Welcome to the BloodyMary Big Bang

An 18+ big bang to celebrate the relationship between Simon (Iron Lung) and Ryland Grace (Project Hail Mary)! Status: Apps closed, sending disc invites

[bloodymarybigbang]

Good Timezone Time Everyone!!

First of all, we want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! to everyone who applied to be on the moderation team, as well as to those who filled out the interest check. The turn out has been astonishing, and both of the admins are absolutely stoked to see how many people are excited for the event!!

We've been talking it over, and have decided to split the event into two distinct groups, as to insure that as many people as possible can join in the celebration of our favorite space boy crossover pairing!!!

Participating Vs. Contributing

These are the terms we'll be using to describe the two different ways to engage with this event, each with specific parameters and different requirements. This post is to explain everything that YOU will need to know about how to join (and don't worry, this will be our new pinned post!)

So, what's the difference between participating and contributing?

Participants are the main creators for the event. These are the people who will be sorted into teams with 1 writer, 1 artist, and 1-2 beta readers, all working towards the same fanwork.

Requirements of being a participant:

- MUST BE 18+

- Filling out the application form (don't worry, this is primarily for administrative purposes)

- Joining the discord server

- Working with a team

- Posting work to the Ao3 collection at the end of the event

- adhere to the event's rules

Contributors have far less requirements and will not be working on teams, unless you choose to work with a buddy. Contributors will have the option to post their work alongside the event, while not directly participating in it.

Requirements of being a contributor:

- Posting a bloodymary centric fanwork to a designated Ao3 additional tag at the time of the event's end

That's it. You don't have to be 18+ or work with others (unless you want to, and coordinate it yourself) in order to still engage with the event and celebrate our space blorbos. An important note for contributors: your work will not be featured in the Ao3 collection, as the collection is for the participants only and will be facilitated through the discord. Your work will, however, be discoverable through the event's specific additional tag in Ao3's tagging system. A follow up post with instructions will be made closer to posting day, don't worry :>

So what will it all look like when it's said and done?

- an Ao3 collection full of participant team fanworks

- an NSFW specific Ao3 collection of participant team fanworks

- an event specific Ao3 Additional tag, tagged on contributor works made to be posted alongside the event

Any further questions can be directed towards our ask box!!

And for the sake of keeping everything in ONE awesome pinned post, here's the Event Schedule

Participant Applications Open - August 1st through 15th

Discord Invites are sent out - August 16th through 20th

Writer Pitch Forms Open - August 21st through 24th

Artist Selection Forms Open - August 28th through 31st

Participant Teams Announcement - September 2nd

Creation Period Begins - September 5th

Pinch Hitter Form Open - September 12th through October 5th

1st Check In - October 5th

2nd Check In - November 5th

3rd Check In - November 28th

Posting Day - December 5th

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED, SENDING DISCORD INVITES

[bloodymarybigbang]

pssst if ur sending invites from a new email gmail holds the email hostage for a few hours but if you have an established account send it via bcc’ing all participants it goes faster

It seems this was the case!!! 4 of the 5 emails have sent, so the last one should hopefully go out soon >:3

[bloodymarybigbang]

Admin Trex here, Hypothetically all the emails sent? I say hypothetically bc it shows from our end that they were sent but I sent them to myself to double check and I only got one of the five, so....

I'm going to wait a bit longer just to see if the others start trickling in, but if it seems like the others def didn't send, I'll see if I can try figuring out what happened with that

[bloodymarybigbang]

would you be willing to share how many people applied :]c? I’m curious

We had! 107 writer applications, 50 beta applications, and 96 artist applications, so 253 total applications.

That being said, the majority of the betas are doubling up on roles, so we have 79 just artists, 80 just writers, 18 writer/beta, 9 artist/beta, and 19 betas, which is 205 unique people!

[bloodymarybigbang]

hi! i am a participating writer. would it be okay to write a fic for BMBB that’s technically a “sequel” to a previously posted fic, but with its own unique plot that works as a standalone? thanks!

This is absolutely okay, yes! Go nuts with it!

[bloodymarybigbang]

just realizing that if all goes according to plan and none of the writers drop out, were looking at the big bang collection having 1 million+ words worth of bloodymary content and thats exploding my brain /pos. SO SO EXCITED FOR THIS EVENT!!!

[bloodymarybigbang]

Just wanted to say you both seem SO ORGANIZED and it's so cool that you are able to put together something at this scale! Thanks for doing it! Looking forward to participating!

Thank you thank! Something we've done to keep ourselves this organized is a lot of communication. Even if it's a simple ask, we get each other's opinions on it before answering, just to make sure we're both on the same page!

After we introduced the mods, we've been getting their opinions on the applications/forms, our list of banned topics, and other topics just so we know our verbage makes sense, or in case we didn't think of something!

Also, I think just having passion for creating a community event like this is what is keeping us going. Both admin Trex and I have been SUPER hyped for this event and what everyone is going to create, and everyone's own excitement is fueling us! So, thank you guys!

[bloodymarybigbang]

hi! sorry if this has been asked before, but can i post a fic as a participant if i also applied as a beta reader?

Hello hello! As a beta, you are absolutely allowed to post a fic as a contributor in the Ao3 tag when the time comes!

This goes for anyone else as well! If an artist wants to write something, or a writer wants to write a second piece, or if anyone has found this big bang too late, the Ao3 companion tag will be welcome for all once it opens!

(More information about the Ao3 companion tag will be posted closer to the posting date.)

[bloodymarybigbang]

Good time zone time everyone!!!

Applications are now closed, and the admins are going through the sheets to sort things out. The final totals were at 107 writers, 50 beta readers, and 96 artists!! ABSOLUTELY INSANE, thank you so much.

Neither of the admins are terribly tech-savvy, so we'll be going through and manually emailing the discord invites out both today and tomorrow. Unfortunately, we do have to split up the emails into 2 batches, because Google only lets us send 100 emails a day before we start having to pay money. Boo. 👎

More than likely, we're going to get most of the emails sent to the writers today, and everyone else tomorrow. So just keep your peepers peeled, and double check spam tomorrow night if you haven't received an invite by then!

Thank you again to everyone that applied! The team is absolutely thrilled to start welcoming everyone in

[bloodymarybigbang]

Reminder!!

Applications close tomorrow at 11:59 PDT!!!

[bloodymarybigbang]

Hia! I came across this page earlier today and am thinking of joining in as an artist because of how fun it sounds overall! However im a wee bit tentative simply because I am someone who is not super comfortable with drawing sexual content. I’m up for drawing gore, body horror, non-sexual nudity, etc.

Silly question in general, im just wondering if being okay with drawing sexual content is a must to be able to participate in this project. If so, i will happily support all of the amazing artists and writers from the sidelines :3

Thank you so much for your time!

Not a silly question at all, don't worry!!

We're going to set it up so that while NSFW & sexual content is allowed, no one will be put on a team with content they wouldn't be comfortable with, and you don't have to engage with any part of the NSFW sections if you don't want, and you definitely don't NEED to be comfy drawing any specific genre like that. I guess this works as a pretty good opportunity to also start explaining the team selection process we're going with!

The way it's going to work: we'll send out a form to the writers where they'll be asked all of the specifics about their fic idea (a synopsis, if it'll be NSFW, any content warnings, estimated wc, etc), then the mod team will compile all of that info into a Google doc. The Google doc will be sent out to the beta readers and artists with another form for those parties to select their top 5-10 choices for teams, as well as marking how many teams they'd like to be on. Using that info, we'll go through and sort teams in a way that makes sure no one will be surprised with which team they'll be placed on! (And don't worry, the process will be explained more in depth once everyone is in the server and mods can help out :> )

We wanted to make sure that artists & betas had a say in which teams they got selected for, and more importantly, that no one would be getting jump scared by topics, depictions, or contents warnings they weren't prepared to handle!

[bloodymarybigbang]

Good time zone time everyone!!!

This is your friendly reminder that applications close on Saturday at 11:59pm PST!!

That's in less than 3 DAYS!!

Writer Application

Artist Application

Beta Reader Application

BMBB Writer Participant Application

Thank you for your interest in writing for the BloodyMary Big Bang!! As a reminder: - Participating in this event is strictly for 18+ fanwo

BMBB Artist Participant Application

Thank you for your interest in making art for the BloodyMary Big Bang!! As a reminder: - Participating in this event is strictly for 18+ fa

BMBB Beta Reader Participant Application

Thank you for your interest in beta reading for the BloodyMary Big Bang!! As a reminder: - Participating in this event is strictly for 18+

Discord invites will be sent out via email on Sunday and Monday (16th/17th)!

[puppyzcollar]

would love to participate but i am really bad at working with other people, can i have a sticker if i write something without other people and just in celebration of bloodymary big bang👀

[bloodymarybigbang]

Hey! Thanks for your interest in the event! We actually have a whole category for those who'd like to contribute to the event but don't want to work on a team or aren't confident they'd hit the 10k word minimum

You can find more info in our pinned post!!!

[bloodymarybigbang]

Good time zone time everyone!!!

This is your friendly reminder that applications close on Saturday at 11:59pm PST!!

That's in less than 3 DAYS!!

Writer Application

Artist Application

Beta Reader Application

BMBB Writer Participant Application

Thank you for your interest in writing for the BloodyMary Big Bang!! As a reminder: - Participating in this event is strictly for 18+ fanwo

BMBB Artist Participant Application

Thank you for your interest in making art for the BloodyMary Big Bang!! As a reminder: - Participating in this event is strictly for 18+ fa

BMBB Beta Reader Participant Application

Thank you for your interest in beta reading for the BloodyMary Big Bang!! As a reminder: - Participating in this event is strictly for 18+

Discord invites will be sent out via email on Sunday and Monday (16th/17th)!

[bloodymarybigbang]

also, now I'll be the one who probably skipped answer to this exact question, but:

can me and my friend be placed in the same group? for example if I'm an artist and they're beta?

thank you for all your work!

I think our plan is on the writer pitch form, and the forms when artists/betas choose which pitches they'd want to work with, there will be an extra question at the bottom that asks if they want to be paired with a specific artist/writer/beta. The catch will be that both people who wish to be paired together will need to put the other on their form!

So essentially, yes, you will be able to work in the same group!

[bloodymarybigbang]

I see you answering every ask, even if the questions are repeating multiple times or even if information/answer is in pinned post, and I want to express my gratitude to you for that

you are one of the most anticipated events I my life, and I'm coaxing my friend to apply as beta/writer, make sure to take care of yourself and take breaks

putting this in asks because it's not as private as dms and not as public as post with tag, and I want for you to know that it is the most sincere

Thank you so much for this ask! Really, Trex and I both saw this and nearly started crying over how sweet it was!

In my eyes, every ask is important. Maybe someone didn't see the answer to something. Or maybe they think the answer to that ask wouldn't apply to themselves and they just want to double-check. Humans are fallible, they miss things, and the only thing we can do is answer the questions when they're asked and be kind about it! No question is a stupid question, even if it has been asked before!

Also, I know I just want to make the BloodyMary fandom as welcoming as possible! We're all just people playing with little dolls in our minds and wanting to share them with others, and that's what I hope to achieve! - Admin Sy

Thank you so much for your kind words!!! It means a lot :>

I've been absolutely taken aback with the outpour of love and support we've gotten already, before the event even truly begins. We've been putting a lot of work into making sure everything is set up well, running smoothly, and keeping everyone updated on the blog, but it's been a blast. I am absolutely thrilled to see what everyone creates, and I know a LOT of you are just as excited to get to it, as welll. I've seen just. So much love for this event.

I really wanted this to be a moment of celebration and of community connection, so I just cannot express how grateful I am that it's become something of this scale. So thank you again for your kind words, and thank you to everyone who's already filled out the forms (200 and counting!)! Your excitement is infectious and I'm SO excited to see everyone's lovely creations <3 - Admin Trex

[bloodymarybigbang]

Hi there! I've already submitted my application to be an artist but I've got a couple questions

A friend and I have a fic idea that we really want to write together, would it be allowed for duos of writers to submit one idea? I've seen it with other bangs, but I know it can make things more complicated on your end, so I get if you guys say no.

Will artists be allowed to be on multiple teams? I've only been able to find a post saying writers can't submit multiple ideas, but I know I always get greedy as an artist and want multiple fics lol

Are you expecting the event to be one or two artists per team? I know this is something that can change (#we changed halfway through submission for the phmbb lol), but what are you guys thinking right now?

1) After discussing it, we agreed that yes, this would be acceptable! Only one of you would submit the prompt form once those are available, and at the bottom there will be a question asking if you would like to work with anyone in specific

2) Artists will be allowed to be on multiple teams! There is a question on the artist form that you can answer asking if you'd would want to do multiple pieces/work on multiple fics! It is also super appreciated because, at the current moment, we have 92 writer applications and only 72 artist applications!

3) We are only looking for one artist per team!

[bloodymarybigbang]

What happens if a writer can't make the 10k work minimum? Like they manage to write a longer fic but it doesnt quite reach 10k?

Our goal is for each participant to write at least 10k. If you don't think you can make the 10k requirement, you are always welcome to be a contributor and post alongside the others using the ao3 additional tag!

If you are a participant who doesn't believe they can make a 10k, even after talking it over with your beta and writer, you can discuss it over with a mod later.