Queens 50th Anniversary Event

Organized by Quirkysubject and Emmaandorlando 

[50yearsofqueen]

50 Years of Queen has finally arrived:

👑 Post your contributions:

Here in the 50_years_of_queen collection

on Tumblr and tag us @50yearsofqueen

It doesn't matter if it's a 100-word drabble or a lovely sketch - all works are valued and welcomed!

👑 How to:

Post Anonymously

Tag your fic

Manage Comments

Make Last Minute Contributions

Curate your experience

👑 Positivity:

Even if you haven't written fic or made art for the event, you can participate! Help make this a wonderful event for everyone - by liking, commenting, reblogging and complimenting the creators.

Be nice, have fun, spead the love! Here is a special: Commenting Guide

👑 Questions? Need Support?

Message us here, or get in touch with Amore or Quirky directly.

If we haven’t reblogged your post after you tagged us within half a day (or so), please DM us! Tumblr glitches sometimes and we want to reblog everything.

If someone is breaking the rules, message us directly too. Do not engage.

We are going to read every contribution (excluding content that might trigger us), but depending on how many fics you guys wrote, that can take us a while (longer than one weekend) - please be patient with us!

We will be reblogging any 50years content you tag us in💖

We are so excited!

👑 Additional Info:

Rules & Policy

Prompts

FAQ & How To's

[rubadubababyoil]

Hey, I’m doing a roundup of the fics I wrote for @50yearsofqueen, since there was a huge amount of stories posted and it was easy for people to miss some fics!

On This Day:  (prompt: one day, five decades; rated E)

Summary: Brian loved Freddie with all his heart, but that wasn’t always easy. A look at Freddie’s birthday once per decade, from 1972-2022, through Brian’s point of view.

Tags: Time Skips, Established Relationship, Birthday Sex, Post-Break Up, Getting Back Together, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Grief/Mourning, mentions of vomiting, mentions of disordered eating, Crying, Recovery, Bittersweet Ending

Muddy Paws: (prompt: alternate history/what if…; rated G)

Summary: Freddie didn’t expect to spend his afternoon helping a handsome, curly stranger find his lost cat, but it was far from the weirdest thing he’d ever done.

Tags: Pre-Slash, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, First Kiss, Fluff, Cats, Crush at First Sight, Awkwardness

A Little Something New: (prompt: first time; rated E)

Summary: Freddie is more than interested when Brian wants to try being on the bottom for the first time.

Tags: Established Relationship, First Time Bottoming, Porn with Feelings, Making Out, Hair-pulling, Biting, they’re still soft and in love don’t worry, tiny hint of sub!Brian if you squint, (Freddie’s not a dom he’s just in love and turned on)

[ravenlilyrose]

Hi everyone!

So, this past week I participated in a 50 Years of Queen celebration (@50yearsofqueen) and wrote 4 short fics. I had a lot of fun and it was really cool to write for a fandom I haven't written for before. Here they are!

Two First Times - G & Gen Day 1: First Time Two times John Deacon performs for the first time.

Party! - G & Gen Day 2: Stranded The band is stranded in a snowstorm.

And So She Watched - G & Gen Day 3: #1 Fan/Groupie A girl watches Queen from its beginnings and tries to figure it out.

The Study Group - G & Gen Day 4: Academia AU A study group learns that four of their professors are musically inclined and come up with a plan.

[50yearsofqueen]

Wonderful collection 🥰

[a-froger-epic]

Aaaaand I finished another one for @50yearsofqueen. Out of sheer determination. Lmao

Back to my forte, sad Freddie POV. lol

Read here...

[50yearsofqueen]

Awesome, thank you so much for sharing! 😊🧡 Can't wait to read! 💕

[a-froger-epic]

I managed to actually post something for the @50yearsofqueen event one day late, I'm so sorry. It's the shortest thing as well. 😂 Idk guys, I tried.

Have a car chase and some John POV!

Read more...

[50yearsofqueen]

Very excited to read!! And never too late 🙌

[39sgwil]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

It’s a bit late but I wrote a fic for @50yearsofqueen! It’s an idea I’ve had for quite a while now, so I’m glad I was able to write it!! It’s chaptered so of course there will be more parts!

Prompt: Alternate History/What if... (it’s a time travel fic!)

Summary: Brian goes to sleep in 1981 after a long week of recording Queen’s newest album, and wakes up in 2017, when the filming of Bohemian Rhapsody is taking place. Chaos ensues.

[50yearsofqueen]

Never too late!!! Looking very forward to reading this! Ur a stunner🥰❤️

[50yearsofqueen]

What an amazing event, thank you so much for making it happen 💗

I'm so happy I discovered a lot of talented people on here keeping the fandom alive. Thank you for encouraging creativity and positivity. I sorely needed it and even if I'm still struggling with Tumblr I def plan to stick around and hopefully make new friends and learn from everyone 🙏

Thank you for writing in! 💖💖💖

Yes, there are so many creative people active in this fandom, it's amazing! We hope that you'll find your place on tumblr - say hello to us any time! 💖

[50yearsofqueen]

i have a question.... has every prompt been written about?

I think the majority has been written about? The only ones I cannot directly recall (and anyone correct me if I’m wrong) is the Holiday in Hawaii and Drinking contest in Japan prompts. I haven’t yet read everything though, so I might still be wrong! 🥰❤️

[50yearsofqueen]

The event is over!

Thank you all so much for your participation - it's been such a wonderful time 💖

The variety of fanworks - art, fic, video edits, playlists, personal stories, cosplay - has been stunning! It's been brilliant to see all those creative takes on the prompts too! 🥺👏

Everyone has had a blast with the overwhelming amount of positivity. The big takeaway should be that we are stronger together when we are positive and supportive. Please consider taking this energy into the future; only focus on what you love and encourage the creators that you love so this fandom can exist for another half century! It is you who made this possible.

This weekend couldn’t have gone better. ☺️💕Seriously, thank you all so much - it's been a pleasure! - @quirkysubject & @emmaandorlando

You can still post!

The AO3 collection will be open until everyone has send in their submissions. In a couple of weeks we’ll be asking you guys if you need more time.

We will also still reblog things on this tumblr - If you tag us! Otherwise we don’t get notified. If we haven’t reblogged your post - DM us

Enjoy the AO3 collection!

There are 113 works posted on AO3 as of now. Please go read and leave kudos and nice comments!

If you don't know where to start: Go to Random Items and you will get five suggestions

You can also filter for relationships, characters, tags etc. on the right hand side of the Works-page

Enjoy this blog!

Scroll through to find all the amazing art, fic and personal stories posted during the event

Please like, reblog, and leave a nice comment 😊

[50yearsofqueen]

Thank you so much for organizing this! I hadn’t ever actually written anything for Queen before and this was a wonderful opportunity to actually do that where I felt like I had support. So thank you! Are you planning on doing anything else similar in the future?

Hiiiii! 😊 Thanks for writing in, it's great to hear that you felt supported enough to post your first Queen fic! That's so awesome, we hope to see more of you! 💖

Our immediate future will be catching up on all the awesome fic (and perhaps catching up on sleep as well) 😄

If you want to get in on other events though, there is no shortage of it in the Queen fandom. @deakysgurl is organising an event for John Deacon's 70th birthday in August. September, around Freddie's birthday, is usually Maycury weekend

And Amore traditionally organises a Froger week around November. And been thinking about co-organizing a hurt/comfort ship week with @bisexualroger

The fandom still has loads more to come🥰👏

[50yearsofqueen]

Just a quick reminder that we like to keep things positive 'round here and won't publish submissions that can be read as throwing shade on other fans 😊

[transthomyorke]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

It’s a bit rushed, but a finished a fic for @50yearsofqueen 🥰 Hope that y’all enjoy it!

[50yearsofqueen]

Ohhhhh a poly enemies to lovers 👀 Sounds awesome, can't wait to read! Thank you very much for your contribution! 💖

[50yearsofqueen]

(Psst the organizers are off to rest for tonight, but keep posting your contributions. Tomorrow we will be making a sappy thank you post, and explain how the collection will remain open for late submissions etc) ask any questions you may have. We’ll get to them tomorrow. Thank you all very much❤️

[living-on-my-own-fm]

My new 50 years of Queen fic!

Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Bride

Prompt: Wedding Night

Summary: Freddie knows he should be happy for Brian, it is his wedding day after all. He has his speech prepared, has put on his finest suit and is ready to celebrate this happiest of all days with his best friend.

But apart from being the best man, he’s also the one’s who’s left today. Because for years, he has been hoping and wishing, only to now lose it all in one day.

Can Freddie’s heart take the burden of watching the love of his life marry another woman?

Click here to read my fic for Day 4 of @50yearsofqueen ‘s event!

P.s. Thank you again @grand-budapest-queen for the amazing moodboard!!

[50yearsofqueen]

Very beautiful moodboard 👏👏 and looking forward to reading this 🥰

[katiebelle928]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Queen (Band) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jim Hutton/Freddie Mercury Characters: Freddie Mercury, Jim Hutton, Original Child Character(s), Roger Taylor (Queen), Brian May, John Deacon, Peter “Phoebe” Freestone Additional Tags: Implied Mpreg, past Freddie Mercury/Roger Taylor, First Meetings, Alternate Universe Summary:

Freddie introduces Jim to his daughter and his bandmates for the first time.

💕💜💕💜💕💜💕💜💕💜 My fic for the @50yearsofqueen celebration. So happy I actually finished it.

[50yearsofqueen]

We are also so delighted you finished it😁 !! And can’t wait to read it🥰

[valesweetdreams-deactivated2022]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Queen (Band) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Brian May/Roger Taylor, Jim Hutton/Freddie Mercury Characters: Brian May, Roger Taylor (Queen), Freddie Mercury, Jim Hutton Additional Tags: 50 years of queen, 500 Words Challenge, Weddings, Wedding Night, Fluff, they are all best friends Series: Part 8 of 50 years of Queen Summary:

Brian and Roger are happy to see Freddie and Jim getting married

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The last one of the last day!

Prompt: Wedding night

It’s been a pleasure to write for this event, the Queen fandom is one of my favorites and I absolutely love writing Maylor. Thank you @50yearsofqueen

[50yearsofqueen]

Another contribution by you, truly you are spoiling us🥺❤️!!!!! Thanking you to the moon and back

[valesweetdreams-deactivated2022]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Queen (Band) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Brian May/Roger Taylor Characters: Brian May, Roger Taylor (Queen) Additional Tags: 50 years of queen, Maylor - Freeform, 500 Words Challenge, past abusive relationship, Finding Love, Healthy Relationships, Brian is sweet, Roger is confused Series: Part 7 of 50 years of Queen Summary:

Roger learns with Brian what a healthy relationship is

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The first one of the last day!

Prompt: First Healthy Relationship

@50yearsofqueen

[50yearsofqueen]

Looking very very much forward to reading this 🥰