Introduction & Sign Ups
Welcome to dawn_all_along!
Many thanks to everyone who offered input when I first proposed the idea of this ficathon. I hadn't been expecting so much enthusiasm, and it made me really happy!
Premise
I think darth_cabal put it best when she wrote, "AUs embody all the potential of fanfic. They allow the fan to take canon, tweak it just the flap of a butterfly's wing, and then explore the effects of that change rippling outward. They also embody all the challenge of fanfic. It's difficult enough to keep characters IC within a canon situation; it's all the more impressive to maintain recognizable characterization and universe while diverging from canon."
In this case, the tweak is Buffy the Vampire Slayer's kid sister, Dawn.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to claim one episode from the first four seasons of BtVS, and insert Dawn. You can rewrite the entire episode, or just a key scene (no pun intended!) You can write from Dawn's POV or another character's. Explore the ways Dawn's presence changes events.
For example, how does Dawn take Buffy's disappearance at the end of "Becoming 2"? In "Ted," does Dawn get along better with her mom's boyfriend than Buffy does? How did Dawn react to Xander and Amy's love spell in "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered"? Was she accused of witchcraft in "Gingerbread"? What does Dawn dream about in "Restless"? Are mentally unstable characters like Drusilla aware that Dawn is more than what she seems?
Rules
1. Fiction and artwork are both accepted. Fics should be 800 words or longer.
2. You can post anytime you like. Everything is due October 1st. That gives you three and a half months to write 800 words. I won't hound people, since this isn't an exchange. I'll post occasional reminders to the community.
3. One person per episode. (I may revise this rule.) Each participant may claim one or two episodes. If you know you're going to bail - for whatever reason - please let me know ASAP, so I can let people know that your episode is available again. You can reach me at thistlerose at livejournal dot com.
4. Please post directly to the community. That way, if you delete your journal, we don't lose your fic.
5. Don't worry about tags. I'll take care of them.
6. There's no template for the header. Please use one, though. Include all pertinent information: episode claimed, rating, ships, any warnings, etc. Everything besides the header must go behind a lj cut. Seriously, I get crabby when lj cuts are not used.
7. Please, no bashing. If you decide that Dawn hates Cordelia, that's perfectly fine. But there's a difference between one character hating another and a writer letting her hatred of a particular character take over the story.
8. No off-topic posting.
9. If you're posting fic, use a beta reader. I'll make a post where people can request beta readers, and betas can offer their services.
10. This is a ficathon, not a place for you to pimp the story you wrote last year, however in keeping with the theme it may be. That said, if you do have a story involving Dawn in one of the first four seasons of BtVS, and want to expand upon it here, that's fine.
11. Don't just post an episode verbatim except for a couple of extra lines by or about Dawn. Be creative!
12. That's all I can think of. If you have any questions, comment on the community's introductory post, or e-mail me at thistlerose at livejournal dot com.
Resources
You can find transcripts for all episodes at Buffy vs. Angel.
Got all that? Now you can claim an episode (or two). To claim, just reply to this post with your first choice. I'll try to stay on top of things, but if you see that someone has already requested "Welcome To the Hellmouth" (or whatever) please request something else. (If we get a lot of participants, I'll probably allow two people per episode.)
Season One
1. Welcome to the Hellmouth claimed by r_becca
2. The Harvest
3. Witch
4. Teacher's Pet
5. Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
6. The Pack
7. Angel claimed by kayla_holly
8. I, Robot... You, Jane
9. The Puppet Show claimed by desert_tamar
10. Nightmares claimed by kayla_holly
11. Out of Sight, Out of Mind
12. Prophecy Girl
Season Two
1. When She Was Bad claimed by brencon
2. Some Assembly Required
3. School Hard claimed by sevendeadlyfun
4. Inca Mummy Girl
5. Reptile Boy
6. Halloween claimed by xlivvielockex
7. Lie To Me
8. The Dark Age
9. What's My Line? Part I claimed by reddwarfer
10. What's My Line? Part II claimed by reddwarfer
11. Ted claimed by gehayi
12. Bad Eggs
13. Surprise
14. Innocence
15. Phases
16. Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered claimed by biichan
17. Passion claimed by ubiquirk
18. Killed By Death
19. I Only Have Eyes For You
20. Go Fish
21. Becoming Part I
22. Becoming Part II
Season Three
1. Anne claimed by secondsilk
2. Dead Man's Party
3. Faith, Hope, and Trick
4. Beauty and the Beasts
5. Homecoming
6. Band Candy claimed by neatokates
7. Revelations
8. Lovers Walk claimed by brencon
9. The Wish claimed by djin7
10. Amends
11. Gingerbread claimed by not_purrrfect
12. Helpless claimed by firefly_124
13. The Zeppo
14. Bad Girls claimed by behrbemine
15. Consequences
16. Dopplegangland
17. Enemies
18. Earshot
19. Choices
20. The Prom
21. Graduation Day Part I
22. Graduation Day Part II
Season Four
1. The Freshman
2. Living Conditions
3. The Harsh Light of Day
4. Fear, Itself
5. Beer Bad
6. Wild At Heart
7. The Initiative
8. Pangs
9. Something Blue
10. Hush claimed by marginalia
11. Doomed
12. A New Man
13. The I in Team
14. Goodbye Iowa
15. This Year's Girl
16. Who Are You? claimed by thistlerose
17. Superstar claimed by biggrstaffbunch
18. Where the Wild Things Are
19. New Moon Rising
20. The Yoko Factor
21. Primeval
22. Restless claimed by desert_tamar
Season Five
1. Buffy vs. Dracula
(I'm allowing this one because Dawn doesn't show up until the end.)
Many thanks to everyone who offered input when I first proposed the idea of this ficathon. I hadn't been expecting so much enthusiasm, and it made me really happy!
Premise
I think darth_cabal put it best when she wrote, "AUs embody all the potential of fanfic. They allow the fan to take canon, tweak it just the flap of a butterfly's wing, and then explore the effects of that change rippling outward. They also embody all the challenge of fanfic. It's difficult enough to keep characters IC within a canon situation; it's all the more impressive to maintain recognizable characterization and universe while diverging from canon."
In this case, the tweak is Buffy the Vampire Slayer's kid sister, Dawn.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to claim one episode from the first four seasons of BtVS, and insert Dawn. You can rewrite the entire episode, or just a key scene (no pun intended!) You can write from Dawn's POV or another character's. Explore the ways Dawn's presence changes events.
For example, how does Dawn take Buffy's disappearance at the end of "Becoming 2"? In "Ted," does Dawn get along better with her mom's boyfriend than Buffy does? How did Dawn react to Xander and Amy's love spell in "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered"? Was she accused of witchcraft in "Gingerbread"? What does Dawn dream about in "Restless"? Are mentally unstable characters like Drusilla aware that Dawn is more than what she seems?
Rules
1. Fiction and artwork are both accepted. Fics should be 800 words or longer.
2. You can post anytime you like. Everything is due October 1st. That gives you three and a half months to write 800 words. I won't hound people, since this isn't an exchange. I'll post occasional reminders to the community.
3. One person per episode. (I may revise this rule.) Each participant may claim one or two episodes. If you know you're going to bail - for whatever reason - please let me know ASAP, so I can let people know that your episode is available again. You can reach me at thistlerose at livejournal dot com.
4. Please post directly to the community. That way, if you delete your journal, we don't lose your fic.
5. Don't worry about tags. I'll take care of them.
6. There's no template for the header. Please use one, though. Include all pertinent information: episode claimed, rating, ships, any warnings, etc. Everything besides the header must go behind a lj cut. Seriously, I get crabby when lj cuts are not used.
7. Please, no bashing. If you decide that Dawn hates Cordelia, that's perfectly fine. But there's a difference between one character hating another and a writer letting her hatred of a particular character take over the story.
8. No off-topic posting.
9. If you're posting fic, use a beta reader. I'll make a post where people can request beta readers, and betas can offer their services.
10. This is a ficathon, not a place for you to pimp the story you wrote last year, however in keeping with the theme it may be. That said, if you do have a story involving Dawn in one of the first four seasons of BtVS, and want to expand upon it here, that's fine.
11. Don't just post an episode verbatim except for a couple of extra lines by or about Dawn. Be creative!
12. That's all I can think of. If you have any questions, comment on the community's introductory post, or e-mail me at thistlerose at livejournal dot com.
Resources
You can find transcripts for all episodes at Buffy vs. Angel.
Got all that? Now you can claim an episode (or two). To claim, just reply to this post with your first choice. I'll try to stay on top of things, but if you see that someone has already requested "Welcome To the Hellmouth" (or whatever) please request something else. (If we get a lot of participants, I'll probably allow two people per episode.)
Season One
1. Welcome to the Hellmouth claimed by r_becca
2. The Harvest
3. Witch
4. Teacher's Pet
5. Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
6. The Pack
7. Angel claimed by kayla_holly
8. I, Robot... You, Jane
9. The Puppet Show claimed by desert_tamar
10. Nightmares claimed by kayla_holly
11. Out of Sight, Out of Mind
12. Prophecy Girl
Season Two
1. When She Was Bad claimed by brencon
2. Some Assembly Required
3. School Hard claimed by sevendeadlyfun
4. Inca Mummy Girl
5. Reptile Boy
6. Halloween claimed by xlivvielockex
7. Lie To Me
8. The Dark Age
9. What's My Line? Part I claimed by reddwarfer
10. What's My Line? Part II claimed by reddwarfer
11. Ted claimed by gehayi
12. Bad Eggs
13. Surprise
14. Innocence
15. Phases
16. Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered claimed by biichan
17. Passion claimed by ubiquirk
18. Killed By Death
19. I Only Have Eyes For You
20. Go Fish
21. Becoming Part I
22. Becoming Part II
Season Three
1. Anne claimed by secondsilk
2. Dead Man's Party
3. Faith, Hope, and Trick
4. Beauty and the Beasts
5. Homecoming
6. Band Candy claimed by neatokates
7. Revelations
8. Lovers Walk claimed by brencon
9. The Wish claimed by djin7
10. Amends
11. Gingerbread claimed by not_purrrfect
12. Helpless claimed by firefly_124
13. The Zeppo
14. Bad Girls claimed by behrbemine
15. Consequences
16. Dopplegangland
17. Enemies
18. Earshot
19. Choices
20. The Prom
21. Graduation Day Part I
22. Graduation Day Part II
Season Four
1. The Freshman
2. Living Conditions
3. The Harsh Light of Day
4. Fear, Itself
5. Beer Bad
6. Wild At Heart
7. The Initiative
8. Pangs
9. Something Blue
10. Hush claimed by marginalia
11. Doomed
12. A New Man
13. The I in Team
14. Goodbye Iowa
15. This Year's Girl
16. Who Are You? claimed by thistlerose
17. Superstar claimed by biggrstaffbunch
18. Where the Wild Things Are
19. New Moon Rising
20. The Yoko Factor
21. Primeval
22. Restless claimed by desert_tamar
Season Five
1. Buffy vs. Dracula
(I'm allowing this one because Dawn doesn't show up until the end.)