic (ie if you get hit by a bus after posting it still passes as an acceptable story) and then use the week or so between due date and reveals to tweak their fic, or add extra words to get it to best possible fic.

[satoyan]

I'm late, but thank you so much to our mod for all you do, and thank you to duckyshimetai for the truly delightful fic! ♥

As for AO3, I'm up for it, though I do think the option of kudos will mean fewer comments for authors. If it gives fewer headaches to our long-suffering mod, though, I am convinced.

[sky_fish7]

Thank you aeslis, again, for your wonderful fic <3 I really enjoyed it!

Thank you, Ninomod, for all your patience and hard work, like every year! I can only imagine how much work lies behind an exchange and I really respect and admire you for taking over this task again and again. I hope there will be even more awesome exchanges also in the future!

I have no idea how exchanges work on AO3 tbh... but if it's easier for you to handle an exchange there, I'm willing to go with you.