#hidebb2018

Comment Challenge!!

It’s almost here! For real this time I swear. Next week posting will begin!! Spread out over three weeks starting on the 14th there will be works posted every day (with some break days). Shout out to @noragamibigbang for the base idea for this comment challenge!

However we know that not everyone who wanted to participate in the event was able to, for a variety of reasons. Plus, we feel that those who created all these awesome works deserve some recognition for the months of planning and work they’ve put into their creations! So now we have a challenge for YOU the Hide fandom at large (participants in the bang are also welcome to join in if they so wish of course).

Here’s what you gotta do:

Read five (5) of the fics in the AO3 collection. You can also scroll through this tag on the blog (of course this will be empty when this posts but it will fill up).

Leave a comment on each of the fics, either on AO3 itself or through messaging the author on tumblr, reblogging with your feelings in the tags, etc.

Choose at least one artwork which goes with that fic (which can be found in this tag or likely it can be found linked in the work itself) and also comment on that work in one of the same manners as mentioned above. 

Once you have done this send us a message letting us know that you have and we will compile everyone’s names into a list and make a post celebrating everyone who completed the Comment Challenge when it closes! If you have a social media you want to link at that time, (like you wanna link your AO3 for example, or your art blog) you can let us know what that is when you message us and we will add that link to give you a little promo as thanks for your support.

These reviews should be at least a sentence long and please keep them positive and only give criticism (even constructive criticism) if it is explicitly asked for. 101 Comment Starters to give you some ideas. 

Alternately:

If anyone is of the moodboard/gif editor/etc type creator that will also count for your comment challenge. Just send us a message letting us know where we can find what you created, and we will find a time to reblog it and add you to the list!

Below we have the awesome people who commented on at least five of the Big Bang fics and at least five of their corresponding artworks or made artwork for a fic!! Big shout out to these people for their contribution to the event through comments and thanks! 

Oro (tumblr, the art they made) 

Midori (AO3)

Snow (AO3)

hideyoshineki (AO3)

Nitsuki-baka (AO3)

If anyone else sent me a message and isn’t on this list it is entirely possible Tumblr ate your message, let me know and I will add you. 

I also want to send out a thank you to everyone who sent messages of thanks  to the mods, it honestly meant so much to receive them after all of the work put into this event. This event was six months in the making but every moment of work was worth it for all of the incredible creations which we all got to experience!

I also want to send out another big thank you to my fellow mods:

Robin and Skie helped out sending out emails when I didn’t want to have to send out dozens of individualized emails and helped when I needed opinions on things. It was invaluable to have an artists opinion on the team because I certainly am not one. And Skie completely ran the Twitter for me and was always ready for anything I needed. 

And the biggest shout out to Midori, my right hand through this entire event. This event quite literally would not exist without her. Not only would I not be in this fandom without her. But also the number of times that I texted her all worried about some thing or another, not sure what to do, is truly ridiculous. She kept me even keeled, helped me make the thousands of decisions of that needed making, and stopped me from freaking out more times than I care to count. I may be the one who ran this event and was the face of that, but I couldn’t have done it without her. <3 

Last but not least, thank you to literally everyone! Everyone who read the fics, looked at the art, kudos’d, commented, reblogged, tagged, shared, wrote, drew, beta’d, everything. This event wouldn’t have been the massive success that it was without every single one of you. Thank you. 

The time has come for you all to join us and signup. Here is the link to the form. It is the same form for artists, authors and betas. You’re more than welcome to sign up in more than one role, but if you want to do so you will need to fill the form in multiple times. Signups will be open for two weeks from January 13th (until midnight EST January 27th).

Below you can see a completed schedule for the entire bang. You may notice some dates were changed from what was listed before to ensure the event ran smoothly. But moving forwards these are the final dates:

Signups  - January 13 - 27

Outlines due - February 10

Fics to view - February 11

Matchup period - February 13-15

Matchups will be announced -  February 18

Check-in 1 - March 16-18

Check-in 2 - April 13-15

Check-in 3 - May 4-6

Posting Starts - May 14

Here also you can find our About page, our FAQ tag, as well as the Rules the bang will be operating under.

We also have a new Twitter page if that is a better way for you to get updates.

You all know the drill by now! This check-in will take place May 4-6 and is to make sure everyone is on track to start posting two weeks after that and to collect all the information we all need to get that to happen as seamlessly as possible. 

Authors: By now your work should be nearly complete or just in need of edits/fine-tuning. This is especially important if you have a beta. Please, please do not dump your beta with 10k+ words to edit all of a sudden in a week. You are expected to be coordinating with your beta (if applicable) to ensure they have plenty of time to edit. We are not requiring a word count check this check-in, just let us know how your fic is going. 

Artists: You should also have a nearly complete work at this point, again we are not requiring you send in a copy (unless you wish to). But let us know how it is going, and how communication is going with your author as posting is nearing.

From both artists and authors: 

What dates in the posting period May 14-31 absolutely do not work for you as a posting date? As explained in the posting explanation post, this should not be to avoid going near the beginning of the period but rather to express conflicts like “going to a wedding that day”, “big exam” etc. (Date requests will only be accepted from those who check-in on time, or who have pre-approved extensions)

Where are you planning on posting and what is your URL/name there? We may already have this info for many of you but this is to ensure everything is up to date and we can find everyone’s works on the day of to share them. 

As always please let us know if you need an extension or have any concerns as soon as possible. We are more than happy to work with you (and have done so for people every check-in so don’t be nervous), we would rather hear from you than not, especially at this check-in.

(All of this info will be copied into the check-in 3 email which will go out to all participants)

All participants should have completed works for May 14th, however not everyone will be posting on that day. Posting will be spread out so as to not overwhelm readers and to give everyone more visibility. Posting dates will be assigned randomly and announced May 12th.

See below the read more for detailed info about the process and let us know if you have any questions! 🌻🌻

Welcome to the Hide Big Bang! It’s really happening! Well it is if you all sign up and join us and share this around. Feel free to send an ask if you have any questions. A condensed schedule can be seen below and more information can be found on the about and timeline pages.  

A big bang is an event when authors, artists and betas come together to create works about sunshine boy Hide! Which will be released all at once to bring more light into the world. No required prompts or ships as long as it is about Hide it’s fair game. The word count for the event is 10k.

Schedule

Signups Open - January 13, 2018 Signups Close - January 27, 2018 Checkin/Outlines due - February 10, 2018 Matchup period begins - February 17, 2018 Matchups will be announced - February 23, 2018 Checkin 2 - exact date TBA Checkin 3 - exact date TBA Posting Starts - exact date TBA (roughly early mid may)

If anyone is interested in helping out let us know, we’re looking for mods and the more help we have the better this event can be.

On March 16th you will receive an email from us (and a reminder post will be posted here) and from March 16-18 all authors and artists must respond to the email with their check-in information.

By now everyone should have communicated with their partner(s). When we check in with each person we will briefly check that you have contacted your respective partner(s) and how that is going. Nothing serious we just want to make sure that there are no problems.

Authors: At this point authors must have completed either:

A detailed outline -  significantly more detailed than the outline submitted for outline submissions. This outline should show in a fair amount of detail the overarching plot and major plot points. Please send in your response email a link to a google doc/a .docx/a .pdf that allows us to view your outline. Don’t worry we won’t judge you in any way for the state of your outline or even necessarily read it in any detail, we just want to be able to glance over it and see that it exists.

or

⅓ of your goal words written - when you submitted your outline you let us know how many words you expected your fic to be. At this point you should have at least one third of those words written. You don’t need to send us your whole fic, a screenshot of your word count is sufficient.

These two options are to accommodate the different ways which authors write. We understand that some authors don’t really outline much if at all before they write, hence the ‘words written’ option. Conversely, some people outline in detail before they begin writing.

Artists: At this point artists must have communicated with their author as noted above and have an idea and/or a simple sketch of what you plan on creating for the bang. This does not need to necessarily be representative of your final work, just please show us that some thought has gone into this so far. A thumbnail of your sketch must be sent in your response email (as a JPEG or PNG please, something which will be easy for us to open).

Betas: Betas do not have a formal check-in but they are expected to be supporting the work and that artists/writers should treat that work with respect.

If you need an extension please let us know ahead of time, and we will more than likely be able to work something out, just please let us know as soon as possible. 

It’s your turn now artists and betas! 

Artists and Betas: On February 11th you have a chance to look at all of the fics/outlines which have been submitted to the bang. The authors’ names will have been removed (i.e. they have been anonymised) in order to encourage new collaboration. 

And then from 13-15th a Google Form will be open (and also emailed to you) which will allow you to submit your top three fics with which you would like to work. The submitting of three fics is so that in the case that more than one artist/beta claims the same fic we can do our best to ensure to match you with a fic you want to work with, while also ensuring that every story possible gets a match. 

Artists: We have more artists than authors so some fics will end up with two artists, however we will ensure every fic has at least one artist assigned to it before we assign any a second one. 

Betas: Currently we have less of you than we have authors so there will be an option for you to let us know if you are willing to work with more than one fic (however do not feel any obligation to click yes for this). Keep in mind that not every author may necessarily want a beta and so not necessarily everyone who clicks yes will be paired with two fics. Until the 10th we won’t know exact numbers.