Whether you prefer coffeeshop AUs, genderswapped art, or you just want to imagine a universe where everyone has wings, AU April is for you!
This month we celebrate all the ways in which we imagine canon in a new way. To celebrate, we are issuing a prompt challenge: can you create / recommend something in each category? Whether you are shouting out works you have loved for years, or new ones you just found, or even something you wrote in a half drunk blur last night, we want to see all of the beautiful AUs! Tag @mi6-cafe so that we can reblog your AUs.
So what else is happening this month?
LAST DRABBLE WRITER STANDING HAS BEGUN!
Each week, for four weeks, we will be sending out a specific prompt to our LDWS participants. Prompts include a topic or image, a word count, and sometimes a genre or an extra challenge! Each writer creates a drabble inspired by the same prompt, and then those drabbles are posted anonymously and voted on/given feedback by amazing readers!
In addition to the weekly rankings throughout April, there will be one final drabble writer at the end who has the top number of votes overall–the Last Drabble Writer Standing!
Look out for the first drabbles being posted tomorrow!
You can also join us for…
LDWS Readalongs!
You can either join us Saturdays at 9pm EDT where we will be reading some of the drabbles after our usual long fic readalong or Sundays at 9am UTC which will be exclusively drabbles. These will each be weekly events for the duration of LDWS.
The Saturday Cafe: April 9th and 23rd
Come join us in the fandom Slack as we write, draw, sprint, plot, brainstorm, cheerlead, and generally have a good time trying to get things done together. If you’d like an invite to the Slack, go ahead and message @castillon02or@christinefromsherwoodor@spiritofcamelot!
Long Fic Readalong, Saturdays at 9pm ET
Join us in the Discord while we read a longer fic. This is a fun chance to enjoy the fun of a weekly installment without the pain of Fleming’s writing, and we’d love to see you there. You are welcome to listen if you don’t or can’t read aloud!
We are currently reading “Red Queen to Overwatch” by BootsnBlossoms and Kryptaria. Look for the announcement posts each week to find out the current chapter if you want to catch up, or you can just show up and we’ll give ou a summary of what happened previously.
Something new!! This year we are adding a subtheme for every month. We are encouraging you to focus on one character and then give us all your recommendations and new creations the last week of the month. Unlike our monthly themes, you can find the complete list of characters for all year in the main post right here.
Your character for April is Bill Tanner! Let’s celebrate our favorite chief of staff this month!
Weekly events:
WIP Wednesday: You can post an excerpt of your WIP on our post or make your own post and mention the @mi6-cafe. Either way it’s a fun way to show people what you’re working on, Bond fandom or otherwise.
Weekly Bond movies: Hosted by womble every Sunday at 8am Pacific time, join us in Discord to watch one of the Bond movies. Keep an eye on the watch party calendar linked below for updates.
Want to host your own event in the Discord or elsewhere? Let us know about it so we can add it to the calendars!
We will be posting works on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This will mean there will be five posts. By spreading them out in this way, we hope that it will give each creation more time to shine. (And for you all to have fun guessing who created what!)
While the remixes are still anonymous, please feel free to comment and share your appreciation for the wonderful fic and art which have been created. Creators, you can reply to comments if you wish at this time. Your replies will not be displayed with your ao3 profile name, but they will still be designated as the creator.
After all works are posted, we will reveal the creator names!
So, without further ado, your final remixes:
Title: We Like Dancing and We Look Divine A Remix of:Enough Ain’t The TestbyPrismatic Bell (PrismaticBell). Summary: Q is nervous about 007’s next mission. - “So,” said Felix through the video linkup. “Let me get this, ah, straight.” Q sighed at the painfully obvious joke. Behind him, Moneypenny snickered. “Your mission parameters require Bond. James Bond. To go to a gay bar, in New York, during Pride, in drag.”“That’s correct Agent Leiter,” said Q.“He does have the legs for it,” mused Felix. “Far be it for me to interfere with either your mission planning or potential personnel matters, but did James destroy anything particularly expensive lately?”Q managed, but only barely, to keep his face serene. “Whatever makes you think that might be the case?” he asked.
Title:Wind Me Down A Remix of:Wind Me UpbyCelyan Summary: The mission went wrong. The rescue went wrong. The hotel room? That went REALLY wrong.
Are you a Fest veteran? ➡ 1) Reread the rules. 2) Make sure you understand and agree with everything. 3) THEN GO SIGN UP! (Also please, help us get promo for the fest by reblogging your favourite fest posts telling us what you enjoyed the most about the fest. Tag @mi6-cafe so we can find it and reblog it)
Signups end on June 15. (After that day you’ll still be able to sign up via email but we’ll assign you to a team randomly)
Not sure what the 007 Fest is?
Well, the gut reaction is to shout:
IT’S THE BEST PART OF THE YEAR AND YOU WILL LOVE IT!
Well, here’s the calmer explanation put in the most concise terms possible:
007 fest is a month-long event organised by the @mi6-cafe.
For 31 days we celebrate all things Bond by
writing fics / headcanons / metas
creating awesome art
watching movies / having readalongs
posting recipes
commenting on the Bond creations of others
taking part in the Scavenger Hunt
going slightly insane together on Slack and Tumblr and Discord
here’s a link to the scav hunt list and fills from 2021, some items might be being reprised
There’s weekly themes, prompt tables, and other activities to spur on your creativity…
We do all this because it’s fun and because it’s a competition for prizes–although you can take part and not compete for points and have a chance to win a prize and also have just as much fun.
There are 4 teams:
Team Q Branch
Team 00
Team Villains
Team Civilian (the non-competing one, as you might have guessed)
Yes, you heard correctly: PRIZES!
So how is 007 Fest organized this year?
OK. So there’s the three competitive teams (Q-branch, 00, Villains) and one non-competitive team - the Civilians. Right?
And if you are part of a competitive team, then all of your actions in the Fest (e.g., commenting, making fancreations, joining readalongs, etc) will earn points for your team! You’ll count up your points at the end of the Fest and submit them through a google form. The team with the most points wins! (The point system isn’t as scary as it sounds, you’ll get the hang of it. No worries.)
But I don’t have to compete?
Nope! If you think 007 Fest sounds fun and you’d like to participate, but you’re not into the competition or counting up points, then you can join Team Civilian!
(You can also participate without joining a team if you want! Just tag your posts with #007 Fest. We just think teams are fun. ^ ^)
And you mentioned prizes?
Yes!
We have two prize drawings at the end of the fest. Everyone who participates, including Team Civilian participants, has a chance to win something from the all-participants prize pool.
For the second drawing, people on the winning team will also have a chance to win prizes from a winning team prize pool!
Prizes can be anything! Past prizes have included drabbles or ficlets, sketches or fanart, fandom bookmarks or pins, Redbubble or Amazon gift certificates, and more. If you would like to donate any prizes for the prize pools, we would love to hear from you. You can email the Cafe mods at [email protected] .
Has anything changed since last year?
Only slightly. The main changes involve another level of points in the ‘other fancreation’ category and some clarification of the prompt tables. Even if this is your fifth time participating, please make sure to refamiliarise yourself with the rules and the points.
And this signing up process?
Easy–just fill out THIS short google form (also linked above). We mostly ask you for a way to contact you and for your choice of teams. Please keep in mind that although we’ll try to put everyone on their preferred team, we also need to ensure a balanced number of participants for each team.
Sign-upsstart NOW, and they end on June 15th! After June 15th, you can still join the Fest, but you will be randomly assigned to a team.
What can we do between now and July?
Anything you want! Points can only be earned by fancreations posted from July 1-July 31, but you can certainly start brainstorming or working on a WIP!
You can add the 007 Fest calendar to your personal calendar, and talk to the mods if you have an event you want on the calendar. You can spread the word to get other people to sign up. You can familiarise yourself with our wordpress site and all the Fest info on it.
You can also add to the BONUS PROMPT LIST for 007 Fest 2022! This is a list of anonymous fic or art prompts, and anyone who creates a fancreation fill for something from the prompt list gets bonus points. Whether you’re adding prompts or thinking about filling them, the prompt list is a great place to look for inspiration. ^ ^
We’re super excited about 007 Fest 2022, and we hope you are too! For more detailed information, you can check out the 007 Fest rules here.
We will be posting three works on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This will mean there will be five posts. By spreading them out in this way, we hope that it will give each creation more time to shine. (And for you all to have fun guessing who created what!)
While the remixes are still anonymous, please feel free to comment and share your appreciation for the wonderful fic and art which have been created. Creators, you can reply to comments if you wish at this time. Your replies will not be displayed with your ao3 profile name, but they will still be designated as the creator.
After all works are posted, we will reveal the creator names!
So, without further ado, your next three remixes:
Title: Once a Spy Always a Spy A Remix of:The Devil of Upper Winkletonbychristinefromsherwood Summary: Getting jealous didn’t make sense. Why would Q care what the kids in this sleepy village thought of him? It’s not like they had nice rumors about James. He would just have to make sure they had something new to whisper about.
Title:Light of Day A Remix of:Another DaybyHexiva Summary: He’s grown used to the dark of his cell and the icy chill of abandonment. This warmth and light… he’s not sure what to make of them. He’s not sure they can be trusted.
Title:Polypelagia A Remix of:Underwater Volcano Lair EscapadebyAnyawen Summary: The objectives were clear. Infiltrate the underwater base that was most likely near volcanic activity. Find the USB that contained the solution to the virus the Rich Megalomaniac of the Week concocted to hold the world at ransom, currently in the clutches of the mysterious ‘Hades’. Find out what happened to 009. Make it back to the surface alive.The objectives turned a bit sideways when Bond realized precisely what Hades was.
We will be posting three works on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This will mean there will be five posts. By spreading them out in this way, we hope that it will give each creation more time to shine. (And for you all to have fun guessing who created what!)
While the remixes are still anonymous, please feel free to comment and share your appreciation for the wonderful fic and art which have been created. Creators, you can reply to comments if you wish at this time. Your replies will not be displayed with your ao3 profile name, but they will still be designated as the creator.
After all works are posted, we will reveal the creator names!
So, without further ado, your first three remixes:
Title:The Good, the Bad and the Quartermaster A Remix of:Comms Chatterbyhypatia Summary: If you asked the Quartermaster, working with the 00 Division was worse than walking blindfolded on a minefield. Those agents of chaos simply never put their worst habits to sleep – backstabbing, manipulation, petty revenges, crass carelessness to name a few. Their slates were never clean, never. But one could argue that it wasn’t all that bad… at least some of them were less impossible than others. (Or: a series of interconnected vignettes depicting Q’s professional relationships with four different 00 agents, including – but not limited to – 007.) There were budgets to submit, prototypes to review, technological watch to conduct, cybersecurity to enforce, a team to coordinate… and of course, paperwork. So much bloody paperwork. A very necessary, but oh so thankless routine when he had to fill it out himself; the stuff of nightmares when it came to wresting it from uncooperative agents. Q couldn’t be thankful enough that just a handful of those were under his personal responsibility. But then again, not much of a relief when he remembered what kind of creatures composed said handful.
I’m gonna be sitting around waiting for an appointment so I figured I might as well do an ask game while I wait!
Hmmm…send me tropes and I’ll rate them out of ten just based on how much I enjoy reading and/or writing them! They can be g/t tropes, vore tropes, or any other kind of trope! They can also be fandom-specific if you’d like. Have fun! I’ll answer them once I’m sitting and waiting for the appointment to finish up.
Trope: Shapeshifter AU! :D
Or any kind of were animal! :D
11/10
Breaking the rules of “out of ten” on the first answered one lol but I LOVE shapeshifter and werewolf or wereanimal AUs, ESPECIALLY if instincts are thrown in. A shapeshifter who struggles to control their shifting, accidentally doing it when startled or mad, trying to hide it from their friends…a werewolf or other were who has animal instincts even when in human form…I love it :D
Recent sculpture commission I did of someone’s OC.. ! :0 I’ve never really done a full body sculpture for someone before so this is the first time ever actually trying something this scale like this, but they were okay with it being a little experimental/me not having an outstanding idea of anatomy lol, I think it turned out decent enough!
(note: he is a healthy weight as determined by his vet, I do not overfeed him and would never make my cat unhealthy for Jokes, this is just a really strange angle lol)
