Here are the kickass summaries for round 3. I am assuming they'll all get claimed right quick, so once that happens, we can open it up to multiple artists working with each fic, if that's what all y'all want. Claims will open Saturday at 2pm EST (GMT-5). I'll put up a separate post then. :) Get at me ASAP with questions!
Number: 1
Fandom(s)/Original: The Avengers (MCU)
Characters: J.A.R.V.I.S., Tony Stark (Iron Man), Vision, Tony’s bots (DUM-E and U). Also: Bruce Banner (Hulk), James “Bucky” Barnes (Winter Soldier), Happy Hogan, Harley Keener, Pepper Potts, James “Rhodey” Rhodes (War Machine), Steve Rogers (Captain America). Many other MCU characters mentioned.
Rating: T / FRT / PG-13
Warnings/Content Notes: Canonical violence, language, character death (past/off-screen).
Word Count: 26k
Summary: After a war that lasted for ten grueling years, Ultron has been defeated. However, when Tony Stark reappears - presumed dead at the dawn of Ultron’s war on mankind - a frantic struggle begins between restraining him in order to protect the hard-fought peace and Tony’s own struggle to comprehend how his actions could have allowed this alien future to be born.
(Part of a larger series but more or less stands alone when read separate from the other works.)
Number: 2
Fandom: Original
Characters/Relationships: Andreas, Apollinaris/Nari, Dionysodotos (Nystos), Jaran, Ghesi, Deimi, Hermes, Apollon, assorted others.
Rating: FRM?
Warnings/Content Notes: gods messing with mortal fates, desert journeys, thieving, destroying cities, escape; no warnings.
Word Count: 17k, maybe 30k
Summary: Neos Apollonia has benefited from the patronage and protection of Apollon for centuries, but years of corruption and power games, hubris and impiety, and a society rent apart by a firm commitment to fate, have turned the god against his city, and the warning of destruction falls on deaf ears, except for a few that are still listening to the gods.
Number: 3
Fandom: Mass Effect
Characters/Relationships: Thane/Maleshep, Kaidan Alenko, Samara, Garrus, Liara, EDI, Joker,
Rating: NC17
Warnings/Content Notes: alien/human gay sex, violence, character death
Word Count: 15726
Summary: AU Thane is cured of his Kepral's Syndrome and has a relationship with Shepard that is everything they hoped. But will they live happier ever after?
Number: 4
Fandom: Les Miserables
Characters/Relationships: Enjolras/Grantaire
Rating: T
Warnings/Content Notes: violence
Word Count: gonna be about 16-17k. Currently about 13k.
Summary: Les Amis were the resistance, the resistance against their own kind. The infected. When people contracted the disease they because killing machines with only one purpose, to kill those the disease couldn't. We follow the story of some of the immune as they struggle to stay alive in a world that wants them dead.
Number: 5
Fandom(s)/Original: Star Ocean: The Second Story/Valkyrie Profile
Characters: Decus, Vesper, Shigeo, Marsilio, Chisato, Welch, Freya, Surtr, Ruprecht, Nicolus, Jibril, Cyril
Relationships: Decus/Vesper
Rating: T
Warnings/Content Notes: spoilers including endgame spoilers, AU (Decus and Vesper victory), character deaths, cruelty to party members, lots and lots of things on fire, attempts at kissing while on fire
Word Count: (projected word count if you are not completed yet) 17935
Summary: During a virtual tour of his unconscious mind, Decus is possessed by Surtr, who is down on his luck. Welch is recruited as a Valkyrie to avert the oncoming disaster. Meanwhile, Vesper forcibly recruits Chisato, who was left petrified after an expedition to Fienal Tower goes horribly wrong, to free the only person he cares about from a power that will ultimately consume him.