#polyswap faq

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So... What IS this POLYSWAP stuff anyway? Let's simplify it down for all the newcomers, and the potential newcomers too!

The Homestuck Polyship Swap Event—Polyswap for short—is an Archive Of Our Own [AO3] gift exchange styled a bit like a Secret Santa. Under the cover of anonymity, participants craft poly-focused gifts for each other, all for the joy of revealing who did what at the end of the event!

We moderators here at Polyswap believe that polyships are just the best thing ever, and want to encourage fellow makers of the craft to make more of the stuff we love! Signing up is a guarantee that your polyship appreciations are recognized... and shared by creatives!

This event community keeps the time-honored fandom tradition alive: making what you want to see, transforming canon into something brand new. Some of our greatest exports are fics that change brain chemistry, amazing comics, and so much more!

As Polyswap eagerly nears its tenth anniversary, we are encouraging participants to give us a try, and bring a brand new Homestuck polyship into the spotlight.

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Will operations for this be moving to Ao3 entirely in the wake of Tumblr's... Tumbl?

We don’t have a way to contact people or get word out quite so well from AO3. At the moment, we’re not really planning on going anywhere! We do have a Dreamwidth account and a Twitter account, just in case.

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Who are the mods? :0

OK SO we haven’t made an official post yet but there are five of us in all (some of which are more active in the discord server, some of which are more active on tumblr, some of which mostly help with admin stuff) we are as follows:mod sky (/scy) (thescyfychannel) who is our glorious leader, the founder of the swap, etc. when you see unsigned posts it’s usually them because 90% of the tumblr posts are theirsmod shell (/aux) (auxanges) another one of the losers that keeps forgetting to use their fun & festive nature themed nicknamemod fish (manicpeixesdreamgirl)mod tuna& i am your humble pal mod teddy

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So an offer is like offering to write a fic/draw something for someone right? And then request is requesting.

Thank you for the question!

Request: A set of 2-5 prompts you create, with a minimum of three characters per prompt. Further information/theme/idea/topic can be included in the body of the prompt. Prospit prompts must not have sexual themes.

Offer: List 3-20 characters (THE MORE THE BETTER it makes it a hell of a lot easier to match you) you’re willing to write, draw, cross stitch, felt, bake into cakes, construct sculptures of, etc. In the body of your request inform us of any hard no characters, hard no themes, or characters you didn’t have room for but would be willing to write.

We’ve also got a hella cool Signup Guide right here, and the Prospit and Derse signup links! Please also remember to check out our Polyswap Rules. They’re fairly new, and a work in progress, but we’ll make sure to update everyone as we answer them!

- Mod Sky

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Hi! I'm trying to submit my fill but I keep getting a 'Collection items base The collection Homestuck Polyswap 2018 - Derse is not currently open.' text? I haven't tried for Prospit yet but I'm wondering if y'all know what's happening?

The collection is in fact closed, to anyone without an assignment! If you go to the tab under your profile marked “My Assignments”, you should be able to submit from there.

If you’re still having issues, please message us on tumblr, email us at [email protected], or DM one of the mods on Discord!

- Mod Sky

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One really, REALLY important thing—please, please, PLEASE make sure you check your AO3 associated email. Most of the time it’s the only surefire way we have of communicating with you, and we’ve had some trouble with signups, to the point that we’re not sure some of these people can be matched at all.

WE CANNOT EDIT YOUR SIGNUP FOR YOU.

We’re entirely reliant on you guys to work with us on editing and adjusting signups as necessary, and as things stand, the swaps may have some serious issues with regards to matching.

Please, please, please check your AO3 emails.

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HYPE HYPE HYPE I GOT THE BEST PROMPTS EVER SO I'M WONDERING: CAN WE FILL MORE THAN ONE? And if we do, should we wait to post the extras as treats?

AWESOME!

Yes, you can fill more than one, and…okay, this one’s a little complicated.

Technically, you don’t need to wait—you can post your extra to the treat section as soon as the treat section is open. Unfortunately, we don’t yet have the treat section up and running, but that should be pretty soon.

ALSO, FOR EVERY SWAPPER: Please don’t post treats until you’ve finished your main prompt. Seriously.

The treat section should be up and running as soon as we handle voting on when treats should be released and how we should reveal authors!

- Mod Sky

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whats up it’s ya boy mod teddy back 4 the summer A small point of business re: Hiveswap! After some careful deliberation, we’re allowing one (1) Hiveswap prompt per person, as long as you balance it out with at least two (2) Homestuck prompts. This is first and foremost a Homestuck swap, and while we know you’re excited about the game—we are too!!—not everybody has it (as it, unlike Homestuck itself, does cost money) and we don’t want to put you or your giftee in an awkward position by giving them a prompt they can’t fill.   Happy swapping!