First Time Exchange

This is just a reminder that by choosing Any Additional Tag, you are explicitly opting in to literally ANY of them.

I have emphasized the importance of honoring DNWs, but in this case it works a bit differently, because  the tags are used for MATCHING, first and foremost. If you choose "Any Additional Tag", you might very well end up being matched with someone who is ONLY offering things you have in your DNWs, such as noncon. And that wouldn't be fair to your creator.

I understand the temptation of simply selecting the "Any Additional Tag" option - there are just so many freeforms! And they're all so cool! How are you supposed to choose? - but I strongly urge everyone to narrow it down at least a bit. (And if you still want to include more than 20 freeforms, you can always just copypaste your favorites to an external letter and link it to your signup.)

I'm not disallowing the "Any Additional Tag" option either. It wouldn't be there in the first place if it wasn't allowed! I just wanted to address the issue in a more general way. Informed consent and all that. 😂 If you want to be a true chaos gremlin and choose it, feel free!

Hi! Welcome to the First Time Exchange.

As the name implies, this is a fic exchange focused on loss of virginity. If that’s something that interests you, welcome aboard!


Schedule:

All deadlines are 10 AM, UTC+3

Nominations: June 17 - June 27
Signups: June 28 - July 7
Assignments out: July 11 at the latest
Assignments due: September 7
Works revealed: September 14
Creators revealed: September 21


Links:

Dreamwidth community: https://first-time-exchange.dreamwidth.org/
AO3 collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/FirstTimeExchange2024/profile
Tagset: https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/20050
External AO3 App: https://autoao3app.firebaseapp.com/#/FirstTimeExchange2024 (Alternative mirror here)


Mods:

The mods for this exchange are Olento (admin) and xslytherclawx.

The fastest and most reliable way to reach the admin is via email, unplowed.exchange@gmail.com


FAQ:

What counts as loss of virginity?

The whole concept of virginity is pretty nebulous. Instead of drawing strict rules about what counts and what doesn’t, I trust that the participants will approach the subject in good faith. When in doubt, I encourage people to think about it from the character’s POV: how do they feel about it?

Some examples:

• Character A shares handjobs with Character B. The experience is meaningful and fulfilling for Character A and they count it as their first time. Character B also likes it, but their understanding of loss of virginity involves penetration, so they don’t count the encounter as their first time.
• A character is raped, and the act would be counted as “loss of virginity” in nearly every culture. However, since it was nonconsensual, the character doesn’t personally see it as their first time. Only much later, when they have consensual sex with a loving partner for the first time, they consider that as losing their virginity.
• A character loses their memory. They might have been very sexually active before the memory loss, but now they are effectively an inexperienced virgin.

And so on.


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