skins big bang 2011 masterlist
Congratulations to everyone on finishing! This round's Little Bang had 11 entries, and Big Bang had 10! There's some AMAZING fic and art, so make sure you check out the entries. As I mentioned before, I'll be stepping down as mod, and just wanted to thank everyone for being so fantastic throughout both rounds. It's been an absolute blast, and I'll definitely still be participating as an artist in future. The fantastic miss_peg and tromana will be taking over as co-mods, so I'm leaving you in excellent hands!
And now, this round's entries...
LITTLE BANG!
Title: Bristol Rain
Author: lizardwriter
Artist: miss_peg
Word count: 14,100
Summary: Cook gets out of prison four years after the events of s4 and only Katie's left in Bristol anymore. Will they learn to grow together or crash and burn surrounded by bad memories?
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Forever Isn't Worth It, Not Without Her
Author: reddawg82
Artist: lazarus_girl
Word count: 3440
Summary: Naomi and Emily move to London where an event happens that will change everything.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: gold in the air of summer
Author: cobalt_siren
Artist: eskimo_jo
Word count: 4000
Summary: Alo, Rich, Grace, and Mini go on an impromptu summer road trip after Alo fixes the van. Mini is dragged along, still feeling insecure in her new friendships, but gradually relaxing as they go to the seaside, get caught in the rain, and spend the night in a cabin. With Rich and Grace being very involved in each other, she spends some time getting to know Alo, and learning a bit about letting go and enjoying a little spontaneity in life. (Mainly gen Mini, with established Rich/Grace and a hint of Mini/Alo.)
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: i'm spun out so far
Author: aphrodite_mine
Artist: shan_3414
Word count: 9500
Summary: Emily and Naomi don't work out, but then nothing ever seems to. Post season 4. Emily/Naomi, Katie/Naomi.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Love, And Other Drugs
Author: em_sh
Artist: eskimo_jo
Word count: 3136
Summary: Post S4. Cook struggles to cope with Freddie's death. Things get angsty.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Stars of CCTV
Author: wwmrsweasleydo
Artist: shan_3414
Word count: 4000
Summary: A couple of hours after series 5 ends Alo and Nick try to stagger home. Unfortunately their 'bonding' moment isn't as private as they had thought it was. (Alo/Nick, references to canon pairings).
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: the stars will follow me
Author: triptohere
Artist: aphrodite_mine
Word count: 4000
Summary: Set inbetween S3 and S4. Mini is far too young to be in a club, especially seeing as she can't find Liv or Grace. She ends up encountering Katie, girls kissing, and ~feelings.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: These Photographs Are Proof
Author: lizardwriter
Artist: cobalt_siren
Word count: 8800
Summary: Katie's at her friend's wedding where a mysterious (and infuriating) wedding photographer makes her start to face some realisations she's been putting off.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: they say it fades if you let it
Author: flister
Artist: crackfoxx
Word count: 4000
Summary: Just a wee missing scene set between 307 and 308.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: when it's bet on me
Author: em_sh and crackfoxx
Artist: blurubberband55
Word count: 6600
Summary: Skins/Pretty Little Liars (though you won't really need to have seen PLL to get what's going on). Naomi's mum has moved them both to Rosewood, Cook comes to visit. Chaos ensues.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Who'd Have Known?
Author: lazy_boo
Artist: pennylane101
Word count: 5447
Summary: Naomi runs into Katie years after she and Emily have broken up. They become good friends, and then more. Katie is hesitant to tell her family.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
BIG BANG!
Title: Bathed in Sunlight
Author: lizardwriter
Artist: youtoxic
Word count: 45,500
Summary: The companion piece to my Big Bang piece from last year, Moonlight in the Dark, this starts just after Meg first spots a special someone at one of her gigs for the first time and is told from Kat's perspective. It goes beyond where the original did and has both Lily/Kat and Meg/Kaya. This is basically a story of girl meets girl and falls head over heels...
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: The Days We Break
Author: myrimidryad
Artist: lazarus_girl
Summary: AU where the oppressive government causes the Gen3 gang to form an underground resistance movement.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here and here.
Title: i can't get out of love
Author: eskimo_jo
Artist: shan_3414
Word count: 43,000
Summary: Beginning in the summer post-Series 5, Naomi's home from Goa with Emily, falling apart and wasting time away with Effy when she finds herself helplessly entangled in a new (and very conflicting) web alongside the meddlesome and mental Effy, manipulative Tony, and his striking on-again/off-again girlfriend, Michelle but unable to let Emily go. -- All gen1/2 & 3 characters present in ~some form. Except Chris. :(
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: let me show you the world in my eyes
Author: esdiferente
Artist: shan_3414
Word count: 51,188
Summary: Time is running out. For some, faster than others.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Second to the Right, Straight on 'til Morning
Author: signyx
Artist: ilikesponges3
Word count: 16,700
Summary: Ever since her brother died, Effy's felt like she's in limbo. When Cook comes along, he's the perfect escape - a way out of her family, Bristol and everything she wants to leave behind. But it's impossible to run forever, especially when the biggest thing you're running from is yourself. Life always catches up in the end and all children must grow up. (Cook/Effy, also includes Anthea, Michelle and an OC)
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: tears of my heart
Author: miss_peg
Artist: tromana
Word count: 27,206
Summary: When Cook gets out of prison having served time for absconding, he moves in with Naomi, Emily and Gina. After the death of his mother, Cook is faced with questions about his past. With Naomi's help, they go on an emotional journey which results in a revelation that could change both of their lives.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Tick Tock
Author: tromana
Artist: miss_peg
Word count: 53,909
Summary: Time is running out. For some, faster than others.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Underneath These Firelights
Author: observer1304
Artist: cobalt_siren
Word count: 12,587
Summary: As a tumultous year ends, an affair between Katie and Effy begins. As the years go by, their lives change and collpase to be built up again while they slowly realize that they might be holding onto each other for very different reasons by now.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: A Voyage of Discovery
Author: reddawg82
Artist: pennylane101
Word count: 27,098
Summary: Naomi ends up on a cruise ship for singles (after Effy sends her on it)... Emily happens to work for said cruise line. Completely AU.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: we paid such close attention to each sweet and stuttered breath
Author: immortality
Artist: blurubberband55
Word count: 10,034
Summary: When Emily Fitch, an apathetic, struggling university student, is presented with a unique job opportunity, she takes it, no questions asked. She finds herself thrust into a dreamy, sexually charged world, where she meets the beautiful and intriguing, yet equally distant, Naomi Campbell. Based upon the novella House of the Sleeping Beauties by Yasunari Kawabata.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
And now, this round's entries...
LITTLE BANG!
Title: Bristol Rain
Author: lizardwriter
Artist: miss_peg
Word count: 14,100
Summary: Cook gets out of prison four years after the events of s4 and only Katie's left in Bristol anymore. Will they learn to grow together or crash and burn surrounded by bad memories?
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Forever Isn't Worth It, Not Without Her
Author: reddawg82
Artist: lazarus_girl
Word count: 3440
Summary: Naomi and Emily move to London where an event happens that will change everything.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: gold in the air of summer
Author: cobalt_siren
Artist: eskimo_jo
Word count: 4000
Summary: Alo, Rich, Grace, and Mini go on an impromptu summer road trip after Alo fixes the van. Mini is dragged along, still feeling insecure in her new friendships, but gradually relaxing as they go to the seaside, get caught in the rain, and spend the night in a cabin. With Rich and Grace being very involved in each other, she spends some time getting to know Alo, and learning a bit about letting go and enjoying a little spontaneity in life. (Mainly gen Mini, with established Rich/Grace and a hint of Mini/Alo.)
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: i'm spun out so far
Author: aphrodite_mine
Artist: shan_3414
Word count: 9500
Summary: Emily and Naomi don't work out, but then nothing ever seems to. Post season 4. Emily/Naomi, Katie/Naomi.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Love, And Other Drugs
Author: em_sh
Artist: eskimo_jo
Word count: 3136
Summary: Post S4. Cook struggles to cope with Freddie's death. Things get angsty.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Stars of CCTV
Author: wwmrsweasleydo
Artist: shan_3414
Word count: 4000
Summary: A couple of hours after series 5 ends Alo and Nick try to stagger home. Unfortunately their 'bonding' moment isn't as private as they had thought it was. (Alo/Nick, references to canon pairings).
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: the stars will follow me
Author: triptohere
Artist: aphrodite_mine
Word count: 4000
Summary: Set inbetween S3 and S4. Mini is far too young to be in a club, especially seeing as she can't find Liv or Grace. She ends up encountering Katie, girls kissing, and ~feelings.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: These Photographs Are Proof
Author: lizardwriter
Artist: cobalt_siren
Word count: 8800
Summary: Katie's at her friend's wedding where a mysterious (and infuriating) wedding photographer makes her start to face some realisations she's been putting off.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: they say it fades if you let it
Author: flister
Artist: crackfoxx
Word count: 4000
Summary: Just a wee missing scene set between 307 and 308.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: when it's bet on me
Author: em_sh and crackfoxx
Artist: blurubberband55
Word count: 6600
Summary: Skins/Pretty Little Liars (though you won't really need to have seen PLL to get what's going on). Naomi's mum has moved them both to Rosewood, Cook comes to visit. Chaos ensues.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Who'd Have Known?
Author: lazy_boo
Artist: pennylane101
Word count: 5447
Summary: Naomi runs into Katie years after she and Emily have broken up. They become good friends, and then more. Katie is hesitant to tell her family.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
BIG BANG!
Title: Bathed in Sunlight
Author: lizardwriter
Artist: youtoxic
Word count: 45,500
Summary: The companion piece to my Big Bang piece from last year, Moonlight in the Dark, this starts just after Meg first spots a special someone at one of her gigs for the first time and is told from Kat's perspective. It goes beyond where the original did and has both Lily/Kat and Meg/Kaya. This is basically a story of girl meets girl and falls head over heels...
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: The Days We Break
Author: myrimidryad
Artist: lazarus_girl
Summary: AU where the oppressive government causes the Gen3 gang to form an underground resistance movement.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here and here.
Title: i can't get out of love
Author: eskimo_jo
Artist: shan_3414
Word count: 43,000
Summary: Beginning in the summer post-Series 5, Naomi's home from Goa with Emily, falling apart and wasting time away with Effy when she finds herself helplessly entangled in a new (and very conflicting) web alongside the meddlesome and mental Effy, manipulative Tony, and his striking on-again/off-again girlfriend, Michelle but unable to let Emily go. -- All gen1/2 & 3 characters present in ~some form. Except Chris. :(
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: let me show you the world in my eyes
Author: esdiferente
Artist: shan_3414
Word count: 51,188
Summary: Time is running out. For some, faster than others.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Second to the Right, Straight on 'til Morning
Author: signyx
Artist: ilikesponges3
Word count: 16,700
Summary: Ever since her brother died, Effy's felt like she's in limbo. When Cook comes along, he's the perfect escape - a way out of her family, Bristol and everything she wants to leave behind. But it's impossible to run forever, especially when the biggest thing you're running from is yourself. Life always catches up in the end and all children must grow up. (Cook/Effy, also includes Anthea, Michelle and an OC)
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: tears of my heart
Author: miss_peg
Artist: tromana
Word count: 27,206
Summary: When Cook gets out of prison having served time for absconding, he moves in with Naomi, Emily and Gina. After the death of his mother, Cook is faced with questions about his past. With Naomi's help, they go on an emotional journey which results in a revelation that could change both of their lives.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Tick Tock
Author: tromana
Artist: miss_peg
Word count: 53,909
Summary: Time is running out. For some, faster than others.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: Underneath These Firelights
Author: observer1304
Artist: cobalt_siren
Word count: 12,587
Summary: As a tumultous year ends, an affair between Katie and Effy begins. As the years go by, their lives change and collpase to be built up again while they slowly realize that they might be holding onto each other for very different reasons by now.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: A Voyage of Discovery
Author: reddawg82
Artist: pennylane101
Word count: 27,098
Summary: Naomi ends up on a cruise ship for singles (after Effy sends her on it)... Emily happens to work for said cruise line. Completely AU.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.
Title: we paid such close attention to each sweet and stuttered breath
Author: immortality
Artist: blurubberband55
Word count: 10,034
Summary: When Emily Fitch, an apathetic, struggling university student, is presented with a unique job opportunity, she takes it, no questions asked. She finds herself thrust into a dreamy, sexually charged world, where she meets the beautiful and intriguing, yet equally distant, Naomi Campbell. Based upon the novella House of the Sleeping Beauties by Yasunari Kawabata.
Link to Fic: Here.
Link to Art: Here.