Reveals 2017: We made it, somehow!

[nino_mod]

I was looking at the reveals post from last year in which I bored you all with my woes about how hard a season it was, and today-me just was like "oh self, little did you realize". But, well, what started last year ended this year, so if nothing else, I won't have the same worries next year. XD.

Anyway, I feel like I'm constantly thanking you and apologizing to you for being awesome despite my being the worst, but here we are again: Thank you, and I'm sorry. Y'all are great, from the writers to the readers to the general cheerleaders, and I hope you had a good time despite everything.

Of course, the usual thank yous go out to my beta crew, and especially to our pinch hitters during what was a rough year for everyone: lover_youshould (perpetual pinch hitting star of NinoEx), and airairo and calerine (who both came to the rescue despite being very busy and not even signing up for the exchange this year). How's a mod supposed to face humanity when she's got friends like these!

Anyway, I know what you're all here for.

Recipient	Writer	Fic
64907	pierrot	Unfinished Rhapsodies at the End of the World
an_jung	nino1711azuki	Protecting You, Not Me
astrangerenters	silver_crystall	The Bachelor
berrybuttboy	negai3104	Halcyon Days
clipsie	airairo	Double Edged
cutselvage	kirasebi	Different kinds of stories
eiko_lotus	ltgmars	Radio Magic
gomushroom	silverdoll14	Lily
ica_90	an_jung	Love Without Love
kirasebi	ica_90	There'll Be Sunshine After Rain
koi_choshi	64907	Lightning Strike
lilly0	clipsie	Coffee Milk
littlealex	murrponchan	in the heights.
lover_youshould	yoru_no_hikaru	Wicked Little Witcher Vs. Gorgeous Green Goods
ltgmars	berrybuttboy	When nothing goes right, Go left
murrponchan	rainbow_teatime	My Android Soulmate
negai3104	lover_youshould	Kimi no Superhero
nicefinalbeam	yun_miyake	The Dearest
nino1711azuki	shardaunei	Switch On!
phrenk	gomushroom	Lotus
pierrot	sky_fish7	Celebrity Crush
piggywhale	yukitsubute	The binary code man
rainbow_teatime	phrenk	Close for Comfort
shardaunei	lilly0	Velvet Rose
silver_crystall	piggywhale	Possibly Maybe
silverdoll14	astrangerenters	Bloodline
sky_fish7	eiko_lotus	人間じゃない（？）
tempesteru	koi_choshi	Suggestio Falsi
yoru_no_hikaru	nicefinalbeam	Chasing Forever Romance
yukitsubute	calerine	A Lifetime of Clichés
yun_miyake	lover_youshould	According to Plan

In addition, this year was our first year on the nicer, friendlier DW (with full mirrors on LJ). How did you like it? Should we stay here, go back to LJ, move to AO3, something else entirely? With the Rapidly Changing Internet comes many, many growing pains, but I want to keep this community as accessible as possible. Any thoughts on this front would be greatly appreciated! :3.

That's all, folks. Until next year!

Comments

[sky_fish7]

Oh! No need to be sorry! I actually had no idea that if can work like that on AO3 so I really appreciate your explanation, thank you! =) I probably didn't stumble over any exchanges there yet since I don't really read fanfics outside of Arashi fandom and I have to admit, I thought the gift option is just... that XD An option to mark if you wrote a story for someone else, which can also happen outside of an exchange. My bad and now I learnd something new ^^

I think that system on AO3 actually does not sound so bad either, even if quite different (and less mod-involved if I understood you correctly? Which whould on the one hand be good for the mod as it involves less work and trouble but on the other hand our exchange is stamped by an excellent mod and that's part of the event so I personally think it would be a pity if the involvement vanishes? Since the personal note from the mod's side makes it so familial and such a nice place.)

Then the question is if mod/people are willing to change from a known system to a new one... I personally am someone who likes to stick to things she knows, tbh (for example, I am still a bit struggling to adjust to dw after moving here from lj, even if the sites are not THAT different. Maybe that's because I'm getting old xD)

[ladyc2]

Yeah, I'm rather attached to sticking to the systems I already know as well and I don't have any problems with the current exchanges here on dw/lj (including this one) to stay here. Just wanted to point out it can be done and doesn't seem to be any harder to host there than here - and in the case of matching, it's probably easier - although I'm sure there is still plenty left for the mod to do.

I don't really read much outside J&A either - the main reason I know about the exchanges is because I read a pan-fandom anon meme here on dw and there is always a big thread discussing the current exchanges which are running (which probably means i have some facts wrong about how they run specifically). And the gift option works for both scenerios - general gifting and exchanges.

[reveetoile]

A friend of mine does regularly exchanges on AO3. She says it's great in general and I think it is perfect for huge fandoms with a multitude of pairings because the matching is automatically and there is no mod that has to look through each post to see if there are people who match each other.
But I like Exchanges here on DW/LJ more XD