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That exchange I was talking about, defenderships - I've finally admitted to myself that I can't run it this spring. I DO still want to run it! Just ... not right now. It's not specifically a time issue; it's more of an organizational and mental space issue. I could participate in an exchange run by someone else, but I don't think I can handle the extra load of organizing/promoting/modding at the moment, not with everything else I'm trying to do and SSR Confidential too.

It IS something I wanted to do! And it was something I really wanted to do while enthusiasm was still high in the immediate post-cancellation period, before people wander on. On the other hand, a) I think that ship has sailed anyway, and b) Agent Carter is holding steady - I've generally had about the same number of signups in SSR Confidential for several years now, so I'm sure the people who are staying will stay, and interest will still be there when I manage to get myself together and actually do it! And right now I'm having to triage projects and work out what I can do and what I can't. Deciding not to do it was a load off my mind, so I feel that's the right decision.

At least I decided this before I actually opened up anything? Sorry for getting people's hopes up! I still plan to run an event of that sort, but I'm under a major mental workload right now getting my new pen name off the ground, and that was just Too Much.

Now that I FINALLY have the brain to think about things other than novels for a bit, I have figured out what I'm doing for a Defenders-verse exchange that won't toe-step on the existing Tumblr-run one, and that's a relationship-based exchange, similar to Chocolate Box.

It would be open to all the Defenders-verse shows (Punisher included) and I'm going to use similar rules to SSRC - fanfic, art, or vids, a low minimum for both # of requests and word count. It would be open to both gen and ship relationships.

Tentative schedule:
Late Feb (after the ChocBox deadline) - tag nominations
Early March - signups/assignments
May - deadline

This would avoid overlapping the "busy times" of this and SSRC (which typically does signups/assignments in late March/early April, and has a June deadline). It would also avoid overlapping with the Tumblr exchange, which tends to run twice a year at mid-year and year's end.

I need a name for it! Any ideas? Thoughts/input?

A couple other things I'm considering:

- Leaving tag nominations open throughout the signup period, like the flash exchanges do. (I might also try this with SSRC this year.)

- It matches on relationship and not character, but you can mention that you're open to other options in the optional details. I tend to get a certain number of people in SSRC who just want anything Peggy, or anything Dottie, and that wouldn't be possible in this one, but you could (for example) ask for Jessica/Matt or Jessica & Malcolm, and also mention in your optional details that you are happy with anything at all Jessica-related if your creator has a different idea. That is, I wouldn't be requiring creators to stick to the requested relationship as long as it is clear that a) the the recipient would also welcome the other thing, and b) the creator doesn't have to create anything they didn't sign up for.

Name suggestions very welcomed. Something with New York in the name, maybe?

So the last-standing of the Netflix Defenders shows, Jessica Jones, will have its final season sometime this summer - they still haven't announced exactly when.

I think when SSR Confidential wraps up, I'd like to run a fandom exchange for the Defendersverse shows, including Punisher. It'll probably be along similar lines to SSR Confidential: fic, art, and vids, probably about the same timespan (a couple of months), wrapping up right around the time that the winter fandom exchanges kick off.

Thoughts? Interest? Kudos? :D?

Before I can really get moving on this, I need a name for it. Something standard, like "Defenders Exchange"? Something cute, like with SSR Confidential - maybe something to do with hot city summers, or something like that? All input is welcome!