#winterfest2023

Relationships and Shipping

Shipping means simply relationships between characters. Character names separated by / refers to a romantic relationship, whereas & signifies platonic or friendship. So asking for Chivalry/Rurisk means you want the two to be romantically involved and Chivalry&Rurisk would mean that you want to see/read about the two being just friends.

Please make sure you use the correct forms in your request and offer, this is important for matching purposes.

You can add as many ships as you want to  your request.

Gen/genfic

Not focused on romance or sexual relationship, for general audiences

Smut

Smut is shorthand for sexually explicit content. We know that's not everyone's cup of tea, and that's why it's important to be clear whether you want to receive or create some or not. Do not add smut if your giftee didn't specifically say they want it/are okay with it.

PWP

Porn without plot. despite the name, PWP stories can have elements other than sex, but the sex is the most important part

Dubcon and noncon

Dubious consent and no consent, these terms refer to fanworks with consent issues. As these can be very triggering to people, do not include these in your gift unless your giftee has specifically said they're ok with it.

H/C

Hurt/comfort. A character is sick/injured/harmed in some way and is cared for by another character. Usually expected to have happy endings.

NoTP

NoTP refers to ships a person does not want to see. If your giftee mentions they don't want to see a certain ship, do not add it into your gift, even as a background ship.

BroTP

Two characters as BFFs, this is your fave pair of platonic soulmates, not romantic or sexual

OT3

A throuple, a romantic/sexual relationship between three characters 

Crack/crackship/crack pair

A ship between characters that might have never met in canon, weren't alive at the same time or are in some other way an extremely unlikely or hilariously impossible match.

AU

Alternative universe, usually refers to stories set in the modern world or some other specific age or setting like space, ancient Rome, steampunk or Louis XIV's Versailles

Canon divergence

A fanwork that differs from canon but not as extremely as an AU, usually because the creator changed a major canon event. What if Fitz hadn't died in the dungeon but gone to trial instead? What if Kettricken had died of the poison instead of Rurisk?

Canon Compliant

Fanworks that do not deviate from canon. Missing scenes or scenes told from a different POV, for example, what was going through Patience's mind when she heard about her husband's infidelity?

Fluff

Teeth-rottingly sweet, nothing sad or angsty here. Antidote to sadness, fluff fics are cuteness for the sake of cuteness. Ignore the Forged ones roaming the forest, we're playing with mice and having ginger cakes in a cuddle pile.

DDDNE

Dead dove, do not eat, or Exactly what it says on the tin, refers to fanworks with extreme subject matter like SA, vore, necrophilia, bestiality. Used to signify that the work contains exactly what the tags say. DO NOT USE THIS TAG WITHOUT CLEAR WARNINGS FOR WHAT THE DDDNE CONTENT IS 

Squick

Squick is a trope or a thing that gives a person the creeps, not enough to be a trigger but still something they don't want to see/read about.

Bashing

This means content created just to express dislike for a character or a ship. While this can be fun and a good way to vent, WF is not the place for it. This is a positive event, please don't request or offer bash content. If you dislike a character or a ship, just mentioning that you don't want to receive any content with them in your request is enough.

Prompt and tropes

Prompts are ideas for your gift maker to draw inspiration from. Feel free to add as many as you can think of. Moods, songs, scenes, anything can be a prompt. Try not to make your prompts too restricting or overly detailed, they're supposed to be for inspiration, not an order.