#team highlights

Our fifty fourth team in the Reverse Big Bang was @glass-noodle working with @nothinggathers

@glass-noodle's idea was for a story in which Connor, firmly on his machine path, traveled through different realities and saw different outcomes for his own story. In some realities he and Hank were friends, and in others they hated each other. They have created 13 artworks for this idea so far, including the cover art and some spicy pieces you'll find on twitter

The uncensored spicier art can be found on twitter here, and here.

@nothinggathers took this idea and wrote In Another Life, an explicit Hankcon story in which Connor goes to Hank after the destruction of Jericho to find him on the brink of suicide, and tries to use everything he can think of to find a way to save him. As Connor delves into his software, reconstructing events and replaying them with different choices, he learns how badly his choices have affected others, and how different things could have been, irrevocably changing himself.

Submissions for the 2025 Big Bang are now open, and will close on May 15th, with Claims opening for artists on May 19th. You can find out more by joining us on discord!

Our forty first team in the 2024 Reverse Big Bang was @connor-sent-by-cyberlife working with @rking200

@connor-sent-by-cyberlife had an idea for a story in which Connor is a music student who studies singing by day, and sings in an elite nightclub called The Red Room at night. This is where Hank finds him, and proceeds to fall in love, with his voice, and then with the man behind it.

They did an incredible seventeen artworks for this story, but tumblr won't allow us to show them all, so we have a selection for your perusal here

@rking200 took this story idea and turned into the mammoth and incredibly ambitious The Red Room, an explicit rated Hankcon fic which sets out with the premise that Connor is a music student, studying under his vocal coach Elijah Kamski, and Hank is a depressed and lonely man who finds his way into the titular club one night, only to fall for the singer. But then the story takes dramatic turns, including a stalking subplot, and an exploration of Hank's depression and addiction.

It's a long read, and not for the faint of heart, but well worth the time and effort to go and give the writer and artist some love for their work. All the artwork we couldn't fit into this post is also contained in the story on AO3.

Artist sign ups for the 2025 Big Bang close in 4 Days on April 30th

Writer sign ups also close April 30th with submissions for Claims due May 15th.

You can join us on discord to find out more!

Our thirty second team in the Reverse Big Bang was @mitsu-14136 working alongside @s-hylor

@mitsu-14136 had an idea for a fantasy Medieval AU story where Hank and Connor's relationship parallels canon, with them originally starting off as reluctant companions, with them growing closer as the story, and their journey, progresses. They created one artwork for this, showing Hank as an Orc, and Connor as an elf.

@s-hylor turned this into The Fire In The Sunrise, an Explicit rated Hankcon story in which Connor is summoned to attend his brother's wedding, and Hank is pressed into service to ensure he gets there on time. After a rocky, tense start, they slowly start to soften towards one another.

Team number 27 in 2023 was a big one! @connorsjorts worked with @samishin, @connor-sent-by-cyberlife, @pichuxcreatesthings, and Elijah.

@connorsjorts brought us Stupid Sexy Priest, in which Connor, a Catholic Priest, fails miserably at resisting temptation when it comes in the form of the Demon Hank. Of course Hank does a likewise terrible job at resisting the charms of the target he's supposed to corrupt.

@samishin created three artworks showing Hank and Connor embracing, the two of them at the Eden Club where Hank is getting Connor all worked up, the two of them finally getting it on, and the cover, which is inset into the fic and available on twitter.

@connor-sent-by-cyberlife also completed four artworks showing Connor with Hank in his bat form, Sister Amanda, and Connor having a crisis of faith, as well as a fourth, spicier picture from the Eden Club that you'll need to go to twitter to see.

@pichuxcreatesthings completed one artwork of Connor hugging Hank halfway through a transformation out of his bat form

And last but not least, Elijah also created one artwork showing some very x-rated confessional booth shenanigans, which is only available on twitter.

Team 13 all the way back in 2023 when we were new at this was our very own @sevdrag, working alongside @alicetallula and @vulpesorion

Cinnamon & Cardamom is a Hankcon Coffee Shop AU featuring a living Cole and lots and lots of Connor baking

@alicetallula created a gorgeous banner for the story

And @vulpesorion did two pieces; one showing Connor having an existential crisis alone on the sofa, and the other of Connor having an existential crisis when he's unexpectedly hugged by Cole

Team 3 in 2023 was @nothinggathers, @vladlen4i, and @winterbaroness

Ghosts in the Machines was a Reverse AU story featuring disaster human Connor, and prototype android Hank as they follow the game's storyline

@vladlen4i made two stunning artworks showing Connor and Hank as they learn more about each other

@winterbaroness created two breathtaking works showing Hank and Connor in some tense moments

In 2023 we ran our first Big Bang...

31 teams produced 29 fics, and over 100 artworks to go with them. An incredible turnout for a dead fandom!

We all had so much fun that we did it again in 2024, with a Reverse Big Bang...

This time 59 teams created 62 fics, and over 100 artworks.

Dead Fandom, Connor's left pancake ass cheek

And so, for 2025, we're doing it all over again and this time, we're going even bigger, with the Big Bang and The RK50K Mega Bang.

Sign ups open in March for writers, our rules and schedule is, as always, contained here, and we have discord, where we invite everyone interested to come, chat, throw ideas around, and we'll be running creative and fandom based workshops, and mini events for the artists to keep you occupied while you wait for Claims.

Over the next few weeks, we're going to be celebrating each team and their work individually, so you can get a taste of what to expect this year.

Our ninth team for the 2024 Reverse Big Bang was @autiacorart working with @l1av

@autiacorart's concept was an RK1K idea in which Connor, with his fragile prototype body beginning to break down, loses his vision.

They created one beautiful artwork showing Markus and Connor in a gallery, where Markus is showing Connor an artwork he made

@l1av took this idea and turned it into a Mature rated RK1K hurt/comfort fic, I Can't See Me Cry. Opening with Connor realising that his body is breaking down, it delves into Markus and Connor's relationship, and Markus' determination to save Connor, and how this brings them together.