Time to wrap up the scavenger hunt and get back to the challenge of the month. As mentioned in previous posts, the character of the month will be Heero, and the trauma of the month will be one of Mot's favorite themes,
Schadenfreude. Simply put, it's the pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. In common usage, it's largely come to mean being happy to see someone get their just desserts. For this challenge I'll leave it to your own interpretation.
If you want to get a head start on the August challenge, the character of the month will be Noin, and the trauma will be 'Blast from the Future'-i.e., fics that have to do with technology (holograms, medicine, nanoviruses, etc.) and just things to do with people living in the future. The August challenges were suggested by
masa_reforged. If you have a suggestion for future challenges, feel free to leave a comment.
The final scores are these:
schizoid_sprite has 139 points from 22 fics
ederyn has 115 points from 27 fics
omnicat has 103 points from 17 fics
masa_reforged has 65 points from 8 fics
misanagi has 30 points from 9 fics
There were 84 fics found in all. The complete list of found fics is
here, including the ones I've found myself. I haven't yet submitted my own list, hoping someone else would find these, but since they didn't, here they are:
A Way Of Telling by
cozzybob [suicide]
Breaking Point by
ederyn [torture]
Canvas by
ederyn [torture]
Death by astheblackrosewilts [infanticide]
Fate of the Colonies by
woodlandelf [Dekim, Dermail, real Heero Yuy]
Fear by shinigamiinochi [fear, uxoricide]
Going Down by
ederyn [frigidity, rape]
Guilt by
ederyn [amputation, torture]
Immortal by
ederyn [rape, tentacles]
Impostor by
woodlandelf [Dekim Barton]
In Memories by
7maxwell [pre-series, torture]
Just Delicious by shinigamiinochi [cannibalism]
Liberatus Te ex Infernis by
ederyn [children, PTSD, suicide]
Lorelei by Raptus egaliter [suicide]
Masquerade by wingedshadows88 [torture]
None For The Nameless by Dark Sadistic Angel [has a kitten, killing an animal]
One More Sin by
ederyn [killing an animal, pre-series]
Rites of Passage by
ederyn [cannibalism, children]
Scenes from a Circus by
ederyn [bestiality]
Screenplay by
ederyn [insanity]
Shorn by
guiltyred [cult, prison, zero system]
Six Minutes by
ederyn [asphyxiation, prison]
So Innocent by Markanovanlink [rape, torture, 5 or more grammar/spelling errors]
The Meaning of the Universe is Love by Madisonne [suicide]
War in Full Measure by
ederyn [genocide, Nazis]
What Breaks Down, Must Break Up by
motley_sis [car crash]
Wire by
ederyn [orphans, pre-series, terrorism]
The winner, then, is Skittz, who gets to choose what fic she wants written for her. Yayzors! I'll try to have something done within a month of the request. Because she's awesomecookies, Terra also volunteered to write a fic for you. She's in the middle of a Harry Potter fic writing challenge, though, so you'll have to wait at least two weeks before she can start it.