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Curious: will genderbent ships be allowed? Or would you prefer it canon genders only?
Hi anon, genderbent ships will be allowed! 🍬
Hi! I just wanna ask if the portfolio can be a gdrive folder? I don't really have a carrd and this is my first time but I wanna apply.
Hi anon, the portfolio can definitely be a google drive folder! Just make sure that your folder can be viewed by anyone with the link! 🍬
Hello! I wanted to ask about the content warning section for the portfolio link in the writer application. If I'm linking to an ao3 account, do the tags on the respective fics work count as content warnings? Or should I manually list anything that could be considered as such in all of my fics? Thanks!
Hi anon, the tags on the fic will count as content warnings, no worries! 🍬
Hello! Your tumblr and Twitter options for the rare pair polls don’t seem to match. Tumblr has an option with Smoker Law, leading to a poll with Sanji Crocodile, etc. just to let you know.
Hi anon, the Twitter & Tumblr poll tournaments are different. If you look in the descriptions of each poll, the Tumblr tournament prize is a fic by our head mod while the Twitter tournament prize is a drawing by our art mod. 🍬
For the contributors applications can we use carrd as portfolio?
Hi anon, yes you can!
Are ships including mob characters, as long as it's not OC, allowed?
Yes, any One Piece character is allowed!
Very excited for this zine! Are the top 10 ships from the IC the only ones that will be featured?
Any One Piece rare pair ship is allowed! We will try to make sure to evenly distribute the ships, but it will be up to the contributors which rare pairs they want to pitch/create for!
Thank you for your zine. Your FAQ say that there are 6 writers for SFW and 6 for NSFW. Does this mean 12 writers in total? Also, are guest and mod writers included in that number? Thank you.
Hi anon, the 12 writers total will be selected from contributor apps; guest & mod writers are not included. Hope this answers your question!
Hello. Will you be publicising the results of your interest check?
Hi anon, we will be posting our IC results next week before apps open!
I noticed there's 3 writing mods, the SFW, NSFW, and then a general one? I was wondering if writers have two mods then? Or are contributors split among them? I have no preference either way, just curious! Thank you!
Writers will have one assigned mod! The contributors will be split among them - the general writing mod will be in charge of guests. Hope this answers your question! 🍬✨
I'm really excited about this zine!!! I've recently started studying English and I really want to take part, but I was wondering if you'd be patient with people who don't have an affinity with English.
Hi anon, we're so glad you're interested! We will of course be patient so please feel free to apply and ask questions if anything isn't clear - it's not a problem as long as we can understand/communicate with each other! 🍬✨
Hi! I wanted to ask about otp:true. As far as I understand, this means it removes fics from search results that include other relationship tags (romantic or platonic).
However, I feel this isn't exactly accurate. With Cross Guild, ships within are also tagged, say Buggy/Croc and Buggy/Mihawk in addition to Buggy/Croc/Mihawk. Or fics about a particular ship but include platonic tags, such as Daz Bones & Crocodile.
If a pairing is truly rare, otp:true should not matter. Why have you decided to use it?
Hi anon, we needed to make a criteria for what counts as a rare pair, so AO3 was chosen since it's easier to filter for ships on there compared to social media. We decided to use op:true to keep only the stories that focus on the relationship itself, since otherwise, the search includes all stories in which the ship is a background relationship or is not the focus of the story. Hope this answers your question! 🍬✨
will AU/canon divergence be allowed? for example, if a ship involves a canonically dead character
Hi anon, AU & canon divergence will be allowed! Thank you for your interest! 🍬💕
So excited for this! The graphics are amazing, who makes them?
We're so happy you like them! The graphics are all made by our lovely graphics mod Rory (@crossmyhart_x)! 💖🍬
Hello! I'm excited for the zine! I was wondering if it will be physical or digital? Thanks!
Hi anon, this zine will be free & digital! Thank you for your interest! 🍬
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