#galactica big bang

[galactica-bigbang]

2024 Event Announcement!

We had a lot of fun last year, so we are holding another Big Bang and Mini Bang event for 2024!

The event is a chance for writers and artists to get together and produce fanworks set in the BSG universe, with two tiers–hence Big Bang and Mini Bang.

The minimum wordcount for Big Bang is 10k, and the minimum for Mini Bang is 2.5k.

For art, we accept a wide variety of media! Digital or traditional fanart; fanvids; filks; podfic; fanmixes; crafts (fiberarts, ceramics, etc.)--if you have any questions about a particular medium, just ask! Specific requirements for artists are still being finalized, but are included in the Rules post as a general idea/guideline.

Questions? Feel free to send us an ask via tumblr, or you can reach out to the event email, battlestargalacticabigbang@gmail.com

Feel free to browse through the event tumblr, or the AO3 collection with last year's works!

We also have a Discord, if you’d like to come and say hi and hang out.

There have been some changes from last year, in response to participant feedback. We're still finalizing some details in terms of check-in deadlines/requirements, etc., but the broad schedule/major deadlines are below:

May 1, 2024 - Signups Open

July 12, 2024 - Author signups close; story details due.

July 15, 2024 - Story details sent out for claims; artist and beta signups close

October 12, 2024 - Posting day! Big Bang entries of less than 20k words must be posted in full, as must all Mini Bang entries; Big Bang entries of more than 20k must post at least the first 10k. Big Bang entries should be fully posted by October 31, 2024.

Keep an eye on this space, as we'll post additional updates as we get closer to signups!

We’re excited to be having this event, and hopefully you are, too! Very much looking forward to what you all come up with.

So Say We All

~GBB Mod Team

[duesouthbigbang]

dS/C6D Big Bang sign ups coming soon!

Signups for the 16th annual due South/Canadian Six Degrees Big Bang are coming soon! The Big Bang celebrates fic in the 20k range, or equivalent art, podfic, vids or craft of any type.

Here's the 2024 schedule:

Sign-ups open: March 11 Chat 1: April 20 Chat 2: May 18 Chat 3: June (tbc) Chat 4: July (tbc) Primary works due: August 4 Complementary claims open: August 11 Mandatory checkpoint for complementary creators: mid September (tbc) Complementary works due: October 7 Go-live date for all works: Canadian Thanksgiving, October 14

Please note that ferox has taken a step back from modding - but we have a new mod in the form of the wonderful wicked3659, aka CJ!

To find out more about the Big Bang and how it all works, see the Rules and FAQ.

[wipbigbang]

WIP BIG BANG SIGN-UPS ARE LIVE!

The 2024 round of WIP Big Bang is now open for sign-ups! Any fandom is welcome, as long as the fic is 500 completed so far and will be at least 7,500 words upon its finishing. Signing up is easy: just fill out the form linked below after you read the FAQ and take a look at the schedule.

[geekynerfherder]

Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of Otis Frampton.

[caitylove]

Hey happy 20th Anniversary of Battlestar Galactica, friends! For this fun occasion, I participated in a Big Bang Challenge hosted by @galactica-bigbang. It was a blast writing something for the anniversary, so feel free to check it out. <3

Auburn Sunsets, Starlit Nights (11765 words) by CaityLove Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Battlestar Galactica (2003) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: William Adama/Laura Roslin Characters: Laura Roslin, William Adama, Lee "Apollo" Adama, Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, Gaius Baltar, Felix Gaeta Additional Tags: New Caprica, Episode: s03e09 Unfinished Business, spaceparents, Recreational Drug Use, Alcohol, that dress, Smut, Fluff and Smut, Introspection, Initially inspired by a Taylor Swift lyric but went in a drastically different direction, Groundbreaking Ceremony Summary: Life is too unpredictable and short. Sometimes you need to lve for the days you have.

[madamairlock]

Decided one fic wasn't enough to celebrate the 20th anniversary, so have a second done for the Mini Bang portion of the @galactica-bigbang event! <3

[raurquiz]

#happybirthday @KateeSackhoff #KateeSackhoff #actress #starbuck #battlestargalactica #razor #bokatan #starwars #theclonewars #rebels #themandalorian #riddick #oculus #theflash #anotherlife #2036OriginUnknown #halloween #resurrection #TheBigBangTheory #NipTuck #WhiteNoise2

[itinerariumgalacticadevblog]

9/8

Off for a bit, moving, life, etc

Goals and Work Updates: 

L: 

Government ideas

Representative with shifting capital based on meetings

yearlyish? Can play with time scales

A: 

Timeline of the universe from the big bang to about 1 billion years

added giants to real big bang science, seeds magic to the universe

explain why earth has so little magic

Giant lifecycle

Naming of galaxies

Court of the X

J: nothin' new yet

Close with Goals: 

A: 

Finish up timeline, place creation of galaxies and place elf et al on timeline

Clean up scratch pad, finish out some ideas

Aerolotl page, ready it for a pilot

L: 

Government concepts, maybe historical figure or two

J: 

Dragonborn!

Leyline interactions

[aldocerandaz]

La sensibilidad y nitidez del Hubble revelan un grupo de galaxias: Existían cuando el universo tenía sólo 5 mil millones de años

El descubrimiento del telescopio Hubble de la explosión de radio rápida más lejana el 09 de enero de 2024, el telescopio espacial Hubble de la NASA descubrió la explosión de radio rápida (FRB) más lejana jamás observada La FRB, denominada FRB 240520, se originó en una galaxia espiral distante, a unos 13.000 millones de años luz de la Tierra. Las FRB son estallidos de ondas de radio de origen…

[curioussubjects]

Kara/Lee Fic LiveJournal Links

It occurred to me a while ago maybe not everyone is familiar with navigating LiveJournal, much less how to go about finding fic there. I figured it could be helpful to have a list of personal journals and communities to make that easier, or just to have on hand. What's included on this list: * Authors (prolific and/or widely rec'd, some with partial AO3 archiving); * K/L Communities (great sources for other fics and fanworks); * General Battlestar Galactica (2003) fic communities; * Friend-Locked and Deleted Journals (for reference and archived links, if applicable); * Authors that moved all their fics to AO3 (not linked, also for reference). All that being said, this post is neither a rec list or comprehensive. Mainly, I wanted it to be a point of entry for new fans or fans who aren't familiar with LiveJournal. With that in mind, if I forgot a community or user you think should be here, let me know and I'll edit the post to include them. Let me know if there are any issues/questions!

If you see your username on this list and you'd like to be taken off of it, just let me know and I'll edit the post, and likewise if you have your fics listed on LiveJournal and you'd like me to link to them.

Note: You might notice reference to a specific archive for Kara/Lee fic, called Fallout Shelter, as you explore these links. The bad news is that the site is offline. Unfortunately, the site wasn't archived very well either, so pretty much all the fics that were exclusively archived there are gone. The good news is that the archive was a repository for fics originally posted on the ApolloStarbuckFic yahoo group, which was saved during the massive archival effort to backup YG back in 2019/2020. The even better news is that the data for that group might become available some time next week. I'll make a post explaining how to go about sifting through all the messages if/when the data becomes available. Keep in mind though that I haven't seen this data yet, so I have no idea what, if anything, is saved in the group's messages and files. Still, though, definitely something to be excited about!

Fics under the cut! ☺

General Communities

Battlestar Recs BSG 2003 Fics BSG Creative BSG Epics BSG Fic Finders BSG Kink BSG Remix BSG Slash

Kara/Lee Communities

The Applecart Beyond Insane KaraLeeFic No Takebacks Pilots Big Bang Pilots Presents Reel Pilots SASA HQ (additional fic tag)

Authors (A-Z)

alissabobissa (general k/l tag, ffn) anr (general k/l tag) apodixis bantha-fodder (general k/l tag on dw) that i should suffer (archived) brynnmck (general bsg tag) coffeesuperhero (general fic masterlist) daphnaea (general fic masterlist) dionusia (general k/l tag) elly427 (general k/l tag) embolalia (general k/l tag) fahye (general fic masterlist) hackaddict indigo419 kate98 (lj deleted, find on ffn) kdbleu leavingslowly leda13 (general fic tag) letterstonorah (lj deleted, general k/l tag on dw) liminalliz (general fic tag) lint (deleted lj, fin on ffn/ao3) lotus79 meyerlemon (lj deleted, find on ffn) mnemosyne olaf47 sangga (general bsg tag) shah-of-blah (general bsg fic tag) stars-like-dust (general bsg fic tag) svilleficrecs (general fic tag) tamsibling thefannishwaldo (general bsg tag, also on ffn) voleuse whatimages (general bsg tag) widget285 (general bsg tag) wisteria- (general bsg tag) zeplum (saintstreet, plumunited) F-Locked Journals queenofthorns (f-locked on dw) rawles/peri-peteia (ao3, dw) workerbee73

Deleted Journals/Fics

kag523 latteaddict nancy777ca (some fics on ffn) oxymoronassoc (archived, see below) Look Him Straight in the Eye Just Something Out of Step shawngf sloanesomething (archived, see below) And So I Woke (1 [might be gone], 2, 3, 4, 5) All the While Byzantium (SVU crossover) Terms Five Things that Didn’t Happen on Colonial Day Untitled

Find on AO3: callmeonetrack elzed Innibis ninjamonkey73 rachelindeed rayruz scifishipper SomewhereApart

[galactica-bigbang]

We Are Live!

As previously mentioned in our 2024 announcement post, signups for the second annual Galactica Big Bang and Mini Bang Event are now officially open!

Author Sign Up Form

Artist Sign Up Form

Beta Sign Up Form

Please come check out the rest of the event tumblr, where we have the Rules and Schedule available. For all deadlines, as long as it is the applicable date anywhere in the world, you're considered on time!

We also have a Discord, if you’d like to come and say hi and hang out.

Questions? Feel free to send us an ask via tumblr, or you can reach out to the event email, battlestargalacticabigbang@gmail.com  

[duesouthbigbang]

Our fourth chat is coming up! For the fourth live chat for the 2023 due South/Canadian Six Degrees Big Bang, we have a choice of two times:

Chat 4A will take place at 12 noon Chicago time on SATURDAY July 22nd (What time is that where I am?)

Chat 4B will take place at 4 p.m. Chicago time on SUNDAY July 23rd (What time is that where I am?)

Chats and check-ins take place on our discord server. We encourage you to check out the server in advance of the chat - and, if you'd like, to use it to hang out and support each other even outside of the officially scheduled chats! Everyone is welcome, whether you're a participant, beta, cheerleader or just want to chat about due South and other C6D fandoms.

[kneelbeforeyourdogbabylon]

Tag Game: AO3 and fic writing!

Tagged by @cheeseplants and @dbacklot99 💖💖

How many works do you have on ao3? 24

What's your total ao3 word count? 303,167 with big collabs! But without those, I clock in at 170,775. 👀

What fandoms do you write for? Good Omens currently, but have written in Stargate Atlantis, Firefly, and Battlestar Galactica as well as one classic film fic.

Top five fics by kudos:

Not including the big collabs, and all Good Omens (E, NSFW):

A Sixty In Nine Saves Time

Aziraphale reads the wrong book, uh oh! Feeling responsible (or maybe just titillated), Crowley tries to lend a hand.

Takedown / Reversal

After their near miss in 1941 with a bullet, Furfur, and Nazi zombies, Aziraphale and Crowley retire to the bookshop for a mellow evening of too much wine. Unfortunately, someone is wearing quite the saucy fedora, and someone else takes quite a fancy to it. Obviously wrestling and banging and angst must ensue. Bittersweet ending with a 1955 followup. (inspired by @gleafer arts!)

Shake Like Hell and Spell Success 

Set after S1/Armageddon. Newly smitten (I believe), Aziraphale tries to create the perfect first-time scenario but has difficulties. As usual, Crowley doesn’t know what’s going on until he does, and then he knocks it out of the park on his first swing, because, demon? There's lingerie involved.

Wooing Peaceably 

Sometime after the Second Coming, Crowley and Aziraphale are visiting Crete during olive picking season. A little bit of happiness (and smut) after too long. Olives olives olives and olive oil!

An Arrangement in the Dark 

England during Georgian/Regency time period. Crowley turns down Aziraphale’s offer of an Arrangement swap for a Northamptonshire holiday house party. Naturally Aziraphale turns up anyway to see what kind of especially Evil! wiles need thwarting.

Do you respond to comments? Absolutely! Like all of us I adore comments. Someone liking a fic I wrote enough to say so is such a great feeling.

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Definitely Takedown / Reversal, although I tried to soften it with a follow-up. Not sure if that worked. 😆 Also Impersonal (Firefly, Inara/Zoe) is a bit angsty but hopeful.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I think a lot of my fics have pretty happy endings! Maybe It's the Edge of the World As We Know It?

Do you get hate on fics? Not yet...

Do you write smut? Yes ma’am

Craziest crossover: nothing super wild? Most GO fic features some kind of fun historical reference or person (without feeling like RPF to me since they’re usually long dead, but essentially…) @angelictroublemaker and I wrote a Firefly/SGA crossover and that was about as wild as I got.

Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not to my knowledge 👀

Have you ever had a fic translated? Not yet!

Have you ever co-written a fic before? Yes! My first ever fic was cowritten with @angelictroublemaker and I’ve done more collabs within Good Omens fandom. My fave so far is a big ol project with @dbacklot99 and @sixbynine-da ❤️. The others:

Coming Home - A Choose Your Own Adventure Story

Interdimensional Leakage

Keeping it in the Vault (and its less-hairy counterpart)

All time favorite ship? I love Aziraphale/Crowley so much. I have lots of other favorite ships from fandoms I've read but not written in, though.

What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will? Probably one of my Human AU bits from the Guild Thursday sprints: Aziraphale as wedding planner/Crowley as floral designer, or Aziraphale as photography dabbler/Crowley as Some-Eldritch-Thing-Or-Other he (Az) starts capturing on film. And just typing these out makes me want to work on them now, so NEVER SAY NEVER.

What are your writing strengths? Description, grammar(ish), dialogue, smut (I hope. I like to write it and rewrite it at least).

What are your writing weaknesses? Description 😳 Also I have to really work on movement of plot (if I actually manage to have one, instead of events that happen for Purposes of Smut) and pacing.

Thoughts on dialogue in another language? Perfect for Good Omens in my opinion. I like it overall.

First fandom you wrote in? I wrote a (disavowed) Mary Sue-insert fic for Star Trek Voyager in a notebook when I was a youngun. My first posted fic was for Battlestar Galactica.

Favorite fic you've written? I really like how To Ride a Journey on a Jade turned out, and also Sea Change. I also am loving working on Sins of Knowledge, although the size of it is intimidating to me.

And also whichever one I'm finishing up at the moment! Right now that's a Pride Exchange fic that I'll share (if the giftee is willing) this Saturday, and an angsty Doppelbanging fic that may or may not see light of day.

Tagging: @angelictroublemaker, @lemon-tart-221, @ghst-signal, @ladybracknellssherry, @demonsandpieohmy and anyone else who wants to play!

[shadowsong26fic]

sup

So it's been a while since I posted anything here (other than reblogging a couple memes/etc.) So, uh, mini catch-up ahead of next month's Coming Attractions, I guess? Since I don't think I've done one of those since like...February...lol.

To be fair, there hasn't been a whole lot going on. I did finish my SWBB project, with podfic from the lovely @kittonafoxgirl! It's a fun little AU; Padme's ship went somewhere Not Tatooine during TPM and therefore Anakin never joined the Jedi Order. Now, about halfway through the Clone Wars, Ahsoka runs into Anakin in a black market hub, and Shenanigans ensue as they immediately Bond and get dragged into foiling a Nefarious Plot.

Possibly some interesting stuff would happen later on in this timeline if I ever get back to it, but we'll see given how many other SW projects I have that I'm (in my own head) overdue on lol...

And I'm signed up to do pod_together again this year (with a much smaller list of fandoms to be partnered on, haha. I mean, keeping my much larger laundry list in mind once I'm matched because who knows where things will go from there, but I think this is a better approach for me for this year, especially since the past couple years have been slower for me on the writing front.

I'm writing for Galactica Big Bang this year as well! Check-in #1 for that is Friday, so I'm noodling on that. of course instead of giving me anything i need for that my brain is feeding me something Entirely unrelated in an Entirely different fandom; there will probably be an au outline just to get it out of my head at some point in the next week or so lol

...and yeah, I guess that's where things stand with me! More details on upcoming projects and a proper Coming Attractions post next month, on the first Monday as usual.

And for now, since I'm around and working on GBB or that other thing that won't leave me alone...let's do an Open Question Night!

Usual rules apply--any fic or fandom I've posted about here is fair game, as are general writing questions, stuff about my original fic is always welcome <3

What's on your mind?

[caitylove]

Writing Patterns

Thank you @divinemissem13 for the tag on this! I am sorry it took a bit to do, was out of town. :) But I really wanted to do this, cause I found it fascinating,

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

The last 10 of my stories have all been Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin/Bill Adama fics. In fact, these 10 are the only things I've written (and published so far) in the last 10 years. So I am glad you didn't tag me earlier, I would have been nervous to go through my super old stuff. So From newest to oldest:

Frak Me Red (For the Love of Cosmetics series; not finished yet. E) "Curiosity killed the cat, they say, but sometimes Bill couldn’t help his insatiable curiosity towards Laura’s beauty routines."

Oracle No. 5 (For the Love of Cosmetics series, E) "Given the rare lull in political activity, Laura Roslin was determined to make good use of her unexpected free time, embracing the serenity it offered with open arms."

Spray and Stay (For the Love of Cosmetics series, E) "Laura fidgeted with her hands, picking at the ends of her fingernails anxiously, as she paced the length of her personal quarters aboard Colonial One."

Save a Horse (E) "“Are you sure you want to do this, Laura?” Bill called from the living area of his quarters, trepidation forcing his voice to come out softly."

Treatment Plans (Battlestar Galactica Mini Big Bang fic, E) "These treatments are quickly getting old, Laura thought as she laid her head back on the pillow of the med bay treatment bed."

Auburn Sunsets, Starlit Nights(Battlestar Galactica Big Bang fic, E) "A soft, warm wind breezed through the temporary encampment as Laura Roslin emerged from her tent to greet the new day. "

Burn It (G-I CAN WRITE NONsmut! :) ) "“Madam President,” Billy began. Deep in thought, Laura’s head snapped up from the fuel report she was studying at her oak desk to meet his eyes."

Feast Upon You (E) "Laura entered the quarters she had begun to call home and stopped at the threshold stunned at the image in front of her. "

Autumn's Failings (G) "“You know what I miss the most sometimes?” Laura’s voice broke the silence of the cabin from where she sat at the desk within their shared cabin."

Pain Management (E) "President Laura Roslin opened her eyes, her breath staggering."

Okie... tagging a handful of people to do this: @madamairlock @elliehopaunt @ofhouseusher @virtualtaleinternet @this-geek @miabicicletta @lavenderknivess @oh-mydarling @cleverlycrusher @holy-ships-x-red-lips and anyone else who feels like it.

[khrused-archived]

𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚃𝙸𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙲𝙰𝙻  𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙴𝚁  𝙰𝙽𝙰𝙻𝚈𝚂𝙸𝚂 : take the linked quiz from the perspective of your character, then select 5-10 results from the ' complete matches ' list that you feel resonate with your character the most.

one. shelly johnson (twin peaks) , 88%.

two. tyra collette (friday night lights) , 86%.

three. claire littleton (lost) , 85%.

four. xiomara villanueva (jane the virgin) , 85%.

five. kate austen (lost) , 84%.

six. ian gallagher (shamless) , 84%.

seven. izzie stevens (grey's anatomy) , 83%.

eight. jack twist (brokeback mountain) , 83%.

nine. penny (the big bang theory), 82%.

ten. kara "starbuck" thrace (battlestar galactica), 82%.

tagged by: @sandmark <33 tagging: @killerharvey , @beltraised, @altrxisme, @fatalhymn, @kaerinio !!