Birdflash Event Server

The blog for the event server's email. With all of the events run through the server reblogged here.

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Birdflash Zine Is Happening!

We're going to but posting the application for moderators and/or contributors soon! You'll need examples of your work for your applications, they don't have to be birdflash but they should be some of your best work/something you're most proud of! Keep in mind that the creation period is going to be seven months to give everyone enough time to get stuff done, so if you want to contribute but are unsure about the time, think about if you can get 1k words or a full artwork down in seven months!

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Tumblr deleted the zine side blog out of nowhere with no explanation. I'm trying to get it back but haven't gotten any responses to my help quandries. I'm trying to make a decision

what should I do about the zine blog?

wait for tumblr!help to get back to me (however long that is going to take)

post the zine stuff on the birdflash week only until it's restored

make a new zine sideblog and hope this one doesn't disappear

Voting ended onApr 17, 2025

[birdflash-zine-electric-boogaloo]

What's Y'all's Thoughts on Discowing?

Would you guys be interested in stickers/merch that have a discowing inspired design on them? I'm curious!

I would...

hate anything with discowing on it!

love to see more discowing!

I like discowing!

what's discowing?/show answers

Voting ended onNov 10, 2025

[redisrobinhearts]

Dick Grayson is drawn fine the way he is and claiming he isn’t is colourist. I’ll tell you why

First and foremost I would like to specify there will be mistakes in this rant as English is my third language and I am also Romani so obviously this gives me grounds to speak on this matter

Onto the rant I will start this by saying no matter how the Romani person appears - Roma are not white no matter how white passing a Romani person may look. Romani is also not specifically a race it is an ethnic group which depending on the subgroup can vary but most Roma simply consider ourself brown or will forego that and just state that they’re Romani

In this fandom there are a lot of misguided beliefs that dick Grayson is drawn “wrong” or that he is “white washed” in comics or fan arts which has resulted in harassment to people who haven’t done anything wrong

Roma don’t have a “look” there are millions of Roma world wide who look vastly different - there will never be a specific wrong way to draw dick Grayson because there is no right way to look Romani.

There are blond haired blue eyes entirely Roma just as there are dark skinned textured hair Roma

This leads me to: why do Romani people have such varying looks?

Romani people come from India and left India roughly 1,000 years ago and then settled all over the world but most of which went to Europe - where you will find the most variant subgroups of Roma.

European Roma faced slavery and attempts of ethnic cleansing for almost 5 centuries in which women were raped and Roma were killed - then almost 100 years later the holocaust happened which was the largest on scale genocide and ethnic cleansing of Roma there was.

This caused overtime majority of Western and northern European Roma to become paler and more white passing while today Roma from Far Eastern and southern Europe usually tend to be darker skinned

During American slavery it wasn’t just Africans who were taken forcefully to America but also Roma who had settled in Africa - along with Europe sending European settled Roma to America for the same purpose.

In the modern day Romani descendants of that are darker skinned as opposed to European Roma being lighter skinned

Of course - tragedies don’t dictate how Roma will look in the modern day, you can imagine when your ethnic group and your community has stayed in one place for hundreds of years you will at least start to look a little of like the people of the place you are.

Roma don’t throw people out of their community for not looking “Romani enough” white passing Roma are considered light skinned Roma and darker skinned Roma are considered dark skinned Roma - we are all Romani and we all belong to our Romani communities.

Claiming a Romani character or person doesn’t look right or is white blatantly ignores the tragedies Roma faced which caused communities of Roma to look the way they do - there is no such thing as not looking right as Roma and the level of how Romani you are is not dictated by the colour of your skin.

And while we never know what subgroup of Roma dick Grayson it is safe to assume he is romanichal (subgroup of Roma from the uk and other English speaking countries) of course until dc ever specifies otherwise.

His subgroup isn’t important but it could shed light on the struggles his community faced in the current and in the past.

Dick Grayson’s Romani identity isn’t decided by his skin it is decided by who he is and who he is is Rrom.

I could go into more intricate detail of Romani culture which is seemingly always butchered in fandom (especially in relation to language) but I will save that for another post

[taxi-cab-to-slowtown]

bc the title is a little confusing:

this post is not saying you can’t draw him darker. They’re saying that he is not white-washed if he’s drawn lighter and to stop harassing people for drawing him the way they see him because when you do that it shows a profound lack of understanding of Romani people and Romani culture and history and its not good.

[bebea-123]

Cutie patooties❤️🪶⚡️

[birdflash-zine-electric-boogaloo]

I'm going to find some really good birdflash content here on tumblr and reblog it with a reminder of the zine! Applications are open now if you're a fanfic writer, fanartist, or anything else, PLEASE apply!

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Birdflash Zine Contributor Applications

Open until May 17th 2025

Here is the link for the contributor and moderator applications! Please feel free to apply to as many roles as you would like, just be aware that you might only get some of those roles!

Rules for Contributors:

You MUST have a discord account that is provided with your application. If you don't have one you will not be able to be a contributor. If you have other social media you would like to share please share that as well we will reach out to you via DMs if you get the position.

You must be over 16 for SFW and over 18 for NSFW contributions. By submitting this form you assert that you are at least 16 years old.

Guidelines for the application:

If you are applying as a writer, please submit at least 2 stories/excerpts from stories that are 200-500 words long. These do not need to be birdflash, but DC is preferred. If you apply for a writer of the NSFW portion please submit the same in NSFW writing.

If you are applying as an artist please submit 2 full colour pieces that you've done. If you are planning on, or wanting to make a comic, please have at least ONE of those pieces be a comic in it. If you are applying as an NSFW artist they should include NSFW art. Pieces with two characters are preferred but not required.

If you are applying as a merch creator please submit either two merch designs, two images of fully completed pieces of merch, or both.

If you are applying to be a beta/editor for the zine please provide two works or work excerpts of 200-500 words that contain the before you betaed version and the after you betaed version.

If you are applying to be a cover artist then please submit either a cover design you did or an image of something with your cover design on it.

Note: no one in this zine will be getting paid except for a free copy of the finished work. All proceeds will go to a charity that will be picked by the contributors and moderators after the contributors have been decided.

@dc-event-calendar could you please boost?

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Prompt Voting

Prompt Voting DC Vampire Weekend 2025

sorry this is late, irl got busy and I forgot what date the form closed out on.

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make a new blog for the zine. It's very unlikely that tumblr will restore anything, staff is comprised of like 40 people atm, it´s a miracle they even see your ticket

yeah I bit the bullet. Gave them 24 hours but then I gave up.

@birdflash-zine-electric-boogaloo is the new blog for it :)

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Prompt Submission

Prompt Submission will be open until April 22nd 2025. Please submit prompts! We need to have enough for voting!

DC Vampire Weekend 2025 Prompt Submissions

Prompt Submissions for DC Vampire Weekend 2025

@dc-event-calendar please promo this!

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Rules

Tag all Tumblr entries with "dcvampweekend," "dc vampire weekend 2025," and tag @dc-vampire-weekend

all 18+ materials should be written by writers who are 18+ . What you do on your own time is your prerogative, but we're asking for you to follow that rule for this event.

Same applies for prompt submissions. All NSFW prompts must be submitted by someone 18+

Anything is accepted for the event, art, writing, mood-boards, as long as they follow the prompts. The only exclusions are photos of people as we cannot be sure that all parties in them are consenting.

Dark fics/art must be tagged as such but are accepted.

Late submissions will be accepted until prompts open next year!

The Ao3 Collection for this Event Can be Found Here:

The collection is currently closed, unmoderated, and unrevealed. It will be opened when prompts are released. You can add your fics to it if you think you'll be too busy to post them during the week but you finish them beforehand. The entire collection will be revealed on the first day of the event. (If you want to post day-to-day, don't put more than day 1's in beforehand).

Schedule

Prompt Submissions: April 15th - April 22th

Prompt Voting: April 23rd - May 1st

Prompts Released: May 2nd

Vampire Weekend: May 30th - June 1st

FAQs

What contents are reqired?

All creations must bc DC, focused on vampires, and follow one of the prompts for the day.

What will the prompts be like?

There will be both NSFW and SFW prompts. Depending on submissions we will either have 6 or 8 prompts per day.

Can I write a crossover?

As long as the crossover is between something and DC yes!

Miniumum or Maximum requirements?

As long as you create something with vampires relating to the prompt it does not matter! Can be 10 words or 10m words! We do though ask that longer submissions on Tumblr be broken up with a click for more functions just to make it easier on people.

Will Tumblr Reblog the Submission?

All submissions on tumblr should be tagged with "Dc Vampire Weekend 2025" as well as tag the @dc-vampire-weekend tumblr account. If you write a fic on Ao3 and want us to promote it include that somewhere in the fic or send a message to the tumblr with the link to the fic so we can promote it! We'll try to promote everything but it all depends on how much there is submitted!

What is prohibited?

The only thing prohibited in complete creations is non-DC related works. Crossovers are fine. Also inappropriately tagged works might be unapproved for the collection. (This is vastly innoproprietly tagged like making an NSFW fic general. Most things will be accepted if they are a new fic and not an updated previous fic :)

For prompts, we also are asking that there be no prompts that relate to Harry Potter specifically due to a discussion about how those prompts can isolate and harm members of our community. You can write works that are Harry Potter inspired or crossovers for the event but no prompts. You can, however, put prompts that you might use to write a Harry Potter themed fic without having those words.

For instance "hogwarts AU" could be worded as "magic school AU"

or "Wizarding World of Harry Potter" could be instead "Witches and Wizards AU"

etc.

Further Questions?

Asks are open! Feel free to send one! You can also join the Birdflashweek Discord Server and ask one of the mods!

[birdflash-zine]

Birdflash Zine Is Happening!

We're going to but posting the application for moderators and/or contributors soon! You'll need examples of your work for your applications, they don't have to be birdflash but they should be some of your best work/something you're most proud of! Keep in mind that the creation period is going to be seven months to give everyone enough time to get stuff done, so if you want to contribute but are unsure about the time, think about if you can get 1k words or a full artwork down in seven months!

[birdflashweek]

SFW Prompt Announcement (Full)

Sorry for the delay! The prompt list is under the cut! Reminder that you can write a fic of any rating with any prompt we just ask that if you are under 18 you don't write any 18+ (explicit) fanfic for this event. What you do on your own time is up to you!

Day 1: Friendship

“You, me, Wally, we founded this team. Without him…”

Relationship Reveal

Friendship bracelet

Day 2: Trans Visibility Day/Transgender

“I love you, not your body. Wait, I also love your body because it’s you… oh fuck”

Gender Exploration

Only out in one identity

Day 3: April Fools/Pranks and Tricks

“It’s hard to laugh on the day my parents died” Secret Identity/Identity Reveal

Team pranks him not knowing the anniversary

Day 4: Elseworlds

“No one but I will feat on your blood”

Dimension Travel

 “Find me”

Vampire Dick/Vampire AU

Day 5: Family Bonds

“Okay so I may or may not have a crush on your brother”

Accidental Child Acquisition 

Dick as Damian’s parent

Day 6: Secret Relationship

Teammates try to figure out significant other

Only one bed

Don’t know they’re dating

Day 7: Polyamory

“I think you’re cute, can I bring you home to my husband?”

Getting caught “cheating”

Dating both identities unknowing

Bonus prompts:

“He’s mine now, you can’t have him back”

Childhood friends

Bunny!Dick

Hogwarts AU

Soulmates

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Birdflash Week Prompt Voting

Prompt Voting SFW right here:

Pick a different prompt for each of the 3 versions of the day. We will calculate which prompts for each day get the most votes and then put together the sheet!! happy voting!

Birdflash Week Prompts SFW

This is the form for voting SFW prompts for birdflash week 2025!! This year for each day there will be a theme. What should happen is we ge

[birdflashweek]

slight delay on prompt voting!

I know we’re off schedule so here is an updated schedule for everyone! We’re currently trying to put together the prompt voting forms (bare with us). Life is still a little busy as we transfer into the new year!

NEW SCHEDULE:

Prompt Submissions: December 18th - January 7th (@ 23:59 EST)

Prompt Voting: January 13th - January 21st (@ 23:59 EST)

Prompts Released: January 22nd 2025

Birdflash Week: March 30th - April 5th

all in all it’s only about a week delay and should still give you enough time to get to writing and arting for the week in time! But keep in mind late entries are not just accepted but ENCOURAGED!!

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Hi trans person here - this is well meaning but idk if asking everyone to write about the experinces of a minority group is the move for a shipping prompt event. I think like, offering this as an option along side another themes is the move. Trans visibility is also not really a theme in and of itself - may i suggest the broader theme of gender and gender roles? People could write to trans experiences if they want to or explore masculinity

Hey, to whoever added this to the prompt submissions. This is not a prompt. This is not appropriate either.

Why is this not appropriate? Here are the reasons:

This is a decision the mod team has made as a way to connect the event to the fact that this day coincides with trans visibility day.

2. This is meant as an encouragement for more trans-centric stories. The trans community is under a lot of targeting and misinformation campaigns. Because of this a LOT of us feel invisible even in the LGBTQ community and I think that trans visibility and appreciation in fandom spaces is more important now than EVER, which is why this event was scheduled when it was.

3. I am a trans man and I made the initial push for this theme for the day. Hello. If you think this was done out of malice toward the trans community it was not. Also we are of the opinion that ANYONE can write about trans characters, even if they are not trans. Sometimes those that are not trans don't get the experience right, but also no one's experience is the same! For instance, I wouldn't know exactly what the experience of a trans woman is. I need to remind you that this is a PROSHIP event and as such anyone is allowed to write anything for the event.

4. This category is not specifically about trans!Dick or Trans!Wally or both, though it most certainly can be. And these characters can be written as transmasc or transfemme, it's not about exploring masculinity or gender.

5. The exploration of gender as a concept? Yeah that will fall under "trans visibility" the point of this is to keep the spirit of the holiday and celebrate our trans community and members.

6. MOST IMPORTANTLY: if you wish to give the moderators feedback or ask questions, please use our ASK BOX not the prompt submissions form!

Thank you and have a good day.

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Birdflash Zine Interest Check

Birdflash Zine Official Interest Check

Based on polls it seems our community might be interested in a Birdflash zine. Because a zine takes a lot more people, time, effort, and arr

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What events should we run this (2025) year?

DC Polyship Zine

DC Merging Families Weekend

Secret Flash Family Weekend

DC Vampire Weekend

Same as Last Year

Flash Family Exchange

Birdlfash Zine

Birdflash Big Bang

All of The Above

Voting ended onDec 24, 2024

Birdlfashe Week is definitely happening but we want your thoughts on the other options for events we could run in 2025! @dc-event-calendar

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Bluesky Account!

We have a blusky account now which you can follow. If you post anything NSFW for the event please tag us there so we can repost it!