A Message From Your Mods:

Hi all, we'd just like you all to know that workerbee73 and thrace_adama have decided to step down as mods for this community. They've been fantastic to work with and will be missed, but have promised to still be around the bar when they can. Joining the mod team we have frea_o and enigma731. Look out for their co-hosted ATTF coming soon to give them a warm welcome! We still work the same way as a mod team, with a message to one of us being to all, and the comm rules remain the same, so carry on, as you were :D

Your Mods


Reminders and Notices:


Banner by frea_o, Art by lettiebobettie, clickable banner!

Secret Santa 2013 is upon us! You can sign up to take part in the exchange HERE, but don’t delay, the DEADLINE IS 9AM GMT MONDAY 14TH OCTOBER.

You can also join in as a pinch hitter, beta reader, member of the graphics team, cheerleader, or a community gift creator. Phew! Find out more here.


Psst, our bar now has our very own tumblr!!! At the moment we’re hoping to use this to keep people up to date about community activities, feel free to submit your fics and fanworks, and maybe we’ll find some new friends from tumblr. Watch this space!


And don’t forget we have all our usual fun happening:

The deadline for the November Community Banner Challenge is Sunday 27th October. No submissions yet!

You can still sign up to host or suggest ideas for an All The Things Friday.

Unfinished Fic Wednesdays: working on anything that you'd like support and encouragement on from the bar? Send 500-1000 words to bc.unfinished@gmail.com (including a rating and warnings) and we'll be right on that!

Anything else happening in the online world relevant to be_compromised’s interests? Share away!

Greetings, Best Bar on Earth, from both enigma731 and me!

When we were made mods, sugar_fey and inkvoices impressed upon us that we had new responsibilities now. Important things like making sure everybody at the bar had a refill of his or her chosen drink. Smiling a lot. Cheering on all the Natsaha and Clint love. Basically things we did as members, but now wearing roller skates, lederhosen, and party hats.

Our first task was to come up with an appropriate ATTF post. Well, that was a doozy. We had so many other people who came before us that made awesome ATTF topics. I mean, mini-promptathons and headcanons and fic recs, things that had people celebrating well into the weekend. And that, my friends, was a hard act to follow.

But then we realized what else must have been daunting: Clint and Natasha getting to know each other. By our estimations, they probably got to know each other at the end of, you know, a gun barrel and down the shaft of an arrow. We're a tiny bit more laidback here at be_compromised, or at least we like to tell ourselves that we are.


So I thought, 2013's about 75% done and we've had a bunch of new members lately, why not take a Friday just to hang out and get to know each other? Guaranteed to be way less stressful than Clint and Natasha getting to that point where Clint made a different call, we promise.

So today's ATTF is all about the most effective way to get to know people through fic: the 5+1. That's right. The goal is to share 5 things people might not know about you (uh, probably want to keep it to things that aren't your bank account number) and 1 thing people do know about you. For example, Clint's might be:

1) I like opera (don't tell Nat)
2) When I was seven, I made friends with Old Mongrel, the circus cat.
3) I only made the boomerang arrow on a dare with Luke Cage.
4) I lied to Natasha when I said I enjoyed her tuna melt casserole, which was a mistake because she makes it every time I come home from a long trip.
5) I'm double-jointed. *eyebrow wiggle*

+1) I think Natasha's pretty great.

This is just a fun way for all of us in the community to get to know everybody else. Don't be shy! We're the best bar. Sidle up and order yourself a round of friendship...

...okay, I'll see myself out now.

Things to remember:

1. Always label NSFW (Not Safe For Work) stuff in the title and post under a cut.


2. Fic and artwork needs to have a rating and warnings (or you can say that you’ve chosen not to use warnings).


3. For people with annoying internet connections, say in the title if a comment is graphic/images/gif-heavy and post picspams under a cut.


4. Have a damn good time! (Because if that’s not happening then this post has clearly failed.)

lay your flaming colors down
rating: g
characters: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff
warnings: none
length: drabble

summary: Daltonism: also known as deuteranopia, or red-green color blindness. Affects 1% of males. (Her symbolism has always been lost on him.)

“What does it look like?” He asks, leaving himself vulnerable, leaving himself exposed.
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