Fantastic Fauxlore’s theme will be FFXIV works inspired by fairy tales, fables, and myths. As guidelines, we included the option of reinterpreting classic tales, as well as developing original ones.

Because this is not going to be a super curated project for printing (like a zine would be), we feel it’s best to remain open about how writers choose to interpret this theme. Ultimately, the purpose of a Big Bang is to inspire creativity and community between a fandom’s artists and writers.

The data in our interest check also confirmed that both potential contributors and readers were highly interested in both classic reinterpretations and original stories that could be set in the land of Eorzea.

For matching, artists will have a chance to preview what fics are available and list which ones they want to be matched with, so they will have the option to choose if they want to work with stories that are a little more original or classic.

And with XIV drawing so much from our world’s influences, we think you could also easily make the argument that our classic stories and tales could cohesively be a part of their own folklore :D