Hello all and welcome to another year of Mercelot Week! Mercelot week will run from June 27-July 3. There are plenty of prompts to choose from for each day, so go wild! The theme for the prompts this year is Greek Myths. Each day is based off of a Person/Diety from Greek Mythology. Hope you enjoy!
Hello all and welcome to another year of Mercelot Week! Mercelot week will run from June 27-July 3. There are plenty of prompts to choose from for each day, so go wild! The theme for the prompts this year is Greek Myths. Each day is based off of a Person/Diety from Greek Mythology. Hope you enjoy!
Hello all and welcome to another year of Mercelot Week! Mercelot week will run from June 27-July 3. There are plenty of prompts to choose from for each day, so go wild! The theme for the prompts this year is Greek Myths. Each day is based off of a Person/Diety from Greek Mythology. Hope you enjoy!
The mods of the Merlin Fic Server wanted to make a quick announcement regarding a previously announced fest, the Supernova.
We have had a period of mod and server reorganization, at the end of which it became apparent to us that we do not have the capacity to run the Supernova event as intended. As a result, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the event altogether.
We would like to sincerely apologize to anyone who has signed up or was excited by this fest. We know a lot of people have already put a lot of hard work into developing their ideas, and we hope that you are able to find another way to realize your creation.
ft Elyan’s awkward polite smile which is how I imagine all of you looking at me.
I decided to come up with a lil interest check to see what the interest is like for the Elyan Appreciation event this year!
Please take a moment to fill out the form, I would greatly appreciate it! The form does have a spot for you to put your name, but that’s totally optional! You’re welcome to stay anonymous if you would like.
The plan is to run the event in June, but if a fest that needs more time gets chosen, we may start some parts of it (like sign ups) in May.
What are the minimum requirements for the Merlin Supernova?
For this event, the minimum requirements are going to be much higher than any of our previous events as it is a ✨Supernova✨
Writers:20,000 words Artists:8 completed pieces Podficcers: All written words recorded, SFX are optional Giffers: 16 recolored gifs with text
Please remember that all of these final totals will be split up into four posts as these will be posted as wips, so you do not have to be 100% completely done in August when posting begins.
Also, if you want to do more than this, you are more than welcome to. There is not a cap on how much you can create.
Additionally, this event is open to everyone.While this is not a rarepair only event, we want to especially encourage rarepair creators to sign up and help us create an explosion of content that is more diverse and inclusive and showcases all the different ships and dynamics that this fandom has.
Sign Ups: What to Expect
Sorcerers(the person providing the idea)
In the general information post I mentioned that there will be about a month to gather your thoughts and come up with a summary for you work.
The month starts when sign ups open (February 1st) and end when sign ups close (March 19th). I know that’s more than a month.
Since we use airtables for everything, we can transfer your summary information into a viewing gallery so that there’s no risk of any information or formatting being lost. It also makes it easier for artists of different mediums to upload their work in a format that suits them.
On the sign up form, there will be a spot to share your summary or artists storyboard.
As a writer, your summary needs to include the general plot (beginning, middle, and end) and any thematic elements that you want an artist to consider to help them visualize what they would create for your story. For instance, is it a space opera? Do they need to be able to draw spaceships? Is it a high fantasy au where they’d need to draw animals and armor? Is it a modern au where they’d need to draw a lot of cars or cityscapes or- You get the idea.
For artists you will need to come up with a storyboard. This is going to be a series of sketches with notes about what’s going on in each scene. You will also need to include the prompt and how you want the story to end.
For giffers you will need to come up with a prompt and provide a summary of the scenes and gifs you plan to make for the story as well as how you want the story to end.
For podficcers, this is going to be a little more difficult for you. You will provide a voice sample and list the special effects you are able to do (include accents). You will also provide a prompt, but yours does not have to have an ending (but you can include one if you want).
The sign up form will also have places to list your main pairing, your planned rating, and any relevant Ao3 tags.
Knights (the collaborator)
This sign up form will be much simpler.
Aside from your contact information, you will also list what medium you intend to participate as (writer, artist, podficcer, giffer). If you do more than one medium you can always change later after you get paired up if you and your partner think that a different medium will fit the story better.
The viewing gallery will be anonymous until after summary claims are over. We want to give everyone an equal opportunity to get claimed and focus on the fanwork rather than play favorites.
Ultimately when it comes to this, we want you all to consider the Sorcerer-Knight pairs as a partnership. You’re working together,not one dictating the other.
Druids(participants who already have a partner)
For those who already have a group, there will be a different form that all of you need to fill out. However only one of you needs to provide your story summary.
There will be a space on the form to list the other members of your group. You will only be counted as a group if everyone fills out the form and lists the same people.
Groups can be up to four members big, but no more than two of one type of medium. For instance, you can have a writer-artist-artist group, a writer-artist-giffer group, etc etc etc.
Am I required to join the Merlin Fic Server?
Nope! You are not required to join the server if you don’t want to. Information, announcements, and reminders will all be handled over email, tumblr, andthe server. There are benefits to the server such as a community and getting to know your fellow Supernova participants, as well as places to discuss your work and find cheerleaders and betas (although beta’s are not required for this).
But no, you are not required to join the server if you’d prefer not to.
Hello all and welcome to another year of Mercelot Week! Mercelot week will run from June 27-July 3. There are plenty of prompts to choose from for each day, so go wild! The theme for the prompts this year is Greek Myths. Each day is based off of a Person/Diety from Greek Mythology. Hope you enjoy!
There is ONE WEEK left to sign up for this year’s After Camlann Big Bang!
But what the heck is After Camlann Big Bang? Well…
Are you interested in collaborating with a Merlin fanfic writer?
Would you like to make some fanart based off a 25,000-word fanfic?
Do you want to join a fun and supportive community of Merlin writers and artists?
Then the After Camlann Big Bang might just be for you!
It’s a fandom festival that pairs awesome writers with amazing artists in order to create epic fanworks inspired by our favorite BBC Merlin show! Writers must create a fanfic of at least 25,000 words or more. Artists must create at least one (1) finished piece.
Mark Your Calendars!
Writer summaries will go up for review on May 29th, and artist claiming will happen on Saturday, June 4th.
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What kind of “art” is allowed for ACBB? Generally traditional art, graphic art, photo-manipulations, videos, fanmixes, and podfics! But if the story inspires you to express yourself in a less common format (i.e. cake shop AU fanfiction and you’d like to make cakes that are visible in the story and take pictures of those), you are welcome to discuss what you’d like to create with your writer and the mods!
You’re also welcome to join our Tavern Discord Server (18+) to get exclusive access to our ACBB channels, to join in some friendly get-shit-done sessions/sprinting, to meet other Merlin enthusiasts, and to stay on top of ACBB news! The link for the Discord is at the bottom of the Artist Sign-up post on LJ (here: https://aftercamlann.livejournal.com/120457.html).
What is the Merlin Supernova? The Merlin Supernova (MSN) is a collaboration event open to all types of creators and all pairings both gen and slash, especially rarepairs! In a very simple sense, think of it as a combination of a traditional big bang and a reverse bang, hence, a Supernova.
I know that’s not really what a supernova is, just go with it.
For this event you can sign up as either the person with the original idea (Sorcerers) or as the collaborator (Knights). If this were a traditional bang, the Sorcerer would be the writer and the Knight the artist and vice versa - if this were a reverse bang then the artist would be the Sorcerer and the writer the Knight.
If you are signing up as a Sorcerer you may use whatever medium you wish! You can be an artist (includes giffers and podficcers) looking for a writer or a writer looking for an artist (includes giffers and podficcers).
This event will also allow writer-writer collaborations as well as pre-decided pairs (as in you know who you want to work with). Additionally, we will allow Sorcerers to have more than one Knight provided that each Knight works with a different medium (for example, a writer can work with both a traditional artist and a podficcer or any combination, just not two of the same).
You will also have the option of signing up as both a Sorcerer and a Knight just in case your idea as a Sorcerer doesn’t get picked up by a Knight.
As we begin the new year, we want to help everyone with their spring cleaning and empty their WIP folders! This is a brand-new event to the BBC Merlin fandom✨ Please take a moment to read the information and we hope you will be interested enough to participate!
What is The Merlin WIP Relay? The Merlin WIP Relay (MWR) is an exchange event that uses pre-existing works in progress (WIPs). Essentially, any WIPs, and I mean any, may be submitted to be finished by someone else.
That old fic you know you’re never going to finish? Submit it!
That gifset you want to make but just aren’t quite feeling? Submit it!
The podfic that’s been half done for the last year? Submit it!
The artwork that you’ve started and know you’ll never get around to coloring? Submit it!
As with all events run by the Merlin Fic Bookclub Server, this event is open to all pairings and creators. There will also not be a rating cap.
There are, however, a few creation minimums. These minimums apply to the whole piece regardless of what stage you receive the WIP in.
Written fic: 2500 words Digital Art: 1 completed piece Gifs: A finished set of 4 gifs Podfic: Minimum of 1000 recorded words
Sign ups for this event will open at the end of the month on December 27th and close on January 12th. You will then have 48 hours to preview the submitted WIPs with the claims form opening on January 15th. Claims will run on a first come, first serve basis and be updated through the gallery in which you view the submitted WIPs.
The Gallery Viewing link, hosted through airtable, will be posted in the server and emailed out shortly after sign ups close.
After Claims have closed and your WIP is assigned, you will then have ten weeks to finish your fanwork. Fanworks are due on April 1st, posting to begin on April 4th. Reveals will be staggered over the course of two weeks depending on how many people participate.
What counts as a WIP? WIP, or a Work In Progress, is any fanwork that has been started but not completed. For this event specifically, we are defining a WIP as the bare minimum of being an outline and/or notes.
For instance, if you are planning to submit a written WIP, like a fic, you need at least an outline containing characters, settings, and pairings as applicable.
For podfics, you need to have recording notes at the bare minimum.
Artwork - notes Gifset - notes Etc, etc, etc. You can absolutely submit more than the bare minimum though! If you have already started a fic, a gifset, a podfic, an art piece - it all counts!
Do I have to join the server? Nope! This event will be run on both Discord, email, Ao3, and Tumblr. On the server you can find beta readers, alpha readers, and other like-minded individuals. We will also be hosting weekly discussion questions over the course of the event. The event mods are also on the server and will be able to more quickly answer any questions you may have. But again, it’s not required!
It’s hard to believe we’re already reaching the end of the Merlin Bad Sex Fest! Thank you so much to everyone that’s posted fanworks in the collection; it’s so much appreciated! We’ve got a modest collection going, so please go check out the fics that have been shared already!
We’re now kicking off Week Four and beyond, which is our Free Week! Feel free to post fanworks related to any of the previous themes or anything else related to the fest that you want to share.
As posted previously, though the fest technically ends on July 31, the collection will remain open for a while in case anyone is running behind, and new entries will continue to be shared on the blog.
If you want to participate but need inspiration, you can check out the prompts in the Prompt LibraryorSubmit Your Own!
Huge thank you again to everyone who’s contributed so far! But sure to check out the collection and give the fics some love! Today marks the beginnging of week three, when the focus will be Miscommunication!Posting guidelines can be found here and you can send us any questions through asks. We’re looking forward to this week’s submissions!
If you’re just hearing about Merlin Bad Sex Fest, it’s not too late to participate! As always, you can check out prompts at the Prompt LibraryorSubmit Your Own!
Thanks so much to those who got us started by submitting works for week one! Today we’re kicking off week two, during which we’re focusing on Sex Magic Gone Wrong!Posting guidelines can be found here and you can send us any questions through asks. We’re looking forward to this week’s submissions!
If you’re just hearing about Merlin Bad Sex Fest, it’s not too late to participate! As always, you can check out prompts at the Prompt LibraryorSubmit Your Own!
Week One: Physical and Situational, July 1 - July 10
It’s July 1st and Bad Sex Fest has officially begun! Just a reminder that this week we’re focusing on Physical & Situational bad sex! Posting guidelines can be found here and you can send us any questions through the blog! We can’t wait to see your creations!
If you’re just hearing about Merlin Bad Sex Fest, it’s not too late to participate! As always, you can check out prompts at the Prompt LibraryorSubmit Your Own!
day 1: “i thought you were better than that.” + angst
day 2: “don’t push me away again” + h/c
day 3: “whether you like it or not, i’m not giving up on you” + h/c
day 4: “you know i only tease you ‘cause i love you” + fluff
day 5: “tell me you did not -” “fine, I did not.” “…you did, didn’t you?” + humor
day 6: “you don’t feel safe here” + angst
day 7: free day
FOR GIFS/ VIDEO/ ART CREATORS - quotes and/or themes:
day 1: “i will look for you in every lifetime and love you there.” + green
day 2: angst + parallels
day 3: humor + your favorite color combo
day 4: “he’s more myself than i am. whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same” + yellow
day 5: song lyrics + rainbow
day 6: favorite poem + favorite merwaine moment(s)
day 7: free day
NSFW IS ALLOWED BUT PLEASE TAG APPROPRIATELY ♥️
as always, if you have any questions and/or concerns, please feel free to either dm this account or my main (@bellamyblakru) or drop an ask!! im v excited for this week
