The TF Bang is a collaborative event for fic writers and fanartists focused on all official Transformers media and continuities. This 18+ event is open to creators of all skill levels. AI-generated works (art or fic) are prohibited. Click here to see the FAQ.
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đ Welcome to the 2025 Transformers Big Bang! Weâre so excited to have you and see what you create. Please refer to this page as a handbook for the event. Youâll find the timeline, rules, FAQ, and contacts here, as well as explanations for how the event works.
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Table of Contents
đď¸ Event Timeline
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- Feb 1: Sign-ups Open
- Feb 22: Discord Live
- March 2: Writer Sign-ups Close
- March 16: Artist Sign-ups Close
- April 6: First Check-In (Fic outline & summary due)
- April 7-April 13: Artist Choice Period
- April 14: Matchups Announced
- April 20: Second Check-In (Contact requirements)
- June 1: Third Check-In (Artist sketch 1 + Writer 25% fic progress due)
- July 20: Fourth Check-in (Artist artwork 1 + Writer 50% fic progress due)
- September 7: Fifth Check-in (Artist sketch 2 + Writer 75% fic progress due)
- October 19: Final Check-in (Artist artwork 2 + Writer 100% fic progress due)
- October 20 - November 4: Pinch Hitters & Preview Period
- November 5 - 9: Posting Period
We will be providing reminders in the server about upcoming deadlines, but it is ultimately your responsibility to keep track of the dates and manage your time to stay ahead of deadlines.
âď¸ Mod Contacts
All moderators are adults who are either working or attending university full-time. Although we will do our best to be timely, we cannot promise immediate responses to DMs, questions, or issues.
If you cannot contact an individual moderator over Discord for whatever reason, please reach out via the below contacts!
Aster: lohikaar.social on Bluesky
Book: eatyoursparkout on Tumblr
Baird: bairdcrevan on Tumblr
Capricious: agentblurr on Tumblr
Largishcat: largishcat on Tumblr
Melopardi: alruin on Tumblr; [email protected]
Wallflowers: weapon-up-wallflower on Tumblr
đ General Rules & Information
- This event is 18+. If you are younger than 18 at the time of sign-ups, do not participate. Underage participants will be kicked from the event and barred from future events.
- Participation in this event is Discord-only, for ease of modding. This means that check-ins will be occurring solely through the Discord. Final works will still be posted to AO3 and participantsâ social media.
- This Bang is open to stories from all official continuities or AUs. There is no requirement to include romance in your story, but all character pairings are welcome.
- Alternative universes, fusions, and crossovers between different Transformers continuities are permitted. Non-canon crossovers featuring characters from non-Transformers media are not.
- Please do not submit content focused on original characters (OCs) and reader-inserts unless coming pre-paired. Background OCs are welcome, but they should not be the focus of the work.
- AI-generated works (art or fic) are prohibited.
- This is a fandom event that welcomes artists and writers of all levels of experience. We cannot regulate the quality of content, but we do expect all participants to put effort and time into their works. Respect your partnerâs effort.
- Collaborate with and support your partner! Get in touch with them early on and check in often. If youâre having difficulties getting in contact with your partner, or you havenât gotten a response from them in 1+ weeks, please notify a moderator.
- Participants are responsible for communication with their partners and moderators. If you expect to be out of contact for extended periods of time, let your partner know.
- If you canât make a check-in, contact a moderator before the deadline. Extensions are fine, provided there is communication with both us and your partner.
- Participants are responsible for managing their own time and contacting moderators for extension deadlines.
- Do not post previews or WIPs of your work to social media before the preview period, and do not upload your work anywhere before the posting period.
- Youâre welcome to discuss your story or art on the event Discord or privately with friends before this time. Please share only in small (<20 person) servers if you are sharing your work within friend-specific discords.
- Participants must publish their work publicly and non-anonymously for a minimum of 3 months before they anonymize or orphan their work. If there are circumstances that require you to delete your work entirely, please reach out to mods beforehand if possible.
- Do not submit your Big Bang work to other events or make merchandise of your project without your partnerâs express permission.
- If a moderator sees an individual (writer or artist) making merch of their work or submitting it to other events, we will be checking in with their partner.
đ˘ Bannable Offenses
- If you see a ship or content that you dislike, ignore it. This is an inclusive event. If a participant is harassing others, they will be kicked from the event and banned from participating again.
- Any racist, homophobic, transphobic and/or other bigoted behaviour will not be tolerated. If you persist with the behaviour after a warning you will be dropped from the event and may be banned from participating in future. This includes not respecting participantsâ pronouns.
- If you ghost the moderators and/or your partner (72 hours, no response), you will be kicked from the event and banned from participating in next yearâs event. You may apply again the year after.
- If you drop from the event after the 75% check-in (5th check-in, September 7), you will be banned from participating in next yearâs event. You may apply again the year after.
- Exceptions may be made for emergency situations. This is up to the moderatorsâ discretion.