1. Depends if the music video or just the song is nominated. If someone requests "Title - Artist (Music Video)", you're expected to take the music video into consideration. Some requesters may say "it's okay to ignore the music video if you want" and in that case you can follow their wishes. If someone requests "Title - Artist (Song)", you do not have to incorporate any music videos into your fic/art/podfic.
2. Yes. You can specify the cover artist when you nominate.
3. Yes. I encourage people to link to English translations if they can find them, just because English is the default language of the fest and it encourages other participants to try the song, but people don't have to do this.
4. Interesting question. Yes, you can nominate them, but please think carefully about whether your interpretations, and the interpretations of someone who has never seen the anime or TV show, will match up in a way that satisfies you.
Not allowed: nominating a piece that comes from another canon and saying, "This really captures Yukiko's pain at the point where she learned her brother had betrayed her, could I have a story about that?"
Allowed: "This pieces is so dramatic and sad - please draw me something angsty."
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Date: 2016-03-14 08:27 pm (UTC)2. Yes. You can specify the cover artist when you nominate.
3. Yes. I encourage people to link to English translations if they can find them, just because English is the default language of the fest and it encourages other participants to try the song, but people don't have to do this.
4. Interesting question. Yes, you can nominate them, but please think carefully about whether your interpretations, and the interpretations of someone who has never seen the anime or TV show, will match up in a way that satisfies you.
Not allowed: nominating a piece that comes from another canon and saying, "This really captures Yukiko's pain at the point where she learned her brother had betrayed her, could I have a story about that?"
Allowed: "This pieces is so dramatic and sad - please draw me something angsty."
Etc.