Drabble prompts!

[igrockspock]

This week's drabble prompts are brought to you by Anne Taintor, maker of snarky magnets featuring vintage images of vindictive housewives and women behaving badly. Each prompt comes with both a picture and a caption, and while most are related to domestic or sexual situations, please feel free to explore and interpret them however you like.

Comments

[sainfoin_fields]

Hee! What a great idea for prompts. Currently in a bad, bad way creatively but I'll come back in hopes of producing something soon. <3

Uhura, AOS, "She wanted to look good for the trial" (1/2)

[igrockspock]

The morning of the trial, Nyota awakens at 6 a.m., sliding out of bed and silencing the alarm clock after a single beep. She does not turn on her music or make coffee or play back the transmissions received the night before. Those routines are meaningless now

Uhura, AOS, "She wanted to look good for the trial" (2/2)

[igrockspock]

They will say she did it for her husband, of course, and she did. But she also did it for McCoy and Chekov, because they are her friends and because they have saved her life more times than she can count. And because, no matter how well she understands her duty, in her heart of hearts, she would not wish to be left alone to die, and she will not ask of others what she does not ask of herself. They couldn't risk the whole ship and all the lives on it, of course, but she and Jim could risk themselves and one shuttle. They'd succeeded, but this time they will pay for breaking the rules. Violating treaties and disregarding orders to save billions, millions, thousands, or even hundreds of lives was okay. Laudable, even, and quite frequently worth public awards ceremonies and triumphant press conferences. Risking their fragile peace with the Klingon Empire and provoking a dangerous confrontation with the Romulans in order to save three lives was different. The pay-off wasn't big enough for the Starfleet brass or the Federation Council

Re: Uhura, AOS, "She wanted to look good for the trial" (2/2)

[saavikam77]

Wow, that's heartbreaking. I so love that she's keeping her dignity about the whole thing, and just her whole outlook is perfect.

Re: Uhura, AOS, "She wanted to look good for the trial" (2/2)

[igrockspock]

Thank you! I'm glad her attitude and characterization worked.

Winona, George, AOS: Someone was going to have to set a bad example.

[ink_n_imp]

from George's perspective, hope that's still ok. Also, nothing like writing furiously during office down time, what? ^_^“Hey! Hey, you still with me?-what’s your name? Hey, come on, tell me your name

Re: Winona, George, AOS: Someone was going to have to set a bad example.

[tooright99]

Very cool! I like this first impression George gets of Winona. I would love to see more of this - what explanation of what is going on and what happens when they are saved.

Re: Winona, George, AOS: Someone was going to have to set a bad example.

[igrockspock]

I really like this! Both characters have excellent voices, and the situation is intriguing. I would love to read more of this if you ever chose to flesh it out! And also, I think it's totally valid to write from George's perspective. Seeing her future husband's first impression of her is an interesting way to illuminate her character.

Re: Winona, George, AOS: Someone was going to have to set a bad example.

[izzyfics]

Ooh, I like this. The characters are so clear and I want to know more.

Winona, AOS, "She was living proof that looks could be deceiving"

[skips]

I don't know why I wanted to use the you's in here, but I think it works.Winona Kirk is blond, blue-eyed, and attractive, so naturally this leads to the dumb blonde jokes. Very stupid, asinine, couldn't be farther from the truth blond jokes. George doesn't get these, no, you don't make fun of the first officer and call him an idiot, you save that for his Lieutenant of wife, go you, New Ensign, way to pick your battles. Forget she just saved your exceptionally dumb self from dying. Forget that and call her a dumb blond. She may accidentally toss a wrench at your head, but to you it's nothing. To you, it's easy amusement

Amanda, Sarek, AOS, "She was one cocktail away from proving his mother right"

[izzyfics]

The rigidity of the Vulcan traditional dress choked her, more emotionally than physically. In fact, the flowing fabric was comfortable, but felt strange draped on her human legs. Only her love for him would put her in this situation, away from the comforts of her friends and family and in the presence of this woman she was trying to impress. She tugged at the collar, cursing Sarek and wishing he would contribute something, anything, to the conversation. They were sitting in one of the many Ambassador guest rooms in San Francisco, decorated in dark rich colors that reminded her of the heat on her skin when she had last visited Sarek’s planet. She knew the stoic woman had requested the decorations-Amanda was the one to see to the details

Re: Amanda, Sarek, AOS, "She was one cocktail away from proving his mother right"

[igrockspock]

Wow. I had never thought of Amanda and her mother-in-law, but that would be one awkward meeting!

Re: Amanda, Sarek, AOS, "She was one cocktail away from proving his mother right"

[forthisreason]

Nothing but love for this.

I need to try to write Amanda sometime because with all these fics, she's quickly becoming one of my favorite characters in Trekdom. I have so much love for people who have passion in their lives.

It's interesting to see how you did this Amanda because I'm halfway through mine with this same prompt for Uhura.

Re: Amanda, Sarek, AOS, "She was one cocktail away from proving his mother right"

[izzyfics]

I am excited to read yours. These prompts are so much fun!

and this is my first Amanda fic--she is so interesting. I checked some facts on memory alpha about her and got goosebumps.