#augusttlt

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THE DAWN OF THE FIRST DAY IS UPON US

It’s time to CREATE. THOSE. AUS!!!

Tag us in the #TLTAugustAU tag to show us your favorites. We accept anything you make! Fan mixes, fics, Twitter threads, cosplay, fics, art - you name it, we want to see it!

We'll also be promoting anything added to our handy dandy AO3 collection!

Happy creating!

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How to Participate in AU August

Step 1: create a thing!

Can be a fanfiction, fanart, fan comic, podfic, playlist, icons/avatars, banners, wallpapers, playlists, anything you can think of! So long as it's related to The Locked Tomb, considered an Alternate Universe, and it's first published in August 2023, it's allowed!

Step 2: post it to the AO3 Collection

Step 3: share it with others!

Use the hashtag #TLTAugustAU and we'll add it to our Tumblr queue

Questions? Confusions? Clarifications? Comments? Send us an ask!

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Are you excited? We're excited!

While TLT AUgust is about celebrating all things AU all through August, we've got a list of prompts to help give some ideas and guidance.

Anyone is welcome to participate in whatever form they like but here's our personal breakdown!

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By: oretsev

Harrowhark Nonagesimus and Gideon Nav have always been at each other’s throats, and the animosity has only intensified since the death of Harrow’s parents. But when a car accident leaves Gideon without any memories of her past, Harrow sees a chance at the clean slate she’s wanted for years. Becoming involved in Gideon’s recovery assuages some of the guilt, but as she and Gideon become closer and increasingly involved in each other's lives, Harrow worries that some of her secrets may be more than she can atone for.

Words: 46,551

Chapters: 5/5

Rating: T

No archive warnings apply

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TLTAugustAU SUPERHERO/SUPERNATURAL WEEK

Time to answer some of #TheLockedTomb ‘s most thrilling AU questions 👀👀

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Title: The Cut of a Genius

by: Sinister_Queer

After publishing his latest novel on the mysterious serial killer, The Anatomist, Augustine Quinque begins receiving strange and mysterious corrections from an anonymous source.

As his suspicions grow, so do the frequency (and intensity) of the notes. At the same time, a beautiful, but vicious woman stumbled into his partner's life.

Surely this is a coincidence. Right?

Words: 4,372

Chapters: 1/10 (ongoing)

Rating: E

Creator Choose Not to Use Archive Warnings

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Title: Fixing the World is Hard (archive-locked)

By: Griselda_Gimpel

This is a What If story. By possessing G-'s body, Alecto is able to contact John and convince him not to bluff with nuclear weapons, thus averting the Apocalypse. Instead, John decides to Fix the World, only to have to grapple with the challenges and complexities therein. C- tries to guide him but worries that their increased visibility will out her relationship with N-. John slowly loses his grip under the pressure of trying to fix everything wrong with the world, while G- grapples with his feelings for John.

Words: 23,228

Chapters: 12/12

Rating: E

Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Underage

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Question and this may be dumb to ask, but do works submitted have to be 100% completed for AUgust? Or would starting to post chapters on the week it matches be okay?

Hello! There are no dumb questions. Questions help us learn!

So long as fics are first published during August 2023, considered an Alternate Universe, and written for The Locked Tomb Series, then they can be added to the collection.

If you have a multi-chapter fic, the fic does not have to be completed during August. It just has to be first published in August. So if all you got is chapter 1 and chapter 2 is still in the works, that's totally fine!

Hope this helps!

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ARE YOU READY TO GET SPOOKY????

(Or spookIER I guess)

It’s WEEK TWO of #AUgustTLT!!! Week two of celebrating all things AU with #TheLockedTomb 👀👀

This week we’re looking at Supernatural and Superheroes 🧛‍♀️ 🐺 🦸 👊

Give us your superheroes who are only truly Seen by their rival supervillain.

Stick your blorbo in a small town with a dark and sinister secret.

Misunderstood supervillains who believe in their cause above all else!

Big city detectives with connections throughout the supernatural underbelly!

What will you create?

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Poll Time!

We're counting down the days until #TLTAugustAU What better way to do so than with a poll?

(Got another favorite? Drop it in the tags/replies and maybe we'll get a second poll going too!)

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Inevitability or, as Pyrrha says, 'Fucking Finally'!

by JessiJoy (PyrrhaDveotee)

Everything about their bodies—their physiological and psychological makeup—called to each other. This was their game. This was what they did. Gideon-and-Harrow. Oil-and-water. Fire-and-ice. This was love-and-hate, and it was a glorious dance.

Alpha Gideon and omega Harrow finally make their mating bites.

Words: 3,251

Chapters: 1/1

Rating: E

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

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Part Time Soulmate, Full Time Problem

by AmbiguousWren

For many people their 21st Birthday is one of the most long awaited birthdays of their entire lives. Not because you can legally drink (in some countries) but because that is the day you are able to go to the SDD [That is the Soulmate Distribution Department] and find out the person (or persons) who are scientifically quantified out of the billions of people on the planet to be your best match.

The SDD, well, they're simply just the messengers. What you do with that information is for you to decide.

Words: 5,677

Chapters :2/?

Rating: M

Warning: Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings

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Title: Hug in a Mug

By: Nightworldlove

After discovering they were, in fact, soulmates Gideon and Harrow continue to explore what this means. It’s been about two months since they made things official, agreeing to take things slow and are enjoying the ride.

Despite being soulmates they are still getting to know each other and trying to navigate this newfound bond between them. Like with any relationship there’s obstacles and hurdles, like the fact that the stress of a seriously ill Crux and university eats away at Harrow. But Gideon is determined to be there for them and do whatever it takes to show Harrow she’s in this for the long haul.

Words: 54,642

Chapters: 8/8

Rating: E

No Archive Warnings Apply

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Title: Paint a Picture of You and Me of the Days When We Were Young

By: AmbiguousWren

It is 2002.

Seven year old Harrow is shipped off to an unfamiliar Summer Camp and it is proof that her parents hate her.

Eight year old Gideon has been going to this camp for years with her cousin Pash and is excited at the prospect of a new friend.

This story will follow the summers that Harrow and Gideon attend Camp Koniortos and their adventures in growing up, falling apart, and maybe even, somehow, finding each other again.

Words: 4,020

Chapters: 1/? (ongoing)

Rating: M

Creator Choose Not to Use Archive Warnings

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Just wanted to ask some clarification (I think I already know the answer but its a little confusing reading the faq here vs the caard link vs the asks you've answered) The prompts are just merely suggestions. Jump off points, correct? If someone wanted to write and submit something outside of those prompts for the event that's totally cool? (I'd assume they'd post them whenever during the month instead of having to wait for a specific week) I feel like I've seen posts that point to yes on this but the faqs don't fully reflect that. Regardless super excited for this and I was actually already planning a fic that fits this even PERFECTLY.

Hi there!

You can post any alternate universe at any time throughout the month. The prompts are there as a guide to get the creative juices flowing, and it's not necessary for participants to follow them.

Sorry about the confusion for the rules! If anything else needs to be clarified, feel free to send us another ask!

We're so excited to read this fic of yours. Can't wait to see it in the collection!

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By: Multifoiled

“I was sure I had made you up. Did I make you up?” you whispered.

“You might have—I don’t know. Sometimes I think it’s me who did.”

You’re a brilliant, young researcher. There is a book stuffed away in your grandma’s basement.

Words: 12,994

Chapters: 8/8

Rating: E

Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death