2020-08-19

purpleyin: Elizabeth Weir looking to the side, repeat pattern in red tones and then greyscale (double)
 Banner for Ladies of DCTV. Week long event running 14th to 20th September. Over a dozen characters are shown from the various different DCTV shows.

We're excited to announce our next event – Ladies of DCTV!

The event runs for a week – from September 14th to September 20th – with a different optional theme each day. There's no sign-up for it. You can @dctvgen for us to reblog on tumblr, submit a post here (you need to join the community and posts go to a moderation queue) or post to the Ao3 collection.

Themes below:

  • Monday 14th September – Superpowers – Whether they be canonical superpowers, bestowed by an AU, or just the metaphorical kind, we want to see ladies being super in some way.
  • Tuesday 15th September – Identity – How do they see themselves? How do others see them? Perhaps they have more than one, or a secret identity, to juggle. A special mention that this day is also World Afro Day, for the celebration of the natural hairstyles of black and multiracial people.
  • Wednesday 16th September – Hobbies – Just what do your favorite ladies get up to (usually off-screen) in their free time?
  • Thursday 17th September – Friendship – Canon is sometimes short on female friendship, but we’d love to see them. This coincides with 'Locate an old friend day' for anyone who wants to resurrect a character’s old friendships (or retcon one into existence) where canon neglected any.
  • Friday 18th September – Careers – What did they want to be when they grew up? How did their dreams change (or not)? Anything career-related works here, and it’s also on International Equal Pay Day.
  • Saturday 19th September – Villains – Bring us villainesses in all their power and glory. Or you’re equally welcome to reimagine a heroine gone dark side. They may be flawed, and morally grey at best, but there’s a lot of scope for interesting tales. If you’re looking for extra inspiration, this is on International Talk Like A Pirate Day too.
  • Sunday 20th September – free day – any theme you like so long as it focuses on the women of the shows.

A big thank you to the awesome ginger-canary​ for creating the above event banner. With so many great characters across the shows, we obviously couldn’t get them all on there but we look forward to seeing a variety of fanworks created for the many ladies of DCTV.

Our usual posting guidelines apply, which you can read on our FAQ. For any questions that aren’t answered there, don’t hesitate to comment here, send us an ask on tumblr, or email us at the address listed at the bottom of our FAQ. We’re also over on the DC Event Server discord - you can join that here.

We'd love for you spread the word and we can’t wait to see what you all create or rec to us!