Cap_Ironman Big Bang!

[valtyr]

Hi all! After the success of the Reverse Big Bang, we think it's time to run another Big Bang. A not-reversed one.

This would follow the standard format of writers writing, submitting a summary, and then artists claiming summaries to do art for. Then, artists, uh, arting, and then they pick a post date and post on it.

The fics would be expected to follow the guidelines for fic posted to this comm - to wit, "Just be sure that in fics, Steve and Tony are one of your main pairings or at least very prominent characters." Gen fics about Steve and Tony are accepted, but fics that focus on Steve and Tony in other ships are not. A fic about how Steve and Tony rebuild their friendship after Avengers Prime, with background Steve/Sharon, is fine, but a fic about how Steve and Sharon rebuild their relationship with Tony in the background is not.

Projected timeline:

April 10: Author sign-ups open.
April 30: Author sign-ups close.
May, June, July: writers write.
July 31st: Drafts and summaries due.
August 1st: Summaries posted for artists to claim, and mod emails draft and puts artist and author in touch.
August: Artists art
August 31st: Artist and author pair pick posting date in September
September: Fics and art posted, much rejoicing.

I thought an artist sign-up wasn't really necessary? Just, artists show up and pick?

Anyway, the reason I'm posting this early is to get general comm input on whether the timeline works, whether there are any colossal flaws in the plan, etc. Also, how long should the minimum wordcount be? 20k? 30k? 50k? Tell me your thoughts. If I don't get anyone's thoughts, I'll have to use my own, and then we will all be sorry.

Comments

[penumbren]

I am SO IN.

20 - 25k would probably be a good minimum. Not that I suspect some of us will go far, far over it or anything. >.> <.<

(Side note: After I finished Indelible, I got curious about long fics in this fandom. I can't remember the exact number to save my life, but I think there were about... 10? 15? that went over 20k.)

I'm already doing Avengers AU for the SFF Big Bang. And now I'm eyeing the AU Big Bang. Dammit.

[valtyr]

I would have thought more than that? There were ten for the last BB two years ago, and half a dozen by Elspeth and Seachai, and Mucca and Tsukinofaerii and I have all done big bangs since then, and going back further there's Kijikun's fic and the Moth fic.

You did see the last BB, right? Some of them were never posted to the main comm.

:D I'm doing SFF Big Bang as well! And AU Big Bang! Three in one year is totally doable. AU is only 15k, that's nothing.

[muccamukk]

Well how many fic were there for the last bb? Ten or so right there, anyway, then me, you, Elspeth, Faerii, a bunch of older stuff like Kiji and Nix. I'd say there were 30 longer fics at least.

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

I think there are definitely more than 10-15 fics that go over 20,000 words by now. AO3's only got about twelve big bang-length fics tagged with Steve/Tony, but I don't think all the long fics that have been posted to the com have been uploaded there. Glasgowsmiles and therobotmuse's fics aren't up there, for one thing, and I'm pretty sure Letheward and Mouths of Madness are both at least 20,000 words.

[penumbren]

I'd love to have some sort of list of them, because the longer fics are a joy to read. Not that the shorter ones aren't, but I have a fondness for epic!fics. :)

[valtyr]

The last Big Bang fics are here - the formatting's a little squiffy on the them. And there's the comm archives, of course.

[penumbren]

O.o That's a link to a (really interesting, actually - I just spent 20 minutes reading the whole thing) discussion on the Role of the Beta.

I remember trawling the comm archives & ToS, not just AO3. Hrm. I may have to do it again, just to satisfy my curiousity and work on a nice list of loooooong c_im fics. :)

[valtyr]

Sorry! My Ctrl key is sticking recently, that must have been last on my clipboard. Here.

[penumbren]

Ooh, that's where the sick!fic was. LOL. (Mind you, I liked the writing, but the scenario struck me as incredibly creepy.) Thanks - I think I actually haven't even read one of these yet.