The Official Event Basic Rules
To qualify for the Official Event (hosted by @Kamari333 -- that's me) you must join the Official Event Discord.
While unofficial participation is open to all ages, the Official Event is restricted to Adults (18 years old or older). To register as an Adult in the Official Event, you must submit a form of authentication. This can be:
- the submission of an active Social Media (or Adjacent) account with a publicly visible activation date 5+ years old (recommended), Examples of which are: AO3,
Twitter"X", Discord, DeviantArt, and YouTube. The event highly recommends this method of authentication as ideal for privacy and ease of use - confirmation by an Admin who has borne witness to activity in already Authenticated environments (situational) If you are known by Event Admins, you may be eligible for automatic authentication. There is no guarantee of this being available to you.
- a censored Photo ID (not recommended) confirming you are over 18 years old, which may also require a randomly generated password by a Moderator that validates the submission. Internet Safety Reminder: keeping your identifying information safe is paramount to your internet safety, and neither the Event not its hosts take responsibility for what happens should you choose this option. This method is available only as a last resort and at your own risk.
Once in the Official Event Discord, users must make an Introductory Post stating their Discord Username/Alias, as well as their username/alias on (and providing an active link to the profile of) any Social Media or Social-Media-Adjacent site (such as but not limited to: AO3, Tumblr, and Twitter "X") that they wish to use for the purposes of the event. This will officiate the Event Registration and make the user an Event Participant.
Sites registered in the Introductory Post ("Registered Social Media"s) will be observed for the purposes of Event Participation, especially in direct response to Links posted in the Official Discord Server.
If an Introductory Post includes an AO3 account, that AO3 account will be added to the Official AO3 Event Collection.
For every unique piece of (Art)work (written or drawn) created by an Event Participant which:
- is submitted to a Registered Social Media
- is linked to in the Official Discord Server
- features and celebrates a Rarepair as defined by the event
- is Tagged in accordance with the Event's Tagging Standards
-the Event Participant will receive 1 Raffle Ticket for the Event Raffle, to be held at the end of the Event.
Bonus raffle tickets can be earned by having the Work meet certain qualifications.
Terms, Conditions, and Conduct
This Event is meant to be inclusive and rewarding. As such, by becoming an Official Event Participant, you agree to the following Terms:
All Ships are Welcome, provided they are: (1) fictional; (2) tagged accurately; (3) discussed in the appropriate channels as directed in the Official Event Server. As such, any forms of discrimination, harassment, or bigotry directed at another Event Participant for their chosen Ships will be met with swift consequences, up to and including being Banned from the Official Event (and the Official Event Discord).
It is perfectly fine to be uncomfortable with, squicked, or triggered by Ships, and polite explanations of this are permissible. The line is drawn at the point another Event Participant is mentioned. "Ship and Let Ship."
Broader forms of bigotry, discrimination, and bullying in reference towards anything else, including but not limited to: race; ethnicity; sexual preference; gender orientation; religion; personal definition of a sandwich; economic class; etc., will also be met with swift consequences.
(It goes without saying, but) plagiarism will not be tolerated in this Event. Works which are found to have (for example) directly copied the exact words of another creative work, traced the shapes/composition of another creative work, or use any AI 'Language Learning Models' in the process of its creation, will be automatically disqualified from the Event, and may also result in swift consequences.
'Spellcheck' (and any of its many variations) is an acceptable (and encouraged) exception.
This Event is meant to genuinely and unapologetically celebrate Rarepairs, so it is asked that all works submitted be those made in the spirit of that idea. There is a time and a place for fun meme-y silliness, crackshipping, and ironic participation, but that is not here or now.
In the spirit of free expression, there is intended to be plenty of wiggle room for this, but it is asked in good faith to remember that this Event is meant to be Sincerely Celebratory, whether that celebration is done in the form of deconstruction through Joy, Eroticism, Comedy, Grief, Loss, or Horror.