Hello everyone!
With over a year full of The Greatest Showman love and appreciation, we’ve read and adored a ton of amazing fics, especially following the FanFicFeb writing challenge.
So The Other Side Discord want to put the spotlight on these writers and their work by hosting a fandom wide Comment Drive to help encourage, support, and spread the love between our readers and writers within the fandom! And the best news?
●»— There are TGS prizes! —«●
With both physical and digital prizes to be won in this raffle-style event, it’s open to everyone to enter.
We will be kicking off this event in the near future with a post that will explain how the event will run and how you can enter, so please reblog to spread the word. You can also follow @theothersidediscord to make sure you don’t miss an update!
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[p.s. If you are a writer, artist, or creative and would like to offer your services as a potential prize, please send us an ask, or you can message us via the discord server]
This was a TGS Secret Santa submission hosted by the @theothersidediscord for the ever so amazing @rewrite-a-million-dreams :D I’m quite proud of this so I decided to share it here!
Time Taken: Approx two days
Program Used: Medibang Paint Pro
This was so much fun to draw and I hope to post more in the future ^_^
PLEASE DO NOT STEAL, COPY, TRACE, OR REPOST. DO NOT REMOVE THE CAPTION
Following on from our teaser post about our planned Comment Drive, here’s all the info you need to know about the event and how to take part!
★ WHAT IS A COMMENT DRIVE?
Our Comment Drive is an open-to-all event designed to encourage comments on fanwork with goodies to be won in a raffle-style prize draw.
read below the cut for all the event information (it’s a little bit of an info dump!)
★ WHEN DOES IT START?
Tuesday April 9th, 07:30 UTC - an annoucement post will be made on the day.
★ HOW LONG WILL IT RUN?
The event will run for 3 weeks, ending April 30th. Winners will be announced May 1st.
★ HOW DOES IT WORK?
As this is a comment-based event, you earn 'tickets' by leaving comments on TGS fanfiction and art work. You only need one ticket to be eligible to win, but the more tickets you earn, the higher your chances of winning.
Think of it like picking names out of a hat, the more your name appears, the better your odds of being picked.
★ HOW DO I GET TICKETS?
You earn a ticket by leaving 5 comments on 5 different fanfictions or pieces of artwork (5 comments = 1 ticket). Different chapters of the same fanfiction also count. The comments must be phrased in a positive light and exceed 5 words.
However, entrants can earn 2 tickets per 5 comments (5 comments = 2 tickets) if you meet the following conditions;
All five comments exceed 15 words
All five comments mention/reference something in the fic/artwork that you particularly like (a scene/line of writing/the concept/the colour etc.)
» Once you’ve left your five comments, send the fanfiction/artwork URLs and a note of your username to us at @theothersidediscord via the submit content feature on our tumblr page. You can do this more than once and we will update you with your new ticket count «
★ RULES OF PARTICIPATION
To ensure your comments count, make sure:
They’re left on The Greatest Showman fanworks (crossovers and AUs apply, but the fanwork must feature TGS characters, not alt-fandom characters in the TGS universe/costumes).
They’re left on different fanfictions/chapters/artwork - you can’t comment 5 times on the same thing.
They’re not copy paste - 5 identical comments won’t count!
You send us the URLs to your comments & tell us your username.
» Important: As we have some physical tgs prizes, you must let an admin of @theothersidediscord know if you can recieve mail. If you win, we will ask for details so we can send you your prizes. «
★ WHAT ARE THE PRIZES?
1st Place: 2x Physical TGS themed gifts* and a digital copy of The Greatest Showman film.
2nd Place: 1 x Small Physical TGS gift*, a fanfiction/art request from one of our gift-givers** and a digital copy of The Greatest Showman film.
3rd Place: A fanfiction/art request from one of our gift-givers** and a digital copy of The Greatest Showman film.
* Physical gifts will be a surprise, though we will tailor them to your TGS interests which we will ask about after the winners announcement.
** You get to choose your gift-giver from our selection of wonderful volunteers!
To wrap up the last week of The Greatest Showman Comment Drive, and really show our appreciation for our fandom creators, we're going to be making "Recommended content posts" featuring your favourite fanfictions, edits, moodboards, and works of art.
So send URLs to your favourite TGS Content to @theothersidediscord (via the submit content button) and we'll put the spotlight on them! You can even leave comments while you do it 😉
Small note: You can only recommended other people's work, not your own! Make sure to include a note of the creator's name and the pairing featured in the work if applicable!
Happy recommending & commenting! Be sure to check out our Comment Drive Info Post if you want to take part, there's still plenty of time.
Hey The Greatest Showman fans, followers, and writers
╰☆☆ TGS FanFicFeb 2019 is officially over ☆☆╮
We want to give a massive shoutout and congratulations to EVERYONE who participated. Whether you managed 1 day or all 28, you contributed to a flux of fantastic TGS fanfiction that we will proceed to roll in all month long!
Here’s to all our fab writers and their fics!
We want to say another MASSIVE thank you to all you amazing TGS fans who took part in our comment drive and put time aside to brighten someone’s day. We hope this will be a stepping stone to keep this little fandom happily chugging along.
But now, the much anticipated comment drive raffle. The more hard-won tickets you entered, the better your chances of winning, and it really showed for some of our most dedicated commenters! So without further adieu:
1st PLACE
2x Physical TGS themed gifts and a digital copy of The Greatest Showman film.
WINNER: @iamlokibitch
2nd PLACE
1 x Small Physical TGS gift, a TGS fanfiction/art request from one of our gift-givers, and a digital copy of The Greatest Showman film.
WINNER: @schizanthusim
3rd PLACE
A TGS fanfiction/art request from one of our gift-givers and a digital copy of The Greatest Showman film.
WINNER: @crowleysheiress
In the end, we also decided to include a raffle-drawn runner up/consolation place for one more lucky commenter;
RUNNER UP
A TGS fanfiction/art request from one of our gift-givers
WINNER: @circus-playwright
Congratulations to all our winners and to everyone who took part! We’ll be in touch shortly regarding your prizes!
Thank you so much again to everyone who left comments, it’s something that can take no time at all to but can have an incredible impact on all sorts of people, so please do leave comments on everything you read and feel proud knowing you’ve passed on that encouragement.
To round off our list of brilliant TGS content creators, here’s our charitable and talented writers, volunteering their time and skill to fill the fanfic requests of two lucky winners!
1. @crown-of-the-circus-king
Ao3: Gay_jeans
It’s Been Worth It | Feet On Solid Ground | You Have to Keep Turning [...]
Excerpt from: When The Wall’s Won’t Hold
It wasn’t by the power of fortune that she trusted him to take his position back in the show. It had taken months to earn her trust back, bit by bit. He had let down Caroline and Helen as well, but he humbled himself down to his hands and knees to begin working for redemption. Charity had tried to live life as a forgiving person. It took time, but she eventually and wholeheartedly forgave her husband for the ambitions that had blinded him to his original dream: his family. Redemption, however, is another thing than forgiveness.
2. @whiteroserebelsinscarves
Ao3: Waistcoat35
Special Things I Compile | Chasing Figures In The Spotlight | Blinded By The Lights
Excerpt from: Saving Mr Bennett
He still hates it when the spotlights come on, when the crowds begin to murmur in anticipation before anything’s even happened - honestly. He watches their ringmaster with well-disguised (or so he tells himself) interest, as one would eye a wayward bird on the sidewalk or an oddly-shaped cloud. Phineas Taylor Barnum is indeed something errant, something out of place in the grey of the city bustle – a smear of ink gone wrong on a freshly printed pile of newspapers.
3. @silverlynxx
Ao3: Silverlynxx
On The Tip Of Your Tongue | Fall With You | Never Out Of Reach
Excerpt from: Every Great Dream Begins With A Dreamer
Phineas imagined Mrs Carlyle had once been a woman of warmth, someone who would have reached for her son in a time of mutual loss and reclaimed the abandoned bridges between them. Yet a part of Theodore Carlyle lived on as a sliver of ice lodged in her breast, a cold and constant reminder to prick at her heart whenever it dared swell with too much hope. Too much joy. It was the only reason Phineas could fathom a mother turning away from the outstretched hand of her beseeching son and walking away.
4. @antivanruffles
Ao3: Satine86
Letters From The Sky | Sleight of Hand | Auction
Excerpt From: Ringmaster
His hands darted forward and picked up his little thief, swinging her up into his arms as she laughed and shrieked with delight. Tiny hands gripped the top hat in order to keep it firmly on her head, the brim coming down over her chin until it more resembled a bucket than a hat. She didn’t seem to care about that though.
Settling her on his hip, Phillip gently pushed back the brim so he her could look at her face; her cheeks rounded with a wide smile, and eyes crinkled in amusement. Really it was her favorite game.
5. @philippcarlyle
Ao3: Philippcarlyle
Livin’ Out Your Dreams | Fetch - In Three Acts | A Holly Jolly Pre-Christmas
Excerpt From: You’ll Never Be Alone Again
Another knock, then a barely audible sigh. It is this small noise which gets the showman to open his eyes. He stretches – his body unwilling to wake up at this ungodly hour. One hand rubbing over his face, the other at the door knob, he finds himself confronted with blending light. He blinks a few times, a grumble escaping his tired body: sleep, sleep, back to bed, sleep.
But when he adapts to the light, he is wide awake on an instant.
Comment Drive: What it is & how to join
You can check out our artists’ other work in the links provided, and remember to show a bit of love an appreciation with a like, reblog, and comment, all in the spirit of the Comment Drive!
