Hi everyone!

This is the end of our big bang challenge for this year. Thank you everyone who participated - the writers, artists, betaers, cheerleaders, and the readers. None of this would have been as fun as it has been without you. A special thank you to krazykipper who has helped us to make this a better big bang for everybody.

The Master List will be up soon. Also, if you have any feedback, feel free to leave it here. I would love to hear what worked for everyone, what didn't work, and anything that's on your minds about the challenge. We will be doing this next year and I hope that we see you then!

Title: Family Matters
LJ Username: medjai_trowa
Crossover Fandom: Leverage
Characters: All the usual suspects from both white Collar and Leverage
Rating: FRT
Any Warnings: Past violence to main characters. Mention of abuse of position by the bad guys.
Short Summary: Peter didn’t realise that Neal had a brother. Or that his oldest sister was living so close. Or that this would cause him to need so many antacids. And just why is Nate Ford in town?
Notes: There is no artwork associated with this fic yet. I'm hopeful, but I'm also hopeful that you guys can make your own pretty pictures in your heads as you read! Either way, enjoy! Link is to first chapter, with links in each post.

ETA: sirwynai  did an AWESOME pice of cover art for this fic. Find it HERE

So without further ado, on to the fic!

Title: Therapy
Pairing: El/Peter, otherwise Gen
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 10,715
Spoilers: Season 1, somewhat Season 2
Warnings: Nothing squicky.
Summary: The sequel to The True Story, Neal goes for therapy at the suggestion of Peter and El.
Author's Note: I do not own White Collar or any of its characters. A big thank you to my beta, artist, and partner in crime sirwynai. Her art is here and is amazing.





Therapy Master Post

Author: afiawri
Artist: tinnny
Art: On Tinnny's journal.
Title: Just for Kicks
Pairing: Neal/Kate, Kate/Fowler
Rating: PG13
Word Count: 10,200
Spoilers: Season 1, Kate arc, finale in particular. COMPLETELY disregards season 2.
Warnings: Angst, manipulation, plotting character death
Summary: Kate had always broken things, usually when she was angry. Things, not people. But she’d, beyond a shadow of a doubt, broken Neal. He'd been perfect and in love with her and she'd loved that, but she hadn't loved him, not nearly enough.
Author's Note: I do not own White Collar or its characters.
Thank you: To tinnny I was a complete nightmare to work with; Tinnny was amazing- made no less than seven pieces of art work, including a cover, not including the icon in addition.
To photoash For helping me get this done and being an all around encouraging friend.

Title:Between the Lines
Crossover Fandom: Castle
Pairings: past Neal/Kate, implied Beckett/Castle, current Peter/El with eventual Neal/Peter/El
Rating:NC-17
Spoilers:Vague spoilers for Season 2.1
Warnings: Explicit m/f sex and threesome, angst, excessive charm and hat wearing.
Word Count: 11k
Summary: Neal thought that if he pretended hard enough to hold it together after Kate died, everyone including him would believe it. Too bad, he didn’t take into account that everyone including a novelist could see that he’s anything but okay.
Author’s Note: These FBI agents, consultants, detectives, hats and charm specialists don’t belong to me. I’m merely borrowing them for charm slinging fun. Thank you dearest shadowrider for being a wonderful and thoughtful beta. Giant inspiring thanks to my wonderful artist davincis_girl for going above and beyond the call of duty and being inspiring and generally completely and totally awesome.
Art Master Post:Her master post can be found HERE and said art is also embedded in the story. Go give her some love!

Chapter 1 |

Title: The Blue Court Diamond

Crossover Fandom: Leverage, Magnificent Seven, and Magic Kaitou. It isn't necessary to know all of this, but I thought I would link if people wanted a better idea of who some of these characters are.

Pairing: Peter/Elizabeth.

Rating: PG-13/T

Word Count: 10500

Spoilers: Set after the season 2 finale for White Collar, but only referenced a couple of times. For Leverage, it's set after season 3, although things there aren't really referenced at all. There really isn't a set time for the Magnificent Seven universe, though the team has been together for a while now. For Magic Kaitou, it's set near an AU end of the story, although there really isn't much that can't be learned by reading a couple of chapters of the manga. Or by reading fanfiction, like I've done. :D

Warnings: This is a crackfic.

Summary: The Blue Court Diamond is in New York, the thieves are converging and poor Peter is stuck in the middle.

Author's Note: I do not own White Collar or its characters, I also don't own anything from Leverage, Magnificent Seven, or Magic Kaitou. And then I would like to thank my beta and my artist crescent_gaia for she is awesome. And I would like to thank the mods, because this was an awesome big bang. I've had a great time writing this fic.

Art: Banner and icons!!!!

The Blue Court Diamond Master Post

Title: Caught In The Act
LJ Username: 2_libras
Pairing: Peter/Elizabeth/Neal
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None.
Word Count: 10, 581
Disclaimer: White Collar and its characters are the property of Jeff Eastin and USA Network.
Summary: Peter and Neal and Elizabeth are okay with their separate relationships, but it's even better when they find a way to all be together.

The beautiful artwork for our story by wihluta

Title: Fragile Things
Author: hopenight
Crossover Fandom: BBC's Merlin
Pairing: Neal/Emrys(Merlin), mentioned Peter/El, past Neal/Kate, past Arthur/Merlin with Mozzie, Cruz, and Jones! 
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 12, 567 (with drabbles), 10,469 (without drabbles) 
Spoilers: All of Season One for White Collar, not much background knowledge needed for Merlin Warnings: language
Summary: Sometimes the difference between what you should want and what you really want is distance and time. Neal knows what he wants. Problem is...how does he go about getting it?
Author's Note: I do not own either shows. Insert legal jargon here. Blah blah blah yada yada yada. Many thanks to chosenfire28 for the fantastic art and to PJ (who beta'd but kept giving me weird looks). Included after the main story are five drabbles because these two are too cute to write. :)


MASTERPOST

LINK TO ART 

Title: Occam’s Razor
Pairing: Peter/Elizabeth, Peter/Neal
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 12,263
Spoilers: Takes place somewhere during Season 1, but no specific spoilers.
Summary: Peter has never been able to say no to Neal; but saying yes is much more difficult.

Author's Note: Many many thanks to everyone who helped me through this: gin200168, you are an excellent cheerleader; karaokegal, my writing would be a lot worse without you around. Thank you to the mods of the whitecollar_bb for doing this. Excellent art by canarypaper, who not only did the wonderful banner you see above, but illustrated three separate scenes for me. <3 Having run Big Bangs in the past, I know how much work it takes. You’ve done a fantastic job. Finally, I do not own any of the characters or situations of White Collar.

Part 1 || Part 2 || Art

Title: The Many and Varied Reasons Why Neal Caffrey Should Listen to His Friend Moz
LJ Username: dhrelva
Characters: Neal, Peter, Mozzie, Jones, Cruz, Hughes, June
Pairings: None
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Spoilers: This takes place at some unspecified time during the second half of Season One, with only mild spoilers for Free Fall and a hint of Home Invasion.
Word Count: 26,266
Summary: None of this would have happened if he'd played the alias how Mozzie told him to instead of how he did. Seriously, with all the other stuff he'd done, an honest identity shouldn't be able to get him into this much trouble six years later.

Author's Note: I do not own White Collar or its characters.


Many thanks to sirwynai for her awesome art!

Fake Cut to Story

Hi everyone!

I called the author deadline about a hour and a half ago (In my head lulz) and we are set to go. Everyone who turned in a final draft are good to go with posting. You now have posting access to the journal to post your fic. If you were not in the comm before, you now have been invited and have posting access. Please please please check your emails and if there are any problems, get a hold of me. I'm usually around the computer starting around eleven am CDT (6 pm GMT) and if I'm up earlier, I'm usually answering emails. :) Also, I apologize for the non LJ-cuts. I want to make sure that everyone sees this.

I am putting up the dates again so that everyone knows what is up.

Posting Dates
September 8th -- astra_sequi
September 9th -- krazykipper
September 10th --
September 11th --
September 12th -- hllangel
September 13th -- hopenight
September 15th -- katikat
September 16th -- 2_libras
September 17th -- surreal_44
September 18th -- sirwynai
September 19th -- dapatty
September 20th -- afiawri
September 21st -- crescent_gaia
September 22nd -- medjai_trowa


Now, for your posts, I do ask that you use the following header:

Title: Self explanatory. :D
Crossover Fandom: Only if you have one. :)
Pairing: Your primary pairing, secondary pairing - feel free to put characters here if you have a gen fic.
Rating: Use the rating system you are most comfortable with.
Word Count: Again, self explanatory. :D
Spoilers: For the timeline, but also just in case we have readers not up to speed with season 2 if you're using it. Or even season 1.
Warnings: Please please please use this. If you think you need to put in a warning, put one in. Better to have one than not have one.
Summary: Quick sentence or three about your fic.
Author's Note: Please put the following sentence or some variation of it - I do not own White Collar or its characters. If you have a crossover fandom, put that in as well. This is just so we don't get anybody legal on our butt. Thank your betas and anybody else you need or want to.

Art: Either below or above your fic but it needs to be in the same post. If your artist has not gotten your art to you by the time you post, please put TBP (To Be Posted).


ARTISTS!!! Please get the link to your art to your author so they can post it with their fic! Thank you SO SO Much for doing the art for us!


If there are any questions - comment, email, send smoke signals, but get in contact with me as soon as you can. We ♥ you all for participating!

Hi authors! Today is the last day to get your final draft of the big bang in. Please submit it to whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com. If you have any concerns, please drop us a PM, email, or reply to this post. I am going to be keeping close to the gmail today as well as LJ, so don't hesitate to contact us.

The following authors have final drafts in and are all ready to go with posting:
hopenight
astra_sequi
katikat
krazykipper
dapatty
2_libras
hllangel
afiawri

If you have not signed up for a date to post your big bang fic, please select a date here. If there are any questions, problems, or anything else (hat foolery) - please do not hesitate to get in touch with us. I'm here all day.

Artists - if you're having any problems with getting in touch with authors or if you need anything, feel free to contact us as well. Make sure that you know the date that your author is going to post their fic and just have fun.

Thank you everyone for participating and making this a lot of fun. Don't forget about the White Collar summer finale tonight as well while you're putting finishing touches on your fic or art.

All Authors -- Your Final Draft is Due Tomorrow by Midnight CDT (7 am GMT). If you have not selected a date yet, do so here. The 10th and 12th are still open. If there is a date that you need but there is already a poster, comment for it anyways. Or, if you are not comfortable with that, please PM or email me.

The following authors have their final draft in:
hopenight
astra_sequi
katikat
krazykipper
dapatty

Thank you everyone for participating and we will have our fest of fanfiction and art! If there are any problems, PM me or drop an email at whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com

Hey Everyone!

Authors - T Minus 2 Days to get your fic in. Maybe more like 3. However - get your fic in to us! You have until Midnight on Tuesday and then it's all over!
If you have not heard from your artist, get in contact with us! Pronto! Thank you for all of your hard work as you finish up your drafts.

Artists - If you have not heard from your author - get in contact with us pronto as well! Thank you for all of your hard work.

Do Not Forget to Select A Date!!! -- Go HERE to do so!

Have fun in the last bit of the challenge!

Alright - there's a small change to this, mostly with the final draft due date for the authors. It is now September 7th, because my mind has gone muddy and I crossed the final draft due date with starting to post.

So - All Final Drafts are Due September 7th by Midnight CDT (7 am GMT). Thank you for everyone who has participated so far. Your final draft must be 10,000 words or I will not give you the green light for posting. What will happen is that you will get posting access for the big bang comm and I will give access in just one go. So, when sending in your rough draft, please have your username somewhere in the body of the email. If you have already sent in your final draft - even if you got a reply email saying you're good to go - please send back an email with your username. This just helps me when trying to get everything ready to go.

Now - Date Selection is below. It is First Come, First Served. If there is a date already taken and you need that date, PM me with the subject line of "Date Selection for WC BB" so I know what it is about. Or email us with the same subject in the subject line. We are starting posting September 8th and I won't be amazed on how this will go well with my White Collar crash of no new episodes until wintertime. :D

I know that we might not need all the dates there, but I'm putting them out. If there are dates where we have gaps, that's fine. Also - all authors and artists have until their posting dates to fiddle with their story or art. All I ask is all authors get me a final draft in just so I can check word count.

Thank you and happy selecting!

Dates For Posting
September 8th -- astra_sequi
September 9th -- krazykipper
September 10th --
September 11th --
September 12th -- hllangel
September 13th -- hopenight
September 15th -- katikat
September 16th -- 2_libras
September 17th -- surreal_44
September 18th -- sirwynai
September 19th -- dapatty
September 20th -- afiawri
September 21st -- crescent_gaia
September 22nd -- medjai_trowa

The post is going up before I go to bed tonight - so around 2:30 to 3:30 am. I know that not everyone is going to be up, but it's either that or I forget about doing it all together on Thursday.

Apologies about the lateness of the note, but that's due to insomnia and naps.

Oh - also, the date selection is just going to be for the authors. The artists, when they are done with their work, can just upload it and give the link to their author to put in their master post on their date of selection.

Hope that makes sense - if not, feel free to leave a comment. Sorry about all the changes around here. We don't plan to have them in the next round.

Hi Everyone!

I am sorry that I have been gone so long. It's a combination of depression and family stuff that I won't go into here. I know this says date selection and final drafts, but I also want to talk about another thing.

It came to my attention that an artist did not contact their author. Now, this is fine. Life happens, people drop off the face of the internet and everything. However, I would like to know if there are any authors or artists who have not been in contact with each other. I'm willing to put off the dates for posting for another few weeks if we need to get more artists in for art. I am also willing to do it if authors have not been in touch with artists. This is mostly to reselect authors with artists and everything.

Second thing - we already have two authors who have turned in their final drafts! Woohoo!!! For everyone who has not done so yet - as of right now, all final drafts are due on September 7th. This date is subject to change if we're having a problem of authors to artists or vice versa. But, for right now, the date is September 7th by Midnight CDT (7 am GMT).

Third thing - date selection. This will be up on Thursday around 7 pm CDT (2 am GMT) due to my schedule at the moment. This will be tentative, due to the first point I made. You might see three different lists of selection dates and this will be due to the comments about the first point.

Everyone - thank you for participating so far. I am sorry for being such a flake of a mod and I thank you for putting up with me. We're nearly done and I hope that everyone has had fun along the way.

Cheers!

Hi everyone!

All of the fics have been picked. I'm going to put an author to artist list below so everyone knows who they should contact. Either person can start the contact going.

If you do not hear from your author or artist by Friday at noon, please drop us an email at whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com and we'll see what's happening.

On Wednesday, at 2 am, I will be opening another fic selection post for anybody who did not get their first pick or anybody who wants to take on another fic. Do not feel that you have to, this is just to see if anybody wants to. As for opening it at 2 am, that is to give people overseas a chance to grab fics first. Also, 2 am Central time is 7 am GMT, just so everyone knows.

For artists, You have until September 1st to get some sort of art done. That can be a banner, icons, a fan video, icons, or whatever is striking your fancy.

For everyone - on August 16th at 2 pm CDT (7 pm GMT), there will be a date selection post for dates of posting the art. Since we have thirteen fics, that will run from September 7th to September 20th. I would like to keep it to one fic per day, but if none of the dates work out except for a date that someone else has picked, we'll do two fics. So, author and artist should figure out when the best time for posting will be for you. :)

Also - if you're wondering how you're going to post - on September 6th, we will be opening the community posting to the authors and artists who have gotten their works. It will then be up to the authors/artists to remember their posting date and post on that date. On September 21st, the community will go back to just the mods being able to post. A master post will be up on September 21st.

So, without further ado, the post below.

( The List )

Hi everyone!

We still have three fics left in the Fic Selection Post!! Once those three are picked, there will be a second round of picking if any artist did not get the fic they wanted.

That's all I got. We've got over a month to go before final drafts and art are in. Happy editing and creating!

Hi all! Just some quick things.

We are now closed for authors to get their rough drafts in. We had thirteen people get their fics in and that is great! So we're going to have thirteen days of White Collar fic when September comes around.

Artists - there are still fics to be claimed in the Fic Selection Post. If you are an artist that wishes to claim another fic, we are now allowing that. Also, if anybody is an artist who signed up but you don't have time to be committed to a fic, please leave a comment if you're up to being a pinch hitter.

Everyone - thank you so very much for participating. For the authors who didn't get their drafts in, we hope to see you next round!

And now the post that everyone has been waiting for -- Fic Summaries for the Artist selection! It is first come, first serve. As soon as all fics have been selected, I will open up the fic summaries for another round of selection.

Please do check this post again on Monday morning. It will be updated then with any new fics that come in from authors after the deadline.

( Fic Summaries )

Hi everyone!

Just so everyone knows, this is the second to last day to turn in rough drafts to us at whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com . Please get them in when you can - remember, you have until 10 am CDT on July 16th to get them in. At the moment, we have four drafts in and we cannot wait to get more.

Also, special note - if you have 7K to 8K done of your fic and you don't think you'll get the rest done, please drop us a line. If you feel you can get to 10K with the final draft deadline, we would like you to participate. If you have less than that but still feel you could be done by final draft deadline, please email us or leave a comment here.

Also, if you are using anything from last night's season 2 opener, you need to give a spoiler warning. This is just in case someone hasn't had the time to watch it so artists can pick within their comfort zone.

I hope everyone is having fun writing! If you have any questions, drop us a line. If any authors who have turned in their fic has not gotten a reply about your rough draft, please check your spam folders. We have been sending replies back to say that people are good to go.

Thanks!

P.S. -- I will be sending out an email, just reminding the authors about the due date, so please have whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com on your safe list. I should have done this sooner and I do apologize for it. It's just one of the small bumps in being a first time big bang mod. :)

Two things everyone!

Authors - T minus three days to get your rough drafts in! Please send them whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com and remember to use the header that was in the post below.

Artists - T minus four days to the sign up post where you can pick out what you want to make the art work for. We do not have a lot of artists at the moment - just seven - so either pimp out the comm. Or we might have some artists take on two works if they're up for it. :D

Everyone - Tomorrow is the season 2 premiere of White Collar on USA! It's now at 9pm EDT/8 pm CDT.

Also, if you need to vent or anything else, please join us at wcbbvent.

Hi Everyone!

This is mainly for the authors to tell them that there is one week to finish up the rough drafts. For a quick summary, we're just making sure you have a beginning, an end, and at least 10K words. All rough drafts must go to the email of whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com and yes, you can turn in your rough drafts early. We do ask that you attach the document to the email and that the document either be in Word 97-2003 or a format that is computable to that. Also, please include the following header:

LJ Username:
Title (Working or otherwise):
Characters/Pairings:
Rating:
Any Warnings:
Short Summary:

We're asking for this to make up the artist post that will be going up on July 16th. So all drafts must be in no later than 9 am CDT on July 16th. I'm allowing a bit of leeway because I will not be up to making the artist post until then.

Also, if you know an artist, please point them towards the artist post. We only have seven sign ups at the moment. We might be having the artists double up, if they're up for it. We're also entertaining the thought of, if there aren't a lot of artists, asking if people want to make their own art/opt out of art. We really don't want to, but it might be the case if there are not enough artists to go around. The sign up posts for artists is here.

Also, we have a beta post up for anyone who wants to sign up for being a beta. That post is here.

If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to ask them either here or in our vent comm at wcbbvent. Happy writing to our authors and don't forget the premiere of season 2 of White Collar happens July 13th!

We are proud to announce that we have stolen back the artist sign ups that Neal stole. Rest assured that Neal is too busy getting ready for the White Collar premier on the 13th to steal them again.

Check out the rules portion for the artists and then sign up here. Follow along with crescent_gaia's sign up with your artsy likes and dislikes and so on as well as contact info.

Also, Writers, it's 10 days til the 15th when the rough drafts are due! And there's a vent comm where you are more than welcome to post in!

So, in ten days (where did the time go?!), the authors will be turning in their rough drafts. They will then need to edit them and will need the help of betas. Peter is letting the betas go forth and, as such, please sign up in the comments to be a beta.

When signing up, please give your user name, the best way to contact you (LJ PM, email, smoke signals), pairings that you like, the kinks you like, and what you will not read.

Thank you!

No, we aren't. However, sirwynai just graduated a few days ago so she was busy with school. RL exploded for me, but we won't really talk about that. :)

Writers! I hope everything is going well. It's been a month and a half since sign ups but they are still open. Feel free to tell your friends. :D

Artists! I will have a sign up post for you up shortly. I am sorry that it took so long, but as said, RL exploded.

Do not forget about wcbbvent for all your venting needs. Please join us there.

Happy writing!

That's right everyone - we are now open for Author Sign Ups! We are in our first year, but we are very happy to have everyone who is going to be along for the ride. That includes even the people who are going to just be reading and hopefully cheering people on as we go on. Also, we have a very nice new layout, thanks to tinnny. :) Much <3.

If you have having problems viewing the entries in the style, please email us or leave a comment about it. You will not hurt anybody's feelings, because we need to know.

Here's a quick review of our timeline:
Sign Ups Begin: April 1st - Today!!! :)
Author's Drop Out Date: July 10th
Author Sign Ups End: July 15th
Fic Rough Draft Due: July 15th
Artists Pick Fic: July 16th
Art/Vid/Mix Drop Out Date: August 15th
Artists Sign Ups End: August 15th
Final Fic Due: August 30th
Art/Vid/Mix Due: August 30th
Posting Starts: September 4th

And now, writers - quickie review of the rules.

Rules for Writers
1. Fics must be at least 10,000 words or longer of gen, het, or slash fanfiction. At this time, we are not considering RPF or RPS. If you feel we should, please contact us at whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com
2. The story must be centered around White Collar characters but don't feel like you have to use all of them. So this means Peter, Neal, Elizabeth, Mozzie, Kate, June, Agent Jones, Agent Cruz, Special Agent in Charge Reese Hughes (Peter's boss), Fowler, and Alex. Have fun with these characters. Crossovers are allowed but please make sure it centers around White Collar. For example per the season finale, you could crossover White Collar and In Plain Sight (show about Witness Protection on USA), but the focus should be on Neal.
3. There will be check in posts. Please try to remember to post to them, but if you miss them, don't sweat it. We're just check in to see what everyone needs within reason. I am not getting everyone their own Neal. You're on your own for that.
4. Your Rough Draft is due on July 15th. This is when we are closing sign ups. There will be an official author drop out post on July 10th. If you need to drop out at any time, email us at whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com or leave a comment somewhere.
5. Fics as part of a series are allowed as long as they are stand alone fics. That means they can stand on their own merit and the reader doesn't have to read a previous fic in order to understand what you're writing.
6. You are not allowed to post your fic publicly either in whole or part before your posting date. Posting starts on the 4th of September - please wait until then.

Alright, I think that's everything. Artists, we will have a post for you to sign up in about a week or two. This is so nothing clumps together. And we'll probably ask you to pimp the comm to your artist friends. :D You can do that now if you want, artists and authors. Now, onto the form. Yes, there is a silly question down there, but it's a bit to break the ice as well.

<b>Your username:</b> <b>Author's name if you want to go by that:</b> <b>Email:</b> <b>An idea of what you might write</b> <b>Type of Fic - Gen, Het, Slash:</b> <b>Possible Pairings:</b> <b>Your favorite moment of White Collar from this season:</b>


Alright, sign up and have fun! Happy writing!