...red bess rackham...

A/n: This is my first time doing the spn_reversebang, and I loved it - it was so much fun to just create some art, with vague ideas in mind, and let some authors loose on it. And then seeing what everyone came up with - all the other art and all the fic to go with it! SO GREAT!! I definitely hope I'll be able to do it again next year. :D

For this piece, I wanted to do something with Dean and Bela (I know, I know, I'm so predictable) in the apocalypse somehow. What hezio2/Notur Baby came up with is a great apoca-adventure fic, complete with a mini heist and low-key shipping between Dean and Bela - I couldn't have asked for more. Give it a read here!!
( aching bones )

A/n: THE FIFTH AND FINAL ART FOR wipbigbang !! WOOO!! I loved the concept of this one immediately, and was very curious how it could possibly work with Steve as the Beast. From the snippets I saw, Aenaria does a really excellent job of giving the story a twist and making it wonderfully original - I can't wait to read the full thing. :D

I'll admit I was a bit daunted at first, trying to figure out how to do art for the lovely snippets I got, but I had to try and create something that fit the intrigue and magic of the story. The imagery of the quiet scene where Sam (the falcon!) talks to the beast about magic breaking down stuck with me so I did my best to somehow art it. :)

Fic Title: illa vincit, que si vincit
Fic Summary: Once upon a time, there was a witch in a castle who stole a frozen Captain for her collection.

Once upon a time, an intern got lost in the woods and offered to trade herself to the castle for her friend’s life and freedom.

Once upon a time in the castle, the intern and the Captain meet and, as the magic begins to decay and the relationship grows, they learn more about the true nature of the castle, what it means to be human, and what really makes a home.

An MCU take on Beauty and the Beast, inspired by Angela Carter, the B&B Broadway musical, and so many other tales swirled together.

( who could ever learn to love a beast )

A/n: Here's art batch #3 for wipbigbang. I HAD to have this one when I saw that the Avengers go camping - I've actually always, always wanted to write one of those myself, but never gotten around to it. The idea was too excellent to let slip by. XD The snippets I got did not disappoint, and then the lovely Thassalia offered for me to read the fic ahead of publishing and I fell madly in love. Guys, the fic is brilliant and pitch perfect. GO READ IT. I'm not generally a Bruce/Natasha fan, unless they're written exceptionally well, but Thassalia does it - there's chemistry and amazing characterization and shows how they actually could work really nicely together (with plenty of delicious UST and angst, natch).

I absolutely had to try my hand at recreating them all sitting around the campfire singing songs, as it was my favorite snippet, then one of my fav scenes in the whole fic.

Thank you, Thassalia, for being a great Bang partner and writing such a brilliant fic. :D I'm so, so glad I got to do art for it! :D

Fic Title: Up In The Air, Junior Birdman
Fic Summary: The Avengers go camping. It's better than building a tower out of office furniture.

( when you everything you love turns to gold gold gold )

A/n: Here comes my first (of five!?!! I know, I know) art posts for the wipbigbang 2017!! I found a most excellent partner in wildcard_47 who was excellent to collaborate with and helped me immensely with cap hunting and suggestions to make the art better. <3 I haven't done art for Mad Men before, so it was nice to dip my toe in a little. Plus, I got to figure out how to recolor a black and white photo, which was an interesting challenge. XD

Fic Title: an island in your arms
Fic Summary: Tried to run, tried to hide - break on through to the other side. // New York, 1967. Two friends fall out, fall to pieces, and somewhere in between, they fall in love. A Mad Men season 5 AU.

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( lights over london )

Dear beautiful, talented, brave author,

Above all, thank you, thank you for creating for me. I'm a huge messy rambler, hence this beastly letter outside of my prompts. Please note that optional details are optional, so please don't feel obligated or pressure or cramped. Take those prompts and run - combine, blend, flip them, twist them, ignore them and go sideways, whatever. Thank you for your work in advance! :D

General likes/dislikes under the first cut, and blurbs for alllllllllll the ships under the second cut.

( a bit of this and that )

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Now: please feel free NOT to proceed - I'm going to include the prompts I added in the form, as well as blurbs for each ship (ideas for the ships, images, what I'd love to see, whatever). Feel free to ignore because this is a lot of text (since I don't know what you're getting matched on, I gotta include it all). Feel free to combine, blend, use prompts from other sections to whatever section you're after, go where the muse blows you. I am excited about all of these pairings, so pick whatever sparks your inspiration!! \o/

I repeat, optional details are optional and I am a big huge rambler. XD My "prompts" for your reference, and the blurbs are because i talk too much can't help myself and didn't want to blow up the form. >_<

(also, it should be noted just in case, but every post contains spoilers for that respective fandom.)

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( the part where i elaborate. um. a lot. )

If you read any (or all??????) of the blurbs, bless you, you kind patient soul and I am so sorry for my rambling. Regardless, I hope you have plenty of ideas and I am so excited to see what you come up with, no matter what. Thank you for participating in this challenge! You are the best!

If you need any help on what to do for me, talk to stars-inthe-sky who knows me v well. :D And last of all, here's my other stuff if you want it for any reason:

AO3: red_b_rackham
FF.net: Red Bess Rackham
tumblr: redrackham87

~Red Bess


(P.S. To anyone not doing Rare Pair fest, or anyone reading this well after the fact and sees something potentially inspiring: do it. link me. write all the things!!)

Hey, it's here just slightly before a full year - that's good, right? XD

( tried my best and went right back to sleep )

I've been posting about this on my tumblr but for anyone not on tumblr, I thought I would post here as well.

There's a project going on right now, that is an auction of fanworks/fan labor with proceeds going to charity, called "Fandom Trumps Hate". I thought it was a super cool thing and decided to put my name in the hat for it. I have no clue if anyone is at al interested in "bidding" on me for my stuff (there are so many people participating!), but I thought I might as well put myself out there in the name of several good causes. :) Even if you're not interested in bidding on me, I very much encourage you to go take a look at the other people participating and see if you can find something for you (here).

I personally will be offering fic, as well as beta services. I'll put all my information below, with relevant links. I'm really excited to do a fic (hopefully) so check out my offerings and hit me up. :) Hobey ho!

( let's go )

IT'S FINALLY HERRREEEEEEE

So, I had this fic idea like... after The Avengers came out. And I started and stopped it for years after - loved the idea but couldn't wrestle it, so I shelved it. Loved it again, but shortly after starting it, it was too overwhelming, so it was shelved. Loved, too much research or probelms or couldn't sort it and untangle it, etc, shelved it. Over and over forever. Then finally, I committed myself to finishing it (anyone who knows me, I have this thing about finishing projects like this that I start, lol), I fought with it a bunch more - lots of brainstorming with pals, various beta help, lots of me whining and complaining and trying to decide if this whole thing was even worth it. And then the marvel_bang came around and I thought "OKAY. ONCE AND FOR ALL."

That's the background story. XD Now, we're here, a day after my official posting day on the marvel_bang, and guess what? IT'S. HERE. Or rather, Part 1 (of 3) is here, BUT STILL. I can't describe how good it feels to FINALLY be getting this story out in the world, omw.



( assemble )