| 1. Until Tara appears in more episodes, there is a limit of four items per person. If you try to circumvent the rules by requesting under a different e-mail addy and/or name, all of your keeperships on this site will go up for grabs. I am pretty good at catching people at this and I am deadly serious about this rule. If I were you, I wouldn't try your luck. |
| 2. If you request an item, it must be something that has existed on the show. Read: you can't just make things up. If Tara has never shown that she has a tattoo of Smurfette on her left hip, then you can't keep it. |
| 3. You cannot keep body parts. C'mon people, this isn't the Catholic Church and Tara isn't chock full of holy relics! *grin* Seriously, it's just kinda creepy to keep body parts. Tara is Amber, after all, and I'm sure she wouldn't want some strange person keeping her right kneecap. Put yourself in her shoes. Also, you can't keep Tara. Only Joss, Amber, Willow, and Amber's family and friends can claim that honour. |
| 4. No requests will be accepted until the episode has aired IN ITS ENTIRETY on the East Coast. |
| 4. THIS SITE DOES NOT DEAL WITH QUOTES. If you word the request in such a way that you are not asking to be keeper of the quote, however, that I can work with. Example: I wanted to keep the quote: "I am, you know....yours." As you might imagine, it had already been snatched up. With a little creativity, though, it was easy to become keeper of Tara's status of being Willow's. |
| 5. THIS SITE DOES NOT DEAL WITH SPELLS. Again, if you use some creativity, it should be no problem to come up with a way to give you your request. Example: instead of asking to keep the spell, ask to keep Tara's USE of the spell. Or her INVOLVEMENT in the spell. |
| 6. Instead of using "keeper" and "guardian" to distinguish between tangible and intangible items, this site will use the term "keeper" to cover both. |
| 7. Sharing is allowed! You can co-keep, just as long as you mail me and let me know so I can update the master list. Also, please, be reasonable; no more than three people keeping the same object. It cheapens it, don't you think? |
| 8. Please, please, please, please, PLEASE use the form on the request page. If you do not use the form, I *will* mail you back and tell you to use the form. Requests will not be acknowledged if you don't follow the instructions. It would be a shame to NOT get your item(s) because someone else played by the rules when you didn't. It doesn't seem fair? Well, see things from my perspective. It doesn't seem fair to ME to reward people for NOT following the instructions. |
| 9. The site will be updated every Sunday. If you have not heard back from me as to whether you received the item you requested, check the site on Monday. If it isn't there, your mail may have been eaten; please mail me to check on the status of your request. |
| 10. Have fun! That's what this is all about. If someone already claimed the thing you REALLY wanted, try not to let it get you down. Get creative, come up with some off the wall phrasing for an ordinary thing. I once saw a request for (paraphrasing) Oz's concern for pantsless hippopotomi...made me laugh so hard Barq's came out my nose. The stranger your request is, the less-likely someone else will claim it. Also, don't keep just 'cause you want to keep. Keep because you REALLY want to keep that item. For example, I kept Tara's Ronald McDonald red 8 eyelet Doc Marten combat boots because *I* have a pair of them and I thought it was cool that Tara had them, too. If you wait for something that you REALLY want, you'll be so much happier that you got it. |
| 11. If, for whatever reason, you decide that you no longer wish to keep an item, please mail me to let me know so I can put it back up for grabs. I am sure someone else will be overjoyed that the item has been made available once again. |
