#bisexualoftheblade

[cuddlytogas]

Heyo! I'm a mod for the TMA Big Bang at @tmabigbang and we're about to kickstart the event for this year! This is the third year we've run this event and we're super excited, I just wanted to message you in case you or your followers were interested. Sign-ups open October 31st, please feel free to send us asks if you have any questions but we'd love to have you join! -Mod Cai

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I will not be participating this year ([glances nervously at their existing nearly-100k document of Our Flag reunion fic]), but I've had a tonne of fun doing this event in the last couple of years, so I'd encourage any of my followers to join up if they might be interested! These mods have tended to cultivate fun but safe little communities, and I'll be excited to see what comes out of the Bang this year since the announcement of TMA2: Bureaucratic Boogaloo!

[elledritchorror]

Ten Books

@feelinglikecleopatra tagged me in this so now I gotta do it bc those are the friend rules <3

rules: in a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you.

The Singer of All Songs by Kate Constable

Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amy Kaufman

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

Slaughterhouse V by Kurt Vonnegut

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

okay it's mildly embarrassing how many of those are The Classics but shhh it's fine everything is fine lmao

gonna tag: @theirdarkreturning @fandoms-are-my-lifestyle @bisexualoftheblade

[delilah-briarwood]

Six Sentence Sunday Saturday

Time Is An Illusion (ty @spottedenchants for tagging me!)

Rules: Every Sunday, share six sentences from your current WIP and tag six friends. Sunday is only a suggestion, please post your own any time in the week!

Original fiction be upon ye

The throne room swirled in smoke and tension as two figures stood within it. Despite the crackling of flames and consistent slamming on barred doors, the room could not have felt more silent. Two pairs of eyes met, each daring the other to speak first. The Gunslinger and the Princess. Former sisters. Former twins.

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Uhhhhh I have No Idea who to tag who hasn’t already been tagged so I’m just gunna guess/tag blindly @bisexualoftheblade @queerbutstillhere @blackm00n5 @quinn-of-aebradore @isaacle97 @theparallaxview or just anyone that wants to do it!

[gaymakima]

hey! saw your question to @thebigbangblogproject. this is a guide for participants (https://podcastbigbang.tumblr.com/post/638894707265732608/a-guide-to-big-bangs ; click on the title of the post to go to the google doc) and one of the mods who helped write it up, cai/ @bisexualoftheblade is willing to give you some tips on running a big bang. they helped guide me through modding, so they're a good resource. hope that helps, and good luck with getting your bb up and running!

Oh, this is really useful! Thank you so much for this, skimming through it now and it looks like a very extensive guide. I'll contact @bisexualoftheblade once I've read over everything properly. Again, thank you!! This is an actual blessing omg

@thebigbangblogproject - in case you would like to reblog this post, too!

[sandmanbigbang]

Hi all! We wanted to make a post in regards to a couple of asks that we've received, concerning our allowance of other dark topics, such as violence, even though we put a ban on the glorification of things like rape and abuse.We would like to remind everyone that we are only banning the glorification of such topics, NOT putting a blanket ban on those topics altogether. You are allowed to write on these dark subjects. Jumping off that, yes, dark topics (such as rape, abuse, violence and so on) can be triggering, but we are requiring everything regarding those will be properly tagged, so there will be no surprises about it. Only people explicitly looking to engage with that content will do so. We completely understand that these dark topics are heavy and that you often need to be in the right mood and/or state of mind to engage with it. We are not forcing anyone to engage with work or content that will upset them. If writers' fics change throughout the event and become darker than they anticipate, we advise them to send a notice to the people on their team about updated content warnings. If a beta or artist becomes uncomfortable with what the writer is depicting, they will have avenues to contact a member of the mod team privately. And the mods already have several plans on how to handle this situation, should it arise.

And once again, we would like to remind everyone that the rules do not reflect the mods' personal beliefs, opinions, or preferences. We are here to moderate, which means we are here to ensure that anyone who participates has an enjoyable and safe experience, to the best of our abilities, while at the same time allowing for exploration of dark topics, as we understand that The Sandman is a dark comic/show.

Finally, we'd like to remind everyone that it is completely up to you, if you decide to participate in this event. If you don't, we absolutely understand, and we hope that you'll stick around to see what other fans create! Once again, if you are unsure if your idea meets our rules, we are happy to discuss it with you through DMs (specifically, our mod Cai, bisexualoftheblade, is open to DMs).

As always, feel free to send in another ask if you have more questions or concerns. Thank you!

-Mod Team

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

1 step forward (3 steps back)

by bisexualoftheblade Damian Wayne isn’t the leader his mother and grandfather raised him to be; he left the League behind years ago. He is freshly eighteen, and he looks at those surrounding him, his friends, his family, and he knows they love him, even with his past. Words: 1260, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Damian Wayne, Jonathan Kent, Talia al Ghul, Bruce Wayne, Batfamily Members Relationships: Jonathan Kent/Damian Wayne Additional Tags: Character Study, Hurt/Comfort, Batfamily (DCU), Protective Batfamily (DCU), Panic Attacks, Canon-Typical Violence, Damian Wayne Needs a Hug, Damian Wayne-centric via https://ift.tt/pHtZjqY

[notesofarichlycolorednight]

fuck yeah love these writing ask games! tagged by the awesome @seavoice!! thanks so much for tagging me :D

post the names of the last five files in my wip folders —regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.

full disclosure i've hit a writer's block so bad the likes of which any writer would hate to see and haven't written at all or started anything in like,,,, 2 months. maybe more. oTL i'm dying over here. so i'm gonna cheat and post some ideas that i'd like to write, in the order they're in my personal discord channel for writing ideas. the first one is smth that is a wip tho.

also a lot of these also don't have official titles lol

1 long story short : yes it's named after the thing you think it's named after iykyk. a pet project of mine. oc-centered story, takes place in the pjoverse. third installment of this series, takes place in toa, and it's abt an oc child of apollo who fell in love with luke in the og pjo series and is now just going thru it and facing the consequences of that decision. still going, even tho i update even slower than i did for my last two stories in this series ;; oc is op. read at your own risk lmao.

2 faceblind!yuuri cinderella au : yuri on ice. yuuri being faceblind is canon to me as far as i'm concerned bc he doesn't recognize yuri p. twice and doesn't recognize minami initially, even tho he beat yuuri at nationals that past yr lol. not to mention minami has mc anime hair. the rest of what it's abt is in the title lol

3 what remains of jason grace : a what remains of edith finch au for jason grace from hoo/toa. what remains of edith finch is a beautiful game about edith finch revisiting her old family home after her mother's death. the last finch left alive. came up with this idea when thinking abt one of my favorite white boys jason grace. wanted to write smth similar to the game, smth that's as melancholy and heart-rending. i imagine it smth like jason wrote a journal after hearing the prophecy from herophile in tbm, and this was what was in the journal.

4 nie huaisang v jin guangyao : cql/the untamed/mdzs. would be a character study. would be extremely difficult. it's very hard to explain if you don't know the source material/have not watched the show/donghua or have not read the books/manhua, but these two characters parallel each other in multiple different ways in the narrative, and one of them is unknowingly battling the other in a game of wits, with the other characters in the story as their puppets and suffering the most consequences from the actions of these two, who mostly work behind the scenes until the reveal in the finale. and i think it would be a cool character study to write abt that battle bc it's not focused on enough in the source material imo

5 diary of luke castellan/halcyon green : it's actually fitting seavoice is the one to tag me! bc ever since i read their post abt hal/luke's diary and incorporating it into toa i've wanted to write a story that explores this more, but in a playwright format. bc i think it would have a lot of impact as a stage play, focusing on those quite moments between apollo and meg's travels, when he gets a chance to sit down and read thru the diary. at the very least, i envisioned it in that environment when i first read their post.

tagging the few peeps i know who write on the reg (and are moots). feel free to do this (or not): @spooderham @lucifers-favorite-child @talking0fmichelangel0 @bisexualoftheblade

thanks again for the tag!!

[atlas-of-galaxies]

Hey there! I'm a mod for the Fiction Podcast Big Bang @podcastbigbang, and we're about to kickstart the event! Interest checks are open now, and sign-ups open November 26th, and the full schedule and FAQ are available on our blog! I just wanted to message you in case you or your followers were interested, and our askbox is always open so feel free to stop by! -Mod Cai

sounds great! I'll definitely look into joining when sign-ups open and I highly encourage any followers of mine to do so too!

[artist1113]

Guess who decided to participate in another bang! This piece is for Callie’s fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32974894

Callie did an AMAZING job!!! Definitely read it!!! (Tbh I feel like my picture didn’t do this amazing piece any justice ;w;) Anyways! Thank you @batfam-big-bang for hosting this event! It was fun participating!!! Thank you @bisexualoftheblade for writing this fic and being soooo Patient the with me, you’re the best!!!

[ID: A digital drawing of Stephanie Brown in the Batgirl uniform. She is crouched on a rooftop crying as she stares at two hands laying in a pool of blood. Behind her is the Gotham skyline at twilight with the Batsignal in the upper left corner. END ID]

[vanroesburg]

ID: [A digital drawing. Jonathan sims, a dark-skinned Desi man, sits in a purple arm chair on the right side of the drawing. He holds a white and brown cat, who is named Better Gertrude, up to the side of his face, one eyebrow slightly raised with a small quirk of his lips. Both Jon and Better Gertrude look to Martin, a dark skinned Hispanic man who we see on the left side of the screen with red glasses. We see his face from the back and side, as he looks at Jon and the cat, though we can’t see his expression. Behind them we see the archive bookshelves washed in pale green with a stack of boxes filled with files to the left end.] End ID. 

My first piece for @bisexualoftheblade and @desert-lily‘s fic: your job’s a joke (you’re broke) for @tmabigbang! 

I hear Jon and a cat and I come running. If you do too, be sure to check out the fic for both cute and funny writing. 

[queerbutstillhere-writes]

A Perfect Night

Read it here! Written for @bisexualoftheblade

Rating: Teen and up

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Pairings: Peter Parker/Harley Keener

Tags: gift fic, fluff, established relationship, midnight pancakes.

Peter Parker was safe and warm. He always had been, ever since they’d met four years ago. Their history had its ups and downs, but Harley would never go back and redo any of it. He had ended up with an amazing, handsome, loving boyfriend. Even if he had lost a lot in that process, it was all worth it.

[elledritchorror]

🍓 i want it on the record i am terrified

Oh hello my love, nice to see you here. Your terror is noted but I’m going to destroy you anyway.

So here’s the thing, so much of the good in my life now comes at least tangentially from you. And I’m not the only one. Your great skill is in building communities and sharing people around. The friends I have now I have because of you, and you are most assuredly included in that list. Every day I’m grateful that I let Dav convince me to join podcast big bang because now I have you.

You’re so strong and I know that you struggle with that but it’s because what the rest of us know is taking care of yourself, you see as weakness. It’s not. I will get you to understand that one day and that’s a promise. Strength doesn’t mean doing everything and never slowing down. It means doing what’s right, including for yourself. You get better at it every day and it makes me so proud. I love you so much, and I’m here for as long as you’ll have me. I’m lucky as hell to be here with you ❤️

[cryptidcaptain]

Hey there! I'm a mod for the Fiction Podcast Big Bang @podcastbigbang, and we're about to kickstart the event! Interest checks are open now, and sign-ups open November 26th, and the full schedule and FAQ are available on our blog! I just wanted to message you in case you or your followers were interested, and our askbox is always open so feel free to stop by! -Mod Cai

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[protosstar]

Hey there! I'm a mod for the Fiction Podcast Big Bang @podcastbigbang, and we're about to kickstart the event! Interest checks are open now, and sign-ups open November 26th, and the full schedule and FAQ are available on our blog! I just wanted to message you in case you or your followers were interested, and our askbox is always open so feel free to stop by! -Mod Cai

ooo thanks for the heads up.. my joining will be very up in the air depending on how busy I am with work, but mayhaps some of my followers would be interested ;3

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

1 step forward (3 steps back)

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/pHtZjqY by bisexualoftheblade Damian Wayne isn’t the leader his mother and grandfather raised him to be; he left the League behind years ago. He is freshly eighteen, and he looks at those surrounding him, his friends, his family, and he knows they love him, even with his past. Words: 1260, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Damian Wayne, Jonathan Kent, Talia al Ghul, Bruce Wayne, Batfamily Members Relationships: Jonathan Kent/Damian Wayne Additional Tags: Character Study, Hurt/Comfort, Batfamily (DCU), Protective Batfamily (DCU), Panic Attacks, Canon-Typical Violence, Damian Wayne Needs a Hug, Damian Wayne-centric read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/pHtZjqY

[darlinglissa]

here’s my fic for this year’s @batfam-big-bang​!! on god it’s been a ride with this, but i am so so so grateful that the bang went so well. i’ve met such amazing and talented people that have made my little world so much brighter.

(credit for the title edit to cai!!)

you’re under fire (i’ll cover you)

When Tim is injured on patrol, he's ordered to bedrest. Instead he finds himself running straight to the doorstep of a man who tried to kill him--the Red Hood.

or: how tim drake finds common ground with jason todd--the ground of a warehouse, that is--and bonds over it.

word count: 5,993

here’s a link to my fic on ao3!

and here’s a link to my fic here on tumblr!

a million and one thanks to my stellar team:

artists:

auri - @battoad​ - her art is always so amazing, i’m always left in awe so i can’t wait for y’all to see her piece for my fic

cai - @bisexualoftheblade​ - they have such an eye for aesthetics, as you can see from the title edit, and their moodboard is no different. it fits so well

reese - @reese-haleth​ - reese is so talented, and i can’t wait to see the pieces she’s put together for my fic because i just know it’ll be astounding

betas:

cess - @wiitts​ - god, cess, thank you so much for putting up with my wordy ass and fixing up my (not very) long sentences and helping my flow, i don’t think it’d be as nice as it is now without you

ren - @dont-taunt-the-octopus​ - oh my father i swear that even though you don’t go here, your comments were always so helpful and uplifting that they helped me push through every bit of block i had, so thank you so much

september - @schweeeppess​ - sep!!!! you’ve been so constructive and respectful throughout every part of my fic and i couldn’t be more thankful for the critique and positive comments you made, i appreciate you, babe

i really couldn’t have made it this far without all y’all, so thank you for everything you guys did throughout these past few months

special shoutout to my mod team, my second family, jay @wisdom-walks-alone​, shelby @shelbychild​, and lucy @lostinmyfictionaluniverses​. y’all are my dream team, and i’m so happy that i had the chance to run this event with you. all the love!!