Discussion/Writing Post

[dceu_kinkmod]

This post is for everything that's not prompts, fills or comments on prompts/fills. You can discuss the movies or trailers or headcanons here, but you can also use this as a writing post: talk about fic ideas you've had (whether they're based on kinkmeme prompts or not), brainstorm with others, bounce ideas off someone, or post snippets you've written to get some feedback. Or even just some cheerleading and support while you write. You can also use this post to find a beta.

Basically: if it doesn't go on the prompt post, you can do it here.

Prompt post #1 is here. All non-DCEU prompts go here.

Comments

Re: Other DC Kinkmemes?

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I've hosted/modded three big bangs on tumblr now, so if you want to do a superbat big bang (or a different kind of challenge), nonny, I'd be thrilled to co-mod it with you (probably after October. My two currently-running bangs finish in the september/october timespace).

I've gotten pretty handy with setting up tumblrs & all of that jazz. The only trouble would be prying the superbat fans out of their little hidey-holes. Luring them in with fun and kinkmeme cookies. Building their sense of anticipation. (See if there's any actual interest in the superbat writers participating in such a thing!)

I'm with you: connections and collaboration are why I love fandom communities best of all. Challenges are fantastic. <3

Re: Other DC Kinkmemes?

[(Anonymous)]

Ayrt

I'll have to get back to you on that! I'm not sure if I have the time for it this year. Maybe a smaller type challenge?

And yeah, IDK if there would be enough interest? Not to mention, with DC there's so many different canons, how would we ensure we get enough artists who are familiar with them all? I never understood how mods run multi-fandom bug bangs (eg. Rarepairs, femmeslash, etc). Unless a writer/artist duo signs up together (which I feel defeats the purpose of a challenge, tbh. If you know you want to work together with someone, just do a collab?), how can the mods make sure everyone's going to get paired up?

Re: Other DC Kinkmemes?

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I'd definitely be interested in running a smaller type challenge! I've got some thoughts on smaller challenges that could be run. There are a lot of options. Mini-bangs with word count minimums at 8-10k. Reverse-bangs where artists submit art, and writers pick art pieces and use those as prompts to write fics of 3k+ words. A trope fest with submitted prompts (like the kinkmeme) that then get paired up with artists for extra awesome!

(Of course that's if there's any interest in it; I could hit up a few of the bigger-name authors on tumblr to see what they might think about the interest-level in a superbat challenge.)

I ran a pairing-specific challenge like our current hypothetical superbat challenge, the T'hy'la Big Bang. That's Kirk/Spock if you're unfamiliar. Our problem wasn't having enough artists--it was having enough writers. We had teams of up to four people (one writer, two artists, one fanmixer) because we had something like 12 drafts, and 30+ artists/fanmixers, with people excited to work on multiple stories.

It turned out fine, everyone was really excited to collaborate in teams. I know superbat is way smaller than K/S, with a different set of issues... but they're not too different in their core issues. There's just a difference in degree (star trek has mirrorverse, dc has justice lords/injustice; star trek had an animated series, dc has several; trek has reboots, dc has a LOT of reboots; everyone has Specific Feelings about the reboots which leads to wank behind closed doors).

Just judging superbat by the amount of art versus the amount of fic that's produced, I have no idea which way the sign-up imbalance might be for a hypothetical challenge. My gut tells me, based on past experience, that artists that sign up for bangs are generally willing to tackle stories in canons they might not be 100% familiar with. Because the fun's in the collaboration.

*ponders question some more, as it is a good one*

OHH So here's an idea.

Whatever our hypothetical challenge is, we could do something like yuletide. Yuletide has a fandom nominating period, based on what people want to prompt for/write/get written. Maybe we could have a nominating period for superbat, so people could chime in about what *areas* of superbat they'd like to write in. And then, god help us, we could have a more complete picture to sell artists on. Instead of just going 'shoulder shrug' when artists ask what people are writing, we could point them to the fandoms that have been nominated. For example, if people nominate Young Justice, Batman v Superman (or the DCEU in general), Nolanverse/Superman Returns crossovers, but don't nominate Smallville or the 90s Batman movies, or Lois & Clark... that would help us focus on pitching to artists who are interested in those fandoms.

Yep okay this comment ran away from me for a challenge that doesn't even exist yet. Suffice to say, I spend a lot of time thinking about fandom challenge logistics. xD

Re: Other DC Kinkmemes?

[(Anonymous)]

Not a big bang or challenge, but I know that someone is planning a DCEU fic (and art?) exchange some time in August, if that's relevant to anyone's interests.

Re: Other DC Kinkmemes?

[(Anonymous)]

oh my god anon this is TOTALLY relevant to my interests. Do you know any more details?

Re: Other DC Kinkmemes?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm going to make a thread about my exchange plans in this post here later. :) /potential exchange mod

Re: Other DC Kinkmemes?

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Yessssssss. Looking forward to hearing about your exchange plans! 8D

Re: Other DC Kinkmemes?

[(Anonymous)]

Da

Details please! XD

Re: Other DC Kinkmemes?

[(Anonymous)]

Ayrt

Maybe we could start small with a tropefest! It would be less of a comittment (for participants, and maybe less of a timesink for mods too?), and there are SO MANY tropes in comics, it would give people a chance to play around with those.

But any modding stuff for me would have to be mid-Sept at the earliest.

Re: Other DC Kinkmemes?

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Yes, that sounds absolutely great! And yeah, mid-September to end-of-September is when I'd be able to start modding for the event. *rubs hands together gleefully*

Re: Other DC Kinkmemes?

[(Anonymous)]

Ayrt

Sounds good! IDK how you want to arrange it? Should we post our usernames here so we can get in touch later or...?