Fallout Fanfic Bingo

What is Fanfic Bingo?

Fanfic Bingo is an event where a list of tropes, categories, and prompts are made, and a bingo generator is used to shuffle them into spots on bingo cards. Then those who participate are given a random bingo card and try to write a fanfic that contains the tropes from the bingo squares. At the end of the event, people who scored a bingo with their fic get acknowledged, but everyone is appreciated for having made something for their bingo card.

What is the timeline of the event?

Poll to find out when is a good time for the event - 1 week

Bingo square suggestions accepted - 3 weeks

Hand out bingo cards

Write a fic - 2 months

Post a fic - whenever it's finished

I will reblog your Tumblr post promoting the fic if you @ this blog

At the end of the two months, awards will be handed out for bingos, and potentially other awards such as "most squares filled", "most squares filled without a bingo", and even "blackout".

Event finishes.

What counts as Fallout for this event?

Any written work that takes place in the Fallout universe, uses a character from the Fallout games or TV show as the main character, or does both.

Is there an obligation to finish a fanfic if I receive a bingo card?

Nope! There are perks to publishing a work for the event, namely getting recognized at the end, and having any Tumblr post you make about it reblogged by this blog, but please don't feel pressured to complete a story for the event if you're not feeling it anymore.

Is there any content not allowed in this event?

Underage sexual content, sexual assault, and bestiality are not allowed in fanworks created for this event. If such content is found in your fanfic submission, the event and blog for it will no longer associate with said fanfic.

How will it be decided who has bingos?

There is now an ao3 collection for Fallout Fanfic Bingo! When posting on ao3 you may add your fanfic created for this event to the collection!

If there is anyone who wants to join the event, but couldn't because the signup period had closed, here is your sign to join!

The late signups will be open from now until June 14th.

To join the event, simply message the blog with your intent to join. Replies to this post, asks, and reblogs will also be accepted.

Please make sure that if you are joining the event, you have either your asks or your DMs open, so that I can get a bingo card to you.

If you join late, the remaining time until July 1st is how much time you will have to write and finish a fic for the bingo card, so just be aware.

We have reached the halfway point of the allotted two month writing period for the Fanfic Bingo!

Well done to everyone who has plotted theirs out, and a good round of snaps to everyone who has started writing, even if it's only a few sentences.

I believe in you! You can make something fun.

I've already begun the designs for some of the badges. If you are going for any specific acheivments, let me know, and I'll prioritize getting those done first!

Bingo participants have now had three weeks to plan and write their stories! We're almost halfway through the allotted writing time! If you are participating in Fallout Fanfic Bingo, and want to share something about your progress or a quote from the story, feel free to make a post and tag this blog in it to be reglogged, or to submit a post or ask to this blog!

Anyone who submits a quote from their story to this blog within the next two weeks, with character names in it to help differentiate who the story is about, will receive a drawing of the moment in the story from me!

To make sure your submission is noted, you can: message the blog, reply to this post, reblog this post, submit an ask, or submit a post that contains what you are sharing about the story and something like the phrase "I'd like to submit this for the three week progress post!"

If you would like to share something about how far you've gotten, but would not like any fanart of your story, please include something like "no fanart please!" in your submission.

Bingo participants have now had one week to start planning and writing their stories! If you are participating in Fallout Fanfic Bingo, and wish to share something about your progress or a quote from the story, feel free to make a post and tag this blog in it to be reglogged, or to submit a post or ask to this blog!

Let's help encourage each other!

Also sorry for the ask instead of DM, I was having trouble with it too! If its still not working please feel free to go back in my askbox or publicly shame me with answering on the blog -- either work and you have my permission to post the ask if you so wish <3

Thanks for the ask!

The prompt Game Mechanics means including things like VATS, fast travel, hit points, leveling up, quick saves, or something of that nature in your fanfic! It could be really funny but I've also seen it be used seriously and also as a horror setup.

I tried my best to make sure the prompts were all possible together but it seems I missed at least one! You could however include aspects of a DLC from a different Fallout in your Fallout 1 or 2 fanfic, such as including the location, the characters, or specific enemies, or you could even merge the two settings.

If you have trouble with that, I can definitely consider your idea of using two fanfics for the bingo card.

Great question!

You can pick whichever squares to complete for the bingo as you would like, however if you successfully incorporate a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal bingo line of squares into your fanfic for the event, you will get an award at the end of the event declaring you a bingo winner!

If you have signed up and don't get your bingo card by May 1st in your timezone, reach out!

To signup for Fallout Fanfic Bingo, you just have to state your desire to participate in the fanfic event, either by replying to this post, reblogging with your intent to join, or DM'ing the blog, before May 1st.

On May 1st, the Bingo cards will be DM'd to everyone who signed up. If your DMs are not turned on, I will attempt to get your Bingo card to you through your ask box, and finally will ask on one of your posts the best way to get it to you. If this does not elicit a response, you will not be included in the event.

Starting as soon as you get your Bingo card, you may begin writing a fic that covers the prompts in the squares.

You will have until July 1st in your timezone to post a fic and notify the blog of the title and where it is posted in order for it to be counted for the Bingo and promoted on the blog.

Awards will be handed out as soon as I have read all the fics posted for the Bingo and confirmed they covered the prompts claimed.

That said, the next step is deciding on what the bingo squares should be!

Here is the first draft of the list. Anyone who has constructive criticism or even just has a fun idea to add is invited to send an ask to help make this bingo event even better.

If you have any questions as to what a prompt/bingo square means, don't hesitate to reach out. Others probably have the same question.

5+1 fic

Absurd situation

Against all odds

Badass duo

Birthday

Best friend

Coffee

Companion

Crossover

Deathclaw

DLCs

Domestic fluff

Enemies to lovers

Experiment

Fallout 1 or 2

First aid

First kiss

Fix-it fic

Friendly Super Mutant

Game mechanics

Glowing One

Grief

Holiday fic

Hopeless

Kid character

OC (original character)

One night stand

Pet

Prewar

QPR (Queer-platonic relationship)

Radiation

Robots

Severe injury

Sickfic

Song lyrics

Souvenir

SPECIAL stats

The Golden Rule

Time travel

Torture

Turning feral

Unexpected

Vault life