#general bfn

[gay-little-axolotl]

so I did like. 5 days of BOMtober (day 5 was rest)

[sgtprophet]

DAY 2 LADS

So i dont have a least fav but this is atleast closest to an antagonist. Also this is Camilo Ge Bresky as BFN in swedish bom cause ofcourse i drew swedish bom

[violetspark14]

day 2 • least favourite character

OK THIS ISNT ENTIRELY TRUE. i dont have a solid least fav this is just the lowest hanging fruit😭

[holy-prophet-man]

the “how _ would react to you coming out as gay” trend book of mormon edition courtesy of the gf @blitzoirl

[supercorpzine]

Over the years we’ve been asked many times about how to run a fandom zine, so to finally answer those questions here is our incomplete and rough guide/collection of questions to ask yourself on good practices for running a fandom event or charity zine. By no means is this an exact how-to, but we hope this will help answer questions and prompt you in the right direction for running a clean and organized event safely and responsibly!  

Purpose

What is the purpose of your zine (or event)? Why are you doing this? Is it for fun? Are you raising money for charity? Are you doing it because you just want to and because you love fandom and your ship? Is it a combination of all of the above? Will it be fan fiction? Fan art? Gifs? Video edits? Music? A combination of any? Are you going to run a big bang or reverse bang? Are you running a gift exchange for the holidays? These are all incredibly important questions to ask yourself when you first decide you want to lead a zine or event!

If this is for charity, decide your charities before you launch anything. It is good practice to have a solid plan on what you want to do and what you want to accomplish before posting an interest check. It is better to be prepared and have to postpone your zine or event than to try to run a project with no clear cut agenda. Projects that do not have a clear path or set agenda have a much higher risk of fizzling and falling apart.

When choosing your charity, make sure to research them first before making your final decision. To best protect yourself and make sure your money is going to a real cause your charity should be a 501(c)(3) registered charity and you should be able to view their IRS 990 form on their website, or on a helpful website called Charity Navigator.

WARNING. If you are involving money, it is in your best interest NOT to include photoshop manipulations, gifs, videos, or any other form of media that includes real photography or the voices of your characters (this includes voice actors). Actors and companies are very strict in their contracts about how their likenesses and voices can and can’t be used for profit. You would be risking the integrity of your event as well as financial responsibility. If anything, you could potentially receive a Cease & Desist with a threat of legal action.

If you are concerned about the safety of your money, draw up a contract with any partners that protect those funds from being stolen-or result in legal consequences if so. If you are running a non-fandom event and paying your artists, you will need to speak to a lawyer to make sure you safely and legally can compensate them for their work. Find and speak to a lawyer or financial advisor to see what your options are.

Audience

Who is your audience? Events and zines with narrower focuses are easier to maintain. Are you prepared to keep a close audience or are you going to go broader? If you are thinking of a broader event you should look and see if other people from different fandoms are interested in running a fandom project to help you organize the process and spread the word. Do your research on fandom relations. Some fandoms are often not held in favorable light by other fandoms and trying to marry two together may result in a failure to organize. If you are determined but may not have the audience, start small with something like a fic exchange and see how it goes.

Though not necessarily true, a good way to gain an audience is by generating content. Have you been active in the fandom you want to run your zine/event for? If so, how have your posts been doing and have you been interacting with other people? People are more likely to trust and join a project if they at least know of the person running it even if they aren’t a “BFN” (Big Fandom Name). There is no way to truly determine if you will even get an audience as much of fandom’s attention now is based on what’s the newest and what is going to bring the most instant gratification. Fandom events take a lot of time, how will you maintain your audience during the lulls?

Organization

How are you going to organize this? What social media platforms do you want to utilize? Will you set up a Discord? Only contact via Email? How will you collect and organize the contributions? Google drive folders or documents or an AO3 collection? Will you have your contributors email you word docs or PDFs if you are distributing? 

Is it a call for all admissions or will you have curated limited slots? Are you doing an invitation only event? If you are doing applications, what are the requirements? How will you vet people? Allowing transphobic creators into a zine raising money for trans charities is not ideal, which is why we encourage having the vision for your event before you put out an interest check. What is your schedule? How long do you want to dedicate to the entire process while still allowing adequate time for people to contribute? How are you going to share it?

What if it’s 100% digital? Will you do an online collection on AO3? If not AO3, how are you compiling it? Will you have the contributors send you a PDF that you will then stitch together? Will you find someone with design experience to do it for you?

What if you want to print? Who will you print with? How will you ship? Will you offer it internationally? It is possible some printers will not want to work with you if you are trying to do monetary sales on fan fiction and fan art for fear of copyright infringement. Make sure to do your research for online companies (Lulu does not like to do this, Smartpress is a decent option) or look around at a local printshop (tends to run more expensive, especially now with continuing material shortages). If you are doing print things get trickier, especially if you need to adhere to print specifications-usually CMYK, 300dpi, press ready PDFs following the printer’s templates for safety area and document bleed-at a minimum. You’ll have a smoother time if someone on your team (or you) have some sort of design experience. It’s easy to put words on a page to print. It’s hard to make them look good.

At a glance digital considerations:

Where to host (do not tie money to ao3, see note in Outreach & Promotion)

Create a visual standard (colors, sizes, ‘logos’, etc)

Create submission standard (word count or other content requirements, location, file type/size, etc)

At a glance print considerations:

Digital layout for print

If offering both digital & physical versions, you will want to have files tailored to each application (see notes about bleed & printer templates above)

Finding and working with a vendor

Shipping

-International packages come with their own caveats about where will accept what shipping companies -Physical items: generate labels, acquire boxes & protective stuffing, physically package items (where? Enough packagers?) -Schedule pickups -Size of product will affect size & therefore cost of shipping per item

At a glance overall considerations:

Sales vendor/storefront if applicable

Tracking sales items

Tracking costs & transparency documents

Tracking participant communications

Tracking customer communications

Upkeeping social media posts & communications (& generating content)

Tracking participant deliverables

With all of this considered, clear communication is key. Having clear expectations of deliverables, dates, and timelines for your participants and as well as clear responsibilities between leadership individuals will help you be successful.

Timeline

Your timeline is important and you should try your best to stick to it. Have it posted, have an FAQ, again be transparent about both internal scheduling for your contributors and public scheduling for those watching. 

When creating your schedule, it may be helpful to do a ‘workback’ schedule - pick an ideal final date, and working backwards, add in estimated times and dates for every single task and deliverable to see what is realistic to accomplish for contributors and for leadership. If you are ordering physical items, build in buffer times - particularly remembering that with today’s chaotic global supply chain, things may take more time. Required check-ins can be helpful for visibility and prevent procrastination.

Also do your research on your fandom. Have there been previous events? If so, are you potentially overlapping with other events? Potential overlap can harm both events, so look around and think about potentially starting when one is finishing up or has just finished so you can reach a bigger pool of creatives. Don’t be afraid to reach out and talk to other event organizers, they may be wanting to participate in other events that aren’t theirs but have been unable to due to scheduling. BUT, don’t let others’ schedule dictate your own, you need to stick to a calendar that you know you can abide by.

Quality and Curation

An “all welcome” zine or event is far different from a curated zine or event. What is the quality of work you are looking for? People are more likely to interact with work that is of better quality if it involves money, so if you are wanting to raise money or pay your participants (or have enough funds for production and shipping alone), then you might need to think about running a curated project. Even with talented contributors, if the time isn’t right or if something changes with the event leadership the quality can still be affected.

Another consideration when deciding on curation is physical (and to a lesser extent) real estate. If you are printing, costs of printing itself and shipping are affected by page size and number and weight, so remember to account for this when looking at curation, printers, shipping, and finances.

When thinking about curation and before opening applications, leadership should be in agreement on how many spots for each type of media are ideal, and what parameters the project is looking for ie x amount of fanfiction or fanart or both, certain styles, certain themes, certain content, certain subjective qualities etc. Those are qualities based on submitted work but there could be other factors you might filter your participants by, such as age if you have explicit content, previous participation in fandom work, etc. Having these clarified will help the team confidently select participants as well as give applicants better expectations and understanding of the decisions made.

Rejection, unfortunately, is the reality of a curated project. It can be difficult to turn an application down because you can see the passion and excitement, but the work isn’t right or ready for the project. Not everyone will be accepted if they don’t meet the standards that you are looking for, and not everyone has the formal creative background through school or career to teach them how to navigate these rejections. There will be some people who don’t have experience applying to something like this before or who won’t understand why they weren’t chosen or take a rejection as a personal attack. You must be prepared for upset or inappropriate responses and be able to act calmly and professionally while sticking to your decisions, and without lashing out. If you need someone on your team skilled in PR or customer service, this will be a good time for them to help you. This is your project, and you must stick by what you set out to do.

Outreach and Promotion

How are you going to find contributors? Are you going to rely on word of mouth or ask people to join? Do you have a minimum count of people you would like to join? How are you going to spread the word? Social media accounts? What kind of content are you going to generate to keep up the attention to the project? How will you get this content-yourself or asking those interested to help?

Find your core audience and cater your posts to catch their attention. Use hashtags, graphics, buzz words etc to bolster this. Retweet/reblog/share to your stories regularly a few times a week to keep the momentum. The more you put this on people’s radar, the better chance you’ll have at it stabilizing and gaining momentum. There is no “easy step” to starting and maintaining an event.

**Remember, please DO NOT use Ao3 as a platform for promoting a monetary project. You may use it as a means of distribution and sharing but be conscious of how that work is presented. Bringing money into Ao3 risks the legality of what the OTW’s legal team has fought and won for fandom.

Finances

Things get harder when money is involved. If you plan to sell your zine or raise money through your event it is in your best interest to make it 100% not for profit. If you are creating a fanzine it is highly recommended that it is solely for charity to protect yourself from copyright and receiving a cease and desist letter (and possible legal retaliation).

This means your contributors nor you will be receiving a single monetary amount for anything, everything will be going to the charity (or charities) you have chosen. If you choose to print, you will have to account for 30-50% of your gross going to production and shipping and any other materials you may need. If you are determined to raise money, offer your zine or the content as a limited exclusive offer for a few months before allowing your contributors to post. Doing so helps drum up excitement and generate sales therefore helping you raise more money.

An easy and clean way to raise money is either through PDF sales or a fundraiser where interested supporters share a receipt of a donation so you don’t have to touch a cent. Your gross profit would then become your net profit, and you can give the entirety of the funds raised without messing with the logistics of printing and shipping. Don’t get yourself in trouble. Account for every cent.

Taxes

Talk to a tax accountant for guidance for your state and country.

While you may not be planning on counting your raised money as taxable income and donate every cent, the IRS (or other government tax offices) may not think so. Make a financial plan that protects you from owing extra income tax as some charities don’t accept PayPal donations and you will need to transfer funds through a bank account-or plan to take a small percentage to pay taxes on or consider registering as an LLC depending on how long you want to be in operation. You can then of course turn around and donate the percentage taken to truly donate every cent. Don’t get yourself in trouble. Account for every cent.

Transparency

If money is involved you MUST be transparent.

This will not only protect you and your contributors in the long run, but gain trust. This means records of all receipts, record of orders, record of donations, EVERYTHING (with your personal information blacked out). Show a record for any reimbursement of materials if you choose to take that reimbursement. Not sharing the bare bones of your financial records can open you up to questions and criticisms and grow distrust-which would then hurt future endeavors. 

The first step is to open a new clean paypal account for zine-only transactions, this will help you with transparency. Don’t get yourself in trouble. Account for every cent.

Dedication

Here’s the kicker. If you don’t have the dedication to run your project, it will suffer and possibly even fail.

Running a fandom zine or event takes a lot of time and energy on your part. They simply don’t spring into existence just because you think it would be fun and you have the passion for it. Things would be so much easier if that were the case!

Some events will be easier to maintain than others, like fic exchanges. Big bangs can also be as easy or as hard as you want them to be depending on the number of contributors and if you are doing a regular-or reverse bang, or an open or closed big bang.

Zines usually require a lot more dedication and effort to complete because of printing, production, shipping, and finances. At the shortest, these endeavors can last from three months to six to eight months, with zines ranging up to a year or over depending on internal scheduling even if your supporters only see it publicly for a couple months. Even if you do try to do everything right, sometimes projects just don’t work out. Anything could happen to halt or slow down the process, but it’s up to you to keep it going if you can and if you want to.

In the end, this is a fun project that you can do. But there are many moving parts to make sure that it runs smoothly. In short: take your time, get your ducks in a row, and have a clear goal of what you want to accomplish because it will take a lot of work. Good luck!

[sweetestpopcorn]

hi! feel free to ignore this if you've already answered it before, but I was curious about your thoughts of Laenor/Rhaenyra alledgedy friendship the fandom is convinced they had going on.

originally I assumed it was a headcanon originating from [degoratory] but apparently, no. Many ppl share up and down that in fire & blood rhaenya x laenor grew closer post their marriage and were friends since Rhaenyra had no problem with laenor's lovers nor he with Ser Harwin.

Now, I'll admit I didn't really care for laenor in f&b tbh so maybe I should have focus more? But one thing I'm always fixated is how Viserys basically threatened Rhaenyra into marrying laenor (i like him. don't get me wrong but he doesn't get enough lashes for this) and rhaenyra's reaction is also reported. To have cried, screamed, begged etc. Obviously nothing positive.

the only "good" thing I can remember between rhaneyra and laenor is him being there with her when the children were born - which, sure that's nice but don't they both have an appearance to keep up? Like, maybe he was there to play the doting husband?

again, I don't mind the laenor x rhaneyra besties thing as a headcanon but I've seen readers being convinced and using their friendship as if it's canon in their arguments so i was wondering if I'm blind? Where they friends and I missed it? i think you might have mentioned in the past that you also don't think they had some deep rooted friendship but if so, where is everyone basing their beliefs from?

Hi there,

So I went over how that headcanon of Rhaenyra and Laenor being bffs holds no value in canon, and actually the books directly contradict it.

No, you are not blind. This fandom just has a very big imagination. Like @queenhousetargaryen once very well mentioned:

I don't know if these lies that are spread come from a desire to make Laenor into more than what he was because they like his parents, from trying to make it look like Rhaenyra's life was less miserable, or a bit of both or something else.

Where they take any of that from? Well where many in this fandom take their general beliefs and ideas from: www.voicesinsidemyhead.com and also www.convenientbeliefs4u.com or some BFN's lame post with 0 in book quotes.

Personally I cannot stand this "headcanon" because of what I mentioned: It takes away how much Rhaenyra suffered from being forced to marry against her will, and it also takes away from the pain she lived through those 6 years and how alone she was. It will never not be funny to me that the same BFN that rage at arranged marries suddenly seem to forget their aversion where Rhaenyra and Laenor are concerned. Oh well, anything to make the Velayrons look like perfect angels I suppose.

Some people: Rhaenyra and Laenor were bffs and he was a great choice of husband for her!

Us: Is Rhaenyra and Laenor being bffs and him being a great choice of husband for her here in the room with us?

You're not blind.

PS: Goes without saying but I still have to say it, everything written above concerns asoiaf canon Rhaenyra and asoiaf canon Laenor only. Keep redacted trash out of my tumblr. Thank you!

[phierecycled]

BoM characters as Andrew Rannells images

Arnold

Kevin

Naba

Connor

Mafala

Joseph Smith/Price’s Dad

Moroni

General BFN

Gotswana

[honks-n-stonks]

Uhh... hi! The name's Goose, and I do art! Sometimes. I also reblog a lot of stuff, mainly my interests, so watch out for that if that ain't really your style.

Speaking of my interests, here are some of my main ones! You'll hear me talking about the ones in bold a lot...

Monster Hunter (I play both Rise and GenU on the Nintendo Switch! AND I FINALLY HAVE WORLD ON PS4 YEAAAHHHHH)

Advance Wars

Puyo Puyo

... Battle Cats. yeah I'm going back into my BC phase

UNDERTALE (YELLOW)⁉️⁉️⁉️ help me there is cowboy in my brain. He won't LEAVE

Cookie Run ("I'M BACK IN THE FUCKING BUILDING AGAIN!!!??")

And here are some games I like to play... I might talk about these occasionally as well! (I play most of these on PS4, but games marked in red I play on Switch)

Don't Starve Together

Plants Vs. Zombies (GW 1 & 2, BFN)

A Hat in Time

Sackboy: A Big Adventure

Overcooked! (2 and AYCE)

Risk of Rain 2

Deep Rock Galactic (Haven't played this in awhile..)

Hollow Knight (I also need to start playing this again...)

Minecraft

Fortnite (very infrequent, but I hop on it for STW and stuffs from time to time)

Monster Hunter World (I FINALLY GOT IT!!!!)

Dragon Ball FigherZ (I am really bad at fighting games... still pretty fun though!)

Monster Hunter Rise (+ Sunbreak)

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate

Risk of Rain Returns

Mad Rat Dead

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

Uhh... not sure what else to put here! I'll edit this as time goes on.

Ah, right, DNI! Zionists, Homophobes, Transphobes, TERFS, NSFW, Proship, all that jazz. Basically... just don't be weird. I really should make this part more in-depth sometime.

Oh, and here are some of the tags I use! uh, I've only used the art one until a few months back, so there's a good chunk of posts that are just. Untagged. Probably doesn't make a big difference though....

#house explosion.mp4 -> My art tag! (yeah.)

#not my art! -> Not my art!!!

#fowl rambling -> Me talking about stuff, may extend to tag-only rambling sometimes...

#who out here huntin they monster -> Monster hunter tag!

#straight from the box- the ask box! -> someone slipped me a letter in the askbox, and I responded!

🚨NEW TAG(S) BOYS !! 🚨

#honk of fame -> fave tag!!! good stuff I found!!! peak is here....

[🎃] #trick or tweet -> for all the trick or treating asks! Look, I know geese don't tweet, but let me have this...

#puyohunter au -> oh god. I monster huntered Puyo Puyo. You cannot stop me. ... There ARE other medias mixed in, but that's a secret...

that's it! For now.

Oh wait, I just remembered...

I have one sideblog! 1!

@nonogram-hell -> Animal Jam sideblog... Been on a mini-hiatus here, whoops.....

Okay okay! NOW that's it. Maybe.

(updated 5/6/24)

[ineffabildaddy]

Did you know you are a BFN(big name fan) and also the GOAT(greatest of all time) but also probably an actual goat who learned to use a keyboard.

hello!! i am quite certain i am not a big name fan, nor am i either the goat or a goat, though as a bildaddy devotee (and an animal lover in general) i do think goats are lovely heheheh

thank u for saying these things however, i am honoured to have received this ask!!!!

[thatscarletflycatcher]

ThatScarletFlycatcher's 1000 followers Celebration

Wow, that doesn't sound like this blog, eh? All the same I'm very grateful and moved that 1001 of you (and perhaps some clever bots that went under the radar) not only did click follow, but also stayed!!! And I'm also happy that you found something to interest you, amuse you, inspire you, or perhaps even just enrage you, hate following is valid, after all, I think (?)

SO

Usually in this sort of situation OP will create a wonderful list of fun activities like rate-your-blog, make-me-choose, etc, but I'm neither that talented nor that comfortable with that level of things, I'm no BFN, but I do want to celebrate!

And I want to hear from you. What do you think are fun/interesting things I can do? Is there anything you'd like me to do/make for this blog?

Given that that post about period dramas through the decades got some traction, I was thinking you can send me a movie you think illustrates it, and I will make a faceless gifset specifically about sets and mood in it.

I have also been thinking about moodboards for Elizabeth Gaskell's works/characters/chapters, that's an option too!

My ask box is also always open for gif requests of period dramas in general (I do cover the whole Austen-Brönte-Gaskell-Alcott spectrum) and other movies you might have seen me post about at some point.

My ask box is also open for questions, observations, comments, and general goofing around. All anon hate will be answered with nice stuff like good music and recipes for tasty food.

Thank you, once again!

[suburbanflats]

that interview i linked last night? yeah. i watched the entire thing in one sitting earlier today. i forgot i had a body so out of the way i'm gonna go over very quickly my knowledge on each youtuber featured here ~~~ zack - used to watch him before he even started pvz via another guy. but that's not relevant. he got me into gw zero - i literally picked up some of his speech patterns, he's the reason i got gw2 wolfy - i do NOT like this guy's content but i have nothing against him as a person pvzabfan - i listen to the music rips apple - never even heard of this guy until like a month ago redhead - i don't really watch him twothless - sometimes watch him if i'm bored bob - never really watched and the other two i had never heard of ~~~ i'm gonna talk about each person individually and how they answered the questions and what i got from it ~~~ so zack's segments i really enjoyed listening to but his answers on things were very well........ ZackScott. he plays it very safe even in this interview but i don't think that's bad. it's still nice to hear his opinions that he can't really talk about in traditional gameplay videos. he's not the most attention grabby or flashy guy and that came out in his answers but i found that to fine. i don't remember any specific questions to him though zero's i found SO interesting because of his position, close ties to the companies and also k... kinda villainisation within the community? it was nice seeing him act more relaxed and get a little more criticismy since his channel is overall very cheery (one of the draws imo). i especially liked listening to him talk about how people do not seem to understand his relationship to ea and popcap, since i've seen some straight up Just Incorrect things said abt him on reddit. i also appreciate that he didn't criticise things that didn't warrant criticism wolfy...... i. i did agree with him on most things. which feels weird considering i do not like his content. but it was really nice seeing him articulate his opinions beyond snappy jokes or whatever he does in his videos that makes his fans rabid beasts and i like that he was very straight forward with his answers to things pvzabfan talked about things from a music and mod standpoint, which i didn't care as much for in this case but overall still very interesting stuff apple's bits were fun, though i still don't find him a fun youtuber to watch. he did go very critism heavy which was a fun contrast to zero and zack still trying to overall be positive abt things redhead was pretty neutral for me. i don't really watch him so but it was nice seeing a bfn youtuber, since everyone else was gw or gw2 twothless' i really enjoyed to. it was cool hearing what he sounds like and his story of how he got known by zack. he was a lot more soft spoken so i did zone out a tad bit but i liked what he brought up bob's was also pretty neutral for me. i didn't really get anything from him epnn10's i didn't care to listen to (bit too meta-y for my tastes) and jj(?)'s bits were also neutral for me

~~~ the questions brought up were all pretty fun and i'd love to answer the general questions myself if possible (even if i'm a bit of a late player). the channel tailored questions were also nice and i like that you could see everyone's personalities coming through when they were talking. it really reminds me of why i gravitate towards zero's content while someone else could gravitate towards someone else's, it's not who's better it's who fits what you want from videos and humour the editing on the video was also really enjoyable to watch (yes i sat through the thing watching it, i'll mention why at the end) and i'm genuinely shocked the community hasn't tried doing this more then again considering how weird people are towards zack, zero, wolfy, and say creeps (even if he's a pvz2 youtuber people are relentless to him on reddit). i'm not surprised the reason why i was watching the visuals was so that i could see everyone's visualisers and stuff. i rather notoriously amongst my friends love accents and voices and also visualisers are eye candy for me. but it was FASCINATING seeing who's visualisers would spike where and how far they would go like zero was so fucking loud at so many points, twothless' was extremely "mild" while wolfy's raspiness made the entire visualiser get a bit silly

the video also made me reflect on my opinions on bfn and how weird it was coming to the game over 3 years late like i didn't even know about it until december 2019, to give a reference (which was brought up in the interviews) and the marketing looking in from a later date was weird as hell video link i highly recommend it

[othystt]

general bfn

Sexuality Headcanon: super straight and homophobic

Gender Headcanon: toxic cis male

A ship I have with said character: none

A BROTP I have with said character: none

A NOTP I have with said character: all

A random headcanon: he's a bitch

General Opinion over said character: he sa'd kevin and mutilated girls and killed people i think its safe to say i dont like him

[koutlou]

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[lesbianmezzo]

hang on... isn’t that...

the torpedoes... they worked...

[kevinwastaken]

general bfn, about to shove the book up kevins ass:

VIBE CHECK!

[norwegianbookofmormonfan]

Markus Bailey, as general butt-fucking naked, over the speakers: “Jumamosi! Intermission is over soon. We begin the second act in 5 minutes. Please find your way back to your seats, thank you!”