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Sticky: Pine4Pine 2024!

Hello! Pine4Pine is a pining-themed multifandom exchange, modeled on Pining Exchange. Participants will receive a fic of at least 1000 words for a requested fandom, relationship, pining freeform and requitedness tag, and write a fic in return.

Links: AO3 Collection | Tagset | Rules and FAQ
Mod contact: pine4pinemod@gmail.com

2024 Schedule:
Nominations: 21 - 31 July
Signups: 1 - 10 Aug
Assignments go out by: 12 August
Assignments due: 21 September
Work reveals: ~~28 September~~ 6 October
Creator reveals: ~~5 October~~ 13 October

All times are 11:59PM UTC.

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faq,
rules

Sticky: Rules & FAQ

Rules

Work Requirements

You will write, and receive, a fic of at least 1000 words which involves pining as a central plot element.
Fic created for this exchange must match your recipient's requested fandom, relationship, freeform, and requitedness tags as specified in the rules, and may not include recipient DNWs.

Nominations

You may nominate up to 10 fandoms, 10 relationships per fandom and 10 freeform tags.
Freeform tags should be in the form of general tropes and prompts related to pining.
Crossovers, RPF, and Original Works nominations are all acceptable.
How to nominate relationships:
- Please indicate in parentheses which character is pining. (Please use only (Character [A/B/C] pining) OR ([both/all] pining) and not (either pining).
- Please nominate romantic/sexual relationships as ‘Character/A Character B’, non-romantic relationships as ‘Character A & Character B’.
- Relationships involving multiple characters, or a mix of & and / relationships, are allowed. (E.g. Character A & Character B / Character C (A pining)).

Requests

You may request between 3 - 10 fandoms, 1 - 10 relationships per fandom, 1 - 20 freeform tags, and one or both of the requitedness tags.
You may request a fandom multiple times, as long as there are at least 3 unique fandom requests in your signup overall.
If there is content you do not wish to receive, please specify this content as a DNW in the optional details of your AO3 request. DNWs can include anything but may not be used to railroad your gifter into making one exact type of gift, and may not contradict your requests (e.g. requesting a / ship between a character and their canonical sibling, but DNWing incest and AUs). If you list a DNW that appears to be contradictory you will be required to elaborate by the mods.
If you request ‘Any’ in any category, this indicates you are willing to receive content for any nominated tags. You may not request 'Any' and then DNW certain tags.

Offers

You may offer between 3 - 10 fandoms, 1 - 10 relationships per fandom, 1 - 20 freeform tags and one or both requitedness tags.
You may offer a fandom multiple times, as long as there are at least 3 unique fandom offers in your signup overall.
If you offer ‘Any’ in any category, please note that you may be matched on any one tag in that category. Please do not select this unless you are willing to write any and all of the nominated tags.

Matching

You will match on one fandom AND one relationship AND one pining freeform tag AND one requitedness tag.
If your requests are unmatchable, you will go out as an initial pinch hit.
If your offers are unmatchable, with no possible recipient, we will contact you to add offers. If you cannot add offers or do not respond by the specified time, your signup will be deleted.

Defaulting and Pinch Hits

If you are unable to complete your assignment, please default (go to My Assignments on your AO3 profile and click ‘Default’ next to your pine4pine assignment).
There are no penalties for defaulting before the deadline, except the following: if your assigned writer also defaults, you will not be sent out as a pinch hit.
If you do not default on your assignment and do not submit a fic by the assignment deadline, you may be penalized or banned.
Pinch hits will be posted to this comm. To claim a pinch hit, reply to the post or email pine4pinemod@gmail.com.

Treats

Treats are not required to meet the minimum word count for gifts, but they must still match on one fandom tag AND one relationship tag AND one requitedness tag AND one freeform tag, as well as avoiding all the recipient's DNWs.
Treats should be posted to the collection on AO3 and gifted to the intended recipient. When posting your treat, remember to manually fill in your recipient’s name and the AO3 collection name (pine4pine 2021) on the New Work form.
You do not have to be signed up for this exchange in order to write treats!
Each year's collection will remain open after the official end of the round for additional treats.

FAQ

What do the requitedness tags mean?

These tags indicate whether the pining in the gift fic is eventually requited or not.

The choices are:

eventually requited (the requitedness must be clearly stated/realized in the fic)
never requited (the feelings remain ambiguous, are explicitly rejected, or are otherwise not returned on-screen)

You may request and offer either or both of these tags.

Do the feelings have to be romantic?

No, platonic pining is eligible for this exchange! Please nominate platonic relationships in the following format: Character A & Character B (A pining).

Can I ask my recipient to clarify a prompt or requested tag?

If you have questions about your assignment, we encourage you to ask! However, if you need to ask something of your recipient, please don't contact your recipient directly. Email the mods and we will relay the question to your recipient.

Please comment on this post or email pine4pinemod@gmail.com with any other questions you may have!

Authors Revealed

Authors for Pine4Pine 2024 have been revealed! Thank you to all participants and pinch hitters, and we hope you have enjoyed the exchange.

The collection will remain open for treating. If you have feedback for us, let us know at pine4pinemod@gmail.com or in a comment to this post.

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work reveals

Collection Revealed

The Pine4Pine 2024 collection is open! Many thanks to all participants, especially our post-deadline pinch hitters, for creating the last needed gifts on short notice. I hope you enjoy your gift(s) and the collection!

If you have questions or concerns about your gift, please contact pine4pinemod@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Authors will be revealed a week from today (October 13, 11:59PM UTC).

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2024,
pinch hits

Pinch Hit #12

Apologies, but we have one more pinch hit. This pinch hit will be due Oct 5, 11:59PM UTC, or negotiable. The collection reveal will be delayed until Oct 6, 11:59PM UTC, or until this pinch hit has been filled, whichever is later.

Update: The pinch hit has been claimed! Thank you very much to the pinch hitter.

( PH 12 - Dragon Age (Video Games), Final Fantasy XVI, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game), 聖闘士星矢 | Saint Seiya (Manga & Anime 1986), SPY x FAMILY (Anime), Star Trek: Discovery, 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, XCOM (Video Games) & Related Fandoms, Original Work, Original Work )

To claim, please comment on this post (comments are screened) or email pine4pinemod@gmail.com with your AO3 name. If you can't claim it yet but might be working on something, it would also be very helpful if you let me know.

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2024,
pinch hits

Reveals delayed

As not every participant has received a gift at this point, the 2024 collection opening will be delayed until October 2 at 11:59 PM UTC.

One post-deadline pinch hit is available, due October 1 at 11:59PM UTC, or negotiable:

CLAIMED - ~~( PH 3 - Bleach (Anime & Manga), Fairy Tail, Marvel Cinematic Universe )~~

To claim this pinch hit, please email pine4pinemod@gmail.com or comment on this post with your AO3 username (comments are screened).

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2024,
pinch hits

Post-Deadline Pinch HIts #3, #14

* Update to the person who wrote in to claim PH 3: It's actually been claimed (is it still listed as open somewhere?), but thank you very much for offering.

We currently have 2 post-deadline pinch hits. Please comment on this post (comments are screened) or e-mail pine4pinemod@gmail.com with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number to claim.

Pinch hits are due 27 September, 11:59PM UTC.

~~( PH 3 - Bleach (Anime & Manga), Fairy Tail, Marvel Cinematic Universe )~~

( PH 14 - Babylon 5 (TV 1993), Star Wars: The Acolyte (TV), Alias (TV), The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien )

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2024,
pinch hits

Post-Deadline Pinch Hits #14-18

The deadline for the 2024 round of pine4pine has passed! Some creators have extensions. If you do not have a gift, your creator may be among them. If you have any questions or concerns about your assignment at this point, please reach out to the mods by e-mailing pine4pinemod@gmail.com.

We have 5 post-deadline pinch hits. Please comment on this post (comments are screened) or e-mail pine4pinemod@gmail.com with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number to claim.

Pinch hits are due 27 September, 11:59PM UTC.

( PH 14 - Babylon 5 (TV 1993), Star Wars: The Acolyte (TV), Alias (TV), The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien )

CLAIMED - ( PH 15 - The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo, 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Ever After High )

CLAIMED - ( PH 16 - Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Baldur's Gate (Video Games), ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon, The Terror (TV 2018), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù )

CLAIMED - ( PH 17 - バチカン奇跡調査官 | Vatican Kiseki Chousakan | Vatican Miracle Examiner (Anime), Murdle Series - G. T. Karber, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Anime & Manga), The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini, 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games) )

CLAIMED - ~~( PH 18 - Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (Video Game), Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis )~~

Assignments Due in 4 Days; Pinch Hits #10, #12-13

Assignments are due just under 4 days from now, on 21 September 11:59PM UTC (countdown).

We have 1 current pinch hit and 2 new ones. These pinch hits are due four days after the assignment due date, at 25 September, 11:59PM UTC.

To claim a pinch hit, please comment below with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number you want to claim (all comments are screened), or email pine4pinemod@gmail.com with the same information.

~~CLAIMED - ( PH 10 - The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo, Nikolai Series - Leigh Bardugo, Hellsing )~~

CLAIMED ( PH 12 - Dragon Age (Video Games), Final Fantasy XVI, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game), 聖闘士星矢 | Saint Seiya (Manga & Anime 1986), SPY x FAMILY (Anime), Star Trek: Discovery, 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, XCOM (Video Games) & Related Fandoms, Original Work, Original Work )

CLAIMED - ( PH 13 - One Piece (Anime & Manga), One Piece (Anime & Manga), One Piece (Live Action TV 2023), 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu, 苍兰诀 | Love Between Fairy and Devil (TV) )

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2024. pinch hits

Current Pinch Hits #4, #10; New Pinch Hit #11

We have 2 current pinch hits and 1 new one, due at the assigment due date 21 September 11:59PM UTC (countdown).

To claim a pinch hit, please comment below with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number you want to claim (all comments are screened), or email pine4pinemod@gmail.com with the same information.

CLAIMED - ~~( PH 4 - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, 黄金の太陽 | Golden Sun Series, 黄金の太陽 | Golden Sun Series )~~

( PH 10 - The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo, Nikolai Series - Leigh Bardugo, Hellsing )

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pinch hits

Assignments Out! + 10 Initial Pinch Hits

Everyone should have received their assignments!

Please email the mods at pine4pinemod@gmail.com if there are any questions or concerns about your assignment.

Your assignment is due on 21 September at 11:59 PM UTC. (countdown)

We also have 10 initial pinch hits, which are requests that came out of the matching process without gifters. To claim a pinch hit, please comment below with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number you want to claim (all comments are screened), or email pine4pinemod@gmail.com with the same information.

These pinch hits are due on the normal assignment due date of 21 September at 11:59 PM UTC.

CLAIMED - ( PH 1 - 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 二哈和他的白猫师尊 - 肉包不吃肉 | The Husky and His White Cat Shizun - Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat, Beauty Pop (Manga) )

CLAIMED - ~~( PH 2 - Stargate SG-1, Stargate SG-1, Stargate SG-1, Mansfield Park - Jane Austen, Persuasion - Jane Austen, Persuasion - Jane Austen, Persuasion - Jane Austen )~~

CLAIMED - ~~( PH 3 - Bleach (Anime & Manga), Fairy Tail, Marvel Cinematic Universe )~~

( PH 4 - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, 黄金の太陽 | Golden Sun Series, 黄金の太陽 | Golden Sun Series )

CLAIMED - ~~( PH 5 - Haikyuu!!, DCU (Comics), House of the Dragon (TV), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon) )~~

CLAIMED - ( PH 6 - Ad Lucem (Podcast), Bridgerton (TV), DC Extended Universe, Don't Worry Darling (2022), Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), The Princess Diaries (Movies), Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), This Means War (2012), Crossover Fandom )

CLAIMED - ~~( PH 7 - The OC (TV), DC Extended Universe, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Bridgerton (TV) )~~

CLAIMED - ~~( PH 8 - Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Walking Dead (TV), Schitt's Creek )~~

CLAIMED - ~~( PH 9 - Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo, Nikolai Series - Leigh Bardugo )~~

( PH 10 - The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo, Nikolai Series - Leigh Bardugo, Hellsing )

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2024

One more unmatchable participant

Apologies, but we have one more unmatchable participant. If your username starts with a, please check your e-mail!

Assignments will go out by August 14, 11:59PM UTC.

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2024,
signups

Signups are closed!

5 1 participants had no possible recipient. If your username starts with B, ~~S, or W,~~ please check the e-mail associated with your AO3 account!

I'll re-run matching when we hear back from everybody or 23:59pm UTC 12 August, whichever is earlier.

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signups

Signups Close in <24 Hours

Pine4Pine signups close on 10 August 11:59PM UTC, just under a day from now (countdown - now properly in UTC).

This is a good time to

update any WIP signups, including filling in freeform tags, DNWs, optional details, or a letter link

check that you are matchable, i.e. there is someone currently signed up to the exchange you can create for

All requests are visible at the collection's Request Summary, or on the autoao3app.

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Signups Open!

Signups for Pine4Pine are open here!

Signups will run through 10 August, 11:59PM UTC (countdown). All requests are visible here.

( Requests, offers and matching )

Links: Signup Form | Signup Summary | Request Summary | AO3 Collection | Tag Set

Please comment on this post or email pine4pinemod@gmail.com with any other questions you may have!

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nominations

Nomination Clarification 1

Some tags were submitted as Pining A/B, A/Pining B, Pining A/Pining B. I've reformatted these as A/B (A pining), A/B (B pining), and A/B (both pining) respectively and accepted into the tagset, but let me know if you meant something else.

Please indicate which character is pining:
Overwatch (Video Game)
Jack Morrison/Gabriel Reyes (Pining) -> Please use (Jack pining), (Gabriel pining), or (Both pining).

Wynonna Earp (TV)
Waverly Earp/Nicole Haught (Pining)

My Little Pony Generation 4: Friendship Is Magic (Cartoon 2010)
Fluttershy/Discord (Pining)

Please clearly indicate pining in the following tags, or they will be rejected:
Class Differences
Exes
misunderstandings - we both think the other is in love with someone else
Necrophilia
Soulmates - A thinks B doesn't want to be tied to them
Soulmates - A & B aren't soulmates

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(no subject)

Apologies - up to this point the tagset did not accept freeform tags. I've cleared all nominations to reset the tagset settings, and the form should accept freeforms now. Nominations submitted before this point which were formatted correctly have been accepted into the tagset.

Quick reminder:

All relationship nominations should indicate which character is pining (e.g. A/B/C (A pining), A & B & C (all pining), or A/B (both pining).

Nominations with 'either pining', 'any pining', or any other sort of OR indicator will be rejected. This is because the AO3 automated matching cannot match an offer of A/B (A pining) to a request of A/B (either pining) and vice versa.

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nominations

Nominations Open!

Nominations are open (a bit early!)

Tag Set
Nominations will close on 31 July at 11:59PM UTC.

Last year's freeform tags have been copied over.
For relationship nominations, please indicate in parentheses which character is pining. Nominations not following the format will be rejected.

Nomination guidelines:

You may nominate up to 10 fandoms, 10 relationships per fandom and 10 freeform tags.
Freeform tags should be in the form of general tropes and prompts related to pining.
Crossovers, RPF, and Original Works nominations are all acceptable.
How to nominate relationships:
- Please indicate in parentheses which character is pining. (Please use only (Character [A/B/C] pining) OR ([both/all] pining) and not (either pining).
- Please nominate romantic/sexual relationships as ‘Character/A Character B’, non-romantic relationships as ‘Character A & Character B’.
- Relationships involving multiple characters, or a mix of & and / relationships, are allowed. (E.g. Character A & Character B / Character C (A pining)).

Nomination clarifications will be posted to this community.

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2023,
reveals

Authors Revealed

Authors for Pine4Pine 2023 have been revealed.

Thank you to all participants and pinch hitters, and we hope you have enjoyed the exchange!

The collection will remain open for treating. If you have feedback for us, let us know at pine4pinemod@gmail.com or in a comment to this post.

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2023,
reveals

Collection Revealed

The Pine4Pine 2023 collection is open! Many thanks to all participants and pinch hitters for planting this lovely forest of pining works.

If you have questions or concerns about your gift, please contact pine4pinemod@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Authors will be revealed a week from today (September 30, 11:59PM UTC).

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2023,
pinch hits

Post-Deadline Pinch Hits

The deadline for the 2023 round of pine4pine has passed! Some creators have extensions. If you do not have a gift, your creator may be among them. If you have any questions or concerns about your assignment at this point, please reach out to the mods by e-mailing pine4pinemod@gmail.com.

We have 6 post-deadline pinch hits. Please comment on this post (comments are screened) or e-mail pine4pinemod@gmail.com with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number to claim.

Pinch hits are due 22 September, 11:59PM UTC.

CLAIMED - ( PH 13 - Midsomer Murders (TV), Midsomer Murders (TV), Midsomer Murders (TV), Mission: Impossible (Movies), NCIS: New Orleans, Parkdale Haunt (Podcast), The Magnus Archives (Podcast), Wake Of Corrosion (Podcast), Whitechapel (TV), Whitechapel (TV) )

CLAIMED - ( PH 14 - Murdle (Video Game), Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Anime & Manga), バチカン奇跡調査官 | Vatican Kiseki Chousakan | Vatican Miracle Examiner (Anime), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games) )

CLAIMED - ~~( PH 15 - Star Trek: Picard, Dragon Age (Video Games), Original Work )~~

CLAIMED - ( PH 16 - 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù )

CLAIMED - ~~( PH 17 - Original Work, Stranger Things (TV 2016), Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer )~~

CLAIMED - ~~( PH 18 - Shadow and Bone (TV), Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Labyrinth (1986) )~~