WhumpEx is a whump themed multifandom exchange that will be run on Ao3. Matching will be done on fandom, relationship or solo character, and whump category. You must be 18+ to participate and maintain
anonymity until creator reveals.
Schedule:Nominations: April 7 - April 18
Sign-Ups: April 21 - May 4
Assignments Due: June 2
Work Reveals: June 16
Creator Reveals: June 23
All times will be 8PM PST
Email: whumpexmod@gmail.com
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TagsetRules:
NominationsNomination rules and formatting guidelines have changed since last round so please read the rules carefully before nominating.
You will be able to nominate up to 10 fandoms with up to 15 relationships or solo characters per fandom.
Each relationship tag must specify which character(s) you would like whumped with "(Hurt Character A)" at the end of the tag. If you would like all of the characters whumped, you should add "(All Hurt)" at the end of the tag. You can also leave it up for your creator to choose which character(s) to whump with "(Any Hurt)" at the end of the tag. Solo characters nominations are allowed and should be nominated with the prefix "Solo:". Make sure to include "Hurt" before the solo character's name for clarity purposes.
Nominations with "Reader" as a character will not be accepted for this exchange. Nominations with "Any Character", "Any Group A Member", or other similar nominations will not be accepted for this exchange.
"Character A & Group" type nominations are allowed as long as the group is a recognizable and established set of 6 or less characters. You can also nominate the group on it's own with the prefix "Group:". If you are nominating a character with a group or a group on its own, you must comment on the nomination post with the fandom, name of group, and all the members of the group before it can be approved.
Original Work, Crossovers, and Creator’s Choice of Fandom nominations are allowed. RPF (Real Person Fiction) is not allowed. Crossovers should be nominated under “Crossover Fandom” and each character should be disambiguated with the fandom name in parentheses.
Original Work nominations should be nominated under the “Original Work” fandom and gender preferences can be baked into the relationship/solo character tag (e.g. "Male Knight & Female Knight (OW) (Hurt Male Knight)"). If you do not specify a gender (e.g. "Knight/Knight (OW) (Hurt Knight)"), your creator can choose any gender(s) to fill the tag.
Creator’s Choice of Fandom nominations should be nominated under “Creator’s Choice of Fandom” and gender preferences can be baked into the relationship/solo character tag (e.g. "Creator's Choice of Female Character & Creator's Choice of Female Character (CCoF) (Hurt Female Character)"). If you do not specify a gender (e.g. "Creator's Choice of Parent & Creator's Choice of Child (CCoF) (Hurt Parent)"), your creator can choose any gender(s) to fill the tag.
Please use the canonical fandom tag when nominating. If your fandom does not have a canonical tag, please use your best judgment in formatting it when nominating. If your fandom falls under an All Media Type (AMT) tag, you can nominate the specific fandom you would like to request/offer. You can also nominate using AMT fandom tags and we will evaluate them on a case-by-case basis. Please only use AMT fandom tags if you are okay receiving any canon that falls under the tag or for crossovers between canons under the AMT tag.
Make sure to use the characters’ full, capitalized names when nominating. All relationship/solo character nominations must be disambiguated with the fandom name in parentheses. Please make sure the disambiguation is clear and specific (e.g. If you are nominating under "Marvel Cinematic Universe" “Pepper Potts/Tony Stark (Marvel)” would be unclear because the nomination could belong to other fandoms that don't fall under that tag. “Pepper Potts/Tony Stark (MCU)” would be much clearer).
Incorrectly formatted nominations will be rejected.Nominations Formats:
- Character A & Character B (Fandom) (Hurt B)
- Character A/Character B (Fandom) (Any Hurt)
- Character A & Character B (Fandom) (All Hurt)
- Character A/Character B/Character C (Fandom) (Hurt A & C)
- Group: Group A (Fandom) (Hurt Character A)
- Solo: Hurt Character A (Fandom)
Crossover Nomination Formats (under “Crossover Fandom”):
- Character A (Fandom A) & Character B (Fandom B) (Hurt B)
- Character A (Fandom A) & Character B (Fandom B) & Character C (Fandom C) (Hurt A & B)
- Character A (Fandom A)/Character B (Fandom B) (All Hurt)
- Character A (Fandom A)/Character B (Fandom B)/Character C (Fandom C) (Any Hurt)
Click to expand for more specific formatting examples and formatting examples with character names
Formatting examples with character names:
- Aziraphale & Crowley (GO Book) (Hurt Crowley)
- Sherlock Holmes & John Watson (Study in Emerald) (Any Hurt)
- Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley (HP) (All Hurt)
- Sherlock Holmes & Mrs. Hudson & John Watson (SH - Granada) (Hurt Sherlock Holmes)
- James T. Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy/Spock (Star Trek TOS) (Hurt Spock & Bones)
- Casper Darling & Helen Marshall & Zachariah Trench (Control) (Any Hurt)
- Castiel/Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester (SN) (All Hurt)
- Luke Skywalker (SW OT)/Steve Rogers (MCU) (Hurt Steve Rogers)
- Group: Saja Boys (KPop Demon Hunters) (Any Hurt)
- Solo: Hurt Tony Stark (Iron Man Movies)
These are all the potential formats for relationship nominations. You can choose specific character(s) to be whumped, leave it up to your creator to choose a character to whump, or ask for all the characters to be whumped.
- Character A/Character B (Fandom) (Hurt A)
- Character A/Character B (Fandom) (Any Hurt)
- Character A/Character B (Fandom) (All Hurt)
- Character A & Character B (Fandom) (Hurt B)
- Character A & Character B (Fandom) (Any Hurt)
- Character A & Character B (Fandom) (All Hurt)
- Character A/Character B/Character C (Fandom) (Hurt B)
- Character A/Character B/Character C (Fandom) (Hurt A & C)
- Character A/Character B/Character C (Fandom) (Any Hurt)
- Character A/Character B/Character C (Fandom) (All Hurt)
- Character A & Character B & Character C (Fandom) (Hurt A)
- Character A & Character B & Character C (Fandom) (Hurt B & C)
- Character A & Character B & Character C (Fandom) (Any Hurt)
- Character A & Character B & Character C (Fandom) (All Hurt)
- Group: Group A (Fandom) (Hurt Character A)
- Group: Group A (Fandom) (Hurt Character A & D)
- Group: Group A (Fandom) (Any Hurt)
- Group: Group A (Fandom) (All Hurt)
- Solo: Hurt Character A (Fandom)
For Crossovers (Under "Crossover Fandom"):
- Character A (Fandom A)/Character B (Fandom B) (Hurt A)
- Character A (Fandom A)/Character B (Fandom B) (Any Hurt)
- Character A (Fandom A)/Character B (Fandom B) (All Hurt)
- Character A (Fandom A) & Character B (Fandom B) (Hurt B)
- Character A (Fandom A) & Character B (Fandom B) (Any Hurt)
- Character A (Fandom A) & Character B (Fandom B) (All Hurt)
- Character A (Fandom A)/Character B (Fandom B)/Character C (Fandom C) (Hurt A)
- Character A (Fandom A)/Character B (Fandom B)/Character C (Fandom C) (Hurt B & C)
- Character A (Fandom A)/Character B (Fandom B)/Character C (Fandom C) (Any Hurt)
- Character A (Fandom A)/Character B (Fandom B)/Character C (Fandom C) (All Hurt)
- Character A (Fandom A) & Character B (Fandom B) & Character C (Fandom C) (Hurt C)
- Character A (Fandom A) & Character B (Fandom B) & Character C (Fandom C) (Hurt A & B)
- Character A (Fandom A) & Character B (Fandom B) & Character C (Fandom C) (Any Hurt)
- Character A (Fandom A) & Character B (Fandom B) & Character C (Fandom C) (All Hurt)
During the sign-up period, you must request 1-10 fandoms with 1-20 relationships or solo characters per fandom. You must also request 1-12 whump categories. You will be allowed to request a fandom multiple times but this will not count as unique fandoms. You must request at least 3 unique fandoms with distinct lore for a guaranteed gift. Original Work requests will only count as 1 fandom. Crossovers will only count as 1 unique fandom if the crossover fandoms being requested are not requested on their own. If you are unsure about whether a fandom counts as a unique fandom, feel free to comment on this post or email us.
Whump Categories:
- Abuse
- Angst
- Character Death
- Emotional Hurt/Comfort
- Emotional Whump
- Graphic Injury
- Graphic Torture
- Graphic Violence
- Hurt/Comfort
- Illness
- Rape
- Whump
You may opt-in to art with the checkbox on the sign up form if you would welcome art as your only gift, but you will not be guaranteed an art gift. You can also opt-in to art treats in the additional details box on your sign up.
All Do Not Wants (DNWs) must be in the optional details box to be enforceable. Any DNWs in a linked letter will not be enforced. All DNWs must be clearly labeled as “DNW(s)” or “Do Not Want(s)”. All DNWs must be reasonable, clear, and judgement-free. You should not explain the reason(s) why you have DNW'd something (e.g. instead of "DNW: Vomiting because it grosses me out, Death (it's one of my triggers), Sickfic (I just don't like it)", you should simply list your DNWs as "DNW: Vomiting, Death, Sickfic").
You cannot contradict your request with a DNW (e.g. DNW'ing Rape after requesting the Rape category). Your DNWs cannot box in your creator (e.g. DNW everything except Holmes being stabbed). Any unreasonable/bad-faith DNW will not be enforced.
Archive Warnings are opt-out so make sure to DNW any Archive Warnings you do not want to receive. Archive Warning DNWs cannot contradict your requested whump categories (e.g. DNW'ing Graphic Descriptions of Violence while requesting Graphic Torture). If you are requesting Creator's Choice of Fandom, you can DNW up to 3 fandoms. If you don’t have any DNWs, feel free to mention that in your optional details!
You are allowed to add an optional letter to your request, but the letter must be complete and viewable by the time assignments go out. Your recipient will not be obligated to wait for your letter to be complete and viewable after they receive their assignment. Make sure the letter is easy to access as well (i.e. you do not have to make an account to view it, the formatting is easy to read on both mobile and desktop view, and the fonts and colors are easy to read/look at).
You may sign up with up to two well behaved accounts, but you cannot be matchable to yourself. If you sign up with multiple accounts, you will have multiple assignments. Please keep that in mind if you decide to sign up with a second account. Any bad-faith sign ups with multiple accounts will result in your sign-up being deleted. You must be in good standing in my exchanges to sign up.
OffersDuring the sign-up period, you must also offer 1-10 fandoms with 1-20 relationships or solo characters per fandom. You must also offer 1-12 whump categories per offer.
Matching will be done on a minimum of 1 fandom, relationship/solo character, and whump category. Please make sure you are matchable by the time sign-ups close. Unmatchables will be emailed and have 24 hours to respond before their sign up is deleted. Please verify the email on your Ao3 account and make sure it is correct and active.
Assignment RequirementsYour assignment fill must be a fanfic with a minimum of 500 words or a clean sketch on unlined paper if your recipient has opted into art. You must include a requested fandom, relationship or solo character, and whump category. The fill cannot include any DNWs. The fill must also clearly feature whump as a main theme. The requested hurt character(s) must be significantly hurt physically and/or emotionally.
Your fill must be newly created and complete fanwork. It must also stand alone and cannot be a part of an existing series of connected fanworks. If you are creating an Original Work fill, you cannot reuse character(s) you have featured in fanworks before. You cannot have multiple recipients for one fanwork.
AI generated fanworks of any kind are not allowed.DefaultingIf you cannot complete your assignment, please default as soon as possible so that the request can be put out as a pinch hit. There will be no consequences for defaulting, but you will not go out as a pinch hit if you do not complete your assignment.
To default, go to your "Assignments" tab on your Ao3 dashboard and scroll to your assignment for this exchange. Click on "default" and confirm the default. Alternatively, you can go to the Ao3 collection for this exchange, click on the "My Assignments" tab, and click "default" from that page. You do not need to email the mods with a reason or explanation for defaulting.
Pinch HitsPinch Hits will be posted to Dreamwidth and fills must meet all
assignment requirements. The exchange will not reveal until all Pinch Hits requesting at least 3 unique fandoms have been claimed and filled.
TreatsYou do not have to be signed up to treat. Treats do not need to meet the minimum wordcount requirement but must meet all other
assignment requirements.
Treats will be opt-out. If you do not wish to receive a treat, please mention that in your sign up. If you do wish to receive a treat, feel free to indicate that in your sign up and make sure your account settings are set to allow gifts. The Ao3 default for this setting is for gifts to not be allowed, so make sure to double check if the setting is enabled if you wish to receive treats.
Anonymous PeriodDuring the creation period and anonymous period, do not publicly post or talk about the fanwork you are creating. Do not publicly post or talk about any fanworks you have posted to the collection during this period. Make sure you don’t include links to your social media accounts in your fanwork until the anonymous period is over.
Additionally, do not contact your recipient during the creation period. If you have any questions for your recipient (e.g. DNW clarifications), please email the mods with your query and we will forward the question to the recipient. Don't forget to include your Ao3 username and your recipient's Ao3 username in the email!
GiftsIf you receive a gift that does not meet the minimum
assignment requirements, please reach out to the mods via email ASAP. Otherwise, please comment on your gift! We will not be checking for comments, but please show your appreciation for your gift.
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