#rlbb2023

For RotE Ladies Big Bang 2023! Prompt #1: (2022) Fireside

Starling Birdsong & Kettle

Rote Ladies Big Bang 2023, prompt #25: It was the end but she didn’t know it yet

Upon a dais stood a figure dressed in a flowing garment that shimmered with the glint of gold thread. She wore a gilded wooden crown decorated with cunningly carved and painted rooster heads and tail feathers. Her sceptre was no more than a feather duster but she gestured with it royally as she issued some decree. In the circle about me, folk roared with laughter. I could only stare at her ice-white skin and colourless eyes. She looked right at me.

- Assassin’s Quest

Hello everyone!

It’s almost time for round three of RotE Ladies Big Bang, the Realm of the Elderlings fanworks event celebrating the various and glorious ladies in this series!

In May 2020, my friends and I talked about how much hate Molly and the other ladies in The Realm of the Elderlins get in some parts of the fandom, and how we found that incomprehensible because this series is just wall to wall full of gorgeous, multi-faceted and well-written female characters. As a result, RotE Ladies Big Bang 2020 was born, and we encourage everyone to take a look at the tag #rote ladies big bang 2020 or #rlbb2020 as well as #rote ladies big bang 2022 and #rlbb2022 because we have been blessed with lots of truly fantastic fanworks.

So once again, we’re proposing a Rote ladies appreciation month: 30 days of fanworks and meta starring the lovely female and female-presenting characters of the Realm of the Elderlings! The event is super casual: there’s no need to sign up, and you can contribute as much or as little as your time and energy levels allow - even if it’s just a sketch, we’d love to see it. 💜

This time we have two mods, and you are welcome to contact either @electropeach or @alloysius-g if you have any questions.

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WHAT: RotE Ladies Big Bang 2023, 30 days of celebrating these amazing characters being badass and sweet and strong and vulnerable and everything inbetween

WHEN: You can start creating immediately or and keep going all through April, but posting for the event happens April 1st to April 30th 2023! This is a kick-off post; we will make another post with prompts shortly

WHY: Because complex and interesting female and female-presenting characters in fantasy literature deserve more love!

WHO: Anyone, everyone! Especially you!

HOW: Any way you wish. Fanart, fanfic, podcasts, podfics, meta, crafts, moodboards, scrapbooks, photo edits, gardening done like Patience would do it... Anything goes! Giving everyone else’s works some love is also a valid and extremely welcome way to participate. 💜 We’ll offer a set of prompts for those who want them, but there’s no need to use them!

There’s only two rules:

1. No character hate! Not everyone likes every character and that is perfectly ok, but we ask you to keep any hate out of the tags. Instead we encourage you to redirect that energy into creating something for a character you do love!

2. No AI created images. This fandom is full of wonderfully talented artists and we don’t support companies stealing their hard work.

The magnificent woman from mountains land, Body's covered with coat, there is sword in a hand, Eyes like jewels in lights, has unbreakable will, Princess uses her strenght to encourage and heal. You were born for the reign and a fabulous crown, At the wedding with prince wear a glorious gown, In his tenebrous castle you're roughly a stranger, Stay away from intrigues since they carry the danger. Got together the realm even with throbbing grief, When invader seized kingdom and left as a thief, Accusations poured nimbly, defaming your name, Hazards made princess running from possible maim. Harsh adversities cannot quench spark of a soul, Lack of truth will be pushing to reach treasured goal, Endless rifts spread across jaded heart far and wide, Splinters crumbled, blood splashed in an outburst tide. Let the last splinter go into skies with your fears, Weakly smile at the wind and disguise gloss of tears, Golden sunbeams illumes waves of platinum hair, Leave behind scrubbing sorrow which flies in the air. Someday laughter will fill with spellbinding delight, Renewed vigor must bloom and prepare you to fight, Don't be scared to move on, step by step go ahead, Prince would not want to stop you or cause any dread.

For RotE Ladies Big Bang 2023! Prompt 18: Derelict

I have this whole AU in my mind where Dutiful, Nettle, and Hap go on epic adventures together, so this is dark fantasy Nettle Farseer I guess?