2020-03-09

As things seem to get ever more depressing around us, here's a challenge where we can try and maybe cheer each other up a little!

Thank you so much to everyone who posted a fandom promo for our last challenge! It is now (belatedly) officially closed, but fandom promos are always welcome here - and any that have posted here (whether before or since the previous challenge as well as specifically for it) will be valid for our current challenge.

You can find them all by checking out our fandom promo tag.

Promos made for the previous challenge:

The Pacific by

thrillingdetectivetales
Transparent (TV) by

duskpeterson
The Queen's Thief by

duskpeterson
Nero Wolfe by

delphi
House of Five Leaves | Sarai-ya Goyō by

delphi
Desert Peach by

sailorkitty

The rules of our next challenge are simple - try out one of the recommended new-to-you fandoms and then create something for it (or generally respond to it). What that might be is pretty flexible, but it must be something positive! (No one is obliged to pretend to like anything they hated, but a rant or anything 100% negative will not qualify as completing this challenge.)

What if none of the fandoms promoted here are your cup of tea/available/in your preferred medium?

Don't panic! People should continue to post fandom promos (I still have at least one I've been meaning to finish), so keep an eye on the comm and the tag to see if something more to your taste crops up over the next three and half months.

I will also make a fandom promo post

yuletide style, so that more of us can chip in, particularly for shorter fandoms or just for those who prefer the lower visibilty of comments over posts. (The individual post promos will stand out more in the tag, so this won't be unfair to anyone who has taken the trouble to make one.)

Things you can do to complete the challenge, many of which don't necessarily involve actual fannishness for a thing (as we all know, that's not a feeling that can be guaranteed, even for things we enjoy):

* stop by the original post to discuss the fandom with the OP in the comments, letting them know you watched it (and hopefully enjoyed it/the bits you did enjoy/found interesting).

* create fic, art, vids, fanmixes etc.

* upload screen grabs or scans for the use of others

* picspam scenes, write reviews, meta, comparisons with similar sources

* rec lists

* graphics - gifsets, icons, text icons, headers, moodboards

* podfic someone's existing fic for the fandom

* lists of useful period resources for those creating fanworks for the fandom

* create a related challenge, fest, community etc.

In short, this is pretty low level and if there's something positive you can think of, from chatting to the OP to knitting or baking or the more standard types of fanworks, it should fulfil the challenge. Ask here or PM me if you want to double check any more outside the box ideas!

If you want to tie it in with other challenges, like bingos,

100fandoms etc.,

bethefirst, then feel free to do so (provided it's within the rules of the other challenge).

And a reminder again that the response does need to be generally positive.

Once you have made your response, post it or link to it in the original fandom promo post or comment so that the OP will see it.

You will need to also post/link directly to the comm in a post, and tag it with "type: historium challenges" so that I can see that it was posted for the challenge. (For anything like comment discussions etc. where that may not be appropriate, please just link back to this post instead so that I know you've completed the challenge.)

There will be banners for everyone who successfully takes part.

This challenge will close on June 30th 2020. Good luck everyone!

2020-03-09

New Historium Seasonal Challenge - pick up a new fandom!

Fandom Promo Post