[Meme] Mini comment ficlets (you request it, I write it)

[edenfalling]

I didn't get any writing done on Tuesday (boo!) but I went to bed around 10:30pm and slept until 11am (with one half-hour break to read a couple chapters of background research for Yuletide when I woke at 3am), so I figure I will excuse myself on the grounds of obvious exhaustion. And today I wrote about 500 words, which is pretty good for me, so eh, it averages out.

Speaking of writing, I am bored and kind of "meh" about most of my current projects, so...

Let's try an experiment! Leave me a comment with one to three characters, a fandom (or two fandoms; I'm game for crossovers), and some kind of additional prompt -- a line of dialogue, a scenario, a mood, whatever -- and I will write you a ficlet of at least 100 words.

(It does have to be a fandom I know and have written in, mind you. You can check my master fiction list if you're unsure whether any given fandom is available. I am also game to write ficlets for any of my original stories and settings, but since I haven't written any original fiction to speak of for several years, I suspect there won't be much interest. *wry*)

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And now the results!

1. Film Noir, Alternian Style -- Homestuck, 1,375 words. Terezi makes Dave watch ashen porn. Written for anonymous on Tumblr.

2. Career Advice -- Harry Potter, 875 words. Bill Weasley didn't pay much attention to goblins until his fifth year at Hogwarts. Written for lady_songsmith.

3. An Alternate Solution to the Problem of Madara -- Naruto/Chronicles of Narnia, 1,450 words. The wilds of Sound Country are the next best thing to the middle of nowhere. Travelers are few and far between. Unexpected meetings are thus narratively inevitable. An AU to the "Tides" AU. Written for sabriel

4a. Set a Thief -- Chronicles of Narnia/Naruto, 1,250 words. In the aftermath of Anvard, Edmund attempts to hire a trio of assassins to guard Susan from potential Calormene retaliation. Susan accepts their contract. Written for branchandroot. Fragment.

4b. Take Deeper Roots -- Chronicles of Narnia/Naruto, 2,250 words. Sakura spends a year in Narnia. Susan watches, and does her best to help. Written for branchandroot.

5a. Ancient Lands -- Chronicles of Narnia, 475 words. Aravis and Cor return to Tashbaan. Written for rthstewart. Fragment.

5b. Silence at the Proper Season -- Chronicles of Narnia, 1,800 words. While in Tashbaan, Cor and Aravis receive two invitations from Shezan and Ilgamuth: one to a ritual, one to a conversation. The latter is more dangerous. Written for rthstewart.

The meme is now closed.

Comments

[sabriel]

I'm really excited to see what you'd make out of this so:

Naruto | Naruto & Chronicles of Narnia | tea

[edenfalling]

Done! An Alternate Solution to the Problem of Madara: The wilds of Sound Country are the next best thing to the middle of nowhere. Travelers are few and far between. Unexpected meetings are thus narratively inevitable. (1,450 words)

It ended up set in the Tides AU, shortly after Troy in Reverse. I hope you don't mind!

[branchandroot]

Sabriel beat me to it!

Naruto and Narnia, Sakura and Susan, the hidden sides

[edenfalling]

Done! Take Deeper Roots: Sakura spends a year in Narnia. Susan watches, and does her best to help. (2,250 words)

[rthstewart]

You know Star Wars, right? Fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, gender bent.

If not SW than Cor and Aravis meeting Ilgamuth and Shezan

[edenfalling]

Er, by that do you mean just Han and Chewie genderbent, or everyone in the Original Trilogy?

Your second request might be kind of spoilery for "A Change of Season," especially since Ilgamuth actually DOES meet Aravis in Anvard before returning to Tashbaan. (Or at least that's the current plan. My outlines have been known to change in the writing. *wry*)

[rthstewart]

I'll take spoilers! But if you don't want to, the gender bent is up to you. Make Leia the Corellian smuggler and Han the Prince of Alderaan? Luke is a girl. Obi-Wan is a girl. And it doesn't have to be OT. Whatever works! I'm no help at all.

[edenfalling]

Rth, you get one and a half ficlets for the price of one!

You see, while I know pretty much how "The Courting Dance" is going to end (though not necessarily how I will get there), I am much, much less certain about the structure and events of "A Change of Season." In particular, I don't know the political particulars, and since your prompt requires Cor and Aravis to visit Tashbaan for some big diplomatic occasion (there is no other reasonable way for them to meet Shezan), and since they would obviously be talking about that big diplomatic whatever, I don't want to create something I will need to overwrite later on.

So the half-ficlet is Cor and Aravis arriving in Tashbaan, and it breaks off before the actual introduction and meeting, so I can avoid backing myself into a corner. Here it is: Ancient Lands: Aravis and Cor return to Tashbaan. Fragment. (475 words)

The full ficlet is set a couple days later, and -- perhaps unsurprisingly, for something involving Shezan -- took on a much heavier religious tone than I'd expected. Oh well, so it goes! And here it is: Silence at the Proper Season: While in Tashbaan, Cor and Aravis receive two invitations from Shezan and Ilgamuth: one to a ritual, one to a conversation. The latter is more dangerous. (1,800 words)

[lady_songsmith]

HP, Bill Weasley, "You want to work with goblins?"

[edenfalling]

Done! Career Advice: Bill Weasley didn't pay much attention to goblins until his fifth year at Hogwarts. (875 words)