The Billy Big Bang is Back!

Grey (@writer-in-theory) and I (@kallisto-k) had such a blast last year we couldn't resist coming back to mod another round of the Billy Big Bang for 2025! We're just getting the ball rolling, so there's plenty of time to join as author sign-ups run until May 25th and artists can join until July 6th! If you were a participant last year and want to join again, you will need to fill out the google doc sign-up form again this year!

Pinch hitters and betas can of course join throughout the event as we always find ourselves needing some extra support!

We'd love to have you, so come on over if you love all things Billy Hargrove from Stranger Things! You can find more about the schedule, rules, FAQ, and us mods through our tumblr as well as check out the awesome contributions in last year's collection on AO3!

And if Billy Hargrove isn't your style, check out @thebigbangblogproject's awesome masterlist to see if another event strikes your fancy!

Me: "I'll just write a short fic before bed." Also me at 3 AM: accidentally creates a 300k-word saga with intricate world-building and emotional devastation. 😭✍️

I wish I wrote more... we have opposite problems, we would make a good team

that "OKAY SO" before someone u love starts infodumping........ most blessed feeling in the world

reblog to let your mutuals know that they can always give you the “OKAY SO” and you will listen

a date ????????? we used to pray for days like this

WE ARE SOOOO BACK

online communities are so strange because people slip away so easily. you can be on here for years, folding people you've never met into the fabric of your daily life, and then they disappear, leaving only ghost posts scattered across tumblr behind. or their blog stays dormant, for weeks, months, years, until you're only still following them because you remember that they love sunflowers or they were kind to you when they didn't have to be or the last thing they posted was sad and raw and you still worry about them sometimes.

and sometimes they come back when you least expect it, years later, even, and there's this sudden rush of relief like there you are, there you are, even though you barely knew each other.

there's a strange kind of love to it. i don't know you and i want to hold your hand across miles and time zones and oceans. i can still see the imprint of you in this community you left. you don't think anyone will notice or care when you're gone, but we notice and we care and we wish you well.

i hope you're all okay out there. i hope the sun is shining on your face and you are breathing deeply. i miss you.

spin this wheel for a length of fic. you have to write a fic that length

newbie fic authors, shooting themselves in the foot: This fic is bad haha I suck at writing lol I am being mean to myself in the hopes that you will be nice to me but actually am dissuading anyone from even clicking on my fic because all I have done to advertise it is tell you why you shouldn't read it

me: I am King Big Dick of Fanfic Mountain and I have arrived in your fandom with the Express Intention of writing my Very Favorite Fics, which I will generously allow you to read. You're welcome.

being on doxxing terms with a tumblr mutual is kinda funny like we met at yaoi university and now an year later we both know each other's exact locations

that "OKAY SO" before someone u love starts infodumping.......... most blessed feeling in the world

i will not be the same person next year. i will be worse

you haven't changed, you just think you have

let’s fucking go, man!

(x)