Welcome to the 2018 Season of Timeline!
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exopressrailway Welcome Aboard The Timeline EXOpress!
Introduction
Welcome to Timeline Station where your Train Conductors (Star, Moon, and Sun) will guide you to your historical destination! The Conductors would like to welcome you to board the Timeline EXOpress, the first and only Historical AU, EXO-centric fic fest! From the early bronze age until the 21st century, we are here to help you find your way to your favourite time period along the Timeline Railway.
Train Etiquette Guide
- Authors, Poets, and Artists are invited to board the Train this year!
- Fics (or poems) must be Historical AU! Any time period is okay, but no fics may take place in the 21st century.* The further back in history you go, the better! The Train will stop at all eras!
- *The theme of time travel/reincarnation that takes place in the 21st century will be allowed, as long as the majority of the fic takes place in the past!
- These do not have to be historically accurate! While accuracies are nice, this is fictional work and it is not meant to reflect history. It is simply meant to take place in history.
- Minimal word count: none! Write as little or as much as you can/want!
- Other AUs can be added to the fic/prompt, as long as the premise remains historical. EX: A Royalty AU in the Middle Ages or a University AU in the late 1800s.
- EXO members, past and present, are permitted to board the Train. We support OT12 in this Station.
- The main pairing must be EXO/EXO, but other groups are permitted to board the Train to make appearances or to be included in side pairings.
- OCs are permitted to board the Train this year!
- M-preg, gender bend, ABO, smut and OT3+ pairings will be allowed!
- Some topics will be excluded from the fest, please see below for the list.
- You do not have to have a DreamWidth to join the fest, but you must have an e-mail address, as well as a second way for the Train Conductors to contact you (AFF, AO3, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.)
- Please do not reveal yourself while the Train is in motion/the fest is ongoing. Do not reply to comments on your fic until the fest is over - this is meant to be anonymous until the reveals. (We wouldn't want to spoil the fun!)
- Do not plagiarize in any way! Plagiarizing is illegal!
- Extension arrangements can be made if needed, please contact the Train Conductors ASAP if you need one.
- There will not be a drop-out date, however, please let us know if you will be getting off the Train so that your claimed prompt can be re-opened.
- There is no penalty for dropping a prompt or exiting the Train early. You may re-claim a prompt and re-enter the Train (fest) all before it leaves the Station!
- There will be 2 check-ins - an informal and formal one. The informal one is just to be sure that you're still on board while the formal one is a progress check that requires a draft. Both check-ins will be expected to be received within the week of the official due date. E-mail reminders will be sent out!
Train Warnings & Safety Procedures
Due to the harsh and often disturbing nature of history, our guidelines will be quite different from other fic fests. Timeline Station is thus going to open its doors to taboo topics that most fests tend to avoid. This is to keep the realism of the historical periods which are being represented - please do NOT abuse this freedom. If you are unsure whether or not your prompt contains sensitive material, please contact the Train Conductors for help!
1. These themes will be permitted: incest*, pseudo-incest, mental illness**, homophobia, self-harm, suicide, infidelity, excessive violence, blood, gore, war, dub-con, age gaps***, extreme kinks, underage sex****, & underage marriage*****.
*Please see point 2 for continued information on this theme.
**Try to refrain from mental illnesses that you may not know anything about, unless you plan to research it. This is a sensitive topic for those who actually have mental illnesses.
*Please see point 2 for continued information on this theme.
**Try to refrain from mental illnesses that you may not know anything about, unless you plan to research it. This is a sensitive topic for those who actually have mental illnesses.
***Age gaps are only permitted if the romantic/sexual relationships are between characters over the age of 18.
****Underage sex will only be allowed if both parties are under 18. It will be considered pedophilia if one party is over 18 while one is under 18.
*****Underage marriage is accepted as long as there are no romantic/sexual relationships between a character under 18 and a character over 18.
Implications or mentions of any of the above will be tolerated, so long as it is not explicitly stated.
****Underage sex will only be allowed if both parties are under 18. It will be considered pedophilia if one party is over 18 while one is under 18.
*****Underage marriage is accepted as long as there are no romantic/sexual relationships between a character under 18 and a character over 18.
Implications or mentions of any of the above will be tolerated, so long as it is not explicitly stated.
EX:
Incest: Brothers Tao and Luhan are forced to marry to keep their bloodline
Mental Illness: Yixing experiences PTSD after the war is over.
Underage sex: Seventeen year old Jongin bedded sixteen year old Sehun on their wedding night
Underage marriage: Fifteen year old Junmyeon is to marry twenty-four year old Yifan
Incest: Brothers Tao and Luhan are forced to marry to keep their bloodline
Mental Illness: Yixing experiences PTSD after the war is over.
Underage sex: Seventeen year old Jongin bedded sixteen year old Sehun on their wedding night
Underage marriage: Fifteen year old Junmyeon is to marry twenty-four year old Yifan
If you will be writing about any of the topics mentioned in point 1, please fill in the "trigger warning" on our form.
2. These themes will not be permitted under any circumstances, regardless of their historical accuracy: pedophilia*, explicit incestual smut**, non-con/rape.
*The main characters, if in a romantic/sexual relationship, must be over 18. No exceptions.
**Implied sexual encounters are accepted based on the prompt.
**Implied sexual encounters are accepted based on the prompt.
The Train Conductors have the right to discard any prompts that are deemed unfit and that comply with anything in point 2.
Prompts that are received with any of the Triggering topics previously mentioned will be clearly marked in the prompt Archives and during postings. Any prompts that include smut or kinks of any kind will be clearly marked as NSFW during postings.Because of the severity of some of these themes, any fics marked with the "trigger" option will be reviewed by the Train Conductors before posting. If we deem your story unfit to post, we will let you know and ask you to either omit or change the questionable content.
Thank you for understanding!
Train Schedule
Prompting: August 24 - September 7, 2018
Archive Reveal: September 9, 2018
Claiming: September 12, 2018
Informal Check-in: November 17, 2018
Formal Check-in: December 29, 2018
Submission Deadline: January 12, 2019
Posting: January 19, 2019
Reveals: TBA
*Dates are subject to change
Contact
e-mail: timelinestation@gmail.com
twitter: @EXOpressRailway
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