Info on claiming

[sgarb_mod]

I'm happy to say that we have a record-breaking 31 pieces of fanart submitted! \o/

There are just a few more things to sort out, and then the claiming post will go up later tonight. It will be visible to members only, and comments will be closed. This is to give authors a chance to look through all the artwork and decide which ones you'd like to write for most.

Comments will be enabled on Monday, March 5th, at 20:00 UTC. You can use this time zone converter to see what time that will be for you.

If you can't make the claiming time, don't panic! You can make your choices over the weekend and have a proxy claim for you when comments open. Your proxy can be anyone - they don't have to be participating in the reversebang. If you are going to have a proxy, please comment here letting the mods know so that we can invite them to the community.

Feel free to ask any questions you might have about the claiming process here.

Comments

[sage]

YAY! Thank you, mods!

[telesilla]

\0/

Thanks for making this March 5 instead of the 4th! I have houseguests over the weekend and I was thinking "well at least they're fellow fans and will understand if I have to hover over my computer."

[tielan]

Thank you for making it a suitable time for Sydney! :)

[mific]

Very exciting! Here's a World Clock link that gives lots of local city times for that time and date: local times

[hoktauri]

Record-breaking numbers?!? That's awesome! It's so great to see so many in SGA fandom still feeling the love, and showing it off!

*hugs fandom epically*

[kay_greatness]

OMG, John is so cute in your icon!! And yay!

[havocthecat]

The pictures list a "preferred pairing," sometimes, but not all the characters in the preferred pairing are depicted in the artwork previews. Will the full pairing be revealed in the full artwork, or are we seeing enough and free to interpret the story we write with whatever pairing we want?

[sgarb_mod]

The characters listed in the characters/pairings section are all present in the artwork. In most cases, the art doesn't have an explicit pairing shown (eg, no kissing or sex between the characters) and you would be free to write whatever pairing(s) you want.

[x_varda_x]

I know it's a lot to ask, but could it be made clear whether the pairing is explicit in the artwork?

[sgarb_mod]

The artwork that explicitly shows a romantic/sexual relationship are 04 and 30. However, for the others with pairings listed, the artist made the art with that particular pairing in mind. Authors don't have to write the implied pairing, but that is the artist preference, so I hope you will take that into consideration when making your claims.

[x_varda_x]

Okay, thanks

[sgarb_mod]

You're welcome!

[havocthecat]

Thanks! There was at least one with only a single character listed, but in the notes, the preferred pairing was stated.

[sgarb_mod]

Yes, sorry about the confusion. Looks like that's something to revamp for next year >.

[mikes_grrl]

I'm locked out of seeing the full images on Flickr, I keep getting a message that I don't have permission to view the image. I'd really like to see the full image before making choices, is that possible?

[sgarb_mod]

I'm sorry, but no, the preview images are all that will be viewable for claiming. It was specifically stated in the info post that the preview image and header would be what authors would be basing their claims on.

[mikes_grrl]

Oh, I'm sorry, I figured the previews would at least show us the whole piece, if only at a reduced size. My mistunderstanding. Thanks for clearing that up for me!

[sgarb_mod]

You're welcome. It's the artist's choice on how to crop their picture for the thumbnail, so hopefully what you see is representative of the art overall, and the headers should help you when you make your choice. All of the characters listed under character/pairing are all present in

[bluflamingo]

I'm going to be working 8pm tomorrow, so gaffsie has kindly stepped up to be my proxy.

[sgarb_mod]

Ok, thanks for letting us know!