We're all alone, walking in twilight

The night‘s been long, and so many have fallen

Feel no remorse, light will be breaking

[görgess le a magyarért]

Have you wondered why do we open bidding on the 20th of August? Probably not, but let me tell you anyway: it’s Hungary’s birthday! 

We’ve arrived into the Pannonian Basin in the late 9th century, then more than a century later we gave in and accepted Christianity. Thus, our first king (as opposed to the Grand Princes before) Stephen I of Hungary (István király), was crowned somewhen in 1000/1001 - later he was canonized as Saint Stephen on the 20th of August, in 1083. Ta-dam! Happy birthday Hungary. 

Fun fact: there is a delightful rockopera telling the story of how Stephen fought with his uncle over the throne. Pagan inheritance laws did not mix well with our new rule! 

🕷️ [Listen to the songs here] 🕷️ [Szállj fel, szabad madár / Fly, bird of freedom] - with English translation (with a ton of references to Hungarian history) 🕷️ [Take a look into the film here] (in Hungarian only, sadly)

(A note: there are some…uncomfortable happenings around this year’s Aug 20 celebration. Politics and money and all the ugly things. But we don’t think about that right now. We are writing a fix it! Alternate universe!)

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 Just like Budapest is a bilingual Black Widow fandom charity auction in response to the Hungarian government’s anti-LGBTQ campaign and legislations connected to it. 

[We are currently bidding]! Satch yourself [something awesome].

[Útiterv - görgess le a magyarért]

Thank you for joining us on this journey!

We present your itinerary for the 2022 Just Like Budapest auction. All deadlines apply after midnight, time is in UTC. [What’s the time in UTC?]

Saturday, July 30th: creator sign-ups open. We are awaiting your offers in the following period.

Sunday, August 14th: creator sign-ups close. There are still a couple of days to adjust any details for the offers before they go public.

Wednesday, August 17th: preview period! A few days to browse the offers and plan what you want to bid on.

Saturday, August 20th: Saint Stephen’s day, day of the new bread, State Foundation Day, bidding begins. All Hungarian national holidays.

Sunday, September 4th: bidding closes. Time to donate and consider your prompts.

Sunday, September 18th: proof of donation due from the highest bidder. There are still nearly two weeks for any administrative hiccups.

Friday, September 30th: creation period starts. It’s getting real, folks.

Friday, June 30th, 2023: fanworks due. Let us all marvel at the creations shared during this auction!

Saturday, March 30th, 2024: extended deadline. Life is unpredictable and sometimes we want to spend more time on things.*

Have a wild and safe ride! - the Just Like Budapest Team

*What does the extended deadline mean? In 2022 the deadline for the finished fanworks is June 30th, 2023 – that is 9 months of creation period. However, if life gets in the way and you are not able to finish during this time, you can ask for an extension at any time, but during the last check-in of the creation period latest (right before the deadline). If you do so, you’ll have until March 30th, 2024 at the latest to finish your work. Some of you might notice this is a bit different than what we did in 2021 - rest assured, this does not affect the 2021 itinerary!

[görgess le a magyarért]

Hello Travelers!

The Just Like Budapest Auction is looking for a mod! If you think it’d be nice to be kidnapped to Budapest for a couple of months, we are looking for someone to help out with our travel planning - posts, admin, keeping in touch, brainstorming.

You can apply through [this form] and we’ll get back to you soon! 

The form contains more details and is open until June 19th. 

You can find out more about us under the [About] and [Info] pages of our blog. If you have any questions, send us a message on [any of our platforms] and we’ll get back to you! 

-the Just Like Budapest Team

[görgess le a magyarért]

Hello Travelers!

The Just Like Budapest Auction is looking for a mod! If you think it’d be nice to be kidnapped to Budapest for a couple of months, we are looking for someone to help out with our travel planning - posts, admin, keeping in touch, brainstorming.

You can apply through [this form] and we’ll get back to you soon! 

The form contains more details and is open until June 19th. 

You can find out more about us under the [About] and [Info] pages of our blog. If you have any questions, send us a message on [any of our platforms] and we’ll get back to you! 

-the Just Like Budapest Team

[görgess le a magyarért]

Hello Travelers!

The Just Like Budapest Auction is looking for a mod! If you think it’d be nice to be kidnapped to Budapest for a couple of months, we are looking for someone to help out with our travel planning - posts, admin, keeping in touch, brainstorming.

You can apply through [this form] and we’ll get back to you soon! 

The form contains more details and is open until June 19th. 

You can find out more about us under the [About] and [Info] pages of our blog. If you have any questions, send us a message on [any of our platforms] and we’ll get back to you! 

-the Just Like Budapest Team

Are you ready for Eruri Week 2021?! Captain Levi and Commander Erwin certainly hope so because they need your help!

Accept the challenge and join them on their voyage to Love Island!! See ya there!

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS: GALLERY

To bid on their offers, please follow the links below!!

Gabriel | FaalThien (1,2) | Orphic Kalopsia | Misterknife | Erin O’Malley | bleedxblack 

Creator sign-up guide

(magyar a vonal alatt!)

Just Like Budapest auction opens creator sign-ups on the 30th of July, 00:00, UTC. (You can find the full timeline here.) Here are some answers about what can you expect!

🕷️ What can you offer? You can sign-up as 

a writer,

an artist (offering any art that can be delivered digitally, including but not limited to paintings, gifsets, manips, moodboards, etc),

a vidder,

a podficcer,

someone who provides fan labor (culture-picking, sensitivity reading, betaing, translation).

Please fill out only the relevant parts of the sign-up form. 

🕷️ How many offers can one creator make?  You can offer up to three works. They do not need to be of the same type - you can offer a fic, a betaing and a painting - but you’ll need to fill out the sign-up form once for each individual offer even if they are identical. 

🕷️ Exactly what fandoms can you sign-up with? Only the Black Widow movie?  Any fanwork connected to Black Widow, all her appearances—in the MCU, the comics, or in animations—and all characters connected to her story are welcome.

🕷️ Do you need to give out any personal information in the process? No - we will ask you about

a name (it can be fannish, your username or your real name - whatever you prefer),

an email address we can contact you on,

later in the process for your AO3 handle (if you don’t have an account, we can send an invitation for you),

whether you are over 18 years old. 

🕷️ Can you participate even if you are under 18 years old? Sure you can, we’d be delighted to have you. You however can’t offer (or bid on) explicit works. 

🕷️ Do you need to have an account on X social media to participate? You’ll need an AO3 account - that’s how we will keep track of the finished works. A bit later we’ll bring you guides, FAQs and if necessary, invitations. 

🕷️ Can you offer traditional art?  You can, but only if you are able to digitalize it in at least 300dpi. The auction right now is not prepared to support shipping, so you’ll need to send a digital version even if you are a traditional artist. 

🕷️ What languages can you use for this event?  Just Like Budapest is a bilingual event - you’ll be able to sign-up and participate in English and Hungarian. As with each of our previous posts, the creator sign-up form will be available in English and Hungarian both. We however do not translate your offers - they will be published in the language your sign-up form was in. 

🕷️ If this is a bilingual event, we help with translation? Yes, we do. Creators will be able to opt in or out of this in the sign-up form, but if, for example, someone would like to bid on an English-only creator’s artwork but they only speak Hungarian, one of the mods will be happy to help out during the process. 

🕷️ Can you modify your offer(s) after you sent it in? You can’t modify the form after sending it in, but if anything comes up (or if you have any questions at any time), you can [reach out to us] and we’ll modify the relevant parts/find a solution! 

🕷️ Which organisations does the auction support?  We’ll (soon!) bring you a list of Hungarian LGBTQ and LGBTQ-friendly human rights and education-oriented organisations - all donations will go directly from the bidders to one of these.

🕷️ If you are not sure you can start creating right in October / you have other time-related concerns: We know the world is still pretty chaotic, even compared to its usual standards. All we ask is that you do your very best to keep yourself to the hard deadline (30th of March, 2023) and that you keep in contact with your bidder. You don’t need to start creating right away and you can feel free to pace yourself during the creation period as you see fit. As with anything else, if you have a concern about a deadline at any point during the auction, you can reach out to us and we’ll help you find a solution. 

🕷️ If you still have questions, where can you reach us?  You can shoot us a message here, on any of our other social media accounts or find us in an email at [email protected].

We are looking forward to seeing all your wonderful offers and working with you! Let the adventure begin!

The Just Like Budapest Team

Thank you for joining us on this journey!

(magyar a vonal alatt!)

We present your itinerary for our Just Like Budapest auction. All deadlines apply after midnight, time is in UTC. (E.g. sign-ups open on Friday, 00:00 and close on the next Sunday, 23:59.)

Friday, July 30th: creator sign-ups open. We are awaiting your offers in the following period.

Friday, August 13th: creator sign-ups close. There is still a weekend to adjust any details for the offers before they go public.

Monday, August 16th: preview week starts. A week to browse the offers and plan what you want to bid on.

Friday, August 20th: Saint Stephen’s day, day of the new bread, State Foundation Day, bidding begins. All Hungarian national holidays.

Sunday, August 29th: bidding closes. Time to donate and consider your prompts.

Wednesday, September 15th: proof of donation due from the highest bidder. There are still two weeks for any administrative hiccups.

Thursday, September 30th: creation period starts. It’s getting real, folks.

2022, Thursday, June 30th: soft deadline. Creators who submit their works before this deadline are eligible for the next Just Like Budapest auction.

2023, Wednesday, March 30th: fanworks due. Let us all marvel at the creations shared during this auction!

Have a wild and safe ride!

The Just Like Budapest Team

(Magyar a vonal alatt!)

Marvel fans, resisters of Hungarian homophobic legislation, fandom philanthropists! We want to invite you to Budapest this summer - to the Just Like Budapest fandom auction.

Interest check has opened:

we are asking you if you can become Budapest’s heroes, our heroes, as an artist offering works or as a bidder bidding on the works or by sharing the news of our auction. We thank everyone who already signalled their interest and to those spreading the word.

For more information, look at this post on Tumblr or the one on Dreamwidth! Creator sign ups are opening soon, at 00:00 UTC July 30th. Keep an eye out for it! Interest check is open until 23:59 UTC July 23rd, so make sure you fill this form out before. You can let us know if you have any questions, concerns, suggestions through the form, email us at [email protected], at our tumblr, our twitter and our dreamwidth. We hope to see you in Budapest this summer!

The Just Like Budapest Team

[FILL OUT THE INTEREST FORM HERE]

‘Just like Budapest’ Fandom Auction—Interest Check

[FILL OUT THE INTEREST FORM HERE]

(Magyar a vonal alatt!) 

Just like Budapest is a Black Widow fandom charity auction in response to the Hungarian government’s anti-LGBTQ campaign and recent legislation connected to it. 

Who: Anyone who’d like to support Hungarian LGBTQ organisations, support the queer community in Hungary, and—last but not least—would like to give a subtle finger to Hungarian law-makers for making life difficult, if not impossible, for many minorities in the country. 

How: The event is organized based on Fandom Trumps Hate: creators can offer up fanworks for the auction for a set bidding period. The winning bidder donates to a chosen charity, after which we connect the two of them, and the creation period starts. 

What: Any fanwork connected to Black Widow and all her appearances—in the MCU, the comics, or in animations—and all characters connected to her story are welcome. Fanfic, fanart, fan labour, podfic, vids—you name it. 

When: Sign-up and bidding period lasts through summer until the end of September, from which point creators will have a year and a half to work with their recipient and complete their pieces. 

Who does the money go to? Hungarian LGBTQ, education-oriented and human rights organizations. All donations will be made directly to the organizations themselves.

What is the Hungarian government even doing? In the last year, the parliament has banned legal name- and gender change, denying transgender people legal recognition. New legislation citing traditional family values made it nearly impossible for same-sex couples to adopt. Politicians condoned the shredding of a children’s book featuring heroes of various minorities (including disabled and PoC), cautioning against stories popularising “behaviour inconsistent with traditional gender roles”. Most recently in June 2021, parliament has classified any information related to LGBTQ minorities and their lifestyle as +18 and made discussion and information sharing related to LGBTQ topics illegal with those under 18, including through books, films, advertisements and school sex education—all this wrapped in a law against paedophilia. 

Donations through this auction will be made to organisations that work against anti-LGBTQ legislation, those who aim to support LGBTQ children and young people, offer legal counsel, etc. A list of organisations will be published amongst other information in the coming weeks. The auction will be held in English and Hungarian, with translation help offered where necessary. 

If you’re interested in joining the auction as a creator or as a bidder, let us know using the form below. If you’d like to get in touch, you can do so on twitter, tumblr, dreamwidth and via e-mail at [email protected]. 

Let’s make our voices heard, and support each other the way we know best: by making and sharing queer stuff in, through and alongside the stories that bring us joy! 

The Just Like Budapest Team

[FILL OUT THE INTEREST FORM HERE]

Me:

Whats ironic is that i actually have a lot of deep feelings about erwin's and levi's dynamic and yet-