Fratt Big Bang

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Fratt Big Bang 2021!

Based on the responses to the interest check, we’re going to be going forward with a Fratt Big Bang! We’re still pro-Defenders, and we’re still thinking about it, but we’re starting with an event dedicated to Frank Castle and Matt Murdock!

WHAT’S THE BIG BANG?

For this event, writers will come up with an idea for a fic and present ~2000 words of their ideas, along with summary information, which we (the mods) will present anonymously for artists to claim. Artists then have a week to choose their top 5 works. The mods will pair up each writer with an artist, and then each team works to create an amazing work, to be posted together at the end of the event!

WHAT’S REQUIRED?

It’s a Big Bang -- writers are required to hit ~10,000 words for their fic -- or more! We’re giving you plenty of time for it, if you want to go for that 50K story! For artists, we expect 1 finished illustration related to the story -- but we’re happy to see more if you’re inspired!

TIMELINE

08 Jan - Signups open! 29 Jan - Signups close for writers 19 Feb - Signups close for artists aka everyone. 

26 Feb - Writers summaries and first 2000 words due! 05 March through 12 March - CLAIMS WEEK  12 March through 17 March - mod matching 17 March - Matches out - privately! 22 March - Matches go public! April, May, June - Creation Time! - Check-in 1: 20 April - Check-in 2: 20 May - Final Check-in and signups for Posting Dates:10 June 20 June through 03 July - Posting! 

SIGNUP FORM

We’ll be releasing the signup form shortly, so stay tuned. There will be a place there for you to submit questions, which we will then answer all at once in an FAQ post!

WHO IS THIS?

This event will be run by your favorite murder spouses, @feathers-and-cigarettes and @sevdrag. Sev has about fifteen years of experience modding everything from discords to exchanges to bangs to bingos; Feathers has participated in every kind of fandom event there is, likes dogs, and writes A LOT OF Fratt.

FOLLOW US!

Follow this tumblr for the form, updates, links to our Discord, and (eventually) a whole bunch of amazing Fratt work!

[neko-kohaku]

Red on Black

for @frattbigbang

Author: neko_kohaku and Art: Iithril Beta: givemesomewings Characters: Matt Murdock, Frank Castle, Defenders & assorted associates Wordcount: 20,726 Rating: M Summary: In an unplanned and unvoluntary team-up between Defenders and Punisher, Frank and Matt find themselves in a, somewhat, peculiar position.

[Image description: Traditional watercolour and pencil art nouveau style artwork on portrait format thick white watercolour paper with a vertical mirror symmetry motif. Matt and Frank are standing left and right, respectively, backs turned to each other and faces turned straight ahead with a light blue background. They are standing at an angle with more of Matt’s back and more of Frank’s chest showing. They are wearing similar grey nondescriptive pants. Naked from the waist up, black intricate lines are creeping along one side of their torsos up to their necks and fading out from there, following the pattern of their veins. A delicate blood-red cloth is encircling Matts arms and torso, forming a loop between them and winding around Frank’s arm and broadly on his torso, where it is tied with a small bow. The cloth continues on behind Frank’s back, falling like a cape to about ankle-length. The picture is framed by a reddish brown thin border with elaborate patterns on the bottom. On each side, the border is framing a black and grey circle with ten symmetrical braces behind Matt and Frank’s heads, resembling a Halo. On the center between the circles, intricate leafy green vines are sprouting in convoluted bows. Similar, but larger vines are winding around each upper corner of the border and highlighting the curved title ‘Red on Black’ written in block letters in dark red brown and glinting with lighter reddish brown - the colour of Matt’s hair - in the vertical center of each letter.]

no, I most certainly did not create this tumblr account for the sole purpose of presenting this bang-fic-art

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WE ARE BACK FOLKS! We had some uh, mild hacking issues on tumblr, but we are back and proud to present the second half of the bang!

Our next installment comes from @neko_kohaku (Hisui) and for their first Bang, they certainly came out with a bang! If you’re looking for an action packed fic complete with plenty of wonderful Defenders interactions and characterization, look no further. Iithril, one of our multi-talented participants, stepped up to the plate for the amazing artwork. Link is above, go give them both some love!

[pherryt]

That Last Dance of Chances

For the first Fratt Big Bang !! @frattbigbang

Fandom: Daredevil/Punisher Ship: Fratt (Frank Castle/Matt Murdock) Rated: T

Summary:

When the Hand almost kills Frank, Matt is offered a bargain to keep him alive. Something that binds them, forces them close, to which there is no turning back.

They find together the things they wanted to hide from themselves.

story by Iithril

art by Pherryt/Dragonpressgraphics

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Our next piece belongs to our multitalented creators! Both Iithril and Pherryt both have contributed both art AND fic to this bang and we love seeing them shine in both mediums. Iithril’s story is a fantastic take on the age old hurt/comfort fic and Pherryt knocks it out if the park with her first Fratt art piece! Give them some love!

[reddbl]

Drawn for @roipecheur ’s work The Better Half . For the @frattbigbang 2021.

Summary: When Frank can't get rid of Matt Murdock's suicidally stupid train wreck of a twin brother, he does the next best thing: take him on an extended, cross-country road trip where they commit some murders, steal some money, and might even go on a real vacation.

I picked a few scenes I really liked and tried to do them justice. I’m really terrible at drawing colored, completed work though, so they are still very sketchy and I’m very sorry about that.😭 It’s still a great pleasure working with you! Drawing Mike is a lot of fun x, and I’m so glad to be able read such a marvelous story! 🥰

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The art to with @roipecheur’s fic done by the phenomenal @reddbl! We’re continuously blown away at how hard everyone worked during this Bang and Reddbl is a fantastic example. We love your sketchy style and you’ve illustrated this fic so wonderfully!

[roipecheur]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Summary: When Frank can’t get rid of Matt Murdock’s suicidally stupid train wreck of a twin brother, he does the next best thing: take him on an extended, cross-country road trip where they commit some murders, steal some money, and might even go on a real vacation.

Of course, Matt never really had a twin brother.

Rating: Explicit

Fandoms: Daredevil (TV) | Daredevil (Comics) | Punisher (Comics) |The Punisher (TV 2017)

Relationships: Frank Castle/Matt Murdock, Frank Castle/Mike Murdock

Characters: Frank Castle, Matt Murdock, Mike Murdock, Elektra Natchios, Natasha Romanov, David “Micro” Lieberman, Curtis Hoyle, Franklin “Foggy” Nelson 

Additional tags: background Natasha/Elektra

Words: 149,656

Written for the @frattbigbang 2021.

See @reddbl‘s amazing art here!

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Our next fic is brought to us by @roipecheur whom we’ve come to expect fantastically plotty longfic from and we were not disappointed! Comics fans will recognize the run this is based on but non-comics fans should enjoy as well! @reddbl made several fantastic artworks for us, and we’ll reblog those as well. Thank you both so much for the awesome work you’ve put in!

[alistrawrites-deactivated202301]

Fratt Big Bang 2021

Title: Where Wolves fear to Prey

for the @frattbigbang

Author: @alistrawrites, ART BY @misterknife! Relationships: Frank Castle & Natasha Romanov, Frank Castle/Matt Murdock, Natasha Romanov/Clint Barton, Matt Murdock (&/)Natasha Romanov Wordcount & Rating: ~12.5k words, rated Explicit Summary:

After a failed mission and with lots of blame to go around is a great time for Frank, Matt and Natasha to hide out in a safehouse together. Far away from the world, with nothing but all those feelings for company. 

>>> Read it here on AO3. <<<

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Our third team is fairly new to the ship and also stepped up to the plate with this home run when a team had to drop. @alistrawrites as always brings us a brilliant Natasha, but her Frank and Matt shine in this fic! @misterknife hit it out of the part and their stunning art is embedded into the fic. Thank you both so much for your hard work!

[titconao3]

A Lighter Shade of Red 

Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Daredevil (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017) Relationships: Frank Castle & Matt Murdock, Frank Castle/Matt Murdock Characters: Matt Murdock, Frank Castle Additional Tags: Foggy Nelson - Freeform, Karen Page - Freeform, magical amnesia, A good dog - Freeform, with art!!! Words: 25487 Summary: Matt forgets he is Daredevil. Everything is too loud, nothing feels right, until he meets a bartender. Frank did not expect Red to come to the bar where he works undercover, being all un-Red-like, and it’s not like they’re friends or anything. Right?

A fic written for @frattbigbang. Wonderful art in the fic by @rrr-nightingale, also here ! BEHOLD

Beta AND title by the ever-amazing @pixelbypixelfanfic <333

[ID: A banner depicting Frank and Matt from the chest up. Frank has his arms crossed and looks a bit exasperated, Matt rubs his forehead and smiles Frank’s way. The text says, A Lighter Shade of Red, words by titC, art by rrrNightingale.]

[rrr-nightingale]

Find out what happens between those pics under the cut and in the fic!

Keep reading

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Art below the cut for our second team!

[titconao3]

A Lighter Shade of Red 

Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Daredevil (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017) Relationships: Frank Castle & Matt Murdock, Frank Castle/Matt Murdock Characters: Matt Murdock, Frank Castle Additional Tags: Foggy Nelson - Freeform, Karen Page - Freeform, magical amnesia, A good dog - Freeform, with art!!! Words: 25487 Summary: Matt forgets he is Daredevil. Everything is too loud, nothing feels right, until he meets a bartender. Frank did not expect Red to come to the bar where he works undercover, being all un-Red-like, and it’s not like they’re friends or anything. Right?

A fic written for @frattbigbang. Wonderful art in the fic by @rrr-nightingale, also here ! BEHOLD

Beta AND title by the ever-amazing @pixelbypixelfanfic <333

[ID: A banner depicting Frank and Matt from the chest up. Frank has his arms crossed and looks a bit exasperated, Matt rubs his forehead and smiles Frank’s way. The text says, A Lighter Shade of Red, words by titC, art by rrrNightingale.]

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Our second team! As always, @titconao3 has written some fantastic words for us, and @rrr-nightingale has created some stunning pieces! Thank you two so much!

[sandyeffingfrank]

Here’s my submission for the 2021 Fratt Big Bang!! I was super excited to be collaborating with @pherryt who wrote such a wonderful story. Link to the fic is here. Stop what you’re doing and read it now!!  Summary: “In the aftermath of everything, Frank is left at loose ends and winds up staying at Matt’s place. With Matt constantly going out and coming back beaten up and run down, Frank winds up spotting him to make sure he doesn’t get in over his head, trying to get him to slow down and take care of himself. Since Matt won’t, Frank does it, cooking for him and patching him up. Neither of them see them getting closer the whole time.“ [Image description: Frank and Matt are relaxing on Matt’s couch and watching TV. They are covered in dramatic and colorful light from the billboard outside]

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The other half of our first wonderful team! This piece is absolutely stunning!

[pherryt]

Finding Peace

Daredevil/Punisher, Canon Divergent, Accidentally Domestic

Words: 12,292 Rating: M (mostly to be safe) Ship: Fratt (Matt/Frank) Summary:

In the aftermath of everything, Frank is left at loose ends and winds up staying at Matt’s place. With Matt constantly going out and coming back beaten up and run down, Frank winds up spotting him to make sure he doesn’t get in over his head, trying to get him to slow down and take care of himself. Since Matt won’t, Frank does it, cooking for him and patching him up. Neither of them see them getting closer the whole time.

Posted Yesterday for the @frattbigbang with AMAZING art by @sandyeffingfrank which you probably saw already because I reblogged it twice yesterday (but feel free to go back and gawk again :D )

I still blame @feathers-and-cigarettes for this. You know what you did :P

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Our first submission! What a fantastic team!

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Posting Guidelines

The time has come! We’re so excited to see all the wonderful works created by our Fratt Big Bang participants: here’s how authors and artists should post. Each team should post during the week of their claim week. Fics can be posted serially, but you should be posting up to and including at least one piece of your artist’s work. This means if your fic is four chapters, and your artist has created art for chapter 2, up to chapter 2 must be posted during your claimed week.

Post your work to our AO3 collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/FrattBigBang2K21

Post your work to your social media of your choice.

Tag your work on tumblr with #frattbigbang in the first five tags

Tag us @frattbigbang in your post on tumblr!

If you are not posting on tumblr and posting elsewhere, please email us at [email protected] or message @sevdrag or @feathers-and-cigarettes to ensure we can include you in our tumblr masterpost!

Happy posting all!

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Final Check-In and Posting Week Claims

Fratt Big Bang 2021: Final Check-In and Posting Claims

Here we are, friends, heading into the final stretch! Your mod team has been ridiculously busy (moving Feathers into Sev's basement, in fact

yes we realize yesterday was the 10th, look, the concept of time does not exist in this household

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Check-In #1!

Hey friends, it's time for our first check-in. Come let the mods know how you're doing! We'd like to have everyone's check-in by Friday, 23 April, so that we can address any problems and line up help for anyone who needs it!

Fratt Big Bang 2021 -- Check-In #1!

Hey, friends, it's time for our first check-in! Let us know how you're doin so far...

Thanks!

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Teams are out!

Hello, friends -- we're happy to announce our 8 teams for the Fratt Big Bang!

Team 1: iithril (words) and @thecarelessvoice (art)

Team 2: neko_kohaku (words) and iithril (art)

Team 3: @roipecheur (words) and @reddbl (art)

Team 4: @titconao3 (words) and @rrr-nightingale (art)

Team 5: @pherryt (words) and @sandyeffingfrank (art)

Team 6: @feathers-and-cigarettes (words) and @harishe-art (art)

Team 7: @morrow-dim (words) and @brattikayla (art)

Team 8: @sevdrag (words) and @mock-speed (art)

Participants, feel free to reblog with more information about your ideas -- having seen them all, we're so excited to get things rolling.

Thanks!

Sev and Feathers

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Artists - Claims Presentation!

Hello artists! It's time for you to review our (anonymous!) writer submissions and see which ones sound interesting to make art for.

A few notes:

A link to the actual Claims Form is on the first slide.

Page through like a regular slideshow, as you need.

Hover over the links to outlines and summaries until you see the link; clicking on this should take you to a copy of the document in question!

We've tested the form, but if you have any problems, DM @sevdrag or @feathers-and-cigarettes either here or on Discord -- we'll help you out privately.

Claims will close on Friday, 12 March, at which point we'll get started creating our teams!

HERE'S THE PRESENTATION!

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Writer Summaries

Hey, writers! Time to get your summaries in! The form will have a bit of a grace period for those who aren't on Ohio/US time!

https://forms.gle/k7XVv7jpGJFov9LV9

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If the upload file link is NOT working for you, please fill out the rest of the form and EMAIL us the file for your outline and 2K words at [email protected]. Thanks guys! We’re trying to hammer out why it’s working for some and not others.

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Writer Summaries

Hey, writers! Time to get your summaries in! The form will have a bit of a grace period for those who aren't on Ohio/US time!

https://forms.gle/k7XVv7jpGJFov9LV9