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This is the place for teams of folks to meet up and get together to create lots of awesome Losers fanworks!

A few rules before we get started:

1. Please take a look at the rules, particularly the size requirements for bang-sized fanworks. If you have any questions, please comment over there or Contact A Mod.

2. Please use the subject lines. Put as much or as little information you have about your team, complement offering, or bang-sized work. Examples:
--Comics Bang: Artist looking for an author, dark and gory. Would like fanmix or graphics complements.
--Knitting Complements: 1-2 items for up to two bang-sized fanworks
--Fic Bang: Crack AU where the Losers are all snowmen, looking for wacky complements
--Podfic Complement: Willing to do a podfic complement for a bang; either a section of a fic bang or a related story to some other type of fanwork.
--Fanmix Bang: set of six albums for all the main characters based on individual arcs, want an art complement (covers).
--Haiku Complements: Offering sets of haiku complements to up to four art bangs.
--Art Bang: several panels featuring Jensen base jumping and Cougar watching through his scope. Any complement(s) or additional bang(s) would be great.
--Meta Bang: want to write a bang-sized meta but need help brainstorming in the comments
--Team Rock and Roll: 2 bangs and 3 complements on a rock band AU; willing to take on more fanworks of either size.
--Unknown: Want to create an unusual bang in tandem with one or more complement creators. (Include more details about what you might want to do in the comment itself).
--Unknown: Looking for a team to do pirates vs. ninjas in many formats.
--Plot bunny up for grabs: Losers as a professional baseball team (feel free to drop prompts or plot bunnies for others to pick up, but please make it obvious in the subject line you do not intend to do the fanwork yourself)

3. Items to address in your top-level comment:
--Type and size of fanwork you're creating (if you know)
--Type(s) of and size(s) of fanworks you're looking for (if you have a preference)
--Subject matter, genre, general idea, other details about your fanwork (if you know)
--What kind of team you're looking for: hands-off, cheerleading, interactive...
--Anything else you feel like including!

4. Cheerleading is a great thing - just a 'yay' or 'awesome idea' is a great boost to getting a big fanwork like this done. Feel free to cheer on individuals or teams or throw out ideas for other folks to take hold of.

5. This post is not any sort of official commitment to create a complement or big-bang-sized fanwork. It's an opportunity to generate ideas with fellow fans, collaborate, and have fun. Official sign ups will be May 8-15.

6. Have a great time! *turns on the disco ball*

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From:

kisahawklin

Me first, me first!

I am writing a classical musician universe for my SGA big bang, and to get me in gear for writing that one, I've decided to do my Losers fic bang in that universe! I think it's likely to be a Cougar/Jensen romance plot, basically, and everyone will be there in some fashion or other. The Losers is a local percussion ensemble (I'm not sure where, but since Impromptu is marginally set in Boston, I'm considering there). Currently my lineup looks like this:

Clay: Percussion professor (I'm not sure where, but I'm leaning toward Boston Conservatory, just to have maximum crossover potential)
Roque: marimba soloist; tours a lot to perform internationally
Pooch: high school teacher; he is the most versatile of them
Jensen: drummer for a locally popular rock band
Cougar: timpanist for the local symphony
Aisha: percussion coach for a drum corps

That's about all I have right now; I've got a loose plot worked out, but 10k isn't really that many words (compared to the 75k I already have on the SGA one, and that's only half done).

I love all fanworks! I'd be happy to have other bang-sized pieces on my team and/or as many complements as people might be interested in! :D :D :D

ETA: Love teams of all sort - I love collaboration, teamwork, working in tandem, etc. but I don't mind taking a hands-off approach either (as I'm busy, busy, busy). I will do whatever the team decides.

Edited Date: 2012-05-01 01:59 pm (UTC)

From:

kisahawklin

I have this half-finished already - I'm going to finish it in time to post for the bang!

I would love to have a podfic team, where all the works are podfic (I think that's a good theme, anyway), but hey, I love *all* fanworks! I would love anything anyone wanted to make (including cover art for an audiobook, if anyone is so moved).

ETA: Ditto the teams on this one. I'm easy - I can do whatever. :D

Edited Date: 2012-05-01 01:59 pm (UTC)

From:

saekhwa

\o/

I am totally cheerleading you on this all the way, because IMPROMPTU IS BRILLIANT.

From:

saekhwa

I have been working on this fic idea for what feels like ages. I have some of it written, but I feel like the Ante Up: Losers Big Bang can be the incentive that I need to really get this story finished (finally).

The story centers around Clay/Roque, and while it has some kink elements, it's essentially a prequel to the film and will lead up to Roque leaving the team. It's Clay POV, and the whole team is going to feature, of course, because TEAM!

I adore all fanworks and would love to see some other bang-sized fanworks for this team or any kind of complements.

I could use some cheerleading, but like

kate, I'm open to any collaboration, teamwork, working in tandem or hands-off approach for folks who are busier.

From:

tygermama

I started this a while ago and completely stalled out. I plan on adding at least 10,000 words to what I already have and would love some art or anything really to go along with it.

The plot is thus: Jacob Jensen figured out who was really behind Skynet. Now he needs to go to the past to convince his old team and his past self to help him stop Max and prevent Judgement Day from ever happening.

It's Jacob(future Jensen)/OFC, pre-Cougar/Jensen(present), other canon-ish pairings, but any romance is incidental, mostly time-travelling mind-fuckery and angst with lots of action.

Cheerleading would be lovely and if you have any ideas for collaborations or other things, let me know, I'm open-minded.

From:

lunesque

I'm jumping in!

I will totes cheer lead, and the idea I've got would be a bang-sized fic, post-movie, about Roque recovering from the explosion. May or may not have Roque/Clay romance, and will definitely feature the rest of the team, because I don't think I've ever written anything that doesn't have them all involved.

From:

saekhwa

EEEEEEEEEEEEEE. That sounds fantastic and amazing! I can absolutely cheerlead. :D

From:

kate

Oh, hell yes! I am all over this! I will podfic for you, bb! I will do it as a complement even though it'll be bang-sized. I more want to do it as a complement to your fic rather than a bang-sized thing of its own, if that makes sense.

From:

kate

Oh, this sounds AMAZING. I wish I could do art, because I think art would be a truly awesome companion to this.

From:

saekhwa

I really, really love the idea of a podfic team. I ... have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to podfic or even what sort of equipment it requires.

From:

saekhwa

That makes sense, and oh my goodness! \o/

*flails*

From:

franzeska

Look, I don't care how out of date the Stirling Hypothesis is: I have this rabid post-movie plotbunny involving crazy cults, psychic premonitions, people getting freaky with were-jaguars, lost archaeological expeditions, and a mad scramble for some ancient crystal skull-style power source in the Guatemalan jungle. Cougar/Jensen and possibly Cougar/Jensen/Aisha. I'm kind of embarrassed at how many OTT idfic-y tropes my plot outline has grown. I need someone to ~~hold my hand and enable me~~ bounce ideas off of so I actually finish this thing ~~and can face posting it in public~~. I'd love a more collaborative team, if only in the sitting on AIM/Y!M/IRC bitching about stuff way.

I'm open to whatever sort of other works, though whether I'd be helpful as a beta/cheerleader/collaborator may depend on what they are. I've never really listened to podfic, and I have to admit I haven't seen a lot of fanmixes I liked... but then again, maybe they just didn't have enough Journey. ;)

I'm primarily a vidder. My only work in this fandom so far is here. I think it gives a pretty clear picture of my views on the sanctity of canon and my feelings about the end of the comic. If this vid makes you go "... I don't get it?", we would probably not make a good team. Ha ha ha.

From:

saekhwa

OTT idfic-y tropes? I AM THERE WITH ALL THE SHAMELESS ENCOURAGEMENT AND HANDHOLDING. I have references of my cheerleading abilities if you need them.

From:

franzeska

I CAN'T SAY NO TO ALLCAPS! :D :D :D

From:

kate

Hahaha, I can totally give you a good reference!

From:

saekhwa

I'm hesitating, because I think someone can do this a million times better, to be honest, but I think I can create a fic cover and maybe another small graphic like a banner?

I agree with

kate, and I think art/graphics would be amazing for your bang. Plus, plus, I can cheerlead! I loved what you had written. <3

From:

saekhwa

Lol. You and

pistol. :D

I'm so ridiculous. <3

From:

kate

More Journey! I totally encourage this! Also this fic sounds amazing - although roughly 2/3 over my head. But give me more were-animals! :D :D :D

From:

theleaveswant

I want to use this opportunity to write the as-it-were 'expanded remix' of the Losers/Death Proof bit I posted in this year's Scramble. It will be easily bang-length with an action plot and a lot of character interaction storylines; a post-movie Roque's-not-dead AU (still significant professional and romantic tension between him and Clay but the canon betrayal was a decoy) featuring the whole Losers team including Aisha plus Jolene & Jensen's sister & their young'uns, and the whole gang from Tennessee (Abernathy, Kim, Lee, and Zoë) plus Abby's kid. Premise is that Aisha will reach out to her old friends, who happen to be nearby working on a movie, to help with a multi-part heist/offensive on Max's resource stream. There will be snuggling, disguises, misunderstandings, and lots of explosions, and it'll probably wind up with a "teen" rating on AO3 for action-movie violence and fade-to-black sexytimes.

I am squeeful at the prospect of any kind of complements and any kind of teamwork/collaboration, especially for someone to work in tandem or cheerlead and help me brainstorm and hash out everything I haven't figured out yet (like geography).

From:

kate

I will get you hooked on podfic yet! Also, a complement is a wee 15 minutes of time! There are SO MANY GOOD STORIES TO READ. :D

From:

kate

OMG I AM SO ALL OVER THIS! I will cheerlead the hell out of you! Also, if it's US geography, I'm golden. I've driven to/through all but 4 of the contiguous United States. And I'm working on those last four.

I wish I could vid - this seems ripe for a complement vid. I'd be learning, though, and I would want someone to do it real justice.

ETA: Oooh ooh ooh! Also, I will totally podfic the original and/or parts of this as a complement!

Edited Date: 2012-05-01 04:19 pm (UTC)

From:

saekhwa

YOU HAD ME AT DEATH PROOF.

I'm always up for cheerleading, but I have no ideas for complements other than YAY DEATH PROOF OMG KIM AND ZOE AND ABERNATHY AND HEISTS.

From:

franzeska

When I read the end of the comic, I kind of had a meltdown all weekend that resulted in a vid to multiple Journey songs. (What? If one Journey song is awesome. Two Journey songs in the same vid is awesomer!) My approach to vidding involves a lot of allcaps tagging, keyboard mashing, playing with funny fonts, and having hysterics in #vidding on IRC. I am pretty free with the external source and taking things out of context... But I'm all out of ideas for more Losers vids. I'd love to do one or more complements if you provide me with the vidbunny. (After that, collaborative or hands off is A-OK, but I do want some inspiration initially.) Any character or pairing is fine, but I prefer funny or happy things to depressing ones. I'm happy to do any kind of constructed reality or crack concept you want if you're ok with external source (i.e. footage of the actors in other roles) or want me to make a vid out of your fan art or something.

From:

saekhwa

THERE ARE. I'm going to tentatively give this a try. A friend is letting me play with her microphones this weekend, so I can test read a few stories.

SO EXCITED.

From:

theleaveswant

I'd love to design a new Losers-inspired knitting pattern as a complement to somebody's Bang. Leaning towards armwarmers (maybe 'unisex' design with padding on the underside of the wrists for protection/computer cushioning, or something that looks a little distressed). Thoughts?