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A history of the Cold War, told in lolcats & \0/ ([personal profile] sansets) wrote in [community profile] rat_jam2007-03-27 12:01 am
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Let the Promptathon Begin!

To join the battle, all you need to do is pick a prompt from below (any prompt, even if it's your own) and write/vid/manip/icon/draw/whatever the most creative bit of whatever you can create! And remember - PLEASE feel free to vid or icon or manip or do something non-written. We love ALL kinds of creative output equally!

When you've written/painted/made it, paste it into the comments here. Once you've done that, you can post it wherever else you want.

You may enter as many times as you like, so long as each entry is completely separate (not a series of linked pieces). Also, please do not link to old work - this should be something new, produced for the challenge, based on one of the prompts.

THE RULES

1. It must fit in one comment, so the limit is 4,300 characters (there's no minimum limit). It can be part of a longer piece that you may post elsewhere, as long as it's something new and based on one of the prompts, but all we want here is the part that you are most proud of. If you make art, if it's larger than 350 px wide, please use a thumbnail linking directly to the piece (directly to the artwork, not a post or site). The thumbnail can be up to 350 px wide, and 300 px high, and should include as much of the art as possible. If it is a vidlet or something else requiring dowloading, like a fanmix, please post the link to where we can download. Feel free to post a teaser image, but please confine yourself to the artwork preview rules.

2. Important! Please use the subject line of your comment to identify the snippet, like so: Title, prompt, rating (i.e. Fandom, Pairing, prompt word, rating system of your choice). For example, I might write: "Staying Awake, One Tree Hill, Lucas/Nathan, rain, R", or "The Sun Has Gone Down, Crossover, Torchwood/Stargate Atlantis, Jack/John, under fire, for all ages".

3. You have one week – the post will close for new entries next Sunday, April 1, at midnight eastern standard time. PLEASE be certain to check the World Time Clock to verify the deadline time in your area.

4. Don't forget that these prompts are only written as character one/character two for convience, NOT because of any requirement to make it a relationship story! Gen and friend are very welcome here. They can be interpreted in ANY WAY, so just imagine the FUN possiblities. You can take one prompt and write it, draw it, icon it, fanmix it, AND vid it. (Although if you have the time to do all of that in the week that these prompts are open, I might just have to kill myself out of jealousy :o) And you can use the characters in a different way each time. Don't be afraid to think outside the box!

5. Please don't post anything but your creations or feedback/feedback replies (to individual stories) here. If you've got any questions or comments, please leave them on this post right here, NOT on this post that you are currently reading. We'd like to keep this purely for the creative output (and feedback on the creations - readers/voyeurs, please do show the writers/artists much love for their creative offerings).

The prompts are right here
Thanks SO much to [livejournal.com profile] sageness for coding and lending hosting space on her site!


The prompts using only one character were listed first, followed by the prompts for more than one character. ALL crossovers are under both fandoms, so you don't need to worry about looking in multiple places for your crossovers - those listed under Smallville are the same listed under Supernatural, if you are looking for prompts for a Smallville/Supernatural crossover.

Finally! Warning: ALL ratings are acceptable here, from the things that you would show your aged grandmother, all the way up to to the things that would make a sailor blush. Use your own discretion, and please label your stories, art, and other creative output accordingly.

Thank you kindly!

rules stolen from [livejournal.com profile] oxoniensis and her AMAZING porn battle
catwalksalone: happy grey cat surrounded by flowers (guy i win!)

Re: Some Kind of Compromise, Green Wing, Mac/Guy, jelly, 15

[personal profile] catwalksalone 2007-04-01 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Can I just say mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm? This makes me think I could even like jelly (blech) if this is what you get to do with it.

Mmm, Guy with the public displays of affection.

Re: Some Kind of Compromise, Green Wing, Mac/Guy, jelly, 15

[identity profile] leiascully.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't promise that jelly will always be served with a helping of Guy, but you could try leaving a little dish on your doorstep to attract him?

Mmmmm, Guy.

Re: Are You In or Out?, Life on Mars, Sam/Gene, bisexuality, NC-17

[identity profile] out-there.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Shit. Speaking of movement, there's some at number forty, better get little Sammy zipped up. And be careful. We don't want him going through the grinder. He has to be in tip top shape for later on today."

For some reason, it's those last lines of Gene's that really gets me. For Gene, it's... romantic.

Better Than Wine, Green Wing, Mac/Guy/Caro, value, R

[identity profile] leiascully.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
When it came down to it, three people in one bed was a little bit awkward. There were so many hands (fingers kept getting wedged between bed and bone when someone rolled over) and so many balls and not really enough breasts and a confusing number of mouths and knees.

On the other hand, it was maybe the best thing that had ever happened to any of them, so that worked out. The orange light from the sodium lamp outside washed everyone's skin with gold and the room smelt of sex, musky and rich, and whatever cinnamony perfume Caroline had on.

"You are the most precious things I've got," said Mac.

"Save it for daylight, wanker," Guy said, "you can tell us how wonderful we are when we're not having sex," and he and Caroline shut Mac up with lips and clever fingers.

Set in Stone: House M.D., House/Wilson, apology

[identity profile] out-there.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"So you apologised."

Signing up for detox involves a commitment of weeks. While he knew that when he came here, he hadn't expected the time to pass this *slowly*. Or to be trapped in frighteningly cheerful decor for the entire time.

So he's now Gregory House, M.N.B. Those initials being Mind-Numbingly Bored. Next time Cuddy orders business cards, he's going to get that added right after the M.D. But that would require actually using the business cards Cuddy ordered for him, instead of handing them out at strip joints with Cuddy's office number on the back.

He'll think about it.

"I never knew my workload was this light," he says, avoiding the topic at hand and reaching forward to take a handful of peanuts from the snack-sized bag.

"On average, you see one to two patients a week," Wilson replies, picking up his bag of peanuts and cradling them on his lap, just out of House's reach. "Not counting clinic hours, of course."

"Yeah, but I never have this much free time. If I knew there was so little requirement for my face-to-face wisdom, I would have taken up a hobby years ago."

It's a blatent lie. Firstly, he already has hobbies: Gameboy, PSP and a satisfying interest in soap operas. Secondly, he doesn't normally have this much free time. Seems oddly fitting that as he's sitting here, mind slowly rotting from sheer, utter boredom, this week's patient had the bad taste to actually *have* Lupis.

Wilson raises one perfectly dark eyebrow. Then he eats a peanut. "A hobby?"

"I'm thinking sky-diving. Bungy-jumping might strain the leg," he says, tapping his bad thigh and stretching out a little further on the bed. They're both sitting on House's single cot: Wilson at one end, House at the other. It's just long enough that those peanuts are still out of reach.

"Maybe you should play it safe and take up something more sedientary. Something you could start now. Knitting, for example."

"They don't like giving us needles in detox. Weird, huh?" As he says that, he picks up the bottom of his cane and uses the handle to swipe at the bag of nuts. He'd hoped that with enough force, the nuts would spray towards him and he could gather them up off the cheap polyester bedspread. Instead, they scatter across the carpet. "Not worth picking those up. You don't know what that carpet's seen."

For a long moment, Wilson blinks at the random sprinkle of nuts, then he licks the last traces of salt from his fingers. "Strangely enough, this brings us back to the actual topic of conversation."

"My over-abundance of free time?"

"Apologies. And the rarity of you making them."

(The rest is here. I ran over the word-count. (http://out-there.livejournal.com/869156.html?mode=reply))

Re: 'Things I'll Never Say', Due South, Fraser/Kowalski, unsaid, PG-ish

[identity profile] voiceless009.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Woobie Fraser is my favourite Fraser! Well, second only to dark Fraser. Or perhaps comic relief Fraser. Heck, even exposition Fraser rocks my socks. ...I'm sorry, what are we talking about again?

Thank you for the fb. :)

Re: Dissolution, Stargate SG-1, Cameron/Teal'c, earth, PG

[identity profile] ana-grrl.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay, thanks! :D I'm glad it didn't come out too sappy!

Re: 'Things I'll Never Say', Due South, Fraser/Kowalski, unsaid, PG-ish

[identity profile] sprat.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Awww, I loved that! *hearts Fraser*

Re: 'Things I'll Never Say', Due South, Fraser/Kowalski, unsaid, PG-ish

[identity profile] voiceless009.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course he will! I mean, it's pretty quiet out there in the icy, snowy wilderness and they'll need something to talk about when all the anecdotes and proverbs are exhausted...

Anyway. Ahem. Thank you!

Re: #1 Crush, Heroes, Hiro/Ando (unrequited), Secret, G

[identity profile] ana-grrl.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Awww! Lovely. And a little sad! But I totally buy that Hiro is crushing on Ando in some way - it's a much more believable pairing than anything else on the show.

Re: 'Things I'll Never Say', Due South, Fraser/Kowalski, unsaid, PG-ish

[identity profile] voiceless009.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I like to think that these random things that pop out of Fraser's mouth are just his coy Mountie way of saying "I love you". Really, he's just waiting for Ray to work it out. *nods*

Thanks!

Re: 'Things I'll Never Say', Due South, Fraser/Kowalski, unsaid, PG-ish

[identity profile] voiceless009.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

Re: Christmas, 1968, due South, Fraser, light, G

[identity profile] revbiscuit.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
This was lovely. Thank you for posting it.

Re: On Guard, due South, Diefenbaker, undercover, G

[identity profile] revbiscuit.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Loved this. So imaginative, really made me smile.

Re: Sliver, due South, Fraser/Kowalski, unsaid

[identity profile] revbiscuit.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Love it. Love the way it's all so gentle and quiet, love the bit when Ray takes over and start fixing his hand, and the moment he just sits there holding it when he's finished. Love the way you ended it. You write such beautiful things.

Re: Circle Jerk, Wilby Wonderful, Duck/Buddy, circle jerk, NC-17 (warning: underage)

[identity profile] revbiscuit.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Mal. Wow.

Re: Unwritten Rules, due South, Fraser, unwritten, PG-13

[identity profile] revbiscuit.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I Really liked this. Poor Fraser, the world is indeed a confusing place. Thank you for posting this, it's lovely.

Re: "Stopwatch" - Torchwood, Jack, loss - G (repost because I fail at html)

[identity profile] etcetera-cat.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! (and sorry!) ^_^;;
cedara: (Life_On_Mars:Gene+Sam+guns)

Re: Are You In or Out?, Life on Mars, Sam/Gene, bisexuality, NC-17

[personal profile] cedara 2007-04-01 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee... marvellous.
cedara: (Heroes:Hiro+Sword)

Re: #1 Crush, Heroes, Hiro/Ando (unrequited), Secret, G

[personal profile] cedara 2007-04-01 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Awww...
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Re: Unwritten Rules, due South, Fraser, unwritten, PG-13

[identity profile] keerawa.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

The comment-length limit was a real bitch on this one - I'm in the process of loosening the corset and writing a longer version for my own LJ.
ext_3554: dream wolf (Default)

Re: Unwritten Rules, due South, Fraser, unwritten, PG-13

[identity profile] keerawa.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, revbiscuit! It's frustrating when the world plays by rules everyone seems to know but you.
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Re: Circle Jerk, Wilby Wonderful, Duck/Buddy, circle jerk, NC-17 (warning: underage)

[identity profile] keerawa.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
All those stolen glimpses, and then doing it with Buddy looking right at him, talking to him ... whew. Hot.

[identity profile] indiehobbitlass.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I love your GW fics - your characters just ring so true!

[identity profile] indiehobbitlass.livejournal.com 2007-04-01 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Heee. Lovely ending after typical Guy/Mac manly banter!

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