#basic-banshee

If you’re not reading “Local Hero” by the incredibly talented duo @basic-banshee and @god-is-bready, you are missing out on some of the best quarantine entertainment in the Carry On/Wayward Son fandom. This picture is straight out of Baz Pitch’s Instagram (or rather, straight out of Chapter 14) and is a pretty good representation of how I think canon!Baz would look if he’d never been bitten. :)

It’s a picture of us at the pub, sitting in front of the microphones. Shep must have taken it sometime during the recording, but I don’t remember seeing him do it. Baz has his chin propped on his hand, his hair in his eyes a bit as he glares me with that look he gets sometimes—half annoyed, half smiling because he thinks I’m stupid. I’m grinning, my mouth open and clearly mid-shout, my beer waving in the air. I look like an absolute fucking idiot. — Simon

And some closeups for those who like them...

✨ Guest Spotlight ✨

Please welcome guest writer Ban/@basic-banshee to the Golden Days zine! Here is a preview of her whirlwind piece 🌪️

Find Ban’s magickal works everywhere ✨ AO3 // Tumblr

So this is probably by last drawing for bit. I’m thinking less about my sketchbooks and eyeballing my paints, and might be the last of the Carry On stuff for the time being. But anyway, if you’re here for the Carry On stuff, then I imagine you’ve read @basic-banshee​‘s and (shamefully doesn’t know the other writer’s name) fic “Local Hero” over on Ao3 (took me a while to figure out what that meant). It’s spawned some fabulous art by @vkelleyart​ and in a tick of inspiration I decided to also do a thing:

I’m not 100% happy with it, but I think I’ll attempt a round 2 at a later time. (Lesson learned from watercolour: if things start to go south, abandon ship!) The idea is there.(Don’t ask what happened to the cleats). I might also say that I hope I got the rainbow colours right. I wasn’t sure if it’s any rainbow or if Pride has a specific pattern (I’ve seen a couple). I’ve come to the recent awareness that I’m not as progressive or as socially aware as I thought I was (Uni class of ‘09 here), but I’m working on it. This was also done in my Opus Daily Practice prompts, “Reflect.”

Bonus Baz!

Another ‘not what I intended’ but close enough. I got so mad at my starting fails that I cut the idea in half and just did this part. The missing half? A cat/kitten that is awkwardly puffed up and hissing at him.

☀️ Last and certainly not least, fanfic guest contributor: Ban ☀️

@basic-banshee is an author whose works have helped define the fandom. She continuously rocks our worlds with stories that are funny, powerful, heartfelt, and feel so real. All set to great playlists, too!

Example works:

rebel rebel - chaptered, Baz raised by Fiona AU, 183k, complete

This Must Be The Place - chaptered, pre-year 8 canon compliant AU, 36k, complete

network connectivity problems - chaptered, Uni football and rugby text AU, 35k, complete

☀️ We're extremely pumped to have her on board! ☀️

And you can join the zine, too! Check out our applications post for more details. Applications close October 15th.

Follow Ban everywhere:

“Since being back at school for the past month, it seems that every person I’ve ever met — and some I haven’t — have had something to say about my grand gay reveal. I hadn’t thought it would be this interesting, and it’s not like I hired a skywriter. I just showed up with a fucking pin.” -Baz Pitch, from chapter 9 of rebel rebel by @basic-banshee