Queen: Rare-Pair Weekend 2023

August 25-27

[queenrarepair]

Queen Rare Pair Weekend - August 25-27

Celebrate the rarest, or never-written-before, ships/friendships of the Queen fandom this summer!

🌼 August 25:

The Walking Dead

Career change

Opposites Attracts

Hometown Nostalgia

Terrible First Meeting

Third Time’s a Charm

🌺 August 26:

Mob boss

Bruised

Classic Retelling

Unlikely Friendship

Unresolved Sexual Tension

Plant Parent

🌸 August 27:

Historically inaccurate

Overcoming

Nosy neighbour

Romance is dead

One Hit Wonder

Financial struggles

☀️ Information:

All art forms are welcome

Tag @queenrarepair in your entries

Upload to the collection on AO3

Delete all hate and do not interact

This event is only open to rare pairs

🌈 What is a rare pair?

Rare pairs consist of the less popular ships/friendships in the fandom with a focus on rarely acknowledged characters connected to Queen band members

Rare pairs (romantic or platonic) can be anyone. Think of friends of the main band, exes, heroes, employees, roadies, family members, other celebrities, etc.

Rare characters can also be people the band never personally met

Poly, platonic, and rare character x reader insert, are all welcome

Suggestions for rare characters connected to Queen will be posted on this blog over the next weeks

💕 What is not a rare pair?

The most popular ships (friendship or romantic) in the fandom are not rare pairs. This was determined by numbers on ao3. Any pairing on the list below the cut does not count as a rare pair

You also cannot combine the popular pairings on the list. For example: (Freddie x Jim x Roger) does not count as a rare pair, because it combines two already popular ships

Any of the four band members x reader is not rare enough, but reader x any other Queen adjacent character is allowed

Send a message if you have a question about pairings

These are not rare pairs:

Brian x Freddie

Brian x John

Brian x Reader

Freddie x Jim

Freddie x Reader

John x Freddie

John x Veronica

John x Reader

Roger x Brian

Roger x Freddie

Roger x John

Roger x Reader

[carrrothead-vol2]

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Queen (Band) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: The Red Special/Roger’s car, John Deacon & Brian May & Freddie Mercury & Roger Taylor Characters: The Red Special, Alfa Romeo, Roger Taylor (Queen), Brian May, John Deacon, Freddie Mercury, Jaguar the Player, Volvo the Good Family Car, Rolls Royce the Pompous Ass Additional Tags: Crack Relationships, Humor, Pining, Cars, Car Accidents, Crack, Light Angst, Insecurity, Wrote a silly thing made myself emotional over cars Summary:

Roger Taylor might have been in love with his car, but his car only had headlights for the Red Special.

In which Roger’s car pines after Brian’s guitar.

Little something I wrote for @queenrarepair​ but forgot to share here. I’ve had this idea for quite a while now, but never rly had a proper moment to write it down before. So thank you for the event, and here it is, the rarest of rare pairs: The Red Special and Alfa Romeo the Lovesick Car 🎸🚗.

(And yes, Voxmobile is a real thing.)

[queenrarepair]

Gorgeous piece! ❤️

[justlike-awoman]

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

This TayTay fic is a gift for the lovely @of-streetlightfancy , who wished for Roger and Crystal desperately pining for each other throughout the years ❤️

Based on the Queen Rare Pair Weekend 2023 prompts: unresolved sexual tension & overcoming. @queenrarepair

[queenrarepair]

this looks beautiful and promisingly juicy, excited to read! ❤️

[plainxte]

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

Here's a late entry for Queen Rare Pair Weekend 2023 - a little bit of TayTay and a car or two 🚗🚗🚗

@queenrarepair thank you for organising! ❤️

[queenrarepair]

so excited to see you tackled this couple!! Cannot wait to give it a read 🧡💛🧡

[emmaandorlando]

For the lovely @dendjustice for @queenrarepair 🧡💛🧡 Give it a read here: x

[andlovedaresyou]

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

Underground

For the Day 1 Prompt “Terrible first meetings” of the @queenrarepair 2023 event! Hope you enjoy.

Summary: Adam walks into a bar, searching for a man to have fun with and drink from, and chances across an intriguing newcomer. Even in a world where vampires such as himself live alongside humans, the man brings more than what Adam expected.

[queenrarepair]

Omg what a brilliant underrated pairing! Very excited to see what you did with this. Brilliant work!

[emmaandorlando]

Read it here: x for @queenrarepair weekend I am so excited to present my first entry ☺️

Some John Harris x Roger Taylor content for the lovely @justlike-awoman

[your-one-day-ecstasy]

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

Chapters:  1/2 Fandom:  Queen (Band),  Bohemian Rhapsody (Movie 2018) Rating:  Teen and Up Audiences Warnings:  No Archive Warnings Apply   Relationships:   Joe Fanelli/Freddie Mercury Characters:   Joe Fanelli, Freddie Mercury, Original Male Character(s), David Minns (mentioned)   Tags:  Getting to Know Each Other, some smoking and drinking

 Summary:  

For @queenrarepair Day 1, Prompt "Hometown Nostalgia"

After yet another row with David, Freddie spends a day with the band's caterer, Joe.

[queenrarepair]

What an absolute delight to see some Joe content in this fandom, what a lovely surprise! Cannot wait to read! Wonderful work🧡💛🧡

[queenrarepair]

Rare Pair Weekend: Day 3

We would like to thank everyone for this amazing weekend, hopefully we see you all next year too. Don’t forget to keep liking, reading, commenting, reblogging and supporting.

The collection will remain open for a few more weeks ❤️ We will also keep reblogging works if you tag us!

[justlike-awoman]

📸 polaroid by Brian May. Roger Taylor and roadie John Harris having a smoke break at Ridge Farm, 1975.

My entry for Queen Rare Pair Weekend day 2, for the prompt "Unlikely friendship". @queenrarepair

More under the cut:

Another "fake photograph" I painted with digital oil colours, this time of Roger and John Harris relaxing on the lawn in front of the guesthouse at Ridge Farm! What a lovely time of Queen history that summer was -- and Harris really did wear these teeny tiny shorts (just have a look of the real photos from Ridge Farm and you'll know what I mean!)

A very loose interpretation of the prompt, again, but maybe you'll forgive me for that, haha. Roger & Harris truly were great friends by all accounts, nothing unlikely about their rapport <3

[queenrarepair]

This is such stunning work. I’m breathless, what an amazing contribution 🧡💛🧡

[queenrarepair]

Is it alright if we post entries a little late?

Yes the collection will remain open a few more weeks and the blog will keep reblogging for that time too 🧡💛🧡

[queenrarepair]

Rare Pair Weekend: Day 2

Thank you to everyone supporting our event! Don’t forget to comment and reblog positivity ☺️ Enjoy your weekends

[justlike-awoman]

📸 Watai Asanuma/Shinko Music. Queen roadies Crystal Taylor and John Harris in Boston, USA, January 29, 1976.

My entry for the Queen Rare Pair Weekend day 1, for the prompt "Terrible First Meeting". @queenrarepair

More under the cut:

Obviously it's not really a photo by Mr Asanuma! -- I used digital oil colours to paint this "fake photograph" of Crystal and John Harris, who famously didn't like each other very much (at least according to Crystal's Tales, so take that info with a grain of salt).

I finally managed to develop a digital technique which allows me to paint in the same way i would IRL with traditional mediums, so expect more of these "fake photos" from me, I'm having a lot of fun painting them!! 🙌

[queenrarepair]

This is breathtakingly gorgeous. Wow. Absolutely stunning work! 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

[mysticanni]

Some Stream Of Hope

Thanks to @queenrarepair for the wonderful prompts 💕😘

[queenrarepair]

OMG WHAT A PAIRING 10/10! Cannot wait to read

[queenrarepair]

Rare Pair Weekend: Day 1

Rare pair weekend is finally here!

Post your fics in the collection: queen_rare_pair_weekend_2023 and tag us on tumblr @queenrarepair

Send an ask if you have any questions and don’t forget to read the prompts & guidelines

[queenrarepair]

tomorrow it’s rare pair weekend ❤️💛🧡

Everyone ready?

[queenrarepair]

4 Days Until Rare Pair Weekend

who is getting excited? ☺️❤️