#bartkon week

[rosemaryentombed]

August 26th - September 1st, 2024

Monday, August 26th - Rescue // Doppelgänger // First Time

Tuesday, August 27th - Moving in Together // Multiverse // Sex Accidents

Wednesday, August 28th - Scars & Disabilities // Ex's // Aftercare

Thursday, August 29th - Double Date // Phobias // Secret Rendezvous

Friday, August 30th - Superfam & Flashfam // Fourth World // Control

Saturday, August 31st - Realizations & Confessions // Only Lovers Left Alive // Fuck Nasty

Sunday, September 1st - People of Manchester, Alabama & The Ravers // Nightmares // Accidental Kink Discovery

Purpose?

Continuing to celebrate the BartKon Renaissance in the modern era. Since the ship has historically been a rarepair since its conception in the 1990's, this fanweek acts as both a way to celebrate the BartKon narrative in DC Comics, as well as engage new fans in our small yet mighty collective.

Why should we participate in this?

Because you like BartKon. Because you saw fanfiction and fanart and shitposts, and decided you wanted to see what's poppin' in the BartKonosphere. All creators are welcome. Our romcom lovers, the darkfic connoisseurs, and of course, our smut specialists.

So how does it work?

The release date for fanworks is from Monday, the 26th of August through Sunday, the 1st of September, 2024. 

You have four months to write, draw, and create fanworks. On top of fanfiction and fanart, we also encourage meta, essays, ship manifestos, playlists, and poetry.

This is also an opportunity for new fans to engage with an old ship with a robust body of work, hence why this fanweek is dedicated only to BartKon depicted in DC Comics from 1994-2024. This is not a YJ-centric week, nor it is a BartKon+third week, nor is it a my-ship-is-better-than-your-ship week. Please be courteous and treat each other with respect when engaging with fanworks and their creators. If you misbehave, I will be cursing you with ten thousand years of bad luck on top of car/train/transportation trouble every day for the rest of your life.

BartKon of ANY comic book universe is acceptable. If you want to spend the entire fanweek exploring Luthor-El and Bart because you love horrific love, then be my guest! If you want a crazed version of Bart to kidnap Kon from Gemworld, go for it! Let that imagination run WILD!!!

Both safe and not-safe-for-tunglr dot hell tropes are welcome. Just make sure that you post any Mature content on a landing page that doesn't restrict Mature content (like AO3). I don’t want anyone getting their blog banned. We cannot defeat our capitalist overlords, but we can definitely work around them.

This fanweek will not have a dedicated blog. These prompts are free for anyone to use. Because it is a non-traditional, non-monetized, and free-to-opt-in casual event, there will be no mods but moi, no advertising of paid services, and no ratings or participant restrictions. I will open a collection on AO3 in August for anyone who wants their work collated for this event.

In order to ensure that both creators and the audience are making informed decisions about what they engage with, all creators are encouraged to include triggers and any other squick warnings. 

Please utilize the read-more function for fanworks that are longer than 250 words. We're tryna read yer stories, not get spammed with a wall of text. Please Be Courteous.

And last but not least - if you are engaging with any of the fanworks, reblog, reblog, reblog! Share the work with your followers. Send all the love to the creators for crafting their masterpieces!!

What can I contribute?

Fanart (standalones, comic strips, etc.), fanfiction (one-shots, multichapter, etc.), fanmixes, gifsets, graphics, meme collections, fanvids, ship essays and meta, songifics, playlists, poetry, whatever your heart desires! Go wild!!!

Can I create/write not-safe-for-tunglr dot hell content?

Yes!!! All creators are encouraged to include triggers warnings, sub-genre specifications, and other warnings in their posts. I will not discourage you from writing your 16k Bart Goes Insane Over Kon fic, but please... Be Courteous and tag your fanworks appropriately so people can make an informed decision about what they're comfortable with engaging with.

What does (X) prompt mean?

Each day has three prompts!! You can either pick a prompt OR you can combine prompts in different ways. Although the prompts range from The Basics, to Things That Frighten The Barts and Kons, and end with They're Fucking Nasty in Cissie's Basement Because They Can't Afford a Motel, I challenge you to let your imagination take you where you want to go with each prompt!! If you want to explore all three in the same fanwork, then be my guest!! I will not stop you :'>

Mainstream Canon, Elsewords, and AU content is acceptable! Just make sure to stay within the comicsverse. We have SO MUCH BARTKON MADNESS IN THE COMICS, SO PLAY AROUND WITH OUR BEAUTIFUL CANON!!! Creativity is key! Have fun!!!

Can I crackship/multiship/harem/OT3/polyam the characters?

No. It's literally BartKon Week, Heart & Bones Edition. There's like six active fans left on this bitch of an earth. Don't do this to me :'<

Does this have a tag?

During release week, use the general “bartkon” and "konbart" tags to share your work with the wider BartKon fandom on tunglr. You can use whatever other tags you fancy. The best way to share, however, is to directly @ me so that I may reblog it.

I didn’t read a damn thing before this, Ava.

TL;DR: Nearly four months until the fanweek!!! For all fanwork creators out there, now’s the time to start thinking about what prompts you want to utilize for your creations. There are no creative restrictions, but I do ask that you follow these posting tips:

All fanfiction should be under a read-more.  

Not-safe-for-tunglr fanwork should be LINKED to whatever landing site the content is being hosted on (Twitter, AO3, etc). This includes both fanfiction and fanart. I don’t want your blog getting flagged bc tunglr hates gay people.

Provide content warnings for all triggers, squicks, and sub-genres. Unfortunately, in my ten odd years away from DC Comics, the fandom's seen a resurgence in puritanical behavior and tons of censorship and self-censorship. Please list content warnings on your work but do not be discouraged in sharing your work. If a fancop gets on your ass, block them. Please block as MANY as you can. They're like pests, they're always gonna be there, but their influence can be diminished by staunch blocking and reporting.

You can participate as much as you want!! Maybe you only wanna create for one day? Cool! Maybe you’re an overachieving corporate clown insomniac like myself, and wanna create for every day of the week? Go for it!!! 

The most important thing is to have fun :)

Closing Remarks

Like all my other events I host, this event, too, is entirely selfish. I've loved BartKon since I was a child when I was first introduced to it in the form of Bart/Clark on Smallville. Although I only recently came back to reading DC's mainline comics, BartKon still holds a special place in my heart even after all these years, and the few who still create and engage in their fanworks inspired me to host a little something-something for our small community.

Take your time, look through the prompts, and get your creative juices flowing! I will be sending out reminders until the go-live date.

For the people who showed interest during the initial interest check, I hope you're able to participate. To the people who hate me, your mom's a hoe. Thank you.

[lukazade]

Who's gonna look after you if not the hot guys you have really normal definitely platonic relationships with?

[kal-ly]

This is my first time participating in a week, I hope this is okay...

Konbart week day 3 - Scars & disabilities + aftercare.

[toastsartcornerthesequel]

Down the rabbit hole

[konbartdoodles]

Week 1 - Rescue/Doppelgänger

(note: no Thads were harmed in the making of this doodle)

[victorsandvanquishers]

Here is my full collection of stories written for 2024 BartKon Week (Heart & Bones Edition). Wrote gratuitous smut for the first time in ages, along with several horrorfics that were tenuous thoughts that I did not have the skillset to create ten or even fifteen years ago. It was pure joy being able to bring these stories to life. Thank you for reading, and don’t forget to leave a review!

[melonlthawne]

my very mediocre contribution to bartkon week just in case I have no time or energy to contribute during the week bc of class. you can guess whose drawings these actually are doesn’t really matter. Hope my silly little pathetic fanarr makes someone smile

[banterbat]

HI I ALMOST FORGOT TO POST day 3 konbart week babyyy i chose Ex's (idk if i did this prompt right)

[rosemaryentombed]

girlies (g/n), we are just one month from bartkon week. hope to see everyone there

[lemonyos]

A Sense of Duty (For Falling) by calamityin

( T | 1 | 11,981 )

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Bart Allen/Kon-El | Conner Kent Characters: Kon-El | Conner Kent, Bart Allen, Tim Drake, Preston Lindsay Additional Tags: One Shot, Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Not Canon Compliant, Canon Universe, Dorks in Love, Guilt, Bad Flirting, Friendship/Love, Running Away, Platonic Cuddling, Pining, Friends to Lovers, Confessions, Getting Together, Rescue

As the summer grew closer and they all spent more time in the sun, Bart’s hair was turning brighter and brighter. His ginger tints were now overtaking the darker brown and it made his skin glow even more. The smattering of freckles around his face and down his arms were darkening in turn, making him look more like an impressionist painting. or; Kon spends a lot of time thinking about Bart while he's there and while he's not.

[lukazade]

I think it's 90s Kon week but I'm busy 💔 so have a super-late sketch for the first prompt (family/friends)

[coolchainsawlord]

Day one day one day one

heck yeah doppelgangers yeah thats right thats the prompt oh man

bonus something something sus imposter idgaf

also random og sketch for the prompt... idk if ill finish but i lowkey like it

[toastsartcornerthesequel]

Konbart week day 3 - Scars & disabilities + aftercare

Sorry for not posting anything on day 2, here’s some Konbart to make up for it

[konbartdoodles]

Day 2 - Moving in Together

they haven’t unpacked, but they seem happy

bonus v

added for the multiverse prompt

[victorsandvanquishers]

The Deification of One Bartholomew Henry Allen II

Fandom: DC Comics

Ships: Bart Allen/Kon El

Ratings: T

Warnings: horror horror horror horror, cosmic horror, mindfuck horror, some-thang-stole-my-bae's-face horror, tasteful nudity that is not at all sexualized

Summary: After sacrificing himself for the universe during the events of the Flashpoint Paradox, Bart resumes his existence in the afterlife. Everything’s boring, nothing’s real, and there’s a shadow blob thing who won’t leave him alone. Oh, and Conner Kent is as beautiful as the day Bart first talked to him, and Bart’s got to reconcile these repressed feelings with the fact that he’s dead – again.

[Lost scene between the end of Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost and the start of DC's Rebirth; written for 2024 BartKon Week (Heart & Bones Edition), Day 5 - Fourth World]

~~~

This was one of my favorite stories to write for this fanweek. To get a full appreciation for it, I recommend reading/rereading the following as the fanfiction pulls directly from these storylines:

Blackest Night: Teen Titans by J.T. Krul

Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost by Sterling Gates

Young Justice by Brian Michael Bendis

You can search for Dark Crisis on the Web. I read it (and suffered through it) so you won't have to.

Next up, more terror! Make sure to tune in for the rest of the fanweek, and don't forget to leave a review! (〜￣▽￣)〜

[cer-rata]

The Deification of One Bartholomew Henry Allen II (8257 words) by AvaCelt Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: DCU (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bart Allen/Kon-El | Conner Kent Characters: Bart Allen, The Great Darkness (DCU), Kon-El | Conner Kent Additional Tags: Horror, cosmic horror, Canonical Character Death, between Flashpoint and Rebirth, Canon through the bendisboot, Bart Allen is the White Flash, Bart Allen-centric, Dark Crisis compliant, suicide ideation Series: Part 5 of BartKon Week (Heart & Bones Edition) - 2024 Summary:

After sacrificing himself for the universe during the events of the Flashpoint Paradox, Bart resumes his existence in the afterlife. Everything’s boring, nothing’s real, and there’s a shadow blob thing who won’t leave him alone. Oh, and Conner Kent is as beautiful as the day Bart first talked to him, and Bart’s got to reconcile these repressed feelings with the fact that he’s dead – again.

[Lost scene between the end of Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost and the start of DC's Rebirth; written for 2024 BartKon Week (Heart & Bones Edition), Day 5 - Fourth World]