The Mentalist Big Bang 2012 Masterlist!
We've finally made it to this point, guys! Here's the round up of fic and artwork for the 2012 Mentalist Big Bang. I hope everyone has enjoyed writing, reading, making and viewing all the new creations that have cropped up from this round. We'll be back later in the year for the next Reverse Big Bang - but we'll announce the dates at a later time.
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Here's the list of everything that has been made...
Until next time....
tromana and miss_peg x
[Big Bangs]
BIG BANG
Title: A Madman and His Couch
Author: tromana
Artist: kathiann
Word count: 16,367
Summary: Doctor Who crossover. Patrick Jane has strange dreams. There's a reason for that. He's not... exactly... human. And it all comes to a head when a dead body in a case mysteriously goes missing...
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Title: Action and Reaction
Author: lolly2222
Artist: miss_peg
Word count:
Summary: After Jane pushes Lisbon too far, she decides to change her life dramatically.
“I’ll go as there is clearly nothing left here anyway. This place has become a prison for you Jane, sure the walls are in your mind but they are just as confining and I no longer want to be your cellmate.”:
Link to art: Here
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Title: Battlefield
Author: tromana
Artist: aprilvolition | lothiriel84
Word count: 36,984
Summary: When Lisbon is framed as being a mole for Red John, her whole world is turned upside down. Can she get out of this situation unscathed, and will anybody stand by her as she tries to prove her innocence?
Link to art: aprilvolition | lothiriel84
Link to fic: Here
Title: Breakdown
Author: miss_peg
Artist: kathiann
Word count: 10,016
Summary: Van Pelt wakes up in a large empty room, when the reason for her kidnapping comes to light, Lisbon is forced to make a decision that could affect everybody.
Link to art: Here
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Title: Just Like Heaven
Author: vanrigsby
Artist: miss_peg
Word count: 11,206
Summary: When Red John attacks, but doesn't finish the job, the team races against the clock to both find him and save the victim, with a little unexpected help. Plot is loosely based on the movie Just Like Heaven.
Link to art: Here
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Title: Kryptonite
Author: diviniaserit
Artist: agent_era | lilsmiles86
Word count: 11,587
Summary: Five Times Lisbon Saves Someone and One Time She Needs Saving; Each section is inspired by a song referencing Superman.
Link to art: lilsmiles86
Link to fic: Here
Title: Legendary
Author: kathiann
Artist: twisted_slinky
Word count: 12,300
Summary: They never knew what was going to happen with Red John, they never knew what was going through his mind, they never knew anything about him. Sometimes, things change.
Link to art: Here
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Title: Nick & Nora
Author: browneyesparker
Artist: justlook3
Word count: 12,752
Summary: AU
Link to art: Here
Link to fic: Here
Title: Red Shadows in the Sunset
Author: little_firestar
Artist: browneyesparker I tromana
Word count: 34,820
Summary: To make amend for his past and protect his future, Jane finally killed Red John, but his revenge destroyed the frail equilibrium of his newfound love with Lisbon. And even after a year apart, she still wasn’t sure she was ready to take him back in her life, as much as she knew she simply had to. Also because a shadow from their past was going to threaten them once more, trying to get the mentalist back. The game was on…
Link to art: coming soon | tromana
Link to fic: Here
Title: Ricochet
Author: tromana
Artist: branquignole | lilsmiles86
Word count: 110,000
Summary: Sparks collide.
Link to art: lilsmiles86
Link to fic: Here
Title: The Best Man
Author: browneyesparker
Artist: caitriona_3
Word count: 10,718
Summary: She wasn’t like other women. She could play the smiling best friend, pretending that she wasn’t in love with him.
Link to art: Here
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Title: Time
Author: miss_peg
Artist: robothor1111 | lothiriel84
Word count: 14,233
Summary: Jane and Lisbon's relationship changes, but when something happens that neither of them expected, will it bring them together or tear them apart?
Link to art: robothor1111 | lothiriel84
Link to fic: Here
Title: Vacation Blues
Author: tromana
Artist: caitriona_3 | lothiriel84
Word count: 21,000
Summary: When Lisbon is shanghaied into taking a vacation to Hawaii, Jane tags along with unclear intentions. The first thing she finds in her hotel room is... a dead body. It's only natural she and Jane get involved in the case, while the borderline between friendship and something more is inevitably crossed.
Link to art: caitriona_3 | lothiriel84
Link to fic: Here
[Little Bangs]
LITTLE BANG
Title: Do You Want to Get Out of Here?
Author: kathiann
Artist: miss_peg
Word count: 5,450
Summary: Trying to escape from her mundane and slightly depressing life, Grace finds herself drawn to a man in a bar who ends up not being who she thinks he is.
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Link to fic: Here
Title: Let This Crimson Ink Fade
Author: shadownashira
Artist: agent_era
Word count: 8,931
Summary: The Mentalist/Stargate (SG-1 & Atlantis) crossover. Jane really does have telepathic and empathic abilities, but subconsciously repressed them after his family's murders. On the run after finally killing Red John, these abilities resurface during an encounter with a mission led by Major Evan Lorne, and the SGC has to decide if they will recruit him or turn him in to the police.
Disclaimer: I own neither The Mentalist nor the Stargate franchise.
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Link to fic: Here
Title: Love is a Battlefield
Author: lothiriel84
Artist: delugedpapercup
Word count: 5,483
Summary: AU. Jane never gets hired by the CBI, so he has to find a more "creative" way to work on the Red John case - a way that involves a certain petite brunette of our acquaintance.
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Title: One Day You Will
Author: lothiriel84
Artist: browneyesparker
Word count: 5,560
Summary: Jane leaves Sacramento shortly after Red John's death. When Lisbon gets shot five years later, he can't help visiting her one last time - only to discover that she has a son now.
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Title: Shatter
Author: ruuger
Artist: justlook3 | lilsmiles86
Word count: 5900
Summary: Jane and Lisbon spend the night at a motel on their way back from Malibu after the events of "Fugue in Red".
Link to art: justlook3 | lilsmiles86
Link to fic: Here
Title: Stay Red
Author: robothor1111
Artist: caitriona_3
Word count: 5900
Summary: Bonds deepen in the wake of Red John's death as Jane and Lisbon confront grief and loss and the achingly open question of what comes next.
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[Mini Bangs]
MINI BANG
Title: ...and hold out hope
Author: neverminetohold
Artist: shadownashira
Word count: 1,307
Summary: Hindsight is a curious thing. It had taken the horror of a bloody smile to make Patrick realize what a lucky man he was, but by then it had been too late. No one was more surprised than him that he got a second chance at happiness...
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Title: Always There
Author: vanrigsby
Artist: justlook3
Word count: 1,527
Summary: It was a tough case, for some more than others. Grace knew that. [Tag to 5.04]
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Title: Behind Blue Eyes
Author: lothiriel84
Artist: ruuger
Word count: 1,259
Summary: An introspective piece about Jane - past, present, and future.
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Title: Crossing Paths
Author: little_firestar
Artist: branquignole
Word count: 2,580
Summary: Patrick Jane, former carnie guy turned fake psychic turned CBI consultant; Clint Barton, former carnie guy turned secret agent turned super-hero. Together, they fight crime… or maybe not.
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Title: Fallen Angel
Author: lothiriel84
Artist: immisswhatthe | tromana
Word count: 4,055
Summary: AU. Red John contents himself with killing Jane's wife, leaving a traumatized Charlotte on the crime scene. Jane tries to hide his daughter from everybody, but he can't keep his secret from Lisbon forever.
Link to art: immisswhatthe | tromana
Link to fic: Here
Title: Family Bonds
Author: elen_nare
Artist: lothiriel84 | lilsmiles86
Word count: 3,819
Summary: “Mr Thomas Lisbon? This is Special Agent Luther Wainwright of the California Bureau of Investigation. I need to speak with you urgently about your sister, Agent Teresa Lisbon. Please contact me as soon as possible.”
Link to art: lothiriel84 | lilsmiles86
Link to fic: Here
Title: Hearts in Trouble
Author: lothiriel84
Artist: browneyesparker
Word count: 1,510
Summary: Once upon a time there were two troubled hearts. This is their story.
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Title: I'll Stand By You
Author: lothiriel84
Artist: aprilvolition
Word count: 1,206
Summary: Jane and Lisbon dealing with the immediate aftermath of Red John's downfall.
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Title: Like Stubborn Red Goats
Author: robothor1111
Artist: aprilvolition
Word count: 1,102
Summary: After Jane causes the CBI team to miss their plane home, illness forces Jane and Lisbon to share a hotel room with a single bed.
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Title: Remorse Offerings
Author: browneyesparker
Artist: delugedpapercup
Word count: 3,397
Summary: Five ways Jane tries to apologize to Lisbon through overtop ways, and the one time he makes the grand gesture and does it right.
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Title: Respite
Author: ruuger
Artist: shadownashira
Word count: 1,800
Summary: Cho gets Jane down from the attic. Shameles bit of hurt/comfort, set during early S3.
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Title: Spark
Author: miss_peg
Artist: tromana
Word count: 2,115
Summary: When Jane ropes Lisbon into helping him look after Benjamin Rigsby it opens wounds she’s not quite ready to talk about.
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Title: Unbroken
Author: tromana
Artist: robothor1111
Word count: 2,783
Summary: The degradation of Wayne Rigsby and Sarah Harrigan's relationship after he faked his death to try and capture Red John.
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Title: Wedding Machinations
Author: little_firestar
Artist: kathiann
Word count: 4,260
Summary: Sarah had always wanted her wedding to be full of happiness. But Jane and Lisbon’s grumpy behavior wasn’t exactly helping. All because they were too stubborn to admit they loved each other. But, with Rigsby and Cho’s help, she already knew how to make things right.
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Title: Who's Using Who?
Author: kathiann
Artist: ruuger
Word count: 1,310
Summary: She wants the comfort that comes from being in another persons arms, he likes the release.
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