TDBK, or BKTD?
Jan. 6th, 2023 12:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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tdbk_bbWhen this bang started back in 2018, the ship was just a tiny little corner on AO3 and twitter. There was no distinction between tdbk / bktd. It was simply listed as "Bakugou Katsuki/Todoroki Shouto" and fans of both used it to label the relationship.
As the ship grew, like with all things, preferences started. However, this little bang stayed the same. It still attracted all the fans and it was an unspoken rule of 'bktd / tdbk lives here' . The only time it was ever addressed, was in claims. And even then it was a short reminder. "if you prefer this over that, have it listed clearly for the artist/writer to read"
Now, with this little corner growing bigger every year, I've seen this concern pop up more than once, and it's time to address it in a more formal setting.
I've always encouraged participants to read past entries, so they can get a feel of what this bang is all about. Each different entry has a different view of what they love about this ship. Some of them are rated G, some of them are rated E, some are bktd, others are tdbk. Its whatever flavor the writer feels like writing.
My hope is that this bang will simply be synonymous with "everything baku and todo" as we continue running in the future. 5 years has been a long time to run a ship specific bang, but everyone is so passionate so its easy to keep returning to mod it every year.
Thank you again, and please spread the word if you need. "All of the Baku and Todo is allowed here"
As the ship grew, like with all things, preferences started. However, this little bang stayed the same. It still attracted all the fans and it was an unspoken rule of 'bktd / tdbk lives here' . The only time it was ever addressed, was in claims. And even then it was a short reminder. "if you prefer this over that, have it listed clearly for the artist/writer to read"
Now, with this little corner growing bigger every year, I've seen this concern pop up more than once, and it's time to address it in a more formal setting.
TDBK Big Bang will never exclude any ship preference.
Sadly, because of how the tagging system works, its way too late to change a 5 year name handle. All of our redirects will be broken, anyone looking for this bang on twitter would be lost. Someone might claim the name for a BKTD Only bang. I'm only a single person, and I'm not in a position to do a major update of all redirects. I can only keep pushing that, just because it says tdbk, that does not mean we are excluding anyone who likes something different. I've always encouraged participants to read past entries, so they can get a feel of what this bang is all about. Each different entry has a different view of what they love about this ship. Some of them are rated G, some of them are rated E, some are bktd, others are tdbk. Its whatever flavor the writer feels like writing.
My hope is that this bang will simply be synonymous with "everything baku and todo" as we continue running in the future. 5 years has been a long time to run a ship specific bang, but everyone is so passionate so its easy to keep returning to mod it every year.
Thank you again, and please spread the word if you need. "All of the Baku and Todo is allowed here"
