Last Stand of the Freedom Fighters Part 1

[schwarztkd]

MOD NOTE:  And we have our first submission of the round.  We have a great fic from Loopy777 and some awesome art by Victogt.  I most likely butchered the formatting on this one and I apologize for that, but please enjoy regardless!  More is on the way.

Title: Last Stand of the Freedom Fighters
Any Pairings: Mildly implied Smellerbee/Longshot.
Rating

Comments

[amyraine]

That artwork is amazing. I really like Smellerbee's butt-kicking look. Oh geez, the blood. I'm not bothered by it, but she doesn't play around, does she?

I'm going to read the whole thing when I have time (still wrapping up my fic, and by the way I just recovered from computer issues where I didn't have access to my fics for over a week and was using another computer to check the internet, so the fact that you extended the deadline was so much a life savior I can't even begin to thank you) but in the meantime I have some questions:

I don't see any heading on this with rating, pairings, warnings etc. Do you want me to supply one for mine?

Are you going to do a separate google page like Round 1 had where all the fics are in one place or will they be posted here only?

Thanks!

[schwarztkd]

I totally forgot to set up the heading. When my old laptop died I lost all the heading info people sent so yes please include it.

I hadn't realized a google page was the way to go. I'm sorry, I'm still new to this whole thing. I'll try to set one up in the next few days.

[amyraine]

It's my first time too. I'm okay with however you decide to do things. I was just curious.

[schwarztkd]

I tried the HTML window but when I previewed it the formatting tags were still there. The HTML window is how I got the picture included though so that worked at least.

Author's Notes

[loopy777]

Title: Last Stand of the Freedom Fighters
Any Pairings: Mildly implied Smellerbee/Longshot.
Rating: Teen
Summary: Between their first encounter with the Avatar and Jet's death in Ba Sing Se, something happened to break the Freedom Fighters apart and drive them away from their home. This is that tragedy.
Notes: Thanks to Lavanya Six, for generously being a beta reader for this story. Without her, it would have been a much weaker tale.

Also, much love to Victogt for the picture. I love the stylization and composition, and I don't think Smellerbee has ever looked more hardcore. The violence is tastefully done, bold but stylized so that it doesn't come across as gory or gratuitous. Hopefully, my writing accomplishes the same thing. :D I'm very grateful that Victogt picked my fic to illustrate, and appreciate the work put into getting it done on time with the story. The illustration was the reason I chose to do this long-in-the-making tale for the Big Bang, and I couldn't be more satisfied.

Re: Author's Notes

[schwarztkd]

Sorry, forgot to add the heading info. I did this before rushing out the door for work, not that that's an excuse but I'll add the heading in.