Pick one or more of the four themed StrickPage Bingo cards, and try to create four pieces that connect in any direction. Each card has sixteen spaces, with fifteen prompts and one free space for a wild card.
The WrestleDream card offers softer, more tentative new relationship prompts for a fluffier side or AUs.
The Full Gear card is your classic StrickPage horny violence with lots of vampire undertones.
The Revolution card pulls a lot of weight and no punches, shouldering the angst burden through the All In era.
The All Out card brings us full circle to our modern standing, with a complicated combo of fiery passion and threads ended but untied.
Of course if you get that competitive itch you can always try your hand at a second card. Or even combine prompts from multiple. The truly wild might try for a full card strikeout...
This is not just a fic challenge, and this is a great reminder that AO3 does work as repository both to embed media AND to link out to other sites on third parties.
Mix it and match it up if you want: do a fic drabble one day, a sketch the next, a video edit the third, and round out the last day with a lovely set of memes.
Expanded Cards with Posting Information & Links to TV Tropes Pages Below Read More.
You can add your works, anonymously or not, to the StrickPage StrikeOut AO3 collection beginning Midnight on March 3rd, Pacific Time, remaining open through the end of the month for inevitable 'life happens' straggling.
Please tag your works #StrickPage StrikeOut on social media with a space, and avoid tagging alternative ship name spellings.
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There are no real rules to this challenge other than to create StrickPage or Hangman & Swerve relationship fanworks in the spirit of the challenge. Take the cards and make your own challenges.
Please don't hesitate to reach out to me by DM on Tumblr, Discord, or Bsky if you have questions, but really the point of this is just to have fun and create as a fandom! Don't put too much pressure on it.
Love is a Weakness - Love is regarded as a negative influence.
Cupid's Arrow - Falling in love personified by the love god, Cupid.
Rivalry as Courtship - A romance that stems from two characters' rivalry.
I Didn't Mean to Turn You On - Unintentionally making someone fall in love with you.
Laugh of Love - The tendency to laugh when in the presence of your love interest.
Unresolved Sexual Tension - Two characters are obviously attracted to each other, but they never act on their feelings.
Inconvenient Attraction - A character falls in love when they'd rather not.
No Challenge = No Satisfaction - I'm only happy when there's a challenge!
How Dad Met Mom - Come around, kids, this is the story of how your father and I fell in love.
Puppy Love - Romance between pre-pubescent children. [Note: This is on the list because of Swerve's famous playlist choice to include 'Awaken, My Love' for the Deathmatch, which includes the line 'So This isn't just Puppy Love'. Like all prompts on these cards, interpret as you see fit.]
Love at First Punch - Falling in love with somebody who beat you up.
Forgotten First Meeting - Forgetting that you first met your love interest long ago.
Best Her to Bed Her - A man must defeat a strong woman in combat if he wishes to romance her.
Crazy in the Head, Crazy in the Bed - A character is eccentric or outright insane, which makes them more appealing in the romantic and sexual sense.
Card #2 - Full Gear - (Violently Horny Vampire Vibes)
Stalker with a Crush - A character who follows the person they're in love with everywhere.
Stalker without a Crush - Whose obsession is unrelated to romantic or sexual feelings.
Too Much Alike - When applied to romantic relationships (or, less commonly, friendships). Two people break apart because they're too similar to each other; their shared traits clash and/or they have the same traits they don't like in themselves.
It's Personal - It sure is. You hurt someone dear to me. Now I'm gonna fucking kill you!
In Love with Your Carnage - A villainous or morally ambiguous character falls for someone because of their violent tendencies.
Breaking and Bloodsucking - Vampires break into bedrooms to attack women.
Hemo Erotic - A fetish for biting and drinking blood.
Must Be Invited - A supernatural creature cannot enter a dwelling without permission from the homeowners.
Yandere - They're so in love with somebody that they'll murder anybody who stands in their way.
Yandere Couple - Two people driven murderous with love end up together.
Combat Sadomasochist - Someone who enjoys both inflicting harm on (and also receiving harm from) other people.
I Hate You, Vampire Dad - Hating someone who turned you into a monster.
It's Not You, It's My Enemies - Being with your lover puts them in harm's way.
Consuming Passion - Cannibalism with sexy undertones.
Red String of Fate - Two characters are bound by fate to be together.
Arch-Enemy - The main villain of the story is usually (though not necessarily always) the primary nemesis of the main hero.
Interplay of Sex and Violence - Violence and sex happening around the same time as each other, or even using violence as foreplay.
Card #3 - Revolution Through All In - (Angst Vibes)
Came Back with a Vengeance - You ruined my life and sent me away to rot in exile, but I'm back with new skills, a new identity, and a meticulous plan to destroy everything you love.
The Mistress - A woman whom a married man cheats on his wife with.
I Gave My Word - May indicate Honor Before Reason.
Wanting Is Better Than Having - Once you've gotten all that you've wanted, life becomes boring and unrewarding.
Career Versus Man - A woman must give up her career if she gets married.
Awful Wedded Life - An unhappy and dreary marriage.
Reformed, but Rejected - A villain seeking redemption finds that no one trusts them.
Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You - A parent gives an excuse for why they left their child.
Descent into Addiction - A character's story arc involves them becoming dependent on a substance.
Am I Just a Toy to You? - A character confronts the other about how serious they think their relationship is.
Motive Decay - A villain gradually discards the reasons why they became evil in the first place, either losing their sympathy if they keep at it or give up their villainy after no longer caring about their Freudian Excuse
The Perils of Being the Best - Being The Ace has many prices to pay.
Success As Revenge - The best way to repay you for what you've done to me is by living a good life while you end up being miserable.
Accomplice by Inaction - You did nothing to save me from injustice even though you could. Therefore, I'm gonna end you!
Off the Wagon - A recovering alcoholic starts drinking again.
Card #4 - All Out - (Burning Romance)
Rationalizing the Overkill - My revenge ended up going too far/causing collateral damage, but it was well worth it!
Devoted to You - A character who inspires obsessive devotion in those around them.
Victory Is Boring - A character succeeds, but doesn't know what to do afterwards.
Destructive Romance - A deeply unhappy and dysfunctional romantic relationship (sometimes to the point of being abusive).
Fate Drives Us Together - If two people keep encountering each other, it means they're meant to be together.
Ignored Epiphany - A villain considers redeeming themselves, then decides not to.
Loving a Shadow - Falling in love with the ideal of someone rather than the actual person.
Vengeance Feels Empty - I've successfully gotten my revenge... now I have no idea what to do.
Fully-Embraced Fiend - Someone turned into a vampire decides to embrace their transformation rather than fight it.
Grand Romantic Gesture - A big, elaborate event done for someone to show your love for them.
Conducting the Carnage - So what if the world is ending? I'm just going to stand here and move my hands like a conductor. Whatever.
He Who Fights Monsters - Because of my goal for revenge, I've become just like the bastard who harassed me. Good.
Fanatical Fire - YOU SHALL BURN!!!!
Flames of Love - Fire represents the passion in a relationship.
Burn Baby Burn - Destroying something with fire for a dramatic disposal.
You've probably been wondering about all the stuff I've been posting, especially with the two in this video. Well, I'm about to do the most simplified explanation to celebrate an event I'm about to be in called the Strickpage StrikeOut!
To sum it up: these two have been in a feud for about a year and even though it's technically over with, they still haunt each other in everything that they do. They themselves have said that they are destined to fight each other and are going to carry each other for the rest of their lives.This feud lit a match and there have been many, many fanart, gifs, fanedits (whoo) and fanfiction over here!
If you want to learn more about this feud in greater detail, I highly recommend watching DropMickWrestling's video on the whole history (and honestly just subscribing because he does an amazing job with just letting the film speaks for itself instead of voiceover for a lot of his videos)
(also the song is called Weird by KAYTRANADA ft Durnad Benarra.)
final part! this is the last six drabbles. i had such a blast writing for the strickpage strikeout that i might come back and do some runs in the other cards before the month is up!!!! maybe. ...maybe.
part one | part two | part three
ao3 upload!
tropes in this segment: The Mistress, I Gave My Word, In Love with the Mark (free space), Accomplice by Inaction, The Perils of Being the Best, Daddy Had a Good Reason For Abandoning You
#sweep
Coming off a fresh title defense, logically, he should focus on the next one.
…Those dastardly Elite have put a thought in his head, though. Blood & Guts, huh? Two rings, caged together, anything goes. The idea of getting his hands, again, on barbed wire, thumbtacks, staples– it warms his heart.
Nana asks him if he's sure. Swerve will admit: it's good to keep an advisor around. Yeah, he's sure. Nana says, well, what if you get hurt? What if Hangman wins the Owen?
Swerve has always shone under pressure. What's an affair with a cage going to change about that?
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When Hangman calls his shot, he does it with a conviction so powerful it may as well become real around him. He's this close. Wembley is fingertips away– justice is fingertips away. All that stands in his way is Bryan Danielson– they've faced each-other before, but it's different, now.
He stares down the barrel of a camera, burning up with this righteousness. The fans chose Swerve, after all he's done, and it eats at him.
Fuck them. Fuck everything. Hangman gave his word; he's going to ruin Swerve. He's going to burn him alive. The biggest stage is for him.
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They always talk about everlasting wrestling rivalries like love stories. Returns to form, soulmates, "they never missed a beat". Swerve always thought that was… tacky. Love is not what they're doing, love has never been what they were doing. Wrestling is the act of fighting your opponent until they can't get up, it's brutal, this entire industry crawls with fuck-you-me-first.
But even with the back of his head lit up in dull pain– maybe because of it– Swerve and Hangman lock eyes, rings away from each-other, and Swerve feels it. They were always going to return to each-other.
They collide.
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It's all the Bucks's fault.
Team "Elite" lose at Blood & Guts. Hangman loses the Owen, and then he loses again to fucking Darby Allin. It's The Elite's fault, it's Darby's, it's fucking Renee Paquette's, it's the fault of every single godforsaken person in this building, talent or crew or fan.
It's all wrong. It doesn't matter, now– there's one last shot, one last ace up his sleeve. It's not gifted to him by the system, it's not a Joker. But it's his last chance. Flames lick at his heels, up his neck.
Swerve's going to pay. Damn this entire company.
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On this card are, technically, two matches coming for his title.
Swerve can't say he's not nervous. There's something next to that, though; he'll call it clarity of purpose. He watches the Casino Gauntlet and its participants– new signings, borrowed talent, returning veterans. He sees Hangman. Of course he does.
He thinks idly about scenarios– who wins, what'll happen, who will be more satisfying to cash in on. The world title is a bounty on your head, after all. It's welcome weight, but it's weight.
Tonight, the American Dragon is coming to collect. For now, the camera focuses on Hangman.
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His one last chance is gone. Christian Cage holds the chip, and however many fans there are in this stadium, they're all singing their lungs out to The Final Countdown. That's it.
Danielson isn't going to restore the World Championship. He doesn't respect it– all it is is one last grasp at success for a battered man on his way out, no matter how much of a legend he is.
He fights his way to ringside. He locks eyes with Swerve, and the sacrifices he's made all make sense. Danielson ensnares. Swerve taps.
My First Piece for StrickPage StrikeOut! This is a community event so please remember: a like is a smile, a tag is a day made, and an AO3 comment is an anti-depressant for years to come.
I'm trying to do the All Out board with fanvids, so it seemed right to start with an entirely All Out themed one, for Swerve POV. It was meant to be more 'Loving a Shadow', but it ended up covering 'Destructive Romance' pretty well instead? Both? Both.
March is fast approaching, and that means Revolution, but even more exciting, the first StrickPage StrikeOut!
Dozens of you have expressed interest and excitement in participating in some way, from creating to commenting, which is a fantastic amount of momentum! But before any great new event comes Promo Week!
Could you use a bit of a boost to finish your last WIPs?
Want to get yourself and others excited about the event (and your works specifically)
Do you want the inside scoop on what everyone else is working on and spread the hype?
Post a couple sentences, a sketch, a clip, or even just a hint about the tropes you're intending to fill on your social media the week before the event starting Monday, February 2/24. Like the event itself there are no limitations on the ways you can choose to tease your works. Get creative with your promos!
Remember to tag your promo works #StrickPage StrikeOut (with the space) and follow the tag for the rest of the event!
And I may have terminal 'thinking about them 24/7' disease and an agenda to get more art, vids, and most importantly number of fics in AO3 up so we can crack the top ten pairings for AEW.
But there are just over 8 weeks until Revolution and I can smell StrickPage coming back in the air with this Ricochet angle lately and the way Swerve has been posting.
So if people's excuses are 'it's a great ship I just don't have any prompt ideas' I will absolutely do a StrickPage StrikeOut Bingo card prompt challenge for the week before revolution, is that enough time?
If I get... Five people to respond (likes do not count) I will go all out baybee.
By the time this comes out, I will be deep into rodeo/Mardi Gras season but I had this in my mind for a good month as soon as I saw the cards. This was a really fun edit that I mainly tried to focus on words/symbolism through it all (and also not flashing my eyes out)
I decided to use a 90s song I had on repeat called Lost Ones by Ms. Lauryn Hill (who just changed her stage name while I was editing this) because it screamed everything All Out and beyond.
(Card spot Filled out: All Out, Wildcard and Vengeance Feels Empty)
