#rvbpicknmix

“...You took us on a honeymoon and we can’t even go swimming?”

[AO3]

Rating: Teen

Word Count: 777

Summary: Diesel’s been left alone with the hostage. Wash doesn’t think he has the patience for this job. 

Notes: Written for @fanvsfic‘s Pick ‘n’ Mix event! More brand new character stuff. Spoilers for the first couple eps of Zero. I’m sure this will get jossed by ep 3 tomorrow, but hey.

“So, they stuck you with hostage-sitting duty, huh?”

“Shut up.”

“That’s rough. Bet you’d much rather be out there helping them do… whatever it is… they’re doing.”

BANG.

“I said shut up!” Diesel snarled, the box beneath his fists dented and the lights in his armour pulsing.

Wash looked at the box, the metal twisted and warped around the impact, then up at Diesel.

“You know, I knew someone who could do that without the suit. Now, you’re a pretty big guy, don’t get me wrong, but—”

Red vs. Blue. Agent Carolina & Dylan Andrews. Gen. Post-Season 17. Background Carolina/Kimball, past Carolina/York. For RvB Pick ‘n’ Mix by @fanvsfic.

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It’s three in the morning when Carolina gets the text. Which is fine. She’s awake, and anyone who knows Carolina knows she’s awake, so she figures it’s Wash, or Tucker, or even Vanessa checking in after a very late Council session, and grabs her COM pad to look.

The number is unknown, but the notif shows her the first few words of the text: Hi Carolina, it’s Dylan Andrews…

Carolina unlocks the COM pad and thumbs through her contacts. Did Andrews change her number? She should be in there—

except they changed the timeline, so that call and their little conversation about art history never happened, and Carolina never saved her number. Right.

This still happens a lot. She’s trying to get used to it. They all are. Wash likes to tease her about it, says it’s nice to know he’s not the only one who can’t remember things right.

Carolina opens the full text.

RvB Pick ‘n’ Mix Coming November 15th - 22nd!

We’re one week out from RvB Pick ‘n’ Mix, our latest fandom event which focuses on the challenge of making content exploring the potential dynamics between new combinations of characters!

As usual, all fan works will be accepted for this event, not just fics. Tag all submissions with #rvbpicknmix and @fanvsfic​ in the post so that we can find them! Any works posted on AO3 can also be submitted to the rvbpicknmix AO3 collection!

What kind of dynamics does this include? Does it have to be characters who have never interacted in canon?

Nope! The idea behind this event is for people to explore new, untapped character dynamics they feel have potential. 

This could be anything from members of the BGC with little shared screentime, to characters from totally separate eras of the show (i.e. Chorus/Freelancers, BGC/Shatter Squad, etc). It can even include characters with on-screen dynamics that you’ve simply never personally explored but would like to!

It also does not have to be shippy. This is for any kind of relationship dynamic.

What if I can’t decide what dynamics to explore?

We’ve built some numbered character lists for people to use alongside random number generators to select characters for just this purpose! These will be linked in a pinned post at the top of the blog after this post goes live. Links to all of the sub-lists can be found on the /allcharacters page on our blog.

(Note: some characters (i.e. Andy the Bomb) will be missing, and were deliberately excluded for streamlining)

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Red vs. Blue Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kaikaina Grif / Matthews Characters: Kaikaina Grif, Matthews, Dexter Grif, Dick Simmons, Franklin Delano Donut Additional Tags: inappropriate use of pancake toppings, Red team has a treehouse club and donut is not invited, because he keeps burning shit down, Every Day Simmons Struggles, RvB Pick 'n' Mix Summary:

Simmons hasn't been awake for ten minutes and he's got the Grif siblings shouting down the kitchen, and an extremely coy arsonist to deal with. He takes a deep breath to calm himself and a strange scent catches him off guard.

It's not smoke, or gasoline, or lavender candles. It's buttery, lightly sweet, and reminds Simmons of the bygone days of a happy and carefree childhood.

[AO3]

Rating: Teen

Word Count: 980

Summary: Carolina recognises a familiar habit in East. 

Notes: Written for @fanvsfic‘s Pick ‘n’ Mix event! I really wanted to write something with the new girls and well, being brand new characters, it feels perfectly in the spirit of the event. Spoilers for the second episode of season 18. 

Well, now wasn’t that a familiar sight.

Carolina stopped in the threshold of the mess hall and leaned against the door frame. East and One had their backs to her, but she could clearly see the personal feast spread out in front of East. Containers filled to the brim with carbs and proteins—rice and vegetables and meat, bread rolls and more—mouthfuls of which were being shovelled into East’s mouth at alarming speed.

Across from her, One took a bite of her comparatively modest plate of chicken fried rice and snorted.

“Don’t choke.”

“Shut up.”

Carolina chuckled and shook her head. Popping the seals of her helmet, she pulled it off and set it down by a free seat at the table as she skirted by on her way to the counter. In the corner of her eye, she saw One and East glance her way, then share a look, and she smirked.

Returning a minute later with her own tray, she pushed her helmet out of the way and sat down.

As promised, fanvsfic is once again running a new RvB fandom event! As voted on, coming in joint first with our previous event, this autumn during November 15th-22nd we’re challenging the fandom to make content exploring the potential dynamics between new combinations of characters! 

We are creating a series of lists for randomising characters for the purposes of this event.

The tag for this event is #rvbpicknmix. Remember, when posting content intended for the event, tag it with that tag within the first 20 tags and @ us here at fanvsfic!

As always, all content will be welcome, not just fic.

What kind of dynamics does this include? Does it have to be characters who have never interacted in canon?

Nope! That’s one of the potential kind of new dynamics to explore, but it’s not a requirement! The idea behind this event is for people to explore character dynamics they personally have never written about before but feel have potential. 

This can include anything from characters who don’t interact as often in canon as you’d like (i.e. members of the BGC who have very little one-on-one time), to characters from different eras of the show (i.e. Freelancers and Chorus characters, the Reds and Blues and the Zero cast)! It can even include characters who do interact on screen, but you personally have never explored despite being interested in them!

What if I can’t decide what dynamics to explore?

We’ve built some numbered lists of characters to be used with a random number generator! These can be found at the /allcharacters page on our blog, which will eventually be linked in a pinned post. From there, you can navigate to numerous lists that allow you to roll with specific groups of characters whilst avoiding others!

(Note: some characters (i.e. Andy the Bomb) will be missing, and were deliberately excluded for streamlining)

Is this not just rarepair week?

This event is not just about ships, so no! This is a broader reaching event and is an encouragement to step out of our usual content comfort zones to explore new dynamics!

Do we have to create fic?

Nope! Whilst we remain a fic-focused blog, for the duration of all our events we will allow ALL fan content, though they will not be tagged as stringently as we usually tag fic content on this blog.

What if I Don’t Have a Tumblr?

As with previous events, we will except entries from off-site (twitter, dreamwidth, pillowfort, ao3, etc etc.), but you must link us to them! There were a couple of entries that almost, or did, get missed in our end of event masterpost during rare pair week, so make sure to let us know where you’ve posted!

What are the guidelines?

Check /picknmix on our blog for the guidelines! We will also reblog with the link. General guidelines still apply though; tag with consideration!

RvB Pick ‘n’ Mix is here!

Remember to @fanvsfic​ in your posts and use the tag #rvbpicknmix (ideally within the first 5 tags) so that we can find your content! If we haven’t reblogged your work within 24 hours, contact us and let us know! If you’re posting off of tumblr, message us here and tell us where to find it so we can include it in our masterpost at the end of the event!

And remember, ALL fan content is allowed for the event, not just fics!

(If you’re posting on AO3, feel free to add your content to the rvbpicknmix collection!)

The concept behind this event is to challenge people to write for character dynamics they haven’t previously explored, but would like to! This could be anything from members of the BGC with little shared screentime, to characters from totally separate eras of the show (i.e. Chorus/Freelancers, BGC/Shatter Squad, etc). It can even include characters with on-screen dynamics that you’ve simply never personally explored but would like to! It also does not have to be shippy. This is for any kind of relationship dynamic.

If you aren’t sure what dynamics you’d like to write for, check out the pinned post or the /allcharacters page on our blog to find a collection of numbered lists to be used with random number generators to pick some! It can be as cracky or as believable as you like!

Check out the /picknmix page on our blog for further guidelines, but the general idea is to branch out, try something new, and have fun.