Hi folks! It's that time of year again! Join as we once again build up to Lightcannon Week! Last year's Week was an unprecedented success and I can't wait to see what you'll come up with this time! The dates will remain the same as last year, July 24th-31st in order to give us all time to work on our creations.
So as a first step we'll be polling the community for prompts. The LC Week Discord server has very helpfully come together to help me compile this list of potential prompts. Here's how it'll work:
Choose prompts you want to see on this year's Lightcannon Week.
We will not be repeating prompts from last year so as to not double up.
The top two prompts from each Day's choices will be selected as options for each day.
Unused prompts will go back in the pool for next year.
Day Eight will be a Free Day.
The Poll will end Sunday 25th May, so be sure to get your vote in!
Hi folks! It's that time of year again as we once again celebrate Lightcannon Week! Last year's Week was an unprecedented success and I can'
Chapter 6: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Paranoid
Chapters: 6/?
Fandom: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Liz Allan/Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Michelle Jones & Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, Michelle Jones & Peter Parker, Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, gwen stacy & Michelle jones, Gwen Stacy & The Mary Janes, Michelle Jones/Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen
Characters: Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen, Liz Allan (Marvel), Ned Leeds, Michelle Jones (Marvel), Happy Hogan, George Stacy, Flash Thompson, Thaddeus Ross, Tony Stark, Betty Brant, Roger Harrington (Marvel), Jefferson Davis, Sergeant Blume, Karen the AI (Spider-Man), J. Jonah Jameson, Gloria Grant (The Amazing Spider-Man Comics), Aaron Davis (Marvel), Joseph "Robbie" Robertson, Aunt May Parker (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Minor Character Death, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen Needs a Hug, Peter Parker is Trying His Best, Secret Identity, rivals to friends, Tony Stark Has a Heart, Politics, I'm Bad At Tagging, Accidental Kissing
Summary:
High school is already chaos for Peter Parker, juggling high school, late-night patrols, the impossible balancing act of dating Liz Allan, and the return of his best friend, Gwen Stacy.
At the same time, a mysterious new vigilante in New York, Ghost-Spider, swings into the headlines, hunted by police after being framed for a pair of brutal murders in a different city. Fast, brutal, and secretive, she’s everything Peter isn’t, and she doesn’t want his help. What Peter doesn’t know? Tony already knows who she is: Gwen Stacy. Instead of telling him, Stark throws them together on missions, hoping the pair can balance each other out.
Peter hates it. Not only does he have to prove himself to Tony all over again, but Spider-Woman doesn’t play nice; she’s reckless, secretive, and always one step ahead. Yet beneath the mask, Peter can’t shake the feeling he knows her.
As stolen tech and brutal crimes pile up, Peter sees this as his chance to show he’s ready for the Avengers finally, but it may cost him Liz, Stark’s trust, and his life.
I need more PeterEmma in my life I honestly may just need to write it already I have two ideas rn one is Peter getting a job offer to teach at the Xavier institute or like some school where Emma works because Emma has kept tracked of him since reading his mind and sees he needs a job and it turns into a story of them getting closer and Emma feeling weird about it because of reading his mind and trying to find the best way to bring it up to him and a whole lot of of other things. The other idea is similar to idea one but it's Emma offering Peter a job as a photographer. But I also got other fics to write and I just don't know what to write
Just curious for those who are more into it I've always been interested why the vaderdala tag on AO3 has so many suitless Vader fics because isn't the point of Darth Vader the imposing suit and the burns
I have another LC fic in progress that involves a lot of music, and just thinking about it makes me feel really excited, even though I don't know exactly when I'll write it. I feel this way because it's another chance to explore music in an LC context, especially since, as a straight guy, (side note thank you guys for being such a friendly community) I notice many playlist and song recommendations tend to have a similar vibe. Adding more music that breaks away from the norm, like country music, to a fic is always exciting, especially because my first three LC fics were all music-themed. So whenever I get to writing and uploading it I hope you guys will enjoy it 😅 (also the type of music will be in the fic)
I genuinely love TB. I think it's a cool ship when done right. Ekko and Jinx are cute together, and there's just so much angst—it's a perfect "What could have been" story, which was told in Arcane, and I love it. That's why I get frustrated when people say, "TB is canon, who cares about your other ship LC." First off, that’s a bit rude for that part of the TB fandom to behave like that, NGL. But also, what is truly canon about TB in the current story of League? Jinx regains the will to fight and live again because of Ekko. Okay, so is being just friends enough in that case? I don't really get love sparks from that. Plus, since they’re vague about what happened before we see them again, we don't know what did or didn't happen. It would be great if the writers actually showed that. (Side note: anyone thinking they got freaky in that in-between is missing what those characters were feeling in that moment.) Also, during that final battle, the two never speak a word to each other, and they never share glances. So where are these "TB is cannon" moments? Because where I am as a fan of both ships it's like equal levels of cannon crumbs 💀
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Luxanna "Lux" Crownguard/Jinx
Characters: Jinx (League of Legends), Vi (League of Legends), Caitlyn (League of Legends), Jayce (League of Legends)
Additional Tags: Jinx Goes by Powder (League of Legends), Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, Alternate Universe - Modern Runeterra (League of Legends), dispatch au, Other Additional Tags to Be Added
Summary:
Zaun finally gains independence, but it comes at a high cost: the Superhero Dispatch Network arrives in the Undercity, and Jinx is handed over as part of the deal. Instead of a cell, she’s put on probation and given a job dispatching the very heroes who once hunted her.
Under her sister Vi's supervision, surrounded by people who don’t trust her, and unexpectedly falling for a charismatic foreign noble who believes she can be more than her past, Jinx walks the thin line between redemption and chaos.
Some minds were never meant to be contained. And some minds might not survive trying.
Application form for the Secret Santa secret sender event on LC server. Feel free to ask Star Guardian Irelia on the server for more informa
This is a call for all Lightcannon content creators. (the Jinx x Lux ship).
Starting on the LC Discord server, I will be running a Secret Santa ! Or rather...A Winter event.
We decided to try to open it on a slightly bigger scale...
So do apply away :D
Any type of productions are allowed, art, fanfiction, photo editing, cosplay...A mix even. Anything you have to express enjoyment in the ship, feel free.
It is a regular Secret Santa event, with someone to send your production to following a prompt, all secretly until the big reveal day.
Posting starts on the 24 of December, but is extended through all of Winter (until mid-March).
While you can absolutely post your production on your account (Tumblr, Twitter, Ao3 ect), Discord will be necesscary for communication. So put your proprer username in the form, with the proper # so I can contact you over there. (Do shoot me a DM here if it doesn't seem to go through, tho.)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Luxanna "Lux" Crownguard/Jinx, Caitlyn/Vi (League of Legends), Ekko/Ezreal/Zeri
Characters: Luxanna "Lux" Crownguard, Jinx (League of Legends), Tianna Crownguard, Caitlyn (League of Legends), Vi (League of Legends), Ekko (League of Legends), Ezreal (League of Legends), Zeri (League of Legends)
Additional Tags: First Kiss, First Dates, Romantic Fluff, Romantic Comedy, Fluff and Humor, Flirting
Summary:
“Well then… do you have advice on how to win your heart?”
Luxanna’s smile froze.
Her quill snapped clean in half.
“…What?”
Jinx nodded like this was totally logical.
“Your heart,” Jinx repeated, drawing a shape in the air that looked vaguely like a potato. “This thing.”
Luxanna sputtered. “I-I think there's been a misunderstanding. I assist with others’ love lives. My heart isn’t on the menu!”
Chapter 5: Fear and Fridays
Summary:
Peter is frustrated by people's trust in mainstream media, while the characters enjoy a Friday night football game and someone shares a kiss.
Chapters: 5/?
Fandom: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Liz Allan/Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Michelle Jones & Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, Michelle Jones & Peter Parker, Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, gwen stacy & Michelle jones, Gwen Stacy & The Mary Janes, Michelle Jones/Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen
Characters: Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen, Liz Allan (Marvel), Ned Leeds, Michelle Jones (Marvel), Happy Hogan, George Stacy, Flash Thompson, Thaddeus Ross, Tony Stark, Betty Brant, Roger Harrington (Marvel), Jefferson Davis, Sergeant Blume, Karen the AI (Spider-Man), J. Jonah Jameson, Gloria Grant (The Amazing Spider-Man Comics), Aaron Davis (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Minor Character Death, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen Needs a Hug, Peter Parker is Trying His Best, Secret Identity, rivals to friends, Tony Stark Has a Heart, Politics, I’m Bad At Tagging
Summary:
High school is already chaos for Peter Parker, juggling high school, late-night patrols, the impossible balancing act of dating Liz Allan, and the return of his best friend, Gwen Stacy.
At the same time, a mysterious new vigilante in New York, Ghost-Spider, swings into the headlines, hunted by police after being framed for a pair of brutal murders in a different city. Fast, brutal, and secretive, she’s everything Peter isn’t, and she doesn’t want his help. What Peter doesn’t know? Tony already knows who she is: Gwen Stacy. Instead of telling him, Stark throws them together on missions, hoping the pair can balance each other out.
Peter hates it. Not only does he have to prove himself to Tony all over again, but Spider-Woman doesn’t play nice; she’s reckless, secretive, and always one step ahead. Yet beneath the mask, Peter can’t shake the feeling he knows her.
As stolen tech and brutal crimes pile up, Peter sees this as his chance to show he’s ready for the Avengers finally, but it may cost him Liz, Stark’s trust, and his life
Chapter 5: Fear and Fridays
Summary:
Peter is frustrated by people's trust in mainstream media, while the characters enjoy a Friday night football game and someone shares a kiss.
Chapters: 5/?
Fandom: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Liz Allan/Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Michelle Jones & Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, Michelle Jones & Peter Parker, Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, gwen stacy & Michelle jones, Gwen Stacy & The Mary Janes, Michelle Jones/Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen
Characters: Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen, Liz Allan (Marvel), Ned Leeds, Michelle Jones (Marvel), Happy Hogan, George Stacy, Flash Thompson, Thaddeus Ross, Tony Stark, Betty Brant, Roger Harrington (Marvel), Jefferson Davis, Sergeant Blume, Karen the AI (Spider-Man), J. Jonah Jameson, Gloria Grant (The Amazing Spider-Man Comics), Aaron Davis (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Minor Character Death, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen Needs a Hug, Peter Parker is Trying His Best, Secret Identity, rivals to friends, Tony Stark Has a Heart, Politics, I’m Bad At Tagging
Summary:
High school is already chaos for Peter Parker, juggling high school, late-night patrols, the impossible balancing act of dating Liz Allan, and the return of his best friend, Gwen Stacy.
At the same time, a mysterious new vigilante in New York, Ghost-Spider, swings into the headlines, hunted by police after being framed for a pair of brutal murders in a different city. Fast, brutal, and secretive, she’s everything Peter isn’t, and she doesn’t want his help. What Peter doesn’t know? Tony already knows who she is: Gwen Stacy. Instead of telling him, Stark throws them together on missions, hoping the pair can balance each other out.
Peter hates it. Not only does he have to prove himself to Tony all over again, but Spider-Woman doesn’t play nice; she’s reckless, secretive, and always one step ahead. Yet beneath the mask, Peter can’t shake the feeling he knows her.
As stolen tech and brutal crimes pile up, Peter sees this as his chance to show he’s ready for the Avengers finally, but it may cost him Liz, Stark’s trust, and his life
Chapter 5: Fear and Fridays
Summary:
Peter is frustrated by people's trust in mainstream media, while the characters enjoy a Friday night football game and someone shares a kiss.
Chapters: 5/?
Fandom: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Liz Allan/Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Michelle Jones & Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, Michelle Jones & Peter Parker, Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, gwen stacy & Michelle jones, Gwen Stacy & The Mary Janes, Michelle Jones/Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen
Characters: Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen, Liz Allan (Marvel), Ned Leeds, Michelle Jones (Marvel), Happy Hogan, George Stacy, Flash Thompson, Thaddeus Ross, Tony Stark, Betty Brant, Roger Harrington (Marvel), Jefferson Davis, Sergeant Blume, Karen the AI (Spider-Man), J. Jonah Jameson, Gloria Grant (The Amazing Spider-Man Comics), Aaron Davis (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Minor Character Death, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen Needs a Hug, Peter Parker is Trying His Best, Secret Identity, rivals to friends, Tony Stark Has a Heart, Politics, I'm Bad At Tagging
Summary:
High school is already chaos for Peter Parker, juggling high school, late-night patrols, the impossible balancing act of dating Liz Allan, and the return of his best friend, Gwen Stacy.
At the same time, a mysterious new vigilante in New York, Ghost-Spider, swings into the headlines, hunted by police after being framed for a pair of brutal murders in a different city. Fast, brutal, and secretive, she’s everything Peter isn’t, and she doesn’t want his help. What Peter doesn’t know? Tony already knows who she is: Gwen Stacy. Instead of telling him, Stark throws them together on missions, hoping the pair can balance each other out.
Peter hates it. Not only does he have to prove himself to Tony all over again, but Spider-Woman doesn’t play nice; she’s reckless, secretive, and always one step ahead. Yet beneath the mask, Peter can’t shake the feeling he knows her.
As stolen tech and brutal crimes pile up, Peter sees this as his chance to show he’s ready for the Avengers finally, but it may cost him Liz, Stark’s trust, and his life
So, there’s been a thing, and I need to talk about it. Not a post I wanted to make or envisioned ever having to make, but I don't see a choice at this juncture.
It's the risk of reopening fresh wounds and making a crudely-drawn, nasty little molehill into a mountain, vs the risk of silence being mistaken for complicity and a false accusation against a community I love being taken for valid.
But if we don't speak up, we risk others putting their words in our mouths, so.
Much of this post should without saying, but since apparently the 2020s are the 1930s in a funny hat, we’re going to have to say it anyway, so here goes.
T/W discussions of racism, homophobia, misogyny, the fan culture trifecta of suck. Unfortunate but necessary to tackle this topic.
The rest below the cut:
So recently someone posted a piece of “art” depicting Jinx, Lux, the rhino from the Get Jinxed video, and an extremely racist representation of Ekko using an ugly and archaic trope. This post went up both on Twitter and on Tumblr. And this wasn’t from a random troll no-one knows, but someone who has apparently posted a fair bit of Lightcannon art before.
When rightly called out on this by not only justifiably angry Timebomb fans but also justifiably angry Lightcannon fans, this person didn’t apologise or take the image down, but engaged in denial tactics, doubled down, insulted the people on both sides calling them out and even reposted it elsewhere across multiple accounts after the post was reported and removed.
I don’t need to explain why this was disgusting, indefensible behaviour on the part of this person. Ordinarily some internet rando being a gross scumbag on Twitter and throwing a tantrum when it wasn’t well received wouldn’t warrant my attention or even be a footnote in my day to day.
But, since they also posted their image on Tumblr, since this is the first actual “racist Lightcannon” I’ve seen in the wild, since this is an accusation that continuously pops up against a fandom community I’m a part of, and since their image drew inspiration apparently from the Get Jinxed video in a way that has coincidental parallels to my favourite scene in my most well-known fanfiction, I am to put it extremely politely, beyond fucking pissed at this person.
But I am not making this post for them, I am making it for the community and the fandom, so I’m going to try to do something positive with it. So here goes.
Laying a little groundwork here; since Season Two particularly the Timebomb vs Lightcannon ship war has gotten a lot uglier than the mostly friendly rivalry it was prior. Accusations of racism and homophobia fly around willy-nilly on every side of the Arcane Fandom’s ridiculous spiderweb of ship wars, but Lightcannon fans are particularly prone to being called racist, especially on Twitter.
Full disclosure; I’m not on Twitter. I left last year to avoid Arcane Season 2 spoilers after the leaks came out, and I haven’t gone back since, and have not for a nanosecond regretted that decision. My awareness of Twitter Drama is thirdhand at best; it’s so overrun with malicious bots, ugly politics, fake accounts, and algorithm-driven rage bait that I struggle to take it seriously. I don’t see what gets posted there and to me it’s so hard to verify anything on Twitter as legitimate that I don’t give it much weight.
Bluntly, it’s a cesspool I don’t swim in.
But I’m a prolific LC author on Ao3, I’m running the LC week events, I’m here on Tumblr, I’m on the LC reddit, I’m in all the major discord communities, and I can speak for them to say: this isn’t us, this isn’t how we talk about Ekko, this isn’t in our fics, this isn’t in our discourse, and anyone who even breathed something like this would not be welcome in our community.
It’s also worth being aware that there are also bad faith actors (mostly on twitter, again, because it’s twitter) spreading “Lightcannon is a racist ship” very much on purpose to silence and bully Jinx’s oldest ship and strongest queer ship and its shippers out of the fandom, and seeing the Arcane-is-canon thing as an opportunity for some good ol’ LGBT erasure under the mask of a moral crusade against racism.
The flip side accusation that “Timebombs are all homophobes” exists for similar bad faith reasons. Because people are fucking gross like that, apparently.
I think it’s past time to fight back against those misconceptions. This unfortunate incident raises an opportunity to stand in solidarity with PoC members of our shared fandom and with Timebomb fans, and anyone else who might have been hurt by this thing, to denounce racism in any part of our fandom, or any fandom, and address the hate and harm it fuels.
I’m not going to name the OP or link their blog because I do not want to encourage harassment or give them attention, but if you know who I’m talking about and you follow them, I implore you to unfollow and block. And if you see any posts containing similar content from anyone on any platform, call it out, report it, and get it taken down.
If you’re the LC fans I know and love you’re probably doing that already.
I want to very strongly emphasize that this person is not one of us and this person was not in our community spaces expressing these views, but if proving that means calling them out on behalf of Lightcannon fandom, that’s easy and I’m oh so happy to do it.
And I’m not alone. I know I wasn’t the only LC fan who reported the rhino picture, on either platform. The people calling them out in the Tumblr were LC people I follow, and the OP was being just as nasty to them as to the TB fans on twitter. I know people from our discord server who called them out on twitter multiple times and of course, they doubled down and went on the attack.
This asshole was no-one’s friend and was never acting in good faith.
I have my issues with cancel culture, it can do more harm than good, but unfortunately in an internet space where ‘engagement’ is seen as value and validation, the strongest message that can be sent that something is Beyond Fucking Unacceptable is to starve it out and let it wither into obscurity.
Don’t engage, don’t harass. Disengage, unfollow, block, ban, report, take its air.
This shithead has no place in the Lightcannon community and does not speak for us.
And that goes for anyone else that pushes a racist, misogynist or homophobic agenda or ideology while claiming to be “a Lightcannon fan”. You aren’t. You are not my people. You are not on my team. You don’t love these characters, you’re hiding behind them to spread hate, and you have nothing but my contempt and scorn.
Get the fuck out of my fandom, and may the door hit you on the arse on the way out.
And to PoC fans on every side of the fence, we see you, we see how wrong this is, and we’re sorry someone claiming to be one of us put you through seeing this. To Timebomb fans reading this post, we may be at odds sometimes on silly fandom things, but we are with you on this.
I want to bury the misconception that Lightcannon fans hate Ekko, for good, because in my own experience the polar opposite is true, and the people pushing ‘LC fans hate Ekko’ are, once again, doing so in bad faith to divide this fandom against itself.
I speak on behalf of my Lightcannon community; Ekko is a fantastic character, and we love him too. I wish you could see the way we talk about him in our fandom spaces. I wish you could see how much love we also have for Ekko, even if we don’t ship him with Jinx.
Most if not all of us have our own shipping preferences for Ekko – we want him to be happy, we just don’t think Jinx is it for him – and race isn’t a factor in those preferences (nor should it be) especially taking Ezko into account as one of if not the most popular of Ekko’s many options.
If you want evidence of that just read back across my blog whenever I’ve posted about him, including the most recent one, or read our fics! Ekko is best boy, we all know he deserves the very best ( though if you’re here for angst, you’re valid too 😉 )
The bottom line is that Lightcannon vs Timebomb is a very unserious conflict.
We are at each other’s throats over the love life of a fictional character, Jinx, whose story in Arcane had almost nothing to do with romance of any kind, and whose story in League of Legends has even less. Our biggest point of difference is which of two Loyal, Kind, Big Hearted Community Leaders our crazy blue haired skrunkle should date. The whole thing’s deeply unserious.
But racism is never unserious. If we see it, we need to speak up, shut it down, and act to heal the divides it causes.
And the best way to do that last part, I think, is lay our weapons down and reach out. Because the asshole posting the racist image, like all the bigots peripheral to this shitstorm of a fandom, did so with the intent to divide and rage-bait and fuel the Stupid Fucking Ship War.
So, let’s make it have the opposite effect.
Lightcannons reading this. I want you to do this: continue to call out racist comments from anyone claiming to be a Lightcannon fan. Let everyone see this isn’t who we are. But be mindful that people are also trying to draw both sides into petty pissing contests; so, the most effective tactic is to get those posts taken the fuck down.
This racist ‘fandom’ material should not exist, it exists only to cause harm, so it should not be seen. Starve it out, take it down, let it be known this shit is not welcome and does not speak for us.
And secondly and more importantly, reach out to any PoC fans you might know who’ve seen this and been hurt by this, and to your Timebomb moots. I’ve made this post because I felt I had to speak for Team Lightcannon and make where we stand publicly clear; caveat is that I don’t think that a loud call out post like this is as actually useful as quieter acts of solidarity.
Reach out, offer support, listen. If you aren’t friends with any TB shippers, bite back that defensive Twitter reply and write something conciliatory instead. You will probably still be met with hostility; emotions are running high around this stupidity like they always do around internet drama. Be thick-skinned, turn the other cheek and continue to be kind. It’s not worth it. This is a ship rivalry. It’s nothingburger, it doesn’t matter.
Fighting bigotry does. Every little act of kindness does.
And you never know, you might just find common ground with someone you didn’t expect.
