Writer Sign Ups. 2013
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het_bigbangSIGN-UPS ARE NOW OPEN!!!
WRITER'S REQUIREMENTS AND INFO
WRITER'S REQUIREMENTS AND INFO
What type of requirements are there for a writer?
There are two portions of the Bang Challenge for Writers! The Big Bang and the Little Bang.
The Big Bang is basically what we did last year: Your fic must be completed and at least 25,000 words long. Writers accomplishing this goal will get an artist assigned to them by the comm, and they will receive artwork for their story!
The Little Bang challenge is ditto to the above, but only at least 10,000 words long. There will be no assigned artists for these stories. (Authors can go out and find themselves an artist, if they want, but they MUST inform the mods that they have made these arrangements. Just so we can approve them for the collection submissions, when the time comes.)
All stories must focus on or revolve around a het pairing of your choosing, and mandatorily beta-read before the posting date. At the time of signing up for this, you need to know the following: a) what you think you'll be writing (fandom/pairing, prompt -- and yeah, you can change your mind later all the way until the Mandatory Author Check-point in July!); b) whether you are participating in the Big Bang challenge or the Little Bang challenge (and yes, you can change you mind later on, all the way up to the Mandatory Author Check-point in July.) c.) whether you already have an A03 account, and if not, that you will be willing to acquire one before the submission deadline. d.) give us your e-mail address.; and e) Then go to join![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
het_bigbang AND friend the community. You *must* join and friend for updates; it's a requirement to participate in this challenge.
Define a qualified het pairing, please!
Any het pairing, any fandom. Crossovers, fusions crossovers, genderbender het and RPF (Real Person Fic) are all allowed. There may be more than one het pairing in the fic. There may be other secondary slash or femslash pairings within the fic, as long as a het pairing is the primary focus. Slash, threesomes or moresomes should NOT be your focus. But what if our fic is, like, more gen but with a hint of ship? Um, that probably doesn't qualify. We want a het pairing as a primary focus. We are not going to psychoanalze how "shippy" the fic you're writing is, but please use your best judgment.
After much debate, we’ve decided this year that Original Works based on your creations are allowed. All standard rules/procedures apply.
Can I sign up more than once as an author? I've got so many plotbunnies!
I like your gumption! Yes, you can sign up as an author twice! Both times for the Big Bang, or both times for the Little Bang, or in both the Little Bang and the Big Bang! Your choice. However, it must be for stories centered around different pairings. (Same fandom is fine.) Don't sign up twice for the same pairing. You must sign up twice in the Author's sign up post with separate comments, so I am crystal clear that you are participating twice!
I don't know what to write! I've got so many ideas!
We're here to help! While you can change your plotbunny at any time, we're also offering you this this post to help figure things out. You provide descriptions of up to five of your plotbunnies, and we put up a poll here to see what people are interested in. No obligation to go with the winner, but it might help you choose!
I've already been writing a het pairing story already. Can I use that?
Was it written for last year’s Het Big Bang/Little Bang and just never completed? If so, sure!
If not…. then for the Little Bang, you gotta start fresh. Sorry.
However, either way, for the Big Bang you are allowed to use a WIP in this bigbang if it's less than 10k written. Ideally, your story should not have appeared anywhere on the net already, and if it hasn't been posted anywhere, you only have to reach the goal of 25k total. However, if you do already have a couple thousand words of it up somewhere public (at max, 10k), then we won't count that towards your total 25k requirement, and you must immediately take it off the internet completely for the duration of the challenge.
Can I write with someone else?
Yes, you may co-author your bigbang if you want to.
TIMELINE
Author Sign Ups - open now till May 17th, 12:00 PM (NOON) PST
Mandatory Author Checkpoint - July 15th
Artist Claiming of Big Bang Stories - July 20th
Art and Fics Due - August 26th, 11:59 PM (Midnight) PST (here is a timezone converter.)
Debut Date (DD) - August 31st
More info here at our FAQ post!
Sign Up
If you'd like to participate, please reply to this post with ALL the following information. All comments are unscreened.
Copy and paste the contents of the textbox into a comment, and answer the lines:
Once you've done that, go joinhet_bigbang and be sure to friend the comm as well, as membership and friending are required for all participants.
WRITER'S REQUIREMENTS AND INFO
What type of requirements are there for a writer?
There are two portions of the Bang Challenge for Writers! The Big Bang and the Little Bang.
The Big Bang is basically what we did last year: Your fic must be completed and at least 25,000 words long. Writers accomplishing this goal will get an artist assigned to them by the comm, and they will receive artwork for their story!
The Little Bang challenge is ditto to the above, but only at least 10,000 words long. There will be no assigned artists for these stories. (Authors can go out and find themselves an artist, if they want, but they MUST inform the mods that they have made these arrangements. Just so we can approve them for the collection submissions, when the time comes.)
All stories must focus on or revolve around a het pairing of your choosing, and mandatorily beta-read before the posting date. At the time of signing up for this, you need to know the following: a) what you think you'll be writing (fandom/pairing, prompt -- and yeah, you can change your mind later all the way until the Mandatory Author Check-point in July!); b) whether you are participating in the Big Bang challenge or the Little Bang challenge (and yes, you can change you mind later on, all the way up to the Mandatory Author Check-point in July.) c.) whether you already have an A03 account, and if not, that you will be willing to acquire one before the submission deadline. d.) give us your e-mail address.; and e) Then go to join
het_bigbang AND friend the community. You *must* join and friend for updates; it's a requirement to participate in this challenge.Define a qualified het pairing, please!
Any het pairing, any fandom. Crossovers, fusions crossovers, genderbender het and RPF (Real Person Fic) are all allowed. There may be more than one het pairing in the fic. There may be other secondary slash or femslash pairings within the fic, as long as a het pairing is the primary focus. Slash, threesomes or moresomes should NOT be your focus. But what if our fic is, like, more gen but with a hint of ship? Um, that probably doesn't qualify. We want a het pairing as a primary focus. We are not going to psychoanalze how "shippy" the fic you're writing is, but please use your best judgment.
After much debate, we’ve decided this year that Original Works based on your creations are allowed. All standard rules/procedures apply.
Can I sign up more than once as an author? I've got so many plotbunnies!
I like your gumption! Yes, you can sign up as an author twice! Both times for the Big Bang, or both times for the Little Bang, or in both the Little Bang and the Big Bang! Your choice. However, it must be for stories centered around different pairings. (Same fandom is fine.) Don't sign up twice for the same pairing. You must sign up twice in the Author's sign up post with separate comments, so I am crystal clear that you are participating twice!
I don't know what to write! I've got so many ideas!
We're here to help! While you can change your plotbunny at any time, we're also offering you this this post to help figure things out. You provide descriptions of up to five of your plotbunnies, and we put up a poll here to see what people are interested in. No obligation to go with the winner, but it might help you choose!
I've already been writing a het pairing story already. Can I use that?
Was it written for last year’s Het Big Bang/Little Bang and just never completed? If so, sure!
If not…. then for the Little Bang, you gotta start fresh. Sorry.
However, either way, for the Big Bang you are allowed to use a WIP in this bigbang if it's less than 10k written. Ideally, your story should not have appeared anywhere on the net already, and if it hasn't been posted anywhere, you only have to reach the goal of 25k total. However, if you do already have a couple thousand words of it up somewhere public (at max, 10k), then we won't count that towards your total 25k requirement, and you must immediately take it off the internet completely for the duration of the challenge.
Can I write with someone else?
Yes, you may co-author your bigbang if you want to.
TIMELINE
Author Sign Ups - open now till May 17th, 12:00 PM (NOON) PST
Mandatory Author Checkpoint - July 15th
Artist Claiming of Big Bang Stories - July 20th
Art and Fics Due - August 26th, 11:59 PM (Midnight) PST (here is a timezone converter.)
Debut Date (DD) - August 31st
More info here at our FAQ post!
Sign Up
If you'd like to participate, please reply to this post with ALL the following information. All comments are unscreened.
I have read the sign-up rules and the Big-Ass FAQ post: Y/N
LJ-Name: Name of author (and co-authors, if any)
AO3 Name: (If you have one. If you don’t, then you agree that you will acquire one before the submission deadline.)
Email: Mandatory.
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Pick one. You can change your mind later on, up till the Author Mandatory Check point.
Fandom/Pairing: (fandom/pairing, prompt -- and yeah, you can change your mind later! If you're going to use our polling option to help figure out what fandom/pairing/prompt you're going to be using, then just say: "will poll.")
Copy and paste the contents of the textbox into a comment, and answer the lines:
Once you've done that, go join
het_bigbang and be sure to friend the comm as well, as membership and friending are required for all participants.
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Date: 2013-05-01 05:47 pm (UTC)LJ-Name:
AO3 Name: Irony_Rocks (http://archiveofourown.org/users/Irony_Rocks/works)
Email: ironyrocks@gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Little Bang
Fandom/Pairing: The third in this Superhero series (http://archiveofourown.org/series/24148) - Batman/Superman (Man of Steel)/Avengers - Bruce Wayne/Selina Kyle, Lois Lane/Superman, and possibly Tony Stark/Pepper Potts.
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Date: 2013-05-01 05:55 pm (UTC)LJ-Name:
AO3 Name: Vicky (http://archiveofourown.org/users/Vicky/pseuds/Vicky)
Email: vickysg1@livejournal.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: The Pretender, Miss Parker/Jarod, OFC/Ethan. This is the sequel of Standing on the Edge (http://archiveofourown.org/works/496328), the fic I wrote for last year's HBB.
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Date: 2013-05-02 04:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-05-01 05:57 pm (UTC)LJ-Name:
AO3 Name: Vicky (http://archiveofourown.org/users/Vicky/pseuds/Vicky)
Email: vickysg1@livejournal.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Little Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Leverage, Sophie Devereaux/Nathan Ford, Parker/Alec Hardison, Maggie Collins/Jim Sterling. This will be set post-series, and probably a sequel to two other fics I wrote.
I will complete both this year!
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Date: 2013-05-02 02:50 am (UTC)And then you shall have my awe!!
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Date: 2013-05-01 06:01 pm (UTC)LJ-Name: alyse
AO3 Name: alyse
Email: alyseci5 at gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Blade: Trinity, Abigail Whistler/Hannibal King. Prompt I don't know yet - I have a hundred. Possibly the Space Pirate AU I was planning to write for last year but which never came together enough for me to do it. Maybe something else entirely.
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Date: 2013-05-01 11:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-05-01 06:08 pm (UTC)LJ-Name:
AO3 Name: tanyareed
Email: tanya@flickguy.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: The Nanny, Niles/CC; Prompt: CC is in a terrible accident that drives her spirit from her body. While her body is fighting for its life, her spirit is free to roam and discover what people really think of her...especially a certain butler who has always sworn that he hated her. (I might end up changing my story if it turns out to be more gen than het, but, while I'm planning on having all of the other characters involved, I'm also planning on having Niles and CC as the main focus. The thing with my muse is, she does what she wants. I do have a back up prompt in case this happens, so it's all good.)
I'm so excited about this! I've been talking about it in my journal for a month, and I'm sure all of my friends want to throttle me for it by now. :)
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Date: 2013-05-02 10:46 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-05-01 06:10 pm (UTC)LJ-Name: lothiriel84
AO3 Name: Lothiriel84
Email: elisabalestri AT gmail DOT com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Little Bang
Fandom/Pairing: The Mentalist, Jane/Angela & Jane/Lisbon - AU. Angela is the fake psychic who spoke on TV about Red John, and therefore got her daughter murdered.
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Date: 2013-05-02 10:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-01 06:18 pm (UTC)LJ-Name:
AO3 Name: stars_inthe_sky
Email: lavieboheme87 AT cox DOT net
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang (ohh lord)
Fandom/Pairing: TSCC, various including Sarah Connor/Kyle Reese. Will be the second or third part of a series.
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Date: 2013-05-02 02:51 am (UTC)What series?
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Date: 2013-05-01 06:29 pm (UTC)LJ-Name:
AO3 Name:
Email: catcasefiction@gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: little bang
Fandom/Pairing: Supernatural RPF: Genevieve Cortese/Aldis Hodge. Terror strikes twice for Gen Cortese when the FBI pulls her into a kidnapping case that is very familiar to her. Along the way, she reconnects with Aldis, the kid who endured and survived with her twenty years ago, but now he's a man and they're pulled together in an entirely new direction as they seek to save three new children before one of them is murdered.
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Date: 2013-05-01 09:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-05-01 06:32 pm (UTC)LJ-Name: merryghoul
AO3 Name: V (vmarigoldabrams)
Email: vmarigoldabrams at gmail dot com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Little Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Original, OFC/OMC (Kimberly/David) -- part of a series (in progress) set in an alternate Miami with fantastic people hanging around Miami Beach. (Most likely I'll stay with this, but I might change to a fandom if I'm not feeling inspired.)
(I don't know how my last comment was marked as spam?)
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Date: 2013-05-01 06:55 pm (UTC)LJ-Name:
AO3 Name: theladymore
Email: Rocknrollgf12@optonline.net
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang (I had a whole story for the SPNcross big bang but never got to it so I have an outline XD)
Fandom/Pairing: Supernatural/The Hunger Games, Sam Winchester/Older!Katniss Everdeen, In an AU verse, Katniss and Prim are hunters (along with the rest of the tributes are somehow associated with the Hunter World) and are Bobby's fictional nieces, Sam and Katniss meet up after 15 years of not seeing each other to investigate the strange disappearance of Katniss' brother in law Gale and fall in love (takes place in between Seasons 7 and 8). Minor Pairings include Rory/Prim, Jo/Peeta (written as if Jo never met the Winchesters), Gale/Madge and Clove/Cato.
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Date: 2013-05-01 11:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-05-01 07:02 pm (UTC)LJ-Name: little_firestar
AO3 Name:little_firestar84
Email: elisabettanegro1984@gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant:Little Bang
Fandom/Pairing: New Girl, Jess/Nick. A season 2 AU, based from episode 9, Eggs. What if Cece and Jess roels were reversed? Cece doesn't have any fertility issue, but Jess does, and feeling her biological clock clicking, she'll go to extreme measures to have a child before it was too late. Including asking the guys for help.
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Date: 2013-05-01 07:08 pm (UTC)LJ-Name:
AO3 Name: Tanaqui
Email: tanaqui at btopenworld dot com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Jericho, Jake/Heather, Beck/Heather. Historical AU, sequel to another story I wrote.
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Date: 2013-05-07 02:53 am (UTC)That is all.
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Date: 2013-05-01 07:24 pm (UTC)LJ-Name: Lynzie914
AO3 Name: lionheartedgirl
Email: Lynzie914-at-aol-dot-com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Little Bang
Fandom/Pairing: NCIS/NCIS: LA crossover, Kensi/Tony, When Vance breaks up the team he sends Tony to LA and to the Special Ops team.
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Date: 2013-05-14 09:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-05-01 07:29 pm (UTC)LJ-Name: damnedscientist
AO3 Name: A_Damned_Scientist
Email: Will PM mod
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Farscape, Aeryn Sun/John Crichton. John and Aeryn travel to Earth in the hope that they will find a sanctuary, but things don’t go according to plan. There is trouble waiting for them and more trouble is hot on their heels, whilst ghosts from their past - and from their possible future - force them to confront old choices and make difficult, new ones. Post S3/Post PKW. Can you tell I've got this all plotted out? ;-)
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Date: 2013-05-02 12:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-05-01 07:35 pm (UTC)LJ-Name: Twisted_Slinky
AO3 Name: Twisted_Slinky
Email: elfqueend @ yahoo. com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Supernatural/Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel: the series feat. Sam/Dawn, Buffy/Castiel. Sequel to Through the Never.
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Date: 2013-05-18 09:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-01 08:14 pm (UTC)LJ-Name: prologuize
AO3 Name: easternepiphany
Email: prologuize@gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Community, Jeff/Britta -- Just because we're good-looking doesn't make us villains. Or, Jeff and Britta as villains.
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Date: 2013-05-02 06:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-05-01 08:21 pm (UTC)LJ-Name:
AO3 Name: magickmoons (http://archiveofourown.org/users/magickmoons)
Email: magickmoons AT yahoo DOT com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Angel: the Series, Buffy/Angel. This will be the sequel to Out of the Dark (http://archiveofourown.org/works/267834) and will cover Buffy and Angel's reconnection in the face of yet another Big Bad.
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Date: 2013-05-01 08:36 pm (UTC)LJ-Name:
AO3 Name: magickmoons (http://archiveofourown.org/users/magickmoons)
Email: magickmoons AT yahoo DOT com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang (is my intention, but we'll have to see at the check-in)
Fandom/Pairing: Stargate SG-1, Jack/Sam. This will be set in an AU of the Moebius AU where the Antarctic stargate is found before the tape the original team left. Colonel Jack O'Neill is assigned to liaise with the astrophysicist assigned to the project. He soon suspects that Dr. Hershfield's assistant, Dr. Samantha Carter, may be the one they really need.
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Date: 2013-05-02 10:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-05-01 09:33 pm (UTC)LJ-Name: us_overlooked
AO3 Name: usoverlooked
Email: madlibs25 AT hotmail DOT com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Community, Jeff/Britta. Prompt undecided/will poll
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Date: 2013-05-02 06:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-05-01 09:38 pm (UTC)LJ-Name: painted_pain
AO3 Name: painted_pain
Email: thepaintedpain AT gmail DOT com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang, why the hell not.
Fandom/Pairing: Most probably Supernatural, Sam/Jody. But it might be Teen Wolf, Scott/Allison, depending on how the muses treat me. :P
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Date: 2013-05-01 09:46 pm (UTC)LJ-Name:
AO3 Name: seren_ccd
Email: seren.pen @ gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Doctor Who, Emma Grayling/Prof Alec Palmer. They meet in a garden of all places. And yes. There was a ghost. The story of how Emma Grayling went from the typing pool to Caliban House and the moments in between.
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Date: 2013-05-02 02:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-05-01 10:37 pm (UTC)LJ-Name:
AO3 Name: always_a_queen (http://archiveofourown.org/users/always_a_queen/works)
Email: always_a_queen@hotmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Nikita (2010), Michael/Nikita - Hunger Games AU. Nikita is a tribute, Michael is her mentor, and the world is about to catch fire.
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Date: 2013-05-01 11:13 pm (UTC)LJ-Name: failegaidin
AO3 Name: failegaidin
Email: tessastardean at gmail dot com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing:Original 'verse, post-apocalyptic Robin Hood where Robin is a woman. Robin (Kate Winslet)/Grant (Guy Gisborne - Linden Ashby)), minor Tuck (Matthew Fox)/Mary (Marian - Amy Acker)
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Date: 2013-05-01 11:44 pm (UTC)LJ-Name: deathmallow
AO3 Name: deathmallow
Email: justforthehalibut7 AT gmail DOT com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang me.
Fandom/Pairing: The Hunger Games, Haymitch Abernathy/Johanna Mason, to fulfill a prompt from a ficathon at
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Date: 2013-05-02 02:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-05-02 12:02 am (UTC)LJ-Name: scoobydumblonde
AO3 Name: idra
Email: katemarie1197 [at] gmail [dot] com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big
Fandom/Pairing: Fandom: RPF WWE; pairing: Trish Stratus/Randy Orton; prompt: eh. Just gonna start writing and see what happens.