Welcome to the Secret MiroSanta 2018 Gift Exchange!
This year is the 15th anniversary of the North American airing of âEnter Sango, the Demon Slayer,â the 24th episode of the Inuyasha TV series, and the springboard for a wave of fanfic, fanart, and other fanwork to celebrate this tragic but persevering character, and her moderating influence on that darn monk.
Over the course of the series, we see Miroku and Sango develop as friends, partners in battle, grudging love interests, and eventually, a happily married couple with a growing family. Â We want to celebrate the fire-forged bond between them by creating fanfic and fanart with fellow MiroSan shippers, through the Secret MiroSanta 2018 Gift Exchange.
Want to join? Â Fill out the form at the bottom of this page, so we know what kind of gift youâd like, and what sort of gift you can provide for others.
When the submission period is complete, MiroSanta Helpers will give your gift request to another participant, and give some other participantâs gift request to you.Â
Since this is a Secret MiroSanta, nobody but you will know who youâre making a gift for, and you wonât know who is making a gift for you, until all is revealed during Gift Exchange Week. You will have a little over six weeks to prepare your gift.
During Gift Exchange Week, youâll share your gift with your recipient, and the MiroSanta group as a whole, and receive your own gift in return. At the same time, MiroSanta Helpers will share gift requests with the MiroSanta group, so everyone can enjoy and be inspired by everyone elseâs fanfiction and fanart ideas.
Participants may deliver gifts no earlier than December 24
Participants may deliver gifts no later than December 31 (this can be extended!)
As we approach the deadline, MiroSanta Helpers will try to arrange for specific Gift Exchange Events so as many people as possible can be available to text/voice chat during gift reveals - basically, our own little unwrapping party!
Fanfiction gifts should be a fully-contained âone-shotâ story, preferably 3000-6000 words. Â Written works of similar effort (e.g. a series of vignettes) are fine too!
Fanart gifts should be either a detailed full-color image, or a black-and-white or simply-colored mini-comic
Gifts should be an original fanwork, made with the gift receiverâs prompts in mind. Â If you have a work in progress that might fit the prompts, go ahead and use that as a starting point. Â But please donât âgiftâ someone a fanwork you made before getting a gift assignment!
Fanfiction gifts must be posted on AO3, Fanfiction.net, a publicly-viewable Tumblr page, or some other permanent text hosting site that all MiroSanta participants can view without registration.
Fanart gifts must be posted on a publicly-viewable image host, Tumblr page, or some other permanent art hosting site that all MiroSanta participants can view without registration.
A link to each gift must be delivered to MiroSanta Helpers so we can alert your recipient, and post the gift in the MiroSanta channel for enjoyment of all
Gifts must be posted no earlier than December 24
Gifts must be posted no later than January 1, although this can be extended so long as you let us know beforehand!
October 28: Signups open!
November 4: Signups closed!
November 7: Assignments delivered to participants
November 21: First check-in with participants.
December 5: Â Second check-in with participants.
December 19: Â Third check-in with participants.
December 25: Gift-giving begins! Â Participants may share their gifts!
January 1: Gift-giving ends! Â Participants must finish and and deliver their gifts!
Your faithful MiroSanta Helpers this year are Scribe Figaro and Starzki. Â Please join us!
Okay, but whereâs the MiroSanta party?
The MiroSanta 2018 discussion channel, Exchange Week, and all other events are hosted on the Team MiroSan discord server.Â
What if Iâm a MiroSan shipper, but canât commit to making a gift?
No problem! Â The Team MiroSanta server is open to all MiroSan shippers. Â During Exchange Week, youâre free to drop in and enjoy the festivities. Â If the spirit strikes you, feel free to look over the Wish Lists when theyâre released, and submit stocking stuffers (drabbles, quick sketches, moodboards, gifsets, playlists) with the rest of us!
Submissions are closed, but you can still join the festivities! Message mirosanta2018 for an invite to the Team Mirosan server, and you can join us for Exchange Week, make your own small gifts if you like, and share the MiroSan love!