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Kingsman Reverse Bang - Round One Wrap-Up

@elrhiarhodan reposting from Dreamwidth

Today marks the end of a journey that began with a wistful post during the 2019 Snowflake Challenge - specifically Day 12 - Create Your Own Challenge, where I wrote that I’d love to run a Kingsman Reverse Bang challenge, and asked if anyone would be interested in helping me out. My dear friend and frequent brain twin, @anarchycox, answered the call.  We immediately plunged into the planning, setting up a very aggressive challenge schedule, going over and modifying the rules and FAQ I’d developed for a similar challenge in other fandoms, figuring out our roles in managing the event, because these things don’t run themselves and there are so many moving pieces in a Reverse Bang, which is essentially two challenges in one - the arting and then the writing. We were VERY pleasantly surprised at the number of people who’d signed up as artists and as writers.  The amount of artwork and the variety of it, with rare pairs and fandom bicycles and interpret-how-you-will choices was stunning. And our writers rose to the challenge, hopping on board the now-unusual requirement to work through Dreamwidth, and making their selections with a cut-throat rapidity that still makes my jaw drop.  And best of all, every single piece of artwork got a story, something that is quite rare in a small and quiet fandom like Kingsman. I’m a veteran when it comes to running these kinds of challenges, and I have to say that this was the best experience I’ve had as a moderator - most of which is due to AnarchyCox.  I cannot stress how dedicated my co-mod was to this challenge; Anarchy was shoulder-to- shoulder with me all the way, a true partner in every decision.   And of course, I am immensely proud of our artists and writers, who added thirty incredible works to the Kingsman fandom.  Actually, make that sixty, since art and story are separate fanworks, one inspiring the other. There are two writers who I need to crown with extra special laurels - anarchcox and @elletromil, who had stepped in when two writers defaulted at the very last moment.  They awe me, plain and simple. This post is both a victory lap and a bit of self-examination.  As smoothly as this challenge went, it was not without its problems.   1 - Schedule.  We were much too aggressive with the original schedule and extending it twice isn’t a good thing.  We really hadn’t figured on so much artwork and so many writers taking on multiple stories - seven writers did two or more stories.  And speaking as a writer who should have known better, there were quite a few writers who blew past the minimum word-count requirement without thinking and got themselves into a bind writing epics. 2 - Attribution.  Giving the writer the option to include their artist as a co-creator was, in retrospect, a not-so-great idea, since it impacts AO3 stats for any artist who happens to be a writer.  If there are writers who did make their artist a co-creator, you may want to check with your artist and ask if they want to remain as a co-creator, or if they want the story to become a gift.   3 - Posting.  We really don’t know if having an open posting window was the best approach.  Kudos and comments were way down and we have to wonder if that’s because of the way posting was set up, or if that’s the nature of fandom and challenge works. 4 - Achievement Unlocked.  One of the things we were kind of proud of was the Achievement Unlocked Round.  A few authors did claim stories, but the rule was that nothing could be posted until the primary stories were finished posting.  We hadn’t anticipated that it would take this long to finish (my dear Anarchy had just been burnt out with the three stories she’d written when she’d picked up the pinch hit and needed time to recover her mojo).  If there are any writers who’d like to pick up artwork and write something else, or have started their Achievement Unlocked story and were patiently waiting for permission to post, please go ahead and do so.  We’re keeping the AO3 collection open until the end of the year. We will be setting up a poll in the next day or two to get your feedback on the challenge, but if you’d like to comment here, your input would be very welcome. Once again, so many thanks to the awesome artists and authors who participated in the first round of the Kingsman Reverse Bang.  Anarchy and I have ideas for something a little different for next year, and we hope to see you there. PS:  In case you haven't read all of the stories or want to revisit some of your favorites, you can find the whole collection here, on AO3.

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I would say that there is a consistent fandom for kingsman, a good number of people holding the torch and it might kick up again when the prequel comes about.

the mods for the reverse bang definitely have plans for other events in the future.

@kingsman-reverse-bang I see that posting just finished up for y'all for this year. I've been away from fandom for a while but I was wondering if y'all know if there's going to be another bang or reverse bang hosted somewhere? How active is the fandom as a whole?

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Colin Firth as Richard Hearncastle (1986) & Mark Darcy (2016) + three-piece suit

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A wee grumphie🐷

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Chapters: 15/16 Fandom: Kingsman (Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Harry Hart | Galahad/Gary “Eggsy” Unwin, James | Lancelot/Percival (Kingsman) Characters: Merlin (Kingsman), Roxy Morton | Lancelot, Lady of the Lake (Arthurian), Morgana (Arthurian) | Gazelle (Kingsman) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Reincarnation, Major Character Death (in previous lives), Magic, True Love, Kingsman Reverse Big Bang 2019, both Hartwin and Percilot are primary relationships and receive equal screen time Summary:

That Morgana had seduced Guinevere with promises is no mystery. Promises of how much better life would be if Arthur’s lover were dead – promises of how good vengeance would feel, to get back at the knight who had turned down Guinevere’s advances towards having a lover of her own. Percival has wondered – they have all wondered, over the centuries – how far Guinevere had really thought it through. Or whether she had even been in her own right mind, or affected by magic herself, to think the double murder would gain her anything. Did she think Arthur would turn back to her if Galahad were dead? Did she think that killing Lancelot for the crime of not cuckolding the King would be something any of the Knights could forgive?

At the end of Arthur’s reign in Camelot, Morgana’s curse fells Galahad and Lancelot and traps them, along with their respective lovers, in an endless cycle of death and rebirth. In the time of Kingsman, a new opportunity to finally challenge her arises - and with it to break the curse once and for all. But if they fail, Camelot will fade from legend into myth, and there will be no second coming for Arthur and his court…

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Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Kingsman (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Merlin/Roxy Morton | Lancelot Characters: Roxy Morton | Lancelot, Harry Hart | Galahad, Percival (Kingsman), Gary “Eggsy” Unwin, Merlin (Kingsman) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Roxy Morton is Lara Croftesque, MI-6 Harry Hart, University History Professor Merlin, Adventure, romp, Banter, Snark, Merlin is a damsel in distress, Roxy Morton is a big damn hero, Cultists, why’d it have to be cultists, flirtation, Pre-Relationship Summary:

Roxy Morton is the daughter of a rich man, whose titles have been in the family since the 14th Century. She is an environmentalist and social media darling, with a huge following on Youtube and Instagram. And on her jaunts around the world, if she perhaps does some jobs for her dear uncle in MI-6, well, Queen and Country, Queen and Country. But Harry Hart, the best 00 there is, needs her help off the books. His best friend in the world Professor Merlin Elliott has gone missing, and his grad assistant Eggsy insists foul play is involved. MI-6 cannot get involved, but if a woman was to be on vacation and poke about…well.

Roxy goes and has to deal with Roman history, cultists, ancient ruins, and an absentminded professor who no one bothered to mention was insanely gorgeous.

She can handle this. Probably.

for @adventuresoftheordinarysort‘s lovely moodboard:

Enjoy the start of my last fic for the @kingsman-reverse-bang

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Almost All Posted

At this post almost all the Kingsman Reverse Bang fics are posted - only 2 are outstanding due to specific reasons and a few long fics are still in the process of posting.

But please Kingsman fans, go check out these incredible fics.

I promise you that there is something for everyone’s taste.

28 soon to be 30 stories, awaiting you - all sorts of ships, all sorts of styles.

Please, go read, kudos, and comment on these amazing fics. Incredible artists and writers worked very hard on these, and I would love these fics to get some love.

Kingsman Reverse Bang Fics

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Chapters: 4/? Fandom: Kingsman (Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Harry Hart | Galahad/Merlin Characters: Harry Hart | Galahad, Merlin (Kingsman), Gary “Eggsy” Unwin, Percival (Kingsman), Victoria Winslow (RED), Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Ivan Simanov (RED), Roxy Morton | Lancelot, Tilde (Kingsman) Additional Tags: Background Eggsy/Percival, background Roxy/Tilde, Background Victoria/Ivan, Hart Family History, Harry Has a Horrible Mother, Homophobia, Fake Dating, Only One Bed, Brief Misunderstandings, Mills & Boone Romance, harlequin romance, happy endings, alternative universe, not spies, Nobleman Harry, Author Merlin

Summary:

Merlin is one of the most prolific and popular writers of genre fiction in Great Britain, but he’s suffering from a tremendous case of writer’s block. His editor, Eggsy, suggests he go back to what he’d been doing when he’d written his breakthrough novel nearly thirty years ago - a tell-all book about being a paid companion for high-society women, or a “walker” as they were once called. The thing is, that is exactly what Merlin had been, a paid companion; the more he thinks about it, the more he finds the idea appealing. He can go back out in that world and gather fodder for a sequel.

Harry Hart, Marquess Cardoc and owner of Kingsman Media, is sick and tired of his horrible mother trying to marry him off to eligible women. No matter how many times he’s told her that he’s gay, she doesn’t want to believe him. His senior fiction editor and good friend, Eggsy Unwin, suggests that he find someone to fake date - like those men that used to escort women to society parties.

Chapter Summary: 

Harry and Merlin meet again and quickly join forces against Lady Margaret.

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WHY DO I HAVE TO PLOT AND BACKSTORY WHEN I JUST WANT TO HAVE EGGSY FUCK THE OC SEBASTIAN (CREATED BY EGGSYOBSESSED) WHILE MERLIN AND HARRY WATCH

SERIOUSLY IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK?

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Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Kingsman (Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Harry Hart | Galahad/Gary “Eggsy” Unwin Characters: Harry Hart | Galahad, Gary “Eggsy” Unwin, Roxy Morton | Lancelot, Percival (Kingsman), James | Lancelot (Kingsman), Merlin (Kingsman), Charlie Hesketh, Chester King | Arthur, Original Characters Additional Tags: alternative universe, not spies au, Singer/Manager, Drug Use, Hartwin, Percilot - Freeform, Roxanne/Original Female Character, Non-Canon Death of Canon Character (who dies in canon), Expressions of Homophobia, Harry Hart backstory Summary:

Gary “Eggsy” Unwin had once been the hottest musical act since a certain moppet had been discovered from his YouTube videos, but criminally bad management had sunk his career - to the point that both his recording contract and his management company have terminated their relationships with Eggsy. Bored, unhappy, bitter at how everything’s gone to shite, he calls his dealer, looking to score some coke.

It doesn’t work out as he expects.

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Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Kingsman (Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Merlin/Gary “Eggsy” Unwin Characters: Merlin (Kingsman), Gary “Eggsy” Unwin, Harry Hart | Galahad Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Kingsman Eggsy, Civilian Merlin, Minor Suicide Ideation, Angst and Feels, harlequin style romance, minor period typical homophobia, Set in early 1900s, Falling In Love, high romance, Historical Inaccuracy, eggsy gets swept off his feet Summary:

A mission takes Eggsy to Egypt and chasing a man through the desert. A strange storm rises up and when he comes to, a gorgeous man is tending to him in a tent. The half Scottish, half Bedouin man doesn’t understand half of what Eggsy references, how could he? Weren’t exactly cellphones in 1905. As Eggsy heals from his injuries and travels with the tribe, and gets to know Merlin, he starts to wonder, maybe he has finally found where he belongs.

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Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Kingsman (Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Harry Hart | Galahad/Merlin Characters: Harry Hart | Galahad, Merlin (Kingsman), Gary “Eggsy” Unwin, Percival (Kingsman), Victoria Winslow (RED), Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Ivan Simanov (RED), Roxy Morton | Lancelot, Tilde (Kingsman) Additional Tags: Background Eggsy/Percival, background Roxy/Tilde, Background Victoria/Ivan, Hart Family History, Harry Has a Horrible Mother, Homophobia, Fake Dating, Only One Bed, Brief Misunderstandings, Mills & Boone Romance, harlequin romance, happy endings, alternative universe, not spies, Nobleman Harry, Author Merlin

Summary:  Merlin is one of the most prolific and popular writers of genre fiction in Great Britain, but he’s suffering from a tremendous case of writer’s block. His editor, Eggsy, suggests he go back to what he’d been doing when he’d written his breakthrough novel nearly thirty years ago - a tell-all book about being a paid companion for high-society women, or a “walker” as they were once called. The thing is, that is exactly what Merlin had been, a paid companion; the more he thinks about it, the more he finds the idea appealing. He can go back out in that world and gather fodder for a sequel.

Harry Hart, Marquess Cardoc and owner of Kingsman Media, is sick and tired of his horrible mother trying to marry him off to eligible women. No matter how many times he’s told her that he’s gay, she doesn’t want to believe him. His senior fiction editor and good friend, Eggsy Unwin, suggests that he find someone to fake date - like those men that used to escort women to society parties.

When Harry and Merlin finally meet, it seems like fate has made a perfect match.

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If you haven’t been able to keep track of all the incredible stories that have been appearing this could help you.

This link will take you to the Kingsman Reverse Bang collection on AO3.

So far our amazing fandom has posted:

19 stories - 14 of which are complete

Several more still to come until posting finishes mid-july.

Things you can find in this collection:

Gorgeous Art

One shots and multi chapter

Every rating

Canon/Canon Adjacent and full aus

Hartwin, Merlahad, Merhartwin, Roxilde, Merwin, Roxlin, Percilot, and more!

Kingsman fandom please check out the incredible work your writers and artists have done. We are such a supportive fandom, let’s make sure we support each other.

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Rating: Explicit

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Fandom: Kingsman

Pairing: Harry Hart/Merlin

Characters: Harry Hart, Merlin, Eggsy Unwin, Tilde, Original Female Character, Original Pet Character(s)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon DivergencePost-Kingsman: The Golden CircleAlternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody DiesEstablished Relationshipold spies in loveMarried Spiesspy husbandsLoveFluff and SmutDomestic FluffHealingAnimalsFound AnimalsPet FosteringMerlin (Kingsman) LivesHarry Hart LivesAll the CuteCutePet Adoption      

Words: 8,174

Chapters: 1/1

Summary: As Merlin heals from the events at Poppyland, he discovers a new hobby - involving four-legged creatures, with long tails, pointy ears, and the cutest meows - one that is sure to drive his husband, Harry, to drink. He’s finding his new found retirement to be fulfilling, and learns that domestic life isn’t so bad. Harry begins to question Merlin’s activities given his new freedom. 

This is my second offering for the @kingsman-reverse-bang and it is inspired by art by the lovely @paxdracona.

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Cursed by flashforeward

This was my second art prompt for @kingsman-reverse-bang. I asked for merwin and archaeology. flahsforeward got my prompt and wrote a fic for it. I adore the moodboard I made. I think it’s one of the more gorgeous ones and I hope you all enjoy it.

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Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Kingsman (Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Harry Hart | Galahad/Merlin/Gary “Eggsy” Unwin Characters: Harry Hart | Galahad, Merlin (Kingsman), Gary “Eggsy” Unwin Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Biological Dom/sub, Dom Harry Hart, light dom merlin, Sub Eggsy, Secret Vacation, men not taking care of their health, Snark, Fluff, dashing characters in mickey mouse ears, Public Sex Summary:

In a world where everyone exists biologically on a dom/sub scale, things can get interesting. And if you are busy trying to repair the world after another idiot tried to kill everyone, you maybe neglect your health a bit. Merlin is near the middle of the scale so he is close to neutral and not suffering but he sees how his partners Harry and Eggsy are suffering and decides to fix it.

Three incredibly dangerous spies going to Disney in Paris should be fine. Totally fine. All fine, no problems.

Whole story is up!!!! I hope you enjoy this story for the @kingsman-reverse-bang

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Chapters: 2/4 Fandom: Kingsman (Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Harry Hart | Galahad/Merlin/Gary “Eggsy” Unwin Characters: Harry Hart | Galahad, Merlin (Kingsman), Gary “Eggsy” Unwin Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Biological Dom/sub, Dom Harry Hart, light dom merlin, Sub Eggsy, Secret Vacation, men not taking care of their health, Snark, Fluff, dashing characters in mickey mouse ears Summary:

In a world where everyone exists biologically on a dom/sub scale, things can get interesting. And if you are busy trying to repair the world after another idiot tried to kill everyone, you maybe neglect your health a bit. Merlin is near the middle of the scale so he is close to neutral and not suffering but he sees how his partners Harry and Eggsy are suffering and decides to fix it.

Three incredibly dangerous spies going to Disney in Paris should be fine. Totally fine. All fine, no problems.

My thanks to Bojangles for the super fun art.

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