Nominations ride again!

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 It’s that time again, folks!

Nominations for the Black Emporium are now live! Reach out and tell someone (namely:us) about your favorite rare-pairs (namely:any pairing under 300 complete fics on Ao3). You have ten nominations to use. Pairings can be twosomes/threesomes/moresomes//etc. We believe in sharing the love.

How do you, in fact, become a true Ferelden buckaroo by nominating a rare pair or 10?

• Go to the Dragon Age Rare Pair Tag Set and click Nominate (you have to be signed into Ao3 for the button to appear)
• Nominate your favorite pairings! Some pairings may autofill, some may not; if your pairing is so rare that it doesn’t exist yet, just type it in anyway and we’ll take care of the rest.
• When you’re done, hit Submit at the bottom of the page. Your pairings will be reviewed and accepted/rejected as soon as possible. After you’ve hit Submit you will not be able to go back and edit your nominations after we’ve reviewed them, though you will be able to go back and fill up your form until you’ve hit 10 pairings. 

For the purposes of this challenge, the Dragon Age protagonists will be considered different characters based on their gender and surname. This means that there are fourteen Wardens, two Hawkes and eight Inquisitors to choose from. Please nominate your protagonist of preference with these two criteria in mind. So: Female Trevelyan/Male Cousland will be accepted as a nomination; Inquisitor/Warden will not. If you have any specific class, appearance or personality preferences you are free to request them in your prompt during sign-ups.

We will also allow original characters, provided they obey the following rules:

a) The OC is listed in the relationship in such a way as to give someone freedom in how to write them (e.g. “Tentacle Monster” or “Original Templar Character” NOT: “my OC Gerald D'Vivir”) - a good rule of thumb here is whether the character can be summed up in 3 or fewer words; if it can, it is probably a good option. If it cannot, the OC is probably is too complex for this kind of exchange.

b) The OC is not listed in such a way that would, essentially, reflect the spirit of a canon character that is otherwise not permitted in a relationship. See again: “Modern Human Female Inquisitor/Cullen” is still ineligible, even if there are only 5 fics with that tag, because it is a variant of Female Trevelyan/Cullen.

We will also allow crossovers with other canons, provided there are less than 300 completed works with the pairing on Ao3. 

What are you waiting for? GET YE TO THE NOMINATING!

If you want to see what’s already been nominated, Mod K and Mod A and our helpers are updating the nominations spreadsheet as fast as we can.