Mini Challenge 4 :: VOTING POST AKA BUTTON PRESSING TIME (*CLOSED*)
Voting Starts: NOW ---> Voting Ends: 14th of November 10:00 (AEST)
It's time for MC4 Voting \o/
But before we get to that we can announce The Winners of 'Best Smut Entries'...(because we only had the two. And I thought it was one, but it was not, as pointed out by one lovely AGF Member):
+ Completion, Arthur/Guinevere, Smut, R (100ish words)
That time Ninja's attacked but we were too busy to notice…
It’s the end of the world, the apocalypse. We don’t care. My hand carves your thigh. Yours flicks my nipple. The flames envelope the building. We don’t care. Kisses are wet, tipped to the brink with the luster of carnal sin. Our bodies rock to vibrations of Earth coming apart, twisting and gyrating underneath our oblivious passion. Debris of destruction flies past. We don’t care. Under. Over. Inside. We’re rocking on years of vicious tension, finally coming together. And as we hit that crescendo of shrieking pain and ecstasy, and world ending ninjas run by…
we don’t care.
We
Just
Come.
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+ Worst Movie Review Ever?, Arthur/Guinevere, Smut, R (100ish words)
Arthur and Gwen watch the film Excalibur.
Gwen arches her back, helping her hips into Arthur’s thrust. Biting her lips to quiet her screams, she melts under his naked and quivering muscles.
A moment later she hears him say, “Nigel Terry should’ve killed Nicholas Clay.”
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// Whoever you guys are, your banners will be posted on the Winner's Post next week along with the banners for rest of the Winners. Congratulations :D
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Below are the options for the 'Best' banners still up for grabs (Best Drama/Romance, Best Comfort/Family, Best Angst, Best Laugh, & Best Crack), as well as Best Overall (which will give us 1st, 2nd & 3rd Winners). There's no Best Mod category this round.
But Looky, it's all by polls (except Best Overall).
Rules:
+ You CAN vote if you're a Writer, but you cannot vote for yourself. If it's a choice between yours and just 1 other entry then you can skip that poll.
+ Don't ask anyone to vote for your entry/entries.
+ Vote in as many of the polls as you can.
+ Writers please stay Anon until the Winners Post.
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Best DRAMA/ROMANCE
Entry 1|| Prompt: Arthur has to persuade Hades to let Gwen go.
+ A Garden for the Queen (G)
"Why should I let one human go, boy?"
Arthur didn’t even register the boy comment, because Gwen was counting on him. Gwen was not dead yet, and Hades had to have something that Arthur could use, to make the god-king yield to him. Then he saw the garden, the strange beautiful fruits and flowers and remembered why they were there.
"Would you let your queen go?"
Hades’ stony face grimaced, for a second, a fraction, but Arthur knew he won.
“Remember young king, as you leave, don’t look back. For her and you, don’t look back.”
And Guinevere came home.
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Entry 2|| Prompt: Why am I in France…and more importantly where are my shoes?
+ It was just one of those knights (PG)
Hung-over would be an understatement. His head’s killing him and his mouth tastes like sewer. His cheek is pressed against something cool- glass. Behind it unfamiliar countryside rushes past the train window. He stares around in panic.
His eyes find hers.
He almost remembers her.
‘Where am I?’
‘France.’
‘Why?’
‘You followed me- can’t live without me,’ she almost smirks.
He blushes, looking at his shoes- or he would have done…
‘Where the hell are my brogues?!?!’
‘You flogged them for the Eurostar ticket.’
‘I can’t believe it! I love those shoes!’
'Not as much as you love me, apparently.’
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Entry 3|| Prompt: Arthur returns from one of his jaunts into the forest to find Gwen's reorganised things.
+ A Sign you missed me (PG)
Darkness enveloped him as he entered their room; Guinevere fast asleep not expecting him until the morrow.
Carefully, he moved to sit on the bed, but swiftly found himself sprawled on the hard floor.
“Arthur?” Dim candlelight filled the room, and he found her on their bed, now on the opposite side of the room.
Sheepishly she smiled, “You’re back!?”
“I’ll take this as a sign you missed me?”
She shrugged sweetly, “I couldn’t sleep one night...”
Rising, he pulled her close. “Well, now that I’m home, I’m sure we can find more productive activities...”
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Entry 4|| Prompt: Arthur looks good in a suit. Gwen looks even better.
+ Tricks of the Trade (PG13)
“Guinevere, have you seen my- oh.” Arthur stopped in the doorway as his eyes fell on his girlfriend.
His girlfriend in nothing but his suit jacket.
Staring up at him from their bed.
“You were looking for something?” Her features were schooled into an innocent expression.
“I ... er....” he garbled.
“This?” Arthur, captivated by glimpses of her bare flesh, could only nod. “I suppose you need it for tonight….” She made to remove the jacket, but within moments Arthur had taken over.
“Okay, forget the dinner,” he said. Gwen flashed him a pleased smile as his lips met hers.
-- End of DRAMA/ROMANCE --
Poll MC4: Best Drama/Romance
Best COMFORT/FAMILY
Entry 1|| Prompt: All the secrets come out.
+ A Light in your Eyes (G)
They ran, Merlin supported between them, Arthur’s shoulder stinging as cave walls crashed around them.
“Guinevere, go, take Merlin!”
“No,” she replied fiercely, “Our child needs his father.”
Eyes widened, he caught her gaze.
A boulder fell towards them pulling a sharp cry from him.
A thin light suddenly encased them, the boulder smashing against it.
Merlin’s hand outstretched, eyes glowing, gasped, “Run!”
Tumbling into a heap at the entrance, Arthur reached for Guinevere, pulling her close.
“Pregnant?” She nodded, nuzzling his neck.
Questions rose as he caught Merlin’s gaze. Instead, he nodded a silent thank you.
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Entry 2|| Prompt: Morgana does something good.
+ Auntie (G)
“Mother!”
Gwen grabbed her boy and held on tight, relieved that he was safe. She raised her head and saw Morgana, still and with the barest glint of emotion. She almost looked like the friend Gwen once knew.
“I believe you should know that the ones who planned the kidnapping and their men are no longer a problem,” Morgana related, “I saw to it personally.”
“Thank you,” Gwen said.
“The boy is important to me,” Morgan said, as if excusing herself, “He is more than my nephew.”
And then she vanished.
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Entry 3|| Prompt: Arthur's favourite socks have gone missing.
+ The Little Things (G)
“Guinevere! Have you seen my good socks?”
She found her husband tossing various pieces of clothing around their bedroom.
“Arthur! Really, you only have one good pair?” She chastised lightly.
“Those are my warmest and it’s...”
Words halted as he saw his wife standing in the doorway to the nursery, one hand hiding her smile.
Inside the room, Merlin sat on the floor with their twins, both hands covered in woolen socks with newly drawn faces - one resembling a certain blonde.
“MER-lin,” Arthur’s voice bellowed causing Merlin to glance up, a sheepish grin lighting up his face.
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Entry 4|| Prompt: What if Arthur was the embittered, magical sibling living in a shack in S4...
+ Come with me (PG)
Staring into the fire of his abandoned shack, Arthur broods over the loss of his kingdom-a flash of gold in his eyes leaves a stray rat popping up on its back, dead-the crackling fire roasting what little meat he has been able to capture today.
Her footfalls are felt outside the door, Arthur looks up as Gwen enters the room-head hidden under a cloak, she drops to her knees in front of Arthur-lips touch in the briefest of kisses, Arthur’s heart stops in his chest.
Whispering against Arthur’s lips, Gwen breathes, “Come with me, my love.”
-- End of COMFORT/FAMILY --
Poll MC4: Best Comfort/Family
Best ANGST
Entry 1|| Prompt: If it doesn't break your heart, it isn't love.
+ Virgin to Love (PG)
“Guinevere?”
She shudders away from him, hurt by his sin of jealousy.
“I…” He struggles, not liking begging for forgiveness, but ready to do it for her. Because love, endures pain, doesn’t shun it away. “I’m sorry.”
“You didn’t trust me.”
“I know, and I was wrong.”
“You just assumed that I betrayed you.”
Vulnerable he is. With a trembling voice he states, “Battle I rise to the challenge for, taking command of a kingdom, my place, but this…I falter in. It terrifies me.”
“What does?” She asks, gentling just a bit, fingers splaying.
“Loving you.”
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Entry 2|| Prompt: Arthur or Gwen's heart is in tatters after a rejection.
+ Through bruised and broken, I rise (PG)
A deep corner of her heart expected this to happen one day. Stinging words slipping from his tongue onto the barren floor between them.
Though her heart felt torn, tattered and bruised on the ground, she raised her chin, looked him in the eyes, and told him the truth he’d been searching for since his coronation.
So, when he came to her, regret in his eyes, lavender in his hand, she tried to remain passive; old wariness settling in her bones.
“Guinevere, please.” Whispered reverence on his lips.
Her heart, broken and bruised, was still his, full of hope.
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Entry 3|| Prompt: Arthur or Gwen's heart is in tatters after a rejection.
+ She will be loved (just not by you) (PG)
He’s torn. Mostly he just wants to kill him for hurting her. But a small part of him is glad Lance finally ended it. Lance never treated her as he ought to have done- as Arthur tells himself he would have done. Lord knows he wouldn’t have chased after other girls if he’d had someone like Gwen to go home to. He’d have loved her always. And, he thinks- as he wraps his strong arms around her, while she fights back the tears which are threatening to pool on his shoulder- he still would. If she’d let him, that is.
-- End of ANGST --
Poll MC4: Best Angst
Best LAUGH
Entry 1|| Prompt: Mod AU, the OT4 attends a Murder Mystery weekend party.
+ Of Secret Identities (G)
"It's not that bad," Gwen reassured Arthur.
"You don't have to play dead for the next four hours!"
“Yeah, pretty unlucky that,” Merlin said, barely pulling off a sympathetic tone. He straightened his fake mustache.
Morgana threw Arthur a frighteningly innocent smile. “You know, it’s really up to you when this night ends….”
“I’m not helping you cheat, Morgana.”
“The sooner the mystery’s solved, the sooner you and Gwen-”
“It was Leon,” Arthur answered immediately.
Gwen rolled her eyes. “You really are hopeless, aren’t you?” she said, but her words couldn’t hide the smile tugging at her lips.
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Entry 2|| Prompt: Lancelot falls in love with a tree.
+ It's not funny (G)
It really did was hilarious at the time. Especially with Lancelot serenading to its branches.
"How was I supposed to know that the thing was a girl under a spell?" Arthur said to a glaring Guinevere and Merlin muttering 'insensitive clot pole.'
'Well,' Arthur thought, seeing Lancelot embracing his now human sweetheart, 'At least he's happy now.'
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Entry 3|| Prompt: This isn't awkward at all. Arthur meets Urien of Rheged.
+ A Political Marriage made in Heaven (PG)
“Where’s your armour?” he asked slightly alarmed, trying desperately to concentrate on the gritted determination in her brown eyes and not the subtle mounds protruding from the metal top sculpted over her form.
“This is my armour,” she answered and stepped around him.
Urien, hadn't been what he’d expected from the moment they met, so why should his choice of general and commander of his army surprise him? Sheathing his sword, Arthur followed her, watching the enticing sway of her walk and wondering if this was the reason she always won in a battle.
-- End of LAUGH --
Poll MC4: Best Laugh
Best CRACK
Entry 1|| Prompt: You look good with facial hair. You don't but nice try.
+ Manly Bonding (PG)
Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table had been gone for three months defending the border with Odin. They came through the courtyard to the steps where Guinevere and Gaius were waiting.
Gwen went to hug Arthur but stopped suddenly. “What is THAT?”
Arthur looked confused. “It’s a beard.”
“Why do you have a beard?”
“Um … it’s a disguise and besides everyone knows that it’s harder to kill a man with a beard.” Arthur smiled hoping she liked it. “We all grew one.”
Gwen sighed. “I’m not kissing you till you shave it off.”
“Yes Guinevere.”
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Entry 2|| Prompt: What if Arthur was the embittered, magical sibling living in a shack in S4...
+ It's Not The Ritz (G)
"Where's your bed?"
Arthur swallowed, pouted and pointed to a heap of dead branches and leaves piled together in an odd circle with small peaks and jagged slopes, covered by just a thin and tattered layer of old, red wool.
“Come with me,” Gwen ordered taking his arm, face horrified. “Your back is made of sterner stuff than mine.”
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Entry 3|| Prompt: Glow in the Dark
+ No, you take the torch (G)
“Arthur, what is it?” Gwen asked, pointing towards a dark rock quarry.
Arthur raised his sword, guarding Gwen by standing between her and the glowing object.
“Merlin, go on, get closer with the torch,” Arthur said.
“You’ve got the sword.”
“Here, you take the sword, I'll take the torch. You can defend us.”
Merlin glared and raised the torch high as the trio approached the glowing object.
A tall, thin figure emerged from the glow.
“I am Arthur Pendragon, King of Camelot. Identify yourself.”
The lanky man approached, grinning broadly with his arm outstretched.
“Hello! I’m The Doctor.”
-- End of CRACK --
Poll MC4: Best Crack
Best OVERALL
Entry 1|| Prompt: What if Arthur was the embittered, magical sibling living in a shack in S4...
+ Come with me (PG)
Staring into the fire of his abandoned shack, Arthur broods over the loss of his kingdom-a flash of gold in his eyes leaves a stray rat popping up on its back, dead-the crackling fire roasting what little meat he has been able to capture today.
Her footfalls are felt outside the door, Arthur looks up as Gwen enters the room-head hidden under a cloak, she drops to her knees in front of Arthur-lips touch in the briefest of kisses, Arthur’s heart stops in his chest.
Whispering against Arthur’s lips, Gwen breathes, “Come with me, my love.”
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Entry 2|| Prompt: Arthur or Gwen's heart is in tatters after a rejection.
+ Through bruised and broken, I rise (PG)
A deep corner of her heart expected this to happen one day. Stinging words slipping from his tongue onto the barren floor between them.
Though her heart felt torn, tattered and bruised on the ground, she raised her chin, looked him in the eyes, and told him the truth he’d been searching for since his coronation.
So, when he came to her, regret in his eyes, lavender in his hand, she tried to remain passive; old wariness settling in her bones.
“Guinevere, please.” Whispered reverence on his lips.
Her heart, broken and bruised, was still his, full of hope.
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Entry 3|| Prompt: Mod AU, the OT4 attends a Murder Mystery weekend party.
+ Of Secret Identities (G)
"It's not that bad," Gwen reassured Arthur.
"You don't have to play dead for the next four hours!"
“Yeah, pretty unlucky that,” Merlin said, barely pulling off a sympathetic tone. He straightened his fake mustache.
Morgana threw Arthur a frighteningly innocent smile. “You know, it’s really up to you when this night ends….”
“I’m not helping you cheat, Morgana.”
“The sooner the mystery’s solved, the sooner you and Gwen-”
“It was Leon,” Arthur answered immediately.
Gwen rolled her eyes. “You really are hopeless, aren’t you?” she said, but her words couldn’t hide the smile tugging at her lips.
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Entry 4|| PPrompt: You look good with facial hair. You don't but nice try.
+ Manly Bonding (PG)
Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table had been gone for three months defending the border with Odin. They came through the courtyard to the steps where Guinevere and Gaius were waiting.
Gwen went to hug Arthur but stopped suddenly. “What is THAT?”
Arthur looked confused. “It’s a beard.”
“Why do you have a beard?”
“Um … it’s a disguise and besides everyone knows that it’s harder to kill a man with a beard.” Arthur smiled hoping she liked it. “We all grew one.”
Gwen sighed. “I’m not kissing you till you shave it off.”
“Yes Guinevere.”
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Entry 5|| Prompt: Arthur looks good in a suit. Gwen looks even better.
+ Tricks of the Trade (PG13)
“Guinevere, have you seen my- oh.” Arthur stopped in the doorway as his eyes fell on his girlfriend.
His girlfriend in nothing but his suit jacket.
Staring up at him from their bed.
“You were looking for something?” Her features were schooled into an innocent expression.
“I ... er....” he garbled.
“This?” Arthur, captivated by glimpses of her bare flesh, could only nod. “I suppose you need it for tonight….” She made to remove the jacket, but within moments Arthur had taken over.
“Okay, forget the dinner,” he said. Gwen flashed him a pleased smile as his lips met hers.
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Entry 6|| Prompt: Every rockstar makes outrageous demands. Arthur is a typical rockstar. Gwen is intrigued, but she won't make it easy for him.
+ She Gets What She Wants (PG13)
He was your textbook rock god. An outrageous jerk. But a lovely one at that.
So when he made the ridiculous demand that she sit in his lap to ‘test’ how it would feel when his adoring fans did, she relented.
When his hand admired her mini skirt by playing around its edges, she didn’t slap it.
And when his lips found her neck, surprisingly letting out heavy breaths, she didn’t move.
But now as he tried to kiss her mouth, she pushed her fingers against. “No.”
Test over. Leaving him aching for more.
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Just what she wanted.
-- End of OVERALL --
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