Rare Pair Exchange

Hey Pears! Creators have been revealed! With that, our second round ends. :)

Thank you to everyone for participating and helping make this exchange a success! We finished with over 350 works in 233 fandoms!

• Please remember that commenting is mandatory in this exchange. You must comment on your gifts before the start of the round next year (dates TBD) to be eligible to sign up for 2025's round. Please comment on all of your gifts.


• The collection will remain open indefinitely so you're welcome to post late treats. (Please make sure they have a recipient.)


• If you have any questions/comments, please feel free to comment on this post (anon is on, screening isn't) or reach out via email at [email protected]


• Please feel free to share your feedback about your experience on this post (keeping in mind that this is our second year of running the Rare Pair Exchange—there's been a few iterations of this theme over the years!). We most likely will not reply to comments, but please be assured we are noting down feedback to consider for next year's round. You're welcome to email your feedback to us at [email protected] if you'd prefer to keep it private.

Thank you for a great round! See you next year. :)

We have one post-reveals pinch hit needed ASAP. There's no need to claim it; please post it as if it were a treat for the recipient (go to the collection, click "Post to Collection", and fill in the recipient's name in the "Gift this work to" field). Thank you kindly!

The minimum requirements are either a 1,000 word fic or a piece of clean lineart on unlined paper.

CLAIMED! ( PH #63 (fic, art): DCU (Comics), Dead Boy Detectives (TV), Dimension 20 (Web Series) )

Thank you to our pinch hitter!

All assignments are in! We are planning to open the collection on August 4th, 11:59PM EDT. [ Countdown ] [ In your timezone ]

Thank you to our amazing pinch hitters! We appreciate everyone's patience and support and hope you are looking forward to reveals as much as we are. :)

We will be delaying work reveals by another week to ensure we have enough time to get everyone a gift. The new reveal date will be August 3rd, 11:59PM EDT. If we need to delay again, we will inform you as we get closer to the date.

We currently have five pinch hits. They will be due on August 1st, 11:59PM EDT. [ Countdown ] | In Your Timezone ]

To claim a pinch hit, reply to this post (comments are screened) or email [email protected] with your AO3 username and the pinch hit number you'd like to claim. While anon comments are on, please remember that you won't be able to see our reply.

We're only allowing one pinch hit per person, but once you submit your assignment, you're welcome to come back and claim another.

If you have an existing pinch hit, your due date has not changed, but you are welcome to reach out and ask for an extension if needed.

If you are a pinch hitter who hasn't signed up for the exchange or you want to treat a pinch hitter, we have a post up for Pinch Hitter's Prompts.

CLAIMED! ( Pinch Hit #13 (fic, art): 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, 曇天に笑う | Donten ni Warau | Laughing Under the Clouds (Anime & Manga), 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic )

CLAIMED! ( Pinch Hit #22 (fic): Dangan Ronpa Series, Life is Strange 2 (Video Game), The Quarry (Video Game), Farseer Trilogy - Robin Hobb, Crossover Fandom (Life is Strange: True Colors/Tell Me Why) )

CLAIMED! ( Pinch Hit #45 (fic, art): DCU (Comics), 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga), Digimon Adventure Zero Two | Digimon Adventure 02, Soul Eater (Anime & Manga), Crossover Fandom (ErHa/SVSSS, MDZS/SVSSS, Narnia - Lewis/S&B TV, MK/MDZS, YYH/MDZS, Bungou Stray Dogs/Jujutsu Kaisen, MDZS/Faraway Wanderers, The Untamed/Word of Honor, MHA/Sk8 the Infinity), Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler, Check Please! (Webcomic), トーマの心臓 | Thomas no Shinzou | The Heart of Thomas, Kaze to Ki no Uta | Song of Wind and Trees, Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan )

CLAIMED! ( Pinch Hit #59 (fic): Doki Doki Literature Club! (Visual Novel), Disco Elysium (Video Game), The Magnus Archives (Podcast), Slay the Princess (Visual Novel) )

CLAIMED! ( Pinch Hit #62 (fic): Da uomo a uomo | Death Rides a Horse (1967), The Terror (TV 2018), Polar Explorer RPF, Original Work )

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The deadline for assignments has passed!

What happens next?
We'll be working our way through approving assignments and defaulting participants who haven't requested an extension or submitted a completed work. After this, we'll be posting our post-deadline pinch hits for claiming. We expect this all to happen in the next 24 hours.

Please make sure your work is not in draft. If it is, we will consider you as defaulted.

If you have changed your username since assignments went out and haven't informed us, please do so as soon as possible via [email protected]

But I don't have a gift!
There are plenty of people who currently have extensions. However, you're welcome to reach out to us via [email protected] to confirm.

There's an issue…
For any questions or concerns, please reach out to the mods at [email protected] as soon as possible.

Phew. I made the deadline!
Sit back and relax (and edit!) or…

• We also have a Pinch Hitter's Prompts Post that our pinch hitters who aren't signed up to the exchange are welcome to post prompts for potential treats.



• We highly encourage participants to create treats! The more rare pairs, the better! You can use the AO3 app to find the fandoms and ships that have been requested for this round.

Stay tuned for our post-deadline pinch hits!

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We couldn't run our exchange without the help of our pinch hitters! If you're a pinch hitter who is not signed up to participate in our 2024 round who would like to put yourself forward for a gift, please drop yourself on this post with your requests!

You can peruse the tagset and select fandoms and pairings that have been accepted for this round.

You can also request fandoms/ships that were not nominated, as long as they meet the eligibility requirements. [ Edited 14 July EDT. ]

Treats for pinch hitters do not need to meet our minimum requirements, but need to be a completed gift. [ Edited 14 July EDT. ]

You can find our full guidelines in our rules post.

Prompts or links to letters (past or one specifically for RPE) are optional but can be a nice inspiration.

Please make sure to list any DNWs in your comment.

We have a suggested format on how to drop your request(s):

AO3 username:
Fandom:
Medium: (Art, fic, or both.)
Ships:
Likes:
Do Not Wants:
Prompts: (If you have any—we strongly recommend leaving a few prompts, whether they're word prompts or generic ideas you'd like.)
Letter Link: (If you have one.)

You can repeat it as many times as you like, but please try to stick to one comment!

<strong>AO3 username:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <strong>Medium:</strong> <strong>Ships:</strong> <strong>Likes:</strong> <strong>Do Not Wants:</strong> <strong>Prompts:</strong> <strong>Letter Link:</strong>

Please do not reveal who you are pinch hitting for in your comment! We will screen these comments until they've been corrected.

Anon comments are allowed on this post for those who do not have or want to post with a Dreamwidth account.

We do not guarantee gifts for pinch hitters. Thank you again for your support and we hope that you have a good time participating!

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