The Fic Claim Post
Here we go! There are 15 submissions this year, which is amazing -- a round of applause to everyone who got here! You all rock! (Also, I'm very sorry for the delays and time confusion regarding the claiming.)
First, a short reminder:
Artists: you are expected to create one piece of art per story, but if you want to, you are absolutely allowed to create more.
Mixers: you are expected to create a playlist containing at least 10 songs per story. Cover art is not required, but if you want to do that, awesome. Please include the tracklist, (the passages that inspired the song choices) and the download link to the zip file or link to a YouTube/8tracks/Grooveshark playlist.
Mixes, art, and final drafts of fics are all due on April 21st.
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And now, the rules of claiming:
Simply leave a comment saying what fic/fics you wish to work on. If your email has changed from the sign-up or you'd prefer the fic(s) be sent to another address, let me know.
On the first round, you can only claim fics that are yet unclaimed. The point is to have at least one claim per fic. Once every fic has been claimed once, more than one person can choose the same fic.
You don't have to claim more than one fic -- please pick as much as you feel comfortable doing.
You can include multiple claims in one comment. You can make multiple claims in round one as well, but only as long as the fic in question hasn't already been claimed.
Fics claimed once will be in italics, twice claimed will be in bold, and if we hit three, it'll be strike's out.
The claims will be open until all fics have been claimed thrice or until the 25th, whichever comes first.
That's everything, I think -- so let's get to it!
EDIT: DOUBLE CLAIMS ARE NOW OPEN!
EDIT2: Claims are now closed! Thank you, everyone.
#1
Title: Angel Wing
Pairing: Linkara/Spoony
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 10,413
Warning(s): Violence, strong language, overt Christian themes and theology
Summary: When an angel loses his wing and falls to Earth, he learns more than he ever expected and finds more than he ever dreamed of.
#2
Title: Another Day, Another Destiny
Summary: A few days after the events of "Silent Hill: Dead/Alive", Harvey gets attacked while walking home. And when Linkara's no help, it's up to 90s Kid to find a way to save Harvey's life. Even if that involves making a very ill-advised deal Peter Parker-style...
Rating: Mature
Trigger/Content Warnings: Pretty graphic violence, blood, major character death, a few incidents of very strong language.
Pairings: None (Gen)
#3
Title: Blind Mice
Summary: Five people wake up and discover three things: First, they have no idea where they are. Second, they cannot remember how they got there. And third, they have superpowers. It all goes downhill from there.
Genre: Horror, sci-fi, action
Pairings: None
Characters: Scarlett, Nash, CR, Jillian, Rap Critic
Warnings: Suicide; murder; death by lightning, tentacles, evisceration, incineration, mind control, encasing in metal; eye trauma; tasing; body horror; sense deprivation; amnesia; forced mutism; impromptu, badly-done brain surgery and a bunch of other things I’m probably forgetting.
Rating: R
#4
Title: Dearest
Summary: As part of a class project, Luke and Film Brain become penpals.
Pairings: Luke/Film Brain, Welshy/Sursum Ursa, Phelous/Lupa, mentions of previous Welshy/Film Brain
Warnings: occasional strong language, epistolary style of storytelling, an overabundance of poetry and theatre quotes
Word Count: 15,445
#5
Title: I dream of you amid the flowers
Summary: Mike J experiences weird dreams where he and Film Brain are a couple. Problem is that Mike J never experienced such feelings for Film Brain beforehand. Now he's got pretend until it's over. Things starts to get complicated when the dreams may turn out to be real.
Pairings: Mike J/Film Brain
#6
Title: Last In Line
Summary: To cease the prank war that completely disrupts their workplace, Critic and Nerd’s coworkers come up with a scheme. (Inspired by Much Ado About Nothing.)
Pairings: AVGN/Critic, Film Brain/Luke, mentioned Paw/Maven, hinted Insano/Linkara
Warnings: PG-13. Sort of dubcon (spoiler: both parties want it, but deliberately miscommunicate), swearing, borrowing & reshaping Shakespeare.
Word Count: ~17,000
#7
Title: Miss Petkoff and Her Chocolate Cream Soldier
Summary: This story follows Nostalgia Chick’s senior year as a theatre student at Channel Awesome University.
Pairings: Chick/Oancitizen, Linkara/Lupa, Luke/Film Brain, mild Critic/Nerd
Warnings: LOTS of theatre references and quotes, strong language, one car accident scene
Word Count: 21,580
#8
Title: Mortal Coil
Summary: Fantasy AU. In a world full of magic, a man makes a deal with Death: in exchange for immortality, he will kill those that have been brought back via necromancy. But when he meets a beautiful sorceress/healer, he suddenly finds himself at the edge of magical war.
Characters: Nostalgia Critic, Linkara, Cinema Snob, Spoony, O/Cs, various cast members of Channel Awesome as the story progresses.
Warnings: Blanket R for violence, sex, and cursing
Pairing: Critic/OC, Linkara/Spoony/Insano, Past Critic/Chick
#9
Title: Number my sins on a grocery list
Summary: Critic's deal with the devil is finally over and now it's time to confront some problems in a nice warm location.
Pairings: Critic/Spoony, Critic/Devil, Sailor Moon Review-level Critic/Evilina, Critic/Ask That Guy
Warnings: lots and lots of gore, ableism, sexism, non-con, medical torture, pedophilia hints
Rating: R
#10
Title: On The Road Again
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Harvey/Linkara, 90s Kid/80s Dan
Warnings: Homophobic slurs, mentions of nudity, references to past death
Summary: It's time for Harvey's annual tour, and this time he's taking along somebody special.
#11
Title: Silent Sunshine
Pairing(s): Harvey/Steve Rogers, Harvey/OC, Harvey/OC/Steve
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 13,174
Warning(s): Sex, character death
Summary: He can’t move past it. It hurts too much. But maybe, just maybe, he can start. (Crossover with movie-verse Captain America)
#12
Title: The Facts Concerning The Case Of Linkara Devineaux
Fandom: TGWTG/Carmen Sandiego crossover (please note that the fic was based off the canon of several of the CS games, not the shows)
Summary: As it turned out, even the best plans can fail, and the higher they are, the harder they fall.
Genre: Dark!fic, action, epistolary
Pairings: Linkara/Tara, one-sided Critic/Tara
Warnings: Murder and attempted murder, attempted blackmail, drugging, stalking, descent into insanity, Linkara swearing and a character who took a side trip into the Crazy For You!verse.
Rating: MA-15+
#13
Title: The Melancholy of Haruhi Insano
Summary: An ordinary Japanese schoolgirl once had mysterious godlike powers bestowed on her -- but what happens when an extraordinary schoolgirl receives them?
Pairings: Mild Female!Insano/Spoony, Female!Insano/Female!Linkara, Female!Film Brain/Spoony, and Female!Linkara/Spoony. Minor Linkara/Ashens.
Warnings: Strong language and sexual themes. This has a very high wordcount, but is in a more incomplete state than some of the other entries. However, every scene in the entire story is at least summarized in detail, if not completely written.
Wordcount: 25000+
#14
Title: The Quest of the Nerds
Summary: While filming NerdQuest, Sursum Ursa and her stuffed cat, Loo-Loo, wake up in a place that is decidedly not England, and must seek help from the Wizard of Socks in order to get home. On the way, she meets a scarecrow, a tin man, a lion, a troll, and a unicorn. ...Yes, Virginia, this is a Wizard of Oz AU.
Pairings: none, although if the reader chooses so, hints of Ursa/Film Brain
Warnings: occasional strong language, gore, character death, possible OOC-ness
Word Count: 13,662
#15
Title: Twists and Turns
Rated: PG
Pairings: none
Warnings: mild angst
Summary: Linkara buys a new magical item off of eBay. Unfortunately, it ends up inflicting him with a deadly curse, and the rest of his team must force their way through a magic-laden maze to get the cure. But time is running out...
First, a short reminder:
Artists: you are expected to create one piece of art per story, but if you want to, you are absolutely allowed to create more.
Mixers: you are expected to create a playlist containing at least 10 songs per story. Cover art is not required, but if you want to do that, awesome. Please include the tracklist, (the passages that inspired the song choices) and the download link to the zip file or link to a YouTube/8tracks/Grooveshark playlist.
Mixes, art, and final drafts of fics are all due on April 21st.
~
And now, the rules of claiming:
Simply leave a comment saying what fic/fics you wish to work on. If your email has changed from the sign-up or you'd prefer the fic(s) be sent to another address, let me know.
On the first round, you can only claim fics that are yet unclaimed. The point is to have at least one claim per fic. Once every fic has been claimed once, more than one person can choose the same fic.
You don't have to claim more than one fic -- please pick as much as you feel comfortable doing.
You can include multiple claims in one comment. You can make multiple claims in round one as well, but only as long as the fic in question hasn't already been claimed.
Fics claimed once will be in italics, twice claimed will be in bold, and if we hit three, it'll be strike's out.
The claims will be open until all fics have been claimed thrice or until the 25th, whichever comes first.
That's everything, I think -- so let's get to it!
EDIT: DOUBLE CLAIMS ARE NOW OPEN!
EDIT2: Claims are now closed! Thank you, everyone.
#1
Title: Angel Wing
Pairing: Linkara/Spoony
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 10,413
Warning(s): Violence, strong language, overt Christian themes and theology
Summary: When an angel loses his wing and falls to Earth, he learns more than he ever expected and finds more than he ever dreamed of.
#2
Title: Another Day, Another Destiny
Summary: A few days after the events of "Silent Hill: Dead/Alive", Harvey gets attacked while walking home. And when Linkara's no help, it's up to 90s Kid to find a way to save Harvey's life. Even if that involves making a very ill-advised deal Peter Parker-style...
Rating: Mature
Trigger/Content Warnings: Pretty graphic violence, blood, major character death, a few incidents of very strong language.
Pairings: None (Gen)
#3
Title: Blind Mice
Summary: Five people wake up and discover three things: First, they have no idea where they are. Second, they cannot remember how they got there. And third, they have superpowers. It all goes downhill from there.
Genre: Horror, sci-fi, action
Pairings: None
Characters: Scarlett, Nash, CR, Jillian, Rap Critic
Warnings: Suicide; murder; death by lightning, tentacles, evisceration, incineration, mind control, encasing in metal; eye trauma; tasing; body horror; sense deprivation; amnesia; forced mutism; impromptu, badly-done brain surgery and a bunch of other things I’m probably forgetting.
Rating: R
#4
Title: Dearest
Summary: As part of a class project, Luke and Film Brain become penpals.
Pairings: Luke/Film Brain, Welshy/Sursum Ursa, Phelous/Lupa, mentions of previous Welshy/Film Brain
Warnings: occasional strong language, epistolary style of storytelling, an overabundance of poetry and theatre quotes
Word Count: 15,445
#5
Title: I dream of you amid the flowers
Summary: Mike J experiences weird dreams where he and Film Brain are a couple. Problem is that Mike J never experienced such feelings for Film Brain beforehand. Now he's got pretend until it's over. Things starts to get complicated when the dreams may turn out to be real.
Pairings: Mike J/Film Brain
#6
Title: Last In Line
Summary: To cease the prank war that completely disrupts their workplace, Critic and Nerd’s coworkers come up with a scheme. (Inspired by Much Ado About Nothing.)
Pairings: AVGN/Critic, Film Brain/Luke, mentioned Paw/Maven, hinted Insano/Linkara
Warnings: PG-13. Sort of dubcon (spoiler: both parties want it, but deliberately miscommunicate), swearing, borrowing & reshaping Shakespeare.
Word Count: ~17,000
#7
Title: Miss Petkoff and Her Chocolate Cream Soldier
Summary: This story follows Nostalgia Chick’s senior year as a theatre student at Channel Awesome University.
Pairings: Chick/Oancitizen, Linkara/Lupa, Luke/Film Brain, mild Critic/Nerd
Warnings: LOTS of theatre references and quotes, strong language, one car accident scene
Word Count: 21,580
#8
Title: Mortal Coil
Summary: Fantasy AU. In a world full of magic, a man makes a deal with Death: in exchange for immortality, he will kill those that have been brought back via necromancy. But when he meets a beautiful sorceress/healer, he suddenly finds himself at the edge of magical war.
Characters: Nostalgia Critic, Linkara, Cinema Snob, Spoony, O/Cs, various cast members of Channel Awesome as the story progresses.
Warnings: Blanket R for violence, sex, and cursing
Pairing: Critic/OC, Linkara/Spoony/Insano, Past Critic/Chick
#9
Title: Number my sins on a grocery list
Summary: Critic's deal with the devil is finally over and now it's time to confront some problems in a nice warm location.
Pairings: Critic/Spoony, Critic/Devil, Sailor Moon Review-level Critic/Evilina, Critic/Ask That Guy
Warnings: lots and lots of gore, ableism, sexism, non-con, medical torture, pedophilia hints
Rating: R
#10
Title: On The Road Again
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Harvey/Linkara, 90s Kid/80s Dan
Warnings: Homophobic slurs, mentions of nudity, references to past death
Summary: It's time for Harvey's annual tour, and this time he's taking along somebody special.
#11
Title: Silent Sunshine
Pairing(s): Harvey/Steve Rogers, Harvey/OC, Harvey/OC/Steve
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 13,174
Warning(s): Sex, character death
Summary: He can’t move past it. It hurts too much. But maybe, just maybe, he can start. (Crossover with movie-verse Captain America)
#12
Title: The Facts Concerning The Case Of Linkara Devineaux
Fandom: TGWTG/Carmen Sandiego crossover (please note that the fic was based off the canon of several of the CS games, not the shows)
Summary: As it turned out, even the best plans can fail, and the higher they are, the harder they fall.
Genre: Dark!fic, action, epistolary
Pairings: Linkara/Tara, one-sided Critic/Tara
Warnings: Murder and attempted murder, attempted blackmail, drugging, stalking, descent into insanity, Linkara swearing and a character who took a side trip into the Crazy For You!verse.
Rating: MA-15+
#13
Title: The Melancholy of Haruhi Insano
Summary: An ordinary Japanese schoolgirl once had mysterious godlike powers bestowed on her -- but what happens when an extraordinary schoolgirl receives them?
Pairings: Mild Female!Insano/Spoony, Female!Insano/Female!Linkara, Female!Film Brain/Spoony, and Female!Linkara/Spoony. Minor Linkara/Ashens.
Warnings: Strong language and sexual themes. This has a very high wordcount, but is in a more incomplete state than some of the other entries. However, every scene in the entire story is at least summarized in detail, if not completely written.
Wordcount: 25000+
#14
Title: The Quest of the Nerds
Summary: While filming NerdQuest, Sursum Ursa and her stuffed cat, Loo-Loo, wake up in a place that is decidedly not England, and must seek help from the Wizard of Socks in order to get home. On the way, she meets a scarecrow, a tin man, a lion, a troll, and a unicorn. ...Yes, Virginia, this is a Wizard of Oz AU.
Pairings: none, although if the reader chooses so, hints of Ursa/Film Brain
Warnings: occasional strong language, gore, character death, possible OOC-ness
Word Count: 13,662
#15
Title: Twists and Turns
Rated: PG
Pairings: none
Warnings: mild angst
Summary: Linkara buys a new magical item off of eBay. Unfortunately, it ends up inflicting him with a deadly curse, and the rest of his team must force their way through a magic-laden maze to get the cure. But time is running out...