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Hi all,

Sorry for the delay on this. I wasn't well in the lead up to Valentine's Day, but happily the fest is now open, with one awesome comic by mific, and a story by me.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venomtimes_Day_2023

Enjoy!

cupidsbow

A final reminder that assignments for Venomtime’s Day are due soon!

Assignments Due: Mon 13 Feb 2023 12:00AM UTC
Works Revealed: Tue 14 Feb 2023 12:00AM UTC
Creators Revealed: Tue 21 Feb 2023 12:00AM UTC

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venomtimes_Day_2023/profile

cupidsbow

Hi all,

Just a reminder that noiminations for Venomtime's Day prompts closes in the next 24 hours. You can post your prompts here: https://href.li/?https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venomtimes_Day_2023/profile

If you miss this window, I'll post some generic prompts that you can use to post your works to the community.

Sign-up Closes: Sat 04 Feb 2023 12:00AM UTC - I'll leave it open another 24 hours
Assignments Due: Mon 13 Feb 2023 12:00AM UTC
Works Revealed: Tue 14 Feb 2023 12:00AM UTC
Creators Revealed: Tue 21 Feb 2023 12:00AM UTC

cupidsbow

It’s time to post your prompts for Venomtime’s Day 2023. You have until 5 February, but there will be generic prompts you can use to post your fanworks if you miss the prompting window.

Here's the link: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venomtimes_Day_2023

Sign-up: Open - leave a prompt for the gift you want.
Sign-up Closes: Sat 04 Feb 2023 12:00AM UTC
Assignments Due: Mon 13 Feb 2023 12:00AM UTC
Works Revealed: Tue 14 Feb 2023 12:00AM UTC
Creators Revealed: Tue 21 Feb 2023 12:00AM UTC

Any kind of fanwork is welcome, as long as it is related to Venom and/or Eddie Brock in the movies or comics. Characters and settings from the larger Marvel cinematic universe also welcome, but the focus is on Venom.

cupidsbow

Hi everyone,

I'd like some feedback as I gear up for this year's Venomtime's Day, as well as in the wake of the Venom Holiday Exchange.

Venom Holiday Exchange - what do you want in future?
My goal is to make the exchange as inclusive as practical. You can find this year's rules here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venom_Holiday_Exchange_2022/profile

This year for the first time, I allowed podfics, although no-one took up that option. We also allow fiction, art, and vids every year. Are there any other formats you'd like, or any changes to the rules you think are sensible?

We also allow both the movie-verse and the comics-verse/s. Are there any other 'verses you think should be included?

Finally, participants must pick either Eddie Brock and/or Venom as one of their matching criteria. This is because the exchange is comparatively small, so it enables me to match everyone (hopefully). I'm not currently open to changing this criteria, but if you have a case to put forward for changing it, I'll listen.

If you have any feedback for how to make the Venom Holiday Exchange better next year, please let me know in the comments, or via email at cupidsbower at gmail.

Venomtime's Day 2023 - should it be expanded to the Marvel-verse?
I'll be posting this year's info in a week or so, so that you have plenty of time to make your fanworks. It will be a prompt-style fest as usual. You can find last year's rules here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venomtimes_Day_2022/profile

Because Chocolate Box isn't running this year, I'm considering opening up the fest to allow any Marvel-verse works to be posted. If I do that, it will still be called Venomtime's Day, but I'll make sure there's a generic Marvel prompt people can use if they want to. Thoughts? If the majority is against the idea, I won't do it, but given Venom has crossed over into the larger Marvel 'verse in both comics and movies it seems like it should work.

Feel free to discuss in the comments below, or email me on cupidsbower at gmail.

cupidsbow

Hi everyone,

You can now find out who created your faves from this year’s wonderful exchange.

Domestic Days by Valskig [Art, General]
Multitasking by mific [Art, General]
Morning Kisses by teriibyte [Art, Not rated]
Goopy cuddles by Art by Ifer (Ihasafandom) [Art, Teen & up]
Making Good Memories by Bakageta [Fic, General]
You wear your lover's eyes and I'll be wearing mine by chaosmanor [Fic, Explicit]
I Got You Babe by monicawoe [Fic, Teen & up]
The World You Thought You Lived In by MissMoochy[Fic, Teen & up]
Finding the Light Again by kitausuret [Fic, Teen & up]
Back In Our Arms by TheUltimateUndesirable [Fic, Explicit]
A curd in the hand is worth two in the bush by cupidsbow [Fic, General]

A big thank you to everyone who took part!

cupidsbow

Happy holidays everyone!

Sorry for the lateness of this announcement - I'm out in the bush at the moment, and power was out for much of the day.

This year we have eleven wonderful entries in the exchange, and you can find them all here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venom_Holiday_Exchange_2022/works

cupidsbow

Hi all,

It's that time of year again - sign up for the Venom Holiday Exchange now.

Prompts for both the Venom movie-verse and comic-verse are accepted, and gifts can be fanfiction, fan art, or fan vids. I'm also trialling podfics this year. Full rules on Ao3.

Sign-up Closes: Mon 24 Oct 2022 11:59PM UTC
Assignments Due: Sun 11 Dec 2022 11:59PM UTC

Sign up here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venom_Holiday_Exchange_2022

Signups closing tomorrow!

cupidsbow

Reminder: signups closing tomorrow!

It's that time of year again - sign up for the Venom Holiday Exchange now.

Prompts for both the Venom movie-verse and comic-verse are accepted, and gifts can be fanfiction, fan art, or fan vids. I'm also trialling podfics this year. Full rules on Ao3.

Sign-up Closes: Mon 24 Oct 2022 11:59PM UTC
Assignments Due: Sun 11 Dec 2022 11:59PM UTC

Sign up here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venom_Holiday_Exchange_2022

cupidsbow

Emperor Happiness is about to lose the galactic throne, and Symbiotes everywhere are in a rush to Bond so they can try to claim it for themselves.

Eddie Brock is the reluctant Earth reporter sent to cover the story. Along the way he finds himself embroiled in fights, politics, adventure, more scoops than he can handle, a courtship offer from a hopeful alien, and an excruciating case of being known.

The End of Happiness is 46,000 words by cupidsbow and ten glorious illustrations by ifer. It’s rated Explicit, but can be read as Mature if preferred (see the chapter notes).

Read it now on Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42165741

ifer and I would love to know what you think of it, so drop us a comment if that’s your jam.

cupidsbow

Hi lovely people,

It's that time of year. Sign up for the VHE here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venom_Holiday_Exchange_2022/profile

Prompts for both the Venom movie-verse and comic-verse are accepted, and gifts can be fanfiction, fan art, or fan vids. I'm also trialling podfics this year, but they need to be specifically requested by the giftee.

Sign-up Closes: Mon 24 Oct 2022 11:59PM UTC
Assignments Due: Sun 11 Dec 2022 11:59PM UTC

cupidsbow

Thank you so much to mific for joining me in the fest this year!

You can find the revealed stories here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venom_Let_There_Be_Chocolate_2022/works

cupidsbow

Sorry for the delay, everyone. But I've now wrangled the internet and have opened up the fest.

Enjoy!

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venom_Let_There_Be_Chocolate_2022

cupidsbow

The deadline is midnight, 6 July, and the works will be opened on the 7th for World Chocolate Day (although I’m not sure what time, as I’m travelling unexpectedly this week).

Select one of the prompts, claim it, and then fill it.

All types of fanworks welcome.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venom_Let_There_Be_Chocolate_2022

cupidsbow

Hi everyone,

If you want to post a prompt to Venom: Let There Be Chocolate! you need to do so within the next 24 hours. After that, I'll be closing prompts and opening up for posting.

Don't worry if you miss the prompt window -- I've added a couple of generic prompts you can use if you're inspired at the last minute.

All types of fanworks welcome -- art, fic, vids, etc. You just need to include either Eddir and/or Venom, and riff in some way on a Harlequin romance. Go wild in how you interpret that.

Assignments Due:: Wed 06 Jul 2022 11:59PM UTC (07:59AM AWST)
Works Revealed:: Thu 07 Jul 2022 11:59AM UTC (07:59PM AWST)
Creators Revealed:: Thu 14 Jul 2022 11:59AM UTC (07:59PM AWST)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venom_Let_There_Be_Chocolate_2022/profile

cupidsbow

Title: Mind Fight, by cupidsbow
Visual Source: Venom (2018), and Venom: Let There be Carnage
Audio: Mind Fight, by Tom Cardy
Rating: PG
Warnings: Head chomping, Flashing lights
For: VidUKon premiere, 2022
Beta: Aurum Calendula
Summary:

I'm lying in bed
Imagining ways I could make you dead

Download: MP4 (31.64MB), WMV (38.89MB), WMV HQ (60.24MB), Subtitle file (SRT)
Streaming: Vimeo

Watch on Vimeo

cupidsbow

Hi everyone,

It's time! You can start posting your Harlequin (or similar) prompts:

On the AO3 community: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venom_Let_There_Be_Chocolate_2022/profile
Or on the main V:LTBC post here on Dreamwidth: https://symbrock.dreamwidth.org/32076.html

Prompts can be interpreted however you like, as long as they include Venom and/or Eddie as main characters, but they don't have to be the focus of the romance. Any type of fanwork is welcome -- art, fic, vids, etc. You can set it in space, as an historical romance, make them pirates, turn them into Avengers... go wild!
Here are some prompts to get things started. If you want to use one of them, you can post it as a prompt over on AO3 and then claim it.

( Read more... )

cupidsbow

Hi everyone,

As promised, I am running a mid-year Venom fest in the lead up to World Chocolate Day, July 7 2022.

This is a Harlequin challenge

That is, you must riff on a blurb from a Harlequin (or similar) romance. You can interpret the blurb you've chosen any way you like, from a straight re-write of the story with Venom characters, through to the wildest thing you can think of. As long as it has Venom and/or Eddie Brock as a main character (but they don't have to be in the romantic scenario), you're good to go.

From Saturday 21 May, you can add prompts as comments on this post, or to the V:LTBC AO3 community, to help inspire people with all the awesome Harlequin blurbs you have found:

The timeline:

Saturday 21 May to Sunday 26 June - prompts can be posted to the AO3 V:LTBC community, or to the Symbrock Dreamwidth community.
Wednesday 6 July - submissions are due.
Thursday 7 July - works in the collection are opened for viewing.
Thursday 14 July - creators are revealed and works can be crossposted anywhere else you like.

All types of fanworks are welcome!

cupidsbow

Hi all,

Thank you for making Venomtime's Day so fantastic this year! Everyone made awesome stuff, and I'm so happy with how it turned out. I've now revealed the creators, so go and give them some love if you haven't already.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venomtimes_Day_2022/works

I'll run it again next year, all being well.

There also seems to be a consensus on the next challenge...

Venom: Let there be Chocolate
Thursday 7 July - World Chocolate Day
Harlequin Challenge (create a Venom-y story, art, etc based on a Harlequin blurb, the more absurd the blurb the better)

I'll post more information about this in May. In the meantime, keep your eyes peeled for good Harleguin blurbs.

cupidsbow

I think it would be fun to run another Venom-y fest somewhere in the middle of the year. By then it will have been a while since Christmas and Valentine’s, so I figure we might all have the energy to do something.

Below are some possible dates, and some possible Things To Do.

Let me know your preferences in comments (or over on Tumblr if you prefer):

Dates

Thursday 7 July - World Chocolate Day
Tuesday 13 September - International Chocolate Day
Sunday 25 September - Comic Book Day
Tuesday 4 October - World Space Week

Fest-y Things

Prompt-fest (like Venomtime’s Day)
Online Fandom Scavenger Hunt (never done one of these before, but it sounds fun: find things, make things, etc)
Harlequin Challenge (create a Venom-y story, art, etc based on a Harlequin blurb, the more absurd the blurb the better)
Something else you will tell me about in comments :)