cyrt Yeah, before the "evidence" was offered my first guess if it was legit was actually that it was some piece of local public art or something by the Maria Moser who does painting and sculpture, and that the other one was maybe music? It could have been something composed for an amateur group the nominator performs in and they may not even have realized how obscure it was.

But both of those run the risk that somebody would be willing to offer them as a five-minute fandom, and if the point really is to force a match with your third fandom, that would make it useless. (In fact, if they do get in this year I kind of suspect they will get coalie/ffa offers anyway. And possibly a whole new set of noms next year...)

You'd have to pick something that seemed both plausible and way too much trouble for anyone to track down, so a book series may be the best bet.

(This whole strategy would be much more workable if the goal was to pad your *offers*.)