Heavy Artillery

It's here, it's here! The collection is open!

Go take a peek and feast your eyes on 14 all new, all wonderful HBO War fic across a variety of pairings and themes. Authors and fic order will be revealed on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, so make sure to get your guesses in beforehand! You can leave them in a (screened) comment on this post and come back to update/move things around until reveals happen on the 2nd.

Happy hunting, everyone!
-Mod Tec

HOW IT WORKS
You can think of a rolling remix like a game of telephone! It's an anonymous challenge that functions like a relay, with every participating author remixing the fic of the (anonymous) author preceding them. Here's a semi-illustrated example of how it all works:






Pinch hitters will step in to fill date slots as necessary throughout the process.

Pretty straightforward, right? If not, you can feel free to reach out to me here, on Tumblr (thrillingdetectivetales), or via Discord (thrillingdetectivetales#5966) for clarification on any point.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the nature of this challenge, your assigned fic my include pairings or plot elements you don't usually read or write, but you're welcome to reinterpret to emphasize other aspects or be about different pairings. You're not obligated to carry over every element of your assigned fic so long as you do your best to provide a sincere reinterpretation.


SIGN-UP INFO
To participate in the Rolling Remix, you will need:

• an AO3 account—to post your fic to the collection


• a Dreamwidth account, or an e-mail, or both—to receive your assignment

A link to the sign-up form will be provided as soon as it goes live on March 29, 2021 at 8AM MST.

SCHEDULE

Monday, March 29, 2021: Sign-ups go live at 8 AM MST.
Sunday, April 4, 2021: Sign-ups close at 8PM MST.
Monday, April 5, 2021: Assigned dates and finalized schedule go out, the "starter" fic is sent to the first participating author on the list by 8AM MST.

Further dates to be determined once sign-ups are closed.

FAQ
What does "remix" mean?
Exactly what it sounds like! In the same way that music artists take an original song and "remix" it by adding beats, changing tempos, or extracting samples for use in different songs, you'll be taking a completed fic and reimagining it into something new.

How similar does my fic have to be to the fic that I'm remixing?
The short answer is: as close as you want it to be. While I recommend doing your best to carry through a theme or a character or a trope, the whole point of a rolling remix is to end in a vastly different place than we started with a bunch of delightful variation along the way. (For example: if you receive a fic set in the Generation Kill canon that deals with PTSD, you can write a fic about those same characters that doesn't deal with PTSD, or you can write a fic set in the Band of Brothers canon that does deal with PTSD, etc.)

Do I have to write for one specific HBO War fandom?
Nope! Band of Brothers, Generation Kill, and The Pacific are all welcome, as are crossovers and RPF. Just keep in mind that if you write a crossover, at least one of the fandoms included in the crossover must be an HBO War property.

Is there a min/max word count or other fic specifications I need to meet to participate in the Rolling Remix?
Yes! Your fic must meet a minimum of 500 and a maximum of 3000 words and be written in English.

Can I choose my date slot?
I'll do my best to accommodate everyone's schedules, as I know that this is something of a tumultuous time for many of us, but I ask that you let me know your date slot won't work within 48 hours of receiving the confirmation message I'll be sending out after sign-ups close on April 4, 2021 at 8PM MST.

How do I sign up to be a pinch hitter?
There will be an option on the sign-up form that allows to volunteer as a pinch hitter. Please be sure that you're prepared to turn around a 500-3K word fic in a short amount of time if you volunteer to pinch hit.

Where can I find the collection?
The collection will be hosted on Archive of Our Own. You can find it by clicking here.

RULES
As always, with every challenge and aspect of this community, the rules remain:

1. Don't be a dick. Pretty straightforward, right?


2. Make sure your fic is appropriately tagged. Yes, this includes the option not to tag, so long as you appropriately apply "Author Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings," etc.


3. No kink shaming. Keep it civil or get booted.


4. Do not troll fill. While you may not love every aspect of the fic you're remixing, trolling the author whose work you've been tasked to remix will see you booted from the challenge.


5. Do not post your work to the collection unless it's completed. As this is a remix challenge, once you post your fic to the AO3 collection it is essentially locked in. While you're welcome to adjust minor typos or misspellings, any actual content change at this point is not allowed, as your fic will have been passed on to the next author in the list for remixing.

Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, or if you require clarification on anything. I'm very looking forward to this challenge!