#ebb post

anyone else remember that one line in the bifrost incident, Thor saying "I don't care if my vengeance will us into civil war"? friends, that civil war is the one our lovely war trio got themselves tangled up in!! on one side, Thor and the revolution he finally decided to support, along side any fae who wanted to get involved and most of the part- fae polulation. on the other, Odin, trying desperately to keep control on her country, and manipulating her people into fighting this war for her.

Loki was one of the top researchers for Odin, she and baldur started a project with the intended goal being a magically enhanced missile that would wipe out whole areas of land and poisoning and corrupting the magic within (which explains why lyf lost their connection to the wild for a while!!) when Loki realized how far Odin was willing to go to maintain control over the land she defected, taking most of the research she had collected with her. and she joined the revolution! next bit is just my idea, haven't brought up the idea, but rocks mentioned how in the classic story Loki tricks baldurs blind brother hod into throwing a mistletoe dart at baldur, which kills him. so what if Loki comes back to try to assassinate baldur since he was the other big mind behind Odin's project and Loki just needs to buy the revolution some time, she idk maybe poisons him or something and gets hod to take the drink to baldur? she gets caught on the way out, however, and survives an absolutely horrendous time as a prisoner of war while Odin forces her to finish the project

thor is pretty solidly on Odin's side of the fight until he finds out that Loki has been kept alive as a prisoner, he defects and joins the revolution. just spitballing again but what if after the magic bomb goes off he travels back to the capital, kills Odin, and takes her place on the throne? idk I need to think more about Thor, he's been on my mind today

the bomb!! Odin managed to keep it secret enough that when it went off she could claim the royal court knew nothing about it, it must have been the soldiers going too far, she was planning on prosecuting any survivors as war criminals to maintain the good image of the crown. Tim, Bertie, and their squad were assigned to escort the bomb to it's detonation location. they didn't know what it was. when it went off it wiped out hundreds of square miles, leaving survivors very few and far between and badly injured. Tim was looking right at the blast when it went off. when they got picked up by a retrieval squadron looking to capture any survivors they realized that their country had straight up planned for them to either die or take the fall, so they burned down the camp and went on the run.

Hello everyone!

So, if you go on the blog, you may notice there have been some changes to the dates listed on the sidebar. Some dates in the linked pages might be inaccurate now but we (I) will hopefully get them all fixed over the next few days.

Basically, everything has been pushed back exactly one month from the original dates. Hopefully, this is the last time we have to delay/lengthen the event. There are two main reasons for this.

The first is that, due to a streak of adverse incidents, Michelle has been unable to access Tumblr or the writer and artist sign-ups or the summaries (hardware issues.) This situation is hopefully temporary and should be fixed near the end of this month. So, if you signed up as an artist recently and didn’t get confirmation, this is why.

Speaking of artists, the second reason for extending the dates is that we still need artists! Artist sign-ups are now open until October 25, so, if you were on the fence about participating before, please consider signing up!

Since delaying the fic claiming for the artists by a month would leave them with that much less time to create, all other dates have also been extended a month. That means, writers, you now have an extra month to work on your EBB project, or work on other projects you may have, or participate in NaNoWriMo. The world is your mollusk.

New due dates are: october 25. summaries due. october 25. artist sign-ups close. november 1. last day to drop-out. november 2-5. artist claims. december 5. second check-in. february 1. last check-in. february 10. rough-drafts due. march 1. final drafts due. march 12. posting begins

Thank you for your patience!

due to my recent and sudden absence, the end-date for summary submission as well as artist sign-ups and the final drop out date has been pushed back to October 9th. this means that the dates for artist claims will change, and potentially the second check-in as well. as of right now, all other dates will remain the same.

because I have not been around to provide information or answer questions on the summary submission portion of this event, I felt it was unfair to have it end in just a little over a week, even though Keth has been doing a wonderful job in my absnece. <3 but hopefully this extension will allow writers more time to polish their summaries up.

the dates will be changing on the blog over the next 24-48 hours, and a post about summary submission should be up tomorrow with any luck.

thank you to everyone who sent us their check-in unprompted and on time! you make our jobs a lot easier! there seem to be varying stages of progress, so if you haven’t written a word, we can promise that you aren’t the only one.

if you did not send a check-in, you will be receiving a message from us over the next 24 hours on how to proceed.

the EBB’s first check-in is currently ongoing! the check-in period will run until 11:59pm EST (or midnight) on september 1st.

check-in is mandatory. if you do not check-in, you will be considered dropped from the event. 

please keep in mind that check-in is a gentle nudging reminder more than it is any kind of standards check on our part (so if you haven’t written anything, don’t fret!).

check-in is done through the submit feature on this blog, and you can find all further information as well as the required form for checking in here.

while I originally had intended to write up a page specifically about dropping out, my own personal timeframe and health got in the way, so to keep things simple for the time being:

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DROP OUT:

send this blog an ask stating that you would. if you signed up using a different URL, please include that URL in your ask.

once you have been officially removed from our list, you will receive a confirmation via ask or e-mail (or both, depending on your sign-up preference) saying so.

***if you have submitted a want to drop out prior to this posting, I have yet to remove anyone, and you should receive one shortly.

alternatively, you could potentially just not participate in the check-in, and we will assume you have dropped out. but only after pestering you several times, so please do drop out officially to save both us mods and you the hassle and time.

*PLEASE KEEP IN MIND that all drop outs are final. dropping out requires removing your entire writer application, and this process cannot be undone. if you are considering dropping out, please remember that you can’t change your mind later.