Introduction + Rules for BSD World Building Minibang!
Current Status: Sign Ups Opened (until Dec 31st 11.59pm UTC-12/IDLW Timezone)
About
A BSD minibang dedicated to exploring the canon universe of Bungou Stray Dogs. We defined this loosely, but types of exploration we're targeting include, for example:
how each respective organization deals with taxes or other realistic minutiae
the events of a pre-canon era such as the Great War
outsider POV on a specific plot-line, whether coming from an uninvolved side character or from an OC
a canon character's sparsely-detailed backstory or a missing period of time from their backstory
We encourage participants to play around with headcanons, non-canon ships, and composing intricate background lore. The requirements and schedule for this minibang will be less than what a big bang asks for.
Requirements
Participants should be 16+ years old. Both NSFW and SFW works are permitted, but participants below 18 will not be permitted to work on NSFW pieces. Mods reserve the right to remove you from the event should there be any misguidance on ages.
Fics should be 4000+ words long.
Art pieces should be a complete work of art (either colored + shaded or lineart + flat colors).
Fics should placed in the canon setting (AUs are fine so long as they are recognizably placed in the world of BSD; i.e. excluding settings such as fantasy AUs or mundane university AUs, but allowing works such as organization swaps or canon divergences).
Rules
Crossovers and OCs are permitted if they match the other requirements of the event.
We will permit alternate universes as long as they are still recognizably set in the world of BSD (i.e. basic facts such as that ability users exist and are known, the PM and ADA operate in modern-adjacent Yokohama, etc). You'll likely be asked to replace your pitch with a new one if your summary is of a cowboy or space opera AUs, but we leave less extreme examples of veering off from canon up to your discretion.
Gore/Dead Dove/Sensitive Content will be accepted, but warnings are strictly required and—to ensure eligibility when matching with an artist—an alternative (second) pitch is required without this content. All ships are permitted. We reserve the right to exclude pitches or works for content in poor taste with regard to real-world politics.
Harassment, bullying, threatening, etc. are not permitted nor tolerated.
Summary: Dazai, the boss of the Port Mafia, had picked up Atsushi who was a poor, orphan boy that was not even wanted by the orphanage. While accepted into the Port Mafia, Atsushi unconsciously grows obsessed with Dazai, always diligently following his orders and seeking any form of affection from Dazai. However, Atsushi finds himself at odds when he wants to go orphan and see the orphanage director, as he wants to learn why the director did what he had done.
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
Characters/Ships: Ouchi Fukuchi, and his Military Personnel Ensemble. Mentions of Yukichi Fukuzawa.
BSD Universe: The Great War
Summary: It’s no secret that Ouchi Fukuchi hates war. This is a brief insight as to why.
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
Summary: Dazai was once asked to join the Sheep. This fic will be about how he ran into them after leaving his home behind and why he was asked to join, why he refused, and what he did instead.
AKA That time the Sheep failed to recruit Dazai and he ended up at the Port Mafia instead
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
Hello! Hope everyone has been doing well!! We deeply apologize for the radio silence, but we've extended artist signs up until the end of this month, 31st January!!
To ramp up interest and to spread awareness of the event, we're giving everyone a sneak peek at some of the pitches that have been submitted for the minibang! We'll be using the hashtag: #bsdwbmb pitches. If you do not want to see the pitches, please feel free to mute this tag.
Reblogging + liking to spread the word would be super appreciated!!! Thank you so much~!!! <333
BSD Universe: Pre-Canon to the series, Canon Divergence
Summary: Dazai and Fyodor's first meeting while Dazai is still with the Port Mafia, and potentially a divergence where Dazai goes on to join Fyodor instead of remaining with the Port Mafia (maybe around when Oda dies, before Dazai decides to defect. He just kinda has a mental breakdown that he never recovers from)
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
Summary: Tecchou Suehiro is seventeen when he's assigned to his first big case: to take down the criminal organization known as Seventh Sun, a mafia-like group with their sights set on a goal he can't determine through muddled affairs.
Saigiku Jouno, seventeen, is one of Seventh Sun's three Executives. Their endgame is not his perogative: his perogative is to find what makes his own heart tick.
Tecchou finds it before Jouno can, though Tecchou doesn't know how much of Jouno's cruel side he can take before he breaks.
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
Summary: After Akutagawa almost dies, Dazai, now the boss of the Port Mafia, picks up Gin who is also on the cusp of death. From there, Dazai saves her life and Gin, to repay Dazai, works closely with Dazai, serving as his secretary. But little do they both know, her relationship with Dazai grows into something more; more than what both Dazai and Gin asked for.
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
Characters/Ships: Piano Man/Lippman, Albatross & Chuuya, Iceman, Doc
BSD Universe: Stormbringer, History of the Flags
Summary: When Piano Man joined the port mafia, he had one goal in mind.
Reaching the top seat and take it for himself.
But power isn't something one cab strive for alone, you need connections, allies… Friends.
Piano Man's journey through the mafia ranks and how he met each member of the flags.
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
BSD Universe: Pre-canon to the series, Character Study
Summary: When Akiko has given up on life, saviors find her in the form of a silver-haired, extraordinarily skilled swordsman and a strange, loud-mouthed boy with terrifying intellect. That is how she finds the Armed Detective Agency, and is allowed to grow up with at least half the security she’d been denied.
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
BSD Universe: Pre-Canon to Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen Light Novel
Summary: Chuuya wakes up with no memories of his past life and must survive living in Yokohama. While wandering around in Yokohama, he encounters Shirase and Yuan, and together, they must survive in Yokohama together and form the Sheep.
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
Summary: Mori Ougai is the Ruthless, Cunning & Merciless leader of the feared Port Mafia. But before that, he was a doctor, a soldiers and and one point, just a man….
What evens led to him becoming them person he is today, what drives someone to go from saving lives to taking them?
An exploration of character and what a leads someone to becoming the necessary evil.
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
Summary: When Dazai’s best friend dies in his arms and tells him that he needs to be a better man to live a life worth living, he heeds the advice. He’s almost immediately caught up in a Russian terrorist’s web, intoxicating as it is exhilarating; then there’s the fact that he can’t seem to leave his other ex-best friend alone. It’s damn near destroying himself. He almost thinks he won’t last these two years.
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
Summary: Yokohama is a hungry city; it devours secrets and refuses silence. Gin Akutagawa has a silence the city intends to break. Michizou Tachihara has secrets the city is willing to shatter.
Michizou is willing to put the past behind him - live in the shame of a typical life, no ability, no mafia or government. Live something that no one is proud of, but there's enough shame in his soul to drown a valley.
When Gin gets caught up with the Hunting Dogs, Michizou is pulled out of his early retirement to give her the same tricks of the trade she'd been him years back. Unfortunately for them both, Yokohama will push-and-pull until it gets what it wants - and it wants Gin and Michizou's heads on a platter.
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
Summary: Kunikida is 15 when he meets a boy with fiery orange hair, a mean smirk, and power thrumming under his veins. Chuuya is 15 when he meets a boy with defiant eyes, bruised knuckles, and a red ribbon around his wrist. They understand each other more than they think.
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
Summary: Exploring the aftermath of Beast!Dazai's death in the Beast universe from Chuuya's POV prior to being sent to prison and the final days he spent with Beast!Dazai prior to the ending of Beast. (Case studyish, involving Beast!Atsushi and maybe Beast!Mori speaking with Chuuya, and his eventual descent into madness)
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
Summary: Fukuchi's thoughts when he finds Teruko for the first time, and as he's bringing her off the battlefield.
...And if this and other pitches interest you and you're an artist, we'd love to have you in our BSD worldbuilding minibang! Here is the sign up form to participate!
Artist Sign up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSGJwtp8nQIkx-nKh6yXDL_eBP_01FINcTnaGWo5HR3XkpTQ/viewform
Sign ups are open until 31st January! Hope to see you there!
