Merlin big bang challenge.

[the_muppet]

I've been trying to contact the maintainers of boxofmagic through email and PM's to find out if it's running this year but have had no reply from any of them.

I'm still hopeful that one of them will reply and that boxofmagic itself will run this year, but if not, would anyone here be interested if I set up another Merlin fic big bang challenge community?

Just generally really asking what support there would be for such a community and what interest there would be in participating. So am going to include a poll below and also leave this post open so that those of you who are interested in this idea - in whatever capacity - could perhaps ask their own flists to consider this and then point them in the direction of the poll. So feel free to please ask your own flisters if they're interested and ask them to vote too so we can get a better idea if this is wanted or not; thank you =)

What I absolutely do not want to do is tread on anyone's toes here, and obviously what would make me happiest is if boxofmagic itself ran again this year. However if that can't happen for whatever reason, I'd like to try and enable some kind of Merlin big bang challenge to take place if I can.


[Poll #1545693]

EDIT: http://the-muppet.livejournal.com/427106.html



Thanks for your time in reading this ♥

Comments

[auroraprimavera.livejournal.com]

It works!! Sorry it took me so long to reply, was making/eating breakfast for my brother and me. :D

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much; sorry I screwed it up first time!

I'm hoping my flisters will ask their flisters for opinions too and then maybe we'd get a more sizeable consensus as to whether this is wanted or not =)

♥

[auroraprimavera.livejournal.com]

I'll make sure to mention it in my next post :D

And I'm sure it'll be very much wanted!

[giselleslash.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad someone is taking up the reigns if boxofmagic doesn't run it again this year. I've been contemplating signing up as a writer if anyone ever ran another one.

It's so awesome that you're doing this! I'm excited to see what happens :D Good luck with everything!

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

It all depends on whether there is enough interest and, of course, whether boxofmagic actually does decide to run!

Thank you =)

[hermette.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely interested in a BB. I keep checking boxofmagic to see if it has been updated, because I know they did a poll a little while back, but there is never any update. :(

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

I've tried contacting them a few times without reply. I'd love to see them run again this year, but if they don't, it would be good to have a back-up =)

[valika56.livejournal.com]

I'm interested in anyway.:) Maybe I'll participate as an artist. I made a video for last year's SGA Big Bang and I enjoyed this so much. A Merlin Big Bang would be fantastic!

[shiny-starlight.livejournal.com]

I'm all for this. I have an idea for a big bang fic that I've been wanting to write for AGES and I want to get cracking.

Also, if you need any help, let me know, yeah? Aurora can vouch for me should you desire character reference.

...

Sorry, had a Nu!Spock moment there.

It passed.

Carry on...

[accordingtomel.livejournal.com]

You know I'm all in, that's for sure! ;) Let's hope boxofmagic gets up and running again. But if not, there's no reason why fandom should miss out entirely.

[auroraprimavera.livejournal.com]

I DO NOT VOUCH FOR YOU WHAT IS THIS YOU SPEAK OF???? *pokes you*

[shadecat.livejournal.com]

I've never actually participated in any bigbang before, but then Merlin's the only fandom that I've written before.
I'm not really sure what a bigbang is, other than having to write a crapload in a set amount of time... but I need incentive to write and this is as good as any :)

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Thanks ♥

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much =)

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

I really hope they get up and running too, but I'm all out of options now; after several emails and a couple of PM's, I again sent a PM to all three of them this morning asking again and pointing them to this post, so if I've not heard anything by Monday, I'm going to assume it's not happening I think.

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much ♥

[morcalivan.livejournal.com]

I have been waiting for the Merlin Big Bang and am on board with the writing no matter who runs it. If you do decide to take it over, maybe send out feelers to see how people would prefer it archived, I know there were some murmuring last year about not everyone being comfortable with the stories hosted on the website, something about not feeling in control of their own work or some such.

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

I never heard any of those murmurings but did actually wonder about that myself, about whther people were happy with that kind of set-up, so yes, I'll be sure to do that, and thank you =)

Please feel free to point others from your flist over here to participate in the poll if they're interested; I want to get as big a consensus as I can before going ahead with this.

[mamoru22.livejournal.com]

Love BBs like crazy so not having one for Merlin would be really really sad for me.

Can't really write anything but would always be up to join as artist and could help out if anything else was needed.

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much =)

Obviously still hoping boxofmagic will run but I've tried and tried to contact them with no luck so am giving it till after the weekend then probably (hopefully) setting something up.

[vexed_wench]

I will offer cheerleading services.

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Having never run a big bang, but having seen that before, can you explain to me what it entails?

[vexed_wench]

people will offer encouragement and what ever the artist/author needs.
Not so much beta as you can do it!!!!

Offer feed back or bounce ideas off of if the author wants, basically what ever you can/will do to make the author happy and make it easier on them. I don't think it is a set thing it tends to differ from author to author I have some friends that just want hey you can do it!! Other want to bounce ideas around.

Hope that makes sense, just please ask people what they prefer to read so they can cheer honestly. I love Arthur/Merlin and would not be as good cheering for a Arthur/Gwen ( unless it starts that way and ends with my boys).

Sorry if I rambled if I lost you anywhere just holler.

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Honestly don't know as it's all hypothetical right now and still haven't heard back from the boxofmagic mods. Will hopefully make a decision early next week depending on whther I've heard form them or not.

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

That's basically what I assumed it was, so thanks for the explanation =)