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britcomex_modBritcom RPF Exchange is a fic and art exchange for all fandoms under the British Comedian RPF fandom umbrella. This first round will be run on a semiflash schedule, with a planned full round for mid-2026.
This exchange requires participants to be 18 or older in order to sign up, and operates under a "don't be an asshole" policy. Participants who harass fellow participants or are otherwise found to be acting in bad faith will have their signup removed at the mods' discretion.
Schedule
Nominations open: 9th Nov 9PM UTC (will remain open through signups)
Signups open: 16th Nov 9PM UTC
Signups close: 23rd Nov 9PM UTC (countdown); assignments will be sent out at the latest by November 26th.
Assignments due: 10th Dec 9PM UTC (countdown)
Collection reveals: 14th Dec 9PM UTC
New PDPH#2 Deadline: Saturday 20th December 9pm UTC
New Collection reveals: Sunday 21st December 9pm UTC (countdown)
Authors reveals: 17th Dec 9PM UT
New Author Reveals: Tuesday 23rd December 9pm UTC (countdown)
Links
AO3 collection
Tagset
Automagic app
If you need to contact the mods please reach out by one of these methods:
- Via a DM to the @britcomex_mod account here on dreamwidth
- Via a comment on the screened mod contact post (all comments will be screened)
- Via mail at the address britcomex (dot) mod (at) gmail (dot) com
Fandoms and relationships can be nominated here on AO3.
You may nominate up to 5 fandoms with 10 characters/relationships each. For this exchange, a Fandom can be the main umbrella British Comedian RPF fandom, or it can also be any relevant shows, such as Would I Lie To You? RPF, or Taskmaster RPF if you want to specify the relationship within the context of that show or time period. For example, if you want Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton within The League of Gentlemen time period, you would nominate those two as characters under The League of Gentlemen RPF fandom. If you want the same people during Inside No.9 period, then nominate under Inside No.9 RPF, and so on.
Please disambiguate all nominations with the fandom in brackets. To nominate a character please follow the format "Character's name (Fandom RPF)", e.g.: David Mitchell (Britcom RPF), Greg Davies (Taskmaster RPF), and don't use pipes if not strictly necessary.
To nominate a relationship do so without any prefixes. Nominate Character A/Character B (Fandom) or Character A & Character B (Fandom). We accept nominations for pairings, both & and /, featuring more than two people.
Please keep in mind that mixed & and / nominations will not be accepted. Nominations like Character A/Character B & Character C will be rejected.
We are likely to accept nominations for characters if an argument can be made as to why they could come under the British Comedy RPF umbrella. For example, we will accept a nomination for Derren Brown/Reece Shearsmith (Britcom RPF) as one half of the ship (Reece) definitely fits under that fandom.
If you have a question about whether a ship would be accepted, please comment on this post, send a message to the mod account or to the mod email at the listed address, or you can also leave a comment on the screened mod contact post.
Nominations for OCs, reader characters and y/n will not be accepted.
Requests
You may request 1-10 fandoms, each with at least one medium (fanfic, fanart or both) and at least 1 character/relationship. You may also request "any" in the character field, opting in to receive any nominated character/relationship for that fandom.
You cannot request the same fandom more than once.
While you may request as few fandoms as 1 you'll only be guaranteed a gift if you request at least 3 distinct fandoms (please see above for what counts as "distinct" fandom).
If no offers match your requests, you'll go out as a pinch-hit. The collection won't be revealed until anyone who has requested at least 3 distinct fandoms has a gift.
If you've requested less than 3 distinct fandoms, you'll still go out as a pinch-hit, but the collection will still be revealed even if you don't have a gift by the deadline.
Offers
You have to offer 3-10 fandoms, each with at least one medium (fic, fanart or both), and at least one character/relationship or the worldbuilding tag.
You can also offer "any" in the character field, which means you are willing to create a gift for any nominated characters/relationships and for worldbuilding requests.
If none of your offers matches any request by the time sign ups close, the mods will contact you, and you'll have 24 hours to add relevant offers.
If you don't reply back in 24 hours, or if you don't want to add offers, your signup will be deleted.
Additional details
If you have any Do Not Wants/DNWs, please make sure to include them in the additional details field.
In order to be considered valid, your DNWs must be clearly labelled as such and not contradict your request (ie: you must not DNW incest and then request an incestuous ship, or request a group and then DNW one of its members).
Your DNWs should also be specific (ie: no "no unrequested kinks" as it is too broad) and avoid judgemental statements (ie: no "no gross kinks!").
While you can add a link to a "dear creator" letter, only DNWs stated in the additional details field of the signup will be enforced.
Also, if you have a "dear creator" letter, please make sure to have it publicly available by the time sign ups close.
There's a chance that tags won't appear in the drop-down menu when signing up. In that case, please copy-paste the tag EXACTLY as it appears in the tagset.
Comments
You are not required to comment on your gift to participate in next year's round. However, we strongly encourage anyone to leave a comment on any gift they receive.
Assignments are only guaranteed to match on one fandom, one character/relationship and one medium.
You are only expected to fill one of your assigned recipient's requests. You do not need to fulfil the request you matched on, but you can choose to fill any of your recipient's requests.
If you didn't receive your assignment, or your assignment does not match any of your offered fandoms/characters/mediums, please reach out to the mods ASAP.
Minimum requirements
Minimum work requirements are one complete fanfic of at least 500 words, or one nice sketch of original art, digital or traditional, on clean, unlined paper.
Photo manipulations, AI-generated images and texts, icons and such graphics do not constitute a valid gift for this exchange and won't fulfil your assignment (they won't be considered valid treats either).
Fulfilling
You can fulfil an assignment by going to your AO3 assignment page and clicking the "fulfil" button. Please note that drafts do not count as fulfilled assignments so make sure to post your work. Artworks uploaded to discord won't be considered to fulfil an assignment either, as the links expire after a short period of time, and imgur links are not recommended due to that site being blocked for UK users. Please use a different image host. Here is a resource compiled by tessisamess on insanejournal that lists some alternative image hosts.
Defaulting
If you can't finish your assignment, please default by going to your AO3 assignments page and clicking the "default" button on your assignment.
You don't have to justify your defaulting to the mod. You may still get a gift, but if your assigned creator also defaults, you won't go out to pinch hit.
If you haven't posted a work by the deadline, you'll be defaulted by the mods.
Extensions
Please reach out to the mods if you need an extension on your assignment. We don't need to know why you need one in your request.
No extensions will be granted for assignments after the deadline has passed (pinch hitters will still be able to request them).
Anonymity
Works should remain anonymous during the collection's anonymous period.
Artists may still sign their works.
Treats
Treats are extra gifts. While treats do not need to meet the minimum requirements, please note that they should still fulfil one of the recipient's requests and follow the recipient's DNWS.
Photo manipulations, AI-generated images and texts, and such graphics do not constitute valid treats.
Treats shouldn't be given to more than one person. Treats to the collection are allowed.
If your AO3 account was created after February 2022 and you would like treats, please make sure make sure your account is set up to allow additional gifts: go to Preferences and click "Allow anyone to gift me works."
We encourage anyone who does NOT want treats to specify so in their optional details.
This exchange requires participants to be 18 or older in order to sign up, and operates under a "don't be an asshole" policy. Participants who harass fellow participants or are otherwise found to be acting in bad faith will have their signup removed at the mods' discretion.
Schedule
Signups open: 16th Nov 9PM UTC
Signups close: 23rd Nov 9PM UTC (countdown); assignments will be sent out at the latest by November 26th.
Assignments due: 10th Dec 9PM UTC (countdown)
New Collection reveals: Sunday 21st December 9pm UTC (countdown)
New Author Reveals: Tuesday 23rd December 9pm UTC (countdown)
Links
AO3 collection
Tagset
Automagic app
If you need to contact the mods please reach out by one of these methods:
- Via a DM to the @britcomex_mod account here on dreamwidth
- Via a comment on the screened mod contact post (all comments will be screened)
- Via mail at the address britcomex (dot) mod (at) gmail (dot) com
Nominations
Fandoms and relationships can be nominated here on AO3.
You may nominate up to 5 fandoms with 10 characters/relationships each. For this exchange, a Fandom can be the main umbrella British Comedian RPF fandom, or it can also be any relevant shows, such as Would I Lie To You? RPF, or Taskmaster RPF if you want to specify the relationship within the context of that show or time period. For example, if you want Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton within The League of Gentlemen time period, you would nominate those two as characters under The League of Gentlemen RPF fandom. If you want the same people during Inside No.9 period, then nominate under Inside No.9 RPF, and so on.
Please disambiguate all nominations with the fandom in brackets. To nominate a character please follow the format "Character's name (Fandom RPF)", e.g.: David Mitchell (Britcom RPF), Greg Davies (Taskmaster RPF), and don't use pipes if not strictly necessary.
To nominate a relationship do so without any prefixes. Nominate Character A/Character B (Fandom) or Character A & Character B (Fandom). We accept nominations for pairings, both & and /, featuring more than two people.
Please keep in mind that mixed & and / nominations will not be accepted. Nominations like Character A/Character B & Character C will be rejected.
We are likely to accept nominations for characters if an argument can be made as to why they could come under the British Comedy RPF umbrella. For example, we will accept a nomination for Derren Brown/Reece Shearsmith (Britcom RPF) as one half of the ship (Reece) definitely fits under that fandom.
If you have a question about whether a ship would be accepted, please comment on this post, send a message to the mod account or to the mod email at the listed address, or you can also leave a comment on the screened mod contact post.
Nominations for OCs, reader characters and y/n will not be accepted.
Signups
Requests
You may request 1-10 fandoms, each with at least one medium (fanfic, fanart or both) and at least 1 character/relationship. You may also request "any" in the character field, opting in to receive any nominated character/relationship for that fandom.
You cannot request the same fandom more than once.
While you may request as few fandoms as 1 you'll only be guaranteed a gift if you request at least 3 distinct fandoms (please see above for what counts as "distinct" fandom).
If no offers match your requests, you'll go out as a pinch-hit. The collection won't be revealed until anyone who has requested at least 3 distinct fandoms has a gift.
If you've requested less than 3 distinct fandoms, you'll still go out as a pinch-hit, but the collection will still be revealed even if you don't have a gift by the deadline.
Offers
You have to offer 3-10 fandoms, each with at least one medium (fic, fanart or both), and at least one character/relationship or the worldbuilding tag.
You can also offer "any" in the character field, which means you are willing to create a gift for any nominated characters/relationships and for worldbuilding requests.
If none of your offers matches any request by the time sign ups close, the mods will contact you, and you'll have 24 hours to add relevant offers.
If you don't reply back in 24 hours, or if you don't want to add offers, your signup will be deleted.
Additional details
If you have any Do Not Wants/DNWs, please make sure to include them in the additional details field.
In order to be considered valid, your DNWs must be clearly labelled as such and not contradict your request (ie: you must not DNW incest and then request an incestuous ship, or request a group and then DNW one of its members).
Your DNWs should also be specific (ie: no "no unrequested kinks" as it is too broad) and avoid judgemental statements (ie: no "no gross kinks!").
While you can add a link to a "dear creator" letter, only DNWs stated in the additional details field of the signup will be enforced.
Also, if you have a "dear creator" letter, please make sure to have it publicly available by the time sign ups close.
There's a chance that tags won't appear in the drop-down menu when signing up. In that case, please copy-paste the tag EXACTLY as it appears in the tagset.
Comments
You are not required to comment on your gift to participate in next year's round. However, we strongly encourage anyone to leave a comment on any gift they receive.
Assignments
Assignments are only guaranteed to match on one fandom, one character/relationship and one medium.
You are only expected to fill one of your assigned recipient's requests. You do not need to fulfil the request you matched on, but you can choose to fill any of your recipient's requests.
If you didn't receive your assignment, or your assignment does not match any of your offered fandoms/characters/mediums, please reach out to the mods ASAP.
Minimum requirements
Minimum work requirements are one complete fanfic of at least 500 words, or one nice sketch of original art, digital or traditional, on clean, unlined paper.
Photo manipulations, AI-generated images and texts, icons and such graphics do not constitute a valid gift for this exchange and won't fulfil your assignment (they won't be considered valid treats either).
Fulfilling
You can fulfil an assignment by going to your AO3 assignment page and clicking the "fulfil" button. Please note that drafts do not count as fulfilled assignments so make sure to post your work. Artworks uploaded to discord won't be considered to fulfil an assignment either, as the links expire after a short period of time, and imgur links are not recommended due to that site being blocked for UK users. Please use a different image host. Here is a resource compiled by tessisamess on insanejournal that lists some alternative image hosts.
Defaulting
If you can't finish your assignment, please default by going to your AO3 assignments page and clicking the "default" button on your assignment.
You don't have to justify your defaulting to the mod. You may still get a gift, but if your assigned creator also defaults, you won't go out to pinch hit.
If you haven't posted a work by the deadline, you'll be defaulted by the mods.
Extensions
Please reach out to the mods if you need an extension on your assignment. We don't need to know why you need one in your request.
No extensions will be granted for assignments after the deadline has passed (pinch hitters will still be able to request them).
Anonymity
Works should remain anonymous during the collection's anonymous period.
Artists may still sign their works.
Treats
Treats are extra gifts. While treats do not need to meet the minimum requirements, please note that they should still fulfil one of the recipient's requests and follow the recipient's DNWS.
Photo manipulations, AI-generated images and texts, and such graphics do not constitute valid treats.
Treats shouldn't be given to more than one person. Treats to the collection are allowed.
If your AO3 account was created after February 2022 and you would like treats, please make sure make sure your account is set up to allow additional gifts: go to Preferences and click "Allow anyone to gift me works."
We encourage anyone who does NOT want treats to specify so in their optional details.
