#les mis event

Hello everyone!!

We may be a little late but we are back for another round of celebrating platonic affection! :)

What is the Drink with Me Platonic Exchange?

It's a fandom event to celebrate the platonic relationships in Les Misérables! In it, each person gives up to three platonic ships, and receives another person's ships to make some kind of content for. Let's get the wine of friendship flowing!

The mods this year are @pumpkinspice-prouvaire, @aromantic-enjolras, @shamedumpster and @p-trichor

How do I participate?

Just fill in this form

And we'll assign you a person accordingly (and keep that information confidential).

After the inscription process is done, you'll be assigned one person, along with their top three ships, and choose which one to make content for. You're not obligated to make content for all of them, we just want you to have wiggle room!

I can't write/draw, can I still participate?

Of course! Fics, fanart, videos, moodboards, gifsets, edits, etc.... All content is welcome!

What is the timeline?

Beginning today, the registrations are open till 18th July 2025. Your user and ships will be assigned within the next couple of days.

We will do a check in on the 20th of August to make sure everything is in order.

All the content must be uploaded on the 5th of September.

And remember, it's a surprise, so please keep it secret until then!

If you change your username between sign up and submissions, please let one of the mods know so we can avoid confusion.

If you're posting a fic on ao3, be sure to add it to the collection: Drink With Me 2025

Remember to tag the person who you're gifting, as well as @drinkwithme-exchange, and tag #drinkwithme2025. We want to see it!!

Feel free to drop a question in our askbox, if you have any doubts.

ExR Big Bang SIGN-UPS!

Are you interested in Enjolras/Grantaire, writing, or art?

If so, join the Take My Hand Big Bang! The goal of the event is creation and collaboration for their own sakes and to produce new works for ExR. The sign-up form for the event is running from now until March 22, 11:59 PM EST. Visit our Information and Timeline page to find out more about how the bang works.

Hello everyone!!

One year more and we are back for another round of celebrating platonic affection :)

What is the Drink with Me Platonic Exchange?

It's a fandom event to celebrate the platonic relationships in Les Misérables! In it, each person gives up to three platonic ships, and receives another person's ships to make some kind of content for. Let's get the wine of friendship flowing!

How do I participate?

@p-trichor, @juliensorelisoverparty and @aromantic-enjolras are the mods.

Just send any of us a DM with the following :

Your three prefered platonic ships

Whether you're more aligned with the Brick, musical, or both

Any users/characters/other you want to avoid.

And we'll assign you a person accordingly (and keep that information confidential).

After the inscription process is done, you'll be assigned one person, along with their top three ships, and you can choose which one to make content for. You're not obligated to make content for all of them, we just want you to have wiggle room!

I can't write/draw, can I still participate?

Of course! Fics, fanart, videos, moodboards, gifsets, edits, etc.... All content is welcome!

What is the timeline?

Beginning today, the registrations are open till 10th July 2024. Your user and ships will be assigned within the next couple of days.

All the content must be uploaded on the 18th of August. And remember, it's a surprise, so please keep it secret until then!

If you're posting a fic on ao3, be sure to add it to the collection: Drink With Me 2024

Remember to tag the person who you're gifting, as well as @drinkwithme-exchange, and tag #drinkwithme2024

We want to see it!!

Feel free to drop a question in our askbox, if you have any doubts.

Hello everyone!!

It's been a year and we are back for another round of celebrating platonic affection :)

What is the Drink with Me Platonic Exchange?

It's a fandom event to celebrate the platonic relationships in Les Misérables! In it, each person gives up to three platonic ships, and receives another person's ships to make some kind of content for. Let's get the wine of friendship flowing!

How do I participate?

@p-trichor, @juliensorelisoverparty and @aromantic-enjolras are the mods.

Just send any of us a DM with the following :

Your three prefered platonic ships

Whether you're more aligned with the Brick, musical, or both

Any users/characters/other you want to avoid.

And we'll assign you a person accordingly (and keep that information confidential).

After the inscription process is done, you'll be assigned one person, along with their top three ships, and you can choose which one to make content for. You're not obligated to make content for all of them, we just want you to have wiggle room!

I can't write/draw, can I still participate?

Of course! Fics, fanart, videos, moodboards, gifsets, edits, etc.... All content is welcome!

What is the timeline?

Beginning today, the registrations are open till 10th June 2023. Your user and ships will be assigned within the next couple of days.

All the content must be uploaded on the 9th of August. And remember, it's a surprise, so please keep it secret until then!

Remember to tag the person who you're gifting, as well as @drinkwithme-exchange, and tag #drinkwithme2023

We want to see it!!

Feel free to drop a question in our askbox, if you have any doubts.

ART

Cosette and Éponine by @schroedingers-draht

Prouvaire, Bahorel and Combeferre by @pilferingapples

Courfeyrac and Grantaire at the Sceaux Ball by @pureanonofficial

Enjolras and Feuilly by @thevagueambition

Combeferre and Joly (plus fic) by @a-heart-full-of-dumb

Bahorel and Prouvaire by @wilwywaylan

Éponine and Grantaire by @quiteexoteric

Jehan and Grantaire by @just-things-i-thought-up

Gavroche and Grantaire (and more) by @carmine-sunlight

Enjolras,Combeferre and Courfeyrac by @shamedumpster

Éponine tattooing Grantaire by @gay-rad-desert

Joly and Combeferre by @skepsies

Jehan and Bahorel by @everyonewasabird

Éponine and Cosette by @elwenn-dreaming

Jean Valjean and Javert by @cryingdove

FANFIC

I Knew You (Once in Twenty Lifetimes) by @pumpkinspice-prouvaire

Scenario by @apaladinagain

The Pursuit of Light by @riotstarruika

still a friend by @frhog

turning by @musicals-and-mentalhealth

Beach Day by @simplelittleword

Ecce Paris, Ecce Homo by @earthbound-in-doubt

Something of a Scholar by @to-taste-all-this-dawn

Silence is the Mother Tongue of Loneliness (plus playlist) by @missholmes8

Better Things to Do by @kjack89

Sundays are for Picnics (plus art) by @wheresurboytonighthelookslikeenj

Éponine and Marius by @0-solshroom-0

the art of merriment by @thelawsofdaylight

You've got living to do by @gayrevolutionaries

Jurassic Adventures by @wildrivver

for the lack of a better word (plus art) by @p-trichor

clouds for a blue sky by @cherrypigeon

OTHERS

Dinner Party Night (Video) by @thecandlesticksfromlesmis

Jean Prouvaire and Combeferre (Photoshoot) by @feuillant

(Well, mostly.) Congratulations, everyone! Tomorrow marks the beginning of the posting period, running from June 3–June 4 EDT. Below are instructions for authors and artists to post!

Authors:

The bang’s collection is on ao3 here. The searchable code to add to the collection is takemyhandexr23. You must post your work there in order for it to be included in the round-up at the end of the week. Works must be:

At least 5,000 words

Posted all at once (even if it’s multiple chapters)

Tagged appropriately—minimum of five non-character, non-relationshop tags, and all potentially triggering themes must be tagged. No works necessitating the Underage or Rape/Non-Con tags may be posted, and will be removed.

Prefaced by a summary that accurately states the nature and content of the work. Summaries will be included in the bang round-up.

Posted and publicly available attached to your Archive of our Own handle for at least one year, with links or embeds of accompanying art also kept attached for at least one year.

Attributed to both yourself and your artist in either the Beginning Notes or the End Notes; if you and your artist choose to post your works separately, instead of embedding the artwork in the Archive post, you must include a link to their art as well as their handles.

If you post a link to your work to the Tumblr tag we will reblog it to this blog.

Artists:

You are not required to post your work directly to the bang’s ao3 collection, but you're welcome to. You are free to post on any site you wish—Twitter, Tumblr, DeviantArt, or other—as long as at least one link is sent to the bang moderators. If you post to the Tumblr tag we will reblog it to this blog. You may also work with your author to embed your artwork directly in their work, in addition to posting it individually if you so choose (you must post individually, while embedding is optional). Works must be:

At least two separate pieces (or more!)

Posted publicly for at least one year on the site of your choosing, with an active/live link that the bang blog will use in the end-of-event roundup.

Linked to the companion written work in your public post with an attribution to yourself and to your author.

Solo Creators:

Feel free to post to the Archive collection and to the Tumblr tag! You’ll be included in the round-up as long as you’ve followed the rest of the bang rules.

If you post to the Tumblr tag we will reblog it to this blog.

The goal is to have fun and appreciate what we’ve all created! You and your partner may post any time between now and the end of the day June 4th, but you should try to post “together” so no art is left wordless or words are left artless. The bang collection is open now, to accommodate time zones, but moderators will only start reblogging works tomorrow and works posted before midnight will be "unrevealed" on ao3 until then.

Any work you post to Tumblr should be tagged with #take my hand exR 2023, the bang’s official tag for this year, within the first 5 tags of the post. This includes links to fics, artwork, or anything else you created that falls under the bang’s umbrella! The moderators will be checking this tag diligently, but if we miss your work, please DM the post to @catstrophysics.

The bang moderators will collect all fics posted to the collection and their companion art and create a bang round-up after the posting period, so don’t be late!

IT’S POSTING TIME!

(Well, mostly.) Congratulations, everyone! Tomorrow marks the beginning of the posting period, running from May 28–May 29 EDT. Below are instructions for authors and artists to post!

Authors:

The bang’s collection is on ao3 here. The searchable code to add to the collection is takemyhandexr22 . You must post your work there in order for it to be included in the round-up at the end of the week. Works must be:

At least 5,000 words

Posted all at once (even if it’s multiple chapters)

Tagged appropriately—minimum of ten tags, and all potentially triggering themes must be tagged. No works necessitating the Underage or Rape/Non-Con tags may be posted, and will be removed.

Prefaced by a summary that accurately states the nature and content of the work. Summaries will be included in the bang round-up.

Posted and publicly available attached to your Archive of our Own handle for at least one year, with links or embeds of accompanying art also kept attached for at least one year.

Attributed to both yourself and your artist in either the Beginning Notes or the End Notes; if you and your artist choose to post your works separately, instead of embedding the artwork in the Archive post, you must include a link to their art as well as their handles.

Artists:

You are not required to post your work directly to the bang’s collection, but you're welcome to. You are free to post on any site you wish—Twitter, Tumblr, DeviantArt, or other—as long as at least one link is sent to the bang moderators. You may also work with your author to embed your artwork directly in their work, in addition to posting it individually if you so choose (you must post individually, while embedding is optional). Works must be:

At least two separate pieces (or more!)

Posted publicly for at least one year on the site of your choosing, with an active/live link that the bang blog will use in the end-of-event roundup.

Linked to the companion written work in your public post with an attribution to yourself and to your author.

Solo Creators:

Feel free to post to the Archive collection and to the Tumblr tag! You’ll be included in the round-up as long as you’ve followed the rest of the bang rules.

The goal is to have fun and appreciate what we’ve all created! You and your partner may post any time between now and the end of the day May 29th, but you should try to post “together” so no art is left wordless or words are left artless. The bang collection is active now, to accommodate time zones, but moderators will only start reblogging works tomorrow.

Any work you post to Tumblr should be tagged with #take my hand exR 2022, the bang’s official tag for this year, within the first 5 tags of the post. This includes links to fics, artwork, or anything else you created that falls under the bang’s umbrella! The moderators will be checking this tag and reblogging works to the bang blog.

The bang moderators will collect all fics posted to the collection and their companion art and create a bang round-up after the posting period, so don’t be late!