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A Big Bang (or “Bang” for short) is a specific type of challenge usually involving long fics and accompanying artwork. This type of challenge is a reprise of the old zine tradition of collaboration between artists and writers for internet fandoms.
Most Big Bangs have a similar format: Writers sign up to take part in the challenge and begin writing stories. When the early drafts of the stories are available, each one is assigned one or more artists, or artists might claim stories from posted summaries. Artists create fanart to go along with the story. This art can take the form of illustrations, manips, photo collages, vids, icon sets, etc.
Mini bangs are similar to big bangs, but are smaller in scope, with a smaller word count requirement than traditional big bangs.
So, what exactly is the word minimum?
We’ve set up two tracks for this event: the Mini Bang and the Petite Bang.
For the Mini track: writers are expected to write a minimum of 3k words. Artists should create one simple piece to accompany their writer’s fic—the definition of a “simple” piece is up to artist discretion, but should approximately match the amount of work writers put into their fic.
For the Petite track: writers are expected to write a minimum of 10k words. Artists should create one complex piece OR two simple pieces—again, definitions are up to artist discretion.
How long do I have to do this?
Writer sign-ups are open from Wednesday, May 1 to Wednesday, June 12, and are expected to have 50% of their work done by Sunday, August 4, at which point they will be asked to provide a summary and excerpt of their fic for artist claims.
Artist sign-ups are open from Wednesday, May 1 to Wednesday, July 31. Claims happen a few days later, and artists will receive their assignments a few days after that.
Fics and art are to be posted beginning on Wednesday, October 16. This gives writers four months total to work on their fic, and artists a little over two months to create their art.
Sounds good! How do I sign up?
Sign-ups open on Wednesday, May 1. The form for writers is HERE, and for artists is HERE. Please be sure to read the Event Guidelines/FAQ before signing up!
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moash and adolin for the @cosmere-mini-bang ! I was paired with bridge4wannabe for their lovely tennis au fic three all in the fifth where kaladin, moash and adolin are all professional tennis players. obviously playing tennis isn't all they do lol
view the uncensored nsfw art in chapter 8 of the fic
Sadly the fic won't be posted, but for context; Tarah (and her friends) meet Highmarshal Kaladin, now that he's a sort of hero and celebrity, and it's VERY awkward, from all angles.
Ahh apologies to @cosmere-mini-bang and my team mates @pekgna and @curlytale (Seriously, go check out their other cosmere art!!) for my extreme lack of timely communication! Mental health kicked my butt on this one a bit, but this is the mental-health-kicking-peoples-butts books series fandom so everyone has been extremely nice about it <3<3<3.
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Please enjoy an extremely fluffy reunion between Tarah and Kaladin in a nebulous 'everything works out great' post-canon that can't be definitively considered an AU until at least December 6th.
Idea initially courtesy of @sorchasolas, beta by @cosmereplay. Thank you all!
If you're interested in extra robb lore the initial chat between @sorchasolas and I is below the cut. Screenshots first, followed by text transcription at the bottom:
[regular text is @sorchasolas, indents are @nevertheless-moving]
Someone: you dated. The Highmarshal Stormblessed. Tarah: he wasnt Highmarshal Stormblessed when i dated him. That was his commanding officer.
wait sorry what? his commanding officer was stormblessed? or high marshall?
Mar 26 9:21 AM
No his commanding officer was amaram and he was highmarshal
Mar 26 3:55 PM
Man I forgot that was his title
And that is such great fic concept. the windrunners are stopping in town and she's like ok so I used to know a guy named kaladin and it's not a very common name
I love tarah x kaladin its actually my fav shipe ever and i would kill a man to get a fic for it
Let me see if my motivation allows me to make a fic for it wait
So You actually inspired me to start writing for this…but it was as exes on good terms…im sorry i dont have stong tarah x kaladin feelings and started writing before i saw you say that
…I gave her a fiancee named rob…hes a good guy, theyree waiting for him to get promoted to get married…he works on ships. He takes kaladin out on a boat and shows him how to sail and it's actually a very nice time.i mean people are like 'Damn man your girl is going to leave you for stormblessed!' But kaladin is happy Tarah is doing well…and he ambiguously references being in a relationship but theyre both public figures and want to keep things private
You could probably cut the Rob parts out of what I've written and have a good tarah x kaladin reuninon…like hes not even there but idk I wanted Tarah to be happy and its only been a couple hours but I've already grown unreasonable attached to the guy
You should write the Tarah x kaladin fic if the inspiration spren smile upon ye
Im going to create a spinoff of your fic where i fucking kill rob/j
completely fair again he absolutly reads as a guy who appears once in act one, reappears in act five only to be firmly put on a bus to leave forever
i just love him. he's just some guy! he's literally some guy. his personality is boats.
I cannot get over the fact his name is rob
you love him too now i see
No i fucking love Rob i love mfs that fish theyre my fav
Hes just like kinda in the way
very hallmark boyfriend coded
which is my problem
Oh my god what if you What if you ignored canon and made him a therapist like a full blown social worker
you absolutly could cut the rob reference in what i'm writing and have a tarah/kaladin fic. he's not even there.
LMAO??? HES NOT EVEN IN THE FIC???
no
this is about tarah and kaladin. he's working on a boat during the big procession. trying to get the promotion.
Oh my god i thought he appeared in the fic thats
Rlly funny
Also ignore the therapist thing I genuinely forgot u mentioned where he worked
i know i'm actually laughing out loud in a public place abour Rob
no jokes on you the therapy is canon now. he's taking night classes on how to lead mental health sessions.
OHMY FOD
it actually works really well because kaladin's in town as part of the queens big social reform campaign and he's checking in on the mental health programs
I. So wouldnt kaladin KNOW rob
Tarah: my fiances name is rob Kaladin: ROB??? HE GETS BITCHES??
i'm not even lying this is the premise for the fic. it is the reason he's visiting random towns.
they meet at work after the first slightly awkward dinner and kaladin's like "oh hey rob"
"i didn't know you worked here"
Also. This is perfect bc 9 times out of 10 social workers are… really boring people
Rob, who was trying not to cry that whole dinner:" it. it didn't come up."
now they have even more to talk about though!!
WHY WAS ROB CRYING 😭⁉️
(Or trying not to ig ⁉️⁉️)
HE JUST MET KALADIN STORMBLESSED
LMAO ⁉️⁉️⁉️
HE IS COOKING DINNER FOR KALADIN STORMBLESSED WHILE KALADIN AND THE WOMEN HE LOVES MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF ARE HAVING A HEARTFELT REUNION IN THE NEXT ROOM
i have ALSO gotten really attached to Tarah's bitchy coworker who i created specifically for the purpose of being like "You're such a liar, Tarah, There is absolutly no way you — why is Kaladin stormblessed staring at you."
she has a heart of gold underneath it all. like she's still a bitch. but tarah and her ARE friends.
He…he has the same name as one of the Windrunners." Mim let out a high pitched noise of delight, waving her hands. "Oh! which one? Pete Mountain Slayer? Lopen the Brilliant? Scar?" Tarah flushed, not answering.
PETE MPUNTAIN SLAYER
LOPENT EH BRILLIANT
his name is SKAR not Scar you FAKE. ASS. FANS. /j
everyone calls him scar now :/ price of fame.
he can HEAR the difference the way spiderman can hear the hyphen
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Sadly the fic won't be posted, but for context; Tarah (and her friends) meet Highmarshal Kaladin, now that he's a sort of hero and celebrity, and it's VERY awkward, from all angles.
But wait! There's more! Due to circumstances (corrupt files (bad scheduling)) my Cosmere Bang piece was greatly delayed.
Jorik and Sage, the protagonists of Sandweaver's (doesn't have a tumblr) original Mistborn story, Tremredare. Set six hundred years before The Final Empire was overthrown, we follow a pair of Mistborn siblings. After their estranged father is killed, the caravan crew that Jorik Cornedrus runs is in danger once they arrive in the city of Tremredare. If they wish to survive, they'll have to fight together and use the full force of their powers.
WattPad Link Ao3 Link [his account approval is pending, I'll update it when it goes through]
It was great working with him! I always like more original stories set in familiar settings. There's a certain novelty to them, but maybe that's my propensity for running RPGs talking. (Image Description By @grievingauthor; thanks for doing it for me i feel weird doing it for my own art)
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Cosmere Mini-Bang art!! My partner was @stew4 and I got to make art for their very touching college/human AU Rlainarin fic! I had a lot of fun working on this one! Any time I get to humanize Rlain is a delight.
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An illustration of Rlain and Renarin in a kitchen. The characters are cell shaded, and the background is painterly. The entire image is in sepia tone.
In the foreground, Renarin sits slumped at a bar over his laptop, leaning his face in his hand. He wears an expression of despondence as he stares at the screen, which depicts a vague representation of Gmail. He is dressed in a t-shirt, the back of which reads "Kholinar Highschool Mathletes 1171", and a pair of sweatpants. He is a thin young man with a middling skin tone and soft, rounded features, with messy, curly dark hair streaked with blonde. He wears a single silver stud earring.
Across the bar on the other side of the counter stands Rlain, represented here as a young black man with vitiligo in almost a butterfly pattern around his eyes. He has chest-length dreadlocks that are pulled partially up into a bun on the back of his head. He has stronger features than Renarin, but soft, kind eyes that stare at him with concern, his brows arched. His lips are parted as if in the middle of saying something. He is leaning with one arm on the counter, the other holding a coffee mug that reads "Don't talk to me until I've eaten this mug". He is dressed in a white button up shirt, the first few buttons of which are undone, and he has a heavy silver ring on the middle finger of the hand holding the mug.
An oblong window on the wall behind Renarin puts a long swath of white space between the two, separating them. While Renarin's head is mostly framed by the window, Rlain stands among the stove's hood and cabinets, looking more set into the scene that Renarin who is removed from it by the framing. (End ID)
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Cosmere Mini-Bang art!! My partner was @stew4 and I got to make art for their very touching college/human AU Rlainarin fic! I had a lot of fun working on this one! Any time I get to humanize Rlain is a delight.
Image ID:
An illustration of Rlain and Renarin in a kitchen. The characters are cell shaded, and the background is painterly. The entire image is in sepia tone.
In the foreground, Renarin sits slumped at a bar over his laptop, leaning his face in his hand. He wears an expression of despondence as he stares at the screen, which depicts a vague representation of Gmail. He is dressed in a t-shirt, the back of which reads "Kholinar Highschool Mathletes 1171", and a pair of sweatpants. He is a thin young man with a middling skin tone and soft, rounded features, with messy, curly dark hair streaked with blonde. He wears a single silver stud earring.
Across the bar on the other side of the counter stands Rlain, represented here as a young black man with vitiligo in almost a butterfly pattern around his eyes. He has chest-length dreadlocks that are pulled partially up into a bun on the back of his head. He has stronger features than Renarin, but soft, kind eyes that stare at him with concern, his brows arched. His lips are parted as if in the middle of saying something. He is leaning with one arm on the counter, the other holding a coffee mug that reads "Don't talk to me until I've eaten this mug". He is dressed in a white button up shirt, the first few buttons of which are undone, and he has a heavy silver ring on the middle finger of the hand holding the mug.
An oblong window on the wall behind Renarin puts a long swath of white space between the two, separating them. While Renarin's head is mostly framed by the window, Rlain stands among the stove's hood and cabinets, looking more set into the scene that Renarin who is removed from it by the framing. (End ID)
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The first chapter of my fic for the @cosmere-mini-bang is up :)
Summary:
Elhokar and Shallan are drag queens and best friends. The night of a big show, Elhokar runs into a ghost from the past just before going on stage. Thankfully, they don't have to deal with it on their own.
Feat. campy numbers, queer relationship drama and lots of cute friendship moments. Have fun! The other two chapters will be up tomorrow and the day after!
my artwork for the @cosmere-mini-bang, a fandom challenge involving collaboration between fic writers and artists! this piece is for The Fibonacci Sequence by Wimble_Rose, a canon-divergent fic about Moash :-)
I can finally show off my illustration for @cosmere-mini-bang! I've been working alongside the wonderful author, Rose, to bring their fic, The Fibonacci Sequence, to life.
I mostly do character portraits so it was a fun challenge to figure out how to create a full composition with backgrounds and all. It took a little over a month to finish the illustration. 33 hours in total. Illustration progression below!
Please read Rose's The Fibonacci Sequence and the rest of the Cosmere Mini Bang entries at the Mini Bang Gallery.
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kaladin/Adolin Kholin
Characters: Kaladin (Stormlight Archive), Adolin Kholin, Sylphrena (Stormlight Archive)
Additional Tags: First Kiss, First Dates, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, After WOR duel, Mutual Pining, Love Confessions, Not Beta Read
Summary:
Kaladin doesn’t know what this lighteyed prince wants from him, but it must not be anything good. Wasn’t it enough that he saved his life twice already? Now he wants to take him on a “date”.
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Forgot to post about this on tumblr!
Wrote this fic for the @cosmere-mini-bang, and am super proud of it!
It follows our favorite Windrunner gal Lyn, who has been assigned a Lightweaver to train with in order to build better unity between types of Radiant. Only problem: her assigned Lightweaver is Beryl, who is not only distressingly hot, she's also someone Lyn has a little past with.
Can they work well together? Are they able to understand each other? Are they gonna smooch?