the-keionbu: Hello, friends! Compared to many other fandoms on tumblr, the K-ON fan base is relatively quiet. Granted, we don’t have a whole lot of news to freak out about anymore, but that doesn’t mean we can’t anyways! Ever since I started this blog in the summer, my #1 thing has been analyzing the series, and helping build community within the fan base here on tumblr. Over the past few months, I’ve seen new friendships made, fanfics authors encouraging each other, all sorts of good shit. So let’s end the year with something we can all do together, a K-ON Secret Santa, yeah? How to Participate: Between the dates of November 6 and November 23, send me and ask. In that ask, please state that you would like to participate in the K-ON Fandom Secret Santa and include your favorite K-ON Character, favorite K-ON Song, favorite Pairing (if any), favorite color (bland, I know, don’t hate) and one other series you enjoy (ie another anime, or video game, book, etc).From there, you will be put on the list of participants in the Secret Santa. There will be a one week down period (11/24-12/1) where I will match all you up using a random number generator and make a big master post of your URLS and the information you sent me. Along with that, you will be assigned a number that I will send to you when you send me your first ask. ie: [1] thekimadventure Tsumugi Kotobuki Ohayou, Mata Ashita Ritsu/Mio Burgundy Kingdom Hearts During the time period of November 24 and December 1, I will be sending all participants a second ask (which the ask will be send via my main blog so you will be getting a message from thekimadventure). Once you receive the second ask, you are required to private message me back confirming you received your Secret Santa’s number and still wish to participate. Those who do not message back within that time period will be taken off the Secret Santa list and those who had those respective absentee Santas will be assigned new Santas. What to Do: Starting December 2, you will send various ANONYMOUS (so they don’t know it’s you) messages to your Secret Santa. As long as it’s not anon-hate, anything you send is up to you. Could be Holiday greetings and wishes, short uplifting messages, you name it. Starting December 18 (one week before Christmas), choose a day to reveal yourself to your Santa along with the present (fanfic, graphic, fanart, video, whatever) you have prepared for them. Ideally, you would reveal yourself by December 25 (since I’m sure many will want to do it on the actual holiday). FAQ: What if my Secret Santa doesn’t give me a gift? — In a perfect world, I would hope all would give one another gifts. But I know it would me wishful thinking on my part to expect everyone to follow through. If you do not receive anything by January 2, message me saying your Santa did not give you anything. From there, I will message the person who failed to send the gift and ask what’s up. I will also have an emergency holiday gift prepared for those who did not receive anything by the end of the Secret Santa (as it in won’t be very personalized, sorry). What should I do for my Secret Santa? —Make a graphic, write a fanfic, draw some fanart, put together and AMV, whatever you like to do, do it. I can’t tell you what to do, you know what you all are good at and you’ll have 3 weeks to prepare something; I believe in all of you! And if you need help learning to do something, many graphic makers, fanfic authors, artists and such in this fandom are are friendly from what I’ve seen and I would hope wouldn’t mind helping you get started on your gift. How do I submit my gift? —Send it to you person’s submit box (which means everyone NEEDS to have their submit box open). If you decide to make a photoset, have something that won’t be able to go in the submit box, post the gift and submit the link of the post to your Secret Santa to make sure they see it. I won’t be near a computer during the time of the revealing period, what do I do? —If you are in this situation, tell me at some point and I will message your Secret Santa that the gift might be late (please include the date you expect to have computer/tumblr access). Alternatively, you can submit your gift before the revealing period (only if this you are in this situation) and tell me you will be revealing early. Changed my mind, I don’t wanna do this anymore. —Well, sucks for you motherfucker. Once you’re in, you’re in. Breakdown: November 6-23: Signup period (look above for sign up information) November 24-December 1: Masterpost of all Secret Santas/information/numbers will be posted. Message will be sent you giving you your person, MUST reply back to confirm. December 2-17: Message period! Send at least 3 asks of encouragement, holiday warmth, love, etc. to your person. December 18-25: Revealing period! Send the gift to your person and wish them happy holidays! January 2: Message me if you have not received anything from your Secret Santa. Requirements: Send me and ask w/ the aforementioned information to participate Must reply to the ask I send you (via thekimadventure) and confirm you have received your number Have your ask enabled WITH ANONYMOUS OPTION and submit box enabled Send at least 3 messages of encouragement along with your gift Have fun and build community and unity within the K ON fan base! Not really a requirement, but it would be helpful to follow this blog to stay updated on any Secret Santa news and the Masterpost if you aren’t already following me If you would like, use and/or track the tag: ’#keionSS' for all K ON Secret Santa things. ie: when you get your messages of encouragement and gifts, tag them with #keionSS so all can see!
