Hello! I was wondering, if you're making a tag list for the emperors first attendant could I be on it please? I've read the teaser and I'm already hooked 😁
We won’t be doing tag lists through the @dcjbigbang blog, but if you get in contact with the author @blue-reveries I’m sure she’d be happy to start one!
Summary: Dean has had a hard life when Castiel and Jimmy find him on the side of the road. The two Alphas don’t smell anything on the man and assume he’s a Beta. Since the twins are mated, it shouldn’t make a difference, right?
“What do we do about the horse?” Jimmy asks, voice tight. He’s the one who can actually handle animals – Castiel barely clicks with the donkey they take with them to pull their cart, so he doesn’t even bother approaching the horse – but Jimmy seems to have trouble coming near the man. The horse is very protective of its owner, and it’s not something the twins have seen before. They might be Alphas but that does not mean that they are aggressive, but the horse seems to think so regardless. If they get it up and going with them to the farm, it will be a great addition, and they would finally be able to just use the donkey for farm work.
“I don’t know, Jim,” Cas says. “I’m not the horsey person, you are. Let’s just try to help the man first, and then we’ll see what the horse does.”
“I’m trying,” Jimmy says, huffing in annoyance. “What do you think I’ve been doing these past few minutes? Staring at the horse?” Castiel tries to says something but Jimmy just talks on, his scent souring slightly. “No, Cas, I’ve been trying to get close enough without the damn horse biting me. I want to help the man but I can’t because the horse tries to kill me as soon as I get close enough.”
Castiel doesn’t want to insult his brother – that’s the worst thing he could do right now – but he has to point out the obvious. “Well, you aren’t exactly smelling calm and collected right now.”
“Fuck you, Cas.”
“Later, maybe,” Castiel deadpans, but then he moves closer to the horse. Jimmy steps back with another huff but the horse relaxes as Jimmy steps away.
If you would like us to promo your fic/art before open posting begins on Oct. 1, you can click here to submit a promo. We’ll post them as we get them and reblog them a few times to help spread visibility of your work and get people excited :)
Note: You do not have to be finished or submit a final draft at this time. Ideally you should be done or near done, but if you need more time, you have until the end of posting on October 12th. You also do not have to submit a promo if you would prefer not to.
For Authors: Submit the following information.
Banner (optional - if you would like help creating one, please contact mod @jhoomwrites)
Title:
Author:
Summary:
Tags/Warnings:
Teaser: (optional - up to 500 words, this is an excerpt from your story)
For Artists:
Sample of your artwork (either a cropped image of the final or a rough sketch)
AND/OR
Caption: (brief summary of what’s happening in your picture; this should be no more than 500 words)
Hi! How exactly are we going to go about the final drafts being due / promos starting? Lol, it might be a silly question but I've never done anything like this before!
Good question! Information will come out this weekend about promos. We’ll be running promos until the end of October. You don’t have to be done writing/drawing to do promos - it’s encouraged, but there’s still almost a whole month before posting ends, so there’s time to finish up!
When we post about promos, we’ll let you know what we’re looking for and how to submit it. We’ll also tag participants to hopefully make sure everyone gets to see the message!
Hey! When submitting the full draft for the Hiatus indulgence, do I need to include a summary and a teaser? I can't find the information in the rules.
We’ll be sending out more detailed promo information either at the end of this week or early next week. However, for artists and authors, here’s the information we’ll be looking for:
Artists: For artwork, you can include a sample of your work (such as a rough sketch or a cropped part of your finished work), OR a written caption of your piece.
Authors:
For stories, you can include a banner if you like (contact the mods if you would like help constructing one). The promo can also include your summary and/or a short excerpt (less than 500 words).
Inspired by this post, here’s a graphic and a link roundup:
No new content Sept 1 2017, in protest of Tumblr @staff‘s complete lack of effort to take any action to control rampant white-supremacist hate speech on this platform.
(There’s even a lovely write-up of it from this very month: Nazis On Tumblr Are Attempting To Make White Supremacy Hip.) (There’s a change.org petition about it too, which has a nice write-up of exactly how much absolutely-nothing Tumblr @staff are willing to do about egregious hate speech.) (No, I’m not involved with either of those links, nor the original post I’m referecing above, I just thought I’d Google it before I made a graphic. I know very little about this but it all seems pretty gross, now doesn’t it.)
I’m posting this now, then I’ll put it in my queue on the 1st and have that be the only thing that posts on that day (for those of us who can’t shut our queues down easily, that’s a solution). And then, no posts, no replies, no chats, no inbox, no messages, no visits to the site for the duration of the 1st in my timezone.
[Image description: On a blue background, white bold text says: “9/1/17 Tumblr Strike: This blog is posting no new content to protest Tumblr’s unwillingness to take action against white nationalist hate speech”]
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!
And for people who are wondering about timezone, I’m suggesting that since the Tumblr office is in New York, we use that timezone.
(And to everyone believe I’m so naive as to think a one-day boycott will stop it - c’mon. I know that. I’m trying to bring attention to this very serious issue, that’s it.)
I’ll be joining in with the site-wide boycott tomorrow, just FYI. Let’s try to hit @staff where it hurts - in the ad revenue - and if we can’t do that, let’s stand together and show nazi fuckwits that they have no place here.
There has been a survey sent out to all your e-mails to take part in. It will go a long way to giving the mods here feedback on how we did for our first time and help us improve for next years bang.
We know that it is super late, we apologize for that, but we would love to have all the feedback from you before we start planning the next DCJ Big Bang (sign ups will open in 4 months in December!) and your responses will go a long way to helping us out. The survey is completely anonymous we just ask that you aren’t rude when responding to it. If you don’t see it in your inbox please be sure that you check your spam messages. If it still isn’t there please send us an ask or an email and let us know. We can resend it to you so you can give us your feedback.
Remember we are doing this as an effort to improve our bang and use our communication, because communication is key! We look forward to hearing back from you.
Sincerely,
The DCJ Big Bang Mods
We have received survey feedback from a lot of the DCJ Big Bang 2017 Participants but are missing responses from quite a few.
If you don’t want to participate that is fine. If you do we encourage you to take the survey. This is your chance to let us know how we did and for us to take that info to improve the 2018 bang that we are already planning.
We have received some invaluable information so far and there will be a few changes made to the next bang.
If you haven’t taken the survey and want to please do. We will be leaving it open for another couple of weeks. If you want to take it but can’t find the email with the link, let us know. We will resend it to you or send it through tumblr for you to take it.
We appreciate your feedback and can’t wait to see what the next bang brings us all.
Can I just say the mods for this bang are doing an amazing job! You're on top of the postings and reblogs and you're simply AWESOME. That's all I just felt it needed said!
So we're halfway through the month and I just wanted to say to all authors and artists that I am over the moon with all this amazing deancasjimmy content. Thank you for organising this! I'm so happy that I get to read all these amazing stories with my OT3 ^^
Apologies my dear, we should have responded sooner. Like back in June when you sent this to us. Better late than never, right?
We here at DCJ BB are thrilled with all the amazing content and art that came from this first bang. We are so excited that we have enough people who enjoy it that we were able to launch the DCJ Hiatus Indulgence as well.
We are also preparing for the DCJ Big Bang 2018. So keep an eye out for that. Sign ups open in December!
I didn't know this was a thing.!! Is this your first year doing this or is there past years I can read fics of 😍
This came in so long ago and we apologize for not responding much much sooner.
Yes when you sent this it was our first year! And what a year it was. We had some delightful fics written and submitted to us along with amazing art to compliment them so well.
Or you can follow @dcjsquad@ao3feed-deancasjimmy because there is usually always quality content over there that will make you squeal with happiness*.
Don’t forget to check out the DCJ Hiatus Indulgence being hosted on this blog as well. In October all the amazing creations coming from that will be coming out and we will all be better off for it.
Don’t forget that we will be hosting DCJ Big Bang 2018. Sign ups will open in December!
*Mod does not guarantee that you well in fact squeal but it is a good assumption if you enjoy these three like we do.
Just a heads up, we are taking a moment to clean out the inbox here at the DCJ Big Bang. So if you see something that seems old, it is because it is. Feel free to ignore if you would like.
There has been a survey sent out to all your e-mails to take part in. It will go a long way to giving the mods here feedback on how we did for our first time and help us improve for next years bang.
We know that it is super late, we apologize for that, but we would love to have all the feedback from you before we start planning the next DCJ Big Bang (sign ups will open in 4 months in December!) and your responses will go a long way to helping us out. The survey is completely anonymous we just ask that you aren’t rude when responding to it. If you don’t see it in your inbox please be sure that you check your spam messages. If it still isn’t there please send us an ask or an email and let us know. We can resend it to you so you can give us your feedback.
Remember we are doing this as an effort to improve our bang and use our communication, because communication is key! We look forward to hearing back from you.
There has been a survey sent out to all your e-mails to take part in. It will go a long way to giving the mods here feedback on how we did for our first time and help us improve for next years bang.
We know that it is super late, we apologize for that, but we would love to have all the feedback from you before we start planning the next DCJ Big Bang (sign ups will open in 4 months in December!) and your responses will go a long way to helping us out. The survey is completely anonymous we just ask that you aren’t rude when responding to it. If you don’t see it in your inbox please be sure that you check your spam messages. If it still isn’t there please send us an ask or an email and let us know. We can resend it to you so you can give us your feedback.
Remember we are doing this as an effort to improve our bang and use our communication, because communication is key! We look forward to hearing back from you.
If you’ve signed up for the DCJ Hiatus Indulgence, please complete this check in.
This is an informal way for us to touch base with participants and see how your story and artwork is coming along so far. Please complete the check in by Saturday, August 19th.
If you’ve signed up for the DCJ Hiatus Indulgence, please complete this check in.
This is an informal way for us to touch base with participants and see how your story and artwork is coming along so far. Please complete the check in by Saturday, August 19th.
If you’ve signed up for the DCJ Hiatus Indulgence, please complete this check in.
This is an informal way for us to touch base with participants and see how your story and artwork is coming along so far. Please complete the check in by Saturday, August 19th.
Just a quick question: since our stories do not have to be historically accurate and the time period is just a backdrop, does that mean we can throw in a bit of fantasy? Like instead of having it set in a real historical period, can it be an alternate version of history (if that makes sense)
The only real requirements we have for this challenge are that it’s a minimum of 1k/one art piece and that it’s set in a historical time period. Other than that, any other decisions are up to the participant’s discretion.
If you’d like to include details that are specifically historically inaccurate - like having a progressive Victorian AU that doesn’t have a stigma against same sex relationships OR if you wanted to include fantasy elements like dragons in a Medieval AU - then go for it! We don’t want to stifle anyone’s creativity, and the mods are curious to see what fantasy elements you include.
Since the focus of the challenge is historical periods, as long as you’ve clearly set your story in some sort of “past” era, then other details for worldbuilding are up to you.
I haven't seen a post on this, but maybe I just didn't go back far enough? Will you be allowing endgame relationships that aren't just DCJ? I was disappointed to see that happen during the BB, and I've never seen another Bang with a specific pairing do that.
Hi there, Anon!
There isn’t a specific post about what is and isn’t allowed, but there is a link with every post that has the challenge details/rules/guidelines listed. You can find it here.
As far as what you are asking about endgame relationships that aren’t just DCJ? This is the information posted regarding that:
Main ship has to be Dean/Cas/Jimmy
There can be other ships but end goal has to be DCJ
Any other side pairings are fine
You can add to the ship — if you want to include additional people, that’s fine, but you can’t take out Dean, Cas, or Jimmy.
A lot of people want to write DCJ but end up having one of them with someone else and not part of the tirade that makes up DCJ, or poly if you add to the relationship. Right now, our main goal is to spread the love of this lesser known ship and let people know that it exists at all. The Mods that run this blog are very passionate about DCJ and want to see our boys, Dean, Cas, and Jimmy, happy. Together. Or with more added. But not separate.
We are sorry to hear about your disappointment regarding the DCJ Big Bang. We will be sending out surveys to all that participated in the Big Bang to gather input to see what we can do to improve for next year. If you were a participant please be sure to fill out the survey when you receive it and give us as detailed feedback as possible so that we can do what we are able to make the next DCJ Big Bang and other DCJ challenges as fun and rewarding for everyone as we can.
As far as not seeing other bangs have these same guidelines and rules: Much like people each bang is different and unique in their own way. If you don’t like those restrictions, again, please tell us in the survey. If it is a friendship type thing that you are searching for that allows each of them to be with other people, put that in the survey, we can’t make changes if we do not know those changes are desired.
These challenges are created because we love these guys. We love these guys together it is why it is the DCJ BB and challenges. Just remember though, your opinion matters to us. Let us know what you think. Communication is key.
So in September when the final drafts are due, how does that work for artists? And also promos? And will we be submitting our art to you? Most of the challenge details seem writer-oriented so idk what I'm doing lol
Since this isn’t a challenge with paired artist/author claims and collaboration, our check-ins are more relaxed. Even when the final draft is due, we’ll just be touching base with both artists and authors to make sure you’re done (or very near done). We know it’s helpful to have deadlines in planning out when to start your work, and that’s really what that September date is for. You can of course continue to work up until you actually post during that October window.
For promos, we will be doing short blurbs for both artwork and stories. For stories, you can include a banner if you want, otherwise it will be your summary and a short excerpt. For artwork, you can include a sample of your work (such as a rough sketch or a cropped part of your finished work), otherwise it will be a written caption of your art.
We’ll have more detailed information about check-ins and about promos once we get to those points (we’re still working out some of the details ourselves), but hopefully this helps give a general overview of what to expect from both. If not, please feel free to ask!