ELEMENTS: FORCES OF NATURE is a low pressure, quick timeline, multimedia fanwork event centered around Stray Kids’ Han & Lee Know in celebration of their birthdays.Everything from drabbles to longfic, to art of different types, including illustrations, sketches, and fanvids, are all welcomed, as long as the work complies with the theme: ELEMENTS.Sign-ups open on Han’s birthday (9.14) and posting begins on Lee Know’s birthday (10.25).

• check out older seasons.

PICK ONE OR A COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS TO WORK WITH: Air, Fire, Earth, Water; OR Light/Dark. You can also mix/combine two or more of the elements (ie. Water/Fire, Air/Earth, etc.)

FILL OUT THE SIGN UP FORM!
The form will be open and available starting on September 14th.

SUBMIT YOUR WORK!
Instructions on how to submit your work will be e-mailed upon signing-up.

WHAT KIND OF WORKS ARE ALLOWED?

Participants can (and are encouraged to!) submit as many entries as they want to.

WAIT FOR POSTING!
Posting will start on October 25th and end on October 30th. See the event timeline for more information. We will also send further instructions on how to post your contribution through email, closer to the date.

ARE THERE CHECK-INS FOR THIS EVENT?
No check-ins. The event period is pretty short as it is, so presumably (and hopefully), a participant's interest will hold from sign-up to the end.

IS THIS AN ANONYMOUS EVENT?
No. We do have a posting schedule (see: SCHEDULE), but credits will be intact and visible as soon as works are revealed.

DOES THAT MEAN WE CAN PUBLICLY TALK ABOUT OUR WORK BEFORE POSTING?
You're allowed to talk about what you're working on but PLEASE DO NOT POST THE FINISHED PRODUCT ANYWHERE BEFORE OFFICIAL REVEALS. Please also try and not spoil TOO MUCH so the audience can still have something to look forward to!

HOW ABSTRACT OR HOW LITERAL IS OUR INTERPRETATION OF THE THEME EXPECTED TO BE?
You can be as abstract or as literal as you want as long as 1) you can confidently point out what part of your work was inspired by an element, and 2) your chosen element is central to the theme of your final output.

WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF ELEMENTS AS INSPIRATIONS?
First of all check out the inspiration page or the links at the bottom of the page to get a better idea of the classical elements being used for this event. Second, inspiration and interpretation are al up to the participant. You can choose to have literal prompts in the form of songs with a type of element in their title (ie. BTS' Fire, as a prompt), or songs that portray vibes appropriate for specific elements (ie. Mitski's Liquid Smooth). Poetry about the elements, or any images that have obvious elemental themes are also allowed. You can also be abstract, and try to evoke in your work emotions and themes that are typically associated with certain elements (ie. Grounding for Earth, Nothingness & Isolation for Darkness, etc.)

CAN WE DO MULTIPLE ELEMENTS PER WORK?
Yes, that's what the final category, COMBINATIONS is for!

CAN WE ADOPT LEFTOVER PROMPTS FROM FICATHON?
Yes, in fact we encourage it! You can pick a prompt over here. Once you're done, make sure to also submit to the off-season collection, as well as fill out the adoption form.

Air is one of the four classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy and science. It is associated with qualities of warmth and wetness which the Greeks believed to be similar to the qualities of breath, life, and spirit. In astrology, the Air element represents thought, intellect, ideas, and communication. [src]

Things associated with air and blood in ancient and medieval medicine included the season of spring, since it increased the qualities of heat and moisture; the sanguine temperament (of a person dominated by the blood humor); hermaphrodite (combining the masculine quality of heat with the feminine quality of moisture); and the northern point of the compass. [src]

In contemporary esoteric traditions, it is commonly associated with the qualities of emotion and intuition. [src]

The Water Element is associated with our Drive to Bond. Committed to connections and happiest in supporting the people in their networks, the Water Element is motivated by people, relationships, and collaboration. [src]

Commonly associated with the qualities of energy, assertiveness, and passion. In one Greek myth, Prometheus stole fire from the gods to protect the otherwise helpless humans, but was punished for this charity. [src]

Symbolizes transformation and regeneration, burning away the old to make way for the new. Fire energy is dynamic and active, pushing for change and progress. The fire element in its purest form is a symbol of life, warmth, and light, but when uncontrolled, it can also represent destruction and chaos. [src]

Earth is one of the four classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy and science. It was commonly associated with qualities of heaviness, matter and the terrestrial world. Due to the hero cults, and chthonic underworld deities, the element of earth is also associated with the sensual aspects of both life and death in later occultism. [src]

Pprobably the easiest of the elements for humans to understand, because it governs the material and physical aspects - the more solid and dense states of matter. Such as those that we can perceive with our 5 senses of smell, touch, sight, sound and taste. [src]

Light and Darkness are basic natural phenomena as well as symbolic or metaphorical meanings that are often equated with the pairs of Being and Non-Being, primordial chaos and world order. [src]

Chiaroscuro is the art of finding harmony between the darkness and the light. It describes the contrasting interplay of light and shadow, brighter and darker tones, used to create beauty in visual art, music, dance, and theatre and film. In art this interplay produces greater solidity and dimensionality.In music, chiaroscuro is the balance of open brilliant sounds (squillo) with a use of breath to provide a deeper timbre (scuro) as part of the Italian bel canto (beautiful singing) style. The beauty is in the balance of lighter and darker tones. [src]