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A reminder that X-Men Rare Pairs Fest is a go again this year, with signups beginning Feb. 2nd!

Challenge Highlights

Sign-up Opens: Sat 02 Feb 2019 12:00AM EST (Prompting opens & anon posting begins) Sign-up Closes: Sun 03 Mar 2019 10:00AM EST (Fest ends & creators revealed)

Open to all rare X-Men pairings in all verses

Crossovers allowed with other Marvel characters

Prompting will remain open for the duration of the fest

Rules

All prompts/fills must include a pairing.

Fills may be fic or art.

All X-Men pairings are allowed except for Charles/Erik. If you want to request/write/draw a threesome/foursome/etc that has both Charles and Erik in it, that is fine, but try to focus at least as much on the other characters involved. Past Charles/Erik is fine as a mention, but your story/art should still be strongly focused on the rare pair that was requested.

Crossovers with other Marvel characters are allowed, as long as one of the pairing is in the X-Men verse.(i.e. Storm/Black Panther)

You can request from 1-10 prompts. You can request 10 prompts for the same pairing, 1 prompt each for 10 different pairings, or any other combination you would like.

There is no word minimum etc, but fills must be complete when they are posted.

Prompts may be filled an unlimited number of times. You may write/draw an unlimited number of fills.

You do not have to write/draw anything to leave prompts, and you do not have to prompt anything to write/draw a fill.

No character bashing, and especially no ship bashing. If you do not like a pairing, scroll or backspace. This applies to prompts, fills, author/artist notes, and comments.

“Long time no see. Wow… your hair is SO much longer than it used to be, dude… is this a thing now?”

I hope everyone is having a great new year so far! Just a heads up that I am looking to run X-Men Rare Pairs Fest again this year, with timing tentatively set for Feb. 2 to Mar. 3

For those unfamiliar with Rare Pairs Fest here are some highlights:

- XRPF is a prompt fest (vs a gift exchange) - Prompting remains open for the duration of the fest - Fills may be fic or art - All X-Men ‘verses are welcome - All X-Men pairings are allowed except Charles/Erik, though poly ships that include one or both these characters are permitted - Crossovers with other Marvel characters permitted as long as one of the pairing is in the X-Men verse - You can request up to 10 prompts (min. one is required) - There is no minimum word count but fills (and art) must be complete when posted - Each prompt can be filled an unlimited number of times by an unlimited number of people - You do not have to write/draw to leave prompts - You do not have to prompt to write/draw a fill

More information to come as sign up date gets closer. Please check out XRPF 2017 and XRPF 2018 or send me an ask if you have any questions! 

SIGN-UPS OPEN

I’m opening Sign-Ups a few hours early, so you can go now to the X-Men Rare Pairs Fest homepage and start leaving prompts!

To Sign Up:

Select ‘prompt form’ on the left hand menu

Fill in a minimum of 1 and maximum of 10 prompts (you can return later and add/edit prompts if you don’t have 10 to start)

Fest Highlights:

No min. word count but fills (fic and art) must be complete when posted.

Prompts may be filled an unlimited number of times. You may fill an unlimited number of prompts.

You do not have to write/draw anything to leave prompts.

You do not have to leave any prompts in order to fill a prompt.

Prompting is open for the duration of the Fest. You can fill a prompt (i.e. post fic or art) at any time.

Authors/Artists will remain anonymous until end of Fest Sun Mar. 3 at 10am EST.

Here you go! Some are more “inspired by Firefly” than others. ;)

Ghost in the Shell by MonstrousRegiment [Cherik, NC-17, violence]

Out in the black of space, where the only creatures whose company you can always count on are violence and death, making a living is a wager. Erik’s crew of mismatched social misfits scrapes by, toeing the line between law and crime. Normally, they prefer to stay out of the Alliance’s way, but when it comes to defending the very freedom they fought for a decade ago, they only follow one principle: when someone tries to kill you, you kill them right back.

Here in the black by Cesare [Cherik, PG}

X-Men: First Class crashes into a scene from Firefly

Some forgotten corner of the universe by black_betty [Cherik, PG-13]

Erik remembers the boy he met on Osiris. Charles is no longer that boy, but that doesn’t mean Erik loves him any less…

XMFC Firefly fusion verse by kaydeefalls [Armando/Alex, Cherik, PG-13, violence]

In which the Unification War begins, Erik leads the Browncoats’ mutant faction, and Charles searches for something worth fighting for.

Hands of blue by built on the horizon [Cherik, PG-13]

When Erik met and saved Charles, the telepath had endured years of torture. The ruthless Magneto sees himself in the broken and shattered mutant who should have been his friend.

No power in the verse by waterpulse [Cherik, NC-17, non-con, WIP]