Bottom L(ysandre) Week-End

Frequently Asked Questions

What about Dom/sub? Is L(ysandre) topping from the bottom allowed?

As this is my event and I'm in charge, I'm going to decree that the works should be focused mostly on sub bottom L(ysandre). However, I will not run after you holding pitchforks if you decide to go with Dom bottom L(ysandre) instead. As long as there's even just a little more bottom L(ysandre) in the world, I'll be satisfied...

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When you say all ships are allowed, do you actually mean all ships?

Yes. I actually mean all ships.

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What about self-shipping and/or OC/Canon?

Not particularly my thing, but as long as it involves L(ysandre) bottoming, go wild.

For the prompt meme specifically, please do not request specific OCs. Otherwise, you're free to request Reader/Lysandre or OC/Lysandre (while giving carte blanche to your creator to make up the OC themselves.)

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How are we defining "rarepair" for the one prompt?

Well, as far as I'm aware, L(ysandre) has One Big Ship, and then compared to that everything else is probably a rarepair. But if you want to go extra rare, go ahead!

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Does L(ysandre) sucking cock count as bottoming?

For the purpose of this event, yes. Straps also count!

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Does L(ysandre) getting stabbed or having foreign objects otherwise inserted in his body non-sexually count as bottoming?

Tempting, but I'm going to go with no. Feel free to make new holes in him to fuck though.

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What if I'm shipping L with Lysandre? What then?

In my heart of hearts I believe they should be bottom4bottom... However, for this ship and this ship only, one of them is allowed to top. And it's L.

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Can my work(s) be implicit(ly sexual) rather than explicit?

As long as your work(s) feature(s) L or Lysandre bottoming (or the implication that L or Lysandre is bottoming) it/they can absolutely be implicit. For example, for art, it can be subtle or suggestive, and for fic, it can be described less crudely/explicitly.

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What if I want to write a SFW fic where the topic of L(ysandre) bottoming comes up but no bottoming occurs on-page?

As long as the topic isn't brought up to be shot down, I'll allow it. I'd rather see it to believe it though. If you catch my drift.

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Can my work(s) be private or password-protected on social media? Can my work(s) be posted for registered users only on AO3?

You are free to exercise as much control as you wish on who can see/interact with your work for the event and/or how.

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Can my work(s) be part of another event or otherwise made in part for something or someone other than the event (a response to an unrelated prompt, a gift for a friend, hitting a square on a fandom bingo, etc)?

For general works posted for the main event, as long as the other event(s) and/or the friend or otherwise involved individual(s) are fine with it, yes! No problem at all.

For works posted as fills for the prompt meme, I would prefer if you didn't.

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Okay, but really? All ships?

Yes. Really. I will not be monitoring what people make for the event. I will not make guidelines outlining which ships are too problematic for the event. If someone makes something for a ship I'd rather pretend doesn't exist, I will simply proceed to do so. If participating in an event in which people might create things you disapprove of upsets you, you are free to give this one a pass.

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How do I post my work in the collection on AO3?

Posting works in general:

You have two options when it comes to including your work in the main (2026) collection tied to the event. You can:

• Go to the collection page and click/tap the "Post to Collection" button, as seen in the screenshot below. It will open the "New Work" page on AO3 as normal, with the collection pre-entered for your convenience.
  
• Create a new work as normal (or edit an existing one) and on the "New Work" (or "Edit Work") page, scroll down to "Associations", the tab after the one where you put your summary and Author's Note, where you can pick your work's language etc. There, you'll find this:
  
  In the box, type bottomlysandre2026. Unfortunately, the dropdown there is often bugged and does not show every collection there is, but if you enter it exactly as written, it will work even if it looks like it won't. Like this (you can add a comma or hit enter for it to be confirmed, or you can also just leave it as is; it will work even if you don't actually do anything and just write it in the box):
  
  This is what it will look like if you hit enter or add a comma.
  
  This is what it will look like if you leave it as is. Both will work! Once you've done this, you can simply scroll down and click/tap "Post" (or "Update" if you're editing.)

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Posting art on AO3:

To post art on AO3, you will need to host the picture elsewhere first. There are various options for this, but the one I recommend the most is Squidge Images, because it allows NSFW and is open to most fictional content. However, it does require you make an account. Tumblr can work for SFW images, although they are known to occasionally break. Otherwise, the two image hosts I know of that should be visible from anywhere in the world are Postimages and ImgBB.

Once your image is hosted, you can use basic HTML to have it show up on AO3. This is the code I personally use for my own art when I crosspost on AO3, but feel free to follow your truth:

<p align="center"><img src="the URL of your image" alt="alt text, if you so choose" width="a shorter width, if your picture is very large; i usually go for a number between 700 and 800 for horizontal images and between 500 and 700 for vertical ones"></p>

Unfortunately, I do not know much about posting other types of works on AO3, such as podfic, but you can probably find information online pretty easily.

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Responding to a prompt from the prompt meme:

Go to the collection page for the prompt meme and click/tap the "Prompts" tab. There, you will see all the prompts submitted so far! A prompt on a prompt meme will look like this:

Simply click/tap on "Claim" to claim the prompt, and it will be added to your "My Claims" page, and will become available for you to select when posting a new work on AO3. From there, you (once again) have two ways to fulfill your claim and post your fill.

• Go to your "My Claims" page, to find your claim(s):
  
  From there, you can click/tap "Fulfill" to open the "New Work" page with the prompt pre-entered. It will be ticked under "Fulfill a Claim" and the body of the prompt will be added to your beginning Author's Note, like this:
  
  You can keep or delete it. Proceed as you would when posting a work. Additionally, if you'd like to gift your work to the prompter (for prompts that are not anonymous, assuming the prompter has opted into it) you can add their username to the "Gift this work to" field, using the same method as described above when adding a work to a collection (except this time, AO3 will suggest people as soon as you begin typing their username; make sure to pick the right one or copypaste the appropriate username directly):
  
• Create a new work as normal (or edit an existing one) and on the "New Work" (or "Edit Work") page, scroll down to "Associations", the tab after the one where you put your summary and Author's Note, where you can pick your work's language etc. There, you'll find this under "Fulfill a Claim":
  
  Simply tick the box next to the prompt you want to fulfill and voilà! This will not add the prompt to your Author's Note (as far as I can tell) so if you want the prompt in there, you will have to add it manually. Additionally, if you'd like to gift your work to the prompter, you can follow the same process as described directly above.

Whether or not you gift your fill to its prompter, they will receive an e-mail letting them know the prompt has been fulfilled.

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If you have more questions, feel free to reach out through the following avenues:

• @ing me on Bluesky or Mastodon.
• e-mailing me at the address listed at the bottom of this page.

Thank you & have fun!