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Hello, lovely artists! Below are 25 blind summaries for the various fics we have, which means there are 25 slots. They are first-come, first-served, so when you sign up, please list the three fics you’d like the most. I’ll do my best to make sure that you get matched with at least one of your three, but if that doesn’t happen for whatever reason, I’ll message you and we’ll figure something out.
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A couple of things to note: you’ll notice some of the numbers are missing (7, 8, 15, 19). I’m still waiting to for the summaries from these writers, and I’ll post updated lists with those summaries as I get them (and I’ll also be updating with which fics are already taken).
Also, some of the fics are long. I lifted the word max because we didn’t have a problem last time of people committing to huge long fics and not coming through. In fact, a couple of the writers chose to only upload the first few parts/chapters of their long fics for the big bang, and have continued to update the stories themselves afterward with subsequent chapters (one is still going strong and it’s pretty great). As the artist, it’s totally up to your discretion what you make art for in the fic. You can read the first few lines and find the perfect imagery, or you can read the whole thing and decided to animate it. Both work, so don’t let word counts scare you away.
Artist sign-ups are open until 10/13/17 (Oct. 13th).
Pairings: Kepcobi, implied Lovelace/Rachel
Rating: T Word count: 3000 - 4000
Summary: 1. rachel young checks her emails. your emails. you check your emails- how is special projects doing, rachel? how do you feel about these proposed staffing changes in your department?
2. you, warren kepler, have a meeting. you seem to have meetings like this very, very often. it’s almost familiar, the sight of jacobi sat across the desk from you.
3. alana maxwell has a brief crisis in the lab, after an incident involving a timer lock and an ai’s bid for freedom, but you’re calmed down by none other than-
4. you, mr jacobi, reflect on your job, your life, and the next hephaestus crew (who you saw just down the hall).
5. you make sure things run smoothly, don’t you, mr cutter? make sure everything is in its place. as ever-
Pairings: Kepler/Jacobi, possibly other background
Summary: a look at a developing personal and working relationship between Jacobi and Kepler (Content warnings: general violence, potentially some domestic, and possessive behavior)
Note to artists: I can’t listen to podfics so I would prefer not to receive any (I wanna be able to interact with your art!)
Characters: Kepler, Jacobi (there’s no real pairing, like the fic isn’t written shippy, but you could probably read it as pre-slash)
Rating: T Word Count: ~2000
Summary: Kepler and Jacobi get captured and tortured for information. Kepler is getting real real hurt, so Jacobi agrees to tell them what they want to know. Kepler experiences Emotions abt the facts that a) Jacobi no don’t TELL them the INTEL, b) he’s more loyal to me than to Goddard i can Use This, and c) awww he doesn’t want me to get hurt c:
Pairings: Kepcobi, Jacobi & Maxwell
Summary: they say that in the moments before you die, your life flashes behind your eyes. (maxwell lives au)
Pairings: Minkowski/Lovelace, Eiffel/Hera
Summary: Minkowski has two months back on Earth under her belt, and she’s got everything totally under control. They’ve got a begrudging ally running interference with Goddard, a Mack truck for Hera’s brain, and a safe-house waiting for them in California. Her only problem is the baby. Also; Maxwell’s legacy, a little equality act, the mere thought of word games, oddly competent French braids, disgusting tea, super durable babies, and the validity of gas station condoms.
Characters: Original crew (maybe +Lovelace)
Summary: planning a psychic au in the vein of each individual thinking themselves unique in their ability, as the telepathic element leads into a lot more early discoveries in the hephaestus.
Characters: Maxwell & Jacobi
Summary: Maxwell and Jacobi reflect on their relationship with Kepler, both the brightest and darkest moments of life with the Colonel. (warning that Kepler’s penchant for “discipline” (abuse) will come up)
Pairings: Minkowski & Eiffel (friendship/implied)
Summary: After being back on earth for a few months, Minkowski has a job offer for Eiffel, Eiffel builds a giant radio in his backyard, drinks and memories are shared in front of a ratty old sofa.
Pairings: Kepcobi, Minlace, (reference to Kepler/Cutter)
Word count: 15k +, estimated 10 chapters
Summary: running a business is hell. running hell is just business. [vague spn (supernatural) au ft. hephaestus hunters vs the demons at goddard futuristics]
Characters: Hera & Maxwell
Summary: When Hilbert took Hera offline, the crew fell apart and it is safe to say that they did everything in their power to help her. When Dr. Maxwell discovered the malicious code implanted in Hera’s memory banks, she did all she could to help Hera overcome that nagging little phrase. It is safe to say that without Hera the crew of the Hephaestus would be missing something vital. This includes Dr. Alana Maxwell. So, what if while Maxwell was helping Hera overcome her demons, Maxwell overcame some of her own? What if a deeper friendship was born?
Pairings: Kepcobi, (Jacobi, Kepler, Maxwell, possibly also Rachel or Cutter)
Summary: Kepler and Jacobi are rival assassins.
Characters: Maxwell and supporting cast.
Summary: Five guns Maxwell fired, plus one she didn’t. 5+1 character study of Dr. Alana Maxwell and her mad rifling skills.
Rating: M, warnings for major character death.
Summary: Pre-hephaestus SI5 mission, Kepler dies and Jacobi kind of goes ballistic (haha).
Word count: 35k (only first few chapters will be used for Big Bang)
Summary: The last thing Jacobi wants to do with his summer is spend a week of it trapped in a car with Kepler (and Maxwell, but she’s more tolerable. She is supposed to be his best friend after all). He hates the way he can’t look away from him, hates the way Kepler can suck him in with a raised eyebrow and a half smile, hates the way that one glance leaves his heart pounding and his hands shaking. It’s like he’s not even trying. He especially hates it when Kepler somehow contracts a very deadly, very inconvenient disease that might kill him before they ever reach California-one that might not be an accident.
Pairings: possible Minlace, otherwise general S4 Hephaestus crew
Summary: Episode-style fic. The crew discover that the Hephaestus is on course to intercept a comet’s tail. Minkowski makes a mistake that puts the station at risk, and everyone struggles to deal with the consequences. Also to survive.
Rating: T, with potential M
Summary: A post-Hephaestus minlace fake dating au. The two of them made it back with Eiffel and Hera in tow, but things are not easy when you’re filing a lawsuit against Goddard Futuristics and there are cameras everywhere you go and a reporter just asked you how you and Captain Lovelace started dating.
Pairing: Doug Eiffel/Mr. Koudelka/Renée Minkowski
Summary: Doug fucks up, Minkowski stresses, Koudelka smacks some sense into both of them. (After Eiffel drunk-dials Minkowski in the dead of night and says some things he shouldn’t, Minkowski arrives to break down his door and talk some sense into him. She doesn’t do so well. Her husband does significantly better.)
Characters: Hilbert, Hera, Minkowski, Eiffel
Summary: It’s the end of the first week of the mission, and everything is going….alright? Eiffel has been rather resigned, unsure of himself really, and Hilbert has been giving everyone the cold shoulder. The AI system (Hera right?) doesn’t talk much besides when spoken to, but when she does she says some strange things. But Minkowski knows that the crew can come together, and what better way than a game night?
Pairing: Lovelace/Minkowski/Koudelka, Jacobi/Eiffel, Jacobi & Maxwell
Summary: Isabel Lovelace learns a secret, finds some truth, falls in love, and creates a family and saves the world. Roughly in that order.
Pairings: Kepcobi (hinted)
Summary: In the aftermath of a mutiny, Maxwell and Kepler sit together in the observation deck. They talk about the friends they’ve lost. (essentially, What If Jacobi Died Instead Of Maxwell)
Pairings: Kepcobi, Maxwell/Long-suffering patience
Ratings: T (potentially M)
Summary: Stranded in Kyoto, Kepler emphatically suggests Jacobi take tea ceremony lessons to “give him a sense of calm” (and also keep him out of Kepler’s hair while he tries to figure out an extraction). Maxwell can’t stop laughing. Jacobi can’t stop knocking over tea cups. Kepler can’t stop almost getting murdered at the vending machine down the road.
