OMG WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A CONTEST
It's not a fancy official contest or anything.
No, this is a promotional gimmick to bring awareness of my new fanfiction account!
Mighty-and-Powerful-Gods is a joint account I made with my friend, known here as NinjaDino721 (check out her ROTG and Danny Phantom and HTTYD stuff, btw, it's really amazing guys. *insert 'promotes' tumblr gif here*) about this crossover fandom known as The Big Four, or Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons. It is a crossover between Disney movies Brave and Tangled and Dreamworks movies How to Train Your Dragon and Rise of the Guardians. For the people who are wondering about shipping, we go Jackunzel and Mericcup all the way xD.
ANYWAY, so we are trying to spread the word about this account to try and get it going. We haven't uploaded any stories yet, though we are currently writing multiple that we plan on putting up there.
So here's my challenge for you, fanfiction readers:
In each of the upcoming episodes of my Victorious fanfics (yes, including this one), there will be at least one Big Four reference. It could be a reference to the whole crossover, or even to the respective movies. It's up to you guys to find the discreet (and probably some not-so-discreet) references.
The references could range from anything as broad as a theme in any of the movies – like Hiccup's being a Viking, or Merida's Scottish-ness, or Jack's winter stuff, you get the idea – to something as specific as a direct quote from any of the movies – e.g. "That is my center, what is yours?" – North, ROTG or "You just gestured to all of me" – Hiccup, HTTYD.
It's very likely that there will be more than one (but probably no more than 5) reference in each episode, so keep a sharp eye out!
BUT OMG THERE ARE PRIZES
Yes, I will be offering prizes to the people who:
Are the first ones to find ALL the references in this episode (Prom Wrecker)
Are the first ones to find all the references in the LAST episode (the episode that will be valid during the contest, in this case Tori and Jade's Playdate)
Are the first ones to find at least one reference in every episode (from Prom Wrecker-Tori and Jade's Playdate)
Is the first one to name every reference from all the episodes (GRAND PRIZE WINNER)
BUT WHAT ARE THESE FABULOUS PRIZES
Money? Things? A free trip to Miami?
Sadly, no. As a mere fanfiction writer, I can but offer you story-related prizes.
There are THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRIZES I am giving out to winners.
For the winners who meet the criteria of the first 2 bullets, you will get the very last Victorious episode, Tori Goes Platinum, 1 WEEK before I release it on fanfiction (I will PM it to you)
For the winner(s) that meets the criteria of the third bullet, you will get a bonus chapter that I will NOT release publicly on . (I will also PM you this one. It is a TGP AU.)
The Grand Prize Winner will receive not only the first two prizes, but also I will write a fanfiction of Victorious about ANYTHING YOU WANT (it could be a crossover, it could be smut, it could be AU, it can literally be whatever you want and I will write it and PM it to you).
So those are the fabulous prizes I have to offer.
BUT JULIA THERE ARE PROBABLY RULES AREN'T THERE CAUSE UGH LIKE EVERY CONTEST EVER HAS RULES
…I sorta have rules, unfortunately. But how else are you going to know how to participate in the contest if you don't know the rules?
When you find a reference(s), PM it to me in ONE MESSAGE. I don't want an inbox spammed with like fourteen different tries from one person trying to get all the references. You can try and meet each of the four criteria as you like, just keep it organized. If you are doing the first challenge, send me ALL the Prom Wrecker references in ONE MESSAGE, but if you are also doing the second challenge, send me the TaJPD references in A DIFFERENT MESSAGE. This way I don't get confuzzled and I know who is applying for what, make sense? Good.
Use PM etiquette. By this I simply mean state which contest spot you are trying for (of the four bullet points listed) in the subject. Directly quote where in my story you found the reference, from which story you found it, and how it is a reference to the Big Four.
Describe the references. Sending me any quote from a story without explanation will be helpful in no way whatsoever. If you give a reference, explain how it is a reference. For example, "In the episode 'Locked Up', you mentioned 'extremely tall towers'. This is a reference to 'Tangled' because Rapunzel lives in a tall tower." Simple as that.
That's it I guess. Just be clear to me exactly what you are going for and show me you know what you're talking about.
I really hope I get lots of people to participate in this contest, it's gonna be so fun!
Plus, a Victorious fanfic about whatever you want? Who wouldn't want that?
As for dates and deadlines…come on. Remember who you're talking to here. You will have more than enough time to find all the references before time is up. To make things fair(ish…) I will say the deadline for getting PMs in is about 3 weeks after Tori and Jade's Playdate is up. This is of course subjective and will become more specific as we near the publication of that specific episode.
Alrighty, I think that's everything. If you have any more questions, feel free to send me a message and I will gladly explain anything to you.
So keep your eyes peeled for Big Four references, guys!