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Hi everyone,

As Venomtime's Day was so much fun last year, I'm running it again this year.

You can find it here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/venomtimes_day_2020/profile

When is Venomtime's Day being held?

Saturday 1 February - collection opens for submissions.
Thursday 13 February - submissions are due.
Friday 14 February - works in the collection are revealed.
Friday 21 February - works can be crossposted anywhere else you like.

How do I participate?

Create any type of fan work (meta, fic, vids, art, cosplay, playlist, etc) as long as it focuses on Eddie Brock and/or Venom from the film or comics, and post it to the Venomtime's Day collection on the AO3 by midnight GMT on 13 February. Your post will be hidden until the 14th February and revealed on Valentine's Day.

There are no sign-ups for this collection

I have created a Venomtime's Day prompt post here: https://symbrock.dreamwidth.org/22912.html.

When are the gifts revealed?

On 14th February, at around 12 noon GMT, and announced on the Symbrock Dreamwidth community.

This year, submissions are anonymous when revealed, and will be revealed on Friday 21 Februrary.

Go forth and create!!!

cupidsbow

Hi again,

If anyone would like to create a treat for the Venom Holiday Exchange, you're welcome to do so. The list of prompts is here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Venom_Holiday_Exchange_2019/requests

No need to sign up. Just create your treat, and post it to the Exchange so that it's anonymous and unrevealed. You can contact me on cupidsbower at gmail if you have questions.

The deadline for treats is any time before Go Live: Sat 11 Jan 2020 12:00AM EST (01:00PM AWST)

Happy festing!

cupidsbow

Hi all,

Happy new year!

Is anyone up for filling a pinch hit? If so, reply to this post, as I have comments screened.

The deadline is one week from now -- Mon 06 Jan 2020 12:00AM EST. I can grant a short extension if needed.

CLAIMED!

cupidsbow

Hi everyone,

I know it's been a bit quiet around here lately. It's hit that time of the semester where it's all marking all the time. It's a bit frustrating as I have many languishing WIPs, including one for the March Fractured Fairy Tale Challenge, but that's how it is sometimes. I'm sure you all know what that's like too.

Anyway, it's time for a new challenge. Our theme for the first half of April is New Beginnings. This can include things like Easter, kid!fic, goo!preg, or things like a hot new scoop/job/romance. As long it's related to a new beginning for Eddie and/or Venom in some way, anything goes.

I'm going to post a separate thread in a moment for brainstorming, as usual, but this time I'm also going to open it up to comment fic, or short poetry, rough sketches and so forth. Anything you can fit in a comment is fair game. Hopefully that means that even with life being a bit full-on at the moment, we can share a few snippets and have some fun that way.

Go forth and multiply!!!

In the second half of April, we're going to have an Amnesty, in which any works made and not finished for any of our challenges so far can be licked into shape and posted.

cupidsbow

Thanks to everyone who took part in the Poll about what our March challenge should be. Fairy Tales clearly won, but there were also quite a few people who chose "All of the Above." So we'll do Fairy Tales for March, and some other kind of general remix challenge later in the year.

The Rules

Pick any fairy tale of your choice -- see below for inspiration -- or make one up. If you think it's a fairy tale, it counts as one for the purposes of this challenge. You can also remix more than one fairy tale in the same fanwork if you wish, in the style of Shrek.

Once you've picked a fairy tale/s, remix in some way to make it about Eddie and/or Venom. Any kind of fanwork is welcome -- art, vids, fiction, playlist, meta, etc.

Post your fractured fairy tale any time in March and share it here on the

symbrock community.

Prize

The person who posts the most fractured fairy tales in March can choose our next challenge, if they so wish, with the proviso that I might tweak it a little to fit better into our community's ethos.

Inspiration Bank

These resources are not definitive -- you can choose a fairy tale not included in any of these archives, or make up your own. This is just a place to start if you're looking for ideas. Please add links in comments if you have suggestions for more resources.

List of Fairy Tales on Wikipedia
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Mythology (public domain downloadable e-books)
The Public Domain Review's fairy tale books list
FairyTales.com (includes indigenous folk tales from a variety of sources)
Fairy Tales of the World
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen

Have fun fracturing your fairy tales!

cupidsbow

Hi everyone,

For Valentine's Day this year, I've opened up a Gift Exchange on the AO3, called Venomtime's Day, because that's the kind of pun Venom would make, let's be real.

You can find it here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/venomtimes_day_2019/profile

When is Venomtime's Day being held?

This event will run for the first time in 2019.

Friday 1 February - collection opens for submissions.
Wednesday 13 February - submissions are due.
Thursday 14 February - works in the collection are revealed.
Thursday 28 February - works can be crossposted anywhere else you like.

How do I participate?

There are no sign-ups for this collection

Unlike some other exchanges, the fanworks are not done to fill a prompt by someone else. This is a chance to share your work as a gift to the whole Symbrock community. That said, prompts/requests or a Dear Venomtime's Day Letter can be posted to the Symbrock Dreamwidth community during February to help inspire people.

I'll add a Venomtime's Day prompt post once January Bingo is officially done, but you can go ahead and post a wish list any time you like.

When are the gifts revealed?

On 14th February, at around 10am GMT, and announced on the Symbrock Dreamwidth community. Submissions are not anonymous when revealed.

Let's spread some monster loving, people. <3

cupidsbow

Hi all,

Now that our holiday fest is over, I thought we might have a bit of fun for the rest of January with a game of Symbrock Bingo. ETA: I'll wrap this up on Sun 3 Feb, unless we decide we need a bit longer.

To play, you need to generate a bingo card, and then create a fanwork for each square until you achieve a Bingo. The fanwork can be of any type -- fic, recs, art, meta, cosplay, playlist, etc -- as long as it focuses on Eddie and/or Venom and fills the prompt on the square.

ETA: The generators below have word prompts which are randomly assorted into a 3x3 card, and some of the words are not safe for work, but aren't any higher than an M rating. You can regenerate the card until you get one that is SFW if you want to.

You can choose one of these two generators to get a card:

The 3x3 Symbrock Bingo generator I just created: https://mfbc.us/m/n7peun
For this one, you'll need to screencap your card in order to re-post it, but it has Venom-specific prompts, mainly focused on the movie, but mostly also relevant to the comics.

OR

An Owomoyela > Fanfiction Cliche Bingo community prompts (choose 3x3): http://an.owomoyela.net/fun/bingo_generator
This one isn't Symbrock specific. Choose the "Fanfiction Cliche" option from the menu, and then 3x3 for the card size and generate your card. HTML code is created that you can paste to your journal or Tumblr or AO3 in order to display your card, and then modify it to link to the fanworks you make.

ETA: Claiming is via the honour system. If you think your fanwork fits the prompt, you can claim it. The prompts are open to interpretation, so for instance, "space" could be Venom's backstory as an alien traveller, or Eddie's need for personal space, an adventure they take into cyberspace, or icons that make use of space aesthetically, and so on.

The first person to get a Bingo wins bragging rights. ;) There may be another prize as well, but I haven't thought it up yet. Suggestions?

Go forth and Bingo!

Venom and Eddie Brock

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