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With all of the fic floating around lately, and some of us grappling for inspiration, I think it would be kind of cool for the community to do a little exchange.

I'm a member of

ci_slash, and sometimes for the holidays or spring or Halloween or something, they do a fic exchange, and I'm not sure how it technically works, but here is the gist:

Everyone who wants to participate fills out a form with the pairing they'd like and the rating they'd like, but they keep it secret from everyone else. The moderators/supervisors of the exchange mix the entries up and assign a fic challenge to everybody, but nobody's allowed to tell who they got. At the end of the set time period (I think

ci_slash allows three weeks?), everyone posts the fic, along with who they wrote it for, and you've not only got a fic written for everybody, but the entire community gets to share in the love!

As a bonus, you may get the chance to work with a pairing you wouldn't normally tackle, and this can get you a little practice in characterization you wouldn't normally touch.

What do you think?

EDIT: The response to this has been awesomely positive!

arrogance, if it's all right with you, I'd like to take over this thing. I wanted to ask you, because this is your community, but if you don't think it's too presumptuous, I wouldn't mind at all. (Of course if you want it GO FOR IT!)

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Ooh, yes, they do that occasionally on some of the other fanfic/pairing communities I'm in. I like going into those, it's fun to work with pairings you normally wouldn't do!

I agree! And I think it'd be great for this community, too. Everyone is talented and friendly and all-around pretty awesome, and I think it would work really well.

Oh, gods- your icon- BAAHAA

Hahaha I think I may be the queen of tasteless icons.

Ooh, count me in. I've done this in the Harry Potter fandom and it was lovely.

Sounds like fun. Count me in.

Sounds like fun, count me in.

I think its a great idea. I'm in.

I'm so in. Obviously. ^^

I managed one for the Yahoo! group, but it was a bit of a flop. Scads of people didn't respond. But, the people on here seem to be more lovey-dovey with each other, so I don't think that will be a problem.

Oh, and I'm in like Flynn.

A ficathon?
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um yes, pretty much!

Hehehe nice icon :D
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hahaha thanks. I do have an appreciation for dinosaurs that stomp, and T-Rex fits the bill.

And anothe excellent one :D(heh i just typed "rexellect" :D)
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o_o;

I'm in. Of course.

I'm in.

Go on then. It'll be short, and angsty, and non-physical. But I'll be in.

Count me in!

the_acrobat's signing up pushed me over the edge. Yeah, I'm in.

(I am going to regret this so much. *grins*)

that would be something I would be intrested in, count me in.

Sounds great and I would love to do it. Count me in!
(I have the feeling I'm going to regret this)