IT IS TIME.

This is your place to chat and squee about Avengers Endgame! Pease note: UNTIL OTHERWISE STATED THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THIS FILM CAN BE DISCUSSED ON BE_COMPROMISED. You know the drill, spoilers are mean.

A few rules:

1) Do understand that this post will be FULL of spoilers in the comments. If you are absolutely against being spoiled then please avoid this post until you've seen the film. It's okay, you can post here whenever you watch the film and keep it active, so you won't be missing out. There is no end date to the squee!

(For people who would like only certain spoilers ie for things you might be anxious about or if you're not able to see it for a while, but don't want allll the spoilers of this post feel free to send me a DM.)

2) Character bashing and ship wars are assassinable offences. We love differences in opinion and discussing all the things, but we also want to keep this bar a positive fandom space. If you think someone might be hurt by something you're about to say then either don't say it or find a better way of putting it. Please keep in mind that we are about the love.

3) HAVE FUN!

IT IS HERE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

So, guys. This is your space to squee, to speculate, to vent. SPOILERS AHOY.

Happy Friday, International Women's Day, and CAPTAIN MARVEL DAY!

We interupt our usual ATTF programming to bring you a place to chat and squee about the latest installment in the MCU. Only this post will stay live for longer than a week - please note: UNTIL OTHERWISE STATED (AFTER THE MOVIE HAS BEEN RELEASED WORLDWIDE) THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THIS FILM CAN BE DISCUSSED ON BE_COMPROMISED. You know the drill, spoilers are not fun.

A few rules:

1) Do understand that this post will be FULL of spoilers in the comments. If you are absolutely against being spoiled then please avoid this post until you've seen the film. It's okay, you can post here whenever you watch the film and keep it active, so you won't be missing out. There is no end date to the squee.

2) Character bashing and ship wars are assassinable offences. We love differences in opinion and discussing all the things, but we also want to keep this bar a positive fandom space. If you think someone might be hurt by something you're about to say then either don't say it or find a better way of putting it. Please keep in mind that we are about the love.

3) HAVE FUN!

So *takes a deep breath* it is time. THIS is your dedicated space for all things Avengers: Infinity War.

Bring your squee, meta, pics, all the things! As always, please note: UNTIL OTHERWISE STATED (AFTER THE MOVIE HAS BEEN RELEASED WORLDWIDE) THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THIS FILM CAN BE DISCUSSED ON BE_COMPROMISED. You know the drill, spoilers are not fun.

A few rules:

1) Do understand that this post will be FULL of spoilers in the comments to this post. If you are absolutely against being spoiled then please avoid this post until you've seen the film. It's okay, you can post here whenever you watch the film and keep it active, so you won't be missing out. There is no end date to the squee.

2) Character bashing and ship wars are assassinable offences. We love differences in opinion and discussing all the things, but we also want to keep this bar a positive fandom space. If you think someone might be hurt by something you're about to say then either don't say it or find a better way of putting it. Please keep in mind that we are about the love.

3) Yes, even if we're all on edge wondering what the hell is going to happen to Nat, and where Clint is, and oh god is anyone going to die and Icannotcopewiththis - Ahem. Deep breaths and play nice :)

4) HAVE FUN!

Happy Halloween folks! Is three times a tradition? If it is then WELCOME TO THE BAR'S TRADITIONALLY HALLOWEEN PARTY! It's trick-or-treat time, and here's how it works:

- If you want to give out treats reply to this post with "MY DOOR IS OPEN"

- Members of the bar wil then reply with "treat" for something sweet or fluffy, "trick" for something spooky or with dark edges, or of course "trick or treat"!

- You will then hand out your tricks and treats. These can be anything you want: comment fic, three sentence fics, picspam, recs, a compliment, a sneak peak of something you're already working on, icons, gifs, anything, ALL THE THINGS, whatever strikes your fancy. You're welcome to ask for prompts or other specifics from your trick-or-treaters.

- There is no deadline for providing tricks and treats. You're welcome to put a limit on how many things you're willing/able to fill.

- Anyone can join in!


art from mdixx on deviantart

(THIS also amused me, but I can't find who to credit.)

The usual community rules apply and of course our 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.)

It's Civil War general release this month around the world and ATTF IS BACK so to get us in the mood our first Autumn All The Things Friday is Civil War party time!

Let us know when the release day is in your part of the world. Bring anything with a Clint and/or Natasha focus, bring gen and team things, bring kickass lady things, bring anything about Civil War that you like. Bring your fic recs, art recs, gifs, picspams, meta, thinky thoughts, squee, speculation, and ALL THE THINGS CIVIL WAR. LET'S ROCK THIS BAR.





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.)

So, we haven't had one of these for a while.  But it's summer time, some of us are on holidays, even travelling (I'm at an airport, en route to Crete as I write this).  What better time to remember that Clint and Natasha have been virtually everywhere on the planet, doing good and killing bad guys?  Or even just relaxing and levelling out after the latest alien invasion or brain melt.

So, tell us about your favourite head canon:  Where do they go to relax?  What is their MOST or LEAST favourite place they've ever been on mission (and yes, Budapest counts)?  Why?

Have they ever been to your home town?  What would they find there?

Or meta for us.  What do you make of those tossed-off references, like Budapest?  "He's in Afghanistan."  That snippet from Abidjan on the computer.  What grabs you when people throw those into a fic?

Give us a prompt, a three-sentence fic, or rec us a story (or three).  And yes, self-recs are good!

And:

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.)

Hello Best of Bars!

Time for a little Friday something.  Most of us here write fan fiction, and those of us who don't, read it.  Or make cool art.  And when you do any of these things, you will have come across things that make you go, "WAIT.  Did they just make that up?  No -- can't be.  It's too familiar.  Must be from ..."

Chances are, you've come across fanon.  Some idea or factoid that has turned up so often, it's become Truth.  Like those things:

- Coulson recruited Clint.
- Natasha drinks tea.
- He made that different call because he watched her care for civilians/children/a kitten.

That's fanon -- fan-made canon.

If you're the only one who has one of those ideas, that's head canon.  Sometimes, you get the ultimate compliment from a reader:  "head canon accepted."  And if that happens often enough, your brilliant idea can turn into fanon!

Finally, there are the fanfic formats we all love so much, people have turned them into bingos:  the good old tropes"  H/C, friends-to-lovers, body swaps, sex pollen...

All of it adds up to making fan fic into something comfy and familiar that you can pull over your shoulders like an old blanket at the end of a tiring day at the coal face of life.  So, here's the challenge:

-  Tell us your favourite fanon and tropes -- ideally with a fic rec? (And yes, fic self recs are cool!  Help our newbies find your stuff!!!)
-  Or give us a three-sentence fic with one!
-  Which are the ones you can't stand, and wish that they would disappear back under the rock whence they crawled?
-  Tell us your favourite head canon(s)!
-  Maybe you have an instance where your head canon turned up in a movie and you had that delicious moment of wondering whether Joss Whedon read your fic?

Go forth and prosper -- all weekend long! (It's a three-day one here in Europe, so yay! us...)

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.)

HELLO EVERYONE IN THIS WONDERFUL BAR. Today we are four! How brilliant is that?! Four years, 927 members, and 37,719 comments – and more by the time this post goes live, I’m sure. That’s an incredible amount of promptathons, exchanges, challenges, discussions, and a HUGE outpouring of creativity, not to mention how positive, welcoming, friendly, and just plain awesome you all are.

So to celebrate, in true be_compromised fashion, we’re going to have ourselves a good old-fashioned getting-to-know-you community friending party post! Chat to new and old community friends, add each other as LJ friends if you like or don’t, no pressure, just PARTY. Free drinks at the bar, grab yourselves a slice of cake, and for goodness’ sake be careful with the pass the parcel, someone probably put weaponry in there.

To kick things off copy and paste the below into a comment and go wild:

<b>MCU, comics, or all the things?</b><br /> <b> Have you seen Captain America: Civil War yet? (If yes how many times, if no when are you getting to see it?)</b><br /> <b>When it comes to our two favourite assassins do you have them camping out at the farm, by a river in Egypt, living in an alternate universe anyway, or some other camp entirely?</b><br /> <b>What things do you love to see in fics/creative works; what’re a few of your favourite things?</b><br /> <b>Fantasy Team: put together a team – of Avengers, SHIELD Agents, whatever kind of team you like – using any Marvel characters. Who’s in this team? What have they teamed up for/how on earth did this team come about?</b><br /> <b>Give us 3 sentences or a teaser of something creative, fic or otherwise, that you’re working on:</b><br /> <b>Rec us something (fic, vid, art, graphics, meta, anything):</b><br /> <b>What merchandise do you wish existed, or the favourite fan thing you own?</b><br /> <b>You’ve brought something to this party – food, drink, party <i>things</i> - what did you bring?</b><br /> <b>Any other fandoms you're currently into:</b><br /> <b>The last book you read/film you watched/song you listened to:</b><br /> <b>What should a new friend know about you/your LJ and/or what are you looking for in an LJ/online friend?</b>< /br> <b>And…</b><br />

And from all your mods: HAPPY COMMUNITY ANNIBIRTHDAY!




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.)

Because we have some things relevant to your interests on the way...

SECRET SANTA: Yes, it's that time again. Yes, already. This year's gone so fast I think my calendar's broken! The sign up post for this year will be going up this weekened, so watch this space. You will have a week to sign up and then we're managing this in a similar way to the AU Fest earlier this year, which means there will then also be a short window of time to select which requests you'd prefer to fill. More details soon!

ALL THE THINGS FRIDAY: is morphing into something extra special in the countdown to Christmas the Winter holiday of your choice Secret Santa gifts happening. Get ready, because for the next three months ATTF is becoming a fortnightly weekend extravaganza! Every two weeks there'll be a Friday post as usual - we have some fun things being planned! - which will then fun ALL WEEKEND. The first will be up this week. (And the calendar-savvy amongst you will notice that yes, this means Halloween weekend will be an ATTF weekend. OH YES.)

COMMUNITY BANNER: This month is another creation by perpetuations To nobody's surprise, I am loving the circus element :D If you'd like to make a banner for the community please do, we love to see them, send them in to be_compromised@hotmail.com
( A few rules for new banners... )

Feedback and thinky thoughts? Things you would really like to see happening on the comm? Anything else going on in the wider internet relevant to our interests? Comment away!

Welcome to one of the most eagerly-anticipated events on the be_compromised calendar! Are you excited yet???

Just before we get started we do have some info and rules we’d like you to read…


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TODAY: Prompting starts!
FRIDAY 14th AUGUST: wait for it, wait for it, look out for the announcement and the masterlist/fills post… FILLS OPEN
WEDNESDAY 19th AUGUST: Prompts close (yes, prompts and fills will overlap for a bit) PROMPTS ARE NOW CLOSED
SUNDAY 6th SEPTEMBER: Promptathon ends

SPREADSHEET OF PROMPTS HERE

MASTERLIST POST - LINK TO YOUR FILLS HERE

If you have any questions about anything feel free to ask! We have a questions thread in the post below and you can always comment to or PM a mod.

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

PROMPTATHON 2015 IS NOW FINISHED.
Thanks to everyone who prompted, created, and commented!
Please make sure you link to your fills on the Masterlist Post - everythings should be unspammed - and then look out for a shiny masterlist coming soon.

You can still create things for prompts, but they won't count as part of promptathon. You can post them to the comm as per usual, but please give it a couple of days first to give us chance to recover from promptathon and so the comm doesn't get flooded with fiC.

TAKE A BOW, BEST BAR, FOR A FANTASTIC PROMPTATHON :D

Sign-ups are now open for the 2015 Clint/Natasha AU exchange! Simply fill out the form with as much detail as you want and post in a comment below.

Email: (don't worry, all comments for sign ups are screened)

Preference for writing: choose from One thing AU/AOU divergent/complete AU/All of these (as in "just one thing is changed from canon and the outcome"/the farm doesn't exist or other AOU events didn't happen/space, pirate, any AU at all)
I would like to write:
I don't want to write:

Preference for gift: choose from one thing AU/AOU divergent/complete AU/All of these
I would like to receive:
Possible prompts:
I don't want to receive:

Obviously, feel free to give examples of things you might like/might not like, and any prompts for guidance.

SIGN-UPS WILL CLOSE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 at midnight Eastern Standard Time.

Hello, best and brightest bar! Our ATTF for today is something fun and a little different, so get ready...because your mods are super excited and happy to announce the first CLINT/NATASHA AU EXCHANGE!

What is an AU?

An AU (alternate universe/alternate reality) is a fic trope in which canonical facts, settings, circumstances or characterizations are deliberately changed. AUs can be written in a variety of ways, from changing the outcome of a story, to keeping characterizations but changing the setting, to putting your characters in a different situation completely. You wanna write Clint/Nat in a world where AoU never happened? Go for it! You want to write Clint/Nat as owners of a saloon in the early 20th century, where maybe Laura shows up for kicks? Go for that, too! The sky's the limit in what you can explore.

How This Works:

Sometime tomorrow, we'll open a sign-up post with screened comments (don't worry, there will be a form for you to fill out, as usual.) We'll then list all the sign-ups as anon in another post with screened comments, and we'll ask everyone pick no more than three requests that they'd like to be matched with, in order of preference. We apologize if this process sounds slightly complicated, but since AU requests tend to be specific and there are a lot of varying opinions about the state of our assassins post-AoU, we want to make sure everyone who decides to participate gets matched with something that they'd be comfortable writing about.

Fics should be a minimum of 1000 words. Also, since this isn't an anon exchange, feel free to talk about your assignments/ideas if you'd like.

As per usual, please remember that the normal comm rules apply.

**AS A REFRESHER, we invite you to remind yourself of our post AoU stance. Any questions, PM us!**

Dates:

Sign-ups will open tomorrow, June 6 and stay open until Thursday, June 11 at midnight ET. The list of choices will be posted on the comm Friday, June 12 and you will have until Wednesday, June 17 to comment with your preferences. We will send out matching by Sunday, June 21.

Posting:

Fics will be due last week of July, and we'll provide more information on specific dates as we get closer. We'll also be posting a sign-up sheet mid-July for posting dates. Choose your date and then post your fic to the community (and AO3, or wherever else!) at that time!

Feel free to use this post to squee, ask questions, share ideas or even start writing about things that you might want to explore. This should be a really fun way to get your brains working for promptathon, among other things. :) Have fun!

The best thing I read for April Fools on the 1st this week was that The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum put Wonder Woman’s invisible jet on display. That’s just A+ for effort. My hat is off. Not that I usually wear a hat. (Also article on Mary Sue.) The Verge’s 11 best April Fools’ gags of 2015 is also worth a glance – selfie stick madness, plausible technhology, and PAC-MAN on Google Maps!

So let’s continue smiling into the weekend with an all the things amusing Friday!

Tell us the best April Fools’ pranks and jokes you know of, and any you’ve pulled off. Share your thinky thoughts on Clint and Natasha when it comes to pranks and their sense of humour. Rec fics with pranks and hilarity. Rec all the amusing things!

Let’s have a laugh :D



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.)

Hello all and welcome to All The Thing Friday Image Fest!

We haven’t had any recs for pretties in a while, so today is a day to feast your eyes on images, funny gifs, fanvids, picspams, icons, banners, and all things images. Share and rec all the things!

Anything not safe for work please put NSFW in the comment subject box, just in case ;) Anything that’s an Age of Ultron spoiler, be kind and stick it behind a cut.

Not sure how to share?

( An Easy How To Guide For Sharing Images, Gifs, And Videos In LJ Comments And LJ Posts )

Let get this party started!



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.)

HOLY CRAP YOU GUYS.