I know, another zine, but I really wanted to participate in the #CSFirstFest because I missed the valentines one and kinda missed the Christmas one so here we are! *cough* disclaimer: it may not technically fit today’s theme *cough* anyway....
THE CORMORAN STRIKE FEST OF FIRSTS! Running March 29-April 4 2020
Celebrate the Ten Year Anniversary of Cormoran and Robin’s First Meeting with us! Cormoran nearly killed Robin on the flight of stairs on March 29th, 2010. Now in 2020, we’re getting excited for the next book and celebrating that momentous first meeting with a week-long event!
Each day has a set of prompts that you can mix and match- Genre, Characters, Firsts, and Dialogue. You can do which prompts suit your fancy, in any combination! Do just one, or do them all, it’s up to you!
Don’t write fic? You’re invited too! We’d love to see your artwork, gifs, graphics, playlists, meta, and all fannish love! And everyone can share some love with your fellow fans with your likes, comments, kudos, and reblogs!
There’s an AO3 collection ready for when it’s time to start posting, and a tag for your tumblr posts as well: #CSFirstFest. All the prompts are listed by day and explained below the cut.
Get ready to celebrate!
The prompts are not hard-and-fast; you can flex them as far as you’d like, and you’re not locked into posting them on the day. If you don’t finish Monday’s prompt until Thursday, post it then! No worries at all! We’re happy to have you joining in the fun,no matter when you do so.
Prompts are listed in order of Genre, Characters, Firsts, and Dialogue.
Sunday, March 29: Fluff / Family Members / First Kiss / “This is my favorite time of day.”
Monday, March 30: Casefic / Coworkers & Law Enforcement / First Fight / “You were the only person I thought I could trust.”
Tuesday, March 31: Alternate Universe / Exes / First Date / “Can we just pretend to be normal for once?”
Wednesday, April 1: Hurt/Comfort / Clients / First Trip / “Why do you insist on pushing me away?”
Thursday, April 2: Romance or Smut / Friends / First Time / “Are you flirting with me?”
Friday, April 3: Angst / Villains / First I Love You / “We can’t keep this up forever.”
Saturday, April 4: What-If or Future Fic / Victims / First Meeting / “Who care about what they think?”
GENRE: A general mood or type of fic. This is a suggestion only! If you want to write seven days of smut, or four different AUs, you go right ahead and do it.
CHARACTERS: A suggestion for characters to include in your fic. We’d like to show some love to characters other than Cormoran and Robin, wonderful as they are. Family might include the Ellacott parents and siblings, Strike’s parents, Joan and Ted, Lucy and her children, or any of the other Rokeby clan. Coworkers is meant to include not only the other PIs at the firm like Andy Hutchins and Mitch Patterson but the Law Enforcement officers they work with, such as Wardle and Ekwensi, or sources and other helpers, like Spanner. Exes might include Matthew, Charlotte, Ciara, Nina, Elin, and Lorelei. Clients can be canonical or original clients, like Mad Dad, Platinum, and Leonora Quine and the Chiswells. Friends extends out from Nick & Ilsa to Dave Polworth, Anstis, Ekwensi, and who could forget Shanker? Villains could be John Bristow, Liz Tassel, Noel Brockbank, Jeff Whittaker, even Jago Ross and Sarah Shadlock if you’d like! And let’s not forget the Victims, like Lula, Rochelle Onifade, Owen Quine, Kelsey Platt, Alyssa Vincent’s daughter, and Billy Knight.
FIRSTS: This doesn’t need to be between Robin and Cormoran, though it can be! Take these in whatever direction takes your fancy.
DIALOGUE: These may be adapted and adjusted to fit your premise, whatever it may be!
Terribly sorry for the rushed graphics, but I did want to get this out these ASAP. Also, I went with a photo of a staircase, because..... how could I not? :)
