Nomination Queries

[fangirlism]

Hi all! Sorry for somewhat radio silence, been busy.

I have just about all the noms up to this point approved (thanks to adding on a second tag moderator since I got a bit overwhelmed. Thanks for the enthusiasm though!), but just have a few queries about some of the noms:

• The Sandman (Comics): Someone nominated Destruction of the Endless/Ishtar and AO3 is suggesting a switch to Beili/Destruction of the Endless which is the canonical. Is this a safe swap to do or are Beili and Ishtar two separate characters?
• Two queries in Misfits (TV 2009)
  • Alisha Daniels/Superhoodie: Who is Superhoodie, I couldn't locate this person when researching the show.
  • Simon Bellamy/Curtis Donovan as Melissa: I did research and know that Curtis Donovan and Melissa are the same person (canon genderswap, which is allowed). However, would Simon Bellamy/Melissa be a better tag to use?
• The Flash (TV 2014): Both Caitlin Snow/Eddie Thawne and Killer Frost/Eddie Thawn were nominated. Research says Caitlin Snow and Killer Frost are the same person? Any reason why they should be split?
• Bates Motel (2013): Pairings nominated were Caleb Calhoun/Marion Crane, Norma Bates/Alex Romero, Norma Bates/Caleb Calhoun, Norma Bates/Norman Bates, and Norman Bates/Cody Brennan. However, all of these characters appear in the Bates Motel TV show, but not the 2013 movie. Would changing the fandom to the TV show work?
• The Hobbit - All Media Types: Pairings nominated wre Bard the Bowman/Dís, Bofur (Tolkien)/Tilda (Hobbit Movies), Dís/Thranduil (Tolkien), Éowyn/Frerin (Tolkien), and Kíli (Tolkien)/Tauriel (Hobbit Movies). Did the nominator want the book or the movies?

I think we're at a point where these (and anything added since I post this) would be all left to approve!

Comments

[fangirlism]

"All Media Types" is a touchy subject when dealing with exchange tagsets. In some instances it works just as you describe, but in larger fandoms it can lead to someone offering AMT hoping for one adaptation of canon, and getting a request from someone who is expecting a different adaptation of canon. Then we have unnesscesary defaults or upset recipients.

And from what I understand about Frerin/Eowyn (I'm not familiar with Tolkien but the person helping me with tag approval is) is that while yes, they're all Tolkien and technically in the same universe, they're treated as separate by the fandom and since one would need to have read both The Hobbit and LOTR to write the pairing properly that's why it would make more sense to have it under Crossover.