However, I don't think it's entirely necessary that Yuletide participants reconsider the characters they've already nominated. You don't. I do. Some people do, some people don't. This isn't a demand that everyone do this, just a suggestion/encouragement to those that are willing, and directions on where to go to do that.
It shouldn't come down to some participants giving up their own nomination slots to accommodate others who have the same opportunity to nominate characters. People do this every year with extra slots. "I have an empty slot, I'm willing to nominate someone else's fandom if you've run out." There's a whole sheet on the spreadsheet right now of fandoms people are requesting others nominate on their behalf. Is that "giving up" a slot? No, it's making someone's Yuletide happier. It's a nice thing to do for someone else, if you have a free slot and you want to use it.
There are a number of characters of color, female characters, and LGBTQ characters I'd love to see more fic for That is what this post is about. If you have characters like that, make a post on the nominations post and coordinate with fellow fans to get them nominated. That's all I'm saying here.
I'd certainly be happy to see this post's type of enthusiasm for the diversity challenges when they occur later this year. As I said in the post, when the challenges and collections arrive later this year it's too late to change the tagset. The characters you have are who you have to work with then. The boost has to start sooner, during nominations, right now, to make those challenges bigger and give them more options. Every year I see people post on those challenges going "oh wow, I wish I'd known about this sooner, I'd have nominated X Y and Z" or "nobody nominated any women in this fandom I like, so I can't do Misses Clause." This post seeks to remind people now, and cut down on that "oh I forgot" or "I thought someone else would do this" later.
But I don't fully agree that a small fandom fic exchange needs to be the time to question your chosen characters when fic for those fandoms at all is fairly rare. I disagree. I think now is the perfect time for it! Yuletide brings attention to small fandoms and is the perfect time to alert potential new fans to something you love. Ensuring they can be included in the challenges and collections puts the fandom name out there more. It also attracts people who look through the fandom promo posts for new media with the kinds of characters they want to see more of - more women, more characters of color, more disabled characters, more queer characters.
I said in this post above "Obviously not all fandoms can do this, some fandoms only comprise of a few characters at all, sometimes no one can find someone else to help with nominations. I mean this in general terms." Not every fandom can do this, not every fan can do this. This post is an invitation to connect with fellow fans sooner rather than later. You don't have to if you don't want to.
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You don't. I do. Some people do, some people don't. This isn't a demand that everyone do this, just a suggestion/encouragement to those that are willing, and directions on where to go to do that.
It shouldn't come down to some participants giving up their own nomination slots to accommodate others who have the same opportunity to nominate characters.
People do this every year with extra slots. "I have an empty slot, I'm willing to nominate someone else's fandom if you've run out." There's a whole sheet on the spreadsheet right now of fandoms people are requesting others nominate on their behalf. Is that "giving up" a slot? No, it's making someone's Yuletide happier. It's a nice thing to do for someone else, if you have a free slot and you want to use it.
There are a number of characters of color, female characters, and LGBTQ characters I'd love to see more fic for
That is what this post is about. If you have characters like that, make a post on the nominations post and coordinate with fellow fans to get them nominated. That's all I'm saying here.
I'd certainly be happy to see this post's type of enthusiasm for the diversity challenges when they occur later this year.
As I said in the post, when the challenges and collections arrive later this year it's too late to change the tagset. The characters you have are who you have to work with then. The boost has to start sooner, during nominations, right now, to make those challenges bigger and give them more options. Every year I see people post on those challenges going "oh wow, I wish I'd known about this sooner, I'd have nominated X Y and Z" or "nobody nominated any women in this fandom I like, so I can't do Misses Clause." This post seeks to remind people now, and cut down on that "oh I forgot" or "I thought someone else would do this" later.
But I don't fully agree that a small fandom fic exchange needs to be the time to question your chosen characters when fic for those fandoms at all is fairly rare.
I disagree. I think now is the perfect time for it! Yuletide brings attention to small fandoms and is the perfect time to alert potential new fans to something you love. Ensuring they can be included in the challenges and collections puts the fandom name out there more. It also attracts people who look through the fandom promo posts for new media with the kinds of characters they want to see more of - more women, more characters of color, more disabled characters, more queer characters.
I said in this post above "Obviously not all fandoms can do this, some fandoms only comprise of a few characters at all, sometimes no one can find someone else to help with nominations. I mean this in general terms." Not every fandom can do this, not every fan can do this. This post is an invitation to connect with fellow fans sooner rather than later. You don't have to if you don't want to.