Trick or Treat (multifandom exchange)

Trick or Treat (often abbreviated ToT) is a multifandom character matching gift exchange that always has reveals on Halloween (October 31) requires only 300 words of fanfiction or, for fanartists, "a piece of artwork at the nice sketch stage" on unlined paper.Trick or Treat FAQ 2018 In the mod's own words:
Unlike Yuletide, Trick or Treat uses "OR" matching, so participants only get matched on one fandom, one character, and one medium. As of the 2021 round, Trick or Treat has moved to mixed character and relationship matching instead of just character given the discontinuation of Shipoween, which was a relationship focused Halloween exchange.
 ToT has a strong treating culture and has community challenges every year, and many people cite the low word count requirement as a factor for both deciding to sign up and deciding to treat.
==History==
On September 6, 2014, an anonymous user posted to fail_fandomanon's reoccurring Bangs, Fests, and Exchanges thread with a subthread titled "Halloween", saying it was a shame that it was "too late to get anything going with a reveal date on Halloween" and wishing for a gift exchange in particular.Exchanges, Fests, Big Bangs and assorted challenges - Halloween 2014-09-06. Another nonnie suggested that it wasn't too late "if you make it a drabble or ficlet exchange."
The two nonnies then had this exchange:
The nonnie who started the thread came back the next day with a link to Trick or Treat's Dreamwidth and Archive of Our Own collection, with the tagset already open for nominations. The FFA post rolled over soon after"Reoccurring" thread/the FFA post "rolling over": Anon memes use the comment section on journal posts to discuss. Eventually everyone has to answer captcha to post their comments, and the comment section becomes too long to navigate, so a new post is made to continue discussions. This is also why the Bangs, Fests, and Exchanges thread is "reoccurring"—someone starts it up again every time the post rolls over. at which point PumpkinKing posted a proper announcement thread both announcing that nominations were open and soliciting feedback and questions, as it had been less than 24 hours since they'd gotten the idea in the previous post.pumpkinkingmod in Trick or Treat Exchange. 2014-09-07. The response was largely positive and enthusiastic, with many nonnies citing the low minimum wordcount as a big draw:
In a later post, the mod confirmed that original works would be allowed and that "Original Character" could be nominated for any fandom, although people's specific OCs could not,pumpkinkingmod in Exchanges, Fests and Bangs - Trick or Treat. 2014-09-08. and also that nominating worldbuilding tags would be allowed.pumpkinkingmod in Exchanges, Fests and Bangs - Trick or Treat. 2014-09-08. No one in 2014 actually nominated a worldbuilding tag, but 19 original character tags were nominated, including 10 in the Original Works fandom.Trick or Treat 2014 tagset. Accessed 2019-01-30.
===Trick and Treats===
In 2014, the tricks vs treats aspect was brought up often in discussion. Below are a selection of comments on the subject.
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