*waves*

[sage]

Helllllllllooooooo, AU-makers! We are SO GLAD you're playing in the Alternate Universe challenge, and we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who's contributed to the GIANT BRAINSTORMING POST OF AWESOME! If you haven't looked lately, go check it out. It's still open to new suggestions, and everyone is welcome to jump in (again and again) at any point.

Right now we want to give y'all a place to chat about what you might want to make. Feel free to ask for or offer help, work out logistics, recruit co-creators, ask research questions, request help with plot or format ideas, crowdsource ideas for your AU fanworks-to-be, and so on!

Comment Policy:
Kindly be respectful! We have a wild array of fannish loves in this challenge, and so we expect ALL characters, pairings, fandoms, and fanwork-formats to be treated with respect, no matter how far out in left field you might think they are. Please leave the "My OTP is the BEST!" jingoism at the door, okay? There's totally enough fannish love here for everyone!

Deadlines:
The first posting weekend is in 9 weeks! The last one is in 29 weeks. ALL types of fanworks are welcome, of whatever length/complexity, so let's get started!

Optional questions:
What are you making/going to make?
How far have you gotten?
When/how did you find DS/C6D fandom?

The next check-in post will go up in 2 weeks, but they'll become weekly as the deadlines near. As always, if you have any questions, let us know! \o/

Comments

[brigantine]

What are you making/going to make?

*scratches head* Well, it's a fic, and it's set in contemporary Chicago, but there's... well, there's a tavern and possibly a brothel... or possibly it's a tavern with the brothel upstairs, and a nice lady vampire, and maybe a fortune teller... I don't know, there's gonna have to be worldbuilding, you guys, OMG! *headdesk*

Aaugh, what was I thinking? Which pretty much tells you how far I've gotten. /o\

[sage]

I am already hooked! And yay worldbuilding! There's nothing like a well-drawn setting to make me a happy reader. I love a 'verse that feels REAL, you know? Especially when it's invented. *g*

The idea of contemporary Chicago with vampires and brothels is srsly intriguing. Can I ask what characters you're using? If you'd rather not say, no worries. I tend not to talk about what I'm doing before it's safely on the page, so that I won't derail my own momentum.

*cheers you on*

[brigantine]

I'm pretty much the same way - I tend to hide my work until it's finished, so that it doesn't lose power. Or something. \o?

However, I think I can tell you without jinxing anything that it's got Fraser and Ray Kowalski in it (which will surprise absolutely no one), and some Stella being badass-for-great-justice. I hope, if everything works out. *falls over*

[sage]

Woohoo! That sounds awesome! \o/

[luzula]

I look forward to whatever you end up writing! \o/ I remember that awesome AU you wrote for dSSS a year or two ago (the one that I podficced).