Meta rec; madder than a March hare!
Okay, before I get to the real grist of the post, everybody who writes fanfic has got to read this post over at
penknife's LJ. Heck, everybody who writes anything, or even reads it, should read it. I think it's the best characterization-related meta I've ever read. I love it and I want to marry it.
Second: March madness (of many kinds) is in full swing, and some crazy little plot bunnies have hopped into my head. All of them are for crack!fic, and all for Lost, which I suppose is not surprising. So if you're looking for a random April Fool's Day prompt, or just need something bizarre in order to get in touch with your crack! muse, they are under the cut.
MATCHES MADE IN HEAVEN
Ana Lucia/Harper: Bonus points for fighting about the details of sex instead of actually having sex.
Freighter gang bang: As for the freighter deck scene... That one muscular, competent young guy from Las Vegas (the one in the sleeveless shirt) reassuring Sayid and Desmond in an unavoidably manly fashion? Was it just me, or was that the most blatant display of beefcake in Lost history? It was surreal, like something out of gay porn had been edited into the show by mistake. Make that editing mistake for them.
REALLY INAPPROPRIATE SONGFIC WITH OFF-ISLAND VEST!BEN
with Tom: "Mmmm-Bop," or anything from the oeuvre of Debbie Gibson or Tiffany
"The Humpty Dance." (They once got busy in a Burger King bathroom.)
with Richard: Take your pick from Rocky Horror, or just have Ben decide that an on-island production would be good for morale. (He's Dr. Frank, natch.)
PICTURE PROMPTS
Any inspiration from various weird graphics that I've found and hoarded like a really demented little e-magpie.
(by javery, lightsticks, sylvia (3x), deelee, lilfreakypixie, and hoelli at Lost Forum.)
(Yes, the second to last one is, I think, intended as tongue in cheek. I mean, you've got Alex and Karl standing in the midst of GIANT FLUORESCENT GERBERAS that are LITERALLY EXPLODING. I love this banner.)
penknife's LJ. Heck, everybody who writes anything, or even reads it, should read it. I think it's the best characterization-related meta I've ever read. I love it and I want to marry it.
Second: March madness (of many kinds) is in full swing, and some crazy little plot bunnies have hopped into my head. All of them are for crack!fic, and all for Lost, which I suppose is not surprising. So if you're looking for a random April Fool's Day prompt, or just need something bizarre in order to get in touch with your crack! muse, they are under the cut.
MATCHES MADE IN HEAVEN
Ana Lucia/Harper: Bonus points for fighting about the details of sex instead of actually having sex.
Freighter gang bang: As for the freighter deck scene... That one muscular, competent young guy from Las Vegas (the one in the sleeveless shirt) reassuring Sayid and Desmond in an unavoidably manly fashion? Was it just me, or was that the most blatant display of beefcake in Lost history? It was surreal, like something out of gay porn had been edited into the show by mistake. Make that editing mistake for them.
REALLY INAPPROPRIATE SONGFIC WITH OFF-ISLAND VEST!BEN
with Tom: "Mmmm-Bop," or anything from the oeuvre of Debbie Gibson or Tiffany
"The Humpty Dance." (They once got busy in a Burger King bathroom.)
with Richard: Take your pick from Rocky Horror, or just have Ben decide that an on-island production would be good for morale. (He's Dr. Frank, natch.)
PICTURE PROMPTS
Any inspiration from various weird graphics that I've found and hoarded like a really demented little e-magpie.
(by javery, lightsticks, sylvia (3x), deelee, lilfreakypixie, and hoelli at Lost Forum.)
(Yes, the second to last one is, I think, intended as tongue in cheek. I mean, you've got Alex and Karl standing in the midst of GIANT FLUORESCENT GERBERAS that are LITERALLY EXPLODING. I love this banner.)