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[ventifrappa]

when the spies are a family

[ventifrappa]

Royai Big Bang 2024 Art Drop !!!!! 💋💋

I illustrated some scenes from the amazing fic Overcome by @quiet-nocturne - see list above for all the rest of the Big Bang stuff !!

AO3 Collection | Tumblr Tag | eBook Download (pdf)

The day is finally here!! Happy Royai Big Bang Day!!

What is a big bang? A big bang is a fan-led event in which writers and artists collaborate together to create long-form content. Each writer gets a selection of artists drawing for their story, and a beta-reader if they choose. This event gives creatives a chance to bring their ideas to life in the form of creative teams.

Over the last 8 or so months our teams have been working so hard together to create a big BANG of royai fics and art, and today's the day they finally get to show it off!

We've got over 550k words of fanfic in store for you from our writers, all lovingly looked over and edited by our wonderful beta team! And around 40 pieces of art to share from our artists, each piece tied into a specific fic!

A big bang indeed!

The AO3 collection is now live here, so please check it out!

We also have a stunning eBook for the event, a complete collection of everything which was created, which can be viewed and downloaded here from dropbox

Each contributor's posts will be reblogged here, under the tag #royai big bang 2024

We all look forward to sharing what's been created for this event with you! Please show your support for our wonderful creators and teams!

[quiet-nocturne]

overcome [a royai fanfic moodboard] - for royai big bang 2024 promo week

Summary: Riza and her team are preparing to rebuild Ishval. As she grapples with her strained relationship with Mustang, she’s simultaneously struggling to ignore her impossible feelings for him, and her past traumatic memories coming back to haunt her. Riza is finding the return to Ishval even more challenging than she had expected. A post-canon, Royai slowburn, Riza-centric character study for the Royai Big Bang 2024. COMPLETE, and posted in its entirety on October 3rd. :)

above is a moodboard for my royai big bang fic, overcome - the "vibes" of the fic, if you will, as a kickoff to the promo week for @royaibigbang since January, all of the writers, artists, beta readers and moderators involved in the @royaibigbang have been working diligently, and after nine months we finally get to share all of our hard work with you! On October 3rd, my fic will be posted (utterly complete, in all its 100k+, angsty, slow-burn glory), including some beautiful art pieces incorporating moments from the fic by @chewytran, @olvitier, @awesomedurraworld, @lewdybooty and @ventifrappa. Everyone else involved in the big bang will be posting their art and fics on October 3rd, so be sure to check everyone's amazing work and bask in all the wonderful royai goodness! I'll also be posting snippets from overcome each day of the week leading up to the event, as well as links to my pinterest board and spotify playlist created for the fic. check out some sneak peeks of some of the art below the cut. :)

sneak peek of @chewytran's art:

and a sneak peek of @awesomedurraworld's art:

[everlarkficquestions]

Hi!! I’m looking for a post-mockingjay fic where it details the 15 years it takes to get Katniss to agree to a baby. I remember a specific scene where Peeta is painting in a shed and Katniss bursts through the door holding a dead turkey from a hunt and she says ‘yes’ finally. This sounds weird but I promise it’s in there somewhere!! Thank you!!

FOUND! blue sky by rosegardeninwinter (Thank you, @rubberduckiereads!)

[hope-astarwarszine]

Hello! Thank you for setting up this zine! I understand you still have some things to outline (early days yet!) but I just had a couple of questions - when applications open on March 26th, will there be some information regarding what you need from us portfolios-wise? And also just wanted to double check that the theme was Hope. Thanks very much!

Absolutely, the applications do include instructions for artists and writers on what should be in their submissions. They’re fairly general guidelines, with the intent that everyone should feel free to shoot their shot if they want to. And yes, the guiding theme here is hope. Thanks for the interest!!

[anthropologicalhands]

Do you think that post finale, when Rebecca ends up with whoever she ends up with (personally for me, it's Nathaniel), the other guys are bitter about it? Would they still go to each other's weddings and see each other's kids? Despite the guy trio not being as solid as the gurlgroup, I think I'd hope for them to have more in common than just Rebecca. Thanks! :)

Oh, it’s definitely Nathaniel in my head, too ;)

I would like to think that by the time Rebecca starts dating again, there won’t be any sourness with any of the guys either towards her or each other. There might be a little awkwardness at first, but I think after more than a year, they’ve had time to understand what they want, and while the other two will always have affection for her, there will also be perspective and nostalgia behind it. They all will have pretty busy lives, so none of them will be pining forever. Josh especially - even if he wasn’t already with Rosa, I think he would do the best at moving on without hard feelings. Nathaniel left town and spent the year in Guatemala, and having that distance probably helped a lot to put things in perspective, while Greg is running a restaurant, which is a full-time job and working on his own recovery. 

One other big thing about the guy trio is that you can also factor in Hector and Whijo, and I think it would be really fun to see all five (six, counting Darryl sometimes) hanging out on a regular basis, especially since we know that Nathaniel gets along with Hector and is already friends with Whijo. So it wouldn’t just Rebecca’s love interests hanging out, but other friends together too, and having those extra people would serve as a good buffer between them if anything awkward came up. But the show definitely made it clear that they can hang out together and have fun - Josh/Greg with their history, Josh/Nathaniel with their sports and gentle ribbing, and Greg/Nathaniel with their shared gym time.

One of my pet headcanons currently is that there is a brief period of time where Josh and Greg see Nathaniel more regularly than they see each other, because baggage, while Nathaniel keeps trying to make Friendship Trio happen in earnest. But over time, Josh and Greg bury the hatchet and remember that they are childhood friends and reconnect properly, and then all three of them are able to hang out at Home Base or Il Cabino and just chill out together.

I am very much of the opinion that they all go to each other’s weddings (if only for the delightful shenanigans) and will be in and out of each other’s lives to some degree or another, even if they aren’t close friends themselves. I mean, if Valencia and Rebecca were able to become best friends with virtually no repercussions, these guys would only have their own lack of effort to blame.

[ourmanifestoisfun]

ventifrappa replied to your post “Do you have any headcanons for the characters? Also what are your...”

some of these were so right! were you satisfied at the end?

Hey! 

I was pretty pleased that some of these predictions did end up being confirmed throughout season 4. While some of my predictions didn’t end up happening, I feel like they usually addressed them in interesting ways. For example, the fact that Darryl and Whijo did not reunite—Whijo doesn’t want kids, which should be allowed to stand as a dealbreaker, and not only did Darryl find love, but we actually saw Whijo get together with someone new, someone who is an exception to his usual type, which suggests that he might try for a new kind of relationship that suits his own needs and wants in life.

Overall, I consider myself satisfied with the ending. I loved seeing the culmination of Rebecca learning to love herself, and Paula’s role in it, and how she interacted with the gentlemen in explaining her decision. I think they managed to walk that tightrope of having her end the series single without it sending implications about people with mental health struggles cannot be in a healthy relationship. The openness of that ending works for me - I love that shot of all the theoretically-eligible men in the room. More than that, I love that Rebecca has a room full of people who love and support her and are happy with themselves, as well.

Which, of course, doesn’t mean that I haven’t had criticisms/frustrations with the ending: I am not necessarily satisfied with how the show got certain characters to that point. This show has often prioritized theme and message over gradual character growth, and I think they do ask the audiences to make some pretty large leaps in logic to understand why the characters make very left-turn choices. Now, this doesn’t usually bother me too much—I just kind of expect it at this point, and usually I can follow along, or talk myself into them. But this has been difficult for me with Josh’s ending.

I’m happy that Josh is happy, and that he is in a healthy relationship with a new person, but if that was his intended destination, I don’t think they seeded it well. In the show itself, Josh struggles with a lack of direction, so my prediction was that his arc would culminate in him realizing what direction he wants to take his life into, and that the direction would take him out of his comfort zone: ergo, leaving West Covina. If Josh finding direction meant realizing that, ultimately, he doesn’t care where he works as long as he is with the people he cares about and loves—that’s fine. It wouldn’t be what I expected but it isn’t incongruous with his goals to develop more self-awareness and become a more active and equal participant in his relationships. But I think his character arc did get actively subsumed by the love quadrangle plot in an especially unfortunate way, given that in 4a, Josh was very focused on looking internally to understand himself and using therapy to observe and understand the reactions of the people around him, so I feel like losing that focus actively hurt his arc. 

Now, that is what fic is for, and I still need to do a rewatch to see if I missed any seeds, but the fact that I am not satisfied with Josh’s ending makes me really sad. Especially since, when we had “No One Else Is Singing My Song” at the beginning of the season, led by Rebecca, Josh, and Nathaniel, I had been under the assumption that these three were going to have the most focus/undergo the most development for season 4. While I still think that is what was the intent, it also bothers me all the more that Josh’s landing didn’t stick while both Rebecca and Nathaniel’s landings did, because I wanted it to stick, and frankly, they needed it to stick. He’s the reason we all happen to be here, after all. I will be seeing if I can talk myself around it, but a week out it still doesn’t sit right for me.

In addition, I think that they really missed an opportunity for the Josh/Greg relationship. Given that a major source of tension in the love triangle for season 1 was Greg’s resentment of Josh and Josh’s lack of awareness at how he hurt Greg at times, they should have had the focus to hash things out. I also think it was a wasted opportunity to not have Greg, who does now have direction in his life, to not speak with Josh on this aspect, even if just to have Josh come to a realization that he wants his focus to be more integrated in his community and a more reliable person. I also have generally mixed feelings about Greg���s return – I loved Skylar in the role and I Hate Everything But You has legitimately become one of my favorite songs in the entire show – but his exit was very strong and I don’t think his return really had the same oomph. And none of this really gets into individual character decisions or plot points that I haven’t been especially fond of.

Basically, all of this to say that I wanted a still zany but ultimately quieter character study for everyone, which was not the intent of the writers. Which is fine! It just means that there is the usual tension between what the audience wants and what the writers wants, and I will still have fun analyzing what the show actually ended up doing and occasionally diverting from the canon as needed. And it doesn’t mean I hate what happened: while I disliked the concept of the love quadrangle, it was interesting in the narrative presenting these three love interests as good romantic partners, and playing up the meta element to make The Decision as outrageous as possible to telegraph that it is a false choice – that her chance at happiness isn’t defined by which guy she chooses but the work she does to find themselves. There is no ‘meant to be’ option –all of the guys were compatible, but all would have still been wrong without her finding happiness within herself. Even if I got annoyed, I do find it interesting when considering it as a whole.Of course, I am very much still processing everything, and opinions are always subject to change. But one thing I love about this show is that I feel like it really does encourage reprising and remixing, twisting things around to try to see character decisions in a new light and working to understand them. So I’ll be working on that.

And at the end of it all, I still feel like this was an ending that had more open possibilities than missed chances in where we can take the characters next, and I would count that as a success.

[ladynorbert]

I just came here to give my deep thanks for your Elemental Chess series...I could gush for days about it but in short it is the most perfect post-Brotherhood fic I could ever ask for, your writing and characterization is beautiful, and I seriously squealed at certain parts. I loved it. Thanks so much and I do hope you continue writing (FMA or otherwise!)

Eeee, thank you so much! I’m still so very proud of those stories and I am constantly amazed at how well they continue to be received by new readers even all these years later. Your message means so much to me, thank you. <3

[carelessapples]

ty for the tag!!

uhhhh no pressure but @altarralomon @lishadra @artisfox @pluralsword @shuchelle @ventifrappa

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Athena-core was fun to search 😍

I tag @newbornwhumperfly @grizzlie70 @butwhatifyouwrite @sapphoslibrary @wildfaewhump @deluxewhump

[ventifrappa]

Wowowow its promo week for Royai Big Bang 2024!!

I had sooo much fun doing this with all the talented artists, writers, readers, and organisers! Go and fast your eyes on this crazy amount of content.

I illustrated a couple of scenes from @quiet-nocturne's beautiful fic, OVERCOME (see below for sneak peeks) with a bunch of other wonderful ppl: @chewytran, @olvitier, @awesomedurraworld, @lewdybooty :)

Check it out at @royaibigbang !!!!

🎀 🎀 🎀 🎀 🎀 🎀 🎀 🎀 🎀

[royaibigbang]

contributor highlight

hey everyone!! it's been a hot minute, how are we all???

with exactly a month to go until our @royaibigbang (coming at you on wednesday 3rd october 2024!!), we would absolutely LOVE to show off all our contributors for this event 🎊

it's time to celebrate everyone who was involved in the big bang process, both past and present! those who contributed their ideas, their energy, and their enthusiasm. thank you all!! 🩷

✨first and foremost: please give it up for the creator of this whole event, @tsaritsa 🎉 without her, we wouldn't be here today 🥂

✨ our mod team! who worked hard to keep things running as smoothly as possibl: @tsaritsa @rebbi-sonnenhell @fullmetalscullyy @littlewitchbee @patron-saints 👏

✨ and of course, to our writers, artists, and beta readers - the core of the event! without them and their creativity, their dedication, we wouldn't have an event, so thank you all for all your hard work!! words cannot express how grateful we are for each and every one of you, and it's been a pleasure working with you:

📝 writers (big bang): @raisingmybanner @beware-thegemini @quiet-nocturne @tsaritsa puttingdownroots

✍️ writers (anthology): @royai @limetameta @rizaposting @baudleaires @thatweirdguyinthebushes @koussevitzky @roseofbattles @aicasey

🎨 artists: @littlewitchbee @areyousanta @olvitier @chewytran @ic3-que3n @all-the-other-usernamesweretaken @rizaposting @justanotherinterneruser @milekael @ppurinpu @lewdybooty @shyacinth @awesomedurraworld @ventifrappa @pact-warlock @portokali @candidhart

📖 beta team: @ghost-biird @nabuer @patron-saints @squibbles17 @aldrendaux @steviesays

they really gave it their all and we can't wait to show off what they've been creating together soon!! give it up for them 👏

the @royaibigbang promo week begins wednesday 26th september, so please stay tuned to see what sneak peeks we have in store 👀🥳 we will be showcasing and reblogging what our writers, artists, and betas have been a a part of for the last 8 or so months (how exciting!!) and we can't wait for you to see it all!!

see you soon 👋🥳

[quiet-nocturne]

💫Fandom Wrapped!💫

Thanks for the tag from @lynyangell!

These are the blank ones (artist/writer/reader) for anyone else who wants to do it!

Tagging (please ignore if you've already been tagged, and no pressure!): @awesomedurraworld , @ventifrappa, @raisingmybanner, @koussevitzky, @baudleaires and anyone else who sees this and wants to do it!

And mine are below:

*note: the number of new fics/chapters is because of the big bang/febuwhump challenges I did. My output has definitely slowed since because of work/illness, but I'm still here, writing and shipping royai with all of my silly little heart!

Also AOGG = Anne of Green Gables; mainly the books further on in the series (Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams). I've become re-obsessed, and teenaged!Nell never thought to look for/write fanfics for that fandom, which I should have lmao. Clearly I have "Canadian" written across my forehead. 🙆‍♀️

[jesuisjosie]

6, 17, 26, 30, and 31 for the crazy ex asks! :)

6. who do you ship rebecca with?

I completely shipped her with greg in season 1 but, as has been addressed within the show, their relationship at that time was Very Unhealthy, and his departure was perfect. even though I do like skylar’s portrayal I feel very lukewarm about them at the moment,,,, mostly because I saw this post which talked about jason as rebecca’s endgame partner and it completely won me over. but since it seems they actually only brought him back for one episode I will settle for whoever makes rebecca happy. I think the writers could do it with greg since their dynamic is actually healthy now, but at the same time a very core part of me wants rebecca to end the series single or with someone new (like jason!! bring jason back!! give him a chance!!)

17. who do you love that you never expected to?

most of the characters tbh!!! I disliked darryl, josh, valencia, paula and rebecca when they were first introduced. but it’s just a testament to the writers that they could turn these hugely unlikable stereotypes into fully fleshed out, wonderful characters who I would die for today

26. favorite belt song?

it’s a tie between You Stupid Bitch and After Everything I’ve Done For You/After Everything You Made Me Do - iconic songs!!

30. who has the best songs?

rebecca and paula, both individually, and in their duets

31. favorite running gag?

I don’t even know if this is meant as a gag but darryl’s baby being called hebecca is so hilarious, and so darryl, and it makes me wheeze every time someone says it. I also love that rebecca can only sing properly inside her head

thanks so much for the ask!! 💕

send me an ask about crazy ex girlfriend

[ventifrappa]

Thank youuuu @canucmen0w​ for tagging me <333

These are the ones I play over and over...to no end..

Omitting Crazy Ex Girlfriend and Inside songs bc then that would just become a different beast entirely 

No order:

1. Motown Philly - Boyz II Men

2. Close To You - Dayglow

3. Life Was Easier When I Only Cared About Me - Bad Suns

4. King of Wishful Thinking - Go West

5. Medicine - Dayglow

6. I Ain’t Worried - OneRepublic 

7. Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush 

8. Be Sweet - Japanese Breakfast

9. I Wanna C U - Blood Orange 

Don’t want to miss anyone out so whoever wishes to do this please do!!!! Would love to see it 

9 songs on repeat tag game

Thanks for @nickiswithoutidea for tagging me. I literally got fed up with my Playlist yesterday, so I just picked the ones I still can listen to.

1. So Special - Citizen Queen

2. Va va vis - Florina

3. And July - Heize

4. Sunny Side Up - Red Velvet

5. Strange Way To Love - Yeeun

6. Frankenstein - Rina Sawayama

7. Undo - Heize

8. Break Up - Citizen Queen

9. Blow Your Mind - Dua Lipa

I'm tagging @ventifrappa and @dadthinksdoctorwhoisacrimeseries if you want to.

[hope-astarwarszine]

Hi!! Saw an anon on here asking about preliminary sketches which I also have quite a few of - is it okay if it attach all the ones I have (properly labelled of course in a separate folder to correspond with my Google Forms Application) ? There are a lot and they’re really rough but I feel will give you an idea of my style. Many thanks for all your effort!

Yes that’s fine! If you’ve already submitted an application, the responses can all be edited

[anthropologicalhands]

This isn't anonymous but your characterisation is always spot on and wouldn't be out of place in an actual episode!

Thank you so much! I’m always super worried about dialogue and whether it fits the character’s voice or not, so that’s really nice to hear.