Let the Promptathon Begin!

[sansets]

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

Comments

6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[cerriddwen.livejournal.com]

Ask anyone, they'd tell you that Ray's wild, a little unpredictable. But, moment of truth, he's got a routine. Every morning, the alarm goes off, he lurches up, stumbles to his mr. coffee, pokes a button, stares at it a moment then stumbles (notice the trend) to the shower. When he's alive (i.e. after coffee sweetened with m&m's) he takes a couple minutes to style his hair artfully. Presto. A human being. And if you'd asked him, he would have said, no question, Fraser's also a man with a routine, a plan. So when Ray lurches up, not the sound of the alarm, but to the sound of someone knocking, he can't say who's more surprised, himself inside or Fraser outside. Now Ray's a man coffeeless, and Fraser looks like he himself doesn't know how he got there, when it's pretty obvious he walked. Ray blinks a couple of times. Fraser starts to look uncomfortable. He holds a bag out to Ray, he can smell the coffee from where he's standing.
"I guess you'd better come in,"
And morning routine kicked off the rails, but plus one Mountie, Ray shuts the door, world on the outside, Ray and Fraser on the inside.

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[catwalksalone]

Yay!

To all of them actually, so three times Yay!

You've got this comment fic down to a fine art. *is in awe*

(also *hearts icon*)

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[cerriddwen.livejournal.com]

Yay! right back. I'm so glad you liked them, since this is, in fact, my first comment fic(s?). I totally heart my icon too (and also your icon, Fraser just looks so vulnerable), the Princess Bride is my absolute favourite movie. Thanks for reading.

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

Now Ray's a man coffeeless

Lovely turn of phrase there.

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[cerriddwen.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I feel his pain.

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[vsee.livejournal.com]

I adore this. Something about rumpled, tired Ray makes my heart go nuts.

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[cerriddwen.livejournal.com]

Me too. I'm glad you liked it.

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

What fantastic Ray stream-of-morning-consciousness. I love this.

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[cerriddwen.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you liked it. The world needs more stream-of-morning-consciousness.

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[kyriacarlisle.livejournal.com]

When he's alive (i.e. after coffee sweetened with m&m's)

Now there's a sentiment I can relate to (well, maybe not the M&Ms).

This line is lovely: Ray shuts the door, world on the outside, Ray and Fraser on the inside.

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[phnelt.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I am also a person who is not alive until coffee. I'm glad the last line worked for you.

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

Lovely. And so true to character. If there's one thing I took away from Eclipse, it's that Ray Kowalski gets up and puts on his persona like a sweater, every day - and that Fraser can knock that whole routine on its head. And you wrote it! Excellently! Yay!

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[phnelt.livejournal.com]

Yes! Sweater persona, exactly! And at the end, when Vecchio comes back and it looks like Ray's trying to figure out how this new Stanley would work, and like he's tailoring it to Fraser. Because of course he's gonna stick with him. Right? I'm so glad you liked it.

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[viciouscats.livejournal.com]

Sweet. :)

Re: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G

[phnelt.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.