Reeby
14 August 2016 @ 09:18 am
 Story Title: Someday My Prince Will Come
Fandom: Captain America, MCU
Link(s): story on ao3 with art and here's the art on tumblr
Summary: This is basically an escape from MCU angst, imagining how things would be if Bucky had indeed fallen from the train back in WWII but never became the Winter Soldier. After destroying the helicarriers in DC, Steve works with the other Avengers to stamp out hidden Hydra bases and finds Bucky: in cryofreeze but still very much himself. All the fun of a man-out-of-time getting used to the 21st century without any of that troublesome trying-to-kill-Steve stuff. Steve is ecstatic to have his best pal back, of course, but now he has to deal with his long-repressed feelings for Bucky. Much longing ensues.
Warnings NC-17 for m/m sex
Characters: Steve Rogers, James “Bucky” Barnes, Peggy Carter, Tony Stark, Sam Wilson, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton
Pairings: Steve Rogers/James “Bucky” Barnes
When I Started: summer of 2014
How I Lost My Shit: After I started writing my first Captain America series, which was a little more angsty (angsty for me anyway – though not in the general spectrum, not by a long shot!), I wanted something fluffy to work on at the same time. So I started this story. It was my fix-it for Winter Soldier angst. But I am not a huge fan of AUs, and as I wrote I started wondering why I was doing this, and the entire thing fizzled.
How I Finished My Shit: I was working on the for so damn long (off and on) that Captain America: Civil War came out, and that actually inspired me: this story became a fix-it for Civil War angst too, and Tony became a bigger part of the story, helping out instead of becoming an adversary.
 
 
Reeby
14 August 2016 @ 07:14 pm
 Story Title: We Three Kings
Fandoms: Blade:Trinity and Underworld
Author: lightning_skies
Artist: bluefire986
Rating:
 R
Characters: Hannibal King, Lucien, Drake, Asher Talos, Ana Somerfield, Viktor, Marcus Corvinus, Amelia, Raze
Pairings: Hannibal/Lucien/Drake
Warnings: Canon level violence and language.

Summary: Drake, son of the blood god La Magra, gifted his most loyal servants sips of his blood. 7000 years later he wakes in the modern world to find that he's accidentally created an entire race of vampires. His 'children' can't even walk in the sun without burning and are having problems taking care of a group of human hunters and a hybrid. He is most interested in the hunter, Hannibal King, who smells of his blood, but is NOT a vampire.

However, he isn't the only one interested in the secrets of Hannibal's blood. A second race evolved from his bloodline and Hannibal is stolen away by their king, Lucian, to be used in his war against the vampires.

Drake, Lucien and Hannibal all want the same thing, the elimination of the vampire race, but can they get along for long enough to accomplish it or will their differences inspire them to kill each other rather than their common enemy?


When I Started: January 2015
How I Lost My Shit: My Small Fandoms Big Bang artist disappeared with my muse
How I Finished My Shit: Feeling I owed it to an artist willing to stick around through my phases of terrible communication

Fic Master Post: AO3
Art Master Post: LJ
 
 
Reeby
14 August 2016 @ 11:52 pm
 There's only about a week left of the bang for this year! I hope everyone is working very hard to put the finishing touches on their fics/art. For now I have several very important notes/reminders, as well as a poll that I would really appreciate if everyone would leave their thoughts on it.

Notes/Reminders

- With the bang so close to being over, there are unfortunately many people whose posting dates have passed and they have not posted their fics/art. These dates are NOT suggestions. Please submit your post on your day, the earlier the better so I have time to approve it. You don't even have to wait until your day to submit, you can submit early and we will queue it to post on your day.

  • If your posting date has passed, please go ahead and post asap and I will approve them when I have a chance. Anything submitted after August 22nd will be rejected.

  • If you can't post to LJ for some reason, email me your posting information and I will post it for you.

  • If you will be unable to post your completed fic, please email me to drop out before your posting day so I can update my schedule.

  • If you will be unable to post your completed art, please email me asap so I can find a pinch hitter.

- We have a WIP Big Bang 2016 collection on AO3 that you are welcome to post your works to.

Please check out your fellow participants' fics and art and leave a comment if you can! They've worked really hard on their big bang pieces (just as you have!), and everyone loves a bit of positive feedback :)

- Artists, if you are not posting your own bragging post, PLEASE make sure to let me know so I can mark you off my list when your author posts.

- If you're not an LJ native or forget to check the comm regularly, we have several other social media accounts we crosspost to to keep you updated! Also, you are welcome to submit your bragging post to any of these as well as the LJ, but you MUST submit to the LJ.
As always, if you have any questions or problems, please feel free to email or PM me!

Poll

This is my second year running the bang and I've seen an unfortunate pattern of authors claiming a date to post their fic and never posting or artists claiming a fic and never returning contact or posting anything. This can be very frustrating for me and I know it can be very frustrating for those of you left hanging. I've been thinking for a while about implementing some sort of banning system for people who default like that, but I wanted to see what all of you thought.

WIP Big Bang should implement a banning system
 
 
 

A person should be banned for...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A person should be banned after...

 
 
 
 

Being banned should last...

 
 
 
 

If you have anything else you'd like to share about this proposition, please leave a comment here (they are NOT screened) or send me an email. And if you have experience with keeping a banned users list for a bang/exchange/whatever and would be available for some questions, please let me know!