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

[valtyr]

Awesome. :D Finish, finish!

Yeah, I think the wank was mainly a result of people getting confused over what was allowed and then it all spiralled, so being as clear as possible seemed best.

We have "Essentially either CANON us, or SLASH away <3" in the profile, and "Steve and Tony are one of your main pairings or at least very prominent characters," which certainly seems to allow for gen fic and background canon pairings - I don't really ship them with anyone but each other, but I'd be very sad to miss out on an awesome friendship/bonding fic just because Tony goes on some dates with Rumiko in the background. I mean, obviously the canon ship shouldn't be the focus of the fic, but I'd like to think most of us here love them even when it's just bromance and not romance. :)

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

Yeah - I think I was mixing the rules here up with the stricter ones on some other slash comms, in fandoms where there's a lot more canon het vs. slash ship infighting (*waves at certain comms that have Gwen or Jennifer Keller bans*).

[muccamukk]

People banning Jennifer Keller makes me sad in my heart.

[valtyr]

What, like... bans on even having them in fic? How does that work? They're part of the ensemble. o_0

[seanchai.livejournal.com]

Ah, but in some of the really wanky areas of fandom, being part of the ensemble apparently doesn't matter - if the hated rival is in the fic, it's apparently not allowed on certain comms.

Of course, given some of the fics I've seen, I think I might actually prefer ones that straight up ignore the supposed rival, rather than having them present as a shrieking evil harpy.

And more on topic, this is coming at the perfect time; it's just the impetus we need to get us off our asses to finish the fic that never ends, so we can be ready for this.

[valtyr]

That's pretty wacky, but yeah on the eviling - it just seems mindboggling to just gloss over an entire character.

The Big Bang is a public service in so many ways, it's true!

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

I think maybe the anti-Jennifer McShep fics just all pretend the season she showed up in doesn't happen.

[valtyr]

I guess that's reasonable, as eliding the romance is often easier than breaking it up, I'm just confused by banning them altogether. Fandom, often so weird.