#coldflash events

Hello, all!

I'd like to thank everyone for submitting and voting on their favourite prompts for our Coldflash Mini Weekend Event in April. Voting is now closed, and I’m pleased to announce our prompts for the event based on the most popular suggestions.

The winning prompts are…

Day 1:

I thought I lost you

Secret relationship

Day 2:

Time travel shenanigans

Accidental dating/didn’t know they were dating

Bonus Prompt (post on either day):

Alternate Earths

The dates for the event are April 27th and 28th.

You can write fanfiction, draw fan art, create a mood board or a playlist, a fan video, or any other form of creative work. All contributions are welcome!

This is a pretty casual, lowkey event, with no commitments or sign-ups. The only rules are as follows:

1.      Remember not to start posting until the event begins! You can start sharing your contributions on April 27th. If you’re a little behind schedule, don’t worry—the mods will continue to monitor the tag for a short time after the event is over in case anyone misses the deadline!

2.      Make sure your work includes the prompts! There’s plenty of room for creative freedom, so hopefully these suggestions will spark something for you… pun intended. And if not, free day will allow you to post whatever your heart desires. Time to dust off those plot bunnies!

3.      The tag for this weekend will be cfsw2024, so remember to tag all your contributions! When we get a little closer to the time, I’ll also start an AO3 collection where you can share your works with the world!

4.      Please use appropriate tags. If your work is nsfw, or contains themes that might be upsetting or triggering, please make sure to tag it as such. We want everyone to be safe and enjoy themselves during this event, so be mindful of your fellow users and make sure to leave warnings if necessary!

5.      Have fun!

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to drop me a message!

LET'S GOOOOOO!

Hello, all! Thank you all for your patience, and for your responses for the interest check. I'm back to let you know the results, and with some exciting announcements for the year ahead.

First of all, I'd like to announce that we have another mod on board! Everyone please welcome @burdenedwithpointlesspurpose, who'll be helping myself (@coldflasher) and @moriavis run the events this year! We're very excited to be running these events for you :D You can reach out to any of us on this blog or on our main blogs with any questions.

And now, onto the events!

Most people wanted three events, and the most requested event types were prompt-based events, including both mini weekend events and longer week-long events. People also expressed interest in bingos and big bangs.

The majority of respondents had greater availability to participate in the summer months, between April and August.

That being said, I'm excited to announce that our first event will be a mini weekend event that will take place on the 27th and 28th April 2024. This will be a prompt-based event very similar to Cool for the Summer, an event we held in July 2022—we'll provide a list of prompts chosen by you, and then everyone can create works inspired by the prompts, or a combination of them. These types of events are very chill; there are no sign-ups and no commitments, just lots of Coldflash content!

You know what that means—we need prompts! Please drop your prompts in our askbox (you can do this anonymously, if you'd prefer) and once we've got a good number of prompts, we'll give everyone the chance to vote on their favourites.

If you're interested in a slightly more involved event format, I'll also be announcing zine sign-ups for our Coldflash 10-Year Anniversary zine very soon, so stay tuned! We're currently looking at a provisional publication date of March 24th, 2025, which will be the ten-year anniversary of 1x16: Rogue Time, the episode where Leonard learns Barry's identity, and an uneasy truce is struck between them...

I wanted to choose a date with significance to the ship whilst also ensuring that everyone has plenty of time to work on their submissions, and to give us time to put the zine together once we've received them all.

Right now, the aim is for everyone to have their final submissions in by the end of December 2024. Please note that these dates have not been finalized, and are still subject to change, so watch this space for more details.

More information on sign-ups will be released shortly!

Hi all!

Thank you all for your patience while I've got the ball rolling on this year's events (and for the gentle kick up the butt where needed haha). You know what they say about even the best-laid plans...

But I've finally got the ball rolling, and I have a couple of announcements to make!

I'd like to begin by welcoming my wonderful new co-mod, @moriavis, who will be helping me keep all our events running smoothly (pun intended)! I'm very grateful to have her on board.

It's likely that we'll be looking for extra assistance with some of the more ambitious events we have planned for this year, so if anyone is interested in helping us out, please feel free to drop me a message either here on this blog or on my main @coldflasher :D

Secondly, I'm happy to announce that our interest check form is now officially up and running, so you can have your say about the type and frequency of events you'd like us to run this year! You can access the form here:

Hello all, and welcome to the first Coldflash event of 2024!

Our first event of the year is a mini weekend event in which everyone can share fanworks based on a selection of prompts chosen by all of you!

Fan art, fanfiction, moodboards, playlists, gifsets, videos, edits... all contributions are welcome and we are so happy to have you :D

As a quick reminder, the prompts for this events are as follows:

Day 1:

I thought I lost you

Secret relationship

Day 2:

Time travel shenanigans

Accidental dating/didn’t know they were dating

Bonus Prompt (post on either day):

Alternate Earths

I'm also pleased to announce that the AO3 collection for the event is now open, and can be accessed here! Remember to share your works to the collection (if you'd like) so we can all see them and enjoy.

The tag for the event is #cfjune24, so remember to tag all your creations (and if you could tag us @coldflashevents that would also be super helpful—we want to make sure we don't miss any of your hard work!)

We also request that you use appropriate tags for any potentially sensitive/triggering content (things like nsfw, self harm, suicide, graphic depictions of violence, etc.)

Myself and the other mods will be here reblogging and sharing your creations all weekend, and we're very excited to get started!

So without further ado... happy coldflashing! :D

Thank you all for sending in your prompts! There are some really exciting ones here that have already got the gears in my brain turning!

We want to give everyone as much time as possible to work on their contributions for the event on April 27th and 28th, so now we've got a good number of prompts, it's time to vote!

You can vote for as many prompts as you like, or as few, and we'll share the most popular prompts once the votes are in. There will be multiple prompts for each day so that hopefully everyone will find a prompt that speaks to them.

Hey, all! Thanks to everyone who's already responded to the interest check questionnaire. There was an issue with multiple choice options not being enabled for some of the questions (for some unfathomable reason, on Google Docs, "multiple choice" does not actually mean multiple choice?) but I've fixed that now, so if anyone hasn't had chance to respond yet, or was holding off on responding, then it should be enabled now. Let me know if there are any issues!

THE RESULTS ARE IN.

The people have spoken, and we have the date for our winter event!

This will be a week-long event and will take place December 26th–January 1st.

Like the last event, we’re keeping it chill *finger guns*. Any kinds of fanwork are welcome! Fanfic, fan art, playlists, moodboards, fan videos, edits, gifsets... whatever your heart desires. 

As always, I want to give everyone as much time as possible to work on their contributions, so it’s time to choose our prompts! You can vote for as many or as few as you’d like.

VOTE ON THE PROMPTS HERE.

The Coldflash Bang 2020 Master List

Sugar Sub by @blueelvewithwings | Artwork by @fancydragonqueendraws

Aftermath by @deafsnart | Artwork by @purpleyin

He’s One Cool Kat by @ashboy-3 | Artwork by @thekidasleepinthebackseat

Written in Scarlet by @crimsondomingo | Artwork by @amber-flicker and Moodboards by @theroguesharlequin

In a Flash (I’ll be at your side) by @angsty-violet | Artwork by @pieprincess-andthe-fallenangel

Coexisting With My Villains (And Flirt With One) by @mezhlauk | Artwork by @sparroet

all i can taste (is this moment) by @areyouscarletcold | Artwork by @wyntersriddle

I Traveled Space For Much Too Long by @val-lyra | Artwork by @royalbuffoons I choose You (Always) by @erac12 | Artwork by @hautecoldture

Stay by @erac12 | Artwork by @q-u-a-rantine-high-school Probletunity by @hautecoldture | Artwork (embed in fic) by @hautecoldture

Priceless by  @pieprincess-andthe-fallenangel | Artwork by @luna-shimizu

One and Only by @pieprincess-andthe-fallenangel | Artwork by @hawkstincan

Just For One Night by @pieprincess-andthe-fallenangel | Artwork by @meetmelastfriday

Tam Len of the Elves by @achangeinpriorities | Artwork 1,2,3 by @theroguesharlequin

All Men’s Souls by MoriartyMastermind | Artwork (embed in fic) by @aquafolie The Gift: Book One - The Tunnels Under Central by @coldflashwave-baby | Artwork by @purpleyin