36. best two out of three | morning glories ficathon, vol. 9
previous ficathons: i. for a better future, ii. all will be free, iii. siesta's over, iv. what faith is, v. nowhere else to go, vi. all together, one and all, vii. nobody but you can hear me, viii. there is such a thing as a tesseract
Turrible, turrible, turrible.
It's summer! The birds are singing, people are on vacation, and the students at MGA will never know what this feels like again! Sit on that one a while.
The ficathons saw a bit of a hiatus since March, because people are in school doing school things like not getting tased when they answer questions wrong, or throwing enormous unsanctioned parties to which Hunter and the AV Club were not invited, Ike could have sworn, but here they are anyway. But now they're back! The ficathons, I mean. Not Hunter and the AV Club. Seriously, who let them find out about this? Party ruined.
The most recent issue, #46, is out! You can get it now and feel enlightened on a cosmic level because IRINA IS BACK! Didn't you hear about Beth? She's, like, just an indistinct cloud of ascended joy-matter now. Grab it on the Image website or your local comic book store. Irina is waiting (to kill you, probably, but like, it's Irina, so even that would be pretty cool, you know?).
For the noobs in the audience, don't worry; you don't have to watch a video of a guy killing a goat to be properly initiated. The ficathons are a tradition (?) in the Morning Glories fandom, intended to get some more fic written and also to bring us closer through mutual fic-related suffering. They're a party! Not an Ike party, but still like, a party. Anybody can do this! You don't even have to have a LiveJournal account to cry! The 21st century is amazing.
- Leave a prompt, see if someone fills it; see a prompt you like, reply and fill it yourself. If you'd prefer to just lurk and read what gets churned out, that's cool, too! People love it when you leave feedback on the things they write, so that is also an option if you are feeling extra enthusiastic! You are not required to fill anything, and you can leave as many prompts as you like, for any ships and characters you like, anytime.
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- Some of us (read: Silver) like to go wild and write fills thousands of words long, but there is no minimum or maximum word count for fills. Like, obviously, don't be a smartass and write a fill two words long, but feel free to write short flash fiction-y prompts! Sometimes less is more, after all!
- Feel free to second prompts, encourage writers, or even chatter about your DREAM FILL for this prompt in the comments; who knows; it may inspire someone! Replies to the entry should all be prompts of some kind, but replies to other comments can be anything you like. We get very silly sometimes.
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character/pairing | prompt
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title | rating/warnings if needed | character/pairing(s)
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There is no time limit! Usually I put up a new one every time a new issue comes out, but I mean, #47 might kill me in the best way, so maybe this is the last one you will ever see? Who knows? It is a mystery.
Have fun! I know that's a hard concept to grapple with here at Morning Glory Academy, but try to work through it.
FILLS:
myriad | penonsense | hunter: awful disturbing disgusting horrorfic of any kind
who cares who fired the gun? | moannas | zoe/irina: leave me bleeding on the bed, see you right back here tomorrow for the next round
adore, adore i | penonsense | irina & vanessa: "you make me cry, sestra." "come on, meathead." "don't call me this."
here i dreamt i was an architect | blevins | hunter (+ the glories): a builder of castles and roads, or maybe even just a small path
moment, heart, together | hyacinthous | hunter, casey, jade, zoe: neon genesis evangelion AU
both of you, dance sing like you want to win! | blevins | glories & truants: a capella competition
we spilled out on the floor | blevins | jade/ike: you and i were born ready to die, we are the only ones alive
guilty until proven innocent | yllawtsew | the glories: exulansis (from the dictionary of obscure sorrows)
untitled | penonsense | dr. ellsworth: i haven't made half the mistakes you've listed so far
une immense espérance a traversée la terre | blevins | casey, zoe, vanessa, irina: beat weighty tests with lofty cries
short-sighted | penonsense | jade/ike: light me up a cigarette and put it in my mouth / you're the only one that wants me to die / and i can think of a thousand reasons why i don't believe in you
we can't punch ourselves awake | wearealsoboats | casey/hunter: sorry about the blood in your mouth. i wish it was mine. i couldn't get the boy to kill me, but i wore his jacket for the longest time.