#1- The 250 fic rule. Well, I've already given my opinion but for reference sake for others, I'll repeat it briefly. Rare characters from my favourite fandoms don't qualify for these exchanges usually because of over-zealous tagging on the part of the fanfic writers. The numbers are ridiculously skewed. According to AO3 in May, one character was part of 834 fanworks. But after filtering (complete works in English and over 1000 words and removing the tag "background character/ship"), the real number turned out to be just 78 fanworks. This is what's really driving me nuts because as you can see these characters are rare.
#2- Fandoms with one character. I have no idea so I'll defer to majority on this.
#3- Rare characters (like parents) who are not part of canon. (If I'm understanding the question correctly, this is my opinion.)
I think they should be allowed. These characters exist in the canon 'verse, though they're just barely mentioned. But because of that they also tend to be very interesting for fic writers because of the unexplored backstory.
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Date: 2014-07-02 03:28 pm (UTC)Well, I've already given my opinion but for reference sake for others, I'll repeat it briefly. Rare characters from my favourite fandoms don't qualify for these exchanges usually because of over-zealous tagging on the part of the fanfic writers. The numbers are ridiculously skewed. According to AO3 in May, one character was part of 834 fanworks. But after filtering (complete works in English and over 1000 words and removing the tag "background character/ship"), the real number turned out to be just 78 fanworks. This is what's really driving me nuts because as you can see these characters are rare.
#2- Fandoms with one character.
I have no idea so I'll defer to majority on this.
#3- Rare characters (like parents) who are not part of canon.
(If I'm understanding the question correctly, this is my opinion.)
I think they should be allowed. These characters exist in the canon 'verse, though they're just barely mentioned. But because of that they also tend to be very interesting for fic writers because of the unexplored backstory.