House Big Bang

Title: In For A Pound
Author: deelaundry
Crossover Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: House/Wilson, McKay/Sheppard, House/Wilson/McKay/Sheppard
Rating: NC-17
Length: 20 500 words
Spoilers: Through "Whatever It Takes" for House; through "Quarantine" for Stargate: Atlantis.
Summary: Two days, four men, one California King mattress. Sometimes two and two can add up to something more.
( Excerpt )

If you have a great love for both House, M.D. and Stargate: Atlantis, then you'll love a crossover between them that brings both fandoms' favourite characters together. In For A Pound is deelaundry's extension of a 'verse started with the story Out Of The Blue, and it involves House, Wilson, McKay, and Sheppard meeting up and deciding to spend the weekend together engaged in every indecent and salubrious activity they can fit on a list. deelaundry's dialogue is well done, and the interactions between House and Sheppard are amusing. The moment when House and McKay play the piano together is particularly endearing. In For A Pound is a fun romp of a story, wherein each character and each pairing is given its own moment and individual dynamic. deelaundry takes great delight in offering up every possible fantasy for the reader's delectation, and the result is explosive.

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First Artist: yevgenie

House and Sheppard's expressions fit so well. And Rodney's smile is gorgeous.



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Second Artist: thedeadparrot

The sexiest G-rated art I've ever seen. That rumpled bed, looking only recently abandoned... mmm.



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Title: My Brother's Keeper
Author: shutterbug_12
Pairing: Gen: House, Cuddy, Wilson.
Rating: R
Length: 24 814 words.
Spoilers: None.
Summary: An on-the-job incident forces House to experience his life beyond the visible spectrum; Cuddy and Wilson struggle to guide him through a darkness that neither of them can see and preserve the world that House remembers.
( Excerpt )

shutterbug_12's My Brother's Keeper is an incredibly intense experience. When House loses his sight in an accident, the result is a reevaluation of his entire life, especially his relationship with Cuddy and Wilson--the only two people he might trust enough to help him. All three grow and change as House first despairs, and then begins the long road to an uncertain recovery. Throughout the story, shutterbug_12 uses detailed, precise description to draw the reader in to a sightless world. A particularly intimate moment is when House remembers Stacy in an attempt to forget everything going on around him...and only partly succeeds. My Brother's Keeper is a wonderful example of a hurt/comfort story; the hurt is the catalyst to show each character in sharp perspective without any over-the-top gratuitous torture, and the comfort grows naturally out of the characters' relationships, providing a very satisfactory denouement.

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First Artist: wihluta

The disjointed, distorted effect really conveys the trauma that they all went through.



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Second Artist: virvavirva

The rain on his face is just amazing. And his eyes even look a bit unfocused, like he's looking through something rather than at something, which, considering his condition, is perfect.



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Third Artist: mem_vermelha

Cover art with an excellent choice of images.



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Title: Your Hand In Mine
Author: hihoplastic
Pairing: House/Cuddy
Rating: PG
Length: 30 000 words
Spoilers: Through season three.
Summary: They can say anything to each other, now that there’s no tomorrow.
( Excerpt )

hihoplastic's apocalyptic AU, Your Hand In Mine, does a wonderful job of juggling several very distinct elements all at once. hihoplastic creates an amazing world, where disaster follows on disaster, a creepy and unresolvable crescendo of external madness. The internal plot, of House and Cuddy dealing with the world's chaos, weaves through the growing despair of the outside world, touching on it and affecting it, in turns. Finally, the slow and steady growth of House and Cuddy's relationship provides a grounding center to the story, moments of calm and love amidst the storm. Your Hand In Mine pulls out all the stops, and seems headed for certain despair, but hihoplastic keeps a last hope alive, even when it seems that the world must end.

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First Artist: cryptictac

The mysterious nature of the plane crash is just the beginning of a whole chain reaction of catastrophic events that grip the world as the apocalypse approaches. And when there's no tomorrow, House and Cuddy can either leave everything unsaid between them, or take the last chance they have before they run out of time.



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Second Artist: isaytoodlepip

House and Cuddy fight and find comfort in each other, before the world ends. Set to Mary Chapin Carpenter's "10,000 Miles".



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Third Artist: shutterbug_12

A movie poster is such an awesome and original idea! And the manip is so good and flawless.



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On April 30, the Big Bang website was down for a few hours because the monthly bandwidth limit was exceeded. This should not be a problem in future months because the first rush of downloading after the site went live has tapered off. The site has now been restored; nothing has been lost.

As a result, however, we have decided to postpone this week's Spotlight Stories until next week, to make sure that each story gets its full time in the limelight. We will resume Spotlight Story posts on Tuesday, May 6, and continue as planned afterwards.

Title: A Joy Forever
Author: usomitai
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: NC-17
Length: 20 300
Spoilers: Through "Sleeping Dogs Lie".
Summary: Wilson's dead, but that doesn't mean he's gone.
( Excerpt )

A Joy Forever is an intriguing story about love, loss, and the powerful attachment between House and Wilson. usomitai engages the reader from the very first scene, where House's reaction to Wilson's death is believable and very in character, but it is also unresolved enough to carry the plot forward. The set up and the world-building were both very well handled, so that the speculative element arises from the plot naturally. All the original characters fill their roles admirably, while having enough quirks that they become real people. House's breakdown--when it inevitably arrives--is made all the more effective by the subtle writing and carefully drawn details, as well as its precise pacing and timing within the narrative. A Joy Forever is a deathfic with a twist, one whose ramifications for the world and for the characters definitely linger beyond the final scene.

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First Artist: brynnamorgan

Yes, I have this thing for blue filters. Also, you know me--if there's smut and it's what I'd want to see, I go for it. Smut is fun. Smut is our friend.



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Second Artist: shutterbug_12

Realistic, ironic, fun, a bit whimsical, and plunked me straight in the middle of a story.



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Title: Half Life
Pairing: House/Wilson, House/OFC
Rating: R
Length: 28 500 words
Spoilers: Through season three; AU for season four.
Summary: The world changes forever. House and Wilson must cope.
( Excerpt )

Half Life is an amazing work of speculative fiction. oldblue uses the universe of House MD as a jumping off point into an unsolvable mystery and a vision of a dystopic world with little hope for those affected. The level of detail and description makes the story believable and bleak. The richness of the characters' interactions makes the reader feel for them and follow them. Alone even among those who, like him, are afflicted with an ever-increasing lycanthropy, House escapes captivity only to ask Wilson for a more permanent solution. The points of view, especially House's in the guise of the wolf, are effective and powerful. The quietly inevitable last scene of Half Life is wrenching, and oldblue does a wonderful job of carrying the reader through until that ultimate moment.

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First Artist: brynnamorgan

I created something clean, and went for the emotions...I felt there was one scene that HAD to be depicted.



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Second Artist: thedeadparrot

It's perfect and I love it. The color scheme, the textures, pretty much everything. I really like the half-wolf/half-House - it works well because it's subtle.



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Title: how to skin your knees standing straight
Author: fated_addiction
Pairing: House/Cameron, Chase/Cameron
Rating: R
Length: 20 000 words
Spoilers: Through "Human Error".
Summary: That summer, Cameron tries to keep her choices straight. Why should she stay?
( Excerpt )

With a rich, unusual narrative style, fated_addiction has crafted a compelling account of Cameron's indecision during the summer between season three and season four. Cameron is torn between Chase, who wants to convince her that she is ready to move on--and specifically, move on with him--and House, whose strong, abiding pull hasn't faded simply because Cameron quit her fellowship. fated_addiction writes a believable and sympathetic characterization for Cameron, showing how she knows she ought to want to move on, but at the same time, how much she simply isn't ready to let go. There is a desperate languor to Cameron's actions that is strongest in the scene after she finally gives in to temptation. In how to skin your knees standing straight, fated_addiction has built a wonderful atmosphere of ambivalence, uncertainty, and, finally, acceptance.

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First Artist: elizabethswan_

I attempted to make a somewhat dreamy atmosphere without wanting to let go of the angst and making it completely feminine.



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Second Artist: pandorashollow

"...I hoped that I would never find all the shit I left behind
Now I find the child in me is going to remind me that I can't forget my past for long"



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Friends, readers, participants, lend me your ears. The day you've all been waiting for has arrived.

The House Big Bang Challenge Archive

...is live!

The challenge began in September 2007, with more than sixty authors each vowing to write a minimum 20 000 word novella over the next five months. Over twenty artists signed up to create illustrations, manipulations, drawings, or vids for each story. The novellas in this archive are representative of the variety of ships and genres in the fandom, and range in subject from canon to crossovers to crack. There is certain to be a story for every taste, and we hope that you will reward the hardworking and talented authors and artists with your generous feedback.

A huge thank you to everyone: writers, artists, cheerleaders, betas, participants of all stripes, and of course, to all of you who have waited so patiently for this moment. We couldn't have done it without you.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, I present the thirteen stories and the thirty artworks of the House Big Bang Challenge!

Your mods (exhausted but elated),

queenzulu and thedeadparrot


ETA: Please point out any errors, especially in links; it will help us to find them and fix them as soon as possible.

Hi, participants!

Would you look at the time? There are only five days left until the challenge goes live! I hope everyone is as excited out there as we are here.

The archive is coming along wonderfully. All the stories have been uploaded, and the mods are currently working on uploading the artists' submissions as well. The next and last step we need to accomplish to make sure the site is ready for The Day Everything Is Revealed is for each participant to make themselves a Feedback Post, as detailed in the FAQ, here.

The important details are these:

1. We will ask each participant to make themselves a Feedback Post in THEIR OWN LIVEJOURNAL, and give us a link.

2. All stories and artwork will be live on MARCH 30. All stories will have a link to send email to the author or artist. They will also be linked to the author's or artist's Feedback Post.

3. Once the archive is live, the author or artist can also link directly to their story or artwork on the archive from their Feedback Post. The archived story/artwork will link to the creator's Feedback Post, and the creator's Feedback Post will link to the archived story/artwork. The readers and viewers on the archive will have the choice of commenting at the creator's Feedback Post, or by email.

PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE YOURSELF A FEEDBACK POST.

1. Update your journal with the subject line "House Big Bang Challenge: Story Title and/or Art Title". You can add pairing and rating to the title if you'd like.

2. Cut and paste the following headers into your post. These headers are not mandatory. You can write your own headers as you see fit, but these are the same headers that you submitted along with your story and/or art, so they are the simplest.

<b>Title:</b> <b>Pairing</b> <b>Rating:</b> <b>Length:</b> <b>Spoilers:</b> <b>Author's or Artist's Notes:</b> <b>Summary:</b>

3. Post-date your post (that is, edit the date) to March 30, 2008. The exact time of day is not important. Your update window should look like this:



4. Set the security of your post to PRIVATE. This is so as not to spam your flist before the archive is live.

5. Comment to this post with the link to your Feedback Post. Please title your comment "Link to [Your Story/Artwork]". The link will then be included on your story and/or artwork on the archive.

6. On March 30, when the archive goes live, a mod will reply to your comment here with a link to your story and/or artwork, and you can then edit your Feedback Post to include the link, and you can also then set the security to PUBLIC.

7. On March 30, point your flist to the archive, to your Feedback Post, or to the community; all will have links to the archive.

8. In your Feedback Post, you can include any other information you'd like: your excerpt, your triumph, your flailing, your unending squee over Big Bang.

9. An example Feedback Post is here.



If you have comments or questions, please ask in comments or in email!

Also, please join me in congratulating the following participants, who have Completed The Challenge:

cosmo_mouse
cryptictac
mem_vermelha
pandorashollow
tli


FIVE DAYS LEFT!

\o/

Hi, everybody!

Today marks the conclusion of the writers' portion of the challenge. Final drafts are due today before 11:59 PM Mountain Standard Time. If your final draft hasn't been sent to housebigbangmods@gmail.com by that time, then your complete draft will be the text placed in the archive.

There is some mild flexibility in that deadline, however. A mod will be reading each final draft over for typos, missing words, grammar mistakes, and inconsistencies. The mods will then email the author with any proposed changes or questions they have. Once the changes have been confirmed by the author, the final draft will be uploaded to the archive. This process takes approximately two or three hours per story. If an author hasn't handed in a final draft, and the mods are still line-editing the previous submissions, then that author's story won't be considered late. However, if it is past the deadline, all stories have been line-edited, and one author's final draft is still outstanding, then that author's story will be considered late.

Artists, meanwhile, your portion of the challenge continues! You have ten days left before your submissions are due. Again, earlier submissions are always helpful, if you can manage it. If you have any questions, comments, queries, or sudden attacks of nerves, then please don't hesitate to contact the housebigbangmods@gmail.com.

Our list of Participants Who Have Completed The Challenge has grown! Please raise a cheer for the following people, who have now joined the ranks of People Who Can Boast That They Finished.

namasteyoga
mer_duff
sabinelagrande
usomitai

Personally, I would also like to say that the final drafts that have been handed in so far have been outstanding. The stories are all wildly different and wonderful in unique ways. The day the archive opens (and we intend and hope to open it as early as possible, with the goal of 12:00 AM Pacific Time) will be a great day to glut on the stories: and isn't that what Sundays are for? To sit back, relax, and enjoy a few novellas!

The countdown is on for the final fifteen days of the challenge. Good luck, and thank you, participants!