#maycury 2022

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Hi! To respond to prev anon I'm planning to run poly week(end)! I'm one of the organizers who ran it in 2022. Thinking either Aug or early Oct in case Maycury week would like to run on the traditional Sept. 😊

Great news about Queen Poly Week(end) !

Very excited for this!

[queenies-bug]

Summary:

Freddie just... loves his man and takes a moment to appreciate him

just a silly little love song fic

[eileen-crys]

My entry for Maycury Week 2022 organised by @rhyewritersstudio , featuring Witch Freddie and Vampire Brian from my Witches×Monsters AU 💕

"If we can find a place we actually belong, where we're at peace, who's to deny us?"

I really wanted to make something new with my Witches×Monsters AU (that you can read here!) and I thought this was a perfect occasion to explore Brian and Freddie's bond in this story. If you thought I forgot about this AU you're wrong, and I hope to be able to create more content for it soon 🥺💕 I loved drawing this and I'm incredibly happy with the result!

Please do not trace or repost! Reblogs and comments are welcomed! 💜

I wrote a lil drabble under the cut, nothing new if you know this AU but I feel it's a nice extra 🥰 It’s set when the boys are already at the Witches’ cottage, a safe place where all of them can be themselves and practice magic without Hunters around, but Brian still needs a boost to his confidence and some reassuring words.

Brian had just woken up, the Sun almost setting on the horizon before leaving space to the Moon and the darkness she carried with her. It was a bit early for him, but Chrissie was already cooking and the broth’s scent filled Brian's nostrils, though it wasn't enough to lighten his mood.

He sat on a bench in the garden, admiring the setting Sun, and missing the real warmth of the day. It was another gloomy moment for him, his still heart constantly aching for being a Vampire, a curse imposed on him against his will.

When he walked out the cottage as well, Freddie noticed Brian's dark face and sat next to him. For the past few years he blamed himself for Mary's attack against Brian, her choice of turning him into a vampire and not Freddie; she was Freddie's friend, but that was a betrayal and he put a hex on her to keep her afar, and yet he still felt it was his fault if Brian was now cursed. But it wasn't the only reason for his care about Brian, his friendship was genuine since when Bri was still a human.

"Hey, Bri."

Brian's red eyes glowed in the sunset, warm and kind despite the color, and Freddie smiled.

"Freddie." He nodded, his curls bouncing. "Sorry, it seems today I'm missing the Sun and the brightness of the daylight."

"You know you don't have to excuse yourself with me, darling." Freddie nudged his arm and Bri gave him a sheepish smile, his pointy canines poking out his lips. "What else is troubling you?"

"I... I don't know, I feel getting blood from Chrissie as well is unfair, she and the other girls are sheltering us and I'd want to help instead of making her weaker." He murmured, aware that he needed blood to survive and that Freddie and Chrissie were offering their blood to drink every once in a while, when the animal prey caught by the Werewolves weren’t enough.

Freddie shook his head, acknowledging Brian’s troubles. "I saw her, she's doing well! But... if you want to help, just go inside and give her a hand with the dinner!" He suggested. More than often Brian needed a distraction to his own thoughts, let it be music, astronomy, or -more recently- Chrissie herself.

"Freddie?" The Vampire stretched his skinny arms.

"Yes?"

"Do you think I'll be useful to the group one day? John and Roger are skilled and powerful Werewolves, you and the girls are amazing Witches... and I'm just a sad Vampire." He moped, earning a patient eye roll from Freddie, framed by a thick line of kohl. 

"You're not just a sad Vampire, Brian!" The Witch placed a friendly hand on his back in a soothing gesture. "You're our friend and I love you no matter what!"

Freddie inflated his hairy chest, doing everything he could to boost his best friend’s confidence, being earnest about his feelings and just letting him know that he was there, as always, a steady point in their lives. 

"You're intelligent and have a heart of gold, Brian, and I'm sure one day you'll be able to master all your Vampire powers and turn your sorrow into art, as we all do. And it'll be brighter than everyone's, I tell you!" He gave Brian a huge bright smile, showing his teeth he was usually so shy about, and a small light started glowing in Brian’s still heart.

"Do you really believe it, Freddie?"

"Absolutely. Look into my eyes, Bri. You can do anything! And if you have any doubt or fear... we're all here for you."

[rhyewritersstudio]

Announcing Maycury Week 2022

It's Brian's birthday again and this time he's turning 75! 35 he's totally turning 35, really. We love him very much here, and so it's time to give him the very best we can imagine - meaning Freddie of course!

Maycury Week this year will run from Freddie's birthday, Sept 5 - Sept 11. We've prepared four prompts for each day: a quote, an AU, a situation, and a song.

Rules! It's Maycury Week, so the central pairing should be Freddie and Brian, whether you want that to be Platonic or Romantic. No word count requirements, poetry music and imagery are as welcome as stories, and the prompts are only for inspiration - if you have an idea that doesn't match any prompt, we will be thrilled to see that too!

There will be a collection on AO3 which will go live the weekend before, as well as a round up of Tumblr posts at the end. Please tag everything “#Maycury Week 2022” so we can find it.

Let's get to it! Here are this year's prompts!

Monday - Moon - themes: emotions, instincts, habits, mood, unconscious

Quote: “I’m sorry, I think this was actually yours.”

AU: Soulmates AU

Scenario: Brian and Freddie mirror one another's behaviors

Song: Soul Brother 

Tuesday - Mars - themes: action, desire, aggression, motivation, sex, competition, courage, precision

Quote: “Look, I know you said you wanted to tear it up, but I didn’t think this was what you meant!”

AU: Pirates AU

Scenario: Injury recovery

Song: Seven Seas of Rhye

Wednesday - Mercury - themes: communication, intellect, reason, language, intelligence

Quote: “But do dreams ever end? Haven’t you found yourself in a dream you had seen before?”

AU: Detective AU

Scenario: Rubberducking (Brian explains a problem he’s stuck on to Freddie and figures it out on his own by the end of the explanation.)

Song: White Queen (As It Began)

Thursday - Jupiter - themes: expansion, optimism, abundance, good fortune, luck, growth, understanding

Quote: “I don’t have a reason for it, but everything just seems a little better now.”

AU: Gilded Age

Scenario: Sheltering from the rain in this restaurant when the sun comes out

Song: Back to the Light 

Friday - Venus - themes: love, beauty, art, attraction, relationships, harmony

Quote: "If we can find a place we actually belong, where we're at peace, who's to deny us?"

AU: Solarpunk

Scenario: A rooftop garden walk

Song: Bijou

Saturday - Saturn / Pluto - themes: restriction, pessimism, structure, goals, ambition, responsibility / transformation, obsession, power, control, death, rebirth, evolution

Quote: “You either surrender, or you take over, make a change.”

AU: Willy Wonka

Scenario: Chocolate Factory Tour (doesn't have to be connected to the AU)

Song: Is This the World We Created…?

Sunday - Sun - themes: self, main concerns, vitality, personality, ego

Quote: “Well, that’s the fear, isn’t it?  Losing yourself, to have someone.”

AU: Runaways / Escape

Scenario: Helping one another cross difficult terrain

Song: Living On My Own 

General rules: Everyone is welcome! But hate is not, so please: Don’t Interact With Trolls. If you feed them they just come back for more! Stick to Freddie/Brian for romantic or Freddie&Brian for platonic as the primary relationship, and let’s give Brian the best possible 75th birthday! no it's totally his 35th

(Please bring any questions you may have to our ask box.  Thanks to @plainxte for our header, and @freddie-mercurial for starting this glorious tradition!)

[hermitwhosipstea]

Maycury Week 2022

Monday

Here they are, sitting next to the statue of Freddie in Roger’s garden, gazing at the stars. Roger lets out some jokes about them sitting next to a Mercury and still looking for another Mercury in the sky. Brian rolls his eyes and waves teasingly, and in one quick move he makes a "limp wrist" gesture.

All of a sudden, everything became quiet.

Noticing the strangeness, Brian looks to the side and sees Roger looking at him, an unspoken melancholy stirring in his eyes. Then Roger looks away. Ah, the limp wrist, he thought to himself after he realised that Roger still remembers…

Brian used to do the gesture to tease Freddie when he was alive.

The truth is that he didn't do it on purpose in the first place; he just unconsciously mirrored Freddie's gestures. But that didn't bother him, so he was fine with it (despite knowing that gestures are usually only done by gay people and he's not gay). One day Freddie saw him do it and thought Brian was teasing him, so later on sometimes Brian actually did it on purpose just to tease Freddie. He always laughed when Brian did that. "Mischievous Maggie May, aren't you?" Freddie once replied.

God, why does every memory of him already seem like it happened a lifetime ago?

To lighten the mood (and dear Freddie certainly doesn't want the two of them to be sad on his birthday either), Brian looks up at the large statue, chuckles, and then says aloud, "I’m sorry, I think this," he does the limp wrist again, "was actually yours, innit, darling?"

"Yet Hutton said Freddie and I were soulmates when you two existed!" Roger laughed, and the gloom vanished.

"What?"

"You and Freddie always mirror each other. Bloody hell, not only gestures, but also behaviour as well!" and they laugh along.

Then Brian sighed as if in nostalgia. "That grand old soulmate thing, you know what they say—soulmates are actually a soul split into two bodies."

He pauses. 

Funny enough, 

Freddie actually called me his soul brother.

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I tried to put all the prompts together and the result is a short animation & a drabble (100+ words but we still consider it a drabble). I wrote it last week but I was busy so I couldn't draw and hence a day late. The animation effect is a bit rough (who am I kidding, very rough) because it's my first time trying something like animation, but I like the last drawing.

[plainxte]

Here's another one for Maycury Week 2022 ✨

[living-on-my-own-fm]

show me the stars that live in your eyes Chapter 29

Here it is, finally, the new chapter that I’ve been thinking about for MONTHS before finally posting it. I hope you guys will like it even though it’s a bit darker...

Thank you @iambohemiangryffindor06 for beta-reading this chapter!

Here is the link~~

[carrrothead-vol2]

Chapters: 1/4 Fandom: Queen (Band) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Brian May/Freddie Mercury Characters: Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor (Queen), John Deacon, Harold May Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - 1920s, Flying, Post-World War I, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Slow Burn, ish, trust me i am not an engineer, Historical References Summary:

The year is 1927, Charles Lindbergh has just successfully crossed the Atlantic on a first solo non-stop flight. Brian May is an aviation engineer looking for a team of his own, a team wild enough to try something no one has succeeded yet: the westbound flight over the Atlantic.

My contribution for the Maycury Week 2022! Not a solarpunk, not a steampunk either, but rather a historical AU with planes and big dreams! 

[rhyewritersstudio]

The Grand Maycury Week 2022 Fic Roundup Post

Thank you, everyone, for participating in Maycury Week this time around! ✨ It's been a joy!

If you're in search of Maycury goodness, look no further than the week's AO3 collection:

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The Man of My Dreams by @queenies-bug

Dreamwalker Brian is searching for his soulmate - using the latest scientific methods. I loved the crocodiles 🐊 and the rich, emotive imagery!

You Are My Sunshine by @nic-214

A by turns funny and heartbreaking story about soulmates seeing colour when they meet each other for the first time - and what colour comes to mean for them as time passes.

Deep in the Night by @plainxte

Soulmates AU; Brian is recovering from an illness.

Bind Me, But You Can Not Hold Me by queenies-bug

Brian is shipwrecked, but he finds someone who needs help even more than he: captured sea god Freddie.

The Mercurial Sea's Temper by queenies-bug

Sequel to the previous fic (Bind Me...)

Sea god Freddie searches for his kidnapped lover. I loved the world-building. Anything for love!

Shiver Me Timbers by nic-214

Brian has been captured by pirates - but maybe all is not lost?

The World That We Created by plainxte

Wembley 1986; Brian muses.

I'm Not Naughty I'm A Detective by nic-214

Freddie the Cat and Brian the Dog have a mission... But there's a newcomer in the house!

Aging Love by queenies-bug

Short and sweet. A look at Freddie and Brian, many years into their relationship. Warms your heart. Also featuring Brian's clogs, and a kitten 🐾

One Last Touch by nic-214

A look at the possibilities and heartbreak that VR tech might cause...

Humans Like to Cause Problems on Purpose by queenies-bug

Humans on a spaceship crew? That can only mean trouble. Captain Beach disagrees... even when Freddie and Brian manage to scandalise their crewmates. (I love Roger in this!)

Can't Help Falling in Love with You by nic-214

A very fluffy look at Brian arranging a surprise for Freddie.

When They Taken Even The Sky From Us by queenies-bug

Solarpunk AU where Freddie is on the run - but is that singing he can hear?

Wings of Future by @carrrothead-vol2 (Chapter 1/4)

A captivating 1920s story about Brian the aeronautical engineer and Roger the flying ace teaming up with co-pilot John and Freddie the journalist... is a non-stop flight westward over the Atlantic an impossible dream?

Our Love Story by nic-214

TW: gore. Love in the middle of the zombie apocalypse 🧟‍♀️ - can it work?

As Gentle As a Moonbeam by queenies-bug

Arranged Marriage AU. Moon god Brian is getting married, but his new husband is still an unknown quantity. Brian seems to quickly become enchanted, however, not least by his cats... 😸

Little More by queenies-bug

TW: drug use. Freddie leaves Brian behind for a night out, but things take a bad turn. No one is unaffected, and the repercussions lead to perhaps a new start.

Take My Hand And Don't Look Back by nic-214

High schoolers Brian and Freddie need to get away from their dreadful school; perhaps teaming up with two other runaways would be a good idea? Oh, and they're in love, too.

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And on Tumblr we had these two delightful stories (with stunning artwork):

Soul Brother by @hermitwhosipsteasipstea

Brian remembers Freddie: the man who called him soul brother.

At the Witches' Cottage by @eileen-crys

Witch Freddie and Vampire Brian: friends support each other, no matter what.

✨ Thank you once more! ✨

[rhyewritersstudio]

Only one week to go!

Sept 5 - Sept 11

Prompts & info here!

There will be a collection on AO3 which will go live the weekend before, as well as a round up of Tumblr posts at the end. Please tag everything “#Maycury Week 2022” so we can find it.

And don't hesitate to contact us if you have questions!

[rhyewritersstudio]

Maycury Week 2022

It's almost here!

5 Sept - 11 Sept

Prompts & info

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Maycury Week 2022

It's almost here! Just a few days left!

Sept 5 - Sept 11

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[rhyewritersstudio]

Maycury Week 2022

It's almost here!

Sept 5 - Sept 11

Prompts & info

[plainxte]

It's Maycury Week! ☺️

Here, have a small soulmate fic! This is kind of the third part of a series, but anyway... ✨

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Fandom Events in 2022

Welcome!

The Queen RPF fandom, which largely exists on Tumblr and AO3, is far from dead. A whole host of fandom events are coming up this year!

It is good fandom etiquette not to hold events on top of each other, so this calendar is here to help everyone keep track of what is happening and when.

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JAN

12th to 18th - Johnica Week

FEB

31st (Jan) to 6th - Joger Week

14th to 20th - Jimercury Week

24th to 26th - Tim Staffel Appreciation Weekend

MAR

25th to 27th - Gen Weekend 

APR

MAY

13th to 16th - Poly Weekend

JUN

3rd to 5th - Freddie Mercury Weekend

17th to 20th - Fem!Queen Week

JUL

1st to 3rd - Hurt/Comfort Weekend 

21st to 24th - Maylor Week

AUG

12th to 14th - Rare Pair Weekend

SEPT

5th to 11th - Maycury Week

OCT

NOV

2nd to tba - Queen Daddies

24th to 27th - @frogerweek

DEC

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A full list of events held in 2021 and links to collections!

This blog will reblog event announcements in the fandom and serve as a handy place of reference for anyone planning to hold a new event! If you would like your event added to the calendar, please message or send an ask!