#rvb rare pair week 2019

[rvbrarepairweek]

RvB Rare Pair Week 2019 Masterpost

May 5-11, 2019

Arranged by ship, in alphabetical order.

For your convenience, works not posted on tumblr have been marked with an asterisk (*). Be sure to check those out if you haven’t seen them yet! You can also browse the collection on AO3.

Please message or reply to this post with any corrections and we will make them as quickly as possible.  

Be sure to check the creators’ tags and warnings on all works. 

Happy Rare Pair Week! Enjoy!

Andersmith/Bitters

It’s hard to miss you when you’re always on the tip of my tongue by @bizarrebird​

Caboose/Sharkface

Pride by @sxpaiscia

Untitled drabble by @finerafin

Caboose/Simmons

Simboose time babey by @nulljeager

Caboose/Tucker/Wash

Strange, But Good by @autisticblueteam

Carolina/Dylan

paranormal by @southicut

Carolina/Epsilon!Tex

* Rematch by Hokuto

Carolina/Felix/Locus

Sehkmet by @artsilon

Carolina/Grif

Hair Shimmering with Stardust by @agent-murica

Carolina/Kaikaina

Good Luck Being a Cop, Cop! by @kellanswritingblog​

Our Melody by @kellanswritingblog

Carolina/Locus

Hanging Garden of Weeds by @arynasea

* I don’t love you (but my heart does) by Helen92

Carolina/Maine

post-sparring shenanigans by @ask-the-freelancers

Carolina/South

elegance by @southicut​

Church/Tucker

Don’t Hate You by @churchs-dick-switch

CT/Wash

A Tornado of Kittens by @kellanswritingblog

Donut/Felix

Cursed by @southicut​

kisses by @the-felix-mcscouty​

Donut/Grif

give praise where praise is due by @cinaed

Donut/Locus/Wash

sleeby by @quetzalcactus

Donut/Lopez 2.0

Dile al Búho Duolingo que Lo Siento by @xandromedovna

Donut/Simmons

hope the whole denial thing works out by @cinaed

Let me be yours. by @eliizaah7

Donut/Tucker

Detective Tucker and the Case of Arcadium’s Mask by @boxonthenile

Donut/Wash

a real life happily ever after by @cinaed​

all that icing and all that cake by @cinaed​

How did I ever get lucky enough by @primtheamazing

* Kiss and Make Up by Hokuto

kisses by @the-felix-mcscouty​

kisses sweeter than wine by @cinaed​

Let’s Bi Ourselves Some Time by @xandromedovna

Doyle/Grey

Face Reality by @facethroughthemirror​

Untitled snippet by @facethroughthemirror

Doyle/Grif/Kimball

Five Mornings by @happyleech

Doyle/Locus

No Ready Cure by @facethroughthemirror

Doyle/Sarge

Not The Setting For Anything Illicit, And Yet... by @facethroughthemirror

Felix/Felix

kisses by @the-felix-mcscouty​

Felix & Florida & South & York

friendSHIP by @southicut

Felix/Tucker

two of a kind by @mychalkbox

Felix/Wash

* Dare by pippen2112

Felix/York

A Little Stabbing Never Hurt Anyone by @agentwashingcat​

Haven’t Had Enough by @agentwashingcat

No Guarantees by @kellanswritingblog​

rave by @southicut

Florida/Sarge

ODST days by @sxpaiscia

Untitled drabble by @finerafin

Florida/Wyoming

Florida Man Survives Wyoming Bear Attack by @churchs-dick-switch

Georgia/Utah

Summer Nights by @ambercreek

Grey/Locus

E Lucevan Le Stelle by @kellanswritingblog

Grif/Locus

grocus by @quetzalcactus​

kisses by @the-felix-mcscouty​

Jensen/Volleyball

Everybody’s Changing by @annefiction​

Kaikaina/Locus

kai said fuck that guy by @whatevergetsyouoffatnight

Kaikaina/South

Love to Feel by @kellanswritingblog​

South and Kai by @sxpaiscia

Untitled drabble by @finerafin

Kaikaina/Wash

blush by @southicut

Kimball/South

A Different Kind of Rebellion by @kellanswritingblog

Locus/Sharkface

A Little Silverfish Self-Voyeurism by PamuyaBlucat

Locus/Siris

kisses by @the-felix-mcscouty​

Locus/Wash

two of a kind by @mychalkbox

Maine/Tucker

Look at this hot mess by @coup-de-maine

North/Tucker

Tear Down This Wall (Again) by @xandromedovna

Ohio/Sherry

old school by @southicut​

Sarge/Wash

* More Than A Million by naasad

* Safe by naasad

Simmons/Wash

simmons says by @aces-to-apples​

Tex/York

* Good Boy by pippen2112

Wash/York

Fine by @agentwashingcat​

First Date by @agentwashingcat​

Life Goals by @agentwashingcat

Oblivious by @kellanswritingblog​

Maybe We’ll Be Alright by @agentwashingcat​

Recovery by @agentwashingcat

#rvb rare pair week 2019 #rvb fic #rvb fanart #rvb #red vs blue

[agent-murica]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Red vs. Blue Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dexter Grif/Agent Carolina Characters: Dexter Grif, Agent Carolina (Red vs. Blue) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Time Travel, aka 'Carolina deserves to get to dick around with time travel like everyone else', gladiatorial fighting, Gladiators, Kissing, RvB Rare Pair Week, RvB Rare Pair Week 2019, Canon-Typical Violence, Grif and Carolina- The Tearaway Time Couple Series: Part 1 of RvB Rare Pair Week 2019 Summary:

After staying behind to go get pizza with the other's, Carolina never thought she'd get involved with time travel of all things.

But if she's learned anything from Grif's lessons on how to relax, it's that sometimes it's just best to go with the flow.

Doesn't mean she can't cause a bit of mischief with the man in question either.

((AP’s and God can try and nerf me all they want but it will absolutely not stop me from posting during my fav fandom event. This one goes out to any Grifalina shippers out there. @rvbrarepairweek))

#RvB Rare Pair Week #RvB Rare Pair Week 2018 #red vs blue #rvb #my writing #my fic #Dexter Grif #Agent Carolina #Grifalina #ugh I'm so ill rn #but also I started to cry a lil bit at the thought of Grif calling Carolina 'Stardust' #which doesn't make sense since that's not in the fic itself and inspired by the fic's name #but dude it has me soft #ok idea 1/3 done #next post will happen on either tuesday/thursday/friday/saturday #aka the days where I don't have an AP exam #but I have two other stories planned #one Grif/Locus #and the other is a continuation of that Grif/Meta soulmate fic I posted a while ago

[anneapocalypse]

RvB 17.01-17.06

I'm back.

Let's get into it.

Spoilers for episodes 1-6. Crossposted from dreamwidth.

First, why I decided to catch up sooner than expected: I had already decided I was going to need to catch up before RvB Rare Pair Week, which starts May 5 and wherein, no doubt, spoilers will abound. What prompted me to jump back in a few weeks early was one particularly spoiler I ran into on tumblr while checking in for the Rare Pair Week blog—something that made me go, "Huh. Maybe there's a chance they'll fix it." It ate at my curiosity for a few days, and I decided it was time.

I definitely was not ready to watch this season when it started at the beginning of March. I had barely digested season 16, and I couldn't muster much more than a sense of dread for a new season trying to wrap up this arc. I decided it would be better to wait and catch up later.

That was the right decision. Season 17 starts out... rough, and I can guarantee I would not have enjoyed sitting with those first few episodes week to week. But now, having had the opportunity to watch all six thus far at one go, here's where I am with it. I expect to have more thoughts, and probably shift on some things, after I've had time to watch them again and let them settle. These are first thoughts only.

Episode 1 is still terrible. It was very easy to remember why I noped out immediately on this premier and I found myself tensing up as I rewatched it, having to remind myself that it was probably at least uphill from here.

What is Chrovos? If they are an AI, how are they being held in a cage made out of time? What does a paradox even mean in this—no, you know what, fuck it. This plot is Dumb As Rocks and it is not going to make sense and I am accepting that going in.

All I can hope for is some kind of repair to the characterization disasters of last season, and that is what I'm going to be focusing on. I want two things:

I want Wash and Carolina's conflict resolved.

I want better treatment for Tucker.

So here's where we are.

Wash's introduction was painful to watch (I'm so tired of loopy!Wash) but once Donut snapped him out of it? I started to really like what was happening. Wash not only sounding like himself again, but being proactive! And am I actually getting Wash and Donut relationship development in 2019?? Are we going to actually address their history? And despite deep reservations in the first episode, I find I really like what this season is doing with Donut himself. I never thought I'd say this, but I am super on board with where this seems to be going.

I was definitely sitting on nails for the first few episodes where Wash is still angry at Carolina and his whole "I'm never speaking to her again" line physically hurt me. But the whole reason I decided to catch up now was a piece of dialogue I saw on tumblr, and I've never been so happy to be spoiled on anything. Knowing that was coming got me through the rough bits.

We got that resolution. Importantly, not only did Wash resolve things with Carolina, but we dug a little into where his (justified) anger came from. He was angry because he considers Carolina his best friend (STARS IN MY EYES), because he believed they were close enough for her to tell him anything. It felt like a betrayal of that connection to him. What brings him around is understanding where Carolina's mistake came from—how accustomed she is to being alone, having no one to lean on. And in that, he both finds it in his heart to forgive her, and realizes how much having her to lean on means to him.

It's good. It's really good. I feel like I can breathe again.

And Wash himself, once we get past the goofy Schrodinger's Wash, is better written this season than he has been in a very long time. It's so refreshing to see him being proactive, to see him exploring his own history and self-reflecting as he does so. "Is this how Donut feels all the time?" is the best Wash line since season 11.

Also it was a pleasure to see the Triplets again, and their role in helping Wash figure his shit out, brief though it was, was very charming.

For Personal Reasons, I really did not want this story to touch Carolina's lost years after Freelancer, so that is another point at which I was sitting on nails. But they did touch it, and... I don't hate it. After sitting with it for a day, I actually think I like it. Does it joss some headcanons and some things I haven't yet posted for Radio Silence... yeah. But perhaps not so severely as I initially felt. And given that Radio Silence has been my white whale of a fic for several years now, adding a fresh change to it might not be a bad thing. I can live with it. I think I can even work with it.

In fact, in the limitations of machinima that required Carolina to put on Halo 2 armor so that we could bring her to Blood Gulch, I find a headcanon that I love. Even as Carolina re-enlisted under a false identity, trying (probably in vain) to create a new life for herself, she kept her Freelancer armor in storage somewhere. Deep down she knew that Agent Carolina was who she was. That one day she would be Agent Carolina again.

I unequivocally love that and am keeping it.

So, Niner has a name now. It's fine. I'll miss my headcanon name for her a bit but Ash is a fine name and I think it suits her. In general, though, I am of the opinion that they really need to chill out with the Real Names, which have been heavily overused the past few seasons. It's gotten to the point where it feels like they're doing it just to do it, and to me it doesn't have the same impact when people are calling Wash "David" who have no reason to be calling him that. I mentioned last season that I have no problem with Carolina knowing and using Wash's real name, but it's weird for her to use it in front of everyone else when there's no reason any of them would even know it. It feels particularly strange for Donut to be using Wash's real name. And as for Ash... again, it's a fine name, it's just that we didn't need to know that and there isn't actually a good reason why Wash would know that, given that they never use Niner's real name in Freelancer.

My overall assessment of season 17 at the halfway point is... I don't hate it! I actually quite like parts of it. It does feel very much like a Fix-It season, like somebody trying to fix a previous writer's mess, and that much I think was inevitable. I think it also accounts for the exposition dumping in the first few episodes, as it was necessary to get us up to speed on the new rules of the plot so we could follow along (even though it is, again, DUMB AS ROCKS).

Seasons 15 and 16 can't be undone. Some of the damage to characters and relationships and the universe itself is irreparable. But this season is putting in a pretty valiant effort so far to give us resolution without retcon. I think ultimately Wash having his injury undone yet still retaining the memories of last season and choosing to forgive Carolina (rather than simply having the conflict erased) is the best outcome I could hope for. And it gives me hope for what may come.

We've seen little of Tucker so far, and he remains one of the few who hasn't yet remembered the future. I'm hoping that's not an accident, and that it's building to some good character moments and growth for Tucker. Not to erase last season, but to build something better on top of it, to give his character some decent treatment.

I do hope they manage to save Doc also, and maybe we even get some resolution with him as well.

I don't hate it.

Six episodes left, and I'm here for the ride.

#rvb17 #rvb first spoilers #rvb spoilers

[rvbrarepairweek]

Coming soon to a box canyon near you, it’s the third annual RvB Rare Pair Week, a whole week of celebrating those ships you love but don’t see very often in the RvB fandom! It’s a great time to create something new for the rare ships you love, share them with the fandom, and maybe even get some new shippers on board.

Please use the tag #rvbrarepairweek and put @rvbrarepairweek​ in your posts so we can find and reblog them!

What’s a rare pair anyway?

For the purposes of this event, a rare pair is any ship with less than 100 works on AO3. This is a ballpark figure, not a hard cutoff. Please use your best judgment! The spirit of this event is to bring attention to ships with fewer fanworks, so please be respectful of that.

What kind of fanworks can I make for Rare Pair Week?

The sky’s the limit! Fanfiction, fan art, fanmixes, gifs and graphics. Follow your dreams.

What if I want to contribute something I can’t post on tumblr?

Tumblr is our base of ops, but if you can’t or don’t want to post on tumblr, you’re welcome to post your work on another site and then post a link to it on tumblr for us to reblog. If you don’t have a tumblr blog and you absolutely don’t want to make one, you can submit a post with a link directly to this blog.

What are the guidelines for participation?

You can find our complete guidelines here--please read them and make sure to include the applicable content warnings on your work.

RvB Rare Pair Week is May 5-11, 2019.

Hope to see you then!

#rvbrarepairweek #red vs blue #rvb #rvb fic #rvb17 #rvb art

[rvbrarepairweek]

Coming this Sunday!

It’s Red vs. Blue Rare Pair Week! Join us for a seven-day celebration of rare ships in the RvB fandom.

What can I make for Rare Pair Week?

Any kind of fanworks you like! Fanfiction, art, graphics, gifsets, playlists, you name it, you can make it.

What’s a rare pair, exactly?

As a ballpark figure for the current size of this fandom, we’ll say less than 100 works on AO3. This is just an estimate, so please use your best judgment, and just keep in mind that this event is to celebrate ships without many fanworks, relatively speaking!

How do I post and tag my Rare Pair Week posts?

Please see our event guidelines for the list of required content warnings!

The best way to make sure we find your post to reblog it:

Use the tag #rvbrarepairweek.

Put @rvbrarepairweek in the body of the post so we get a notification.

I have more questions!

Please see our event guidelines for more FAQ! If your question still isn’t answered, feel free to send an ask.

Happy creating! Hope to see you and your wonderful fanworks next week!

RvB Rare Pair Week: May 5-11, 2019

#red vs blue #rvb #rvb17 #rvb rare pair week

[rvbrarepairweek]

RvB Rare Pair Week is here!

A whole week to celebrate lesser-seen ships in the RvB fandom in all forms of fanworks.

Please check the guidelines here for FAQ and required content warnings, and be sure to tag and @ us so we can reblog your posts!

Happy creating!

May 5-11, 2019

#rvb #red vs blue #rvb17 #rvb rare pair week #rvbrarepairweek

[rvbrarepairweek]

RvB Rare Pair Week is just 4 weeks away!

It’s a great time to start thinking about what you might want to make! Fanfiction, fan art, gifs, graphics, mixes, podfics, you name it.

Be sure to check out the event guidelines here, and join us for RvB Rare Pair Week!

May 5-11, 2019

#red vs blue #rvb #rvb17 #rvb rare pair week

[rvbrarepairweek]

RvB Rare Pair Week 2019 Stats

Total New Fanworks Created: 74

Total Creators Participating: 31

Most Represented Pairings:

Donut/Wash (7)

Wash/York (6)

Felix/York (4)

Kaikaina/South (3)

Most Represented Characters:

Wash (22)

Donut (15)

York (12) & Felix (12)

Ship Categories:

M/M (48)

F/F (11) & F/M (11)

M/M/F (4)

M/M/M (2)

Friendship (1)

#red vs blue #rvb #rvb17 #rvbrarepairweek

[rvbrarepairweek]

Please take a moment to fill out our survey! We would love to hear from anyone and everyone in the RvB fandom, regardless of whether you have ever participated in Rare Pair Week or are planning to this year.

Thanks!

#red vs blue #rvb

[rvbrarepairweek]

Mark your calendars for RvB Rare Pair Week!

Well, we were just getting ready to make an announcement post when tumblr imploded. Excellent timing!

The recent announcements about changes to tumblr’s community guidelines and the rampant misfires in flagging adult content have a lot of people talking about the future of fandom on tumblr. We can’t predict the future, but we can tell you this much:

We are still planning the third annual RvB Rare Pair Week.

These changes will complicate things, as explicit art won’t be allowed on tumblr. However, we’d like to find a creative workaround for this, such as allowing creators to post their works off-tumblr and provide a link here. We may set up a community on Dreamwidth as well, for those who are moving in that direction. 

Sadly, this also means that creators who have made explicit works for Rare Pair Week in the past may see those works flagged and removed, and unfortunately there’s not much we can do about that. We encourage creators to back up copies of their work elsewhere, and if you want to send us an updated link for the masterpost in case of deletion, we’ll be happy to post it.

Either way, the Red vs. Blue fandom is more than just tumblr, and we want to keep celebrating our rare ships, so we hope you’ll join us in May! Stay tuned for more news going forward.

Life finds a way!

RvB Rare Pair Week will be May 5-11, 2019.

#rvbrarepairweek #red vs blue #rvb

[rvbrarepairweek]

TWO WEEKS

until RvB Rare Pair Week is here!

Please read the event guidelines here, for important stuff like what content warnings to use, and how to make sure we can reblog your posts!

RvB Rare Pair Week is May 5-11, 2019

#red vs blue #rvb #rvb17