Numb3rs Het Summer Challenge!
Welcome to the numb3rs_het Summer Fic Challenge!
This is meant to be a fun, stress-free challenge. :-) Below you will find a list of prompts (in the form of quotes). Just pick one, make your claim in the comments below, and write a fic for it. You may follow the prompt as closely or loosely as you wish. (Alternatively, if you don't write but would like to participate by creating a piece of fanart based on one of the prompts, just let me know.)
Important Information
--Sign-up dates: Monday, July 21 to Thursday, July 31
--Posting dates: Friday, August 1 to Sunday, August 31 (post anytime in this window)
--Minimum word count: 300 words (no maximum word count. Feel free to write an epic.)
Rules
--Your fic may be any rating, from G to NC-17.
--As with all fic posted at numb3rs_het, it must have primarily het content, though secondary slash pairings are absolutely fine.
--Fic must contain at least one canon Numb3rs character or be very firmly set in the Numb3rs universe (e.g. you could write from the POV of an OMC/OFC criminal couple being pursued by Don's team).
--Crossovers and AUs are welcome.
--Fic must be posted with proper headings, including at least the following:
Title:
Pairing/Characters:
Rating:
Summary:
Spoilers:
Notes/Warnings:
Prompt:
It is strongly encouraged that you have your fic betaed before posting. :-) If you don't know where to find a beta, let me know and I might be able to help you.
Have fun, and as always, let me know if you have any questions or comments! Sororcula at gmail dot com.
ETA: If you feel that you will be able to complete more than one fic in the allotted time, you are welcome to claim a second prompt. :-)
Prompts
1. A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her. - Oscar Wilde (Claimed by paranoid-woman)
2. I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions. - Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness, 1952 (Claimed by neur0vanity)
3. It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice. - Anne Tyler, Celestial Navigation, 1974
4. We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. - Judith Martin (Miss Manners) (Claimed by rodlox)
5. Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. - Laurence J. Peter (Claimed by mia-dcwut-09)
6. Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (Claimed by melissima)
7. My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's. - Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892 (Claimed by valeriev84)
8. Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. - Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland (Claimed by leda-speaks)
9. The body says what words cannot. - Martha Graham (Claimed by elysium1996)
10. There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela, A Long Walk to Freedom (Claimed by mustangcandi)
11. Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet. - Mae West (Claimed by mercilynn)
12. Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. - Plato, The Republic
13. Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince, 1943 (Claimed by valeriev84)
14. Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. - Oscar Wilde (Claimed by sororcula)
15. Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. - Cicero
16. Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything. - George Lois (Claimed by valeriev84)
17. Courage is fear that has said its prayers. - Dorothy Bernard
18. Crime is naught but misdirected energy. - Emma Goldman, Anarchism (1910)
19. Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. - David T. Wolf (Claimed by emmademarais)
20. If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. - Rene Descartes (Claimed by paranoid-woman)
21. Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. - Gail Godwin
22. Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds. - Samuel Butler
23. Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. - Agatha Christie (Claimed by sororcula)
24. At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. - Jean Houston (Claimed by valeriev84)
25. A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. - George Moore (Claimed by emmademarais)
26. Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event. - Oscar Wilde (Claimed by rodlox)
27. There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. - Bertrand Russell (Claimed by nyctophobia76)
28. Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be. - Anton Chekhov (Claimed by neur0vanity)
29. I always like a good math solution to any love problem. - Michael Patrick King, Sex and the City, Take Me Out To The Ballgame, 1999 (Claimed by mercilynn)
30. I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy. - Richard Feynman (Claimed by thewhiteowl)
(All quotes taken with gratitude from The Quotations Page.)
ETA: The master list of completed challenge fics can be found here!
This is meant to be a fun, stress-free challenge. :-) Below you will find a list of prompts (in the form of quotes). Just pick one, make your claim in the comments below, and write a fic for it. You may follow the prompt as closely or loosely as you wish. (Alternatively, if you don't write but would like to participate by creating a piece of fanart based on one of the prompts, just let me know.)
Important Information
--Sign-up dates: Monday, July 21 to Thursday, July 31
--Posting dates: Friday, August 1 to Sunday, August 31 (post anytime in this window)
--Minimum word count: 300 words (no maximum word count. Feel free to write an epic.)
Rules
--Your fic may be any rating, from G to NC-17.
--As with all fic posted at numb3rs_het, it must have primarily het content, though secondary slash pairings are absolutely fine.
--Fic must contain at least one canon Numb3rs character or be very firmly set in the Numb3rs universe (e.g. you could write from the POV of an OMC/OFC criminal couple being pursued by Don's team).
--Crossovers and AUs are welcome.
--Fic must be posted with proper headings, including at least the following:
Title:
Pairing/Characters:
Rating:
Summary:
Spoilers:
Notes/Warnings:
Prompt:
It is strongly encouraged that you have your fic betaed before posting. :-) If you don't know where to find a beta, let me know and I might be able to help you.
Have fun, and as always, let me know if you have any questions or comments! Sororcula at gmail dot com.
ETA: If you feel that you will be able to complete more than one fic in the allotted time, you are welcome to claim a second prompt. :-)
Prompts
1. A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her. - Oscar Wilde (Claimed by paranoid-woman)
2. I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions. - Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness, 1952 (Claimed by neur0vanity)
3. It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice. - Anne Tyler, Celestial Navigation, 1974
4. We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. - Judith Martin (Miss Manners) (Claimed by rodlox)
5. Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. - Laurence J. Peter (Claimed by mia-dcwut-09)
6. Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (Claimed by melissima)
7. My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's. - Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892 (Claimed by valeriev84)
8. Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. - Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland (Claimed by leda-speaks)
9. The body says what words cannot. - Martha Graham (Claimed by elysium1996)
10. There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela, A Long Walk to Freedom (Claimed by mustangcandi)
11. Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet. - Mae West (Claimed by mercilynn)
12. Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. - Plato, The Republic
13. Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince, 1943 (Claimed by valeriev84)
14. Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. - Oscar Wilde (Claimed by sororcula)
15. Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. - Cicero
16. Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything. - George Lois (Claimed by valeriev84)
17. Courage is fear that has said its prayers. - Dorothy Bernard
18. Crime is naught but misdirected energy. - Emma Goldman, Anarchism (1910)
19. Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. - David T. Wolf (Claimed by emmademarais)
20. If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. - Rene Descartes (Claimed by paranoid-woman)
21. Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. - Gail Godwin
22. Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds. - Samuel Butler
23. Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. - Agatha Christie (Claimed by sororcula)
24. At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. - Jean Houston (Claimed by valeriev84)
25. A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. - George Moore (Claimed by emmademarais)
26. Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event. - Oscar Wilde (Claimed by rodlox)
27. There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. - Bertrand Russell (Claimed by nyctophobia76)
28. Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be. - Anton Chekhov (Claimed by neur0vanity)
29. I always like a good math solution to any love problem. - Michael Patrick King, Sex and the City, Take Me Out To The Ballgame, 1999 (Claimed by mercilynn)
30. I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy. - Richard Feynman (Claimed by thewhiteowl)
(All quotes taken with gratitude from The Quotations Page.)
ETA: The master list of completed challenge fics can be found here!