worldbuilding_exchange | Nominations Clarifications 2 (Reply)

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Thanks for all the great nominations so far, and thank you to everyone who has clarified their tags in response to these queries!

Apologies for getting this out so late. Some of these tags may already have been updated. If you’re answering here after nominations close, or if you’d rather we update your tags, please link your nominations page.

Updates and PSAs

Small rule update/clarification

We've added a small clarification to the nominations rules. We've had a few fandoms come in without any WB: tags, and fandoms without WB tags at nominations close will be removed from the tagset. WB: tags are required for matching, so you won't be able to complete a sign up without at least one in each fandom.

If you nominate relationships in the relationships slot, we just outright reject those by the way, so please don't do that.

Please don't nominate the "Any/No Characters" or "Original Character(s)" tags

We know many of you have nominated for the past rounds of WB Ex, and since we copied the old mod's rules and guidelines almost exactly we'd like to highlight one specific change we've made which is that no one should nominate Any/No Characters (Fandom) or Original Characters (Fandom) tags because we've figured out how to automate adding those to each fandom after nominations close. If you nominate either of these tags, you'll lose the slot when we reject the tag to prevent duplicates in the tagset.

(Note: you can still nominate more more specific OC tags if you'd like, such as Original Starfleet Captain)

Please add fandom name after your WB: tags and after franchise characters

Adding a fandom name after your tag is known as "disambiguating" (you make the tag less ambiguous!) and we would like to ask everyone to please disambiguate their WB tags, especially the shorter and more general ones. Tags that are the exact same can't be in two different fandoms, so the only way for multiple fandoms to have tags like WB: Religion or WB: Marriage Traditions and so on is if each WB tag is slightly different...and of course the best way to do do that is to stick the fandom name on the end like WB: Religion (Sesame Street) or WB: Marriage Traditions (Dwarf Fortress).

If you go to the landing page for a character (https://archiveofourown.org/tags/[Character]) and the Parent tags box contains more than one fandom, even if they’re related, please disambiguate that character. This is to keep e.g. Luke Skywalker from showing up in all the fandoms he appears in rather than just the one he’s nominated in.

If you have questions about any of this, let us know! And as a carrot to dangle, fandoms nominated with everything disambiguated get approved first (because they’re easier!)

Please continue to email or comment with tagset errors and duplicates you find!

New queries

Inside Out (2015):

WB: Riley and Jordan's relationship (Inside Out)
WB: Riley and Meg's relationship (Inside Out)
WB: Riley dealing with her depression in high school (Inside Out)
WB: Riley's high school experience (Inside Out)

Could we please get more information about how you see the relationship-focused tags as worldbuilding, and what sort of works you're hoping for overall? We are willing to approve Riley's high school experience, but want to check in with you before locking in a tag. We're not sure we understand the worldbuilding intent of the other tags.

Thor (Movies)

WB: What does Laufey believe happened to his son — Nominator, we're not sure we understand this tag - could you clarify how you see it as a worldbuilding idea please?

Moby Dick - Melville

WB: Unhinged Whale Facts — nominator, were you hoping for more whale "facts" in the style of the novel, or for worldbuilding that takes the existing "facts" as read and extrapolates out from them? Could we approve this as WB: Whale Biology and Behavior as Understood by Ishmael?
WB: Unhinged Human Facts — we're not sure we understand this tag. Please clarify?

Tenkuu no Escaflowne | The Vision of Escaflowne

WB: Beastpeople and humans (Escaflowne) — Nominator, do you mean the relationship between beastpeople and humans? Or something else?

呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga)

Death Paintings (Jujutsu Kaisen)
WB: Death Paintings

This has been nominated both as a character and as worldbuilding. Are death paintings characters, or objects? If the latter, would it make more sense to nominate it as a worldbuilding tag only? If the former, could you expand on what kind of worldbuilding related to death paintings you are looking for?

Weiß Kreuz

WB: Tokyo (Weiß Kreuz) - Nominator, could you clarify what you were hoping for from this tag, please, and how Tokyo in this canon differs from the real Tokyo?

Slay the Spire (Video Game)

WB: Act 4 (Slay the Spire) — We're not sure what this tag means. Nominator, could you please clarify, and spell out what specific worldbuilding aspects you would expect a creator to focus on?

僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

WB: Changes to the Pro Hero System — Could you clarify what sorts of changes you had in mind, please? Are these speculative changes, or changes in the past, or…?

Middle-earth - J. R. R. Tolkien

This tag was approved in the previous Worldbuilding exchange, but your current moderators are less familiar with Tolkien's works. Nominator(s) of this tag, could you please clarify which parts of canon this covers? Could this fandom be combined with Works, below?

TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms

WB: Connections between the Middle-earth legendarium & other Tolkien settings/texts (Tolkien Works) — could you clarify this one, please? Which sources and texts are covered by "other"? This sounds like a prompt for scholarly analysis, that is, our-world meta and not in-universe meta. Can you phrase this in a way that suggests a fanfiction, fanart, or in-universe meta response? Could this fandom be combined with Middle-earth, above?

RWBY

WB: Rouge Huntsmen/Huntresses (RWBY) — is this a typo for “rogue” or do you mean “rouge” (red, cosmetics)?

人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

WB: Airplane’s Original Intentions for PIDW (SVSSS) - could you clarify this one, please?

Leverage

WB Grifters, WB Hitters, WB Thieves — Nominator, could you clarify what you were hoping for here, please? Since these are general terms that cover real-world topics, we'd like help understanding how you specifically want them worldbuilt in the Leverage universe.

Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)

WB: Jess building his life and finding his way after he left in the s4 finale (Gilmore Girls)
WB: Lorelai and Rory's summer backpacking through Europe (Gilmore Girls)
WB: pre-canon Lorelai & baby Rory leaving her parents place
WB: what happened between the s7 finale and AYITL (Gilmore Girls) — nominator(s), could you please clarify what kinds of worldbuilding you hope these tags will lead to? They seem to be plot and relationship prompts.

Original Work - Fantasy

Water spirit who finds someone they don't want to drown (Original Work - Fantasy) — this seems to be a story prompt, combining a specific character type and a plot. We are happy to approve 'Water spirit' as a character nomination. If you want a creator to focus on a particular aspect of water spirit culture or water and land-dweller relationships, please nominate worldbuilding topics separately.
WB: Elven campaign to reclaim human-colonised land (Original Work - Fantasy) — this seems to be a story prompt, combining a specific character type and a plot. Please nominate character types and worldbuilding aspects separately; we're happy to workshop this with you, but a worldbuilding idea that requires a very specific fantasy plot may be out of scope for this exchange.

Original Work - Science Fiction

Roman-era slave finds alien artifact (OW - Science Fiction) — this seems to be a story prompt, combining a specific character type and a plot. Please nominate character types and worldbuilding aspects separately; we're happy to workshop this with you, but a worldbuilding idea that requires a very specific science fiction plot may be out of scope for this exchange.-
WB: New planetary colony meets descendents of original colony (OW - Science Fiction) - this seems like a specific plot prompt. Would something like "WB: contact between space colonists of different eras" suit you?

Discworld - Terry Pratchett

WB: Jade Wants You to Join the Army of Borogravia (Discworld); WB: Jade's Advice for Modern Lady Trolls (Discworld) — These are both seem like specific story prompts rather thannot worldbuilding. Would you be okay with WB: Recruitment to the Army of Borogravia and WB: Etiquette for Modern Lady Trolls - or could you help us understand what you mean instead?

Mayor of Kingstown (TV)

WB: absolutely anything pre-series; how the McLuskys came to be in command (MoK) — this is a combination of at least two topics. Could you split this into, for example, WB: how the McLuskys came to be in command, and/or WB: history of Kingstown before canon events (or something like that)?
WB: the relationship between the McLusky brothers (MoK) - nominator, could you please clarify what kinds of worldbuilding you hope this tag will lead to?

Frontier Wolf - Rosemary Sutcliff

It would help very much if you would put WB: prefixes on your worldbuilding tags.
By Wolves, do you mean the men of the Ordo, or the actual animals? If the latter, could you please narrow this down to something more specific relating to the novel, such as WB: how the Romans regarded wolves, or WB: how the tradition of hunting the wolf came about in the Frontier Wolves?

The Following

WB: Ryan Hardy's interim years pre-series but post-catching Joe Carroll (Following) - This seems a little confusing, as catching Joe Carroll is during canon; do you mean: WB: Ryan Hardy’s activities before Joe Carroll escapes from prison?

The Bourne Legacy (2012)

WB: the hunt for Aaron and Marta post-canon (Bourne) - could you clarify what kinds of worldbuilding you’re hoping for? This seems like a prompt for post-canon fic.

Saiyuki (Anime & Manga)

WB: Tech Level (Saiyuki) — Can you elaborate on what you're asking for here?

Previous queries:

Final Fantasy XIV

WB: Galvus Family Scandal
WB: Keeping Up With the Galvii (family drama) - do these two tags refer to the same thing? Can we consolidate?

12 Monkeys (TV)

WB: post-series life — At first glance, this looks like a prompt for post-canon fanworks rather than a worldbuilding subject. Does something happen at the end of the series that results in a serious change to the setting? If so, it should be specifically mentioned in the tag

Fear Street Trilogy (TV)

WB: The Goode family deal (Fear Street Trilogy) — would this be better phrased as WB: The Goode Family Deal With Satan? For clarity.

Chronicles of Narnia - All Media Types

All tags — Nominator, would you be interested in combining with Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis? We're happy either way, we just want to offer the option in case it will make offering or requesting easier for you.
WB: stars — We're not 100% sure what you mean! Would a tag like WB: Narnian Stars (Narnia AMT) or WB: Narnian Sky and Astronomy (Narnia AMT) work?