Beta post!

Apr. 15th, 2018 02:43 pm
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There has been a lot of people talking about needing a beta to help them through this challenge, so here is a post to hopefully help you connect with someone.

You do not have to be signed up as a participant in the challenge to offer to be a beta. Also consider that one of the ways to improve your work is to beta other people's work.

Examples of things that a writing beta can help with: SPaG, general proofreading, flow/pacing, structure, continuity, plot, characterization, canon checking, language picking (Brit-pick, Ameri-pick). Podficcers look for betas to listen for editing issues, sound issues, pacing/flow, and other elements. Vidders need people to watch what they've edited for cohesive themes, good flow, and continuity, as well as other technical issues. Artists need people to look at what they've created with an eye toward composition, color, details. Mixers may need a new set of ears to make sure their narrative theme is working.

If you are looking for a beta, please be clear on what you are looking for, and what kind of boundaries and timelines you're working with. For example, this early in the process, you may not want someone who's going to go over your fanwork with a fine-toothed comb. Maybe you just want to make sure that your characterization is working, or the story's flow is smooth. Sometimes you just want to hear about what's working, and not about the parts that aren't. Communicate these things with your beta.

Note which work platforms you use, or are most familiar with. Word, Gdocs, Scrivener, etc. Are you going to send your beta a .doc, or invite them into your Gdoc?

Cut and paste the info below into a comment. In the subject line, please put either In need of a beta or Offering to beta to make things easier. If you fit into both of those categories, please leave two separate comments rather than one.

Check In

Apr. 12th, 2018 04:26 am
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It's a little shy of a month since sign-ups have opened, and we've got 40+ unique people type persons signed up as either primary and/or complement creators. So that's pretty exciting. *throws confetti*

Sign-ups remain open until the draft due date for primary creators, sign-ups for complement creators don't really close, either, but obviously the sooner after claims open, the better. So if you know anyone who was thinking about signing up, please feel free to encourage them.

If you haven't done so, please visit the friending meme and say hello. Comment to other people, introduce yourself, make new friends, help build a community. You can participate in the friending meme even if you're not signed up for the challenge, so don't feel shy.

Our discord server is a great place to commiserate, to talk about plot/progress/ideas/inspiration, to socialize, to get help. There's a channel for productivity sprinting, and daily random questions to discuss just for fun. If you've ever used a messaging program, like Google Chat, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, or Kik, then using the discord will feel familiar. You can text chat with people who are currently logged in, or leave messages/conversations for others to join once they are logged back in. Send an email to the mod account if you'd like to try it out.

And here's the check in part of the post...

If you are a primary creator, have you settled on a plot/theme/character/pairing/medium/etc?
If you are a complement creator, are you excited to see what the primary creators will come up with?

Leave a comment with your answers!
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There are a lot of new faces around here, in addition to those familiar friends that have been around forever. Glad all of you are here.

tl;dr friending memes are a good way to make new friends, but also help develop creative relationships with people who will keep you focused on your Bandom Big Bang fanwork.

Important things to remember:

•You don't have to have a DW to participate - just comment anonymously.
•You don't have to be signed up as a fanwork creator to participate.
•The official BBB Tumblr ([tumblr.com profile] bandombb) and Twitter ([twitter.com profile] bandombigbang) are only for announcements, but there is an inspirational Tumblr that you can contribute to at any time by joining the [tumblr.com profile] bbb-network.
•We have a Discord server, just ask for an invite.
•We will poke and prod you via email as necessary.


Friending meme tl;dr part! )
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Welcome to the sign up post for people wanting to participate in the 2018 Bandom Big Bang, either as a primary or complement creator!

Here is a reminder of the schedule and requirements:

Schedule
Sign ups open: March 20th
Primary rough drafts due: July 20th (fanworks must be 80% complete)
Primary claims period: July 23rd - July 27th
Primary and complement final drafts due: October 20th
Posting: October 22nd - October 26th


Primary Minimum Requirements
Fic: 20,000 words
Podfic: 20,000 words (cover art optional)
Mix: 40 songs + track list and write up (cover art optional)
Art/Crafts: something you've spent 40-60 hours on
Vid: 4 minutes

Complement Minimum Requirements
Fic: 10,000 words
Podfic: 10,000 words (cover art optional)
Mix: 20 songs + track list and write up (cover art optional)
Art: something you've spent 20-30 hours on
Vid: 2 minute

Please make sure you have read the rules and the FAQ before signing up. By signing up, you are agreeing to follow the challenge rules. Please direct any questions or concerns to that post or to bandombigbang at gmail.com.

Sign up with the username you will use throughout the challenge and your email address. If you are planning to create more than one fanwork (e.g., one solo and one with a collaborator, please make sure that each sign up is a separate comment.

Here is a helpful template for you to cut and paste into the comments:



You should receive an email within a couple of days of signing up. Please respond simply by hitting reply. We just want to ensure that emails are getting through to everyone. If after two days you haven't received a confirmation email, please check your spam before notifying the mods.
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We know everyone's excited, and we're about to post the sign-ups, but we wanted to say a few things first.

We have a Discord server now. Hopefully it will be a place where people can interact and/or socialize, and to squee over Frank's newest puppy or Pete's selfie with a quokka.

And to that end, you can request an invite to the server whether you are officially signed up to participate in the challenge or not. There will be channels for participants only, where they can share tips and tricks and commiserate with each other. But anyone who wants a place to chat with other Bandom-oriented people is welcome.

If you'd like to check out the server, send an email to bandombigbang at gmail and we'll get you an invite.

***

We would also like to encourage all non-writing creators to consider participating as a primary creator. The Bandom Reverse Big Bang in 2012 ([livejournal.com profile] bandomreversebb) was a great example of how that worked, but unfortunately, much of the visual art has disappeared since Photobucket decided to be a dick.

If you are an artist/crafter, or a mixer, or a podficcer, or vidder, we'd love for you to create a thing as a primary fanwork. For visual artists, check out [personal profile] turlough's Welcome to the Black (Cat) Parade, as a great example of a art/craft being created as a primary fanwork. Several people have done podfic as primary fanworks (like [archiveofourown.org profile] dapatty's Frank/Dewees Podfic Compliation), and at least one (if not more) person has done a mix as a primary fanwork ([personal profile] syrupwit's mix is an awesome example!).

However your creativity manifests itself, we'd love to see you as a participant in our challenge. And please encourage your friends who are artists and mixers and podficcers and vidders to participate. We want to share fanworks from all the amazingly talented people in Bandom.
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  • Our blog, @bandombb​ - pretty much a mirror of the Dreamwidth community’s announcements.
  • The Dreamwidth Community [community profile] bandombigbang - this is the primary place for information, check-ins and the like.
  • The Twitter account @ bandombigbang - another mirror of the Dreamwidth community’s announcements.
  • The @bbb-network​ which reblogs announcements from the official blog, and bandom-related content. Anyone who follows this blog can post bandom-related content
  • Send an email to the mods at bandombigbang @ gmail dot com
    New!
  • Our Discord server - contact the mods through email and we'll send you an invite.



If you aren't so good at keeping up with things, here are some ways to get notified when BBB things are happening:

  • If you have a Tumblr, you can get notifications for the @bandombb​ account, so you know when something has been posted.
  • If you have a Dreamwidth account, you can get notifications that the community has been updated.
  • If you have a Twitter, you can turn on mobile notifications.
  • Check out our Discord server for updates/announcements.
  • If you are signed up to participate, you will get email notifications of upcoming deadlines.


We are looking at implementing either a Slack or a Discord - if you’ve used either or have a preference, let us know in the comments at the Dreamwidth post - you can comment anonymously if you don’t have an account or you just want to be anon. We now have our very own Discord server!

We are also planning on having a friending meme after sign-ups open, so keep your eye out for that.
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2018 Edition

Useful links

Full Rules
Sign Ups
Friending Meme
Beta post
Submitting your draft
Time until drafts are due
Weekend productivity event info

Schedule
Sign ups open: March 20th
Primary rough drafts due: July 20th August 20th (fanworks must be 80% complete)
Primary claims period: July 23rd - July 27th August 23rd - August 27th
Primary and complement final drafts due: October 20th November 26th
Posting: October 22nd - October 26th November 28th - December 4th

Primary Minimum Requirements
Fic: 20,000 words
Podfic: 20,000 words (cover art optional)
Mix: 40 songs + track list and write up (cover art optional)
Art/Crafts: something you've spent 40-60 hours on
Vid: 4 minutes

Complement Minimum Requirements
Fic: 10,000 words
Podfic: 10,000 words (cover art optional)
Mix: 20 songs + track list and write up (cover art optional)
Art/Crafts: something you've spent 20-30 hours on
Vid: 2 minutes
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Thanks to everyone who helped make this year's Big Bang a success. *showers everyone in confetti*

Seriously, there are more than 40 new Bandom fanworks out in the universe, and that is an amazing thing!

Please take the time to experience some of the great fanworks that have come out of this challenge, and try to leave a comment or kudos if you enjoyed the creator's work. We know that everyone worked really hard to complete their fanworks, and we're very proud of them.

Spread the word about the Bandom Big Bang, rec a fanwork to your friends. Share the joy. If you have any final comments/complaints/ideas/etc, feel free to email the mods or leave a comment in this post.

Hope to see you next year!

-the mods

The Masterlist )
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Primary Fanwork created by prophetic:

Title: Gunpowder and Lead
Format: fic
Bands: MCR, MSI
Pairings: Gerard/Frank; Gerard/Frank/Lindsey
Rating: teen and up
Warnings: violence; character death; suicide (minor character, off-screen); addiction/addictive behaviors.
Summary:
Frank and Gerard made it through their first cattle drive together, but now Frank is gone and Gerard doesn’t know what to do. His gut tells him Frank’s disappearance has something to do with the preacher man, but he has nothing else to go on.

Turns out, Lindsey is looking for the preacher man too, but she won’t say why. Gerard has reasons enough to hate the man, but Lindsey has more—reasons that stretch back into her family, her childhood, and what brought her out west in the first place. She wants what he owes her—she wants revenge.

American Western, set in the 1880s.
Gunpowder and Lead on Ao3


Complement Fanwork created by starryfrights

Title: We’re All Just Dust
Format: art
Bands: My Chemical Romance
Pairings: Frank Iero/Gerard Way
Rating: M
Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence

We're All Just Dust on Tumblr
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[personal profile] akamine_chan
Primary Fanwork created by akamine_chan and Jiksa:

Title: Empty With You
Format: Fic
Bands: My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy
Pairings: Frank Iero/Gerard Way, Mikey Way/Pete Wentz, Kristin Colby/Mikey Way, Patrick Stump/Pete Wentz
Size: 36,410 words
Rating: explicit
Warnings: Minor character death (off-screen), suicidal ideation, past attempted suicide, depression, drug use, alcohol use, addiction issues, angst, more angst, use of 'verse appropriate slurs.

Summary:
In a world where everyone has a soulmate, where do the outcasts fit in? Gerard and Frank are viewed as irreparably broken by the society they live in, shadows with no future, half-lives not worth living, and yet…somehow, there's something between them. Not a soul bond, but something else that feels real. Something they have no words for, something outside of what their society recognizes.

Something that just might be the death of them, or bring them back to life.


Empty With You


Complement Fanwork created by starrymellie:

Title: Alone
Format: Art
Bands: My Chemical Romance
Pairings: none
Size: n/a
Rating: general
Warnings: none

Summary:
Art for Empty With You


Alone


Complement Fanwork created by corruptedkid:

Title: Half
Format: Mix
Bands: n/a
Pairings: n/a
Size: 20 songs
Rating: n/a

Warnings: none

Summary:
Mix for Empty With You


Half
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[personal profile] lady_smutterella
Primary Fanwork created by LadySmutterella:

Title: Sugar We're Going Down Baking
Format: Fic
Bands: Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, The Used, MSI, AFP
Pairings: Gerard/Frank, Pete/Patrick
Size: 31,000
Rating: PG13
Warnings: Reference to past suicidal thoughts and a mild eating disorder
Summary:
Twelve bakers. Ten weeks. Countless cakes, bakes, and heartbreaks. Will Patrick win star baker? Will Gerard ever learn that cakes are more about flavour than fancy frosting? How did Bob literally set himself on fire? What will Frank do with non-vegan ingredients? Will Pete ever manage to tell Patrick how he feels? Tune in for this season of The Great Bandom Bake-off for answers to all of these questions and more!

Featuring Mel and Sue, this fic contains 100% of your RDA of baking education and trace amounts of puns.

Here on AO3

Complement Fanwork created by Johanirae:
Title: Illustrations to Sugar We're Going Down Baking
Format: Illustration
Bands: My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boys
Pairings: Frank Iero/Gerard Way, Patrick Stump/Pete Wentz
Size: 17 x 1000x600 images, total of 8.7MB
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary:
Illustrations for LadySmuterella's 2017 Bandom Big Bang fic "Sugar We're Going Down Baking", featuring FOB, MCR, baking disasters, baking miracles, and innuendo laden co-hosts!

Here on AO3
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[personal profile] mousefrnk
Primary Fanwork created by mousefrnk:

Title: It Had To Be You
Format: fanfic
Bands: My Chemical Romance
Pairings: Frank Iero/Gerard Way, very minor Mikey Way/Ray Toro
Size: 24,000+
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Summary:
Frank Iero lives in a city he hates, works in a job where no one cares, and has a dog that is sick just about as much as he is. It wasn’t always like this. Once, he had a life that he loved.

Gerard Way is dragging himself through life with no purpose or direction. He still lives at home with his parents and works at his friend’s family’s record shop. When he meets Frank, his life is changed forever, for the better.
———
Told in alternating chapters from two points of the same timeline, this is the story of Frank and Gerard.
AO3


Complement Fanwork created by babyashleym:

Title: But What About Love?
Format: fanmix
Bands: My Chemical Romance
Pairings:
Frank Iero/Gerard Way
Size: 16 songs
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Summary:
I fell in love with the tumultuous aspect of Frank and Gerard's relationship in this fic. The back and forth between timelines was so jarring, it only added to the effect. I tried to capture that in this mix: their teenage young love that was so great a painting of them should be hanging in "The Louvre." But, also the biting anger that Frank is still holding onto, after them ending. Hopefully, I did justice to both of these characters, and their explosive romance. (Of course, with a dash of heartbreak.)
DownloadSpotify

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Primary Fanwork created by [personal profile] aethel:

Title: Wake Up and Notice
Format: podfic
Bands: My Chemical Romance
Pairings: Frank Iero/Gerard Way, Alicia Simmons/Mikey Way
Size: 118 MB, 2 hours 9 minutes
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: brief references to past alcohol abuse
Summary:
podfic of the fic by cimorene: Everyone just stared at everyone else for a second until Mikey mumbled, "Everyone turned into a girl except you last night, so I guess now there won't be anyone to kill spiders."


download links at AO3 and Tumblr



Complement Fanwork created by [personal profile] darkrosaleen:

Title: Tear That Cherry Out: a mix for Wake Up and Notice
Format: fanmix
Bands: My Chemical Romance
Pairings: Frank/Gerard
Size: 21 songs
Rating: M
Warnings: explicit sexual content
Summary:
Songs for trying out your new ladyparts, and for falling in love with your best friend.


writeup & download link
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Primary Fanwork created by [personal profile] rosiedoes:

Title: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Format: Fic
Bands: Fall Out Boy
Pairings: Joe Trohman / Patrick Stump, All / Recognised SOs
Size: c. 70k words
Rating: Teen audiences
Warnings: Grief, off-screen character 'death', discussion of mental health issues, discussion of the mistreatment of a minor.
Summary:
Joe didn't even want to take the scenic route home from Las Vegas, but Pete never listens, so they're in Death Valley when the ships pass overhead. That's the only reason they're not taken. They should have been. They could all have been at home with their loved ones, taken alongside them. But they weren't.

It quickly becomes apparent that the whole planet's population has been decimated. All population centres have been stripped of every human inhabitant - there are no bodies, no destruction aside from the fires that burn from kitchens left unattended and cars suddenly driverless in the streets - everyone is just gone.

So, they do the only thing they can think of - they go home.

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful




Complement Fanwork created by [personal profile] heartofthesunrise:

Title: Things We Have To Burn
Format: Fan mix
Bands: Fall Out Boy
Pairings: Joe Trohman / Patrick Stump, All / Recognised SOs
Size: 20 tracks.
Rating: General
Warnings: None.
Summary: A fanmix for [personal profile] rosiedoes's How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.


LINK
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[personal profile] dapatty
Primary Fanwork created by [personal profile] dapatty:

Title: Because Werewolves or Something: A Frank/Dewees Podfic Compilation
Format: Podfic
Bands: My Chemical Romance, Reggie and the Full Effect
Pairings: Frank Iero/James Dewees
Size: mp3 zip, 88MB | podbook, 60MB
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Werewolves, one story contains sexual content of the oral nature with some light BDSM, and kissing.
Summary:
A Frank/Dewees Podfic Compilation containing the following stories:
• Full Moon Kind of Day by dapatty
• All the Things We Didn’t Choose by akamine_chan
• King Among Runaways by heartofthesunrise
• Fracti Modi by falter


AO3


Title: Frank/James podfic cover art
Format: digital cover art
Bands: My Chemical Romance, Reggie and the Full Effect
Pairings: Frank Iero/James Dewees
Size: 4 files, 900KB
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Summary:
cover art for dapatty's podfics!


AO3 and Tumblr
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[personal profile] conventionalweapons
Primary Fanwork created by corruptedkid:

Title: Fate Don't Make Mistakes
Format: Fic
Bands: My Chemical Romance, with brief guest appearances by Panic! at the Disco, Mindless Self Indulgence, Fall Out Boy, Cobra Starship, Paramore, and The Academy Is...
Pairings: Frank Iero/Gerard Way
Size: 82,000+
Rating: M
Warnings: Graphic violence, alcohol abuse
Summary:
After meeting the wrong end of a blade, Gerard wakes up in a mysterious realm called the Under. He's surrounded by demons who all seem to think he's something special, but none of them will answer his questions. They reveal nothing except the fact that he died too soon. The only person willing to help is Frank, his self-appointed guide, who swears he can bring Gerard home. He escorts Gerard across the Under, and together they confront enemies, unexpected feelings, and secrets of the darkest kind.

In the end, all it takes is one misplaced soul to bring worlds crashing down.


Read on AO3


Complement Fanwork created by starryfrights:

Title: Fallen
Format: Illustration
Bands: My Chemical Romance
Pairings: N/A
Size: 436.7 KB
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: N/A

Art
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Primary Fanwork created by babyashleym:

Title: Bloodstream
Format: Fic
Bands: Panic! at the Disco, Twenty One Pilots, and My Chemical Romance
Pairings: Josh Dun/Ryan Ross, Jenna Black/Tyler Joseph, and Frank Iero/Gerard Way
Size: 24,000+
Rating: M
Warnings: Child Abuse Mentioned, Attempted Suicide, and Self-Harm
Summary:
I can feel you in my bloodstream.

Between the ages of 17 and 21 you go to sleep one night, and find your soulmate in your dreams. You are forever connected.

Josh and Ryan never thought it would be easy, but they both never predicted it to be so hard.

When the bond is severed, Josh knows that Ryan isn't dead. He just has to find him, though, that's easier said than done. Especially when nobody knows where his soulmate is, or why the connection was lost.

Written for the Bandom Big Bang 2017, and inspired by the universe in Two Vatos Locos Full of Carnalismo and Inamoratos.


Bloodstream


Complement Fanwork created by sleepysoftboy:

Title: Bloodstream
Format: Digital Art (Moodboard)
Bands: Panic! at the Disco, Twenty One Pilots, and My Chemical Romance
Pairings: Josh Dun/Ryan Ross, Jenna Black/Tyler Joseph, and Frank Iero/Gerard Way
Size: 200x300p
Rating: M
Warnings: Child Abuse Mentioned, Attempted Suicide, and Self-Harm
Summary:
I can feel you in my bloodstream.

Between the ages of 17 and 21 you go to sleep one night, and find your soulmate in your dreams. You are forever connected.

Josh and Ryan never thought it would be easy, but they both never predicted it to be so hard.

When the bond is severed, Josh knows that Ryan isn't dead. He just has to find him, though, that's easier said than done. Especially when nobody knows where his soulmate is, or why the connection was lost.

Written for the Bandom Big Bang 2017, and inspired by the universe in Two Vatos Locos Full of Carnalismo and Inamoratos.


Bloodstream
[personal profile] tigress33
Primary Fanwork created by Personalized-Radio:

Title: Heavydirty
Format: Fanfic
Bands: Twenty One Pilots, Panic! at The Disco
Pairings: Josh Dun/Tyler Joseph, Panic!GSF
Size: 33,356
Rating: M
Warnings: Stalking, harassment, animal abuse
Summary:
Josh and Tyler have just moved into a new neighborhood when Josh gets a big break and has to leave on tour. Home alone, Tyler begins to notice a few odd things.
Ft. Panic! at the coffee shop, Bob the well-meaning co-worker, Josh the long-distance-but-in-love boyfriend, and a very naive Tyler.


Here on AO3


Complement Fanwork created by Slashfanatic22:

Title: Be Mine.
Format: Fanmix
Bands: Multiple different artists (mostly indie/alt rock)
Pairings: None?
Size: N/A
Rating: M (for some language/themes)
Warnings: Adult language/themes and vague stalkerishness
Summary:
A mix that follows Tyler as he gets twisted up in some terrifying events


Here on DW
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[personal profile] trojie
Primary Fanwork created by [personal profile] trojie:

Title: we are not afraid (and we are not ashamed)
Format: Fanfic
Bands: My Chemical Romance
Pairings: Frank Iero/Ray Toro/Gerard Way/Mikey Way, and all permutations within
Size: 26,829 words
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic violence, sibling incest, foursome m/m/m/m, Something Made Them Do It, Dubious Consent, Mpreg, Alternate Universe: Everyone Lives/No-one Dies, Angst with a happy ending

Summary:
[Danger Days: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (based on music videos rather than comics)] An ordinary skirmish in the desert with dracs leads to Frank taking the brunt of a new weapon - and ends with him pregnant, furious, and freaking out. When the shit hits the fan and he gets kidnapped and taken back for interrogation by Korse, and forced to listen to the contents of the Traffic Report, something in him snaps. This fucking dystopia has gone on too long.


Here on AO3


Complement Fanwork created by [personal profile] lady_smutterella:

Title: Fanmix for we are not afraid (and we are not ashamed)
Format: Fanmix
Bands: Multiple different artists
Pairings: None
Size: N/A
Rating: NC17 (for some language)
Warnings: Adult language and themes
Summary:
Music to accompany Frank's journey through Trojie's story...


Here on Dreamwidth or here on Spotify

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