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We have about 24 hours to go until nominations close temporarily! They will reopen during signups. Please note that I plan to clear all nominations at that time, so if you want to keep track of what you submitted, please save a copy of your nominations page.

Below are some questions and clarifications about nominated fandoms and relationships. Please also use this post to let me know if anything in the tagset looks incorrect.

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All Media Types:

I'm generally happy to approve this type of fandom if the various adaptations or spinoffs are in continuity with one another. However, there are cases where adaptations are different enough that it could lead to disappointment if a creator familiar with one version gets matched to recipient interested in another. To the best of my knowledge, that applies to the following fandoms--if you're the nominator, please pick a version or explain why this doesn't apply:

• Howl's Moving Castle - All Media Types
• Interview with the Vampire (all media types)
• The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
• Teen Titans - All Media Types
• Twilight Series - All Media Types

Angel: the Series
Was Buffybot a character on this show, or is Buffybot/Gwen Raiden a crossover nom?


Doctor Who & Related Fandoms
I've approved other nominations under Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), and Torchwood.


Original Work:
I'm happy to approve original characters on a pretty broad spectrum of specificity, but these nominations seem too general to me. It might help to have a look at the approved tags under Original Work and see some examples. If you need some help, please comment, and we can workshop these nominations a bit.

• Any Father Figure & Any Child Figure
• Any Female Character & Any Female Character
• Any Female Character & Any Male Character
• Any Male Character & Any Male Character
• Sibling & sibling

Political RPF - US 19th c. and Political RPF - US 20th c.
While I don't have preexisting rules around RPF nominations, I've given some consideration to these slates and decided I don't feel prepared to handle the implied subject matter as a solo moderator, so I won't be approving them.

This may be inconsistent with my decision to approve the Political RPF - US 21st c. ships, but those feel different to me for satirical purposes. Also, anything that would make Martha-Ann Alito wave her Vergogna flag seems like a net positive.


Ready or Not (Movies) and Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)
I'd like to combine these nominations; any concerns?


Star Trek: The Original Series (Movies)
We do have Star Trek: The Original Series (TV) already in the tagset. I don't think I've ever seen the original films nominated separately--can the nominator please comment so we can discuss what you're looking for?


True Detective (TV 2014):
Danvers/Navarro has been approved separately under True Detective: Night Country (2024).

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I'm nearly caught up with everything else! Thanks for your patience, please let me know if there are corrections, and I'll check in again soon.

Welcome to Fandom 5K nominations, 2026 and final edition!

Nominations are open over here. They will close on April 1st for cleanup and will re-open during signups. Note that I will probably clear existing nominations when the form re-opens, so if you want to keep track of exactly what you nominated, please save the list for your own purposes.

There are no restrictions on what can be nominated in terms of fandom size, type, and so forth, and we also allow crossovers and original fandoms to be nominated. Please nominate crossover relationships into the Crossover Fandom tag, and original characters and relationships into the Original Work tag.

Fandom5K does not allow Creator's Choice of Fandom.

In terms of how to nominate characters versus relationships, please follow the format below:( Read more... )

Large franchise fandoms continue to get more and more complicated! I'm going to hold off on those approvals for a few days to see if we need to make changes to past year's guidelines. Below is what we did last year. If you plan to nominate in these fandoms, please discuss either keeping as-is or doing something that makes more sense to you in the comments:

• Dragon Age - nominate as "Dragon Age (Video Games)" or "Dragon Age: Absolution".
• Marvel Cinematic Universe - please only nominate characters who have appeared in the movies into this fandom. Relationships between movie-only and TV-only characters should be nominated as crossovers.
• Marvel Netflix series - early series should all be nominated as "Defenders (TV)"; others should be nominated under the individual series
• Star Wars - please nominate films in terms of "Star Wars Prequel Trilogy", "Star Wars Original Trilogy", "Star Wars Sequel Trilogy" etc.; nominate TV under separate titles
• X-Men films - as "X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)" and "X-Men (Original Timeline Movies)"
• Arrowverse - use "DC's Arrowverse" for Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Batwoman, Black Lightning, Legends of Tomorrow and Superman & Lois, etc.
• Marvel and DC Comics - as "Marvel (Comics)" and "DC Comics"

I am not familiar with every fandom or up-to-date on the needs of every franchise, so I will be taking guidance from you as to how your fandoms work in terms of fandom tags, etc. Please watch this space for queries!