Maze Runner Languages + Cultures Bingo 🗺💭

A bingo celebrating different languages and cultures in the maze runner fandom <3 Bingo , Rules + FAQ, ao3. Runs until the end of 2023, organized by @its-tea-time-darling Past: A translation gift exchange in 2022 (ao3)

[tmr-cultures]

Maze Runner Languages and Cultures Bingo june 2023 - june 2024

This is a bingo you can work on filling out throughout all of 2023, celebrating different languages and cultures in the Maze Runner fandom.

You are welcome to combine it with upcoming events such as @thomesa-week @thomallyweek @thominho-week-2024 💝💝

Rules + FAQ, AO3 collection. Find the transcript of the bingo under the readmore break.

About the prompts:

The expressions "your language" and "your country" have the broadest definition possible. Additionally to "your mother tongue" or "your country of origin"/"your country of residence", they can also refer to a language you're currently learning, or a country you just visited, previously lived in, or relate to in another way that’s significant to you.

So if you for example wanted to write a drabble in a language you've just started to learn, you'd be fine to do that. Or if you want to record a podfic in a language that is not your mother tongue, that would be allowed too! Generally the spirit of the event is to get people creating, I won't nit pick about the way people fill the squares! ♡

I am very excited for the creations you guys will come up with, and I hope that additionally to giving non-english native speakers an event to explore creating in their native language instead of English, as many of us routinely do, I also struck a good balance of prompts that enable English native speakers to have fun with the event too!

Transcript of the bingo squares under the read more 🔽

Title: Maze Runner Languages and Cultures Bingo

Bingo Squares (from top left to bottom right, one row at a time)

Write in your language

Write smut in your language. ALT: crack

Holiday/custom from your country

Fairytale/folklore from your country

Location: your country

Food/drink from your country

AU for piece of media from your country

Translate a fic (someone else's or your own)

Make a podfic in your language

[go-catch-a-chickn]

Blue Danube Waltz - Ballroom AU

Teresa, Minho, Gally and Newt meet in Dancing School. They become quick friends and sign up for a debutante ball together.

for @tmr-cultures , filling the square folklore from my country (ballroom dancing and ball opening ceremonies) and the square "piece of media from my country (The Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauß II) 💫

debutante balls: super strict dress code here, strict rules to follow about etiquette, very formal event, always the same, balls always follow a strict guideline of how the opening ceremonies go. I used to ballroom dance and am happy to answer any questions. In my country it's like a rite of passage to go to dancing school in your youth, hopefully meet new friends there and if you're motivated and very lucky - go to a ball during the season as a debutante. To be accepted to dance there you have to convince the dance choreographer that your Waltzing skills are good enough. If you and your dance partner are accepted, you are obligated to attend all training lessons. There, you'll learn the choreography, everyone is in synch. And then, you have to waltz A LOT. The debutantes dancing is part of the very formal, very long opening ceremony of a ball. The dress code involves: Completely white dress, white or silver dancing shoes and white gloves that reach over the elbows for the ladies, white gloves for the guys, and also shiny shoes, certain type of socks, tuxedo, crisp white shirt. There's always a bouquet of sorts that the girls have to carry during the dance. Those opening ceremonies are legendary and as it is an honor to be part of one, they expect you to smile like crazy for the entire thing. it's a cool, but a bit alien experience BUT you get into the balls for free and ususally can relax in the dancers' cloakroom, bring food and drinks etc. Very good for broke and tired dancers!) it's an experience that I'm glad I made.

The Blue Danube Waltz: Typically, at the end of the opening ceremony at balls, this song is played and the dancing pairs start to waltz. This goes on for several minutes before the host announces "Alles Walzer!" which signales, that the audience is allowed to participate in the waltz as well. Most difficult part is to make it through the minutes until everyone else is allowed to join. You simply cannot stop waltzing, no matter how dizzy or tired you are (this waltz is 11 minutes long!). As soon as everyone else is waltzing, debutantes are allowed to leave the dance floor.

As you can see, there's strict protocol - it's very traditional and for some teenagers it's a real rite of passage. They argue about who is allowed to be in the first rows because they get photogrpahed the most. I experienced one girl in front row being clumsy and getting banned to a different row and she and her dance partner started arguing with the dance master and they cried,...yep all of this happens. They won't let you dance if you don't bring the right kind of gloves, shoes or the right color and length of dress. Imho it's all a little bit ridiculous but it is an experience!

This song is also always the first song played on the radio on January 1st and people waltz into the New Year.)

[go-catch-a-chickn]

💫 FULL BINGO BOARD 💫

@tmr-cultures

[tmr-cultures]

congrats for the full board fabs ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ it's been so wonderful to see your creations!!!

~ tea 🤍

[go-catch-a-chickn]

Blue Danube Waltz - Ballroom AU

Teresa, Minho, Gally and Newt meet in Dancing School. They become quick friends and sign up for a debutante ball together.

for @tmr-cultures , filling the square "folklore from my country" (ballroom dancing and ball opening ceremonies) and the square "piece of media from my country (The Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauß II) 💫

debutante balls: super strict dress code here, strict rules to follow about etiquette, very formal event, always the same, balls always follow a strict guideline of how the opening ceremonies go. I used to ballroom dance and am happy to answer any questions. In my country it's like a rite of passage to go to dancing school in your youth, hopefully meet new friends there and if you're motivated and very lucky - go to a ball during the season as a debutante. To be accepted to dance there you have to convince the dance choreographer that your Waltzing skills are good enough. If you and your dance partner are accepted, you are obligated to attend all training lessons. There, you'll learn the choreography, everyone is in synch. And then, you have to waltz A LOT. The debutantes dancing is part of the very formal, very long opening ceremony of a ball. The dress code involves: Completely white dress, white or silver dancing shoes and white gloves that reach over the elbows for the ladies, white gloves for the guys, and also shiny shoes, certain type of socks, tuxedo, crisp white shirt. There's always a bouquet of sorts that the girls have to carry during the dance. Those opening ceremonies are legendary and as it is an honor to be part of one, they expect you to smile like crazy for the entire thing. it's a cool, but a bit alien experience BUT you get into the balls for free and ususally can relax in the dancers' cloakroom, bring food and drinks etc. Very good for broke and tired dancers!) it's an experience that I'm glad I made.

The Blue Danube Waltz: Typically, at the end of the opening ceremony at balls, this song is played and the dancing pairs start to waltz. This goes on for several minutes before the host announces "Alles Walzer!" which signales, that the audience is allowed to participate in the waltz as well. Most difficult part is to make it through the minutes until everyone else is allowed to join. You simply cannot stop waltzing, no matter how dizzy or tired you are (this waltz is 11 minutes long!). As soon as everyone else is waltzing, debutantes are allowed to leave the dance floor.

As you can see, there's strict protocol - it's very traditional and for some teenagers it's a real rite of passage. They argue about who is allowed to be in the first rows because they get photogrpahed the most. I experienced one girl in front row being clumsy and getting banned to a different row and she and her dance partner started arguing with the dance master and they cried,...yep all of this happens. They won't let you dance if you don't bring the right kind of gloves, shoes or the right color and length of dress. Imho it's all a little bit ridiculous but it is an experience!

This song is also always the first song played on the radio on January 1st and people waltz into the New Year.)

[go-catch-a-chickn]

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

I did it I wrote smut in German

written for @tmr-cultures , for the square: Write smut in your language 💖

[princedesneiges]

My fics for the @tmr-cultures event!

And when I'm back in the mountains, I feel it "Write in your language" and "Location: your country".

Thomas et Newt font de la randonnée dans les Pyrénées. L'ascension d'un sommet et une rencontre fortuite adviennent.

Euskal Dantzak (Basque dance) "holiday/custom" and "fairytale/folklore" :D

Basically, Newt and Teresa are part of a Basque dance group, and they perform at the village festival.

[princedesneiges]

The last straw "food/drink from your country"

Thomas is invited to a friend's house, but the evening doesn't go as planned because one guy apparently can't understand the fact that he doesn't want to drink alcohol.

wouwou one bingo!! @tmr-cultures

[princedesneiges]

Fondue "crack in your language"

En exploration dans une ville en ruines, Thomas rencontre un groupe de Fondus à moitié délirant qui mangent de la fondue. For non-French speakers: this crack fic is based on a wordplay between Fondus (cranks) and fondue (a Swiss melted cheese dish).

andddd two bingos! @tmr-cultures i am going on a trip in two days so i don't think i'll be able to fill in more boxes... but who knows, maybe i'll finish the bingo after the end of the event.

[tmr-cultures]

congrats on bingo no. 2 🥳🥳🥳

[princedesneiges]

My fics for the @tmr-cultures event!

And when I'm back in the mountains, I feel it "Write in your language" and "Location: your country".

Thomas et Newt font de la randonnée dans les Pyrénées. L'ascension d'un sommet et une rencontre fortuite adviennent.

Euskal Dantzak (Basque dance) "holiday/custom" and "fairytale/folklore" :D

Basically, Newt and Teresa are part of a Basque dance group, and they perform at the village festival.

[princedesneiges]

The last straw "food/drink from your country"

Thomas is invited to a friend's house, but the evening doesn't go as planned because one guy apparently can't understand the fact that he doesn't want to drink alcohol.

wouwou one bingo!! @tmr-cultures

[tmr-cultures]

wueee congrats on the first bingo!!! ❤️‍🔥

[justtorzaplease-deactivated2025]

Ophelia, you've been on my mind

For @mazerunner-rarepairs and @tmr-cultures

Square 2 Prompt "Because I want you to." | Square 1 Prompt "Write in your language"

1,202 words

“You’re alright,” Harriet whispered once more, dipping her head comfortingly. And for a moment, Sonya almost felt okay.

[justtorzaplease-deactivated2025]

my friends are gonna be there too

For @mazerunner-rarepairs and @tmr-cultures

Square 4 Prompt "Alternate Universe", | Square 4 Prompt "Write more than 1 rareship in a fic", | Maze Runner Languages and Culture Bingo, Square 6 Prompt "Food/drink from your country"

855 words

Thomas gets his first introduction to Netball.

[justtorzaplease-deactivated2025]

And if I ever knew I loved you, it was then

For @mazerunner-rarepairs and @tmr-cultures

Square 5 Prompt "Free Space" | Square 2 Prompt "Write the longest existing fic for a ship" | Square 5 Prompt "Location: your country"

2,509 words

Ava Paige was a particular woman, Mary came to realise. She never switched up her order, always arrived at the exact same time, and looked exactly how she wanted to: perfect. She didn’t change, and that was Mary’s type of woman; someone who would stay in the box she had set for them. At least, that was what Mary had thought, before Ava Paige had to go and ruin it all.

[its-tea-time-darling]

you know i'm such a fool (for you)

rating: explicit words: 3,418 relationship: brenda/sonya

Brenda and Sonya get swept up in an intoxicating summer romance, but will they still be around when autumn falls?

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

rarepair bingo: alternate universe @mazerunner-rarepairs

extra rare advanced ao3 board: write the longest existing fic for a ship

tmr languages and cultures bingo: food/drink from your country @tmr-cultures

[its-tea-time-darling]

Im Usgang gseht d'Rebi es Meitli, und sie chan eifach ned wegluege.

i ha se gfrögt ey wer bisch du (und ha glachet wo si seit mephisto

Relationship: Beth/Teresa Language: Swiss German Rating: Explicit Words: 2k

i had so, so much fun writing this fic. it may be for the most niche pairing ever in the most niche language ever, but honestly that's exactly the kind of dream i was hoping to follow with oranizing the languages and cultures bingo, as well as the rarepair week. organize the events you want to participate in, and write the fics for yourself no one else will <3 thank you to everyone who's along for these two wonderfully niche events!

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

rarepair bingo: they never meet in canon

extra rare advanced ao3 board: write a rating no one had written for this ship before

languages and cultures bingo: write in your language

[tmr-cultures]

tmr languages and cultures bingo will continue to run until june 2024! 🐌

happy to announce that i've decided to prolong the event! (the original deadline was the end of 2023).

~ tea

[tmr-cultures]

specifically, it will run until the end of june 🥳🥳🥳🫶🫶🫶

enough time to combine it with the currently ongoing @mazerunner-rarepairs bingo, @thominho-week-2024 , and the upcoming @themazewomen (starting in june as far as i know!)

lots of love to this wonderfully active and creative fandom! 💞

[its-tea-time-darling]

Spätsommerwiedersehen

An der Haltestelle stehen und es tut weh dich schon wieder so, wiederzusehen Und es tut weh, dass wir gleich wieder gehen

Thomesa break up AU inspired by the song Pocahontas by AnnenMayKantereit.

Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Break Up, Ex Sex, Ambiguous/Open Ending

Language: German

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

this is a submission both to @thomesa-week day 4: based on a song, as well as for the maze runner languages and cultures bingo @tmr-cultures, for the square: "write smut in your language"

[go-catch-a-chickn]

swings in the sun

On May 1st Gally does something stupid to cheer up his best friend Newt. It has an interesting outcome. A hospital visit and a drunk confession later, nobody can say that Gally doesn't go all out for the people he loves.

for @mazerunner-rarepairs (filling the square 3 images moodboard)

[go-catch-a-chickn]

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

Gally ist Leadsänger der beliebten Band Berlin Mitte und jeder kennt und liebt ihn. Nur Thomas hat keine Ahnung wer er ist. Die beiden sehr unterschiedlichen Männer treffen bei einem Werbedreh aufeinander und während Gally sich nur nach etwas Ruhe und Privatsphäre sehnt, hat Thomas ein anderes Problem.

written for @tmr-cultures Bingo, square: Write in your language! With this fic i finally MAKE BINGO!!!!!! 💖💫🎉🥳

[go-catch-a-chickn]

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

Die Zeit ist reif für Veränderung (und etwas Erdbeertorte)

Als Chefkoch Newt einen Torten-Notfall hat, bittet er seinen Obstlieferanten Thomas um Hilfe. Unter normalen Umständen wäre Thomas die letzte Person, die Newt anrufen würde, aber diese Torte ist wirklich wichtig. Der Abend verläuft anders als geplant. Oder: Gilmore Girls au.

I translated my own fic Time For a Change (and Some Strawberry Cake) from English to German for @tmr-cultures' Bingo Event, filling the square: Translate a fic ✌️

[princedesneiges]

And when I'm back in the mountains, I feel it

It's on ao3 (in French)  🏔️

For the @tmr-cultures event, it fills the squares "Write in your language" and "Location: your country". D'une pierre deux coups :)