Main Round 2

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I’ll take your brain to another dimension. Pay close attention...

Ahoy there, shippers!

Allow us to take the opportunity to congratulate you and your crewmates on the success of your ongoing voyage. You are now roughly a third of the way through this gruelling supernatural odyssey, and we, your mods, could not be prouder.

We will now reveal the theme for the second round of SRS: in-series AU!

By which we mean something quite specific.

This time round, we would like to see your characters interact within one of the alternate universes established in canon. The striking thing about Supernatural the series is its nigh-indefatigable propensity to explore the various possibilities inherent in missed opportunities, and roads not taken. As such, we’d like you to do some exploring of your own. For instance, would the legendary love between Charlie and Meg suffer a dampener in 2014? What if Castiel and Bobby had a Very Special Episode devoted to them in the Supernatural sitcom? More importantly, who’s left alive if the Titanic remains un-sunk?

Note: if your chosen characters do not actually appear in the episodes containing these universes – as will be the case for most of you – use your imagination! If Lucifer were a character in It’s A Terrible Life, what would his job be? If Ruby were a character in Doctor Sexy, would she be the Manipulative But Sexy intern, or a comatose patient admitted for french fry addiction? 

Suggested in-series AUs include:

• 2014!verse: from 5.04, The End. Self-explanatory enough. Sam says yes to Lucifer in Detroit: everything goes to shit; Castiel gets laid approximately a million times more than he ever will in canon; and nobody has enough toilet paper. Dare you let your beloved pairing loose in this environment?
• meta!verse: the alternate universe in 6.15, The French Mistake. Please note that this is not the same as straight-up RPF. The characters in The French Mistake are parodies of their real life counterparts. Hence, if you decide to explore this ‘verse, we expect to see, for instance, not Misha Collins in all his zany, philanthropic glory, but meta!Misha who is, in actuality, something of a jerk. Likewise, if you are using meta!characters who did not appear in the episode itself – for instance, meta!Alona, or meta!Mark - we would expect to see them equivalently parodied.
• It’s A Terrible Life!verse: from episode 4.17, It’s A Terrible Life. In which everyone has a soul-crushing corporate job that they secretly hate.
• What Is And Never Should Be!verse: from episode 2.20, What Is And Never Should Be. In which Dean’s wish-fulfilment fantasies create a less-than-ideal universe.
• Doctor Sexy, M.D.: this one’s self-explanatory. Have fun, kids.
• Any of the universes from Changing Channels: 5.08, Changing Channels, and yeah, we all know this one. You can drop your characters into the Supernatural sitcom. Try your luck with the weirdass game show where everyone gets punched in the balls, and blunt, accusatory questions about people’s personal lives fly left, right and centre. Crack some truly terrible puns in what is totally not a CSI: Miami rip-off. Alternatively, damned if we’re going to stand in the way of anyone desperate to write an AU based on the “I have genital herpes” universe.
• My Heart Will Go On!verse: from 6.17, My Heart Will Go On. How will your characters cope in a world without the Titanic? More importantly, what kind of major knock-on effects has Balthazar’s minor historical modification managed to accumulate?

Please note that this is not a definitive list of the available options! If you can think of an in-series AU that we’ve managed to miss, feel free to pursue it. On the other hand, if you’re feeling unsure, you might want to message us in order to check that it fits the criteria.

Entries can be produced by any team member or collaboratively between team members. Remember that Main Round entries can be in any media or combination of two media, but some media have length restrictions:

• Written entries must be of length 1000-4000 words.
• Graphical entries must be no longer than 10 images or panels.
• Combination written and graphical entries must have 1000-4000 words and no more than 4 images or panels.

Images which contain text, such as speech bubbles or captions, should be followed by a transcription of that text, which counts towards the entry’s word count.

The submission deadline for this round is January 5 2013. A countdown to this deadline can be found here. Entries should be submitted in the same format as Main Round 1, to a comm which will be created closer to the deadline.

Important: Any work you produce for this prompt, whether or not it is chosen as your team’s entry, must be kept anonymous until the voting for this round has ended. An anonymous AO3 collection for this round will be created closer to the deadline.

Bonus Round 3

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Tale as old as time, true as it can be...

Bonus Round 3 is now open! This time, the theme is fairy tales and childhood favourites. Entries should be inspired in some way by classic fairy tales, Disney films, or other childhood classics.

If you have an idea for something you’d like to see, please leave a setting, the characters involved and any other details as a PROMPT below. Then read through everyone else’s prompts, and leave a FILL for any which catch your eye. Fills can be in any media, and they need not be long, but please put a little effort in – if anyone starts spamming this post for points, we’ll be able to tell.

You should place PROMPT/FILL, your team name and a brief summary in the comment title. NSFW prompts and fills should mention this in the summary or at the top of the post. Please note that NSFW includes any level of sexual content.

You will be awarded five points per prompt for the first two prompts you leave. The first three fills posted for each prompt will receive 15 points, the next three 10 points, and the next three 5 points. Prompts with ten or more fills will no longer receive fill points.

You can post prompts or fills for any ship this round, including gen/platonic ones (which should be indicated with an & as above). However, you may not fill your own prompt. We also encourage people not to fill prompts from their teammates, although the points will not be deducted if you do.

Bonus round fills can include links provided they are publicly viewable. Works can also be cross-posted to other websites, as there is no anonymity requirement in bonus rounds. However, works posted directly to comments will be limited to 16,000 characters by the Dreamwidth comment limit. Longer works should therefore be divided between multiple comments.

Remember, Team Chuck can participate in bonus rounds. Please note that only two prompts will receive points this round, although you can leave more if you wish to.

This round is now closed.

Leaderboard #3

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With the end of Bonus Round 2, the time has come for a new leaderboard. Please note that this does not take into account participation points for Main Round 1.

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If you have reason to believe this is inaccurate, please contact the mods immediately.

We would like to offer our commiserations to Team Gabriel/Lucifer, who have recently made the decision to disband, and leave the competition with a total of 115 points.