Please see below the FAQ and Rules for our RDR Valentine Fanfic Exchange. If you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to send us an ask!
1. What is the Valentine Exchange?
A gift-exchange with fluff and romance at its heart (platonic love counts too!) Everyone who signs up gets a Valentine to write a gift-fic for. Information about what kind of fic your Valentine would like to receive is collected during the sign-up, and you will receive this to help you write the perfect fic for your Valentine.
2. Is this strictly an RDR themed event?
Yes. While we allow OCs or Character x Reader fics, it must feature characters from RDR1 and/or RDR2.
3. How long is the exchange? This event is much shorter and smaller than our main exchange event (The RDRSecret Winter Exchange), so the sign-up, creation period, and gift reveal only last 20 days in total. 4. What are the fic requirements? Length:
Fics are expected to be between 800 - 1,500 words long. Going a little over the 1,500 is fine, but all fics should hit the minimum.
Standalone:
Fics should be independent one-shots that are not a part of, nor rely upon knowledge of, an existing fanfiction or establish ‘verse.
Tailored:
Fics should be tailored to your Valentine’s wishes to a reasonable extent. Some may request their writer take more liberty and creative freedom, some may have very specific requests in mind.
5. Is this a Secret/Anonymous Valentine?
While we do prefer to keep Valentine’s anonymous until the gift reveal, we are not pushing this as an anonymous event, so this will be left to the participants’ discretion if they wish their Valentine to remain secret or not.
6. Who can participate?
The event is open to everyone as long as you have not warranted removal from a previous event.
7. How do you choose gift-givers and recipients?
We pair up gift-givers and gift-recipients based on the information we receive via the application form. This includes information such as character/ship requests, content ratings, DNWs, and any interests that align.
8. What’s a DNW?
A Do Not Want is something that you or your gift-recipient does not want featured in the gifted piece in any way; the gift-giver is expected to respect the DNWs of the gift-receiver no matter what. Misuse of or ignoring DNWs will result in a ban from future participation in our events.
9. How do I participate in the Exchange?
A valid email is required to sign-up and partake in the event, but this information is only available to the event moderators and will only be used to confirm your participation and to share your gift-recipients preferred contact and gift information. We do this via email as tumblr’s messaging system is not suited for mass individual communication and event organisation. You will be required to fill out a google form which will request information for the gift you’d like to receive and what kind of gift you’re comfortable creating. This will include information such as desired prompts, general likes, characters / pairings, DNWs, etc. This helps us match you with a gift-giver/recipient.
10. I have an additional question, where do I ask?
You can message the moderator on Tumblr @rdrevents, contact us on twitter @rdrevents_ or email the moderators at [email protected]
By joining the event, you are agreeing to adhere to the pairing requirement and respect the Do-Not-Wants of their gift-recipient. Failure to do so will result in permanent exclusion from future events.
We do not accept works featuring or glorifying underage characters in sexual, explicit, or NSFW situations of any kind.
We accept adult and dark/heavy themes as long as they are appropriately tagged.However, to keep inline with the theme of this event we do not expect any dark and/or heavy themes to be the main focus of the story.
All conflicts that cannot be solved between involved parties should be brought to the moderators attention.
Moderators have the power to remove any person from the event should the party in question violate these rules or values.
Minors (Under 18s) cannot request (sexual) NSFW content and likewise cannot produce (sexual) NSFW. Anyone found lying about their age to receive such content will be banned from all future events.










