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Narumitsu Day Exchange 2025!
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erlkonig_gheynWelcome to the Narumitsu Day exchange! This exchange is for fanart and fanfics about Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth, in honor of Narumitsu Day (July 3).
Every work must contain NaruMitsu (or MitsuNaru). Fics must be a minimum of 500 words, and art must be at least a clean sketch on unlined paper. There is no minimum requirement for treats.
AO3 Collection!
AO3 Collection!
Schedule (all times in UTC)
• Tag nominations open - May 24, 11:59 PM
• Signups open - May 31, 11:59 PM
• Signups close - Jun 7, 11:59 PM
• Assignments out - Within 2 hours of signups closing
• Works due - Jun 28, 11:59 PM
• Anon reveals - Jul 3, 11:59 PM
• Creator reveals - Jul 10, 11:59 PM
Note that there are only 5 days between the due date and work reveal date. This is LESS than the usual week! Plan your proofreading and editing time accordingly! This is to avoid assignments being due on a random weekday.
What do I do? (Sparknotes version!)
• Nominations: Go to the Tag Set. Click Nominate, and enter Ace Attorney in the Fandom field. Type in ships you like. Scroll down. Type in topics you like. Don’t worry about format, I can fix it. 😊
• Signup – Requests: Go to the Sign-up Form. Fill out what you want to receive. Pick at least four things in the “Additional Tags” section. Put ideas, prompts, and/or DNWs in Description.
• Signup – Offers: Fill out what you can make. Pick at least four things in the “Additional Tags” section.
• Creation period: Pick one of your recipient’s requests. Make a work that’s one of the requested mediums (art vs fic) and includes at least one of their “Additional tags”. Avoid their DNWs. Fics must be at least 500 words and completed. Art must be at least a clean sketch on unlined paper.
• Anon period: Comment on your gift. Say at least one specific thing you like about it.
Detailed Instructions Below
Nominations – What are they? Do I have to use all the tags I nominate? How do you decide what tags to accept?
Nominations help AO3 match people by giving it a “dictionary” of all the topics that can be used for matching. If you request “weddings” and I offer “a wedding”, then AO3 doesn’t know that these are the same topic. But if we both have to pick from a list of topics, then AO3 will know that we can be matched.
The goal here is not to restrict anyone’s creativity, simply to help AO3 understand when people are requesting/offering the same thing. I will not judge any tags. I will only make edits to wording and spelling.
Tag nominations don’t commit you to anything! Nominating tags does not sign you up to the exchange nor lock you into creating a work. Tags are simply a list of what is possible. When you make your requests and offers, feel free to use anyone else’s tags. You don’t have to use all (or even any) of your own nominated tags.
Nominating tags
Go to the tag set and click Nominate.
Fandoms – Enter Ace Attorney for the fandom.
Relationships – Enter relationships that you enjoy in addition to NaruMitsu. Use "/" for romantic or sexual, and "&" for platonic. Feel free to enter groups or descriptions. Solo characters can be nominated as "Solo: Character
Name". Dai Gyakutan Saiban (DGS) and Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright (PLvPW) characters are fine, but should still be nominated under the Ace Attorney fandom (not DGS or PLvPW). Examples and interpretations:
• Klavier Gavin/Apollo Justice – “I enjoy seeing Klavier/Apollo in addition to NaruMitsu.”
• Mia Fey & Maya Fey & Pearl Fey – “I like when these three are close.”
• The Judge/Any – “Get this man with someone. Anyone!”
• Agent Lang/Any male prosecutor – “There’s a specific type I want to see him with.”
• Solo: Desiree Delite – “I’m interested in seeing more of her character." (Note: Solo characters might still appear as part of a romantic or platonic ship. To avoid ships for solo characters, put "DNW: Desiree/any character" in your DNWs.)
Additional Tags – Enter topics, tropes, scenarios, or anything you’d like to request or offer. Examples:
• AU – Coffee shop
• First kiss
• Scenario – Trapped in an elevator
How do I sign up?
Go to the Sign-up Form. Your sign-up must include at least one request and one offer. Each request and offer must include at least one medium and four freeform tags. You can modify or delete your sign-up as much as you like until sign-ups close. You can find the sign-up form on the collection’s sidebar.
Requests
You can submit up to ten requests. The Request tells your creator what kind of fic or art you would like to receive.
• Fandom – Enter Ace Attorney. This will be the only available option.
• Character (Medium) – This field is being used for medium (fic or art).
• Relationships – Enter relationships you enjoy in addition to NaruMitsu. These are optional details. Your creator is not required to include them, they simply give an idea of what you enjoy.
• Additional Tags – Enter between four to twenty freeform tags. Your gift will contain at least one of these.
• Description – Use this box to tell your creator anything about yourself, including your Do Not Wants (DNWs). You may include links to a Dear Creator letter or any other source, but only DNWs listed in the description box can be enforced.
DNWs and how to use them
List any Do Not Wants (DNWs) in the description box. These are topics, tropes, plot points, or anything else that you don’t want to see in your gift. These will be enforced if possible. If you do not want smut or explicit sex in your gift, make sure to mention it in your DNWs! Unfortunately, only DNWs listed in the description box can be enforced. (This is to avoid a situation where the recipient says "I have DNW: coffee shop in my letter" and the creator says "But I checked and it wasn't there yesterday", then Phoenix himself wouldn't be able to find the truth.)
DNWs should be clear, neutrally worded, and not overly restrictive. Examples:
• Instead of “DNW extreme kinks,” try to list out what you find extreme. Everyone considers different things to be extreme.
• Instead of “DNW gross ships,” try “DNW Winston Payne ships” or whatever it is you dislike.
• Something like “DNW unrequested tags” would be impossible to enforce.
• “DNW unrequested ships” is fine.
DNWs can be the same or different between requests. For example, if I’m squeamish about seeing blood in art, but reading about it is fine, I might say “DNW blood” in an art request, and not have that in a fic request.
What does the “Any” button do?
Check the “Any” box if you would be happy to receive any tag in that field. “Any” truly means any. If you choose “Any,” then DNWs of specific tags cannot be enforced because it’s possible that is the tag your creator matched on.
Why would I need more than one request?
You can use multiple requests to tailor them more specifically. For example, suppose I like fluffy fics with weddings and case fics with murders. But I do not like weddings that end in tragedy. I would request like this:
• Request 1 – Maya Fey & Pearl Fey, Weddings, Fluff, Flower Girls, Happily Ever After
• Request 2 – Solo: Damon Gant, Case Fic, Murder, Blood and Gore, Angst
But if I request like this, then my creator could very well write me a bloody, angsty wedding featuring Damon Gant!
• Request 1 – Maya Fey & Pearl Fey, Solo: Damon Gant, Weddings, Fluff, Flower Girls, Happily Ever After, Case Fic, Murder, Blood and Gore, Angst
Another example is if you would only like smut in some contexts, for example if you only want smut in art, you could separate your request into art requests and fic requests. You could DNW smut in one context while welcoming it in the other.
Offers
You must offer at least one medium and four freeform tags. Please try to make sure your offer matches at least one request. When sign-ups close, if no requests match your offers, then I will contact you to see if you can offer anything else, and you will have twenty-four hours to reply.
As with requests, "Any" truly means any! If you check "Any" and then put "I will write any tag except AUs" in the description box, AO3's matching won't be able to read that. It might still match you with someone who requested only AU tags!
Matching
Matching will be on one medium and one freeform tag.
Assignments
Go to your profile and click My Assignments, or go to this Collection and click My Assignments to find your assignment.
You will see all of your recipient’s requests. Pick one request. Create a work that matches one of that request’s mediums and freeform tags. It’s fine to include tags from other requests, but make sure that both fields (medium and freeform) are met for one of the requests. Relationship tags are optional, and prompts in the description box are optional.
Fics must be at least 500 words. Art must be at least a nice sketch on unlined paper.
Do not include any of the recipient’s DNWs. Make sure to read these up front! If you have questions, email me (narumitsudayexchange@gmail.com) or contact me on Discord (username: sweetling). Do not contact the recipient directly.
Treats
A treat is an extra gift created for a participant who is not your assigned recipient. You can treat regardless of whether you have signed up to the exchange. There are no minimum requirements for treats, but they still need to follow the recipients requested mediums and include at least one requested freeform tag, and respect their DNWs.
If you would like to receive treats, make sure you have "Allow anyone to gift me works" checked in your account preferences!
If you would like to receive treats, make sure you have "Allow anyone to gift me works" checked in your account preferences!
Defaulting, Extensions, and Pinch Hits
If you can’t complete your assignment, please default as soon as you know, so we can find a pinch hit for your recipient. To default, go to your “Assignments” page on AO3, find this exchange and click “Default.”
On the other hand, if you are confident of finishing and need a bit of extra time, email me (narumitsudayexchange@gmail.com) or contact me on Discord (username: sweetling) and ask for an extension.
Pinch hits will be posted here (Dreamwidth). To pick up a pinch hit, you can either comment on the post or contact me directly (narumitsudayexchange@gmail.com or sweetling on Discord). Anyone can comment on the post, you do not need a dreamwidth account. All comments will be hidden to everyone else except me.
How do I submit my assignment, pinch hit, or treat?
Go to Post and select New Work. Scroll down to Associations. You may see a field labeled “Does this fulfill a challenge assignment.”
• If this is your assignment or a pinch hit, select the checkbox. That’s all you need to do.
• If this is a treat, enter “NarumitsuDayExchange2025” in the “Post to Collections / Challenges” field, and the recipient’s username in the “Gift this work to” field.
General
Please maintain anonymity in public/semi-public spaces before creator reveals! It’s fine to say “I’m so excited about my assignment,” but please don’t give out specific details such as what tags you’re using. Careful, it can be revealing to say things like "Just submitted my assignment!" or "I wrote over 5000 words today!" Similarly, please avoid publicly criticizing your recipient's request, even if it's something mild like "I'm confused by the wording on this prompt."
Please comment on your gift during the anonymous reveal week, saying at least one thing you like about it. It would mean the world to your creator!
Thanks and be awesome!
