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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

Lesson Learnt, Sports Night, Dan/Dana, look but don't touch, G

[identity profile] quiesce.livejournal.com 2007-03-28 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Consider it a lesson learnt from the Casey Affair. Well, not affair since they never made it further than a handful of kisses and they hadn't even done that until well after his divorce had been finalized. Debacle then. Consider it a lesson learnt from the Casey Debacle. The one that started with her subconsciously pitting Casey against Gordon and ended in the ridiculous epiphany that had been the Dating Plan.

The lesson was a simple one: don't confuse friendship and the occasional playful flirting with romance and don't risk a sure thing on what ifs. That she and Casey had salvaged their friendship and returned to where they'd been before didn't mean that she'd be so lucky a second time.

She could look -- it was her job to keep an eye on everything, afterall. Her job to watch the way the camera framed Dan's face; her job to make sure wardrobe and makeup had him looking his best; her job to notice the grin that lit up his face every time he or Casey had a particularly clever turn of phrase. Well, that last one might be pushing it and the "just part of the job" excuse fell apart when she realized that even off air and out of the studio she noticed when he walked into the room, that she tracked him with her eyes, that whenever he smiled, she found herself smiling too.

She allowed herself the what ifs -- gazing out her office window lost in thought, stealing glances across the bar when she knew Natalie was too distracted (or too drunk) to notice, in bed as she drifted to sleep -- but that was all she would allow. Anything more would mean risking what she had, and that was a lesson she'd already learnt.
ext_23631: Doodle of Beka nomming L's head, captioned "YOUR HEAD IN MY MOUTH!" (SN: i want badly to see you naked!)

Re: Lesson Learnt, Sports Night, Dan/Dana, look but don't touch, G

[identity profile] starletfallen.livejournal.com 2007-03-28 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
*SQUEE*

It's gorgerifious.

Yes, I just made up a word. It's THAT good. :D

...yeah, coherency is so not happening. Love.

Re: Lesson Learnt, Sports Night, Dan/Dana, look but don't touch, G

[identity profile] quiesce.livejournal.com 2007-03-28 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! I wrote something new word-worthy! That's way better than coherency :-D

Thanks!
catwalksalone: happy grey cat surrounded by flowers (dan scruffy)

Re: Lesson Learnt, Sports Night, Dan/Dana, look but don't touch, G

[personal profile] catwalksalone 2007-03-28 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
1. *hearts* Thank you for coming to play!

2. You made me feel bad for Dana. How did you do that?

Yay!

Re: Lesson Learnt, Sports Night, Dan/Dana, look but don't touch, G

[identity profile] quiesce.livejournal.com 2007-03-28 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
How did you do that?
Voodoo. Shhhh.


There are lots of fun prompts; how could I not play?!

Re: Lesson Learnt, Sports Night, Dan/Dana, look but don't touch, G

[identity profile] enterincolor.livejournal.com 2007-03-28 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooh, wow, that is amazing and wonderful and just -- LOVE. Total and complete love. Yay, Dan/Dana. I have a strange fondness for it. Maybe because the characters' names can't be squished into a ship name? *ponders* Except maybe Danana. But that'd be amusing enough to not be annoying. Am I rambling in your review? I'm sorry. Let me end with this: YAY!

Re: Lesson Learnt, Sports Night, Dan/Dana, look but don't touch, G

[identity profile] quiesce.livejournal.com 2007-03-29 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
I keep saying Danana out loud trying to figure out if it should be DAN-a-na or da-NAY-na, hee!

I'm not a huge Dan/Dana fan myself, but I like mixing things up and this was a fun prompt. Glad you enjoyed!

Re: Lesson Learnt, Sports Night, Dan/Dana, look but don't touch, G

[identity profile] enterincolor.livejournal.com 2007-03-29 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
How about Dah-NA-na? Like Banana! But more fun! ^^

Glad you WROTE it! It was random thing I threw in when I had two minutes. XD

Re: Lesson Learnt, Sports Night, Dan/Dana, look but don't touch, G

[identity profile] quiesce.livejournal.com 2007-03-29 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
:-D
Thank you!

Re: Lesson Learnt, Sports Night, Dan/Dana, look but don't touch, G

[identity profile] vsee.livejournal.com 2007-03-30 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the tension and longing. I'm usually a little skeptical of Dan/Dana, but this feels so real to me.

Re: Lesson Learnt, Sports Night, Dan/Dana, look but don't touch, G

[identity profile] quiesce.livejournal.com 2007-03-30 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I don't generally see Dan/Dana in the show, but I can see it in happening under some circumstances.