House Big Bang Challenge - Fanlore

House Big Bang is a House, M.D. fandom challenge, in the Big Bang style, started up by Zulu and Thedeadparrot in 2007. They were influenced most directly by the Heroes Big Boom challenge. House fandom produces fewer longer fics on average than most other fandoms, and this was also an incentive. The details of the challenge vary with each iteration, but so far, it has taken place about once per year and has its participants write fic with at least 20,000 words. After the writers turn in their fic, artists produce either images or vids to accompany the stories.

The challenge has been open to all ships and gen, all genres, crossovers, and ratings.

The livejournal community housebigbangers was created for the writers and artists of the challenge to interact.

First Round (2007/2008)

Thirteen stories were turned in for the first round, and nearly thirty pieces of art were created. The published stories were:

- A Distorted Genius by hwshipper: House/Wilson crossed over with Nero Wolfe. "He's a genius, eccentric, lazy, and has three staff to do all the work. And House is just the same. Wilson's been arrested on suspicion of murder, and only Nero Wolfe can help."

- A Joy Forever by bell: House/Wilson. "Wilson's dead, but that doesn't mean he's gone."

- Break Point by Mer: House, Wilson. "Wilson struggles to reconcile past and present in the aftermath of the Tritter investigation, while House just wants to understand."

- Dark Waters by Delphinapterus: House/Wilson/Cuddy. "AU. Wilson has to do a freebie because of a mix up with a race horse. House is just getting back into the game and Cuddy finds both these ghosts from the past showing up at the same time. Things get complicated with two FBI agents are thrown into the mix and Chase finally gets a solo hit."

- Half Life by Blue: House/Wilson, House/OFC. "The world changes forever. House and Wilson must cope."

- How to Skin Your Knees Standing Straight by Fated Addiction: House/Cameron, Cameron/Chase. "That summer, Cameron tries to keep her choices straight. Why should she stay?"

- In For a Pound by Dee: House/Wilson, Sheppard/McKay, House/Wilson/Sheppard/McKay. "Two days, four men, one California King mattress. Sometimes two and two can add up to something more."

- My Brother's Keeper by Shutterbug 12: House, Wilson, Cuddy. "An on-the-job incident forces House to experience his life beyond the visible spectrum; Cuddy and Wilson struggle to guide him through a darkness that neither of them can see and preserve the world that House remembers."

- Strings by Zulu: House/Foreman. "Because after Foreman fucks up, he might actually be teachable. Because House is the best one to knock him down and then show him what a moron he is. 'Because he could be better,' he says, and he hates that it's the truth, that he's telling it to Cuddy like it matters."

- The Open Road by Pun: House/Wilson. "Wilson goes along for the ride."

- The Roots of Rhythm Remain by Sabinelagrande: House/Cuddy/Wilson. "Greg, Lisa, James, and Evan, and how their story goes on."

- Time Marches on by Namaste: Gen. "House once called change one of the greatest tragedies in life. His teams--the old one and the newbies--are learning this even as House himself continues to deal with things he can change, and things he cannot."

- Your Hand in Mine by Hihoplastic: House/Cuddy. "They can say anything to each other, now that there's no tomorrow."

TBD: Summary of the art work.

Second Round (2008/2009)

The second round is still in progress. So far, there have been writer sign-ups and artist sign-ups. The Archive is expected to go live on March 25th, 2009.