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24 hours into tag approving! We began with 6078 individual fandom nominations to sort (where if two people submitted the same fandom, that would count twice towards the total). We have 3687 fandom nominations still to sort. Please review the questions below to help us sort them quickly and correctly!
Please link your nominations page if telling us what to do about your nomination - thank you! Please either sign in to comment, or include a name with your anonymous comments, including replies to others' comments. Unsigned comments will stay screened.
If we've processed any of your nominations and something doesn't look right, please comment (with your nominations page) to tell us about the problem and how you think it should be corrected. Questions are welcome.
Aliens (1986) - These characters are also nominated under the broader fandom
Alien (Original Movies 1979-1997), so we would like to merge your nominations in with the rest of the original movies.
Bibi Blocksberg (2002) - Nominator, do you specifically only want the first movie, or may we approve this as the canonical Bibi Blocksberg (Movies 2002 2004)? Please
link your nominations page when you reply.
Book of Night - Holly Black - We
also have evidence for this fandom as the Charlatan Duology, and another participant has nominated it under that name. Weâd like to combine your nominations, but please get us in touch if thereâs a reason that wonât work. Please
link your nominations page when you reply.
Clocktaur War Series - T. Kingfisher,
Swordheart - T. Kingfisher,
Temple of the White Rat Universe - T. Kingfisher,
The Saint of Steel - T. Kingfisher - We have some overlap in these nominations. The fandom as a whole is eligible, so we could combine them under Temple of the White Rat Universe, or the Temple of the White Rat Universe nominator could have their characters split into the other fandoms if you are willing to do that. Please comment with a link to your nominations to help us sort this out!
Cousin Bette - HonorĂ© de Balzac - Nominator, you may see some oddities as we get this set up separately from La ComĂ©die Humaine. Pardon our dust, and hopefully youâre used to it by now! Let us know if anything looks wrong when the final tagset is released.
Designing Women - Nominator, please email us (see contact information in the footer).
Dragonfly - Ursula K. Le Guin, Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan - Ursula K. Le Guin - Our understanding is that these are all in the same continuity. We are planning to combine Earthsea and Tombs of Atuan, especially as there is character overlap in those nominations. Dragonfly nominator, do you have concerns with folding that nomination into Earthsea as well? If so, we would appreciate help understanding exactly what youâre looking for and how to differentiate the larger Earthsea universe.
Enchanted Forest Chronicles - Patricia Wrede - We wonât approve the character nomination Morwen's Cats (Enchanted Forest) as they are all individually named. Nominators, could you please each choose a cat? (Scorn has already been nominated.) Please
link your nominations page when you reply.
MAIJO Otaro - Works - We donât approve fandoms consisting of all of a creatorâs works, and the nominated characters appear to come from at least 2 novels. Nominator, could you pick one of MaijĆâs works to nominate, along with the associated characters? Please
link your nominations page when you reply.
怹äžă ăăżă«ă| Muchuu sa Kimi ni (Manga) - We also have a nomination for the Anime; the nominator of that fandom says they have not read the manga but
believes these could be combined if needed. Does the Manga nominator have a preference? Please
link your nominations page when you reply. ETA: sorry, we have 3 manga nominators and have heard from 2, so it would be great to hear from the third!
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Nominator, please email us (see contact information in the footer).
Nescafe Advertisment - While this is a canonical fandom on AO3, itâs under review to be renamed, so weâll approve this as Nescafe "Arctica" | "Polar Explorers" Advertisments (Russia) which is the likely new name. However, weâd like more information on the characters. Weâre not sure which of the men is âFirst Polarâ and which is âSecond Polarâ; some works in the fandom use Ivanov and Petrov. Also, we havenât seen a polar bear in the 3 ads weâve found - can you link us to the one that has the polar bear, please?
èæŽ | The Old Miao Myth (TV) - Nominator, for the character Jin Bong, are you looking for Chin Pong? Weâve checked several sources and want to confirm whether this is a romanization issue or something else.
Outcast (Video Game series) - this has been nominated with character 'Any' and no other characters. If you mean you are interested in any characters, we will approve this without characters, but we wanted to check just in case there is a character actually named Any. Please
link your nominations page when you reply.
Phantom of the Paradise (1974) - Nominator, please email us (see contact information in the footer).
Prophet - Sin Blaché & Helen Macdonald - could we please get more information about 'Prophet' as a character (aside from being the title)?
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025) - Nominator, please email us (see contact information in the footer)
Tennis RPF - We have separate nominations for 2020's Men's Tennis RPF (characters: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz, Terence Atmane) and 2025 Grand Slam Season (Tennis) RPF (characters: Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner) - may we combine these under the former fandom name? Please
link your nominations page when you reply.
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Tuesday Pinch Hit â Names [DW]
Sep. 30th, 2025 03:39 pmToday's theme is names. Names of people, places, and things. Nicknames, pet names. Code names, aliases. Pseudonyms, noms de plume, stage names. Maiden names, deadnames. Forgotten names, mistaken names. Scientific names. Names passed down over generations. Names to run away from really fast. (That about covers it, right?) Terms of endearment and professional titles/ranks could count toward this theme, besides proper nouns.
Feel free to add specifics to your prompts, like whether you'd prefer a gen fill over something shippy, or if you have a squick or trigger you hope to avoid. Original fiction, fanfiction, and fanfic crossovers are always welcome. ~_^
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesnât have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get things started...
+ author's choice, any (+/ any), memories evoked by the name of their first car
+ Leverage and/or Leverage: Redemption, Alec Hardison + Lucille the van + any, anything involving B.B. King's guitar Lucille
+ The Bear, any + any, someone earns a new nickname
(as if there weren't enough flying around already)We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2025 collection. See further notes on this option here.
Not feeling any of todayâs prompts? Try the community archives (here on LJ or here on DW), where you can find themed and Free For All posts, as well as Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests.
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