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Muzzle Flash is a fic and art semi-flash exchange focused on gunkink!
Gunkink, or gunplay, describes the act of using guns and firearms in a sexual or kinky fashion, whether loaded or unloaded. The firearms may be used as props, for penetration, or otherwise used in their usual capacity for shooting, dismantling or cleaning and maintenance. For the purposes of this exchange, 'firearms' can include: guns, pistols, rifles, fantasy gun weapons, gunblades, etc.

Everyone's definition of gunkink may differ, so as long as your creation involves some focus on firearms, then it fits the theme!

This exchange requires participants to be 18 or older in order to sign up and operates under a "don't be an asshole" policy. Participants who harass fellow participants or who are otherwise found to be acting in bad faith will have their signup removed at the mod's discretion.

Schedule:
Nominations open: Tuesday 29th October 2024 08:00PM UTC
Nominations close: Thursday 31st October 2024 08:00PM UTC
Signups open: Friday 01st November 2024 08:00PM UTC

Signups close: Sunday 03rd November 2024 08:00PM UTC

[EDIT - NEW DATES]
Assignments out:
Tuesday 5th November 2024

Assignments due: Tuesday 19th November 2024 08:00PM UTC
Collection revealed: Thursday 21st November 2024 08:00PM UTC
Authors revealed: Friday 22nd November 2024 08:00PM UTC

Links:
AO3 collection | Tagset | Automagic app

If you need to contact the mods please reach out by one of those methods:


NominationsNominations:
Fandoms and relationships can be nominated here on AO3

You may nominate 3-10 fandoms with 10 relationships each.

Please disambiguate all your nominations. Don't use pipes if not strictly necessary (pipes are the '|' character in tags such as 'G'raha Tia | Crystal Exarch').

To nominate a relationship, do so without any prefixes. Nominate Character A/Character B (Fandom). We are only accepting nominations for / pairings featuring two or more people.

RPF
RPF nominations are accepted for this exchange, with some caveats as below. Please nominate under the 'Celebrities & Real People' fandom.

The following nominations for fandoms will not be accepted:
  • Nazi RPF
  • RPF involving serial killers or mass shooters from this century
  • Other similar public figures who have living victims
  • Modern RPF for persons under the age of 18
  • Modern RPF for persons not famous in their own right


Crossovers are allowed
To nominate a crossover, please nominate them under Crossover Fandom, and disambiguate every character, like Chris Redfield (Resident Evil)/Dante (DMC)

Original Works are allowed
Nominate under the Original Works fandom, and disambiguate the gender of each character in the relationship tag, like F/F: Hobgoblin/Illithid.


SignupsRequests:
You may request 3-10 fandoms, each with at least one medium (fanfic, fanart or both) and at least 1 relationship. You may also request "any" in the character field, opting in to receive any nominated relationship for that fandom.

You cannot request the same fandom more than once.

Any unmatchables will have their signups deleted. The collection won't be revealed until everyone has a gift.

Offers:
You have to offer 3-10 fandoms, each with at least one medium (fic, fanart or both), and at least 1 relationship tag.

You can also offer "any" in the character field, which means you are willing to create a gift for any nominated relationships.

Additional details:
If you have any Do Not Wants (DNWs), please make sure to include them in the Optional Details field.

In order to be considered valid, your DNWs must be clearly labelled as such and must not contradict your request (ie: you must not DNW incest and then request an incestuous ship, or request a ship and then DNW one of its members).

Your DNWs should also be specific (ie: no "no unrequested kinks" as it is too broad) and avoid judgmental statements (ie: no "no gross kinks!").

Only DNWs stated in the Optional Details field of the signup will be enforced.

You are encouraged to input any prompts, likes and other details in the "Optional Details" box.

There's a chance that tags won't appear in the drop-down menu when signing up. In that case, please copy-paste the tag EXACTLY as it appears in the tagset.

Comments
You are not required to comment on your gift to participate in next year's round. However, we strongly encourage anyone to leave a comment on any gift they receive.


AssignmentsAssignments
Assignments are only guaranteed to match on one fandom, one relationship, and one medium.

You are only expected to fill one of your assigned recipient's requests. You do not need to fulfil the request you matched on, but you can choose to fill any of your recipient's requests.

If you didn't receive your assignment, or your assignment does not match any of your offered fandoms/ships/mediums, please reach out to the mod ASAP.

Minimum requirements
Minimum work requirements are one complete fanfic of at least 300 words, or one lined sketch of original art, digital or traditional, on clean, unlined paper.

Photo manipulations, AI-generated images and texts, in-game screenshots, icons and such graphics do not constitute a valid gift for this exchange and won't fulfil your assignment (they won't be considered valid treats either).

Fulfilling:
You can fulfil an assignment by going to your AO3 assignment page and clicking the "fulfil" button. Please note that drafts do not count as fulfilled assignments so make sure to post your work.

Defaulting:
If you can't finish your assignment, please default by going to your AO3 assignments page and clicking the "default" button on your assignment.

You don't have to justify your defaulting to the mod. You may still get a gift, but if your assigned creator also defaults, you won't go out to pinch hit.

If you haven't posted a work by the deadline, you'll be defaulted by the mod.

Extensions:
Please reach out to the mod if you need an extension on your assignment. We don't need to know why you need one in your request.

No extensions will be granted for assignments after the deadline has passed (pinch hitters will still be able to request them).

Anonymity:
Works should remain anonymous during the collection's anonymous period.

Artists may still sign their works.

Treats:
Treats are extra gifts. While treats do not need to meet the minimum requirements, please note that they should still fulfil one of the recipient's requests and follow the recipient's DNWs.

Photo manipulations, AI-generated images and texts, in-game screenshots and such graphics do not constitute valid treats.

Treats shouldn't be given to more than one person. Treats to the collection are allowed.

If your AO3 account was created after February 2022 and you would like treats, please make sure make sure your account is set up to allow additional gifts: go to Preferences and click "Allow anyone to gift me works."

We encourage anyone who does NOT want treats to specify so in their optional details.

Authors revealed!

Authors are now revealed! Thank you everyone!

Collection Open!

All assignments are in and the collection is now open!

Authors will be revealed tomorrow on schedule.

Deadline Passed!

Thank you everyone, the deadline has now passed!

I've heard from everyone wanting extensions, so all being well the collection should open on time on Thursday 21st at 8pm UTC!
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Assignments Out & Initial Pinch Hits

Assignments are now officially out!

The new dates are as below:

Assignments out: Tuesday 5th November 2024
Assignments due: Tuesday 19th November 2024 08:00PM UTC
Collection revealed: Thursday 21st November 2024 08:00PM UTC
Authors revealed: Friday 22nd November 2024 08:00PM UTC

We have 2 Initial Pinch Hits - please see below for details. To claim, please reply to this screened post, or send an email to muzzleflashmod (at) gmail.com

Pinch Hits are due on the same day as assignments - Tuesday 19th of November.

Pinch Hit #1 - The Glass Key (1942), The Thing from Another World (1951), Briarpatch (TV)

Request 1 by great_whatsit
Fandom: The Glass Key (1942)

Relationship:
Any
Medium: Fic

Request Summary
Treats are welcome and appreciated!

In terms of narrative I’m pretty easy to please, and any rating and/or combination of gender identities and bodies is cool with me. That said, I do have a few DNWs: extreme or explicit violence and torture, noncon or dubcon (unless specified for the fandom), horror, and A/B/O.

Things I love (but in no way require) in fic: found family, sex that is urgent, angry, awkward, or familiar and full of laughter (or all of the above), complicated or fucked up power dynamics (please never think anything in this department will be Too Much), quiet devotion, humor, bittersweet endings, day in the life snapshots, tragically stoic characters who only one other person understands, and damaged people who are trying, whether it's just to do as little harm as possible, or to heal themselves, even a little (😭😭😭😭😭😭). I'm also kinda into genre AUs these days? So, not AUs set in the modern day, but those set in, say, the world of films noir, or westerns (I LOOOOOOOOOVE westerns and would, without exception, adore seeing any of the folks I mention in that context, if they're not already), or gangster movies. Or, shit, gialli, that would be amazing!

fandom specific details are here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRfGBxz3k8B28qLjjHg575MM99jY002R2XLaiAHgZ9FqIFGtQ3GZeEoTARnvPoB6e2MIFAqleFUCeqZ/pub


Request 2 by great_whatsit
Fandom: The Thing from Another World (1951)

Relationship: Patrick Hendry/Nikki Nicholson (The Thing from Another World)
Medium: Fic

Request Summary
Treats are welcome and appreciated!

In terms of narrative I’m pretty easy to please, and any rating and/or combination of gender identities and bodies is cool with me. That said, I do have a few DNWs: extreme or explicit violence and torture, noncon or dubcon (unless specified for the fandom), horror, and A/B/O.

Things I love (but in no way require) in fic: found family, sex that is urgent, angry, awkward, or familiar and full of laughter (or all of the above), complicated or fucked up power dynamics (please never think anything in this department will be Too Much), quiet devotion, humor, bittersweet endings, day in the life snapshots, tragically stoic characters who only one other person understands, and damaged people who are trying, whether it's just to do as little harm as possible, or to heal themselves, even a little (😭😭😭😭😭😭). I'm also kinda into genre AUs these days? So, not AUs set in the modern day, but those set in, say, the world of films noir, or westerns (I LOOOOOOOOOVE westerns and would, without exception, adore seeing any of the folks I mention in that context, if they're not already), or gangster movies. Or, shit, gialli, that would be amazing!

Fandom specific details are here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRfGBxz3k8B28qLjjHg575MM99jY002R2XLaiAHgZ9FqIFGtQ3GZeEoTARnvPoB6e2MIFAqleFUCeqZ/pub


Request 3 by great_whatsit
Fandom: Briarpatch (TV)

Relationship: Any
Medium:
Fic

Request Summary
Treats are welcome and appreciated!

In terms of narrative I’m pretty easy to please, and any rating and/or combination of gender identities and bodies is cool with me. That said, I do have a few DNWs: extreme or explicit violence and torture, noncon or dubcon (unless specified for the fandom), horror, and A/B/O.

Things I love (but in no way require) in fic: found family, sex that is urgent, angry, awkward, or familiar and full of laughter (or all of the above), complicated or fucked up power dynamics (please never think anything in this department will be Too Much), quiet devotion, humor, bittersweet endings, day in the life snapshots, tragically stoic characters who only one other person understands, and damaged people who are trying, whether it's just to do as little harm as possible, or to heal themselves, even a little (😭😭😭😭😭😭). I'm also kinda into genre AUs these days? So, not AUs set in the modern day, but those set in, say, the world of films noir, or westerns (I LOOOOOOOOOVE westerns and would, without exception, adore seeing any of the folks I mention in that context, if they're not already), or gangster movies. Or, shit, gialli, that would be amazing!

Fandom specific details are here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRfGBxz3k8B28qLjjHg575MM99jY002R2XLaiAHgZ9FqIFGtQ3GZeEoTARnvPoB6e2MIFAqleFUCeqZ/pub


Pinch Hit #2 - 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, Archer (Cartoon), Майор Гром | Major Grom (Trofim Movies), Майор Гром | Major Grom (Comics), Чумной Доктор | Plague Doctor (Comics)


Request 1 by Koschei_B
Fandom: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs

Relationships: Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs) Fyodor Dostoyevsky/Nikolai Gogol (Bungou Stray Dogs)
Medium: Art, Fic

Request Summary

Likes:
Angst with a subjectively happy ending / unhealthy dynamic in a happy relationship / time travel / pure fluff / holidays, especially blending traditions / domesticity / marriage and kids - especially adoption / platonic and queerplatonic relationships / queer relationships / getting together / Nature / Pets / hurt/comfort / Crossovers/fusions / Obsessions, especially related to childhood trauma / Soulmates, in a way that makes character(s) suffer / hanahaki / disabled characters / neurodivergent characters / trans characters / genderfulid characters / religion other than Christianity being a focus / fairy tale elements and aesthetics / flowers / jewelry, especially piercings / tarot / pencil sketches / bright colours / black and white / shiny things / sky / outer space / constellations as design element or a tattoo / gender nonconformity / aro and/or ace spectrum / collars and chokers / clothes sharing/swap / headcanons!

DNW:
Lactation
Cheating/Adultery/Infidelity
Permanent Major Character Death (temporary, undeath, and afterlife AUs are all OK though! And by major I mean to the work. Oh, and grief focused work is OK too so long as the death isn't onscreen)
Romantic/sexual ships that separate FyoLai or SKK

*If it's not in my DNWs (and allowed by the exchange), you can assume I'm really OK with it. And for Dead Dove stuff, I'm probably into it. Really. Even that :)


Request 2 by Koschei_B
Fandom:
Archer (Cartoon)

Relationships: Sterling Archer/Barry Dylan (Archer) Sterling Archer/Original Character(s) (Archer) Sterling Archer/Any Character(s) (Archer)
Medium: Art, Fic

Request Summary
Likes:
Angst with a subjectively happy ending / unhealthy dynamic in a happy relationship / time travel / pure fluff / holidays, especially blending traditions / domesticity / marriage and kids - especially adoption / platonic and queerplatonic relationships / queer relationships / getting together / Nature / Pets / hurt/comfort / Crossovers/fusions / Obsessions, especially related to childhood trauma / Soulmates, in a way that makes character(s) suffer / hanahaki / disabled characters / neurodivergent characters / trans characters / genderfulid characters / religion other than Christianity being a focus / fairy tale elements and aesthetics / flowers / jewelry, especially piercings / tarot / pencil sketches / bright colours / black and white / shiny things / sky / outer space / constellations as design element or a tattoo / gender nonconformity / aro and/or ace spectrum / collars and chokers / clothes sharing/swap / headcanons!

DNW:
Lactation
Cheating/Adultery/Infidelity
Permanent Major Character Death (temporary, undeath, and afterlife AUs are all OK though! And by major I mean to the work. Oh, and grief focused work is OK too so long as the death isn't onscreen)
Romantic/sexual ships that separate FyoLai or SKK

*If it's not in my DNWs (and allowed by the exchange), you can assume I'm really OK with it. And for Dead Dove stuff, I'm probably into it. Really. Even that :)


Request 3 by Koschei_B
Fandom:
Майор Гром | Major Grom (Trofim Movies)

Relationship: Any
Medium: Art, Fic

Request Summary
Likes:
Angst with a subjectively happy ending / unhealthy dynamic in a happy relationship / time travel / pure fluff / holidays, especially blending traditions / domesticity / marriage and kids - especially adoption / platonic and queerplatonic relationships / queer relationships / getting together / Nature / Pets / hurt/comfort / Crossovers/fusions / Obsessions, especially related to childhood trauma / Soulmates, in a way that makes character(s) suffer / hanahaki / disabled characters / neurodivergent characters / trans characters / genderfulid characters / religion other than Christianity being a focus / fairy tale elements and aesthetics / flowers / jewelry, especially piercings / tarot / pencil sketches / bright colours / black and white / shiny things / sky / outer space / constellations as design element or a tattoo / gender nonconformity / aro and/or ace spectrum / collars and chokers / clothes sharing/swap / headcanons!

DNW:
Lactation
Cheating/Adultery/Infidelity
Permanent Major Character Death (temporary, undeath, and afterlife AUs are all OK though! And by major I mean to the work. Oh, and grief focused work is OK too so long as the death isn't onscreen)

*If it's not in my DNWs (and allowed by the exchange), you can assume I'm really OK with it. And for Dead Dove stuff, I'm probably into it. Really. Even that :)


Request 4 by Koschei_B
Fandom:
Майор Гром | Major Grom (Comics)

Relationship: Any
Medium: Art, Fic

Request Summary
Likes:
Angst with a subjectively happy ending / unhealthy dynamic in a happy relationship / time travel / pure fluff / holidays, especially blending traditions / domesticity / marriage and kids - especially adoption / platonic and queerplatonic relationships / queer relationships / getting together / Nature / Pets / hurt/comfort / Crossovers/fusions / Obsessions, especially related to childhood trauma / Soulmates, in a way that makes character(s) suffer / hanahaki / disabled characters / neurodivergent characters / trans characters / genderfulid characters / religion other than Christianity being a focus / fairy tale elements and aesthetics / flowers / jewelry, especially piercings / tarot / pencil sketches / bright colours / black and white / shiny things / sky / outer space / constellations as design element or a tattoo / gender nonconformity / aro and/or ace spectrum / collars and chokers / clothes sharing/swap / headcanons!

DNW:
Lactation
Cheating/Adultery/Infidelity
Permanent Major Character Death (temporary, undeath, and afterlife AUs are all OK though! And by major I mean to the work. Oh, and grief focused work is OK too so long as the death isn't onscreen)

*If it's not in my DNWs (and allowed by the exchange), you can assume I'm really OK with it. And for Dead Dove stuff, I'm probably into it. Really. Even that :)

Request 5 by Koschei_B
Fandom
: Чумной Доктор | Plague Doctor (Comics)

Relationship: Any
Medium: Art, Fic

Request Summary
Likes:
Angst with a subjectively happy ending / unhealthy dynamic in a happy relationship / time travel / pure fluff / holidays, especially blending traditions / domesticity / marriage and kids - especially adoption / platonic and queerplatonic relationships / queer relationships / getting together / Nature / Pets / hurt/comfort / Crossovers/fusions / Obsessions, especially related to childhood trauma / Soulmates, in a way that makes character(s) suffer / hanahaki / disabled characters / neurodivergent characters / trans characters / genderfulid characters / religion other than Christianity being a focus / fairy tale elements and aesthetics / flowers / jewelry, especially piercings / tarot / pencil sketches / bright colours / black and white / shiny things / sky / outer space / constellations as design element or a tattoo / gender nonconformity / aro and/or ace spectrum / collars and chokers / clothes sharing/swap / headcanons!

DNW:
Lactation
Cheating/Adultery/Infidelity
Permanent Major Character Death (temporary, undeath, and afterlife AUs are all OK though! And by major I mean to the work. Oh, and grief focused work is OK too so long as the death isn't onscreen)

*If it's not in my DNWs (and allowed by the exchange), you can assume I'm really OK with it. And for Dead Dove stuff, I'm probably into it. Really. Even that :)
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Matching Delay

Hello, regretfully it's me again.

I've hit the known matching bug on ao3 wherein it gets stuck in generating and then just outright does not work. I've sent a support ticket, so I will update and get your assignments out as soon as ao3 fix the issue.

I can only apologise again for the delay, but I will move the deadlines by the appropriate amount of days as soon as I get assignments out.
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Sign ups closed!

Sign ups are now closed! I will be running matching and sending out assignments tomorrow (4th November).

Due to this, I will be also bumping the timeline along by one day - so the new dates are as below:

Assignments out: Monday 4th November 2024 08:00PM UTC
Assignments due: Monday 18th November 2024 08:00PM UTC
Collection revealed: Wednesday 20th November 2024 08:00PM UTC
Authors revealed: Friday 22nd November 2024 08:00PM UTC

If you have not yet let me know what mediums you are offering, please comment on this post or send an email to the mod email at muzzleflashmod (at) gmail.com
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Offers Issue

I made an error when editing the sign up form meaning that there isn't a provision to specify if you're offering art or fic mediums.

For those who have signed up, I will be contacting you via the email you have attached to ao3 to confirm which mediums you want to offer. OR if you would prefer, you can leave a screened comment on this post.
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Nominations Open!

Nominations are now open! You can nominate here on AO3!

Nominations will stay open until October 31, 2024, 8PM UTC (countdown)

The guidelines on how to nominate can be found here.

Any queries regarding nominations will be posted to this dreamwidth community.
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Mod Contact Post

If you want to contact the mod and don't feel like emailing at muzzleflashmod (at) gmail (dot) com or reaching out via DM to the [personal profile] muzzleflashmod account, leave a comment on this post.

ALL COMMENTS WILL BE SCREENED. Please don't leave logged-off/anonymous comments as we can't reply to those without needing to unscreen both your comment and our reply.

If you need to contact us about your nominations, please include a link to your nominations page in the comment.