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Are you guys running this again for 2025? I'd love to join

Hello hello! Thanks for your note.

Alas there'll be no Terror Reverse Bang this year.

If you're looking for terror events to join, may we recommend the Cold Boys Fandom Hub event calendar?

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Presenting, for your viewing and reading pleasure: the final collection of this year's Terror Reverse Bang, a feast of gorgeous artwork, beautiful fic, friendship, laughter, tears, …some horny. OK, a lot of horny.

You can find the AO3 collection for the event here. Summaries and links to the artwork below the cut.   

Thank you all for going on this fantastic journey with us.

Eat well and enjoy.

- ❤️, Charlie and Vio 

amateur operator (T, hickey/irving tozer/irving, 10.5k)

artwork and concept by entangled_system

fic by pointyshades

At an isolated research station at the top of a warming world, in the most inhospitable place on Earth for communications, John Irving studies signal propagation - and studiously avoids the obvious metaphor. John’s had a lot of practice at ignoring the obvious, but when an improbable random contact with an amateur radio operator calling himself "EC" leads to even more improbable regular contact with the same operator, not even John can ignore the ridiculous reality: a growing relationship with someone he knows only by their call sign; a relationship conducted half in Morse code.

John's real-life connections aren't going half so well, and neither is his research: his radio equipment keeps suffering accidents, and he can't stop getting into arguments with Sergeant Tozer, the man assigned to help him fix it. Frustrated, he turns even further toward his relationship with EC - and finds himself being urged down a path of paranoia as to who is actually damaging his equipment.

an arcane kind of murder (M, fitzier, 7.5k)

artwork and concept by pretendingday

fic by shakespeares_girl

At the Baronet Franklin's annual tourney, a series of murders begins. Francis is pressed into investigating, with the help of James Fitzjames. But Lord Franklin won't cancel the tournament, and the murders are getting more and more violent.

as per my last email (E, joplittle, 67.2k)

artwork and concept by mitarashi8

fic by manicpixiedreamjop

Edward Little has lived his life the way he thought he was supposed to. He went to a good university, got a good job as the head of PR at Erebus men’s magazine, and bought a home. He blames the fact that he hans’t dated since university on the fact that he doesn’t have time and not the fact that it terrifies him, and spends what little free time he has trying to pretend he isn’t miserable.

His neighbour Thomas Jopson has lived his life the only way he knows how. He fought his way from a childhood in foster care into a degree and a career that he loves, spending his days doing social work and his evenings volunteering with a local nonprofit supporting queer youth in the foster system. He plans his days down to the second, hardly allowing himself time for anything outside of work and sleep, but he is, at least mostly, satisfied.

When Edward’s boss is quoted saying something homophobic, it’s Edward’s job to clean up the mess, which leads him to the nonprofit that Thomas volunteers with. This new connection has the potential to turn both Edward and Thomas’ lives upside down. If only the two of them actually liked each other.

barghest. (T, joplittle, 10.3k)

artwork and concept by oughtnots

fic by derry_rain

Edward Little is a humble accountant in the late 1920s, but he has lately become haunted by visions of death: his own death, in the form of a great black dog not unlike one that bit him as a child. When his endless visions of ice and snow and the black dog won't end, he finds himself turning to a paranormal private eye: Thomas Jopson.

be that my cue to crave you (E, little/le vesconte, 9.6k)

artwork and concept by bilgewater01

fic by orchis

“If I could eat anything right now—”

“Henry.”

“Anything at all, from all the dishes and delicacies I've ever stuffed my face with—”

“Henry.”

“I think I'd go for an apple,” he finishes. “How awfully pedestrian of me. Nothing fancy, just an apple, and I don't even have the strong teeth for it anymore.”

“Henry.”

He huffs. “I hear you,” he says, and Edward can imagine him frowning, lips pursed. He wishes he could see him in the dark. “Tell me what you'd have, then, and I'll shut up about it.”

As the dark winters of the Arctic stretch before him, Edward yearns and craves and waits.

dear john (T, hodgson/irving/little, 16.6k)

artwork and concept by turnofthesentry

fic by mxjopsonfan

When John receives an anonymous love letter he resolves immediately to find the culprit. Little does he know that he is about to go on a voyage of self-discovery, realisations of deep affection, and three of her Majesty's naval Lieutenants showing how incapable they are of being Normal About Feelings.

ice wine (M, fitzier, 19.9k)

artwork and concept by o-rchidae

fic by melismata

Sir John, English wine pioneer, has survived every crisis since the 70s. Surely three bad harvests and a global pandemic aren't such a big deal? Fortunately, everyone else at Parable Wines agrees the business urgently needs saving. Unfortunately, no-one agrees how.

iceblink luck (M, fitzier, 30.4k)

artwork and concept by marella-moon - x

fic by perenial

October, 1987. With the Thatcher government entering its third term, Defence minister Sir John Franklin looks to offload two of his dockside London properties: one, a successful dance school directed by celebrated principal danseur James Fitzjames, and the other, a century-old boxing gym helmed by former middleweight Olympic hopeful turned disgraced misanthrope Francis Crozier.

In a show of generosity, Franklin offers Crozier the chance to buy out the gym he's poured over a decade of work into. It should be the opportunity he's been waiting for – except Crozier's barely keeping the gym afloat as it is, and Franklin's asking price far exceeds his means. With only one month to cough up the funds or forfeit the gym, Crozier finds himself backed into a corner, fighting for a piece of history he refuses to let go and against a past that's just waiting for him to give in.

matching such unlikes (G, fitzier, 7.5k)

artwork and concept by asparklethatisblue

fic by acephalous

In which Sir John tries his hand at matchmaking: after all who could be a more perfect match for his dear niece than James Fitzjames?

our flag means mutiny (T, hickey/gibson, 8.5k)

artwork and concept by o-rchidae

fic by borderparasol

Cornelius Hickey, William Gibson, and Solomon Tozer have successfully pulled off a grand mutiny, stealing HMS Terror to sail on the open seas and live their life free from the shackles of the Empire, plundering and making their living as pirates!

So...now what? And does anybody know how to fish?

provenance (M, jopzier fitzier silna/goodsir, 7.7k)

artwork and concept by kaupaint

fic by hangingfire

Three relics of the lost Franklin Expedition.

“Don't you get it yet? It must act like a recording, fixed in the floor and the walls. Right in the substance of them, a trace of what happened in there. And we pick it up. We act as detectors, decoders, amplifiers … It would have to be in the stone.”

—The Stone Tape, Nigel Kneale, 1972

reform your behaviour (E, irving/jopson, 9.4k)

artwork and concept by royaielfroot

fic by somelikeitred (ringofboubt)

After finding Hickey and Gibson in a compromising position, Lieutenant Irving intends to inform the Captain immediately. But when he finds Jopson first the Captain's steward persuades him to be lenient.

“Is it necessary to condemn the men -," Jopson considered his words, searching for the phrasing least likely to spook the lieutenant, "-over a desire for companionship? Is it so unforgivable for a man to be lonely?”

John studied him carefully; unable to formulate any response. Surely, Jopson could not be arguing that such vices were acceptable.

sent to the sea (E, annfitzrossier, 10.4k)

artwork and concept by brainyraccoons

fic by swanfloatieknight

After James Ross rescued them, Francis and James return to London in 1848. Francis lives with the Rosses in married bliss.

If only he could stop thinking about James Fitzjames, the bond they shared in the Arctic, and the last letter he sent that Fitzjames never replied to.

sweet to tongue, sound to eye (T, hodgson/irving/little, 10.1k)

artwork and concept by brimstone-cowboy

fic by unnecessary

After an Admiralty party bidding them farewell, the lieutenants get lost in Hampstead Heath. But not all is as it seems...

those wretched beings (M, multiple characters, 7.8k)

artwork and concept by melisusthewee

fic by notinmylab

A very literal take on the idea that colonialism is an infectious disease and that English ships are the carriers. Or, a zombie AU where Something Else is on the ice with them.

unerring devotion (T, jopzier, 7.5k)

artwork and concept by awhbeans

fic by yellow

Everyone else called Francis Frank, but in the quiet of their tent Thomas called him Francis.

Francis wore his two identities awkwardly, like an ill-fitting suit he couldn’t take off. He slipped into old fashioned speech and complained that people thought it affected. But Thomas liked it, just like he liked that Francis still let him call him Francis, and didn’t insist they were different people now. Quite the opposite.

If anything, Thomas was the one who had taken his two lives and separated them neatly, folded them and put them away. With Francis he could take out Thomas and put it on, like crawling into another skin. It was worn and battered but Francis seemed to like it best, and Thomas was glad of it.

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Thomas Jopson and Francis Crozier are reincarnated. They find each other, and then they set out to find their missing men.

unknown by name or rank (E, joplittle, 17.1k)

artwork and concept by mitarashi8

fic by hypallepse

Years after the Great War, in a tiny illegal pub in the British countryside, Thomas met an awkward veteran and Edward a mysterious war nurse. They almost crashed in their desire to get to know each other, they shared an evening like no other, before having their night cut short by a police raid. How to find the other back with no memory of each other’s name or address? Why even try?

Both of them will stumble in the dark, battling the remnants of the war, unaware of the secret they will unearth in their effort to get that new chance at life.

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at long last, here she is: iceblink luck, mine and @marella-moon's contribution to the @theterrorreversebang!! featuring such universal themes as: boxing as a metaphor for sexuality in the late 80s, boxing as a very real amateur and professional sport, boxing as a reason not to talk to ur ex(es), boxing as an expression of anglo-masculinity, and boxing as a series of intricate rituals which allow u to touch the beat the shit out of other men. it's free real estate.

>> read here or be square <<

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Sent to the Sea ✦ listen

// an ode to the wonderful Fitzier and Annrossier vibes from @swanfloatieknight's fic of the same title, with art by yours truly, created for @theterrorreversebang 🌊💖 //

my art | my playlists

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Francis was tired, too, but the excitement brimming right under his skin kept him awake that night. That was why after staring at the ceiling for a while he got up again and stood by the open window, deeply breathing in the scent of sea and summer.

my piece for the Terror Big Bang!! drawn for @swanfloatieknight's amazing Annfitzrossier fic "Sent to the Sea" 🌊💖

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Aaaand thanks to @theterrorreversebang I also got to meet lovely @hypallepse and work with them!

In this Interwar AU Thomas and Edward are WWI veterans meeting by chance years after the war and feeling an instant, irresistible connection but-

An heart-wrenching and heart-warming story, read it on... [ao3]

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reform your behavior

my artworks for the 2024 the terror reverse bang, made together with @uneassasymphonie who wrote this fic while i made these drawings, ensuring at least a bit more jopson and irving content in the fandom 🖤 thank you so much reece & a big thank you to the mods @theterrorreversebang for hosting.

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I'm so pleased to reveal my collab with @capricioustube for this round of The Terror Reverse Bang! You want a light romance? A little angst? A full reincarnation AU with Crozier and Jopson as modern day archeologists returning to King William Island to bring home their dead? This baby's got it all!

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Holy crap, is it @theterrorreversebang time again? By golly it is.

@kaupaint brought a prompt to the table that I could not resist: "A shot of a hand holding a miniature portrait. The kind historically used to give to loved ones as a keepsake." I ran with that, and here is the result:

Rating: M

Warnings: Major character death

Summary: Three relics of the lost Franklin Expedition.

The truth is that this year's Bang was a struggle for me—not for any reasons except my own Bad Brain issues. But I think it all came together in the end. And @kaupaint's art is next goddamn level. Truly stunning, and collaborating with them was a privilege and an honor.

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my art for the reverse bang this year! these illustrations are for @derry-rain's amazing fic, barghest. please go check it out!!

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for this year's @theterrorreversebang i worked with @sociallyunacceptablewittyretort to bring you An Arcane Kind of Murder. there's a tournament, there's magic, there's murder – what's not to love? thank you to jen for bringing this concept to life, and to the mods for organising. it's been a lot of fun!

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In which Sir John tries his hand at matchmaking: after all who could be a more perfect match for his dear niece than James Fitzjames?

Finally I can reveal the art for my @theterrorreversebang , and the accompanying fic by Acephalous! “Matching such unlikes” please go read and enjoy!

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My fic for @theterrorreversebang, with beautiful art from @asparklethatisblue, is here!

Title: Matching Such Unlikes Fandom: The Terror (TV 2018) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Francis Crozier/James Fitzjames Characters: Francis Crozier, James Fitzjames (1813-c.1848), Sophia Cracroft, John Franklin (1786-1847) Additional Tags: Romance, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Bad Matchmaking, Followed by some good matchmaking, Misunderstandings Summary:

In which Sir John tries his hand at matchmaking: after all who could be a more perfect match for his dear niece than James Fitzjames?

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be that my cue to crave you

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Category: M/M

Fandom: The Terror (TV 2018)

Relationship: Henry T. D. Le Vesconte/Edward Little

Characters: Edward Little (1811-c.1848) Henry T. D. Le Vesconte

James Fitzjames (1813-c.1848) plus mentions of the rest of the crew

Additional Tags: Cannibalism, Obsession, Jealousy, Canon Compliant, Trans Male Character, Smut, Unhappy Ending, Depends on your perspective I suppose, Minor James Fitzjames/Henry T. D. Le Vesconte, Period-Typical Transphobia, Non-Linear Narrative

Words: 9,678

Summary:

“If I could eat anything right now—” “Henry.” “Anything at all, from all the dishes and delicacies I've ever stuffed my face with—” “Henry.” “I think I'd go for an apple,” he finishes. “How awfully pedestrian of me. Nothing fancy, just an apple, and I don't even have the strong teeth for it anymore.” “Henry.” He huffs. “I hear you,” he says, and Edward can imagine him frowning, lips pursed. He wishes he could see him in the dark. “Tell me what you'd have, then, and I'll shut up about it.” As the dark winters of the Arctic stretch before him, Edward yearns and craves and waits.

Here's my entry to @theterrorreversebang 2024! With concept and amazing art by @bilgewater01 :D Come get your canon verse Little obsessed with eating Dundy needs fulfilled!

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My second set of illustrations for @theterrorreversebang, this time for @borderparasol 's hilarious fic Our Flag Means Mutiny

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“After an Admiralty party bidding them farewell, the lieutenants get lost in Hampstead Heath. But not all is as it seems...”

A Midsummer Night’s Dream retelling for @theterrorreversebang written by @unnecessaryligatures and artwork by yours truly.

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Had the pleasure to work again with @manicpixiedreamjop for this year's @theterrorreversebang.

When Edward’s boss at the magazine he works at is quoted saying something homophobic, it’s Edward’s job to clean up the mess, which leads him to the nonprofit that Thomas volunteers with. This new connection has the potential to turn both Edward and Thomas’ lives upside down. If only the two of them actually liked each other.

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Spoiler image under the cut, open at your own risk, but I'd recommend getting there via the fic ;)