due South Seekrit Santa gift exchange

Welcome back to another year of DSSS. This year everything will run like last year. (Except a little late and with a shorter sign up (what's new!?).

The AO3 tagset will run like a standard exchange with 3 requests to 1 match up carried out using AO3 algorithms. 

Requests will be visible from the start of sign ups. This allows for more transparency and longer time to start thinking about treats whether or not you decide to sign up to the main event.

There will be no beta check in. We recommend you get your work beta'd before submitting it to continue DSSS high standards. It is a gift after all. The mod (me) will be checking for any glaring mistakes when you submit and will get in touch if anything needs amending. 

That being said there will be a beta volunteer post at a later date so please ask if you are struggling to get a beta. 

We are scrapping the rule that if you default on your main match you can't treat. We understand why this was done previously but we decided that life happens sometimes, and inspiration comes and goes when it feels like it. Nobody wants to default. But if you do, and later on you get inspiration for something else, there's nothing wrong with throwing more cake into the mix. Who doesn't love more cake at Christmas? I will still ensure that everybody who signs up gets a gift regardless.

The collection will be open at the same time this year giving more time for contributions. 

If you have any questions please comment on this post. 

Sign ups are open (give or take an hour from now). Get ready! 

archiveofourown.org/collections/DSSS2024/signups/new

Tags

• Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
• Fanart
• Fanfiction

Summary

Likes:
-My OTP for due South is Fraser and Kowalski, although I'm also fond of Vecchio/Stella.
-Some tropes I like: fake/pretend relationship, friends to lovers, Canadian shack, post-CoTW, everybody (including Frannie) being competent. I'm not opposed to animal transformation especially in the context of mythology (but see below). I love fairy tales.

Prompts:
-Lean even harder into the magical realism of the show - ghosts, faerie, cryptids, myths walking amongst us.
-Past lives, like Cloud Atlas or the Lady of Hay, for instance. Reincarnation, cycle of lives, correcting past mistakes.
-Something extremely specific to Chicago, that couldn't happen in any other major city.
-Something inspired by Canadian folk songs/singers, Stan Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot.
-Cabin fic with small town shenanigans, eccentric characters, wholesome energy, and so on. Feel free to add a dash of darkness or danger.

Request 2 by seleneheart

Fandom:due South  

• No rating
• Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
• No category
• Request Unfulfilled

08 Oct 2023

Tags

• Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski & Diefenbaker
• Fanart
• Fanfiction

Summary

Likes:
-My OTP for due South is Fraser and Kowalski, although I'm also fond of Vecchio/Stella.
-Some tropes I like: fake/pretend relationship, friends to lovers, Canadian shack, post-CoTW, everybody (including Frannie) being competent. I'm not opposed to animal transformation especially in the context of mythology (but see below). I love fairy tales.

Prompts:
-Lean even harder into the magical realism of the show - ghosts, faerie, cryptids, myths walking amongst us.
-Past lives, like Cloud Atlas or the Lady of Hay, for instance. Reincarnation, cycle of lives, correcting past mistakes.
-Something extremely specific to Chicago, that couldn't happen in any other major city.
-Something inspired by Canadian folk songs/singers, Stan Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot.
-Cabin fic with small town shenanigans, eccentric characters, wholesome energy, and so on. Feel free to add a dash of darkness or danger.

 

Request 3 by seleneheart

Fandom:due South  

• No rating
• Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
• No category
• Request Unfulfilled

08 Oct 2023

Tags

• Benton Fraser & Ray Kowalski
• Fanart
• Fanfiction

Summary

Likes:
-My OTP for due South is Fraser and Kowalski, although I'm also fond of Vecchio/Stella.
-Some tropes I like: fake/pretend relationship, friends to lovers, Canadian shack, post-CoTW, everybody (including Frannie) being competent. I'm not opposed to animal transformation especially in the context of mythology (but see below). I love fairy tales.

Prompts:
-Lean even harder into the magical realism of the show - ghosts, faerie, cryptids, myths walking amongst us.
-Past lives, like Cloud Atlas or the Lady of Hay, for instance. Reincarnation, cycle of lives, correcting past mistakes.
-Something extremely specific to Chicago, that couldn't happen in any other major city.
-Something inspired by Canadian folk songs/singers, Stan Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot.
-Cabin fic with small town shenanigans, eccentric characters, wholesome energy, and so on. Feel free to add a dash of darkness or danger.

 

DNWs:

-kid fic
-dumbing down characters or making them weak to advance the plot. I'm okay with sick!fic but it's not my fav, so avoid if possible.
-out of character behavior to advance the plot
-unhappy endings, however, I don’t mind bittersweet
-first or second person pov
-A/B/O
-Fraser with either (any) Vecchios, Ray/Ray
-bad science
-rape/non-con

My Dear Santa Letter: http://seleneheart.dreamwidth.org/1315804.html

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