The Drabble Meme
Taken from closetravenclaw, who wrote me a Harry Potter drabble on her least fav character:
The first 10 people to comment on this post get to request a drabble (real drabble: 100 words exactly) on a subject or character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this meme in their journal. Post all fandoms you're willing to write for.
I can conjure 100 words in the following universes (willing to try anyway):
Harry Potter
Star Trek (any)
Buffy/Angel
Firefly
So comment, and I'll see what I can do! Because my muse craves input, feel free to include one additional prompt: a mood, an object, a color, what have you. (Gulp. What have I gotten myself into????)
Thus far, 6 have been written and posted:
1) closetravenclaw asked for Trek: TOS or TNG
KINDRED SPIRITS
Janice Rand greeted Chapel with eyes puffy and red-rimmed from crying. She held her arms stiffly at her sides, afraid one word of sympathy would break her apart.
Everyone had kept at a distance since Kirk had died, even Sulu. What do you say to a woman grieving for a man who'd never loved her back, who she never really knew? Those who lose a lover or spouse have dignity; those grieving for a lost crush are pathetic.
Chapel pulled her into a fierce hug and whispered into her ear: "I know."
Chapel did. And that made all the difference.
2) argosy asked for Evil!Ginny!
TURNCOAT
Ginny closed her eyes, her nostrils flaring at the smell of blood. She drew the dagger out of Harry who just dropped, clutching his side, his green eyes wide.
"Did you really think it was you I loved? You killed Tom! I wasn't dying in the Chamber--we both gave a bit of our souls to each other. We could have been together. We can still be together now. I'm not a silly little girl you know."
She spun around at a heavy hand clapped on her shoulder to find herself held at wandpoint by Snape.
"I beg to differ."
3) e_danae asked for Moody as a colleague.
DARK ARTS
Moody strode through Hogwarts castle. He was still seething that Arthur Weasley, that soft-hearted dunce, had been chosen over him as the new leader of the Order.
And now, this conversation he'd overheard between McGonagall and Dumbledore's portrait.
Innocent? "Innocent" his arse! Snape hadn't been innocent since coming out of the womb. He smiled, patting his pocket where he'd secreted some of Snape's things. Just because he fought the Dark didn't mean he wouldn't use their means. A poppet made with some odds of hair, a scrap of a bloodied robe he'd found...
Yes. His so-called colleague would suffer...
4) wade_scott asked for repentant Percy
PRODIGAL SON
Mum grabs on so tight I can't breathe -- I can feel her sobs starting from deep within her ample body, and I'm embarrassed for both of us.
Bill glares at me. If it wasn't for Mum, I wouldn't be welcome at his wedding.
Even Dad looks away--but, of course, I've hurt him the most.
I was just so tired of being poor. Why work to become Head Boy only to throw it away with useless crusading? How can Dad work many years in the Ministry and not understand the way of the world?
Why do I still care?
5) snarkywench_64 asked for Draco and Lucius
MARKED MAN
Trying to rouse him, Draco leaned down to where Lucius slept in his urine-soaked beddings in Azkaban.
Not a week and already his father's skin seemed translucent, the shoulder where Draco touched it bony. His father glanced at him. Looking...
Diminished.
"I'll get us out of this, father, I will. I became a man today." Draco slowly rolled up his left sleeve, sure for once he'd meet his father's approval.
The narrowed eyes and curl of the lip at his pronouncement, the widening eyes and shake of the head as his father stared at the Dark Mark told him different.
6) bambu345 asked for Harry/Hermione
WE FIT
Harry tensed up as he felt a hand on his shoulder, then relaxed as he glanced up seeing Hermione.
"I'm sorry about you and Ginny…"
"I'm not. I... Ginny never really saw me, did she? Just the Boy-Who-Lived. I'm sorry about you and Ron."
"I'm not. I think Ron did see me, he just never really cared much for what he saw... The idea of me maybe but..."
They sat next to each other quite a while; finally she entwined their fingers. They fit... just like that.
"Hermione..."
Her soft "yes" somehow conveyed so much more than one word should.
That isn't the end of the fun--I got some wonderful drabbles as gifts out of this:
closetravenclaw wrote me Sympathy in D Minor
Harry Potter - Dudley Dursey
argosy wrote me A Former Librarian Contemplates Power
Buffy/Angel - Giles
e_danae wrote me Tears
Harry Potter - Lucius
wade_scott wrote me Three Years in the Making
Harry Potter - Rita Skeeter
bambu345 wrote me Requiem
Pern - Menolly
snarkywench_64 wrote me Problem Solving
Voyager - Janeway/Chakotay
The first 10 people to comment on this post get to request a drabble (real drabble: 100 words exactly) on a subject or character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this meme in their journal. Post all fandoms you're willing to write for.
I can conjure 100 words in the following universes (willing to try anyway):
Harry Potter
Star Trek (any)
Buffy/Angel
Firefly
So comment, and I'll see what I can do! Because my muse craves input, feel free to include one additional prompt: a mood, an object, a color, what have you. (Gulp. What have I gotten myself into????)
Thus far, 6 have been written and posted:
1) closetravenclaw asked for Trek: TOS or TNG
KINDRED SPIRITS
Janice Rand greeted Chapel with eyes puffy and red-rimmed from crying. She held her arms stiffly at her sides, afraid one word of sympathy would break her apart.
Everyone had kept at a distance since Kirk had died, even Sulu. What do you say to a woman grieving for a man who'd never loved her back, who she never really knew? Those who lose a lover or spouse have dignity; those grieving for a lost crush are pathetic.
Chapel pulled her into a fierce hug and whispered into her ear: "I know."
Chapel did. And that made all the difference.
2) argosy asked for Evil!Ginny!
TURNCOAT
Ginny closed her eyes, her nostrils flaring at the smell of blood. She drew the dagger out of Harry who just dropped, clutching his side, his green eyes wide.
"Did you really think it was you I loved? You killed Tom! I wasn't dying in the Chamber--we both gave a bit of our souls to each other. We could have been together. We can still be together now. I'm not a silly little girl you know."
She spun around at a heavy hand clapped on her shoulder to find herself held at wandpoint by Snape.
"I beg to differ."
3) e_danae asked for Moody as a colleague.
DARK ARTS
Moody strode through Hogwarts castle. He was still seething that Arthur Weasley, that soft-hearted dunce, had been chosen over him as the new leader of the Order.
And now, this conversation he'd overheard between McGonagall and Dumbledore's portrait.
Innocent? "Innocent" his arse! Snape hadn't been innocent since coming out of the womb. He smiled, patting his pocket where he'd secreted some of Snape's things. Just because he fought the Dark didn't mean he wouldn't use their means. A poppet made with some odds of hair, a scrap of a bloodied robe he'd found...
Yes. His so-called colleague would suffer...
4) wade_scott asked for repentant Percy
PRODIGAL SON
Mum grabs on so tight I can't breathe -- I can feel her sobs starting from deep within her ample body, and I'm embarrassed for both of us.
Bill glares at me. If it wasn't for Mum, I wouldn't be welcome at his wedding.
Even Dad looks away--but, of course, I've hurt him the most.
I was just so tired of being poor. Why work to become Head Boy only to throw it away with useless crusading? How can Dad work many years in the Ministry and not understand the way of the world?
Why do I still care?
5) snarkywench_64 asked for Draco and Lucius
MARKED MAN
Trying to rouse him, Draco leaned down to where Lucius slept in his urine-soaked beddings in Azkaban.
Not a week and already his father's skin seemed translucent, the shoulder where Draco touched it bony. His father glanced at him. Looking...
Diminished.
"I'll get us out of this, father, I will. I became a man today." Draco slowly rolled up his left sleeve, sure for once he'd meet his father's approval.
The narrowed eyes and curl of the lip at his pronouncement, the widening eyes and shake of the head as his father stared at the Dark Mark told him different.
6) bambu345 asked for Harry/Hermione
WE FIT
Harry tensed up as he felt a hand on his shoulder, then relaxed as he glanced up seeing Hermione.
"I'm sorry about you and Ginny…"
"I'm not. I... Ginny never really saw me, did she? Just the Boy-Who-Lived. I'm sorry about you and Ron."
"I'm not. I think Ron did see me, he just never really cared much for what he saw... The idea of me maybe but..."
They sat next to each other quite a while; finally she entwined their fingers. They fit... just like that.
"Hermione..."
Her soft "yes" somehow conveyed so much more than one word should.
That isn't the end of the fun--I got some wonderful drabbles as gifts out of this:
closetravenclaw wrote me Sympathy in D Minor
Harry Potter - Dudley Dursey
argosy wrote me A Former Librarian Contemplates Power
Buffy/Angel - Giles
e_danae wrote me Tears
Harry Potter - Lucius
wade_scott wrote me Three Years in the Making
Harry Potter - Rita Skeeter
bambu345 wrote me Requiem
Pern - Menolly
snarkywench_64 wrote me Problem Solving
Voyager - Janeway/Chakotay