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[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

[thursdaynext_27]

At this point, I'm still mulling over my 3 AU ideas from the brainstorm (Blade Runner, Alien!Ray and HCL in space). I might take a stab at writing short pieces for each and go from there.

I was a longtime lurker who stopped lurking in 2009: got involved in the rewatch chats, drove the Crack Van, posted to AO3 for the first time, saw the Headstones in Dec 2011 (!). This last year I've been heavily into XMFC, which is rich with fantastic AUs, powered and non-powered. But DSC6D is still my first fannish home.

[garonne]

I've been wanting to read the Blade Runner idea since I saw it in the brain-storming list - such a cool idea. The other two are as well, in fact.

Long-time SF fan here, looking forward to reading any or all of them!

[luzula]

I am all in favor of more science fiction AU:s! All of these sound intriguing, but the Blade Runner idea especially sounds like something I'd love to read.