#marvelbang

Several of you have asked about the 2025 Bang and we are formally announcing a hiatus for the 2025 year. This will allow our Mod Team to hopefully get our own lives in order and refocus for the 2026 Bang. We understand that this news may be disappointing for many of you who look forward to the Big Bang each year. Please know that this was not an easy decision, and we appreciate your understanding and continued support.

However! We didn't want to let this year go by without at least doing something to help inspire Marvel fanworks. We are very proud of the legacy of this bang and want to continue to provide inspiration, accountability, and community for Marvel fans of all media.

We are thrilled to announce that in place of the Marvel Big Bang, we will be hosting a special Marvel Fanworks Prompt Week! This event will be open to all Marvel fanworks, including fanfiction, fanart, fanmixes, fanvids, and more. All universes, characters, and ships will be welcome.

The Prompt Week will be Sunday, October 19 - Saturday, October 25. We want to give everyone plenty of time to write or create art so we will be posting up more information including the prompts in the near future. Each day will have two prompts--one marvel specific and one more general. Feel free to make prompt suggestions in our Discord. Please keep each prompt to one or two words.

Frayed Threads, a fic posted as part of the @marvelbang, with gorgeous art by iithril ! MOAR art in the fic itself1!1!1!!!

Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Gen, M/M Relationships: Loki & Steve Rogers, Loki & Thor (Marvel), Loki/Steve Rogers Characters: Loki (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Steve Rogers Additional Tags: Burns, very brief mention of WW2 atrocities, Siblings, everyone is a mess, mentions of past canon unpleasantness, Everyone is tired, post Endgame (with a twist), depression (but we don't call it that), Numbness, very slow burn, Ice, Fire, Jotunn Loki (Marvel), a bit of angst, A Bit of Fluff, Shapeshifting, with art!!! Words: 38615 Summary: Just as he thinks he can finally get to live his life with Peggy, Steve is snatched out of the past and finds himself on another planet with a back-from-the-dead Loki. Things don't start out great between them...

Fills my Burns prompt on my @badthingshappenbingo card.

Beta by the ever-awesome @pixelbypixelfanfic !

[ID The drawing represents a tapestry loom; the frame is made out of wood. The warp yarns are visible above and below the fabric in the center of the loom. The fabric is visibly worn in places, and is coloured with shades of green and a pinkish beige. There are some bright spots of red, like fresh blood drops or poppies in an impressionist painting. The title of the fic, as well as the artist's and writer's names, appear on the fabric, written in an Art Nouveau font. End ID]

So I’ve been wondering why new readers have suddenly been picking up on this 2013 story of mine all of a sudden again, and then I realized, New James Bond Movie!  Duh.

Sign-ups for the 10th Annual Marvel Bang are now open!!

You can find the author sign-up information here:

On LiveJournal: https://marvel-bang.livejournal.com/189524.html  On Dreamwidth: https://marvel-bang.dreamwidth.org/186960.html.

The artist sign-up information can be found here:

On Livejournal: https://marvel-bang.livejournal.com/189919.html On Dreamwidth: https://marvel-bang.dreamwidth.org/187136.html

Betas/Cheerleaders feel free to offer your services in the #find-a-beta or #find-a-cheerleader channels in our discord. Here is an invite:

https://discord.gg/FPJ7FsWCvJ

Marvel Fanworks Prompt week is coming soon! We'll be sharing works on our Tumblr, Discord, and have an AO3 Collection, but feel free to use the tags on X or BlueSky as well. Or anywhere else you desire!

If you would like to participate in the event, use the listed prompts. Post your works during the week of October 19 - October 25 and tag your submissions with #marvelfanworks2025 and/or @ mention this blog.

If you would like to join our Discord for updates and community you can find us here:

Rules and Guidelines for the event:

All Marvel characters and ships from any universe or in an AU setting are welcome in the Prompt Week. 

Submissions must be new works created for the Marvel Fanworks Prompt Week.

You may submit more than one work for a prompt if you choose, or skip prompts that don’t appeal to you. Each day has two prompts listed, but you only need to use one in your work. Interpret it however you like!

Works may be posted on the day of the relevant prompt or anytime after if you are not finished yet. 

There are no length requirements for fic and all art mediums are welcome. However, we do not support the use of AI art and it will not be reshared. 

Feel free to work alone or in teams. This is about having fun with Marvel!

Works without the tag #marvelfanworks2025 may be overlooked. We strongly suggest using the tag so that it’s easy for us to find and reblog your work.

Additional tags for each specific prompt will be provided, and usage is encouraged so that viewers can enjoy your works collected by prompt! 

Works can be posted in our AO3 collection here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/marvel_fanworks_week_2025/

NSFW is allowed, but please put it under a read more and tag appropriately. 

The only thing explicitly not allowed is pedophilia for the sake of pedophilia - if it's a plot point, it's okay, but we're not going to allow stories that have graphic sexual situations involving children (for our purposes, anyone under the age of 18). 

This Prompt Week welcomes all corners of the Marvel fandom. Harsh or negative critique of ships, fandoms, or creators (whether participating in the prompt week or not) is not welcome in the comments or tags.

If your submission hasn’t been reblogged within 48 hours of your post, feel free to reach out via ask or on Discord.

And without further ado...the prompts!

Each day has two prompts, one prompt is a general prompt and the other is a marvel universe. You only have to pick one of the prompts to work with unless you feel extra inspired by Marvel Zombies drinking Pumpkin Spice lattes. In that case please don't let us stop you.

Day 1 - Pumpkin Spice | Marvel Zombies

Day 2 - First Kiss | MCU

Day 3 - Dark Magic | Comic-verse (616)

Day 4 - Camping | X-men Movie-verse

Day 5 - Injuries | Ultimates

Day 6 - Power Swap | Marvel Rivals