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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 (dan casey bench)

James Dean, Sports Night, Dan/Casey, rock and roll, PG

[personal profile] catwalksalone 2007-03-30 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"You ready?"

"Yup. Lemme just..." Casey shut down the computer then straightened up. "'K, Danny, let's rock and roll."

"No."

"No?"

"No."

"What no?"

"You can't do it. You don't have it in you."

"I don't have it in me to be ready?" They started walking. "I'm always ready. Raring to go. All guns blazing. Hellza popping."

"No," said Danny. And, "Stop it."

"Stop what?"

"This pathetic attempt to recreate your youth by utilising slang that would have never seen the inside of your mouth in a million years. It's not you, it never was you, it never will be you, now stop it." Dan patted Casey's arm and smiled.

"I'm not-"

"You are, my sadly deluded friend, you are."

Casey couldn't think of a retort that wouldn't descend into schoolyard squabbles so he let the space grow. They were in the car by the time Dan spoke again.

"So what happened?"

"What do you mean?"

"Casey, I've known you for what feels like at least sixty lifetimes, you only start trying to be cool when something's happened. So spill."

Casey stared out of the passenger window at the tree trunks passing by. He liked to count the seconds in between each one, he'd never been able to figure out which amused him more, the exact regularity of their planting or Dan's steady 25mph, never slower, never faster.

"She called me an old man."

"Firstly, she's clearly observant, secondly, who's she?"

"The dark haired girl in the library, the one with the bangs, what's her name?"

"Melissa. Melissa was mean to you? I'm shocked. Shocked and appalled. Maybe your incessant flirting finally ground her down."

"I do not flirt."

"Hey, Melissa," said Dan in his fake-Casey voice, "you're looking very fresh today. Is that a new scent you're wearing? Here is a profound, yet manly tome that I am checking out in order to impress you when really what I wanted was a book on gay sex for the over seventies."

Casey laughed and swatted half-heartedly at Dan, leaving his hand resting on Dan's thigh.

"I do not do that."

"Oh, but you do. It's kinda cute." Dan's hand moves from the wheel to grasp Casey's briefly before returning to the exact same position. His eyes never waver from the road. "Seriously she called you 'old man'? That's not like her."

"Actually there were these teenagers and one of them pushed me a little on the way to the desk. Melissa said 'Be careful, Mr McCall is an old man, have some respect.'"

"So being you, you chose to focus on the old man thing and not on the respect thing. Oh, Casey." Dan shook his head. "And now I'm going to have to put up with the hepcat talk until you've got it out of your system."

"I guess I don't think about it much," said Casey. "Being old. Because I don't feel that way with you. You make me feel rock and roll even if I never liked the music all that much."

"Now that you can say whenever you like."

"I can?"

"Yup."

"Maybe when we get home I'll say it again."

"That, I can handle," said Dan. "I'll bring the rock, you bring the roll. And if we make it out alive, I'll fix you dinner."

"And if we don't?"

"Well you know how it goes: live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse. One out of three's not bad."

"No," said Casey, watching the tree trunks beginning to blur as suburbs gave way to forest. "It's not bad at all."

Re: James Dean, Sports Night, Dan/Casey, rock and roll, PG

[identity profile] quiesce.livejournal.com 2007-03-30 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Boys! Old boys! Men! So much love!

"You are, my sadly deluded friend, you are."

and

"I'll bring the rock, you bring the roll. And if we make it out alive, I'll fix you dinner."

*hearts*

Although, poor Danny if he has a few more days of hepcat talk to look forward to.
catwalksalone: happy grey cat surrounded by flowers (dan casey bench)

Re: James Dean, Sports Night, Dan/Casey, rock and roll, PG

[personal profile] catwalksalone 2007-03-30 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! It was you got me started on the Old Boys *hearts*

Maybe if they make it out alive, the rocking and rolling will cause Casey to forget about the hepcat talk and Dan can relax.

Re: James Dean, Sports Night, Dan/Casey, rock and roll, PG

[identity profile] vsee.livejournal.com 2007-03-30 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Cute dialogue. I like the poking at Casey's pride.
catwalksalone: (casey heart)

Re: James Dean, Sports Night, Dan/Casey, rock and roll, PG

[personal profile] catwalksalone 2007-03-31 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Casey's pride needs to be poked. : )

Re: James Dean, Sports Night, Dan/Casey, rock and roll, PG

[identity profile] laylee.livejournal.com 2007-03-31 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
I would just like to inform you that this made me laugh inappropriately in the work place. Well done, you!
catwalksalone: (casey heart)

Re: James Dean, Sports Night, Dan/Casey, rock and roll, PG

[personal profile] catwalksalone 2007-03-31 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yay for inappropriate work laughter! Wins!

Re: James Dean, Sports Night, Dan/Casey, rock and roll, PG

[identity profile] leiascully.livejournal.com 2007-03-31 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll bring the rock, you bring the roll. And if we make it out alive, I'll fix you dinner."

I love this. I love them being old together. They are so wonderful, and so are you!
catwalksalone: happy grey cat surrounded by flowers (dan casey bench)

Re: James Dean, Sports Night, Dan/Casey, rock and roll, PG

[personal profile] catwalksalone 2007-04-01 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. Thank you and thank you! I love old!Dan and old!Casesy - I blame [livejournal.com profile] quiesce for this.