[meme] tiny ficlets
Via netgirl_y2k
1. Write down the names of 10 characters.
2. Write a fic of twenty words or less for every prompt, using the characters determined by the numbers. Do NOT read the prompts before you do step 1.
1. Mary Anne Spier [Baby-Sitters Club]
2. Buffy Summers [Buffy the Vampire Slayer]
3. Kaylee Frye. [Firefly]
4. Illyria [Angel]
5. Fred Burkle [Angel]
6. Richard Spier [Baby-Sitters Club]
7. Hermione Granger [Harry Potter]
8. Ann M. Martin [Baby-Sitters Club RPF]
9. Kara Whalen [It Girl]
10. Matilda Wormwood [Matilda]
[nb: some of the prompts are somewhat shippy, so you might want to be careful about who you put on your list as characters may end up in combination. That said, there is no incest in my ficlets.]
[Spoilers: BtVS "Graduation Day"
1. Last kiss, 1 and 9 (Mary Anne and Kara)
"We're the only ones still concious, so we must win."
"I never knew Spin the Bottle was a competative sport."
2. Dream, 4 (Illyria)
In Illyria's time, mortals' dreams were blooded sacrifices. Now, people purveying cheese.
3. Threesome, 2, 5, and 6 (Buffy, Fred, Richard)
He hurriedly closes the door.
4. Color, 3 and 8 (Kaylee and Ann)
Ann teaches Kaylee how to wear rouge, so Kaylee teaches Ann to blush.
5. Angst, 7 and 10 (Hermione and Matilda)
The library burned.
6. End, 5 (Fred)
She woke up and it was all a dream.
7. Rule, 4 and 8 (Illyria and Ann)
Deep within Ann's closet, in an abandoned science fiction manuscript, full of crossings-out, the God-King reigns.
8. Explode, 1 and 2 (Mary Anne and Buffy)
"Your whole high school? Really?"
9. AU, 3 and 9 (Kaylee and Kara)
From a recess in the shop, the dressmaker's daughter beckons. "Mum made this for me. But pink's not my color."
10. Alone, 6 (Richard)
"One girl in all the world?" whispered Alma to the thick gilded tome the Watcher had left. "But I'm not."
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Okay, that last one probably deserves an explanation: it is my tinhat reading of the text that Richard is a trans man who was born Alma Baker; Abigail was Mary Anne's mother (she's mentioned in original editions of Mary Anne Saves the Day) and Alma (the name we get in Mary Anne and the Mystery in the Attic) was the name Richard's parents gave him.
It's also my usual understanding that trans boys aren't be Potentials (because, um, they're boys), but I'm open to various interpretations that don't erase people's gender identities. So long as they involve ridiculous crossovers.
Also, I remembered two other major fannish accomplishments from my exceptionally long haitus: I read A Song of Ice and Fire (and realized I'd been calling it "Song of Fire and Ice" for something like three years. Whoops.) And I read most Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderings (Farseer, Liveship Traders, and Tawny Man; I think I'll leave the Rain Wilds until the series is complete). I bet you'll never guess who my favorite character is?!
1. Write down the names of 10 characters.
2. Write a fic of twenty words or less for every prompt, using the characters determined by the numbers. Do NOT read the prompts before you do step 1.
1. Mary Anne Spier [Baby-Sitters Club]
2. Buffy Summers [Buffy the Vampire Slayer]
3. Kaylee Frye. [Firefly]
4. Illyria [Angel]
5. Fred Burkle [Angel]
6. Richard Spier [Baby-Sitters Club]
7. Hermione Granger [Harry Potter]
8. Ann M. Martin [Baby-Sitters Club RPF]
9. Kara Whalen [It Girl]
10. Matilda Wormwood [Matilda]
[nb: some of the prompts are somewhat shippy, so you might want to be careful about who you put on your list as characters may end up in combination. That said, there is no incest in my ficlets.]
[Spoilers: BtVS "Graduation Day"
1. Last kiss, 1 and 9 (Mary Anne and Kara)
"We're the only ones still concious, so we must win."
"I never knew Spin the Bottle was a competative sport."
2. Dream, 4 (Illyria)
In Illyria's time, mortals' dreams were blooded sacrifices. Now, people purveying cheese.
3. Threesome, 2, 5, and 6 (Buffy, Fred, Richard)
He hurriedly closes the door.
4. Color, 3 and 8 (Kaylee and Ann)
Ann teaches Kaylee how to wear rouge, so Kaylee teaches Ann to blush.
5. Angst, 7 and 10 (Hermione and Matilda)
The library burned.
6. End, 5 (Fred)
She woke up and it was all a dream.
7. Rule, 4 and 8 (Illyria and Ann)
Deep within Ann's closet, in an abandoned science fiction manuscript, full of crossings-out, the God-King reigns.
8. Explode, 1 and 2 (Mary Anne and Buffy)
"Your whole high school? Really?"
9. AU, 3 and 9 (Kaylee and Kara)
From a recess in the shop, the dressmaker's daughter beckons. "Mum made this for me. But pink's not my color."
10. Alone, 6 (Richard)
"One girl in all the world?" whispered Alma to the thick gilded tome the Watcher had left. "But I'm not."
++
Okay, that last one probably deserves an explanation: it is my tinhat reading of the text that Richard is a trans man who was born Alma Baker; Abigail was Mary Anne's mother (she's mentioned in original editions of Mary Anne Saves the Day) and Alma (the name we get in Mary Anne and the Mystery in the Attic) was the name Richard's parents gave him.
It's also my usual understanding that trans boys aren't be Potentials (because, um, they're boys), but I'm open to various interpretations that don't erase people's gender identities. So long as they involve ridiculous crossovers.
Also, I remembered two other major fannish accomplishments from my exceptionally long haitus: I read A Song of Ice and Fire (and realized I'd been calling it "Song of Fire and Ice" for something like three years. Whoops.) And I read most Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderings (Farseer, Liveship Traders, and Tawny Man; I think I'll leave the Rain Wilds until the series is complete). I bet you'll never guess who my favorite character is?!