This is an odd thing to complain about, but having three large fic fests posting at once (regular big bang, DeanCas big bang, and summergen), it's overwhelming to the point where I'm hardly reading anything.

If I ran the world (which I should), I'd love to see them go spring-summer-fall. Plus, you'd probably have more writers participating in multiple fests.

Julie, that author dropped out. That's the summary they wrote for an artist to claim them. I guess they dropped out late enough in the process that the art was claimed.

So we'll never know, probably.

Okay, I'm a few paragraphs into that Weechester story, and I want to smish Sammy so hard. This better keep up. But 42k of this kind of cute might kill me. Dean better kill somebody.

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If it's any consolation, Anne, mini DCBB ends soon and doesn't pick up again until October.

Wait...I think the main bang ends soon too. When does summergen end?

Julie, that author dropped out. That's the summary they wrote for an artist to claim them. I guess they dropped out late enough in the process that the art was claimed.

Damn. Too bad, because that story looked fascinating.

I dropped out of Big Bang last year, and my artist had already done stuff. Actually, I didn't really drop out, I just never finished and never posted, so I really suck.

I think they run everything in the summer to give people stuff to read over hiatus, but it always seems to end up being too much or everything sucks. In my experience, anyway.

DCBB ends soon and doesn't pick up again until October.

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That's an odd posting schedule.

I'm not sure when summergen ends. Last year, it went through early September, but I think there are more authors this year. So maybe it will end up being staggered nicely. Excellent.

That's an odd posting schedule.

Well, I think they're being weird by having a mini-bang. I don't know if that's typical. I'd have run them up against each other, but then again, I'd never take on this size of an effort, so what do I know? They may have planned for many more authors.

Wait, do you mean posting ends soon and then there will be more posting in October? I thought you meant that's when sign-ups for a new one would begin.

That is odd, although I guess maybe it's just ... two rounds?

eh, I didn't like the dragon minibang. I'm finicky when it comes to fairy tales. Aurora Borealis hooked me because 1) it was based on a modern fairytale with a modernish sense of humour, and 2) the prose and tone, when it wasn't being funny, was spot on. But that also might be the awesome influence of the awesome Peter Beagle.

Not to say that I'm a huge fan of getting down with all the old-timey language and prose and the trappings of a fairytale. That horrid fic bauble fic threw me with its prose long before the murder and incest came along. And I really didn't like bauble's Aurora.

But this one, well, didn't really try to be a fairy tale, and wasn't good fantasy. And yeah, should have been gen, but that was the least of it's problems.

That is odd, although I guess maybe it's just ... two rounds?

Yeah, separate bangs for mini and main. Timing the main long one with the start of the season? Well, I'm not going to turn down good fic, but weird. I guess they couldn't overlap with main bang too much. Some writers signed up with both.

Julie, I thought the relationship and Sam's decision were the weakest part of the dragon fic. I actually liked the conceit pretty well. But both of those characterisations/motivations seem to depend on something outside the story--but neither were actually close enough to canon to rely on that shorthand.

I think if she hadn't tried to convince me of either of those things I'd have given her emotional credit for everything else. Castiel was especially WTF in his relationship reveal.

I've never read Aurora Borealis (I decently liked Aurora, although I haven't finished it yet--it's more beautiful than engaging). I don't know the Peter Beagle canon, so I've avoided it.

Reading Beatty (the Weechester story). I'm concerned that it's too sad and maybe it will become too harsh on John, but right now I want to hug Sam and Dean and then have them hug each other. And then slap Rita. Rum? A nine year-old? Seriously?