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ontology ([personal profile] ontology) wrote2008-02-14 08:26 pm

la la la la

I shall likely regret this later, but I am feeling regretful that I have not written anything at all for Valentine's Day, although thus far I have never managed to write anything in time for a holiday, except for that one magical year I somehow managed to write a fic for Remus' birthday. (And, um, my poor rl friends have not yet got their Christmas presents, and to make that even messier the half-finished documents are trapped on Computer Which Is Currently Ravaged By Virus, which, yeah, I haven't actually mentioned, but it is, and this is the spare, and we are attempting to get it taken care of.) So I am issuing a writing challenge. Have at it. Give me a fandom and a prompt (more than one is permitted, but I might not do both), and I shall write you a ficbit. Try to keep your prompts fairly simple (I mean, if you actually want to see the result, ever) -- which mostly means "not epic or requiring a complicated plot"; i.e. no, I really can't write the story of how the Doctor helped the Faithful escape from Númenor, although I could write a short segment about the Doctor being in Númenor during the fall. You lot know my fandoms fairly well (and, as usual, I might be persuaded to eke out a smattering of original fic, but only if you ask very nicely). And if I don't get to your particular prompt, don't take it personally, as I've a short-term memory resembling not so much a sieve as a veritable hole.

So.

[identity profile] airys1.livejournal.com 2008-02-15 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Hehe, I love how you use 'you lot', it makes me smile :)

And ack, virus?! Hate those things..

[identity profile] ressie-noldo.livejournal.com 2008-02-15 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Right now, the only things I can come up with are all sort of like 'how the Doctor used this Lagrange multiplier to do foo', which is not very helpful, but how the Doctor helped the Faithful escape from Númenor just made my brain break. *small noises of flail*

[identity profile] faeriemaiden.livejournal.com 2008-02-16 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
There could always be fic about how the Doctor, in a fit of grief and lack-of-stuff-to-do in the wake of No Martha, wanders around helping hapless Caltech students with their studies, all the while going to poetry readings at coffee houses and attempting to get people to take him seriously. :p

The last time I asked for fic prompts, Kyra put out "Nine couldn't save Númenor, either", and I just kind of melted inside. It's cauldroning somewhere in the back of my subconsciousness, waiting to spring, in some form or another.

[identity profile] take-a-sadsong.livejournal.com 2008-02-16 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
So, this is all your fault, but I'm obsessing over the Time Quintet now and the library called today to tell me that A Wind In The Door is waiting for me.

With that said, you should write a Wrinkle In Time fanfic. :] About Calvin going to a 1960's-esque McDonalds and ordering a hamburger, and how he asked for no onions, but they gave him onions anyway. Or maybe he wanted onions and they forgot them. I think Calvin would probably like onions. Anyway, he would be terribly distressed, but unsure about whether to actually ask for another one. Uh. yeah. I obviously should go to bed soon. XD

Or maybe about Charles Wallace watching Lord of the Rings, and being distraught because HE KNOWS THAT BOROMIR IS EVIL WHEN HE LAYS EYES ON HIM IN THE FLASHY RIVENDELL SCENE. You know? Well. yeah.

Oh! did you read the insanely long email I sent? I hope I got your email address right. If you're busy and can't reply, it's totally cool, just say so or I will spend the next two weeks bothering you about it. ^_^

Happy Late Valentine's Day, Banui!

[identity profile] lady-moriel.livejournal.com 2008-02-16 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
Or a DW/Time Quintet crossover. The Doctor and Charles Wallace would get along frighteningly well.

[identity profile] take-a-sadsong.livejournal.com 2008-02-17 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, I don't know much about The Doctor, but I think they probably would! And I know nothing about the Tardis except that it has something to do with travelling, but could it possibly be tied in with tessering? :DD -giddy grin-

[identity profile] lady-moriel.livejournal.com 2008-02-16 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
although I could write a short segment about the Doctor being in Númenor during the fall

Hm, well, I certainly would not object to a ficbit like that. All the angst, none of the epic and epically difficult Actual Plot. ;p (It's really sort of funny how I came up with this totally awesome idea and keep palming it off on other people because I haven't the faintest idea how to do it either. I mean, originally I came up with it for [livejournal.com profile] dw_cross and nobody used it then either.) I also would not object to a ficbit about the Doctor meeting Eliot and Inspiring Things. Or...Remus and Dora spend a quiet evening introducing Teddy to the delights of [insert random Muggle object here], with bonus points if it brings up Sirius- or Lily-related angst. The first time Kaylee knew Serenity was really home. Umm...blimey, I don't know...I'm no good at coming up with prompts tonight.

[identity profile] suangelita.livejournal.com 2008-02-17 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
You owe me two fics... but... here... hmmm...

I want... a Curry fic... ^_^ ;)

No, on a serious note... I want a short little thing involving Spike, marshmallows and watching Firefly on the telly... ;)

[identity profile] builtofsorrow.livejournal.com 2008-02-17 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
All the prompts I can think of have to do with Oscar, Jack, or Jack & Walter Blythe during the war, which I'm pretty sure wouldn't even work anyway. :( Though I will take the opportunity to bother you to revisit the Luna on the TARDIS bit you once mentioned... ^^

[identity profile] lady-moriel.livejournal.com 2008-02-17 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah. And I wouldn't object to anything that involves a meeting between Remus and Oz, either.

[identity profile] faeriemaiden.livejournal.com 2008-02-17 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, I have been giving that one some thought. I think they would get along very well. :D (And we now know where Remus is in 2000, when Oz goes on his trip, which...you have more than likely spoiled yourself for already. :p Someone is going to say "dead" and I am going to punch them. Filthy lies. )

...Right, I should stop saying "this is nifty" and, you know, write something. Argh. (Only your ideas are usually too awesome to be contained in a few paragraphs. Stop being awesome, drat you! ♥)

[identity profile] suangelita.livejournal.com 2008-02-18 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
OZ WENT ON HIS TRIP IN 1999!!! SILLY! This is SEASON 4! *bops*

*ahem*

I'm okay, really I am. ^_^

[identity profile] faeriemaiden.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
He went on his trip in late 1999 and got back in 2000. Then he went away again. D: (Annnnd I don't think he comes back. Ever. *weeps stormily* OZZZZ!) So to console myself I'm just going to decide that he ends up in England and the Lupins take him in. Or something. Heh.

[identity profile] shield-wolf.livejournal.com 2008-02-18 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Why Gryffindor?

Give us a glimpse at what sort of courage it takes to be Remus Lupin.

[identity profile] lady-moriel.livejournal.com 2008-02-26 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Annnd...I sort of thing there was some sort of writing-related thing you were attempting to do for my birthday... *shifty eyes*