The Idea A fandom Secret Santa -- we give each other stories, artwork, essays. Very simple -- Email (gatchgift.ame@gmail.com) or PM me with what you want and what you can give. After I have everything, I'll match up what people want and what they can give, and give you your prompt and medium. Once you are done with your gift, send them to me. I'll post all submissions here for the receiver and everyone else to enjoy. After all gifts have been posted and enjoyed, and we've guessed who gave what, Givers will be allowed to reveal themselves. After they have had a few days to reveal, I'll post the master list of prompts and who did what. The Specifics 1. Anytime between now and October 7, 2016 email or PM me with the following. -- Choose two or three prompts+ -- a Medium or two* -- if choosing an fanfic or an essay, choose a team* -- What you can give** 2. By October 9, you will receive from me a gift request 3. Send me the completed gift by December 23. 4. I'll post the gifts between December 20 and December 24. 5. People can reveal themselves to the recipients on December 27. 6. I'll post the master list between January 1 and 3, 2017; at that time givers can post their work elsewhere, such as Gatchfanfic or DeviantArt, etc. 7. 1200 word minimum for essays and stories (serial drabbles are okay, unless otherwise specified) No maximum, but please keep in mind that gifts should be complete. If a prompt inspires more, sequels would be enjoyed by all. The Rules If you want something, you have to give something. Please don't post or share^ the gifts with others or other sites until after the master list has been revealed on January 1, 2017 to give the recipients time to enjoy the work first. If you don't want smut or slash, or won't write/draw smut or slash, please say so. Also if you prefer this, just put it in your prompt. If you want to give multiple gifts, you can ask for multiple gifts. Send requests separately, otherwise they will look like additional prompt choices. * ** ^ + * If you want an essay or choose Eagle Riders or GoS (for fanfic or essay), please select one prompt from another and/or for a second team. I will make every attempt to match people with their first choices, but will be limited by what people are able to give. **Prefered Medium -- Art, Fanfiction, Essay, Teams that you are most familiar with for Fanfictions or Essays ^Check with me before you send something to beta. I'd really like to try and post a beta list for those who need/want a beta, so if you want to participate, but don't really have the time to give, send me an email to volunteer to beta. Please note that if you want to beta, you must also respect the timeline and secrecy. If you know for a fact that your Beta does not participate, that is okay to just send to them. + Two or three prompts are requested to give the author/artist a choice in case nothing sparks to mind. It does not mean that you will get all prompts or that the author/artist has to do all prompts. However, it has happened in the past that the prompts were so inspiring that some have responded to them all, and posted the others after the exchange. Some have even combined prompts, but again that is at the choice of the author/artist. Finally, please, if something happens that prevents you from fulfilling this obligation, let me know as soon as possible. I won't be asking for a gift, but will be a back-up if anyone has something that interferes with this obligation. If anyone else wishes to help out in this manner, I'd be happy to accept that help, too. So please, if you have time to fill for missing gifts please let me know. Hope everyone has a much fun as we did in years past! Happy Holidays!

Yes! Finally! No I did not forget! I've had this on my mind for nearly a month, and just finally got to it. Since we are starting a bit later, I made a few adjustments to the timing. Mostly I've extended the deadline a bit more than normal, and gave myself less turn around time on the prompts (I work better with a deadline). I also trimmed the minimum length by 300 words, not a lot, but given the shortened timing, I figured a well written 1200 word story would be more enjoyable than 1500 words of stuffing. Of course, there is still no maximum other than that stories must be complete and ready to submit by Dec 23. I'll start posting submissions received (yes, it happens) before the deadline on the 20th. Finally, given the wonkyness of the site (part of the reason for my delay), if you PM me and don't here back within 24 hours, please follow up with an email, include the prompt, please. And tell those that usually participate, but may not be around as often. Last year we had near record participation, and here I am this year, starting late, just hoping that we get enough to make this work.

I emailed you my prompts.

Got them! Thank you!

I PM'd you, Ame!

Originally posted by ElectricWhite I PM'd you, Ame!

I see! Going to check now! FYI --I just created a new email, especially for the gift exchange. I wanted to do it last year, but just got it done. Either email is good (the other is just getting a lot of junk), anything sent to my regular email will be forwarded to the new. I'll also be creating a new photobucket acct for the exchange and will share the password with those who are likely to do art.

Hola Ame, My prompt has been sent! Yuppi, I'm so glad to be able to participate again! Sorry if I haven't been active but everytime I want to visit the site, it shows an error in my iPad Anyway, hopefully it's ok from now on...... Thanks for organizing and I can't wait for the challenge again!

Sent mine via e-mail Ame Thanks for doing this again, it's always a lot of fun. I just hope the site behaves for the duration.

Glad to see this is happening again! I'll have to give my prompt some thought...

Originally posted by Transmute Jun Glad to see this is happening again! I'll have to give my prompt some thought...

That's why I try to give at least a week. It's funny though. I always get a bunch when I post, then another bunch as the deadline approaches, with just a few coming in in between.

Love this! I'm thinking, too...will definitely be contacting you, Amethyst!

I set up a back up thread at the Crescent Coral Library Forums This is to serve two purposes: a back up in case the gremlins are not resolved by the time gifts are to be delivered and as a way to reach people who have found a home there and have yet to find their way back here. All gifts posted there will be posted here as soon as possible. If this site is up during posting, then standard rules apply to posting there.

Don't forget, this Friday is the deadline. However, I won't decline any that arrive at the crack of dawn Saturday morning. The way this weekend is shaping up, I'll be sorting the request Saturday afternoon and sending them out sometime Saturday night..

Woo-hoo! Just saw this -- I haven't been online for some time... Thanks Ame, I'm going to PM you!

I just sent you a message with my preferences! I know I haven't been very active on Gatchamania lately, with the move to Cyprus and everything, but I'd like to do the Gift Exchange again. Thank you for organising it!

Got it, DT! I was beginning to worry about you, but I do understand how real life gets away with us. Speaking of real life ... I'm extending the deadline until tomorrow evening. My daughter and I are taking an unplanned excursion into the city tomorrow, and I'll have more time than expected Sunday. Look for the prompts sometime Sunday evening.

Ah yay for the extension! I've been really busy and have a cold on top of it, and have been so brain fried I've barely done my online stuff. Will see if I can get my neurons firing all together.

Last Call! I'll accept anyone who has their request in by the time I wake up tomorrow morning. For those that want a "firm" deadline, let's say 8 AM Pacific Daylight Time (about 9 hours behind GMT). I should have everything organized and sent out by mid-afternoon tomorrow. As always, I'll update here and let everyone know to check their PMs or emails.

Thank you, everyone! Prompts will be sent out in a few hours!

Nice one, I can't wait to see what I get to work with

The prompts have been sent out. I'm sure that I didn't send out any duplicates (don't laugh, I've done it before, okay, laugh it is a bit funny), but do please double check that I didn't send you your own prompt back or one that could not conceivably fit what you are able to do. As always, you need only fulfill one request, but never back off of inspiration when it hits. And, I think we've had a first! I went back and checked a few years, and haven't seen it ... I want to tell you what it is, but, well, I can't not until after all has been revealed.

And, I think we've had a first! I went back and checked a few years, and haven't seen it ...

A request for some kind of fic that no one has ever asked for before? Thanks for organizing this again this year, amethyst!

Interesting! Can't wait to find out what the "first" is!

I'm wondering if a new member from Crescent Coral Base has submitted a request... the first non member of Gatchamania to join in perhaps?? Or maybe it's the first time someone has requested something that isn't a fic or pic, or a team other than SNT/G-force?

I'm curious to find out what the 'first' is too! I guess we'll have to wait until December to see. Another 'gift'!

We've reached our first million!!!!!

Woohoo!

Just a friendly reminder, Gifts are due Friday. Since the website has been uncooperative, I will try and bulk post this year. I don't want to post one or two and not be able to post the rest. Worst comes to worst, I'll post at MsAnn's . Thank you!

Thanks for the reminder, Amethyst!

Hola Ame! Can't wait for the Christmas presents! Thanks for all your efforts.....

I've sent you mine, I hope you got it!

I look forward to seeing them. I would have volunteered for beta if I read this thread earlier! I figured I was too late for it, and the site down. Buggar! Maybe next years. Look forward to seeing them.

Posting will begin late tonight or tomorrow morning. I'm still waiting to hear from two participants.

Sorry my timing has been crappy this week. I'm still waiting to hear from two participants. One of them might be waiting for her beta. I know that beta missed another story. We will have at least one unbetad story, probably two. When the beta comes in. It will be posted straight to the story thread either by myself or the author. On the bright side, we have the rare treat of seeing the story in process. I'm off to try and contact the one author I haven't heard from.

It's OK Ame, we can blame it on 2016.

Oh there are more unbeta'd stories I'm sure. Mine is not beta'd, because everyone I might have sent it to was participating in the exchange.

Originally posted by KT1972 It's OK Ame, we can blame it on 2016.

I have no doubt that this year is to blame for a lot of woes.

Deepest apologies! There is another delay. I'm now having technical difficulties. There is a possibility that they could be up tomorrow night, but I'd expect Monday or Tuesday. Again, I am really sorry the delay.

Finally, the first gift is up! A brief note on formatting: I did not have time this year to fix formatting. If you wrote in a paragraph formatted document, the formatting will look like crap when copy and pasted and italics, bold, etc will not show up. However, if an author has time to fix this use two hard returns between paragraphs and add basic html, and sends me the document, I will make time to post the corrected version. Sorry for this inconvenience. I need to make sure that this is well bolded for next year. Anyway, For KT Plan Z

The second gift is up. I will post more soon. For LB: Moonlighting

For Mylari Squeaky Clean

For MsAnn: Pokemon Get Out!

For Shiratori: The Last Hours

For TJ: Better Rubber Room Warning!

Finally ... For EW: Alpha and Omega

For DT: ATTACK!

For Springie: Love in an Elevator

For UW: The Conway Caper

Last but not least ... For Adriana: Interference

Hola Ame! Wow! Thank you so much!!! I love mine!!! It's truly a wonderful story and a Christmas gift! Appreciate everything you did and the dedication you have shown, even when you were facing technical difficulties. Have a a wonderful Year's end celebration and my best wishes for you for 2017! Lots of hugs

I enjoyed my gift so much- and I am loving everyone else's gifts, too! Thank you, amethyst, for your hard work putting this together!

Will the guessing game start? My first guess is that Love in an Elevator was written by TJ. Maybe also Interference was by UW. And my own gift was offered by Adriana? (Thanks!) Any ideas, guys?

I had planned to post the Master List some time Tuesday. However, if you all want, I can hold off until Friday or Saturday. Just let me know.

I agree with DT that Attack was Adriana's work, and TJ wrote Love in an Elevator. I think Squeaky clean was by Springie (don't ask me why though) Plan Z I can't decide between EW and MsAnn.... I also suspect Mylari wrote Pokemon Get Out and could UW have written Alpha and Omega?? The rest I really don't have a clue. I would appreciate some extra time to try figure it out!

I was waiting for Amethyst to give the okay before I started guessing! Anyway, I think Adriana wrote "Attack" and Springie did "Squeaky Clean". I've got the feeling that either UW or TJ wrote "Alpha and Omega", and maybe EW did "Love In an Elevator", "Pokemon Get Out", or "Interference"!

Originally posted by ElectricWhite I was waiting for Amethyst to give the okay before I started guessing!!

Don't need my okay to start guessing. But give everyone another few days before revealing yourself, but misleading is always okay. I'll post master list on Saturday.

Okay here is who gave what to whom. This year we had 11 participants. No one brand new, but one returning after several years. We also had one first. See if you can get it from this list: 2016 Gift Exchange TJ -- Interference Given to: Adriana LB -- Alpha and Omega Given to: EW Springie -- Squeaky Clean Given to: Mylari Mylari -- Love in an Elevator Given to: Springie DT -- The Conway Caper Given to: UW Adriana -- Attack! Given to: DT KT -- Moonlighting Given to: LB MsAnn -- Murder Music From Outer Space Given to: KT Shiratori Pokemon Get Out Given to: MsAnn EW -- Better Given to: TJ UW -- Last Hours Given to: Shiratori

Mylari- how funny we were giving gifts to each other! I loved my story so much! I will read it again and again!! Sorry mine wasn't much of a mystery- I don't know how to hide my style. Thanks again for such a wonderful gift!

Well, I see my guessing ability hasn't changed much! (Jeez, you'd think I'd figure out what EW's written...) Springiie -- It might have been enough to throw me off if you'd put something like "Thanks to Springie for the images" either at the beginning or the end!

That's a great idea, EW! I'll have to keep it in mind!

Wow! What a nice surprise!!! TJ, thank you so so much for my story, I just love it and it's one of my favorites now! I was guessing that you wrote that one, but wasn't completely sure. I'm glad that you took my prompt and made it into a wonderful, touching story in which Joe is happy at the end! Yes!!! Thanks again for such an awesome Chrisymas gift! Looking forward for next year!

Hola Daniella, Now that it's revealed that I was the one writing your story, I have to say thank you for your comments. It was a nice prompt and also, it was a challenge for me as I have never written anything about Nambu. I enjoyed though. I'm sure there is room to improve it and once I have a feedback from my beta, I will send it to you edited, ok? I'm so sorry but my story couldn't be checked. Also, I guess I couldn't hide that it was me who wrote the story, like Springie, everyone spot is right away.

I thought EW wrote mine. Thank you, Shiratori, I never would have guessed.

Originally posted by adrianag Hola Daniella, Now that it's revealed that I was the one writing your story, I have to say thank you for your comments. It was a nice prompt and also, it was a challenge for me as I have never written anything about Nambu. I enjoyed though. I'm sure there is room to improve it and once I have a feedback from my beta, I will send it to you edited, ok? I'm so sorry but my story couldn't be checked

That would be great, Adriana! I loved the story, and the way you combined the prompts

so it was MsAnn that wrote mine! I kinda thought so, but wasn't 100% sure. It's certainly a great episode rewrite, and a vast improvement to the ep it was taken from, thank you once again MsAnn.

Originally posted by amethyst We also had one first. See if you can get it from this list:

Originally posted by amethyst Springie -- Squeaky Clean Given to: Mylari Mylari -- Love in an Elevator Given to: Springie

Was the "first" that two people each gifted the other?

Originally posted by lborgia88

Originally posted by amethyst We also had one first. See if you can get it from this list:

Originally posted by amethyst Springie -- Squeaky Clean Given to: Mylari Mylari -- Love in an Elevator Given to: Springie

Was the "first" that two people each gifted the other?

Yes it was!

Hooray- glad I was able to be a part of the "first"!

Originally posted by Springie Hooray- glad I was able to be a part of the "first"!

Me too! I'm really glad you liked your gift, Springie. I tried hard to find a way to give you both elevator pairings that you asked for. I'm going to go look at my gift again to distract me right before I leave for my dentist appointment

I was so excited to get both!!! You came up with such an excellent idea to use both of the guys- kudos for you for such creativity! I really love the fic!

Adriana, I am glad you liked your story. I combined 2 of your prompts, since it was pretty clear you were a Joe fan who wanted him to end up with Jun at the end! EW, I really enjoyed Better. It was interesting how you took my prompt and write the scene, then left it behind, yet still used it to set the tone for the rest of the fic. That shows a lot of thought on your part as to developing the plot and satisfying the prompt.

LB - thanks again for "Alpha and Omega"! I must admit that I remembered only one of the prompts I'd submitted, so I was even more surprised as the story unfolded. Also, I never dreamed of Don Wade going from traitor to savior! This gift is on my "favorites" list! TJ - I'm glad you like what I'd written! When I learned that the gift was for you...well, I was pretty nervous, since you've set a high bar for romantic (and smutty!) stories. In fact, I might not have written anything at all -- I would have been too intimidated! Anyway, I was determined to write a good, strong story that also allowed a romance between G2 and G3 to develop.