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Welcome! Perished Pidove is a low-pressure gift exchange centered around Pokémon fanworks that feature dark and/or transgressive ships or themes, and anything else that might warrant a Dead Dove: Do Not Eat tag. This is its 1st round! Thank you so much for checking it out!

AO3 Collection | Tag Set | AO3 Automagic App | Pinch Hitter Requests | Screened Mod Contact Post

Schedule

Tag Nominations: February 13, 2026 to February 24, 2026 11:59 PM JST
Sign-Ups: February 13, 2026 to February 25, 2026 11:59 PM JST
Assignments Out: February 27, 2026 (Pokémon Day!)
Assignments Due: April 30, 2026 11:59 PM JST
Works Revealed: May 10, 2026
Creators Revealed: May 17, 2026

All times are in Japan Standard Time or UTC+9.

TL;DR

mod email: hey.sockshuppet (at) proton (dot) me

You must be at least 18 years old to sign-up or pinch hit for this event.

Works created with or assisted by generative AI at any part of the process are prohibited.

You will be matched on at least one ship and medium.

All Pokémon ships from any canon are welcome. Ships involving OCs, Self-inserts, and Reader-inserts aren't eligible at this time. Mob Characters (i.e nameless extras performing actions on canon characters) are allowed.

Sign-up minimums are at least 3 ships and 1 medium for requests and offers.

Assignment minimums are 300 words for fanfiction and a clean sketch on unlined paper for fanart.

Treats have no minimums.

Don't be an asshole. Harrassment will get you banned.

Comment on your gift and thank your creator!

Defining Dead Dove

Since there's more than one interpretation of Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, as seen on its Fanlore page, this event will leave it up to participants' discretion.

If you think your work warrants a Dead Dove tag and fits the theme of this exchange, then it does.

( Nominations )

( Sign-ups )

( Matching )

( Creation Period )

( Pinch Hits )

( Treats )

Etiquette

Since this is an event centered around transgressive fiction that will likely be a squick or trigger to someone out there, please remember the three laws of fandom:

Don't Like, Don't Read

Ship And Let Ship

Your Kink Is Not My Kink And That's Okay

Be kind to your fellow participants! If you're only here to stir up wank, you will be banned from this event and any other future ones I mod.

And please don't forget to comment on the gifts you receive!

Questions? Concerns?

If you have any questions, concerns, or need to contact me for any reason, you can either send an email to hey.sockshuppet (at) proton (dot) me or comment on the Screened Mod Contact Post. I'll respond to you as soon as I can.

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If you would rather use Dreamwidth instead of email, you can contact me here. All comments on this post are screened, so please make sure you're logged in.

You may post:

Questions about the rules and mechanics of the event.

Questions about your assignment or pinch hit.

Questions you want me to pass on to your recipient.

Requests for extensions.

Do Not Match requests.

For clarifications about your recipient's request:

For Do Not Match requests:

For extensions: Just note down your AO3 username and that you'd like an extension! No need to share your reason.

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Creator reveals are here, and thus this inaugural round of Perished Pidove is officially closed! Thank you so much to everyone that signed-up and participated. I really appreciate you giving this exchange a chance and I hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as I enjoyed running it. All that said, treats are accepted indefinitely! If you're still feeling inspired, feel free to submit your fanwork to the collection whenever you like. And for those who want to signal they're still willing to receive gifts, why not sign-up for

latetreatbonanza later in September?

And with the end of our first round comes our first feedback form. Perished Pidove is a one shuppet show and is also my first time running a fandom event of any kind. I want to be able to keep running this exchange (and other events, if any of you are interested in that) and improve as a mod, so if you have a little time and constructive criticism to give, please answer the questions below! They're all optional so if there are any you'd prefer not to, you don't have to.

Anonymous comments are on and screening is off to allow for discussion or addition to other people's feedback!

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If you'd like to make a treat for our generous pinch hitters, here's where you can find their preferences!

( mysteryfail )

( ConfuseRay )

( sambuuck )

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The creation period is now officially closed! Thank you to those who've fulfilled their assignments in time. Why not check out other people's requests and make a treat too while everything's still unrevealed?

update May 3, 2026: All pinch hits have been claimed! Thank you so much to our generous and hardworking pinch hitters!

Or maybe you'd like to pick up another assignment! We have 0 post-deadline pinch hits available, free for anyone to take on. These are due on May 9, 2026 11:59pm JST. (Countdown, Deadline in your timezone)

If you would like to claim a pinch hit, you can comment on this post with the number of the pinch hit you want. You can also email hey.sockshuppet (at) proton (dot) me. Please make sure to include your AO3 username! All comments are screened to preserve anonymity.

( PH1 )

( PH2 )

( PH3 )

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It's the last day of the creation period, with just a little under 24 hours left on the clock! If you feel like you won't make it, there's no shame in that, just let me know if you'd like an extension or if you need help dropping out before the clock hits 11:59pm JST.

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Assignments have been sent out, so check your emails or the Assignments section of your AO3 account to see who your gift recipient is! You have ~two months to work on your gift. If you're a fast worker or prefer to make more than one thing at a time, you can also make a gift for someone else! Check out the AO3 Automagic App to see everyone's requests sorted by medium for any and all treat giving purposes.

Remember: minimums for fic are 300 words and for art it's a clean sketch on unlined paper or a single color background. If you want to combine mediums for an illustrated fic, both minimums apply. For treats, there are no minimums.

There are no maximums and we'd love to see anyone go above and beyond if they want to!

And please keep in mind that this is an anonymous gift exchange. Don't post WIPs or talk about your gift where your recipient can see until after creators have been revealed.

If you have any questions or need clarifications about your assignment, please do not contact your recipient. Either send an email to hey.sockshuppet (at) proton (dot) me or comment on the Screened Mod Contact Post. I will pass your questions on for you!

And Happy Pokémon Day! Have you any fannish plans for today? I'd love to hear about them in the comments!

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Sign-ups have closed! Thank you to everyone participating!

Some of you will be contacted about your sign-ups. If your username starts with R, please check your email if I've contacted you. The mod email to look out for is hey.sockshuppet (at) proton (dot) me.

While waiting for assignments to be sent out, feel free to check out everyone's requests through the Requests Summary or the AO3 Automagic App. The app has the advantage of filtering requests by medium for easier treat giving!

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Nominations are officially closed! We have a total of 167 relationship tags in the set now, thank you for submitting so many! You can view the tags in alphabetical order here.

As for sign-ups, we have ~24 hours left to do so! You can find the sign-up form here. The guidelines can also be found in the form, but if you have any questions or need any clarifications, please don't hesitate to send me an email at hey.sockshuppet (at) proton (dot) me or comment on the Screened Mod Contact Post.

For those who've already signed-up, please double check if you've listed all your possible DNWs and if you're matchable. And don't forget to mention if you're open to treats as this event considers them opt-in! You can check out everyone's requests organized by wanted medium here.

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Someone inquired about Mob Character ships and whether they counted under reader-inserts or Canon/OC ships. After some discussion, it was decided they aren't, so the guidelines have been updated to allow them! For those unfamiliar, a Mob Character is a nameless extra common in animanga. They're tools used to carry out an action as opposed to characters with more in-depth personalities that affect and are affected by the narrative.

So for any OTCers out there who'd rather just see their favorite characters be the recipient of acts but thought "aw, Perished Pidove doesn't allow character tag noms", this one's for you.

The format for such a tag would be: Canon Character's Name/Mob Character(s)

To accomodate this sudden change, tag nominations have been extended until the 24th, and sign-ups have been extended until the 25th!

I also apologize for not making an announcement about tag noms closing when they were supposed to on the 21st as some meatspace stuff got in the way, but please be assured this event is going through!

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As of writing this post, tag approvals are all caught up! Nominations have been open for two days and we already have over 90 relationship tags. You can view those tags in alphabetical order here. Thank you for helping the tag set grow!

I'd just like to clarify something about a nomination that's been made.

Nezu | Piers/Tachifusaguma | Obstagoon (Game)

Nominator, can you please confirm if the Obstagoon in question can be any Obstagoon or if it's meant to be Piers's? If it's the latter, I can rephrase it as Nezu | Piers/Nezu no Tachifusaguma | Piers's Obstagoon (Game) as I can see the original tag possibly being interpreted as the former.

update: Nezu | Piers/Nezu no Tachifusaguma | Piers's Obstagoon (Game) has been added to the tag set.