maharetr: Image of Linwood "Pooch" Porteous from The Losers (Pooch)
maharetr ([personal profile] maharetr) wrote in [community profile] ante_up_losers2013-05-04 11:27 am

Let the comment party begin! \o/

Quick note!: This post will be open for discussion and idea bouncing all through sign ups :)

This is the brainstorming post for folks to get all those great ideas out in the open before official signups. We'll form teams later; for now, let's hear about those awesome ideas for Losers bang-size works or complements--or for prompts you'd love to foist on somebody else!

A few items 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. Items to address in your top-level comment:
--Type and size of fanwork you're creating (if you know).
--Subject matter, genre, general idea, other details about your fanwork (if you know).
--Type(s) of and size(s) of other fanworks you're looking for (if you have a preference).
--Types of team members (besides bang and complement creators) you might like on your team (see #3 below).
--Type of team interaction you're looking for and what level of involvement you'd like (see #4 below).
--Anything else you feel like including!

3. The bang is open to fanwork creators of any stripe and ability, and to works of any size. If you don't feel you can create a bang-sized work, you can create a complement-sized work. If you don't think you can create a complement-sized work, you can create something of any size during the Scramble. It is also open to people who don't have the time to create anything, but who want to be involved in the process and help all these great fanworks come to fruition! If you want to help a team, try one of these vital roles:

--Cheerleader - someone to keep the team's spirits up through the long slogging middle
--Whipcracker - someone to insist on daily/weekly/semi-monthly word counts/sketches/macaroni sculptures.
--Alpha - sometimes known as "first audience" - a person who gets the first look at a fanwork and enthusiastically asks for more (and sometimes provides gentle guidance - but not editing, that's next up).
--Beta - that editor who is a second (or third or seventeenth) set of eyes - eagle eyes, to catch any coloring outside the lines or stray unglued macaroni or typos and offer constructive criticism.
--Omega - ...just kidding. We don't actually know what an Omega would be on a team, but if you want one or want to sign up as one, go for it!
--Time manager/nagger/mother hen/random capslock squee person... any way you can bring organization, time management, nagging, random knowledge, enthusiasm, inspiration, motivation, squee, or just plain silliness to a team, please come and join the fun!

4. Use the comment space to work out how your team will work together. Do you want a hands off team? Take the idea and run with it, check in on the comm weekly and not really talk again until go time? Or do you want more involvement, maybe a weekly or semi-monthly chat session? Maybe you want to create a community for your team. Maybe having a daily email reminder is the way to go. Be specific - the teams need to keep each other on track and enthusiastic about their works and they should work together in a way that makes it fun and exciting for everyone - but not stressful. Basically, teams are one of the best ways to keep each other going so we have lots of awesome fanworks on the bang go-live date.

5. Please use the subject lines. Put as much or as little information you have about your team, complement offering, bang-sized work, or type of cheerleading/whipcracking/alpha/beta/etc in the subject line, and then include details and questions and brainstorming in the body of the comment itself. Examples:
--Comics Bang: Artist looking for an author, dark and gory. Would like fanmix or graphics complements and a whipcracker that will keep on the team at least twice a week.
--Knitting Complements: 1-2 items for up to two bang-sized fanworks. Cheerleader that can read knitting patterns would be welcome.
--Alpha for bang or complement vids: willing to cheer on vids in all stages of completion.
--Fic Bang: Crack AU where The Losers are all snowmen, looking for wacky complements and a Beta that has detailed knowledge of clown school.
--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.
--Professional Prodder: will coordinate team chats, check-in emails, and monitor progress of team.
--Fanmix Bang: set of six albums for all the main characters based on individual arcs, want an art complement (covers) and a cheerleader to soundboard ideas with (broad musical tastes preferred).
--Haiku Complements: Offering sets of haiku complements to up to four art bangs.
--Spreadsheet Designer offering time management for writers: will create spreadsheet indicating words per day to meet the goal for each writing team member.
--Art Bang: several panels featuring Jensen base jumping and Cougar watching through his scope. Any complement(s) or additional bang(s) would be great as well as an Alpha willing to look in at the art every few days and add gentle comments.
--Macaroni sculpture complement: willing to create sculptures to complement any type of bang but unwilling to use rigatoni or fettuccini.
--Beta for any fanworks including aspects of horse riding or ownership, informal, competition, ranching, etc.
--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, Alphas for the writers and Betas for the podficcer and artist, cheerleaders, and an office manager to wrangle the whole team.
--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).

6. This year, we’re staging our sign ups slightly differently: we’re asking for bang sign ups first (May 11-18, 2013), and then opening the floor to complement creators and others to form teams (May 18-25, 2013). This is so we can be sure that everyone has a chance to look at all the possible teams at once to decide where they can best put their enthusiasm. We don't want anyone to miss out being on a great team because they forgot to look at sign-ups after the first day and someone put up a magnificent macaroni sculpture bang on day four.

7. Have a great time! *turns on the disco ball*
kate: Kate Winslet is wryly amused (Default)

Team Podfic II: podfic bang looking for other podfics of any size; also graphics complements

[personal profile] kate 2013-05-04 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
I am not certain which fic I'm going to do yet, but I think it's likely to be either [personal profile] storm_petrel's By daybreak they'll be gone and/or [personal profile] pistolera's We Know How the It Works (the world is no longer mysterious.

I'm fine with podfic being the team theme, or we can do something more specific (the first fic is werewolves, that'd make a great collection of Losers podfic). I'd prefer a fairly hands-off team; I don't think we need more than weekly check-ins, and while I'd be happy to trade of betas with other podficcers, I'm pretty busy and don't have a super lot of time to do much else. If the rest of the team wants Alphas, cheerleaders, whipcrackers, or whatnot, though, I wouldn't complain. :)

I'd love covers as complements, too - my ability at that is pretty limited and I love art and graphics of all sorts. :|
franzeska: (Default)

Comics-centric team

[personal profile] franzeska 2013-05-04 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
SO MANY IDEAS OH GOD.

But here's one to start with: I've been meaning to experiment more with comics vidding, and--being the unimaginative literalist that I am--I cannot resist doing a comics vid about Aisha to Khaled's version of Aicha. (Damn you, earwormy song!) I'd either do a second comics vid and make this a bang or do it as a complement by itself. It would be fun to have a team that's just doing comics-centric pieces (or Aisha-centric--that works too). I'd love to get someone on the team who wants to beta vids too. I like to wail at people in chat and have them critique in realtime.
katemonkey: Cougar looks downwards his face obscured in darkness and his cowboy hat. (Cougar in orange)

Fic Bang: Team Hipster Reborn!

[personal profile] katemonkey 2013-05-04 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm fucking doing it this time. My hipster AU WILL be completed.

I actually started writing more on it again.

What do I need? Cheerleaders who will nag my lazy ass, beta readers, associated fanworks (christ, I would kill for fanart), mixtapes, recipes, whatever.

Dude, researchers. That's what I need. Researchers. I'll fall down the wiki hole if I have to keep on looking up things like "dairy farms in upstate New York" or "zoning laws for distance from schools".

And pictures of food porn.

But I think if I have people to nag me, then things get done. So it'll be semi-formal? I don't know.
Edited 2013-05-04 12:20 (UTC)
james: (Default)

Knitting Bang: Team Sheep Overlords

[personal profile] james 2013-05-04 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm planning a set of knitted objects (which will end up being donated to a charity here in San Fran. so there are some guidelines I will be adhering to, namely they have to keep someone warm and be teen/adult sized.) I have two-three of the objects already in mind and am happy to brainstorm the fourth.

I'm looking for complements of whatever! I can post pictures in progress to anyone making complements as soon as they're available, and/or point you towards the patterns I'm using if relevant.

1. Lacy cowl for Jolene (orange and grey, cool weather but not frigidly cold, so think Autumn)
2. Half-finger gloves for Cougar (black and sniper-appropriate)
3. Half-mitts for Jensen's niece (brightly obnoxious pre-teen colors like pink and purple and so on).
4. ??? (Maybe hat and scarf set for Clay, except the patterns that seem suitable wouldn't make the item "medium complexity." Except it's two items so maybe that'd be fine?

If you want to do a complement and you have an idea of what I could knit - no sweaters or socks because that takes forever - then fire away!
cleo69: (Losers Cougar Air Support)

Re: Fic Bang: Team Hipster Reborn!

[personal profile] cleo69 2013-05-04 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
If you need help with research I'm good at digging up all sorts of crap. I'd be more than welcome to help. Warning though I may give you WAAAAAY more than you may want once I get rolling.
cleo69: (Losers Jensen What did to computer)

(frozen comment) Fic Bang: Team Transgenic Losers

[personal profile] cleo69 2013-05-04 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Last year I was going to do a Dark Angel/Loser crossover. I had found pictures of the movie guys as young as I could for it even. But alas the muse gave me a couple of paragraphs and went mute. This time though I think I've got a different approach that will keep the muse in line and speaking.

The story kinda follows them as they figure out what to do and where to go once what they called home is gone. I don't think it will fall squarely in comic or movie verse. I would love as much cheerleading and brainstorming partners as possible. I'd probably need a bit of help with small unit tactics and strategy. Especially when it comes to military training and weapons. I can only surmise so much from personal experience and what I've learned otherwise.
Edited (additional info) 2013-05-04 12:56 (UTC)
theleaveswant: overlaid faces of Aisha (Zoe Saldana) and Kim (Tracie Thoms) facing opposite directions + words "vroom vroom boom boom" (vroom vroom boom boom)

Assorted Complements

[personal profile] theleaveswant 2013-05-04 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so glad this is happening again. I don't think I have a whole Bang in me this year, but I'm happy to throw some ra-ra and complementary skills (fibre arts--esp. knitting but I can also crochet and weave and I'm soon to start getting into dyeing; vidding; fanmixes; maybe some short fic; potentially other artsy-crafty things) for, say, two to four teams?
theleaveswant: cartoon of person wearing toque holding sign "will knit for tattoos" (cartoon knit tattoos)

Re: Knitting Bang: Team Sheep Overlords

[personal profile] theleaveswant 2013-05-04 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
\Knitting!/ I'd love to be part of a fibre arts team of any stripe. Trying to think of what I could do that wouldn't duplicate the (awesome) knitting projects you're already proposing . . . I could come up with a Losers colourway (or several) once I get my dye set-up set up, or maybe push my crochet skills to hook an amigurumi Mojito?

For a fourth project, how about a balaclava?
theleaveswant: a person (Chris Evans as Jensen in the Losers) in jeans & a backpack climbing over a barbed-wire fence from behind (action ass)

Re: Fic Bang: Team Hipster Reborn!

[personal profile] theleaveswant 2013-05-04 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd love to do something to help, and I'd like to produce something concrete-ish as a complement too but I'm not sure what yet.
franzeska: (Default)

Re: Fic Bang: Team Hipster Reborn!

[personal profile] franzeska 2013-05-04 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
And now I don't live in New York anymore. >:(

But wait! I have moved to the Bay Area, which is much, much worse about food (if slightly less rife with bad indie bands that all live in the same neighborhood).
franzeska: (Default)

The other half of my plot from last year - fic bang

[personal profile] franzeska 2013-05-04 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
As usual when I write, last year's bang got away from me and ends on a weird, half-finished note. I plan to write the other half this year. I'd love to have some cheerleaders (read people who are in chat a lot whom I can whine at about my process). As for complements, I don't know. Graphics? Art? The second half of the plot has less to do with archeologists and more to do with evil government medical experiments.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/475384/chapters/824599
kate: Kate Winslet is wryly amused (Default)

Re: Knitting Bang: Team Sheep Overlords

[personal profile] kate 2013-05-04 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I am all over this and would be happy to write a complement fic for one or more of these pieces. I'm totally easy, too, so I can write for whatever you want to make (all the ones you've got planned so far seem AMAZING!).
Edited (punctuation >:() 2013-05-04 15:58 (UTC)
kate: Kate Winslet is wryly amused (Default)

Re: The other half of my plot from last year - fic bang

[personal profile] kate 2013-05-04 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. I am the same, I only got 1/4 of my bang done (and waaaaaaaaaay after the deadline) so this is a super-smart idea. Sadly I don't think I can commit to a written bang, there's just no way to judge whether the inspiration will be there (or the time and energy, my job is such a timesuck). Which also means I'm crap for cheerleading, though I will put a damn RAH-RAH here because I loved that story and would love to read the rest of it.

I am good with formal timekeeping (spreadsheets and email reminders) so I could maybe wrangle you and your cheerleader(s) and complement makers?
kate: Kate Winslet is wryly amused (Default)

Re: Assorted Complements

[personal profile] kate 2013-05-04 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
You know... you dye yarn, yes? I would guess that dying enough yarn for [personal profile] james's projects could be a bang-sized project... Team Fibre Arts would be AMAZING.

ETA: And omg there's already a team title, arg, I think I need more sleep before I join in this party.
Edited 2013-05-04 15:59 (UTC)
amaresu: Sapphire and Steel from the opening (Losers-Cougar)

Re: Comics-centric team

[personal profile] amaresu 2013-05-04 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I am looking to do some decoupage with the comics for a compliment. I'd be all for a comic-centric team.
kate: Kate Winslet is wryly amused (Default)

Re: Poetry/Haiku and cheerleading/nagging Complements for up to five Big Bangs

[personal profile] kate 2013-05-04 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I cannot tell you how excited I am that there will be poetry again. \o/ That was one of my favorite things about the first bang.
kate: Kate Winslet is wryly amused (Default)

Re: Comics-centric team

[personal profile] kate 2013-05-04 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!!!! This sounds awesome!
kate: Kate Winslet is wryly amused (Default)

Re: Fic Bang: Team Hipster Reborn!

[personal profile] kate 2013-05-04 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't have the time and energy to cheerlead 'cause of my crazy job, but I am a master at formalized nagging. I can send daily check-up emails and make you a spreadsheet that tracks your wordcount (and tells you how many words you need per day to make the deadline (or your imagined end word count)). I will would definitely be professional nagger/organizer for you and your gaggle of cheerleaders/researchers, if you would like/want that.

ETA: Sorry, meant to offer my services, not demand you take them. <3
Edited 2013-05-04 15:57 (UTC)
kate: Kate Winslet is wryly amused (Default)

(frozen comment) Re: Fic Bang: Team Transgenic Losers

[personal profile] kate 2013-05-04 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Man, I seriously need to watch Dark Angel. It's been on my list anyway since I fell headlong into SPN, so I can see young!Jensen when I'm writing him (I can't handle him on the soaps, I do have some pride). I am trying not to overextend myself so I don't want to sign up for everything, but I want to give a YAY CROSSOVER! bit of cheerleading here. Also - what kind of complements are you looking for? I don't think I could podfic your bang but I might be able to do a short podfic complement, of a similar story or one with a similar theme?
amaresu: Sapphire and Steel from the opening (Losers-Aishabw)

Research monkey, decoupage/fic compliments

[personal profile] amaresu 2013-05-04 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)

I really want to do some decoupage with the comics and I don't think I'd be able to manage a bang out of it, so I'm looking to compliment. (Although if someone has an idea for a decoupage bang and wants to share I'm willing to change my mind.)

I'm also willing to write some compliments, especially if crossovers are on your mind.

And I'm willing to devote some time to being a research monkey. Tell me what you want researched and I'll do my best to come up with some information.

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