Apocalypse Big Bang

Challenge
Name:	Apocalypse Big Bang
Date(s):	2013 - 2015
Moderator(s):	tsukinofaerii, unavoidedcrisis
Founder:
Type:	Big Bang - Fanfiction, Fanart
Fandom:	Multifandom
URL:	apocalypsebang
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The Apocalypse Big Bang was a multifandom big bang, focused on apocafic. Authors had to write a minimum of 15,000 words, and artists had to create a minimum of one piece of a medium of their choice.

Masterlists

2013

Title: 1356
Author: unavoidedcrisis (aka: sunspot)
Artist: fullmoon02
Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Relationship(s)/Characters: genfic. Bruce Banner, Tony Stark, Clint Barton, Pepper Potts, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov, Maria Hill, Thor, Darcy Lewis, Jane Foster, original characters.
Word Count: ~23,000
Rating: PG13
Warnings + Content Notes: post-apocalypse/mid-apocalypse setting, violence, talk of large-scale death, great bodily harm to major characters, monsters that are kind of like zombies but only kinda.
Summary: Tony's going to need more than a box of scraps and a secluded cave to fix a way out of this one...

Title: If It Takes You Home
Author: Crinaeae (crinaeaeswords)
Artist: Tarlan (tarlanx)
Fandom: Lost Girl/Grimm
Relationship(s)/Characters: Lauren Lewis/Bo Dennis, Bo Dennis/Dyson, Lauren Lewis/Nydia, Nick Burkhardt/Juliette Silverton, Monroe/Rosalee Calvert
Word Count: 15,885
Rating: M for Mature, R
Warnings + Content Notes: Violence, Sexual Content, Language, Dub-Con
Summary: The world didn’t end after all, but to Lauren, it still felt like it had.

Title: Slow Lightning Crashing Down
Author: jaune_chat
Artist: brynnh87
Fandom: Original
Relationship(s)/Characters: Gen, friendship, het
Word Count: 22,276
Rating: R-rating
Warnings + Content Notes: apocalyptic scenario, racism, violence, aftermath of violence, minor character death, language
Summary: When a cosmic radiation storm hit the earth in the fifties, initially no one knew what happened. When a mutated race of humans was born in the seventies as a result of the storm, it was hard on everyone but hardly the end of the world. That came in 2013, when the authors of the radiation storm returned to reclaim what they'd left and everything else besides. What stands between alien invaders and life as everyone knows it are the uncertain convictions and tentative alliance between the two races sharing the Earth.

Title: Cold and Dark
Author: sparrowshellcat
Artist: _afterism
Fandom: Rise of the Guardians AU
Relationship(s)/Characters: Pitch Black/Jack Frost
Word Count: 25,680
Rating: R
Warnings + Content Notes: Violence, character that appears underaged in an adult relationship
Summary: AU of the movie. When the Man in the Moon chose another Guardian in the fight against Pitch Black, Pitch simply beat the Guardians to the punch - he went and found Jack Frost first. He knows what it's like for no one to believe, and what he's able to promise Jack is much better than the Guardians could offer. Humans try to fight back - but how do you fight against the cold and the dark?

Title: Double Tap
Author: sparrowshellcat
Artist: croissantkatie
Fandom: Real Person Fic - all of the characters are named after real actors, though they have little relation to the actual actors
Relationship(s)/Characters: Jennifer Lawrence/Emma Stone, Tom Hardy/Matthew Grey Gubler, Aldis Hodge, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, past Jennifer Lawrence/Michelle Rodriguez, past Emma Stone/Aldis Hodge
Word Count: 78,873
Rating: Strong R - NC-17
Warnings + Content Notes: Sexual content, strong language, violence, on screen death and violence, character death
Summary: Based on the Tumblr prompt: "petition for jennifer lawrence and emma stone to co-star in a movie as lesbian zombie hunters" Emma Stone used to have this plan for her life. It was all laid out. She was going to get her degree, then marry her high school sweetheart, get a temporary job to tide her over until she got herself published – which, according to her plan, was going to be obtained by twenty-five. They would have no less than two children, no more than four, and though she figured Aldis would probably get a pretty good job, she was going to support them with her novels. Everyone knew she was driven, and people said that Emma was really going places. Only she doesn't know what happened. Because she’s now three years past her by-publication-date, she hates Aldis’ guts, somehow she’s still working at her shitty tide-over retail job, and the only thing she’s gotten published in the last three years is her Doctor Who fanfiction. And sure, the Kudos on her self-insert Emma-the-Companion stories are nice, but it’s not the millions she envisioned her writing bringing in. There were supposed to be books with her name on them on her book self, not just a few thousand notebooks she’d filled with words that had never gotten her anywhere. All she’s got is a shitty job, a zombie apocalypse survival plan, and a Tom Baker scarf. Only, as it turns out, watching ever Romero movie a thousand times over hasn’t actually prepared her all that well for the end of the world. Or, for that matter, for the entirely fascinating new girl in town.

Title: The Year of the Rapture
Author: shinealightonme
Artist: firefly1344
Fandom: Leverage
Relationship(s)/Characters: Eliot- and Parker-centric, gen
Word Count: ~48,000 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings + Content Notes: violence, language, on- and off-screen death
Summary: When half the world's population suddenly develops superpowers, civilization as we know it collapses. Eliot just wants to keep Parker alive, but the apocalypse is one damn thing after another.

Title: Take Back This City Tonight
Author: unperfectwolf
Artist: tsuminoaru
Fandom: Dark Angel
Relationship(s)/Characters: Max Guevara/Alec McDowell
Rating: nc17
Warnings + Content Notes: alternate universe after episode 2.01
Summary: sequel to A thousand Julys. au from designate this on. Now that the world knows about transgenics, Max and Alec have to figure out how to keep their heads down enough to survive, and find the rest of their kind at the same time.

Title: Chitauri Apocalypse
Author: del_rion
Artist: insteadofdeath
Fandom: The Avengers (MCU)
Characters: Bruce Banner (Hulk), Clint Barton (Hawkeye), Jane Foster, Nick Fury, Happy Hogan, J.A.R.V.I.S., Loki, Pepper Potts, James “Rhodey” Rhodes (War Machine), Steve Rogers (Captain America), Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow), Lady Sif and the Warriors Three (Fandral, Hogun and Volstagg), Tony Stark (Iron Man), Thor (Brief/smaller appearances: Odin, Maria Hill, Darcy Lewis, The Other, Benjamin “Benny” Pollack, Erik Selvig, Jasper Sitwell, Claire Wise.)
Relationship: Happy/Pepper, Jane/Thor. Mentions of: Benny/Claire, Pepper/Tony
Word Count: 96 145
Rating: M / FRM / R
Warnings + Content Notes: Graphic description of torture, major character death, apocalypse & invasion themes (including but not limited to: mass destruction, terrorism, holocaust, death, violence and gore), brain-washing & mind-control, language (including some remarks that could be seen as racist).
Summary: Iron Man never fell back through the portal. The Avengers must deal with the loss of their comrade and move on – until Earth once again comes under an attack from the Chitauri and their new-found weapons that decimate everything in their path with unmatched power and intellect. As cities and nations collapse around their decreasing resistance, the heroes of Earth must find a way to defeat their enemy before there is nothing left to avenge.

Title: A Very Fluffy Apocalypse
Author: tsukinofaerii
Artist: pyalgroundblz
Fandom: Marvel Adventures: Avengers
Relationship(s)/Characters: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark,Janet Van Dyne, Peter Parker, Luke Cage, Bruce Banner, Tigra, Ororo Munroe
Word Count: 16,500
Rating: Mature
Warnings + Content Notes: Mild sexual content, canon levels of violence, animals being injured, mind control
Summary: It started small, with one little incident that was only one of the first steps in what would be the total collapse of the human race, and only the Avengers able to stop it. It started... with a kitten.

Title: Not The End of the World
Author: Tarlan (tarlanx)
Artist: Clex (clex_monkie89)
Fandom: Eureka
Relationship(s)/Characters: Jack/Nathan, mentions canon pairings Jack/Allison, Nathan/Allison
Word Count: ~21,500
Rating: NC17 slash
Warnings + Content Notes: None
Summary: When time begins to unravel again, only Henry recognizes the danger they are in but his attempts to correct the timeline fail until he realizes that he needs to go back further, to the beginning. The one certainty was that in a town like Eureka, where they dealt with the craziest of things and messed with higher orders of physics without a second thought, Henry never anticipated that Jack's arrival in Eureka would be the ultimate cause of the destruction of the whole universe. Henry's only hope is that he will somehow figure out how to set time back on the path it was meant to follow, and save them all.

Title: Survival Class
Fandom: Burn Notice
Author: rise_your_dead
Artist: clex_monkie89
Characters/Relationships: Michael/Fiona; Michael/Fiona/Jesse/Sam; Sam/Michael/Fiona; Fiona/Jesse; refers to Sam/Elsa, Virgil/Madeline and Jesse/Pearce
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Content Notes: Violence, character death, sexual content, sexual coorsion, mental health issues, gore.
Summary: It starts with a loose rumor and ends in a biological cataclysm that devastates Florida. Or, how the Westen Gang lives through an apocalypse.

Title: A Sacrifice of Memory
Fandom: Harry Potter
Author: hunters_retreat
Artist: trickster88
Characters/Relationships: Snape/Ron, Harry/Hermione/Draco
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Content Notes: PTSD, past non-con, torture, AU from book 5 onward.
Summary: In the end, Hogwarts wasn't the place of safety they all thought it was. Dumbledore was defeated in the castle before Harry and his friends could complete their fifth year, and the rest of the wizarding world was in chaos. Those not sworn to the Dark Lord by fervent belief have taken the Dark Mark to protect those they love. England is a wizarding battleground and the entire country is a shadow of what it once was. But not all hope is lost. The Order of the Phoenix is still fighting. Under Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, the Order strives to find a way to weaken the Dark Lord and end his reign. When the Order gets word from an agent inside the Dark Lord's ranks, they think they might get the break they've been waiting for. Instead, they find one of their own, thought dead year before. Ron Weasley was tortured and used as a Deatheater play thing and only the quick thinking of Severus Snape kept him alive. While Harry and Hermione try to heal their broken friend, they find out that Ron isn't as broken as they thought and that he just might be the break they were looking for after all.

Title: Children of War
Author: ladyhadhafang
Artist: croissantkatie
Fandom: Doctor Who
Relationship(s)/Characters: Rose, Ace, Martha Jones, Charlotte Pollard, Davros, Romana III, Rassilon, OC.
Word Count: 14,402
Rating: PG-13
Warnings + Content Notes: Violence
Summary: Rose has faced many demons and many dangers, but she never expected that the greatest danger would come to Gallifrey itself. Now, with the help of her loyal companions and former companion Romana III,she must fight off the Daleks that are besieging Gallifrey. But can she defend Gallifrey against dangers from within? Rose-as-the-Doctor AU.

Title: Juxtaposition
Author: nikki6
Artist: fullmoon02
Fandom: Batman(Nolanverse)
Relationship(s)/Characters: Batman/Bane,Joker/Jonathan Crane,John Blake, Harvey Dent
Word Count: 15 115
Rating: NC-17
Warnings + Content Notes: sexual content, violence, character death, slash
Summary: Batman wakes into a world where the good people of Gotham are being taken and the evil are banding together to fight. He is saved by Bane, who wants to ally the Batman with his worst enemies. As time goes on, Batman finds himself attracted to Bane, but is any of it real?

Title: Plugs
Author: shirleyann66
Artist: lylithj2
Fandom: Original
Relationship(s)/Characters: Gen; Original Characters
Word Count: ~26,620
Rating: PG-13
Warnings + Content Notes: Some strong language; disturbing concepts; non-graphic description/discussion of child abuse and implied domestic violence.
Summary: For the last 150 years, the human race has Plugged In, Turned On and Dropped Out. Now the process is almost complete. The last of the Mundanes - those left behind to care for the Plugs - are getting ready to join those who had gone before. The human race is winding down, and soon it will live and dream forever in the virtual Worlds the technology allows them to create. But then the power goes out......

2014

Title: Typhlosis
Author: Del Rion (del_rion)
Artist: monkiainen
Beta: Mythra (mythras_fire)
Fandom: The Avengers & Iron Man (MCU)
Genre: Hurt/comfort, action
Rating: M / FRM / R
Characters: Bruce Banner (Hulk), Clint Barton (Hawkeye), J.A.R.V.I.S., James “Rhodey” Rhodes (War Machine), Steve Rogers (Captain America), Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow), Tony Stark (Iron Man), Thor, Tony’s bots (DUM-E & U). Appearances & mentions: Phil Coulson, Jane Foster, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Pepper Potts, Betty Ross, Erik Selvig.
Pairings: Pepper/Tony (brief), Jane/Thor (implied), Betty/Bruce (implied)
Summary: The apocalypse is happening and Tony Stark has just been blinded by the enemy. Earth’s remaining heroes must work together to protect their own – and to win a war most have already declared will be humanity’s last.
Warnings: Major character death, violence and permanent injury (blindness), apocalyptic scenery (general destruction and death). Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World compliant (may contain minor spoilers), language.
Word count: 60 817

Title: Down, Not Defeated
Author: darkravenwrote
Artist: kiki_miserychic
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Rating: T
Word Count: 16,632
Spoilers: None, Completely AU
Summary: Article Three of the Peace Treaty between Angels and humanity is dedicated to The Sacrificial Agreement. It states that once every five years, it is an angel’s right to descend from heaven and take one human Sacrifice per celestial being. The collection shall last through one full passing of the lunar cycle and every Sacrifice shall be blessed with a mark from Heaven by their Selector. The angel comes for Sam Winchester on a Thursday. Sammy says the mark is burning and Dean knows it's time.
Warnings: Dystopia. Swearing and lots of it. Stockholm Syndrome. Pre-slash. Part 1 of an unfinished series

Title: Why Couldn't It Be Zombies?
Author: taibhrigh
Artist: colls
Fandoms: The Losers
Pairing/Characters: Jesnen/Cougar
Rating: R/Slash (violence, language, and sexual content)
Big Bang: apocalypsebang
Word Count: 19600+
Summary: Specialist Jake Jensen is assigned a last minute mission that seemed like it was going to be a walk in the park. What he wasn't expecting was the apocalypse that started after, but who really ever expects that?

Title: The Falling World
Author: Tarlan (tarlanx)
Artist: sian1359
Fandom: Eureka
Pairing/Characters: Jack/Nathan
Rating/Category: R/Slash-Violence
Word Count: ~20800
Spoilers: None
Summary: When the rumors started of people falling sick, turning feral, and trying to eat other people reached Jack, he was a three thousand miles from Eureka, having been fired by Eva Thorne a few months earlier. He was also three thousand miles away from a man that he thought he despised until he realized that he wasn't jealous of Nathan marrying Allison, but of Allison marrying Nathan. At the same time, Nathan had just saved the world from a different kind of apocalypse - of the time related variety - and in doing so he realized that it wasn't Allison that he wanted either. He was in love with a man he thought he despised - Jack Carter. Now, with the world descending into the nightmare of a zombie apocalypse, Jack and Nathan find themselves thrown together in a desperate escape from Washington, D.C., and the equally hazardous journey home to Eureka. Notes/Warnings: Mentions canon relationships. Gore and zombie violence!

2015

Title: Valkyrie Profile: Welch
Author: tehexile
Artist: ideare
Fandom: Star Ocean: The Second Story/Valkyrie Profile
Genre: sci-fi/fantasy
Rating: T
Characters: Chisato, Welch, Decus, Surtr, Freya, Shigeo Marsilio, Vesper, Indalecio, Ruprecht, Jibril, Nicolus
Pairings: Decus/Vesper
Summary: After an ill-advised virtual journey into his own unconscious mind, Decus is possessed by Surt. After tragically falling in battle, Welch is chosen as an emergency replacement Valkyrie by Freya in order to go and fight him, alongside two very strange choices of Einherjar. Meanwhile, Vesper un-petrifies Chisato to go and find out where Decus went, sparking even more internal conflict between the Ten Wise Men. Warnings: spoilers, major character deaths, twisted humour with lots of fire and death

Title: Enemy of the World
Author: del_rion
Fandom: The Avengers (MCU)
Timeline: before/after “Age of Ultron”
Genre: Alternate universe, drama
Rating: T / FRT / PG-13
Characters: J.A.R.V.I.S., Tony Stark (Iron Man), Vision, Tony’s bots (DUM-E and U). Also: Bruce Banner (Hulk), James “Bucky” Barnes (Winter Soldier), Happy Hogan, Harley Keener, Pepper Potts, James “Rhodey” Rhodes (War Machine), Steve Rogers (Captain America). Many other MCU characters mentioned.
Pairings: Happy/Pepper, Pepper/Tony (implied/past)
Summary: After a war that lasted for ten grueling years, Ultron has finally been defeated. However, when Tony Stark reappears – presumed dead at the dawn of Ultron’s war on mankind – a frantic struggle begins between those who want to restrain him in order to protect their hard-won peace and Tony’s quest to comprehend how his actions could have allowed this alien future to be born. Complete. Part of Genius, AI & Bots series (a ‘what if?’ AU related to the technopathy AUs and the story “The Ghost Attacks”). Warnings: Canonical violence, language, character death (past/off-screen).