Hi All, our Comm Annibirthday is coming up - the be_compromised livejournal was created 6th May (first post 7th May) 2012. We’ve reached teenage status (13)!

In the spirit of gift giving and spreading some fandom joy, appreciation, and encouragement: let’s gift some comments. Taking place from now until the end of May see how many squares you can cross off on the bingo card below. Share in the comments, on tumblr, on discord, or wherever you like. Let us know if you score a row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) or a full house. Comments can be on anything, not just Clint/Natasha works (apart from the clintasha specific square). All fun, no pressure.

Feel free to also continue this after May, but - as those doing the WIP challenge know - sometimes setting a deadline helps with getting things done :D

Suggestions For Leaving Comments

If you're feeling stuck here's some suggestions for leaving comments. Feel free to share guides and other top tips:

If you reached the end of a fic, lingered looking at fan art, or watched a fan vid to the end, then just simply saying that you liked it will very much be appreciated! If you'd like to expand on that, you could add one/a few things that stood out that you liked. And if you liked it enough that you decided to bookmark it to view again, the creator would love to hear that too.

> I really liked this! / I really enjoyed this! / Thank you for writing this!
> I liked when... / I especially liked... / I loved the bit where... Could be with a brief explanation of the part you mean, or you could just copy and paste your favourite line(s). For art and other creative works maybe you liked the colours, the way the character's hair was drawn, the timing of the music and the visuals in a fanvid.
> This part made me laugh... / Argh, it was so sad when... Creators love to hear your reactions. That can be copy and pasting lines and then adding 'I loved this!', 'ARGH', Clint, no. CLINT, YES.', an emoji...
> I've bookmarked this to appreciate again / I loved this so much, it's one I'll reread! / I've watched this vid ten times and I'm gonna watch it again
> Or you can take a page from the lovely firlalaith's book and leave a string of hearts: 💜💜💜

If you have any questions please comment in the questions comment thread below or @ a mod in the discord. As always, be kind and have fun. Happy Annibirthday folks!

With huge thanks to aster / achers_and_spies for creating it, your bingo card is:



Bingo card text listed/described in full below the cut:
( Bingo Card Text Version behind the cut )

As part of the small/short challenges throughout the year request on the comm discord and as suggested on the WIP Challenge discord chat, welcome to a mini challenge of 3 sentence fics / drabbles!

How to play:

1) Leave a (short) prompt in a comment. You can leave as many prompts as you like, but please put each prompt in a seperate comment. The more prompts the better.

2) To fill prompts, reply to the prompt comment with either a three sentence fic OR a drabble (100 words). Grammar can be suspect, but fills must be exactly THREE sentences long OR 100 WORDS long ONLY! You can reply to as many prompts as you like and prompts can have multiple fills. You can even reply to your own prompts. Or reply to other people's fills. The more writing the better.

3) Some guidance: fills should be Marvel themed, but can include any characters or relationships. Fills must be 3 sentences or 100 words because that's the challenge, but otherwise this is a low-pressure, laid back event. You can leave prompts without posting fills, you can post fills without leaving prompts, and you can absolutely comment and squee all over the place. There's no deadline, except that eventually we'll run out of steam. You don't need a DW account to play, but if not you might want to include a name in your comment so people know who to direct appreciation at.

BONUS/ALTERNATIVE: WIP Challenge

For those taking part in the WIP Challenge also or instead of filling prompts there will be a thread where you can comment with three sentences or 100 words from your WIP, or as a warm up for your WIP (e.g. something to help you learn more about a character, a moment from another point of view, something from the past that isn't actually in the fic...)

If you have any questions, feel free to ask a mod in the Questions/General Comments top thread below!


For those wondering what 'ATTF' means in the title - ATTF stands for 'All The Things Friday'. These are posts that traditionally go up on a Friday and last at least the weekend. They're a focal point for some community engagement, which can range from a writing/creating challenge, to recs, discussion, or anything else fandom related. Each ATTF has some general rules (updated slightly from past events):

Things to remember:
1) As available in more detail in the general community rules, all fic / fanworks must have a rating and warnings OR 'no rating' and 'choose not to warn'.
2) If a comment contains a very long fic or is graphics/images heavy consider posting behind a cut, or posting the full thing elsewhere with a summary and link in the comment instead.
3) Keep this a positive space and have fun!

The WIP Challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to FINISH a work-in-progress (WIP) by midnight (whatever your timezone) Sunday 15 June 2025.

HOW TO PLAY

Comment to this dreamwidth post before the deadline with:

> Title
> Author/Your online handle(s)
> Rating (ie. film ratings or AO3 style ratings)
> Any warnings OR you can say ‘choose not to warn’ (think about the AO3 warnings or take a look at our comm guidance if you’re stuck)
> A link to your completed WIP (or a photograph, video etc. depending on the type of creative work)

(You don't need a dreamwidth account to take part; you can comment anonymously, you just won't be able to edit your comment so double check before you submit.)

That's literally it. You will win: the wonderful feeling of having completed something, and your creation on a masterlist at the end of this event that you can share wide and far to celebrate your success.

For optional fun and support: we will be taking over the 'wips-exchange' discord channel on the community discord with mini challenges, top tips, chat, and to support each other during this event. You don't have to be part of our community or be in the comm discord to take part, but you're very welcome to join us if you'd like!


WHAT COUNTS AS A WIPs FOR THIS CHALLENGE?

Your WIP can be writing, art, video, a craft project, or anything at all. You might have already started posting/sharing your WIP or not. There's no length or difficulty requirement or any criteria for your WIP or what 'finished' looks like to you. If you don't have a work-in-progress but would like to play, you could pick an idea/project that you've been meaning to start but just haven't gotten around to. This is entirely on the honour system and we won't be checking. The aim is just to get that joy of completing something. This is a no-pressure, fun event.

Since we're a community for fans of Clint Barton and/or Natasha Romanoff, it's likely that these characters or this pairing will feature in a lot of our community's WIPs and I think the majority of our WIPs will be fanfic, but everyone and everything is welcome.


RULES

1) Our community rules apply to this event and everyone taking part in it. You do not need to be a member of our community or have a dreamwidth account (or any other specific account) to be involved.

2) As in the community rules, please do include in your comment a rating and a warning/'no warning applies'/'choose not to warn'. Consider also including a warning for spoilers of any media that's been released in the last 6 months; not everyone has Disney+ or can get to the cinema.

Thank you!


If you have any questions please comment in in the 'Questions' thread at the top of this post or contact a mod - inkvoices, CloudAltas aka franztastisch, and gsparkle.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the February 2025 Mini Promptathon! A masterlist is available below and on tumblr; if there's anything incorrect or missing, please just let me know.

As usual, you can still create fills for any of the prompts for this event. If you feel inspired, please share! We won't be including any later fics in this masterlist, but we'd love to see what you come up with.



Mini Promptathon 2025 Masterlist

50 Ways To Leave Your Partner (Dead) by chaed
(T; no warnings)
Prompt: *flirting* if you had to kill me how would you do it?

Anything for Love | AO3 by ultra_fic
(G/K; no warnings apply)
Prompt: "I'd do anything for you." Romantic, or terrifying?

and i run (love, run) | AO3 by sleepymaddy
(General Audiences; no warnings)
Prompt: Sometimes you just have to disappear for a while

Assassin's Honour | AO3 by alphaflyer
(T; no warnings)
Prompt: Yelena gets her heartbroken. She heads to her Sister for comfort but Nats away on a mission. So she has to settle for Clint instead.

Double Dare | AO3 by ultra_fic
(PG/K+; no warnings apply)
Prompt: “If I ask you to kiss me in front of all these people, will you do it?"

Double Truth | AO3 by ultra_fic
(PG-13/T; no warnings apply)
Prompt: “If I ask you to kiss me in front of all these people, will you do it?" Sequel to Double Dare.

Galentine's Day by alphaflyer
(General; no warnings apply)
Prompt: Natasha is introduced to Galentine's Day.

Goodnight, Sleep Tight | AO3 by kiss_me_cassie
(PG; no warnings)
Prompt: All Clint needs to crash out after a rough mission is a semi-flat surface (optional), greasy food (non-negotiable), and a can of beer (preferably cold). Natasha, on the other hand, has a whole pre-sleep ritual that could double as a mission checklist before she even thinks about that 13-hour recovery nap.

Here Now | AO3 by firlalaith
(PG; no warnings)
Prompt: From the discord chat: The owl in the Christmas tree, in the Hawkeye tv show, is Natasha. (Natasha haunting Clint in owl form, Natasha gifted/cursed, Natasha as a shapeshifter...?)

i'm not gonna teach him how to dance with you by gsparkle
(T; no warnings)
Prompt: Clint & Natasha have been soulmate type BFFs for so long, but when one (or both) of them starts a romance with someone, obviously, it's going to change things.

"Its not who you are, its what I'm not" by redbirdb3lla
(PG; no warnings but angsty)
Prompt: I love you, it's ruining my life

More Than A Team | AO3 by ultra_fic
(G/K; no warnings apply)
Prompt: "we'll figure it out together"

NPC | AO3 by inkvoices
(PG; MCU Endgame compliant)
Prompt: So Clint & Kate or Clint/Kate are my obsession right now. I'd love to see a supernatural something with Natasha's spirit watching over Clint. Because honestly, I don't think she'd be able to just leave him to his own devices, no matter how competent he is.

NPC Part 2 by alphaflyer
(PG; MCU Endgame compliant)
Prompt: So Clint & Kate or Clint/Kate are my obsession right now. I'd love to see a supernatural something with Natasha's spirit watching over Clint. Because honestly, I don't think she'd be able to just leave him to his own devices, no matter how competent he is.

On the Edge (With You) by kiss_me_cassie
(PG: incomplete, no warnings)
Prompt: Pole dance - AU a good excuse for Clint to have bruises

Oxygen Is A Scam by chaed
(G, no warnings)
Prompt: Acclimatisation (interpret at will!)

Purgatory by redbirdb3lla
(T+; no warings, poly - Clint/Nat/Bucky)
Prompt: we just had a one-night stand but a massive storm hit so now we’re snowed in, hello awkward

The Canadian Crisis | AO3 by inkvoices
(Teen and Up; tongue-in-cheek political references)
Prompt: Secretary Pearce orders SHIELD to invade Canada. Clint tips off Deadpool and Wolverine.

The Privilege is Mine | AO3 by inkvoices
(Teen and Up; injury and non-specific talk of assisted dying in part ‘FOUR’)
Prompt: *flirting* if you had to kill me how would you do it?

through the sleepless night | AO3 byarchers_and_spies
(T; no warnings)
Prompt: All Clint needs to crash out after a rough mission is a semi-flat surface (optional), greasy food (non-negotiable), and a can of beer (preferably cold). Natasha, on the other hand, has a whole pre-sleep ritual that could double as a mission checklist before she even thinks about that 13-hour recovery nap.

Written on My Heart | AO3 by kiss_me_cassie
(Teen; no warnings, poly - Clint/Nat/Laura)
Prompt: Poly - someone in the relationship decides to organised them, with a google calendar or something, to make sure everyone gets time with each other no one feels left out, no one worries if someone is on a mission, and what have you. This could either work out well or comically not.

February has arrived and that means it's time for our annual mini promptathon!

What is this? It’s like the big summer promptathon, only a shorter version. It's a fun, no-pressure event where you can post zero to as many prompts as you like, zero to as many fills as you like, and join in the squee or just quietly enjoy the fun.

This year we're returning to one of our classic promptathon themes of love and joy. You can use any interpretation of these themes in your prompts and/or fills if you like - romantic, valentines, platonic, friendship, supporting each other, celebrations - but the point is that this is a little celebration of fandom love and joy itself.



Timeline

Now: we're open for prompts
Sunday 9 February: you can start leaving fills (and continuing prompting)
Midnight (whatever your timezone) Friday 28 February: February is over and so is mini promptathon

How To Play

1. Leave your prompt in a comment to this post. Please post each prompt in its own seperate comment. Prompts can be anything. You can re-use prompts from past events if you like, whether they were filled or not. You can leave as many prompts as you like. (Yes, seriously.)

2. You can post fills for prompts at any time from Sunday 9 February by replying in a comment to the prompt. The subject line of your comment should be: FILL: title, rating.

At the start of your comment please include:
> Title
> Your online handle(s) (if you don't have a dreamwidth account)
> Rating (ie film ratings or AO3 style ratings)
> Any warnings OR you can say ‘choose not to warn’ (think about the AO3 warnings or take a look at our comm guidance if you’re stuck)

You can post your entire fanwork in the comment if it’s short enough AND/OR you can post your fanwork anywhere else on the internet and post a link to it in your comment.

Following these guidelines 1) makes it easier for people to find your fills during the event as a one-stop shop, and know what they’re clicking on and 2) makes it a LOT easier for your mods to create a masterlist at the end, without missing any of your fills. Thank you!

There’s no length requirement on fanworks submitted and you can create any type of fanwork. You can fill as many prompts as you want, and prompts can be filled multiple times by whoever wants to fill them. If you don't manage to finish your fill during the event, please do still share, it just won't be counted in the masterlist.

3. Sharing the joy! If you post your fill on tumblr, tag the comm and we'll reblog. If you’re posting on AO3, we have a ‘Community: be_compromised’ tag. And we'll post a masterlist of all fills on dreamwidth and tumblr after the event.

Rules

1) Our community rules apply to this event and everyone taking part in it. You do not need to be a member of our community or have a dreamwidth account (or any other specific account) to be involved.

2) As in the community rules, all fills must have a rating and a warning/'no warning applies'/'choose not to warn'. Consider including a warning for spoilers of any media that's been released in the last 6 months; not everyone has Disney+ or can get to the cinema.

3) We ask for fills to contain at least a mention of Clint and/or Natasha in some way because we love them, but the whole, wide Marvel Universe is yours to play in. We welcome other characters and pairings (and threesomes or moresomes).

Thank you!

If you have any questions please comment in in the 'Questions' thread at the top of this post or contact a mod - inkvoices, CloudAltas aka franztastisch, and gsparkle. You're also very welcome to join us on Discord and tumblr.

<3

Thank you to everyone who took part in this year’s holiday fic exchange, from writers to beta readers to all you lovely people who leave comments. With an especial shout out to our heroic pinch hitters, Alphaflyer, Caitriona_3, and kiss_me_cassie!

All gifts and authors have now been revealed, both on AO3 and on the masterlist (here and on tumblr). You’re now free to post, share, and link to your gifts wherever you like! If you could in some way link back to the exchange or the community, to direct people to all of the other wonderful fics as well, that would be appreciated.

If you feel inspired to fill any other prompts, or create stocking fillers or non-participant fills, please feel free. These just won’t be included as part of the Secret Santa exchange or on the masterlists.

From all your be_compromised mods, we hope you have a happy holiday season and wish you all the best for the new year. See you in 2025! ~ inkvoices, gsparkle & CloudAtlas <3

( Secret Santa 2024 Masterlist )

Hi All, masterlist for this year's Halloween Treat or Treat Prompt Challenge below. Thank you for playing and hope you enjoyed spooky season!

Scooby Dooby Doo by firlalaith
(Teen and Up; 491 words, Clint/Nat)
Prompts: 8 Werewolf, 8 Trick-or-Treating
Summary: Natasha and Clint go trick or treating.

Two Sides of One Coin by caitis_musings
(Teen; moodboard)
Prompts: 1 Bats, 1 Orange

Unexpected Partnership by caitis_musings
(Teen; moodboard)
Prompts: 2 Mystery, 2 Magic

Welcome to this year's Halloween Trick or Treat Prompt Challenge! PLEASE READ HOW TO PLAY BEFORE LOOKING BEHIND THE CUT OR SCROLLING DOWN

How To Play:

Behind the cut is a list of 10 'Trick' prompts and 10 'Treat' prompts. These are mostly simple one or two word prompts. Tricks are darker (eg Blood, Graveyard) and Treats are lighter (eg Harvest, Cosy) but you can interpret them however you like.

You can:
- Choose a Trick or Treat and pick a number from 1 to 10 BEFORE you look at the prompts for a suprise prompt.
- Look at the prompts and then choose one that you'd like to create for or feel inspired by.
- Choose multiple prompts before or after you look at them.
- Or any other way you can think of playing that ends up with you having at least one prompt from the list below. (Ask a friend to pick for you. Roll a dice. Have fun with it!)

Once you have your prompt(s), your challenge is to create a fill. This can be fanfic, art, moodboards, fanvids, podfic... absolutely anything you like.

You can post your fill in a comment to this post or absolutely anywhere you like. Please comment to this post with at least: a title, author name, rating, any warnings or 'choose not to warn', and a LINK to your fill or your complete fill. (This is so people know what they're clicking on and so we can create a masterlist at the end!)

You can post your fills any time from now until 18:00 GMT Sunday 3 November. (Which means you can post before Halloween, on Halloween, and up to the weekend after.) If you've not filled your prompt by then, Halloween has gone, whoosh, don't worry about it because Secret Santa is around the corner...


Also, if you post any fills, links to fills, or halloween recs you think would relevant to our interests please use the 'clintasha' tag and/or tag be_compromised so we can reblog on the comm tumblr, where we have been busy queuing autumn and halloween themed fun for you for the next few weeks - along with any whumptober and other event things we spot!


Rules:

- The rules of the Comm apply. As a reminder, this includes providing a rating and either 'no warnings apply' / 'choose not to warn' / provide warnings (ie as on AO3) so no one gets an unwanted scare.

- We're a community for fans of Clint Barton aka Hawkeye and Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow, individually as well as paired together as friends, partners, lovers, spouses, or any combination. For this challenge we welcome all things Marvel, including other characters and pairings (and threesomes or moresomes), although we'd ask for Clint or Natasha to feature in there somewhere.

- You can choose and fill as many tricks and treats as you like, or just stick with one. Multiple people can choose the same prompt/s. You can pick a Trick AND a Treat and combine them in one prompt if you like, or write one for each. You can combine multiple prompts. You can write just one prompt, or you can complete one and then come back for more. Whatever you choose!

- There's no minimum word count or the art equivalent for creations. For example, fics can be flash fics or three setences. There's also no maxium - if you feel inspired to write a longer fic or rec multiple things, please feel free. However, this is a no pressure, short challenge!

- You don't need to be a member of the community to take part. You don't need a dreamwidth account to take part, but if you comment anonymously to this post please do include some kind of online handle so we can credit you for your fill.

- There is a comment thread at the top of this post for any questions, comments, and any halloween type recs that you would like to share.

- Have fun!

( Halloween Trick or Treat Prompts Behind The Cut )

Hi All, just to note that all Secret Santa Assignments have now gone out to participants via AO3.

If you haven't received your Assignment, first please check your spam folders and filters for messages from AO3, then please check your AO3 account dashboard - it will be in 'Assignments' in the menu on the lefthand side. If you're still having problems please let me know ASAP!

Almost everyone taking part has been matched to an assignment from their Choices made on the SS Choices Post. As a reminder, the ask in this exchange is to use one (or more) of the prompts requested by the person you have been assigned as inspiration for writing them a gift fic, and to avoid their 'No Thank You's. You don't have to use any of the additional information that they may have provided, but it's there in case it helps. Similiar, you can play with more than one of their prompts if you like. Have fun!

Please submit your completed gift to AO3 by 16:00 GMT Monday 9 December. You can do this by going to your assignments on your AO3 account, selecting 'fulfil', and then posting your fic as normal. Submitted fics will be moderated and remain hidden and anonymous until fic reveals, at which point the authors will still remain anonymous until author reveals at the end.

If you have any issues throughout the exchange please contact a mod - inkvoices, CloudAltas/franztastisch, or gsparkle. If at any point during this exchange you feel you won’t be able to submit your gift by the deadline please let us know straight away. We don’t yell, we just want to make sure that everyone who participates gets a gift and that everyone taking part in all ways has as few worries as possible. We may be able to offer you an extentsion, or you can default and we can organise a pinch hitter. If you don't contact us by the submission deadline we'll assume that you've defaulted, but the earlier you speak to us the better!

A reminder that you can feel free to let people know that you're taking part in Secret Santa, but keep your assignment (with the exception of any beta readers) and your own sign up details anonymous please until reveals at the end.

And sign ups to pinch hit remain open!

Happy Writing!

(Please note, comments to this post are NOT screened.)

Hello to everyone who's signed up to Secret Santa this year! (Also a shout out to the people who have volunteered so far to pinch hit if needed, thank you <3 )

The next step is to make your choices, which we'll use to help match people up.

Below is an anonymised list of what the 21 people (!!!) who have signed up have said that they would like to receive as a gift in this year’s Secret Santa exchange (taken from the Details/Description section of the AO3 sign ups). Each bold number (ie ONE) is an individual request, containing a number of prompts and possibly a 'yes please' and 'no thank you' note. The ask here is to select which are the top four requests that you would like to write for. You do not have to write for everything in a request, but which four contain ideas that you would like to play with?

Please can everyone taking part in this exchange reply (by commenting) to this post by 16:00 GMT Sunday 20th October with:

1) Your AO3 user name /handle
2) Your FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, and FOURTH choices for which requests (from the list of twenty-one below) that you'd ideally like to write for.

For example:
inkvoices
FIRST: THREE
SECOND: SIX
THIRD: NINE
FOURTH: TWELVE

All comments to this post will be screened to keep your replies anonymous. You don't need a DW account to comment. If you have any questions please reply to the questions/comments thread at the top of this post where we will unscreen comments in order to reply.

You should have received an email notification from be_compromised@hotmail.com to your AO3 email address that this post has gone live. If not, please check your spam and enable messages from this email address as we will use it to send updates throughout the exchange. You will also receive email notifications from AO3.

A few things to note:
- You're not guaranteed your choices, but we'll use your choices to match people up as much as possible!
- You have until 16:00 GMT Sunday 20th October to comment with your choices, otherwise we'll do our best to match you up based on the information you've provided on AO3.
- If everyone comments with their choices before the deadline then we’ll try to send assignments out earlier if offline life permits!
- Your assignment will be sent to you via AO3, using the email address you have on AO3. Please check your spam folder and your AO3 account to make sure you receive an assignment.

And onwards to the requests…
( Secret Santa 2024 Choices behind the cut )

Hi All and welcome to Secret Santa 2024!

This is a Clint Barton and/or Natasha Romanoff end of year fic exchange where matching is based on prompts and everything is anonymous until the author reveals at the end. You don't need to be a member of the be_compromised community to take part, however almost all of the exchange will be taking place on AO3, so you will need an AO3 account; if you don't have one and would like an invite code please contact a mod. Prompt Choices is the one element that will be done on dreamwidth.

Whilst this is labelled a 'Secret Santa' as it takes place in the run up to Christmas, fics do NOT have to be related to Christmas, New Year, winter etc. We welcome celebrations of other holidays and no theme at all. However we understand if you would rather not take part due to the labelling. We wish you all a happy holiday season <3

HOW TO TAKE PART IN THE EXCHANGE:

1) SIGN UP HERE AT AO3.

In the REQUEST section in 'Details/Description' you must include: at least 4 prompts and no more than 6. These can be anything! From a one word prompt like 'kisses' to a specific AU idea. Past Secret Santa prompts (such as 2023 here) or promptathon prompts (2024 here) may be helpful if you get stuck. If you really don't mind what gift you receive then please feel free to say so, but you MUST leave at least 4 prompts for your giftee to have something to work with.

You are also welcome to include in the 'Details/Description' section:
- a Yes Please note: a brief list of things you like that aren't as specific as a prompt, such as a preference for the comics or film, sexy times, female friendships, hurt/comfort etc. Your gift giver isn’t obliged to use them, but it can help give them some ideas.
- a No Thank You note: anything that you really do not want, such as character death, angst, fluff, anything that might be triggering for you etc. Feel free to specify if some things are just a rather not and some are no-way, not-ever.

Matching will be based on the information from the 'Details/Description' section ONLY. Optional: you can use 'Ratings', 'Archive Warnings' and 'Categories' to list all those that you would be comfortable receiving. You can use 'Characters', 'Relationships', and 'Tags' to select things that you like (from all canonical AO3 tags). As above, your gift giver is not obliged to consider or use these, but it may help them with ideas.

In the OFFER section the only thing you need to complete is the 'Details/Description' with:
- I'd Rather Not: things that you don’t really like to create or feel uncomfortable with, anything you don’t feel confident in writing or a genre that isn’t your strength. As we have also been running this exchange for a while, also if there are any people you've written for a lot of times before that you'd rather not write for again this year.
- Absolutely Not: Things that are an absolute no for you, such as anything triggering, character death, things that you will not do.

2) The prompts and any additional notes you included in the 'Details/Description' section for your REQUEST will be anonymised and posted to the community dreamwidth. You MUST reply in a comment to that Choices Post (comments will only be visible to the mods) with your top three picks of which requests you’d like to create for. You don't need a dreamwidth account to do this; you can comment using OpenID or anonymously, however please remember to include your AO3 handle in your comment so we know who you are! (More information will be available in the Choices Post.) This will be available as soon as possible following the closing of sign ups until 16:00 GMT Sunday 20 October. (If all participants comment earlier we will try to get matching and assignments out faster.)

3) Your prompt choices will be used by the mods to do manually match participants in the exchange. We can't guarantee that you’ll get your choices, but we’ll do our best keep to your choices as much as possible! Where there are any issues with matching or where participants have not commented to the prompt choices post as in (2) we will use your OFFER notes to help with matching and avoid your 'Absolutely Nots'. (In rare cases you may get a request that has something it in from your ‘rather not’ section that you can ignore, because the request has other prompts in it or because it’s not a deal breaker for the requester, but these are things that we will make sure you don’t get in your assignment if we can absolutely help it.)

4) Assignments will be sent out and you'll have until 16:00 GMT Monday 9 December to submit your gifts (which aims to cover our usual 'midnight on the Sunday whatever your timezone).

5) We will reveal gifts in the week leading up to Christmas (aiming for 16 to 19 December; exact dates to be confirmed depending on any pinch hit requirements) and authors will be revealed the weekend before Christmas (aiming for 22 to 24 December).

You can also sign up as a pinch hitter for this event as well as or instead of taking part in the main exchange on dreamwidth here.

And/or you can volunteer to be a beta reader in the community discord Writing Help channel, create clintasha graphics and art to inspire and keep us going, and cheerlead - what would fandom be without cheerleaders?! We LOVE comments and encouragement and all the great stuff that makes this comm the place it is <3

TIMELINE:

SIGN UP: from now until 16:00 GMT Monday 14 October.
CHOICES POST: will go up as soon as possible and be available until 16:00 GMT Sunday 20 October.
ASSIGNMENTS SENT OUT: we aim to have these to you within the following few days. (If all participants make their choices earlier, then we'll aim to get assignments out earlier!)
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 16:00 GMT Monday 9 December. (This is to allow time for pinch hitting if/where needed.)
GIFT POSTING/REVEALS: Dependent on if participants submit on time / any pinch hit requirements, we aim to reveal gifts somewhere between 16 to 19 December.
AUTHOR REVEALS: We aim to reveal authors 22 to 24 December, giving readers some time to read gifts before we do this.

RULES:

1) We're a community for fans of Clint Barton aka Hawkeye and Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow, individually as well as paired together as friends, partners, lovers, spouses, or any combination. We welcome all things Marvel, including other characters and pairings (and threesomes or moresomes). For this exchange, at least ONE of your prompts MUST focus on Clint/Natasha or Clint & Natasha, OR be a generic prompt to enable everyone who takes part to have a prompt they know that they can fill. All gifts should include Clint and/or Natasha in some capacity.

2) Fics must be a MINIMUM of 1,000 words and should be no more than 10,000 words.

3) Please treat everyone with respect. This includes no character bashing or ship wars. (Saying what you like: yes. Disparaging what other people like: no.) Bigotry will not be tolerated. Our community is a positive fandom space.

4) No plagarism. For the purposes of this exchange, we also ask that you do not use AI or chatbots to create fics. We are interested in what YOU create, and in what YOU put your time and effort into.

5) As we're a community primarily focussed on fictional characters, we ask you please not to post any Real Person Fanfiction.

6) All fics must include a rating and either appropriate AO3 warnings OR choose not to warn if/as applicable.

7) This is an anonymous exchange, so don’t reveal who your giftee is until after the reveals! Please feel free to let people know that you're taking part, however please don't link to a gift letter, share your prompts, post your gift elsewhere, identify yourself in an author note, or otherwise reveal yourself until the author reveals at the end of the exchange. For people who have taken part in our annual exchange before, a reminder to please make sure your request/prompts are different to in previous years to keep things anonymous!

ANY QUESTIONS?

We will maintain an FAQ on AO3 for this exchange. If you would like to ask any questions we've not already thought of or to contact a mod you have a few options:

1) For anonymous queries: reply to this post. All comments will be screened to keep you and your question anonymous. Mods will not be able to reply to your comment without unscreening it, so please include how you would prefer us to reply and the relevant contact information. This could be as a dreamwidth private message, a message on discord, or an email address. We will keep an eye on comments to this post throughout the exchange.

2) For general queries that wouldn't reveal your offer/request information and that you're comfortable sharing: reply to the general Questions/Comments/Chat thread at the top of the comments in this post. All comments in this thread will be unscreened. (This needs to be done manually by the mods, so bear with us.)

3) To contact a mod directly: the best place to find a mod for Secret Santa is in a reply to this post or to @ or private message one of us on the community discord. You can also message the be_compromised tumblr account or message one of us on any platform that you spot us, although that may take a little longer for us to see. Your mods are inkvoices, franztastisch aka CloudAtlas on tumblr and discord, and gsparkle.

Happy writing!

It takes a community to support an exchange! If you’d like to pinch hit for the be_compromised Secret Santa gift exchange 2024 in addition to participating, or instead of participating, please comment to this post with the following:

Your email address: Your AO3 user name/handle: Absolutely Not: (Things that are an absolute no for you, such as anything triggering, character death, certain ratings, things that you will not do) Kinda Like: (No guarantees, but we can try to match you to something you'd like!)

Comments to this post will be screened. If you have any questions please reply to the questions/comments thread at the top and we will un-screen those manually to reply. (We are not able to reply to comments here without un-screening them.)

The deadline for the Secret Santa exchange is 16:00 GMT Monday 9 December and we aim to post/reveal gifts somewhere between 16 to 19 December. We will be assigning pinch hitters to anyone who defaults in advance of this deadline or on this deadline. If any participants arrange an extension date with the mods we will set that extension deadline in advance of the planned posting dates. This means pinch hitters will have anywhere between weeks to a few days to complete a pinch hit, but we’d hope to give you at least a week.

We will let you know by email (from be_compromised@hotmail.com so please make sure that’s approved and not classed as spam) as soon as a pinch hit is needed, with the details of the assignment, to check if you’re still free and able to help. The rules of Secret Santa 2024 will apply to any pinch hits eg. gifts must be a minimum of 1,000 words.

There is no deadline to sign up for pinch hitting, but if you can give us an idea early on it will help the mods if we have any early defaults or if we spot a pinch hit that we think you might particularly like to do.

Thank you! <3

Promptathon 2024 has come to an end! With an impressive grand total of 35 fills, and 535 comments at last check. Thank you to everyone who prompted, created, beta read, commented, cheered, and took part. We hope you had fun! Watch this space for Secret Santa 2o24 sign ups coming VERY soon and maybe a little fun for Halloween…

A promptathon masterlist is now available below and on tumblr. If there’s any incorrect or missing information please let me know in a comment to this post and I'll make sure it gets updated. (Our Username Database is a handy way to keep us up to date with your online handles.)

The main links for the masterlist go to the original dreamwidth promptathon comments for archiving, but I've tried my best to also include links to AO3 where I've spotted crossposting. Please feel free to post/share your fills elsewhere! If you're using AO3 we have a handy Be_Compromised Promptathon Collection and you can tag works as be_compromised promptathon and community: be_compromised.

If you still have prompt fills that you’re working on, or feel inspired by prompts now or in the future from any of our community events, please do keep creating. Now that promptathon is over they won’t be included as part of the event or masterlist, but they will always be appreciated :)

And on to the main event…

( Promptathon 2024 Masterlist behind the cut )

Hi All,

Just a heads up that we've updated our welcome post and community rules, to make them shorter, clearer, and to include a note on AI.

Our community rules apply to all members of our community and to anyone who takes part in any of our community events. If you have any questions, if you're unsure about anything, or if you have any problems please message a mod. Your mods are inkvoices and gsparkle (AKA quidnunc-life), with franztastisch (AKA CloudAtlas) helping out. We're available accross all platforms that the comm operates on, but the fastest way to get a reply is to message us on Discord. Alternatively, leave a comment in a ‘questions/general comments’ thread at the top of event posts on Dreamwidth.

Thank you!

Your Mods

Hello and welcome! This is a chance for everyone in our community to get to know each other; to say hi if you’re new, if you’re re-joining us, if you’re been lurking, and for anyone who fancies a chat.

It’s an open to all, friendly (pun intended) event! If you make new friends here feel free to join the be_compromised community and/or friend each other on various platforms, or not - there’s no pressure, we’re just here to have fun. You can find examples of previous friending memes here.

A bit about be_compromised: an introduction to our community, the community rules, and some useful links are available here. This includes a link to the handy Username Database - if you use multiple platforms it’s useful to add or update your usernames / online handles here. You can find our community on dreamwidth, discord (how to join the discord here), and tumblr. Big events, like the yearly promptathon (2024 edition taking place now!) and the secret santa fic exchange, are advertised across all three platforms. Most chatting happens on discord. Feel free to spend time with us on as many or as few platforms you like.

Your mods are inkvoices, cloud-atlas (on discord and tumblr) / franztastisch (on dreamwidth), and gsparkle (on discord and DW) / quidnunc-life (on tumblr). Feel free to reach out to us on any platform you see us, but you’re most likely to find us on discord or in a ‘questions/general comments’ thread at the top of event posts on dreamwidth.

And on to the main event…

How to play:

1) Copy and paste the below questions and formatting from the box below into a new comment reply to this post, as the start of a new comment thread. (The bold sections between the triangle brackets are the questions. The extra info in normal brackets are some helpful suggestions; feel free to delete those parts if you don’t need them!)

2) Answer as many / as few of the questions as you like / feel comfortable with and hit post! All questions are optional.

3) Chat with the people who reply to your comment.

4) Reply to other people’s comments to have a chat with them. You might want to comment on one of their answers where you think you have a mutual interest, or something made you smile, or you just want to say ‘hi’. It’s all good!

<b>Where can people find you and what are your usernames / online handles:</b> <b>What’s your brand of Marvel?</b> (MCU, tv shows, comics, cartoons etc. or all the things?) <b>What’s your brand of Clint and Natasha?</b> (Are you still in Avengers Tower in 2012, living at the farm, in denial of the farm, following canon all the way off the cliff, here for alternate universes, all of the above, somewhere else entirely…?) <b>Share three of your favourite Clintasha canon moments, headcanons, fanons, tropes, or Clintasha things you just love to enjoy:</b> <b>Tell us some of your favourite Marvel characters/pairings other than Clint and Natasha:</b> <b>Are there any other fandoms you're currently into?</b> <b>How do you / would you like to participate in fandoms?</b> (Are you a writer, artist, reader, cheerleader, beta reader, podfic maker, vid maker, appreciative lurker…?) <b>Share a rec (fic, vid, art, graphics, meta, anything):</b> <b>What’s the last book you read/film you watched/song you listened to (OR what media have you been enjoying recently you’d like to share):</b> <b>Promptathon 2024: share a prompt that you’ve left on the promptathon thread, a prompt you’re hoping to try to fill, a prompt you're hoping someone else fills so that you can read it, or all of the above:</b> <b>We’re having a party! What are you bringing?</b> (A little game/prompt to have fun with) <b>OPTIONAL things about me:</b>

A note on ‘OPTIONAL things about me’: while ALL of the questions are optional, as someone from the school of ‘don’t share personal identifying information on the internet’ I want to emphasise that this freestyle space is especially optional. If you like, this is where you can share anything extra that you would like people to know about you, that you think it would be useful to know, or that you would just like to share. This could be, for example, your preferred pronouns, a general location/timezone, how frequently you’re online, what people might expect to find on your blog… a cute picture of a pet, a favourite gif… you name it. Or not, as the case can very much be. Stay safe <3

- You don't need a Dreamwidth account to play! But if you post a comment as 'anonymous' please consider include a username or online handle so we know who you are.
- The usual community rules apply and the most important one is to be kind.
- As always, the first comment thread is for any questions or general comments and chatter.
- Have fun!

Hi everyone, Aster here!!! (I'm lunarvalleysinmymind wherever I'm not archers_and_spies.) Hope everyone has been having fun prompting, I can't wait for this year's fills :D Interrupting all the fun with more fun, which is the article/love letter I wrote for this community last month—I know a lot of you have already read this but I just wanted it to be somewhere on the internet so that a) more people can read it and b) it feels more Official (TM) hehe. I love you guys <3



The Monday before Christmas 2022, a lawyer in Ottawa, Ontario receives a black mug in the mail. She is delighted: snaps a picture of it without remembering to turn off the flash, sends an enthusiastic text to the Discord server in all caps. A year and a half later, it sits proudly on her DVD and action figure collection shelf, white splotches from the dishwasher and all.

The mug’s design proclaims ARCHERS DO IT WITH A RECURVE. The server is titled be_compromised. The woman’s name is—we’ll call her Alpha. But that’s not the point.

( Click for the rest )

Hi All, welcome to the 2024 edition of the annual be_compromised epic summer promptathon!

Been wanting to jump into the fandom but not sure where to start? Now’s the time. Newbie or a lurker? Here’s the perfect opportunity to say hello! Not been active in the fandom for a while? Welcome back. Promptathon is a fun, no-pressure environment where you can post zero to as many prompts as you like, zero to as many fills as you like, and join in the squee or just quietly enjoy the fun.

We’re a Clintasha (Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff) community that welcomes ALL THINGS MARVEL. We’d like Clint and/or Natasha to show up in prompt fills somewhere, but what that means is up to you - individually or as friends, lovers, spouses, partners, gen fic, ANYTHING. Yes, that means we also welcome other characters and pairings (and threesomes or moresomes.)

If that sounds like the kind of party you’d like to join, please read on for the event timeline, how to leave prompts and fills, and a few rules to make sure everyone has a fun time.

( Timeline, How To Play, and Rules )


If you have any questions about anything please feel free to ask! The easiest way is to use the questions thread, which is in the first comment to this post, or ask on the Discord server (‘general’ thread). Your mods are inkvoices, CloudAtlas, and gsparkle.

OKAY THEN BEST BAR EVER, LET’S GET PROMPTING!

This is the masterlist for the One Prompt Challenge - as a warm up to the big promptathon, this challenge was for everyone taking part to fill the same prompt. Although we actually ended up with two as joint winners in a discord vote: ‘rooftop’ and ‘time travel’. Thanks to everyone who played and commented!


beginnings & endings by archers_and_spies (G; choose not to warn and no warnings apply)
Summary: When the dust settles, Clint meets Steve on the bench by the lake, two hours before sundown.He has a promise to keep.

Distracted by firlalaith (Teen; no warnings apply)
Summary: Clint on his first SHIELD mission.

from brooklyn with love by bottle_cap_stickler (Teen; no warnings apply)
Summary: Immediately, Clint knows something is wrong.
You don’t get to hang around the Avengers, fighting crime and supervillains on the daily without developing a serious Shit-is-about-to-go-down-o-meter, and this… Well, maybe shit isn’t going down, not exactly, but something is definitely wrong. The buildings are all off, there aren’t enough flashy, LED shop signs or social media trap cafes. The regular bodegas are around, but the signs all look mysteriously newer. The people around him are decked out in suits and minidresses that he hasn’t seen in vogue since––
Since…
Aww futz!
Or: Clint and Natasha meet on a rooftop in New York City, only, it's 1969 and they're both stuck in time.

infinity in the palm of your hand by inkvoices (Teen; no warnings apply)
Summary: For the Ancient One, it’s only moments after she entrusts the Time Stone to Bruce Banner that it’s returned to her.

It Should've Been Me by iriel3000 (PG for language; no warnings apply)
Summary: During house arrest, Clint is visited by a familiar face.

Some Day by ultra_fic (Teen; no warnings apply)
Summary: Clint has a chance to go back and fix things for Natasha.

Teatime at Tiffany's by alphaflyer (Teen; no warnings apply)
Summary: "This is one of the most powerful objects in the universe and I am not letting you use it to buy your girlfriend a box of chocolates or some lingerie, Barton."
Clint forgets Nat's birthday and goes to Dr. Strange for help.

What You Give Is What You Get by kiss_me_cassie (Explicit for sex/smut; no warnings apply)
Summary: Strike Team Delta enjoys some private time up on the roof during target practice.

As a warm up for promptathon, this is a an 'everyone writes a fill for the same prompt' challenge suggested by Iriel3000 on the discord chat. A number of prompts were suggested and voted on, but the winner is a tie so you actually get TWO prompts: 'rooftop' and 'time travel'.


TIMELINE: from now until midnight (whatever your timezone) Friday 26 July. (You can absolutely still play after this date, but you won't be included in a masterlist after this date and then the big summer promptathon will arrive!)

HOW TO PLAY:

Write a fic / create an artwork of any kind that uses 'rooftop' AND 'time travel' as prompts. You can include the actual words or interpret them however you like. The fun of this challenge is going to be seeing what we all come up with.

As we’re a Clintasha (Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff) community, so we’d also like Clint and/or Natasha to show up in your fill somewhere, but what that means is up to you - individually or as friends, lovers, spouses, partners, gen fic, ANYTHING. We welcome other characters and pairings (and threesomes or moresomes), and all things Marvel, and crossovers.

Reply to this post with your fill OR a link to your fill including: a title, rating (ie AO3 or film rating), and any warnings OR 'choose not to warn' (ie AO3 warnings).

You can post your entire fanwork in a comment if it’s short enough or you can post your fanwork anywhere else on the internet, just please share a link in a comment to this post! This makes it easier for people to find all fills during the event and makes it a LOT easier for your mods to create a masterlist at the end, without missing any of your fills.

There’s no length requirement on fanworks submitted. You can create drabbles or epics, vids, art, fanmixes, anything at all; it’s just all about getting creative! Fills do not have to be complete or completed during promptathon. You can fill this prompt / take part in this challenge as many times as you like.

We absolute welcome chat, squee, comments, cheerleading, and conversation as well as fills and about fills :)

GENERAL RULES

Our Community Rules apply to this event:
> No character or ship bashing. This is a positive fandom space.
> No plagiarism or use of AI. (We value YOUR creativity and effort.)
> Please no RPF (Real Person Fanfiction) or any gossip/speculation about actors’ off-screen non-work lives, as the primary focus of this community is fictional characters.
> Please including a rating for fanworks and a warning OR choose not to warn.
> Be kind and have fun!


If you have any questions please feel free to ask! The easiest way is to use the ‘Questions / Comments / Squee’ thread, which is in the first comment to this post, or ask on the Discord server. Your mods are inkvoices, CloudAltas aka franztastisch, and gsparkle.

Let's go!

It's our comm annibirthday on Monday - the be_compromised livejournal was created 6th May (first post 7th May) 2012. We are 12! Inspired by the Zero Comment Challenge and a chat on our comm discord, we'd like to gift comments to creative works with zero (or few) comments, hopefully spreading some joy, appreciation, and encouragement in our corner of fandom.


How Does Comment Fest Work?

From the 6 to 31 May, to comment on creative works with zero, or only a few, comments. (We're not setting a limit on this but maybe 12 or less in keeping with the theme if you're the kind of person who likes a guide.) We'd like to focus on clintasha works, or works featuring Clint and/or Natasha to support our corner of fandom. One way of doing this is to search works on AO3 for clintasha and sort by comments, but we're all ears for other ideas. We appreciate recs of any works featuring Clint and/or Natasha which will boost those comments! You can leave recs in a comment to the DW post, on the comm discord recs channel, or link to a rec on tumblr and we'll reblog on the comm tumblr.

Of course if you're inspired please feel free to comment on works that could use more comments in any fandom, and to keep going after May! Those just won't count towards...


The Comment Fest Challenge

We know poeple like fun, no pressure challenges, so (inspired by the tumblr April fools boops) the following comment fest achievements are up for grabs:

- comments on 12 creative works
- recs for 12 creative works, of those you've commented on during the fest
- a daily comment throughout the fest or comments on 26 creative works in total

These are on the honour system. Comments on all creative works counts, not just fic. Please free to put forward other achievements, suggest fun achievement titles, create badges, and otherwise have fun with this!


Suggestions For Leaving Comments

If you're feeling stuck here's some suggestions for leaving comments. Feel free to share guides and other top tips!

If you reached the end of a fic, lingered looking at fan art, or replayed a fan vid, then just simply saying that you liked it will very much be appreciated! If you'd like to expand on that, you could add one/a few things that stood out that you liked. And if you liked it enough that you decided to bookmark it to view again, the creator would love to hear that too.

> I really liked this! / I really enjoyed this! / Thank you for writing this!
> I liked when... / I especially liked... / I loved the bit where... Could be with a brief explaination of the part you mean, or you could just copy and paste your favourite line(s). For art and other creative works maybe you liked the colours, the way the character's hair was drawn, the timing of the music and the visuals in a fanvid.
> This part made me laugh... / Argh, it was so sad when... Creators love to hear your reactions. That can be copy and pasting lines and then adding 'I loved this!', 'ARGH', Clint, no. CLINT, YES.', an emoji...
> I've bookmarked this to appreciate again / I loved this so much, it's one I'll reread! / I've watched this vid ten times and I'm gonna watch it again
> Or you can take a page from the lovely firlalaith's book and leave a string of hearts: 💜💜💜


If you have any questions please comment on the DW post or @ a mod in the discord, but as always the things to remember are to be kind and have fun. Happy Annibirthday folks!