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Hello anon! The collection will be revealed at 8 PM EDT on the 7th. Here’s a countdown to keep track :) 

Nuglets, we are truly impressed. In just over 24 hours your mods have approved 481 glorious rare pairs/relationships. Keep ‘em coming!

We regretfully must remind the community that Cassandra Pentaghast/Varric Tethras is no longer eligible for Black Emporium, as it has too many completed works on Ao3. Any relationship with over 300 completed works on Ao3 is no longer rare and thus ineligible.

We also have a list of nominations that need more detail before they can be approved and added to the list. If you see one of yours, send us an ask on Tumblr, a message on Dreamwidth, or an email to [email protected] and let us know your preferences.

For purposes of this exchange, we factor in background/gender in terms of determining for a pairing to be eligible as this is how Ao3 divides up pairings as tags. For example, Solas/Male Trevelyan is evaluated differently than Solas/Male Lavellan; and Solas/Male Trevelyan is evaluated differently than Solas/Female Trevelyan.

Gender Needed

Athenril/Cadash

Bianca Davri/Inquisitor Cadash

Cadash/Jarvia

Hawke/Jean-Marc Stroud

Isabela/Adaar

Leliana/Hawke

Mage Trevelyan/Dagna

Warden Brosca/Branka

Background Needed

Male Inquisitor/Dagna

Male Inquisitor/Leliana

Background & Gender Needed

Loghain Mac Tir/Warden

Shayle Cadash/Warden

Varel/Orlesian Warden

Additional Details Needed

Arishok/Male Hawke/Qunari

Arishok/Merrill/Qunari

Please indicate what gender/rank of Qunari you are thinking of. Example: Arishok/Male Hawke/Original Male Ashaad

Anders/Templar(s)

I noticed that -- it looks like it was Ao3 not being clear that Charade Amell is a separate character from Female Amell. I edited it when doing approvals. Charade Amell/Sera should be in the tagset; if it’s still an issue during signups, we’ll do more troubleshooting as needed.

Treats for multiple recipients should be treated with extreme caution, even for those who have opted into receiving them. It is allowed, but please keep all of the following in mind as a creator:

Does the treat hit anything on any recipients' DNW list?

Are all recipients open to receiving multi-recipient treats?

Does the treat fit requests for all recipients? It's better to create a treat for fewer people that closely fits all recipients' requests and preferences than to create a treat for many people that only fits one person's requests.

When you create a new work on Ao3, in the field to gift to an individual, just add all the recipients you wish to gift to.

Anyone who signs up will be matched with someone and required to fulfill one of their prompts. However, anyone, including those not signed up, can watch and volunteer to pinch hit when one comes up.

Hi, Anon!

From a practical standpoint, we can only enforce DNWs that are in your signup. You can always list out a summary of your DNWs in the AO3 prompt box and then provide additional details in your letter.

As for gifting an existing WIP as part of the exchange, the answer is “yes but.” If the WIP truly fits the recipient’s DNWs and requests, and it’s not part of an existing series, and you haven’t been posting snippets of it publicly, then yes, you absolutely can finish it and gift it to someone as part of the exchange. When we say “posted publicly,” we don’t mean showing the story to one or two people for help or beta reading; we mean posting snippets or extensive plot discussions on (for example) Tumblr.