TGCF Gotcha for Congo!

The TGCF Gotcha for Congo is a voluntary fundraising event, aiming to raise money for human relief for people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who are currently facing genocide, and thus also show our support. The goal is to raise as much as possible, since even just your five dollars can make a huge difference for someone in need!At present more than 7 million people have been internally displaced by violence without stable access to food, water, shelter or medical care making it one of the largest such humanitarian crises the world has ever seen.Furthermore tens of thousands including children are being enslaved in the Cobalt, Coltan and Copper mines of multinational corporations including those that manufacture our electronics.Additionally the Democratic Republic of the Congo currently has the highest rate of sexual violence in the world with 400,000 women and girls subjected to rape every single year.This is why we have chosen to focus our fundraising efforts on Focus Congo – a non-profit providing food, medical aid, and orphan aid and other care and necessities to the people of the Congo.

Timeline !

Creator Signups: 25th August - 15th September
Donation Period: 18th September - 2nd October
Check-Ins: around 2nd Oct and 30th Nov
Creation Period: 18th September - 15th January

PROMPT FULFILLMENT PERIOD !

Click the Creators button below for more details and to find the form where you can sign up! Please fill out the form in its entirety. If you have any questions or concerns, reach out on our Curiouscat or DM us!

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nsfw art/fic $8

TGCF Gotcha Creators

Please consider becoming a creator for this event! Creators are what is needed to get the event going to begin with. Anyone is more than welcome, whether you’re a writer or an artist or both! The creator signup link will be provided here as soon as the Google Form is up.You must have a Twitter account to sign upIf you are below the age of 18, you may not sign up for NSFW or Dead Dove content. Stick to SFW content and indicate this on the Google Form. Thank you!Upon signing up, please make sure to be honest about what characters, ships, and content you are willing to create for. That will greatly help make the assignment process smoother! After the signup, you will at one point receive a DM with a link to a spreadsheet, where you will be able to find your assigned prompts. Please remember to turn on DM requests in Twitter settings.It's against the rules to give your prompt to someone else without informing the gotcha admins.There are no set expectations for writers, nor for artists. We are aware that everyone is doing this on a voluntary, unpaid basis. Given that the donations range from 5 Dollars to 8 Dollars, you can aim for whatever you find fitting for that price. Sketches (cleaned) and about 1k words of fanfiction would be what we would advise to be roughly the minimum; if things end up less, or shorter, that’s also fine! If they end up more, or longer, that’s also completely fine and totally encouraged! The point is to fill everyone’s prompts, and also to have a little fun while creating. Make sure not to overexert yourselves. A certain level of skill is also not required. Everyone is free to join!Likewise, if you have trouble fulfilling a prompt or feel uncomfortable doing so given the prompts itself or the donator, please reach out to us as fast as possible so we can reassign the prompt (with your @ and the prompt number; you do not need to disclose the reason). There will be a check-in with unfulfilled prompts roughly around the beginning of October to make sure that we can reassign prompts if we need to. You may however take longer to complete the prompts.

TGCF Gotcha Posting Guidelines

Fics

Expectations: There is no limit for words, but perhaps aim for a minimum of roughly 1k words. Beyond that, you can go however far you like; if it’s less than that, it’s also totally fine! Just keep in mind people donate money for their prompts and treat your creation with according seriousness.It's against the rules to give your prompt to someone else without informing the gotcha admins.Posting on Ao3: It would be highly appreciated if you post your finished written words to Ao3 for simplicity reasons. Please post it to the collection which you can find here, of which the link will be inserted here once it's been made, so we can all view how much we've created together! You may also submit your fics to the collection anonymously; the mod organizing it may see your username, but it will be a completely judgment free-zone, and information will be kept confidential.
Make sure you properly (trigger) tag your work so we can ensure a safe environment for all readers! If your prompter has indicated their Ao3 name in the prompt, you’re very welcome to gift your work to them, but this is optional.
If you do not post to Ao3, make sure it’s posted in a way that is accessible to your prompter. If need be, DM the mods to pass on a document via DM/E-mail etc.Posting on your Social Media: You should post your fic on social media in some way to ensure your prompter sees it, as well so that the event runners can tick it off as completed. If you’re uncomfortable doing so, you may also dm it to your prompter, and then to us - or only to us if you want to remain anonymous even to your prompter. It just has to get to us in one way or another! Tldr: If you post it, tag the prompter and @TGCFAction on Twitter. If not, pass it to us so we can pass it to your prompter and tick it off. You can also use the hashtag #TGCFaction if you want to!

Art

Expectations: Draw however much you feel inspired to draw! At least a clean sketch is necessary to complete a prompt, but the sketch can be in whatever style you like.
NSFW Art: When posting NSFW art, make sure to use the Twitter feature to hide sensitive content in pictures. If you post somewhere else, make sure to treat NSFW as according to the website.It's against the rules to give your prompt to someone else without informing the gotcha admins.Tagging the prompter: Tag the prompter in the Twitter post itself if they are on the same site as you; if not, send it to them via DMs, or to us with an indicator as to whom it’s for, and we will pass it on! If you want to remain anonymous, send it either only to the prompter if you’re comfortable enough with that, or else to the mods!Tagging TGCFAction: Please tag us on Twitter so that we can retweet your work and thus promote it, but also so we can mark it off as complete! If you can’t tag us on Twitter, make sure to let us know you have completed the work with some kind of receipt so we can mark it off as complete that way! Tagging with #TGCFaction is optional but appreciated!

Dead Dove

Dead Dove Fic: Due to the potentially triggering nature of the prompt, make sure to trigger warn accurately alongside the Dead Dove: Do Not Eat tag. The tag is not a replacement for trigger warnings, and serves only as a reminder to revisit the tags.Dead Dove Art: Due to the potentially triggering nature of the prompt, make sure to trigger warn accurately and use the Twitter feature to hide sensitive content in pictures.

TGCF Gotcha Donations

This event we'll be focusing our fundraising efforts on Focus Congo a non-profit providing food, medical aid, and orphan aid to the more than 7 Million displaced people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who are currently facing genocide!To make a donation count, it has to be a donation to Focus Congo. The donation link is down there! Upon donating, please screenshot/download proof of payment so we can make sure you’ve donated! When donating through Go Fund Me, that would be in the form of an email received from Go Fund Me.There is no limit to how often you can donate! You get prompts according to the amount of money spent, so go wild!Prompts will be assigned at random within the groups of people who can fill said prompt. There will be a selection of whether you want your prompt to be art, fic, or either of them on the request form. We cannot guarantee you will 100% receive the artform you want, but we will try our utmost best! Please be understanding that prompt assignments might not perfectly match up, and that they might take some time.If you are a minor, you are completely free to donate, however you can only request SFW content. Thank you for your understanding!When requesting a prompt, you may not request comics, collabs, specific creators or word count.When requesting a prompt with triggering material, put a warning if needed; while we will most definitely end up having Dead Dove authors, if there is no one that can fulfill your prompt, we will DM you so you can ask for something different instead. The same applies for crossover prompts; we will try our best to find someone to fulfill it, but cannot assure you 100% that we can find someone.Prices are going to be in USD. If you cannot donate in USD, donate the approximate amount (as conversion rates change daily) in the currency you’re donating in using a conversion calculator (easily found on Google!). Please indicate what currency you have donated if not apparent at first glance.

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nsfw art/fic $8Donation Form: Click Here to submit proof of donation(s) and your prompt(s)!
We might add more donation links as the event goes on.

TGCF Gotcha Basic Rules

There are some basic rules for everyone to adhere to during the event to make the experience as smooth as possible for the mods, the creators, and the prompters. Please respect them. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

- Please do not harass others for what they create or request. This event aims to donate money for people in need - fandom discourse does not belong here. As long as money is raised and creators can be found for a prompt, the prompt will be accepted unless it is downright discriminatory or something similar.- In the same manner, discrimination in general will not be accepted.- It's against the rules to give your prompt to someone else without informing the gotcha admins.- Whether you’re a creator or a donator, we would like to emphasize the importance of communication; if there is anything you would like to know or anything you’re concerned about, feel more than free to reach out! Depending on how much the event grow, DMs etc. might take a while to get to, so please remain patient while we sort through things. The mods are also just human and doing this in their free time. :)

Questions and Concerns

Frequently Asked Questions

In case of questions, check out our Curious Cat and this thread! Some of them will be added here.

Question: how would final works be submitted?Answer: Final Works will be posted on Twitter by the creator. When you post please tag both the account the prompt is for and @TGCFAction account so that we can check you off!—————Question: How would prompts work? Are people choosing their own prompts or are they assigned by a mod?Answer: Prompts are assigned at random by the mods! That is the event's "Gotcha" mechanic. However when signing up for the event all creators fill out an extensive form which tells us what ships and characters creators are comfortable creating for and so all prompt assignments will be based on the responses to the form so for example if you say on the form that you're an artist and only interested in SFW HuaLian prompts then all of your prompts will be HuaLian SFW art prompts!—————Question: Is there a place in the form for people to list how many prompts they are comfortable completing in the specified time frame?Answer: There isn't since we know a lot of people won't have a real sense for how many prompts they feel comfortable taking on until after they start receiving them and we don't want people getting locked into a number that's either too low or too high. However if you already know how many prompts you feel comfortable taking on you can include that in the comments section of the sign up form and a note will be made. Additionally if you ever feel like you've reached your max capacity for prompts all you need to do is DM the Twitter account to let us know and no more prompts will be assigned to you!—————Question: Can I request a prompt based on a fic?Answer: Prompts based on fic/art are allowed, however please keep in mind this is a voluntary fundraising event and our creators are all volunteers participating in their free time.—————

Organizers

The admin team, all their responsibilities, and who to reach out to for help if needed!

Main mod and Twitter admin:
@Fereael
Prompt assignment help:
@meotosis,
@stellaspoison,
@planetmuqing
Graphics by: @StarsinmyT
Carrd by: @meotosis