Person of Interest Fanworks Community

It’s time to SIGN UP for the Exchange of Interest! The mods are providing this guide in hopes that it will make the process smoother for everyone :)

1. Sign in to Ao3

If you don’t have an Ao3 account, contact the mods for help!

2. Go to the Exchange of Interest signup form

3. Scroll to the “Requests” field

For each request, please choose either a character or a relationship. Both of these options are contained under the Relationship field. 

If you wish to request a fanwork with a focus on a single character, start typing in “Character: “ and the form will autofill the options in for you.

Otherwise, enter one relationship that you would like to see in a fanwork created for you. Relationships may be romantic (/) or platonic (&). You may select any Ao3 canonical relationship or any relationship that is in the tagset.

You may also select Any Relationship. This means that you are willing to receive fanwork for, literally, any of the Ao3 canonical relationships and any tagset character/relationship. Do not use this option unless you are sure that any is what you want.

Additional Tags: You can request fanfic, fanart, fanvids, podfic, or remix. You must select one option, but you may select more -- up to and including all five.

Letter: If you have written a letter on an external website (such as Tumblr/Wordpress/Dreamwidth/Google Docs), you may link it here. An example of a letter for this exchange has been provided by @keita52​, here.

Description: Here is where you can provide additional detail about what you would like to see in a fanwork, both in general and for specific character(s)/pairing(s). Good things to include (in this box, a letter, or both) are general likes and dislikes, preferred content rating, and Do Not Wants. Remember that anyone who creates fanwork for you must respect your Do Not Wants.

If you do not enter anything into this box, and you do not have a link to a letter, we will assume that means you are okay with anything for the specified character(s)/pairing(s). If you have any preferences or triggers, we would encourage you to add them. It makes the process smoother for all involved.

Here are some things commonly put in the description box:

• Likes and Dislikes: It can be very helpful for your creator if they have some idea of what you like to see, and what you don't. For example: I love Zoe/Reese because they have such chemistry and Reese obviously respects her. Please don't write me something sad about them.
• Squicks and Triggers: Stuff you absolutely do not want, stuff that makes you uncomfortable, or just plain stuff that is Not Your Thing. While the Exchange of Interest does not believe in kink shaming or otherwise insulting people for their own personal taste, we do want people to let their artists or authors know what their limits are. You don't have to give any reasons for this; no x/y/z gives your author plenty of ability to discern where your limits are.
• Prompts: Prompts can be just about anything, but they're meant to be ideas that you'd like to see that can help give your artist or author something to work off of. Sometimes this can be a prompt or a question you'd like explored (for example: What if Control got to join Team Machine?) or an idea you'd love to see (Root and Shaw snuggled up in front of a fire, please!) or just a few words of inspiration (Finch/Reese - books, tea, Bear).

You are required to fill out a minimum of three request fields (Required: Fandom, Relationship, Additional Tags; Optional: Letter, Description).

4. Continue to the “Offers” field

For each offer, please choose either a character or a relationship. Both of these options are contained under the Relationship field.

If you wish to offer a fanwork with a focus on a single character, start typing in “Character: “ and the form will autofill the options in for you.

Otherwise, enter one relationship that you would like to see in a fanwork that you create. Relationships may be romantic (/) or platonic (&). You may select any Ao3 canonical relationship or any relationship that is in the tagset.

You may also select Any Relationship. This means that you are willing to create fanwork for, literally, any of the Ao3 canonical relationships and any tagset character/relationship. Do not use this option unless you are sure that any is what you want.

Additional Tags: You can offer fanfic, fanart, fanvids, podfic, or remix. You must select one option, but you may select more -- up to and including all five.

Comments to mods: Here is where you can provide additional detail about what you will and won’t create. As with your requests, you can provide general likes and dislikes as well as things that you absolutely will not do.

If you do not enter anything into this box, we will assume that means you are okay with anything for the specified characters/relationships. If you have any preferences or triggers, we would encourage you to add them. It makes the process smoother for all involved.

You are required to fill out a minimum of three offer fields (Required: Fandom, Relationship, Additional Tags; Optional: Comments to mods).

When you’re done, hit submit! The mods will contact you if anything in your signup needs clarification.

You have one more day to sign up for the exchange. Click here to see how much time is left!

Go here to sign up!
 

If you have any questions, please send a message or email poi.fanworks@gmail.com .