rat_jam | 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

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

oxoniensis and her AMAZING porn battle

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When They came to him in August, 1979 and told him he could continue serving his country after death, former prime minister Diefenbaker's first thought was "What?", almost immediately followed by "sure, I mean, why the hell not. I'll catch up with st. Peter later." Never let it be said that he wasn't capable of pulling it together in a hurry.

He bounced around time and space doing odd jobs for a couple of years--returning to his own lifetime to teach a young boy named Pierre to pirouette, showing a fresh faced Joe Shuster where to get the best comic books-- little jobs like that. Until one day, when They who recruited him returned and said "well" and "we've got a job for you" and "there's a Mountie, he will prove to be interesting", and he said "well" right back and then because he hadn't fallen off the cart yesterday, "what's the catch?"

Finally, out of the heavily pregnant silence that had fallen in the spiritual no man's land, They said, almost hesitantly for a supernatural phenomenon, "you'll have to go undercover as a wolf", a pause, "a deaf wolf." John Diefenbaker did the mental equivalent of taking a step back, pondered for a minute, then: "I haven't made it this far pussy-footing around; sign me up." And he tripped and fell down the rabbit hole, into a bear trap.

omg, that's brilliant! ♥

Thanks! I'm so glad you liked it, I always watched due South and thought, "hey wouldn't it be hilarious if Diefenbaker was actually Diefenbaker?", but I never thought I'd write it. I'm glad it turned out ok.

I love it!

thanks, and I love your icon. Because Canadian+tech guy=totally awesome.

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

ana-grrl.livejournal.com - 2007-03-29 21:20 (UTC) - Expand

cerriddwen.livejournal.com - 2007-03-29 23:28 (UTC) - Expand

Oh god, so awesome.

I'm so glad you liked it, but now I have to go to Tim Horton's and get a doughnut (no thanks for that).

That was awesome. Really clever.

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. And this is probably an inappropriate place to say so, but you made my favourite dS vid (you can call me) so the fact that you like it means quite a bit to me.

sdwolfpup.livejournal.com - 2007-03-29 22:03 (UTC) - Expand

That's fantastic! You're a genius, I would never thought of this interpretation. I particularly love ...he tripped and fell down the rabbit hole, because I can really believe that meeting Fraser for the first time would be, er, surreal. And now you have me wondering if John Diefenbaker liked donuts...

I kinda want to know too, now. But I fear this may be one place where the internets fail me. Normally, I'd ask my grandfather who a)is a huge prime minister buff and b)was alive at the time, but Diefenbaker but defense spending which forced my grandfather into early retirement from the navy. Diefenbaker's a dirty word in his house. To the point where I chickened out on telling him I'm a due South fan after he went on a rant against having a character named after him He's pretty intense (but awesome).

"I haven't made it this far pussy-footing around; sign me up."

That's Diefenbaker attitude for you! Great interpretation of the prompt, there.

Thanks. Yeah, it wouldn't have been possible to write this if Diefenbaker didn't have the biggest attitude in two countries.

You've reminded me why I love this fandom so much. Great interpretation.

Aw, thanks so much. I'm so glad you liked it.

♥

I love this.

thanks!

Loved this. So imaginative, really made me smile.

I'm glad I caused smiling. The idea just totally mauled me the second I looked at the prompt.

Hee! Very clever. *g*

cerriddwen.livejournal.com - 2007-04-02 00:25 (UTC) - Expand

This made me so happy when I first read it and I've taken to re-reading it a bit. Dief, my reason for watching due South.

cerriddwen.livejournal.com - 2007-04-02 00:26 (UTC) - Expand

I wish I knew due South better (or at all), but even with almost no background, I'm sitting here saying, "But that's a fantastic idea!"

phnelt.livejournal.com - 2007-04-02 21:36 (UTC) - Expand

Heee! This is awesome. :)

phnelt.livejournal.com - 2007-04-03 23:00 (UTC) - Expand

I love all three of the ds snippets you posted, but this is my absolute favoritest.

phnelt.livejournal.com - 2007-04-09 03:54 (UTC) - Expand

OMG, this is so brilliant! Priceless, really. :)

phnelt.livejournal.com - 2007-04-09 03:49 (UTC) - Expand