Over 600 years across dark space, explorers wake up in their new home...
You've signed up for the Initiative. You've slept for hundreds of years. Andromeda is beautiful and nothing like you expected. Are you the new Pathfinder trying to find a home for hundreds of sleeping explorers? Are you a member of a crew? A pirate? An exile? An alien? What's your story?
Welcome to Across Dark Space: A Mass Effect Andromeda Gift Exchange. This is an exchange, run through AO3, that celebrates Mass Effect Andromeda and its numerous worlds both explored and unexplored. Any group or pairing can be nominated as long as it contains a character from Mass Effect Andromeda. This exchange is open to ANYONE who wishes to participate and can draw or write ONE piece by the deadline. We will also be trying out nominations for singular characters this year, but they can only be characters from Mass Effect Andromeda!
Be sure to follow this page for announcements as we get closer to nominations and sign-ups. We also have a Discord for anyone who would like to join!
Reminder that assignments are due Sunday 1/29/23 by 11:59pm EST! If you need an extension please reach out to me and let me know. If you need to default, please reach out and let me know ASAP! The collection will not open unless everyone has a gift.
Also, if you default, you cannot participate in another exchange that I run (Fornax and ADS) unless you make up your defaulted assignment. You will have to add either a minimum 1k word fic or an artwork that follows the exchange’s standards to the collection. It doesn’t have to be gifted to your original recipient.
Sign ups for the Spectre Requisitions exchange are now open and you may sign up from January 27th to February 11th. You must fill out at least three unique requests and three unique offers. (Requests and offers do not necessarily have to be the same!).
NEW THIS YEAR!
Treats will be considered OPT-IN. You will need to enable treats on Ao3, AND include your preferences for treats in each request. If you do NOT specify treat preferences, we will assume you do not want to receive any treats!
You can use the following template to state your treat preferences: Open to Treats: Yes / No
Open to Treat types: Fanart, Fanfiction
Open to Multi-recip treats: Yes / No
If you are open to all types of treats, you can simply say "Treats welcome!"
We have added a RATINGS box to sign-ups! The box is not mandatory and non-binding but will help with determining who is or is not interested in smut. If you are open to creating or receiving smut, SELECT the "Explicit" option for that offer/request. Please note that this is NOT a guarantee that you will be matched, in either direction, with someone who has opted in to smut; and even if you do match in that manner, you're not obligated to create smut (nor are they obligated to create smut for you).
How do you enable treats? Go to “My Dashboard” on your Ao3 account, select “Preferences” from the sidebar, scroll down to “Collections, Challenges and Gifts,” and make sure that the “Allow Anyone to Gift Me Works” box is checked.
NOW THAT SAID: SIGN UP! SIGN UP! SIGN-UP! CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP!
You can go back and edit your Sign Up Form up until February 11th, 8:00PM EST. (Countdown here!)
How Do I Sign Up? Instructions beneath the cut:
1) Go to the Sign Up Form at AO3.
2) Start writing in the name of your favorite character/pairing from the nominations. Don’t forget to check the spreadsheet if you need inspiration!
3) The box should start to autofill your pairing as you type (if it doesn’t, that is a known Ao3 bug, and if you type it exactly as it is in the tagset, it will accept it). Select your pairing of choice. You can choose two pairings per request, and may have ten requests total.
The two requests do not need to be related; it is simply a way to try to get around the Ao3 restriction of only having 10 sign-up boxes.
4) Decide whether you would like to potentially receive fanart or fanfic, or both. Check the applicable box(es).
5) The RATINGS box on each request indicates whether or not you are open to receiving smut. The box is not mandatory and non-binding but will help with determining who is or is not interested in smut. Please CHECK the "Explicit" box if you want to receive smut; and leave it unchecked if you do not want to receive smut.
6) In the "Description" box, you MUST include:
-Any Do Not Wants (DNWs) for the requested relationship(s). We cannot enforce DNWs that are not contained in your Ao3 signup.
-Whether you are opting in to treats or not. If you are opting in, you must say which kind of treats you are open to receiving. If you do NOT specify treat preferences, we will assume you do not want to receive any treats!
You can use the following template to state your treat preferences:
Open to Treats: Yes / No
Open to Treat types: Fanart, Fanfiction
Open to Multi-recip treats: Yes / No
If you are open to all types of treats, you can simply say "Treats welcome!"
You MAY include:
-Prompts, general likes/dislikes -- this is used to help your assigned creator know what sort of gift you would most like to receive!
7) Repeat between 3-10 times, as you like!
8) You may write a letter that goes more in-depth and post it to your tumblr, dreamwidth, public google doc, or another platform, and then fill in the URL in the letter box.
9) Fill out your offers. You must fill out at least three unique pairings you would be okay with writing and can choose one or two pairings to fill in per request.
10) The ratings box on each offer indicates whether or not you are open to receiving smut. The box is not mandatory and non-binding but will help with determining who is or is not interested in smut. Please CHECK the "Explicit" box if you want to create smut; and leave it unchecked if you do not want to create smut.
A BIG WARNING ABOUT USING ‘ANY PAIRINGS’: You may choose to offer ANY, but this means you could be matched to ANYONE who has signed up for the archive. Exchange participants beware of this, do NOT pick Any Pairings if you are not up for a challenge!
The only limits we will allow on "any" requests by are the following parameters:
the category of relationship, eg Gen, F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi, or Other: you will get a sign up with at least one request of the chosen category. Can be combined with setting.
the game setting: at least one request will be set in Trilogy or Andromeda, depending or your pick; this can be combined with the above, e.g. "Any trilogy Multi" or "Any Andromeda F/F"
ANY Protagonist Shepard pairing: At least one pairing will feature a Commander Shepard (this restriction will not match Hannah Shepard or Clone Shepard.) You may combine this with a relationship category, e.g., "any Female Shepard F/F".
ANY Protagonist Ryder pairing: You will be matched with a sign up featuring at least one sign-up with a Ryder character (this request will not match Alec Ryder or Ellen Ryder requests). You may combine this with a relationship category, e.g., "any Male Ryder M/M".
No other limits may be selected so chose this CAREFULLY.
11) In the notes, please include any notes for the mods that might help the mods in matching you. For example: "I won't write varren fighting" or "Please do not match me to Councilor Udina". These notes are confidential between the mods and you, and are not shared with your match (or anyone else). You don't have to give reasons; just letting us know what your boundaries are is enough for us to hopefully better match you, and we don't share any information given with other people.
12) Click submit! And welcome to the Mass Effect Spectre Requisitions Rare Pair Exchange!
Reminder that assignments are due Sunday 1/29/23 by 11:59pm EST! If you need an extension please reach out to me and let me know. If you need to default, please reach out and let me know ASAP! The collection will not open unless everyone has a gift.
Also, if you default, you cannot participate in another exchange that I run (Fornax and ADS) unless you make up your defaulted assignment. You will have to add either a minimum 1k word fic or an artwork that follows the exchange's standards to the collection. It doesn't have to be gifted to your original recipient.
THE SPECTRE REQUISITIONS RARE PAIR EXCHANGE RETURNS FOR 2023
Are you a rare pair shipper? Do you love those pairings that canon never supplied? Or maybe you’re just good ol’ shipping trash who loves to ship almost EVERYONE in the Mass Effect universe? Then boy do we have good news for you!
The Spectre Requisitions Rare Pair Exchange is here! We’re a rare pair fanart and fanfiction exchange that’s open for the Mass Effect Trilogy and Mass Effect Andromeda. Whether you started with the original Mass Effect or got into the series through Andromeda or the remaster; whether you favor gen and platonic or threesomes and moresomes -- we want you to join us! Mark the dates on your calendar and get those thinking caps on for nominations!
If you’re not already in the Discord, come join us! It’s open year-round for all your rare pair needs.
2023 SCHEDULE
Nominations begin: January 19
Nominations end: January 26
Signup begins: January 27
Signup ends: February 11
Assignments: February 14 (at latest)
Assignments due: March 26
Assignment reveal: April 2
Creator reveal: April 9
Watch this space for a guide to nominations! We can't wait to see what rare relationship goodness you come up with this year!
Vetra Nyx/Female Ryder:
I love Vetra with all of my heart and would be happy with absolutely anything for these two. <3 Sweet fluff with zero plot, adventures, hurt/comfort, smut, absolutely anything you desire to write! Happy with any rating!
Some more specific ideas:
-trapped together (an elevator, a cave, in the nomad in a ditch!)
-thunderstorms
-cuddling. Absolutely anything that results in them snuggling.
-helping the other sleep or cope with nightmares or stress
-everyone else knows that they’re in love, but they’re oblivious
-species/cultural differences
-caretaking <3 They both deserve it.
-Ryder is a terrible driver and Vetra has had enough
-kink exploration
Sid & Vetra & Female Ryder:
I would love a little family day scenario with romanced Vetra/Ryder. Maybe sharing a meal, celebrating a holiday, or Sid comes along on a mission (invited or as a stowaway)! I'd love to see whatever you imagine.
Sid & Female Ryder:
I would especially love a scenario with background Vetryder where Ryder comes to Sid for help planning a surprise for Vetra, solving a problem, finding new ways to tease her, etc. Or the other way around, with Sid planning a party, wanting help talking to Vetra, etc. Could also be platonic background Vetra & Ryder if that's what you prefer!
Request 2: Suvi Anwar/Female Ryder Suvi Anwar/Vetra Nyx Female Ryder/Vetra Nyx/Suvi Anwar Fanfiction
I love everything about Suvi <3 For any of these pairings, I would be delighted by a science expedition or experiments! (You do not have to use accurate real life science facts. Invent whatever you need to!) Happy with any rating!
Prompt ideas:
-a mission gone wrong
-a mission gone right!
-first dates
-really bad flirting
-moving in together
-competitions, games, or bets
-adopting a pet (bonus points if it's something that really shouldn't be kept as a pet)
-Vetra is canonically attracted to Suvi's voice, and I love a Ryder who's attracted to Vetra's
A polycule that likes to cause (or solve!) problems on purpose <3 Happy with any rating!
Some specific prompts:
-baling someone(s) out of jail (or a jailbreak!)
-science or robotics experiments gone wrong
-competitions/bets
-adopting a pet (bonus points if it's something that really shouldn't be kept as a pet)
-species/cultural differences
-gift giving
-collections
Treats are additional gifts you can do for users that you are not assigned to. Treats do not have to meet the minimum art/word requirements, but they must still adhere to the giftee’s DNWs. If someone has received a treat, their name is removed from the spreadsheet. Ideally, it would be nice if everyone received at least one treat, but they are completely optional.
If you have any questions about treats, please ask or DM me here or on Discord!
Hey! You don’t have to answer this publicly, but I was wondering if/when we will be able to see the requests submitted to plan potential treats? Ty in advance!
There's the requests summary in the collection that shows everyone's requests. I'll be throwing everyone's names into the treatless spreadsheet to keep track of who's had treats. I'm trying to get the ao3 database app to work and if I can, I'll be posting the link to that
If you are interested in signing up for the exchange, follow these three simple steps:
Go to the Sign Up form on AO3 (you will need to be logged into AO3, if you need an AO3 account please message us here)
Fill it out (detailed instructions below). Please put at least one relationship in each of the three fields, but you may put three relationships in each field and add more boxes to give 10 request boxes and 30 relationships (from the tag set).
You may choose Any as your offer. Any really does mean any pair/group
Sign-ups end on December 11 11:59 US EST. Matches will be received no later than December 13 US EST
How to Sign Up
The Request Boxes
Upon opening the form you will have three boxes. You may, at the bottom of the request section, add more boxes (up to 10). You may put three relationships in each box, up to a grand total of 30 relationships. You must request and offer at least three relationships, at least one in each or the first three boxes. Your gift-giver will pick one of these relationships to create content for.
Relationships: Please put at least one relationship in each box and up to three. AO3 will suggest approved pairing in the tag set. If your pairing does NOT autofill - this is a known AO3 bug. Please enter your relationship as it appears in the tag set.
Characters: You can additionally or alternatively nominate singular characters. When you nominate a single character, you are accepting that you may receive a gift featuring only this character. If you have relationships you don’t mind seeing the character in, you may list them in the description box or in your letter, but there is not guarantee you will see that character in a pairing
Additional Tags: Please choose whether you wish to receive fanfiction, fanart, or both by checking the boxes.
Prompt URL: You may link to a letter or document on Tumblr, Google Docs, Dreamwidth, or anywhere that goes into detail about what you’d like to see or gives extra information about any OCs you’d like to see in the work. This is not required.
Description: Anything that is VITALLY important for your request needs to go in this box because this is the only portion the moderators can guarantee your match can access. Please include general likes and dislikes and Do Not Wants (DNWs). The DNWs MUST be listed, they are the only thing your match is asked to follow to the letter. If you have any ideas for the pairing or prompts, please feel free to put them in this box as well. Prompts are optional and may or may not be followed. Please do not kink-shame or state you have a preference for one pairing above the others.
The Offer Boxes
Upon opening the form you will have three boxes. You may, at the bottom of the request section, add more up to ten. You may put three relationships in each box, up to a grand total of 30. You must request and offer at least three relationships. These are the relationships you are offering to create content for.
Relationships: Please put at least one relationship in each box and up to three. AO3 will suggest approved pairing in the tag set. If your pairing does NOT autofill - this is a known AO3 bug. Please enter your relationship as it appears in the tag set. You may also choose to offer for ANY relationship in the tag set. Any means any relationship, but you may specify which content you will not create.
Additional Tags: Please choose whether you can create fanfiction, fanart, or both.
Comments for Mods: Please use this to inform the moderators of anything you deem relevant for matching and if there is a participant you do not want matched to. This field is confidential and will only be seen by the moderators.
Your assignment will include at least one match between your offer and the other person’s request, but you may not match on all of them. You are also not beholden to complete the request you matched on, although you must complete at least one of the requests.
IE: You offered Female Ryder/Jaal Ama Darav, but see the participant also requested Male Ryder/Evfra de Tershaav and decide to do that one instead even if you did not offer it. You are encouraged to incorporate the prompts/likes if possible, but you MUST respect the DNWs listed.
AN EXAMPLE SIGN UP AND EXAMPLE OFFER ARE BELOW THE CUT IF YOU NEED TO SEE THEM.
Normally sign ups would close tonight but since I had to briefly close them earlier this week to fix an issue, I’m leaving sign ups open until Noon on Monday, December 12 (EST time)
If you are interested in signing up for the exchange, follow these three simple steps:
Go to the Sign Up form on AO3 (you will need to be logged into AO3, if you need an AO3 account please message us here)
Fill it out (detailed instructions below). Please put at least one relationship in each of the three fields, but you may put three relationships in each field and add more boxes to give 10 request boxes and 30 relationships (from the tag set).
You may choose Any as your offer. Any really does mean any pair/group
Sign-ups end on December 11 11:59 US EST. Matches will be received no later than December 13 US EST
How to Sign Up
The Request Boxes
Upon opening the form you will have three boxes. You may, at the bottom of the request section, add more boxes (up to 10). You may put three relationships in each box, up to a grand total of 30 relationships. You must request and offer at least three relationships, at least one in each or the first three boxes. Your gift-giver will pick one of these relationships to create content for.
Relationships: Please put at least one relationship in each box and up to three. AO3 will suggest approved pairing in the tag set. If your pairing does NOT autofill - this is a known AO3 bug. Please enter your relationship as it appears in the tag set.
Characters: You can additionally or alternatively nominate singular characters. When you nominate a single character, you are accepting that you may receive a gift featuring only this character. If you have relationships you don’t mind seeing the character in, you may list them in the description box or in your letter, but there is not guarantee you will see that character in a pairing
Additional Tags: Please choose whether you wish to receive fanfiction, fanart, or both by checking the boxes.
Prompt URL: You may link to a letter or document on Tumblr, Google Docs, Dreamwidth, or anywhere that goes into detail about what you’d like to see or gives extra information about any OCs you’d like to see in the work. This is not required.
Description: Anything that is VITALLY important for your request needs to go in this box because this is the only portion the moderators can guarantee your match can access. Please include general likes and dislikes and Do Not Wants (DNWs). The DNWs MUST be listed, they are the only thing your match is asked to follow to the letter. If you have any ideas for the pairing or prompts, please feel free to put them in this box as well. Prompts are optional and may or may not be followed. Please do not kink-shame or state you have a preference for one pairing above the others.
The Offer Boxes
Upon opening the form you will have three boxes. You may, at the bottom of the request section, add more up to ten. You may put three relationships in each box, up to a grand total of 30. You must request and offer at least three relationships. These are the relationships you are offering to create content for.
Relationships: Please put at least one relationship in each box and up to three. AO3 will suggest approved pairing in the tag set. If your pairing does NOT autofill - this is a known AO3 bug. Please enter your relationship as it appears in the tag set. You may also choose to offer for ANY relationship in the tag set. Any means any relationship, but you may specify which content you will not create.
Additional Tags: Please choose whether you can create fanfiction, fanart, or both.
Comments for Mods: Please use this to inform the moderators of anything you deem relevant for matching and if there is a participant you do not want matched to. This field is confidential and will only be seen by the moderators.
Your assignment will include at least one match between your offer and the other person’s request, but you may not match on all of them. You are also not beholden to complete the request you matched on, although you must complete at least one of the requests.
IE: You offered Female Ryder/Jaal Ama Darav, but see the participant also requested Male Ryder/Evfra de Tershaav and decide to do that one instead even if you did not offer it. You are encouraged to incorporate the prompts/likes if possible, but you MUST respect the DNWs listed.
AN EXAMPLE SIGN UP AND EXAMPLE OFFER ARE BELOW THE CUT IF YOU NEED TO SEE THEM.
Normally sign ups would close tonight but since I had to briefly close them earlier this week to fix an issue, I’m leaving sign ups open until Noon on Monday, December 12 (EST time)
Hi! I was going to sign up for the exchange, and I'm one of those people who like to offer "any", but there's no box to do this even though it says in the rules that you can? Putting "any" into the field doesn't work either. Can you have a look, or let me know if I need to choose pairings after all? Thanks!!
Hi! Thank you for letting me know. Unfortunately, the long and short of it is, I messed up. I can't change challenge settings since there are already sign ups, but I'm trying to find a workaround if there is one. For now, I'm going to close sign ups until I figure out if I can fix it or not. I will be extending sign ups because of this. Sorry!!
If you are interested in signing up for the exchange, follow these three simple steps:
Go to the Sign Up form on AO3 (you will need to be logged into AO3, if you need an AO3 account please message us here)
Fill it out (detailed instructions below). Please put at least one relationship in each of the three fields, but you may put three relationships in each field and add more boxes to give 10 request boxes and 30 relationships (from the tag set).
You may choose Any as your offer. Any really does mean any pair/group
Sign-ups end on December 11 11:59 US EST. Matches will be received no later than December 13 US EST
How to Sign Up
The Request Boxes
Upon opening the form you will have three boxes. You may, at the bottom of the request section, add more boxes (up to 10). You may put three relationships in each box, up to a grand total of 30 relationships. You must request and offer at least three relationships, at least one in each or the first three boxes. Your gift-giver will pick one of these relationships to create content for.
Relationships: Please put at least one relationship in each box and up to three. AO3 will suggest approved pairing in the tag set. If your pairing does NOT autofill - this is a known AO3 bug. Please enter your relationship as it appears in the tag set.
Characters: You can additionally or alternatively nominate singular characters. When you nominate a single character, you are accepting that you may receive a gift featuring only this character. If you have relationships you don’t mind seeing the character in, you may list them in the description box or in your letter, but there is not guarantee you will see that character in a pairing
Additional Tags: Please choose whether you wish to receive fanfiction, fanart, or both by checking the boxes.
Prompt URL: You may link to a letter or document on Tumblr, Google Docs, Dreamwidth, or anywhere that goes into detail about what you’d like to see or gives extra information about any OCs you’d like to see in the work. This is not required.
Description: Anything that is VITALLY important for your request needs to go in this box because this is the only portion the moderators can guarantee your match can access. Please include general likes and dislikes and Do Not Wants (DNWs). The DNWs MUST be listed, they are the only thing your match is asked to follow to the letter. If you have any ideas for the pairing or prompts, please feel free to put them in this box as well. Prompts are optional and may or may not be followed. Please do not kink-shame or state you have a preference for one pairing above the others.
The Offer Boxes
Upon opening the form you will have three boxes. You may, at the bottom of the request section, add more up to ten. You may put three relationships in each box, up to a grand total of 30. You must request and offer at least three relationships. These are the relationships you are offering to create content for.
Relationships: Please put at least one relationship in each box and up to three. AO3 will suggest approved pairing in the tag set. If your pairing does NOT autofill - this is a known AO3 bug. Please enter your relationship as it appears in the tag set. You may also choose to offer for ANY relationship in the tag set. Any means any relationship, but you may specify which content you will not create.
Additional Tags: Please choose whether you can create fanfiction, fanart, or both.
Comments for Mods: Please use this to inform the moderators of anything you deem relevant for matching and if there is a participant you do not want matched to. This field is confidential and will only be seen by the moderators.
Your assignment will include at least one match between your offer and the other person’s request, but you may not match on all of them. You are also not beholden to complete the request you matched on, although you must complete at least one of the requests.
IE: You offered Female Ryder/Jaal Ama Darav, but see the participant also requested Male Ryder/Evfra de Tershaav and decide to do that one instead even if you did not offer it. You are encouraged to incorporate the prompts/likes if possible, but you MUST respect the DNWs listed.
AN EXAMPLE SIGN UP AND EXAMPLE OFFER ARE BELOW THE CUT IF YOU NEED TO SEE THEM.
If you are interested in signing up for the exchange, follow these three simple steps:
Go to the Sign Up form on AO3 (you will need to be logged into AO3, if you need an AO3 account please message us here)
Fill it out (detailed instructions below). Please put at least one relationship in each of the three fields, but you may put three relationships in each field and add more boxes to give 10 request boxes and 30 relationships (from the tag set).
You may choose Any as your offer. Any really does mean any pair/group
Sign-ups end on December 11 11:59 US EST. Matches will be received no later than December 13 US EST
How to Sign Up
The Request Boxes
Upon opening the form you will have three boxes. You may, at the bottom of the request section, add more boxes (up to 10). You may put three relationships in each box, up to a grand total of 30 relationships. You must request and offer at least three relationships, at least one in each or the first three boxes. Your gift-giver will pick one of these relationships to create content for.
Relationships: Please put at least one relationship in each box and up to three. AO3 will suggest approved pairing in the tag set. If your pairing does NOT autofill - this is a known AO3 bug. Please enter your relationship as it appears in the tag set.
Characters: You can additionally or alternatively nominate singular characters. When you nominate a single character, you are accepting that you may receive a gift featuring only this character. If you have relationships you don’t mind seeing the character in, you may list them in the description box or in your letter, but there is not guarantee you will see that character in a pairing
Additional Tags: Please choose whether you wish to receive fanfiction, fanart, or both by checking the boxes.
Prompt URL: You may link to a letter or document on Tumblr, Google Docs, Dreamwidth, or anywhere that goes into detail about what you’d like to see or gives extra information about any OCs you’d like to see in the work. This is not required.
Description: Anything that is VITALLY important for your request needs to go in this box because this is the only portion the moderators can guarantee your match can access. Please include general likes and dislikes and Do Not Wants (DNWs). The DNWs MUST be listed, they are the only thing your match is asked to follow to the letter. If you have any ideas for the pairing or prompts, please feel free to put them in this box as well. Prompts are optional and may or may not be followed. Please do not kink-shame or state you have a preference for one pairing above the others.
The Offer Boxes
Upon opening the form you will have three boxes. You may, at the bottom of the request section, add more up to ten. You may put three relationships in each box, up to a grand total of 30. You must request and offer at least three relationships. These are the relationships you are offering to create content for.
Relationships: Please put at least one relationship in each box and up to three. AO3 will suggest approved pairing in the tag set. If your pairing does NOT autofill - this is a known AO3 bug. Please enter your relationship as it appears in the tag set. You may also choose to offer for ANY relationship in the tag set. Any means any relationship, but you may specify which content you will not create.
Additional Tags: Please choose whether you can create fanfiction, fanart, or both.
Comments for Mods: Please use this to inform the moderators of anything you deem relevant for matching and if there is a participant you do not want matched to. This field is confidential and will only be seen by the moderators.
Your assignment will include at least one match between your offer and the other person’s request, but you may not match on all of them. You are also not beholden to complete the request you matched on, although you must complete at least one of the requests.
IE: You offered Female Ryder/Jaal Ama Darav, but see the participant also requested Male Ryder/Evfra de Tershaav and decide to do that one instead even if you did not offer it. You are encouraged to incorporate the prompts/likes if possible, but you MUST respect the DNWs listed.
AN EXAMPLE SIGN UP AND EXAMPLE OFFER ARE BELOW THE CUT IF YOU NEED TO SEE THEM.
You can nominate up to 20 different characters and/or pairings. The moderators will go through the pairings to check that each contains at least one MEA character from the Mass Effect Andromeda fandom. Any nomination that does not contain at least one MEA character from the Mass Effect Andromeda fandom will be rejected (and if you nominate a single character, they must be a MEA character). Nominations may consist of homosexual, heterosexual, threesomes, moresomes, or platonic requests.
I want to write a ME character/I want to write Shepard in Andromeda:
That’s completely fine. It will be considered a crossover and must contain at least MEA character in the pairing.
How to Nominate:
Go to the Across Dark Space Tagset on AO3 before September 26th at 11:59 US EST. Click nominate (you’ll need to be signed into AO3).
Nominate your favorite pairings/groupings! If your pairing doesn’t autofill, enter it anyway, and the moderators will take care of it on the other side. Please use Mass Effect Andromeda as your Fandom
(Note: when nominating a pairing using a slash “/” means it is a romantic pairing and using “&” means it is a platonic pairing)
When you’re done, hit submit. A moderator will review and accept/reject your pairings/groupings. After your pairings/groupings are submitted and reviewed you will not be able to edit them, but you may submit up to 20.
For the purposes of this challenge, the Mass Effect Andromeda OC Protagonists will be considered different characters based on their gender and surname. This means that there are three options (male, female, and non-binary) for Ryder and any other character. When nominating an OC Protagonist, please keep this in mind and specify which option you want. For example:
Male Ryder/Female Angara or Non-binary Ryder/Jaal Ama Darav instead of Ryder/Angara or Ryder/Jaal Ama Darav
Please do not nominate a custom/individual Qunari OC Protagonist (IE: Maggie Smith/Akksul). When you do your request and pick your pairings you can provide additional details, such as a preferred name or physical description, in your request. Requests are optional - the only part of your request that must be adhered to are the DNWs.
Other original characters are allowed as long as they are “general” characters. For example: “Female Angara”, “Asari Huntress”, or “Kett Chosen” would all be acceptable.
If you would like to participate in the nomination process, but do not have an AO3 account, please reach out to via DM, ask box, or by contacting @wickedwitchofthewilds. We also have a Discord where the moderator can be reached to assist or answer questions or just to talk.
Anyone with an AO3 account can nominate pairings. That does not mean you are required to sign up for the exchange. All pairings can only be nominated once.
If you have questions, ask the moderator.
Tag Set
Nominations Spreadsheet
Nominations Close at 11:59pm US EST on December 4th!
You can nominate up to 20 different characters and/or pairings. The moderators will go through the pairings to check that each contains at least one MEA character from the Mass Effect Andromeda fandom. Any nomination that does not contain at least one MEA character from the Mass Effect Andromeda fandom will be rejected (and if you nominate a single character, they must be a MEA character). Nominations may consist of homosexual, heterosexual, threesomes, moresomes, or platonic requests.
I want to write a ME character/I want to write Shepard in Andromeda:
That’s completely fine. It will be considered a crossover and must contain at least MEA character in the pairing.
How to Nominate:
Go to the Across Dark Space Tagset on AO3 before September 26th at 11:59 US EST. Click nominate (you’ll need to be signed into AO3).
Nominate your favorite pairings/groupings! If your pairing doesn’t autofill, enter it anyway, and the moderators will take care of it on the other side. Please use Mass Effect Andromeda as your Fandom
(Note: when nominating a pairing using a slash “/” means it is a romantic pairing and using “&” means it is a platonic pairing)
When you’re done, hit submit. A moderator will review and accept/reject your pairings/groupings. After your pairings/groupings are submitted and reviewed you will not be able to edit them, but you may submit up to 20.
For the purposes of this challenge, the Mass Effect Andromeda OC Protagonists will be considered different characters based on their gender and surname. This means that there are three options (male, female, and non-binary) for Ryder and any other character. When nominating an OC Protagonist, please keep this in mind and specify which option you want. For example:
Male Ryder/Female Angara or Non-binary Ryder/Jaal Ama Darav instead of Ryder/Angara or Ryder/Jaal Ama Darav
Please do not nominate a custom/individual Qunari OC Protagonist (IE: Maggie Smith/Akksul). When you do your request and pick your pairings you can provide additional details, such as a preferred name or physical description, in your request. Requests are optional - the only part of your request that must be adhered to are the DNWs.
Other original characters are allowed as long as they are “general” characters. For example: “Female Angara”, “Asari Huntress”, or “Kett Chosen” would all be acceptable.
If you would like to participate in the nomination process, but do not have an AO3 account, please reach out to via DM, ask box, or by contacting @wickedwitchofthewilds. We also have a Discord where the moderator can be reached to assist or answer questions or just to talk.
Anyone with an AO3 account can nominate pairings. That does not mean you are required to sign up for the exchange. All pairings can only be nominated once.
If you have questions, ask the moderator.
Tag Set
Nominations Spreadsheet
Nominations Close at 11:59pm US EST on December 4th!
Batch 1 of nominations has been approved. Find them on the spreadsheet here. if there are any errors, please DM me here or on Discord
Rejections:
Female Shepard: Any ME or non-MEA characters must be paired with a MEA character either platonically or romantically to be approved.
Original Female Character & Original Non-Binary Characters: this is too vague for me to approve. If you want to write something that is along the lines of a third Ryder sibling or relative, you can use the existing Female or Non-Binary Ryder tags and when it’s time for sign-ups, specify your character in a separate linked doc or in the description box.
If you’re writing a different kind of OC, it needs to be more specific. Are they an alien species? If they’re human, what do they do in Andromeda? Some examples:
Original Female Asari Character
Original Non-Binary Kett Character
Original Male APEX Character
If you’re not sure how to submit it, just DM and we can figure it out. You can fix and resubmit nominations!
You can nominate up to 20 different characters and/or pairings. The moderators will go through the pairings to check that each contains at least one MEA character from the Mass Effect Andromeda fandom. Any nomination that does not contain at least one MEA character from the Mass Effect Andromeda fandom will be rejected (and if you nominate a single character, they must be a MEA character). Nominations may consist of homosexual, heterosexual, threesomes, moresomes, or platonic requests.
I want to write a ME character/I want to write Shepard in Andromeda:
That’s completely fine. It will be considered a crossover and must contain at least MEA character in the pairing.
How to Nominate:
Go to the Across Dark Space Tagset on AO3 before September 26th at 11:59 US EST. Click nominate (you’ll need to be signed into AO3).
Nominate your favorite pairings/groupings! If your pairing doesn’t autofill, enter it anyway, and the moderators will take care of it on the other side. Please use Mass Effect Andromeda as your Fandom
(Note: when nominating a pairing using a slash “/” means it is a romantic pairing and using “&” means it is a platonic pairing)
When you’re done, hit submit. A moderator will review and accept/reject your pairings/groupings. After your pairings/groupings are submitted and reviewed you will not be able to edit them, but you may submit up to 20.
For the purposes of this challenge, the Mass Effect Andromeda OC Protagonists will be considered different characters based on their gender and surname. This means that there are three options (male, female, and non-binary) for Ryder and any other character. When nominating an OC Protagonist, please keep this in mind and specify which option you want. For example:
Male Ryder/Female Angara or Non-binary Ryder/Jaal Ama Darav instead of Ryder/Angara or Ryder/Jaal Ama Darav
Please do not nominate a custom/individual Qunari OC Protagonist (IE: Maggie Smith/Akksul). When you do your request and pick your pairings you can provide additional details, such as a preferred name or physical description, in your request. Requests are optional - the only part of your request that must be adhered to are the DNWs.
Other original characters are allowed as long as they are “general” characters. For example: “Female Angara”, “Asari Huntress”, or “Kett Chosen” would all be acceptable.
If you would like to participate in the nomination process, but do not have an AO3 account, please reach out to via DM, ask box, or by contacting @wickedwitchofthewilds. We also have a Discord where the moderator can be reached to assist or answer questions or just to talk.
Anyone with an AO3 account can nominate pairings. That does not mean you are required to sign up for the exchange. All pairings can only be nominated once.
If you have questions, ask the moderator.
Tag Set
Nominations Spreadsheet
Nominations Close at 11:59pm US EST on December 4th!
