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And It Begins Again!✨

Hiya everyone!

We’re both so excited to finally begin the second round of sign-ups for the Bang! And it’s coming together amazingly!

So we have our artists and they’re all working hard to have their creations prepared for April! But now we’re calling out for the writers, betas and pinch hitters to join in on the fun! 

The guidelines for Writers is written out in our Rules page, so please read that and familiarize yourself with our expectations. However, if you ever have any questions please don’t shy away from asking us💜 If you are wondering, there are probably at least two others who are questioning the same thing and we want everyone to know what’s going on! 

But just as a quick reminder, authors will expected to have 5k words written out for their assigned art pieces, and the way things are looking, there will be a surplus of authors in comparison to our artists. So it will be almost assured that each art piece will have two authors assigned to it, but you guys don’t have to worry over that side of things<3 

The only things authors should concern themselves over is using the below link to sign up and enjoy themselves! And PLEASE pleaseeee remember to reblog this as a signal boost!!!!!

Thank you all!

~Your Mods

~Link To Sign Up As An Writer/Beta/Pinch Hitter

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Commenting fanfiction is the easiest thing in the world once you start doing it. 

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Masterlist

Thank you to everyone who participated! 🧡 You can find all works in the post below.

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to be kissed by you by captainegg

Tales From the Junk Drawer by TheLastKnownSurvivor

You smell like home by Actuallyerin1992

The Super Six: Love Languages by @eggsonthe-sideblog​

The Love Languages of Firstprince by @xthelastknownsurvivorx​

words of affirmation by @arse-crack-thistle​

Dance with me Tonight by Actuallyerin1992

like cherries and wine by captainegg

gifts by @arse-crack-thistle​

Love Poetry by Yellowshirtgurl

A Lover’s Embrace by septemberleaves

she is my all, she is the one, she is by captainegg

a first prince meet-cute by @arse-crack-thistle​

Baking Is Not a Science by septemberleaves

quality time by @arse-crack-thistle​

physical touch by @arse-crack-thistle​

To Show Our Love by bleedingballroomfloor

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See you soon for our next little fest happening in March 😉

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Did you know that there is a Red, White & Royal Blue discord server that you can join? Simply follow this link and come join our loving and a little chaotic family over there 💕

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Mid Month Reminder

Hiya loves! We just wanted to post a reminder of this exciting event!!!

Artist Sign Ups Are Officially Open 

Just to reiterate,  the first round of sign ups will be to collect our lovely artists! The form will be open from February 1st, to the 28th. followed by authors in March, to give the artists time to create the early stages of their art pieces for the authors to then decide what they will be writing for!!

And Friendly reminder that we are extremely flexible with the art work you may wish to create, example can include but are not limited too…

Digital/Traditional Art

Edits or Graphics 

Comics

Mood Boards

Playlists with covers

And anything else you think can inspire a story 

If you have any questions about the event, we’ve have a really handy couple of pages for both the Rules and FAQ !! But don’t hesitate to drop us an ask! And please, please, the biggest help you guys can do for the Reverse Bang is to simply 

REBLOG AND SPREAD THE WORD!!!  Single boosts are so SO important!

Now with no further ado!!!

THE ARTIST SIGN UP FORM IS RIGHT HERE!!!

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RWRB Romance Week

It’s the season of love and romance so let’s celebrate it! 💘

What you need to know:

non-committal, non-anonymous fest (no sign-up needed)

runs from February 7 until February 14

all pairings and all ratings allowed

combine or skip prompts to your liking

create art, poems, fics, mood boards, playlists, headcanons - whatever you want

post your creation to the collection on AO3 or post it to tumblr with the tag #rwrbromanceweek and tag us in the post as well (so we won’t miss it)

there will be a masterlist at the end

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LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Yes, loves we’ve made it! Time to get the show on the road! Our first round of sign ups will be to collect our lovely artists! The form will be open from February 1st, to the 28th. followed by authors in March, to give the artists time to create the early stages of their art pieces for the authors to then decide what they will be writing for! So with no further ado!!!

Artist Sign Up Form!!!!

And Friendly reminder that we are extremely flexible with the art work you may wish to create, example can include but are not limited too…

Digital/Traditional Art

Edits or Graphics 

Comics

Mood Boards

Playlists with covers

And anything else you think can inspire a story 

If you have any questions about the event, we’ve have a really handy couple of pages for both the Rules and FAQ !! But don’t hesitate to drop us an ask! And please, please, the biggest help you guys can do for the Reverse Bang is to simply 

REBLOG AND SPREAD THE WORD!!!  

Talk to y’all soon!

~Your Mods

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RWRB Romance Week

It’s the season of love and romance so let’s celebrate it! 💘

What you need to know:

non-committal, non-anonymous fest (no sign-up needed)

runs from February 7 until February 14

all pairings and all ratings allowed

combine or skip prompts to your liking

create art, poems, fics, mood boards, playlists, headcanons - whatever you want

post your creation to the collection on AO3 or post it to tumblr with the tag #rwrbromanceweek and tag us in the post as well (so we won’t miss it)

there will be a masterlist at the end

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Coming soon

RWRB Romance Week

RWRB Trans Celebration Week

Alternative Universe Fest

If you have any other ideas or wishes, hit me up and we can talk about it!

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Coming soon: Red, White, & Royal Blue Reverse Bang!

What is a Reverse Bang?

The idea of this collaborative event is akin to a Big Bang, but in converse, the artwork is created first by the artists, which then inspires the authors in fandom for the works they write around it. This event is tentatively planned to run from February - June 2021, and art can include traditional or digital fan art, comics, graphic edits, and playlists.

How do I sign up?

Sign ups are not open yet, but please fill out this interest check form if you might want to participate as an artist, author, or beta. This form is very important because it will help us determine if there is enough interest to go forward with the event! It is open until January 26th. 

More questions?

Visit:

Frequently Asked Questions

Rules

Schedule

*Please note specific details are subject to change.

Follow us to stay up to date and tell your friends! Reblogs and signal boosting are most appreciated!

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Masterlist

Thank you to everyone who participated! You can find all works in the post below 💙

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Submissions on AO3 (in no particular order)

we can leave christmas lights up till january by Neuqe

Red Carpet by floatingaway4

I’ll have a Flu Christmas by allmylovesatonce

Warm me up by floatingaway4

Muddle Through Somehow by bri_ness

baby, it’s cold outside by captainegg

A Merry Little Christmas by Quire

Embellishment by floatingaway4

Of Wine and Romantic Gestures by Quire

The Great Turkey Calamity, Part Two by floatingaway4

I’ll be home by Quire

we’ll face this snow together by saltfics

light me up and pour me down by i_m_disappeared

Merry Christmas, baby by Quire

Ornaments by floatingaway4

Cold feet and candy canes by floatingaway4

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Sumbissions on tumblr (in no particular order)

rwrb characters and their christmas trees by @arse-crack-thistle

rwrb winterfest - day 9 - hiking by @arse-crack-thistle

rwrb winterfest - day 18 - music by @arse-crack-thistle

snowflake by @brionbroadway

How the Super Six would decorate their gingerbread men by @eggsonthe-sideblog

cold hands by @brionbroadway

snowman by @brionbroadway

rwrb winterfest - day 10 - snowflakes by @arse-crack-thistle​

cabin by @brionbroadway

rwrb winterfest - day 8 - fuzzy socks by @arse-crack-thistle

firstprince - new year’s 2030 by @arse-crack-thistle

baking by @brionbroadway

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This should be everyone! If I missed your submission, please let me now so I can add it. Thank you again to everyone who wrote, commented and shared all these beautiful stories.

There will be a new fest soon-ish but until then, stay healthy & funky!

- your mod, vio (@im-captain-egg)

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Thank you so much to everyone who participated in our Winterfest! The response was way better than expected and the masterlist will be up in a bit because there is a lot of stuff.

Let’s toast to an amazing year with lots of fun fests and fics!

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rwrb winterfest - day 18 - music

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in which my dear princess bea needs a little comfort at christmastime (ace rep)

Bea always has a hard time around Christmas. 

Part of it has to do with her father. She seems to find new pieces of him to miss every day. Today, it’s his laugh—the deep chuckle he lets out when David jumps on his lap and licks his face or when he’s had a little too much brandy and Bea says something sarcastic and rude about her grandmother. 

She misses how the family used to gather around a table in one of the sitting rooms in Kensington and play gin rummy at Christmastime. The tree would stand tall in the corner. Their father insisted they decorate it themselves, despite Philip’s disapproval. It looked sloppy covered in tinsel and an assortment of colorful lights and ornaments. The star at the top tilted towards the left, but at least the tree filled the room with a delicate pine scent. The fire burned at a soft glow, and everyone around the table laughed and wore paper crowns from their Christmas crackers. It didn’t matter who they were, they were just a normal family.

Now, the room feels cold, even though the fire cracks across from her. In the corner, the bare tree sags. She hasn’t had the energy to decorate it herself since Henry’s been in New York, and while she and Philip have reconciled their differences, he’s never really liked this part of their family’s traditions. Her mother works a ton since stepping up as the heir apparent, so Bea didn’t want to bother her either. Her cat meows next to her on the couch.

Christ, she wants a hit. She wants something to wipe her memory and just let her be. She just might reach for the brandy on the liquor cart. Why did she convince Henry she could handle it being here? Or that she could handle him leaving?

No, he needs to live his life without her, even if she misses him. The hardest part about being ace is watching her people find their person.

She’s happy for Henry and she loves Alex, but she’s lonely when they’re gone. And with loneliness comes dark thoughts. And the chance she will relapse multiplies. 

Bea should call her sponsor. Or Henry. Or literally anyone. She knows they’ll answer. She knows she’s loved. But the only person she wants to hold her and make Christmas special again can’t.

She really misses her father.

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I realized I never posted this here! This was for day 18 of the RWRB Winterfest prompt list by @rwrb-fests

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rwrb characters and their christmas trees

Alex and Henry

Alex insists on a real tree but doesn’t realize the maintenance involved. He and Henry invest in a Dyson.

Henry watches Little Women once and decides he’ll dry citrus and string it around the tree for a 19th century Christmas feel. It takes four days, but at least the apartment smells good.

They hang handmade ornaments from the kids at the LGBTQ+ center, and it warms their little queer hearts every time they look at the tree.

Not every night, but sometimes, Alex and Henry get cozy on the couch—all cuddled up and wrapped in sweaters and blankets. The white lights of the tree cover them in a soft glow. An indie Christmas playlist plays from a speaker, and outside, it’s snowing.

David curls up at their feet.

Nora, June, and Pez

Nora finds an old, plastic tree in a dumpster. Half the lights don’t work, but she sets it up at June’s place anyways.

Pez drops hard cash on tinsel and covers the tree in glitter. It gets in every crevice of the apartment.

June thinks it’s too far gone to save, but she let’s those two have their fun.

The tree becomes a multi-cultural icon with TJ Maxx Hanukkah ornaments, a garland made from specially-ordered kitenge, and a printed picture of the Virgin of Guadalupe at the top. (This might be sacrilegious. Nora’s unsure if they’ll be cursed.) 

Bea and Catherine

Bea continues her father’s favorite Christmas tradition of decorating the tree themselves, and this year Catherine joins her—a little tipsy but they make it work.

They blast holiday favorites on vinyl and may or may not dance a little. Catherine smiles through the whole thing, and Bea feels fuzzy and warm.

The cat swats at the tree branches.

Ellen and Leo

Leo decorates the White House like he usually does: answering yes or no questions the interior designers ask him. It’s bright this year but with warm, neutral tones. Apparently, whatever he chose is very “in” right now.

Ellen doesn’t have a ton of time to think about a tree, but she does have one put in their bedroom. It’s traditional with rich reds, greens, and golds, but Alex and June’s old school ornaments poke out here and there, making her smile.

Zahra and Shaan

They don’t have a tree in the traditional sense—they both are way too busy to deal with something so trivial—but every time they Zoom each other, they each find a ridiculous tree on the internet to be their backgrounds. It’s become a competition, and Zahra is winning, of course.

Oscar and Rafael

They don’t have a tree either, but before congress breaks for the holiday, they grab a drink at their favorite bar. Bottle caps and gift cards decorate the fake tree in the corner. There’s a sarcastic comment and a light chuckle, but for the most part they ignore it and bitch about a certain senator they hate.

Philip and Martha

They commission a designer to decorate their tree that will appear in The English Home. Martha asks that all the ornaments be purchased from small businesses across the U.K., but she has no other preferences since they’ll be spending Christmas at Balmoral anyways. 

Philip can’t really be bothered with the tree, but he likes how it turns out—light and pastel. It’s different than the trees he had as a kid, but it gets him thinking about the trees his future children will have. Will they all be pretty and neat like this one? Or will they be homey and a little chaotic like his always were? That reminds him he should call his mother and Bea and then Henry and Alex. He hopes they’re all well.

Liam and Spencer

They go on a date to a Christmas tree farm and chop down their own tree. Neither of them are decorators, but they each have a box of ornaments from their childhoods that they use. Rainbow lights wrap around the tree, and a gold star from Walmart tops it. 

Amy and her wife (plus Cash)

Over the years, Amy has acquired quite the collection of mini embroidery hoop ornaments. Most of them she made herself, others she got as gifts, and some she bought off Etsy. Her wife fully supports this obsession and happily decorates their tree with them. She puts the crocheted angel her grandmother made at the top.

Cash finds himself over at their house a lot—so much so, he has a hand-knit stocking hanging over their fireplace. He contributed to the tree this year by checking each and every light bulb because when they first plugged it in, nothing happened. Now, it’s illuminated and rotates on a motor to show off every ornament. They all clink their beers in celebration.

WASP-y Hunter

He spends the holiday with his parents in Hawaii, drinking piña coladas out of a pineapple and wearing leis given to him by the resort staff. There are traditional Christmas trees in the lobby, but the ones he’s sees on Christmas day are a collection of short palms covered in rainbow lights at the hotel’s luau.

The Queen

This bitch has, like, a thousand trees, and she never touches a single one. They all stand tall, overly-decorated and judgmental, like her. The eyes of the angels at the top follow you, and it creeps Bea out to no end.

Richards

He doesn’t get a Christmas tree in his prison cell. Ha ha, fuck him.

psa: this in no way implies these characters would actually celebrate christmas. i just thought it would be a fun and dumb thing to write. <3

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Prompt is “cold hands,” enjoy! @rwrb-fests

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It’s always the first clue.

Heat warns of an incoming crush. It happened first when he was thirteen, when he took Callie’s hand in gym class because square dancing was inexplicably part of the curriculum. It was the moment he realized attraction could be more than thinking a girl was pretty, that he could feel it in some unknown core of him, that it could sear him. (His mom, like an all-knowing wizard, sat him down a week later for a PowerPoint titled Changing Body, Changing Feelings, and You).

Liam was all heat, everything from his fingertips to the place Alex kissed in the crook of his neck. Alex, fancying himself an intellectual, decided that he’d romanticized the moment with Callie. Heat’s just a physical reaction, the result of one body touching another.

Alex could believe that, because there was more with Nora. Warmth, a comfort he settled in when their heat nearly killed them. And he loved her the most, if ultimately as a friend.

Henry’s the first time it’s been cold.

Not because he’s some stoic, unknowable man like Alex once believed. Not because their relationship lacks warmth, and definitely not because it lacks heat—there’s some leaked emails that prove that.

Because it’s the first time in a relationship Alex has embraced every piece of the other person instead of running from their anger and fighting their sadness. He just stands with Henry through all of it.

Like now, when Henry’s stepped outside in the bitter mid-December air without a coat or gloves for a moment, just because he needs a moment. Alex followed, a step behind in body but not in spirit. It’s a bad day, and Henry doesn’t really know why, but it is.

Alex watches Henry rub his hands together, fingers turning pink. “You don’t have to do that alone, you know,” Alex says.

Henry nods, sharp, and flexes his fingers. Alex steps forward to take his hand, but it’s kind of useless. He’s freezing too.

“Sorry,” Alex says through chattering teeth. “This probably isn’t warming you up.”

“No,” Henry says, then pauses. “Still helps, though.”

They stand together, cold, but hand in hand.

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Another one for the RWRB Winterfest, this time the prompt is “baking.” Enjoy! @rwrb-fests

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“Despite being two people with impressive resumes, our bakers are really struggling in these last few minutes. In fact, one might be concerned that these are members of some of the most powerful families in the world—”

“I must say, Pez,” Henry says, intensely focused on coating his battenberg cake with the marzipan layer. Alex knows exactly how talented Henry’s fingers are, but it turns out the skills aren’t transferrable as the marzipan cracks under their weight. “Your hosting style is not in the spirit of the Great British Bake-Off.”

Pez’s grin shoots straight through the Zoom screen, which is exactly why they chose him to host. The message from the White House regarding the holidays is: stay the fuck home to avoid spreading a deadly virus, in case you somehow weren’t already aware that’s the right thing to do. (At least, that was Alex’s recommendation. June slightly reworked it, but the point remained).

Since that’s a shitty message to give, Alex brainstormed ways for people to feel connected in isolation. And AOC got a Twitch account, so he got a Twitch account. (His not-so-secret dream is to be part of her Among Us lobby. Nora has accused him of being too thirsty on Twitter). He’s currently doing a stream to raise money for COVID relief, but also to promote the simple idea of baking for your neighbours. What better way than with him and Henry attempting a Bake Off-style technical challenge?

“Alex, for his part, does not seem to be helping Henry at all,” Pez narrates. Henry hums in agreement.

“I’m reading the comments!” Alex replies. “And I’m morally against making desserts with jam in them! Why is your culture obsessed with that?”

The comments fly in, as they’ve been doing all night.

alex with the jam hot takes!!!

I know it’s been a full hour but I can’t get over Henry’s apron

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Henry I love you but what are you doing to this poor cake

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so many fanfics will be written tonight, praise

Alex silently thanks Nora and the team of friends she recruited to moderate his stream for deleting most of the homophobic messages before he sees them. Though, it’s weird—it’s almost worse to imagine what they might say. He can dismiss slurs and bad theology that condemns him to Hell, but the quiet hate, the secretive kind that only shows up when decisions are made, that’s harder to process.

He glances at Henry, takes a moment to comprehend that he is baking with his boyfriend in a Brooklyn brownstone, and that it’s every bit as romantic and cozy as the alliteration suggests—even with thousands of people watching them. He, truly, wishes he could bring everyone into their space right now, but if this is all he can do, he is sure as hell going to do it. Fuck the haters, as Henry said to him when they planned this stream, sending Alex into full hysterics that he smiles again at the memory of.

Henry, somewhat successfully, coats the cake, then cuts off what he refers to as the “funky bits” on the end. The inside is…questionable. The checked pattern is more like deformed rectangles, the jam layer is uneven, and Henry makes a face when he tastes it.

“It’s quite,” Henry says, then takes too long of a pause. “Terrible. Yes, quite terrible.”

“I blame the jam,” Alex says.

“Your vendetta against jam is strange and misguided,” Pez says, then helps them close out the stream. They stay on the call with him for another hour, during which Alex texts Nora to ask if AOC commented on his stream. Nora responds with a GIF of Megan Mullally chugging water, which isn’t a no.

After the call and before their kitchen is clean, Alex says, “So, I saw a comment that there is going to be a lot of fanfiction written tonight.”

Henry raises his eyebrows. “Really.”

“And I think we should try to outdo them.”

Henry swallows hard, and Alex smiles at the moment that’s just for them.