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Sticky: Here Be Dragons 2023 Rules & Info

Hello, and welcome to the Here Be Dragons Multifandom Exchange! We're here to celebrate dragons through art and fic (1000 words or a finished piece of art, of any rating). All sorts of dragons are welcome, including dragons from various cultural traditions, original dragons, and dragons from any fandom.

As this is a dragon exchange, all stories must include a dragon! We've elaborated on eligible dragons below, but if you have any questions about the eligibility of a specific dragon please feel free to ask. Comments are unscreened.

Quick Links:

2023 Collection | Tag Set | Sign-ups | Evidence Post

Schedule:

November 29–December 4: Nominations
December 4–5: Nominations Cleanup
December 6–December 18: Signups
December 20: Assignments Out By This Date
January 22: Assignments Due
February 3: Work Reveals
February 12: Creator Reveals

*all due dates/reveals are at 11:59 PM EST unless otherwise noted

( Nominations )

( Eligible Fandoms & Dragons )

( Sign-ups )

( Matching )

( Assignments )

Creators Revealed!

Work creators have been revealed! The collection will stay open in case there are late treats.

The collection is now live!

The archive is now open! We hope you enjoy your gift, and all of the lovely art and writing created. Please remember to leave a note for your creator, and feel free to add any late treats if you wish! If you have any issues, please contact us at herebedragonsex@gmail.com.

Creators will be revealed on February 12th. Thank you, thank you to everyone who participated, and thank you to our lovely pinch hitters!

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pinch hits

Post Deadline Pinch Hits 2: Electric Boogaloo

We have one new pinch hit and one pinch hit that has yet to be claimed! To claim, comment on this entry (comments are screened) or send us an email at herebedragonsex@gmail.com.

These are due February 2nd 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. We’ve given out extensions to some creators, so if you don’t see your name here and don’t have a gift yet, don’t worry!

~~( PH 4 - Men's Hockey RPF, Destiny (Video Games), IndyCar RPF, NASCAR RPF )~~

~~( PH 8 - Original Work, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Merlin (TV), Temeraire - Naomi Novik, Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey )~~

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Post-deadline Pinch Hits

We have four post-deadline pinch hits up for grabs! These will be due February 2nd at 11:59 PM EST. To claim, comment on this entry (comments are screened) or send us an email at herebedragonsex@gmail.com.

Note: We’ve given out extensions to some creators, so if you don’t see your name here and don’t have a gift yet, don’t worry!

~~( PH 4 - Men's Hockey RPF, Destiny (Video Games), IndyCar RPF, NASCAR RPF )~~

~~( PH 5 - Dragonlance - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, Original Work )~~

( PH 6 - Original Work, Discworld - Terry Pratchett, The Hobbit - All Media Types, How to Train Your Dragon (Movies), Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien )

~~( PH 7 - Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Guild Wars 2 (Video Game), Avatar: The Last Airbender )~~

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pinch hits

PHs #2 & #3

We have two pinch hits up for grabs, one returning and one new! Comment here (comments are screened) or send us an email at herebedragonsex@gmail.com to claim. Both of these pinch hits will be due January 29th at 11:59 PM EST.

~~( PH 2 - A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens, Avatar: Legend of Korra, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Frozen, Original Work )~~

~~( PH 3 - The Adventures of Tom Bombadil - J. R. R. Tolkien, Babylon 5 (TV 1993), Discworld - Terry Pratchett, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien )~~

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Assignments out and two initial pinch hits!

Huzzah! Assignments are out and we have two initial pinch hits. Please comment or otherwise let us know if you'd like to pick one up. The due dates for these will be January 22nd.

Comments on this post are screened if you have any questions or need help! Happy creating!

~~( PH 1 - Dragonlance - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, The Silmarillion - J. R. R. Tolkien, Original Work )~~

~~( PH 2 - A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens, Avatar: Legend of Korra, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Frozen, Original Work )~~

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signups

Sign-ups open

Sign-ups are open! Please visit the AO3 Collection to sign up, and let us know if you have any questions ♡ sign-ups will close December 18th at midnight EST, and can be edited until then.

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clarifications

Clarifications 3 & Nominations Reminder

Hello everyone! This is your official reminder that nominations close tonight at 11:59 PM EST. We have some new nominations we’d like clarification on! As before, we are also still looking for clarifications on some of the previous nominations.

No dragon nominated:

None of the relationships below appear to involve a dragon or dragonrider character. Please edit to specify how dragons are involved.

Avatar: The Last Airbender
Azula/Katara (Avatar)
Katara/Zuko (Avatar)
Sokka/Suki (Avatar)

DCU
Cassandra Cain/Raven
Diana Prince/Nubia
Kara Danvers/Diana (Wonder Woman)
Sungirl/Starfire
Virgin Hawkins/Starfire

Marvel
Ava Ayala/Kate Bishop
Ava Ayala/Mary Jane Watson
Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Carol Danvers/Jane Foster/Maria Rambeau/Sif
Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Jane Foster/Thor
Michelle Jones/Peter Parker
Yelena Belova/Kate Bishop

The Land Before Time (Movies)
Cera & Ducky & Littlefoot & Petrie & Spike (Land Before Time)
Cera & Littlefoot (Land Before Time)
Chomper/Littlefoot (Land Before Time)
Ducky & Littlefoot (Land Before Time)
Ducky/Littlefoot (Land Before Time)
Solo: Cera (Land Before Time)
Solo: Chomper (Land Before Time)
Solo: Ducky (Land Before Time)
Solo: Littlefoot (Land Before Time)
Solo: Petrie (Land Before Time)
Solo: Spike (Land Before Time)

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon
Sabran Berethnet/Eadaz du Zāla uq-Nāra

僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku
Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto
Bakugou Katsuki/Todoroki Shouto
Bakugou Katsuki/Uraraka Ochako
Dabi | Todoroki Touya/Takami Keigo | Hawks
Hadou Nejire/Shindou Yo
Takami Keigo | Hawks/Tsutsumi Kaina | Lady Nagant

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clarifications

Clarifications 2

We are still looking for clarification on some of the previous nominations, and we have some new nominations we would like some clarification on as well!

No dragon nominated:

None of the relationships below appear to involve a dragon or dragonrider character. Please edit to specify how dragons are involved.

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon
Sabran Berethnet/Eadaz du Zāla uq-Nāra

The Age of Fire - E. E. Knight
Solo: Heiba (Age of Fire)

Reign of Fire (2002)
Alex Jensen/Denton Van Zan
Denton Van Zan/Other(s)
Quinn Abercromby/Creedy (Reign of Fire)
Quinn Abercromby/Jared Wilke

僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku
Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto
Bakugou Katsuki/Todoroki Shouto
Bakugou Katsuki/Uraraka Ochako
Dabi | Todoroki Touya/Takami Keigo | Hawks
Hadou Nejire/Shindou Yo
Takami Keigo | Hawks/Tsutsumi Kaina | Lady Nagant

Avatar: The Last Airbender
Azula/Katara (Avatar)
Katara/Zuko (Avatar)
Sokka/Suki (Avatar)

DCU
Cassandra Cain/Raven
Diana Prince/Nubia
Kara Danvers/Diana (Wonder Woman)
Sungirl/Starfire
Virgin Hawkins/Starfire

Marvel
Ava Ayala/Kate Bishop
Ava Ayala/Mary Jane Watson
Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Carol Danvers/Jane Foster/Maria Rambeau/Sif
Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Jane Foster/Thor
Michelle Jones/Peter Parker
Yelena Belova/Kate Bishop

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Clarifications

We've approved all of the lovely nominations to this point with a couple of small exceptions that we were hoping for clarification on!

Reign of Fire (2002)

Alex Jensen/Denton Van Zan
Denton Van Zan/Other(s)
Quinn Abercromby/Creedy (Reign of Fire)
Quinn Abercromby/Jared Wilke

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon

Sabran Berethnet/Eadaz du Zāla uq-Nāra

The Age of Fire - E. E. Knight

Solo: Heiba (Age of Fire)

While all of these fandoms most definitely include dragons, the characters themselves don't seem to be dragons or dragonriders. If the nominators of these fandoms can add dragons to these tags (for example, "Sabran Berethnet/Eadaz du Zāla uq-Nāra & Dragon") so that we understand what you're going for, we'll be happy to approve them for you! Alternately, if we've misunderstood and any of these characters are dragons or dragonriders please let us know (although Hieba was adopted by a dragon in Age of Fire, we don't feel this quite counts). Thanks so much for your help! ♡

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Evidence Post

Here is where you can post evidence for why your nomination should be considered eligible! This is intended for characters where someone who's not familiar with your canon might be confused as to whether or not they would count as dragons.

What doesn't belong here: characters who are literally dragons or an obviously dragon-like creature (e.g. Smaug, the Hungarian Horntail, kobolds in Dungeons & Dragons), characters who can shapeshift into a dragon (Grima from Fire Emblem), dragon AUs of non-dragon characters (Dragon!Draco Malfoy, Dragonrider!Bilbo Baggins), anything we can easily Google.
What DOES belong here: characters who aren't dragons but could be considered as such (e.g. certain Pokemon lines--Tyranitar), or characters who are considered dragons in their canon but would not obviously appear to be a dragon (e.g. the Kirin from Monster Hunter).

When posting your evidence, please include the fandom and relationships you're nominating!