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narniaexchangeWell done everyone who threw their prompt ideas into the mix! We have an incredible list to choose from, so have a browse through them here.
Signups for the first ever Narnia Big Bang Challenge are finally open! Fill out the form below, post it in a comment on this post, and... that's all you have to do!
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And don’t forget about beta and artist signups!
Signups for the first ever Narnia Big Bang Challenge are finally open! Fill out the form below, post it in a comment on this post, and... that's all you have to do!
Copy and paste this into the comments and fill it out. Comments won’t be screened this time, since there is no secret exchange involved.
Remember, it's not required that you claim a prompt. If you are not claiming one, you can just leave that blank. And do not worry if someone else claims the same prompt - it's fine if multiple people claim the same one.
Signups close October 31st. You don’t have to wait for us to send you prompts/requests this time so...get to work!
For rules and the full schedule, go here.
And don’t forget about beta and artist signups!
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Date: 2011-10-23 04:42 pm (UTC)Author name: Minorthalia
Contact Info: PM
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Big Bang!
Prompt you're claiming (if any): I'm trying to run several together, if that's OK:
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Brief story summary: Starting where LWW stops, covering the first few years of the Pevensies' reign. How they manage to carry out such an adult role of ruling a kingdom, their first attempts at diplomacy with Archenland and the Lone Islands, and how they deal with remnants of Jadis's supporters, who are still much stronger than anyone realised.
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Date: 2011-10-23 06:15 pm (UTC)Author name: metonomia
Contact Info: email - katy75@rocketmail.com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: mini
Prompt you're claiming (if any): I'm going to weave two prompts into my story:
Cornelius is a scholar and a magician -- how do science and magic get along in Narnia (can be any era, Cornelius just put me in mind of it) -
Imagine a time when a group of Narnia's Beasts stop believing in the Creation Song myth...What would a theory of evolution look like in Narnia? Would they look for the Missing Link Beast? -
Brief story summary: In the fourth year of the reign of High King Peter of Narnia, Queen Lucy dies in the place of a traitor, unleashing a tide of disagreements and doubts across the land as her people struggle to understand the new meaning of the Deep Magic in Narnia.
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Date: 2011-10-23 06:30 pm (UTC)Author name: Rosencrantz
Contact Info: crantz@livejournal.com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Both.
Prompt you're claiming (if any): "Jadis, trying to rule Narnia." (http://narniaexchange.livejournal.com/57696.html?thread=575072#t575072) for the Mini Bang, and "A fairy tale plot (i.e. Rapunzel, the Little Mermaid, Rumplestilzken) that takes place in Narnia." (http://narniaexchange.livejournal.com/57696.html?thread=591712#t591712) for the Big Bang.
Brief story summary:
Mini Bang: It turns out conquering a magical land and covering it in eternal snow involves more bureaucracy than previously believed.
Big Bang: A merman has fallen in love with Queen Susan, how much will he give up to be with her?
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Date: 2011-10-23 08:40 pm (UTC)Author name: R.
Contact Info: PM
Big Bang or Mini Bang: I'm going to say Mini Bang for now, but I've a feeling it may grow in scope. I hope that's alright!
Prompt you're claiming (if any):
My own: Civil war in Galma during the Golden Age. Does Narnia intervene? How so? Do each of the Pevensies believe they should intervene? Let’s say it’s not a war based on any extreme ideological differences, so we’re talking about heavy shades of gray.
Planning on integrating elements of the following prompts as well:
Brief story summary: I'd like to focus on Narnian foreign policy, especially in regards to the civil war in Galma. There's an ancient alliance in place between Galma, Terebinthia, (etc., etc., etc.,) and Narnia, so when civil war breaks out, Narnia has to do something to help. Edmund is sent as the liaison. I want to explore a sort of cultural crossroads at that point, perhaps even adding in fairytale elements and characters from other lands (i.e. the Calormene).
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Date: 2011-10-23 09:12 pm (UTC)Author name: Wise Queen
Contact Info: PM
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Big Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): "A Narnia/Tolkien crossover. The Lord of the Rings would be great, but The Silmarillion would be BETTER. :D" (http://narniaexchange.livejournal.com/57696.html?thread=605280#t605280)
Brief story summary: 300 years before LotR an Elf-lord (OC grand-nephew of Galadriel) and his wife fall into Narnia 400 years after the Golden Age. Aslan needs them to come to the aid of King Frank XIV and his heiress Princess Swanwhite, to help them in times of trouble. There are those who think that a woman shouldn't rule, and who are eager to relieve her of that burden.
(Might even include how the Elves' daughter Varnafinde is born in Narnia and becomes a lady-in-waiting at Queen Swanwhite II's court ...)
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Date: 2011-10-23 09:43 pm (UTC)Author name: jn208505
Contact Info: (email or PM is fine; if email, include address here)PM
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Mini Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): none
Brief story summary: Set in LWW. The Pevensies have been reigning for a few years and Lucy is tired of being seen as the baby. One night she does something to change how she's viewed and it ends up changing everything!
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Date: 2011-10-23 10:05 pm (UTC)Author name: lealila
Contact Info: email: emylie.skywalker@gmail.com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Big Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): http://narniaexchange.livejournal.com/57696.html?thread=580192#t580192
http://narniaexchange.livejournal.com/57696.html?thread=584800#t584800
http://narniaexchange.livejournal.com/57696.html?thread=591712#t591712
Brief story summary: An AU where Lucy grew up in Narnia. Jadis has dtaken over her kingdom, and Lucy aims to fight back. Aslan sends her help in the form of three human siblings: Edmund, Susan, and Peter Pevensie. Drama, friendship, and battles ensue. Oh, and tension!
(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-23 10:17 pm (UTC)Author name:
Contact Info: PM and stacieyouth@hotmail.com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Mini Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): I'm claiming two, I'll be incorporating both into the fic. (I have not started yet.)
Brief story summary: If in any way I'm not allowed to do this, just tell me, but... basically it would be about one or more stories of someone in a different time period of ours falling upon Narnia and continuing the line of succession and somebody else going on a quest. When I get to the person going on the quest it would go back and forth with them interacting with one of the Friends of Narnia in England, none of them believing each others' stories at first.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-25 12:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-23 11:16 pm (UTC)Author name: D
Contact Info: email (sg1_freak@yahoo.com) or PM is fine.
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Mini Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): Another door opens between worlds - but this time, the Narnian comes to England.
Brief story summary: King Caspian knew of the other world, the one in which the Kings and Queens of Old came from, but he never expected to find himself in it. Meanwhile, Edmund never expected to see him, or any other
(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-23 11:18 pm (UTC)...Narnian, again.
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Date: 2011-10-24 01:21 am (UTC)Author name: snitchnipped
Contact Info: PM for e-mail
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Big Bang, baby! I have a WIP, current word count @ 22,214
Prompt you're claiming (if any): I'm going to try for most if not all of these:
I am getting drunk on the sound
of a voice like yours in the hall. - Anna Akhmatova; White Night
Brief story summary: The fabled elephants of Southern Archenland have always been elusive. Why are they there? Are they beasts or are they Beasts? Why all the sudden interest in them? Part of the Dichotomy universe, taking place two years after Dichotomy.
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Date: 2011-10-24 01:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-24 01:30 am (UTC)Author name: Lydia
Contact Info: monsieurish (at) aol (dot) com or PM.
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Mini. Definitely mini.
Prompt you're claiming (if any): I'm snagging a bunch for inspiration. Thanks to all the prompters!
Brief story summary: Each of the Pevensies pursuing (or being persued by) suitors -- during the Golden Age of Narnia and when they are back in England both.
OR!!!! (maybe and?) A take on a dream I had: Jadis, having prepared for the possibility of her defeat, placed a few tricks and curses throughout Narnia during her reign. Most of them get cleared out by the Narnians, but a nasty one catches a Pevensie unawares.
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Date: 2011-10-24 01:46 am (UTC)Author name: Mogseltof
Contact Info: PM, or email me at mogseltof@yahoo.com.au
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Big Bang (I hope :P)
Prompt you're claiming (if any): http://narniaexchange.livejournal.com/57696.html?thread=581472#t581472 -- Picture prompt of Dalek by the lamppost
Brief story summary: Doctor Who crossover, but with more focus on the Narnian side of things, along with companion reactions to Narnia/finding out Narnia is real. Very probably going to be Seven and Ace meeting Rilian and dealing with the fact that the Daleks have popped up again. I also have a hankering for Ace arguing with a dryad...
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Date: 2011-10-24 02:20 am (UTC)Author name: Mylia
Contact Info: not.from.stars@gmail.com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Big Bang (I hope)
Prompt you're claiming (if any): None that I think
Brief story summary: At 19, Lucy is still pining for Narnia and for Caspian. After an accident in her world, Lucy ends up back in Narnia with Caspian on his ship. The two of them try to stay just friends because of the Star's Daughter -- and their fear that they will only be separated again.
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Date: 2011-10-24 02:30 am (UTC)Author name: Melpomene Lee
Contact Info: PM
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Big Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): none
Brief story summary: still working on it
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Date: 2011-10-24 03:05 am (UTC)Author name: WingedFlight
Contact Info: (email or PM is fine; if email, include address here) email: wingedflight@live.com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Mini Bang (unless it grows)
Prompt you're claiming (if any):
Dying is an art, like everything else.
I do it exceptionally well.
I do it so it feels like hell.
I do it so it feels real.
I guess you could say I've a call.
--Sylvia Plath, "Lady Lazarus"
Brief story summary:
(A SCAUverse fic, in which Jill and Eustace stay in Narnia for 15 years after saving Prince Rilian.)
A few years after the rescue of Prince Rilian, Eustace and Jill travel to an island country as part of the Narnian delegation. An assassination attempt leaves the pair presumed dead and with a problem to solve.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-24 03:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-24 06:51 am (UTC)Author name: Elizabeth Culmer
Contact Info: email - elizabeth_culmer@hotmail.com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Big Bang (*crosses fingers*)
Prompt you're claiming (if any):
of a voice like yours in the hall. --Anna Akhmatova; White Night
(I am not completely sure I will be able to work all of those in, but I will give it a good try!)
Brief story summary: Lucy of Narnia unexpectedly saved his life after the Battle of Anvard, but not even her sorcery can restore a maimed hand and return him to life as a soldier. Now Ilgamuth Tarkaan must escort the cursed Prince Rabadash home to Tashbaan and learn to play politics instead of war, all the while knowing that a single false step may earn death for him and the man who holds his fealty. Fortunately, the woman who holds his heart already knows the game. Sequel to "Out of Season."
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Date: 2011-10-25 03:56 am (UTC)*\o/*
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Date: 2011-10-27 06:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-28 02:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-24 09:26 am (UTC)Author name: Ali
Contact Info: PM or email - saisho.yaoke@gmail.com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Mini Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): Morphing a bunch of various ideas, including some of mine.
Brief story summary:
Susan and Peter fall back into Narnia around the time of Voyage of the Dawn Treader - no one expected to see them, and what trouble will it cause for Caspian?
Stillllllll figuring out exactly what my story is haha.
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Date: 2011-10-24 01:02 pm (UTC)Author name: Gehayi
Contact Info: gehayibrookview [at] gmail [dot] com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: I'm going for a Mini Bang and hoping it expands.
Prompt you're claiming (if any):
Brief story summary: Miraz's son seeks for somewhere and some way that he can be more than an extra prince, the focus of an anti-Caspian faction or the son of a hated usurper.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-24 05:56 pm (UTC)Author name:
Contact Info: turkeyish@yahoo.com or PM is fine
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Mini Bang, most likely. Big Bang if I'm on a roll!
Prompt you're claiming (if any): None
Brief story summary: A character study of Edmund, most likely with lots of talk of Narnian foreign policy and his schoolboy days in England. Might possibly work in a Harry Potter crossover (involving Ginny Weasley and/or Draco Malfoy...still deciding!).
(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-24 08:58 pm (UTC)Author name: Ryu
Contact Info: PM is fine
Big Bang or Mini Bang: BigBang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): None
Something that's been lurking in my brain forever...
Brief story summary:
Susan's counsel was to stop hunting the White Stag. However only she followed her own advice and thus remained alone in Narnia. With her siblings gone it's up to her to keep Narnia safe, even at the cost of everything she holds dear.
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Date: 2011-10-25 06:00 pm (UTC)Author name: bedlamsbard
Contact Info: triknight2008 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Big Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): Working off an already existing story idea, pulling in some prompts.
Let me sleep for a while,
a while, a minute, a century,
but all must know that I have not died - Federico García Lorca
Brief story summary: Prequel to Dust in the Air (http://bedlamsbard.dreamwidth.org/tag/dust), AU of The Last Battle. In the east, a Calormene governor arrives to take control of the state, while in the west, a false prophet proclaims the will of a new god. In the city of Cair Paravel, a young gangster seeks to grab power in the wake of his country's subjugation, while in Lantern Waste a deposed king and his three friends try to stay alive in a land beset by anarchy. (Or, see here (http://bedlamsbard.dreamwidth.org/643162.html). I'm planning on writing the first "season.")
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Date: 2011-10-25 10:15 pm (UTC)Author name: Chibi
Contact Info: blackhatdesign AT gmail DOT com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Mini Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): Whilst in Narnia the Pevensies took up many traditions. Edmund never really took to one of them after a certain battle. The tradition? ‘When one passes into Aslan’s Country his weapon is passed on to his nearest of kin’.
Brief story summary: Three years after they take their thrones, the Pevensies still rule under the shadow of Jadis.
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Date: 2011-10-26 04:59 pm (UTC)Author name: deathsblood
Contact Info: PM or nohappyendings@10g.pl
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Mini Bang, to be safe.
Prompt you're claiming (if any):
Brief story summary: [AU] After Edmund is assassinated, the Pevensies try to deal. In desperation, Susan gets Aslan to brigng him back. That's when the real trouble begins.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-28 04:28 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-27 06:20 am (UTC)Author name: animus_wyrmis
Contact Info: (email or PM is fine; if email, include address here) animuwyrmis [at] gmail [dot] com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Big bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): N/A
Brief story summary: Either: Long after the train crash, Susan has made a life for herself without her family, without Narnia, and certainly without magic. But when her daughter finds the Professor's rings and lands in another world on the brink of civil war, Susan must own up to her past in order to rescue her daughter.
Or: With the Pevensies gone and Narnia at her most vulnerable, Lord Peridan must head up a committee of stewards to rule Narnia in their absence. With bonus explanations for where the seven swords came from and what the green mist is up to.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-28 02:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-28 03:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-27 09:31 pm (UTC)Author name: Caramelsilver
Contact Info: caramelbells@gmail.com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Mini Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): All my own, yo.
Brief story summary: AU. (Very AU). Set in the city of Narnia, ruled by the Lady Jadis White. The Pevensies are heading the revolution to over throw her. (All human cast). I'll be using characters and vague plot-points from all books.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-28 03:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-28 01:36 am (UTC)Author name: songsmith
Contact Info: (email or PM is fine; if email, include address here)
songsmith23, a hotmail address
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Big Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any):
Brief story summary: Er. I'm going to write about Narnians surviving through the Winter and the Telmarine Invasion. Do I have to be more specific yet?
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Date: 2011-10-28 03:45 am (UTC)Author name: Elizabeth
Contact Info: elizabeth.rnelson@gmail.com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Mini-Bang. It's currently at 10,092 words
Prompt you're claiming (if any): I'm continuing a story I started last year for someone who wanted exploration of Edmund/White Witch and Rillian/LotGK
Brief story summary: As Jadis goes through her life, she picks up knowledge and objects that help her later on. There's a bunch of backstory set on Charn, and some desert tales.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-28 11:31 am (UTC)Author name: Love and Rock Music
Contact Info: loveandrockmusic@yahoo.com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Big Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): none; or possibly there is one similar but I haven't looked at them
Brief story summary: an AU retelling of Homer's Iliad, cast with Narnian characters spanning all seven books
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Date: 2011-10-28 09:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-28 09:08 pm (UTC)Author name: Pamy
Contact Info: pamy_mexican_girl@hotmail.com or PM
Big Bang or Mini Bang: both (I hope)
Prompt you're claiming (if any):
Big bang:
[info]deathsblood : How would life after LWW be different if the Pevensies were from an earlier century, when all the nobility would take their children to court. Would it be easier to accept the similarities, or would it be worse watching other people give the orders and have to obey?
[info]lady_songsmith : Lucy realizes stories don't always have happy endings
[info]deathsblood : "No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man." - Heraclitus
[info]cofax7 : Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself. -- LM Bujold
[info]cofax7 : “Your actions are pointless if no one notices.” -- Jenny Holzer
or (hopefully and) mini big bang (might morph into big bang)
[info]cofax7 : “There is a period when it is clear that you have gone wrong but you continue. Sometimes there is a luxurious amount of time before anything bad happens.” — Jenny Holzer
[info]snitchnipped :http://narniaexchange.livejournal.com/57696.html?thread=580192#t580192 (just the picture)
[info]harmony_lover : History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. ~Maya Angelou
[info]priscipixie : A sister smiles when one tells one's stories - for she knows where the decoration has been added. -- Chris Montaigne, Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other. -- Carol Saline,A sister shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams. -- Author Unknown
Brief story summary:
The four kings and queens of old have just fallen out of Narnia and lost it all, but they are given not time to accept this. Their father sends for them to come to court the next day and live in the court of Henry VIII. It is 1524 and the king is beginning to contemplate divorcing Catherine of Arragon. Now they must learn to accept their place in the sociel hierarchy, let go of Narnia and follow the will of King Henry, and they must do so quickly because one step in the wrong direction could prove disastrously...
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A story of the relationship between Susan and Lucy, both in Narnia and in England, because before they are queens they are sisters. And no matter what they know they can always count on each other and they know the other one will always listen, even if they don't believe. Pre-last battle
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Date: 2011-10-28 09:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-31 06:02 pm (UTC)Author name: Priscilla
Contact Info: priscipixie@gmail.com
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Mini Bang (which might expand)
Prompt you're claiming (if any): It's amazing how many of cofax7's quote prompts look like they might fit my idea (it helps that I love Bujold too!):
Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win. -- LM Bujold
Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself. -- LM Bujold
"Wishes come true, not free" -- Stephen Sondheim
“Your actions are pointless if no one notices.” -- Jenny Holzer
If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door. -- LM Bujold
And the following prompt from wingedflight21: The underground network of the resistance during the Hundred Year Winter.
And this quote from harmony lover: History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. ~Maya Angelou
Brief story summary: I'm going to try and finish up a story which I posted one chapter of two years ago, titled A Song for Narnia. It's about a musical treasure hunt by the Kings and Queens of Narnia. Golden Age fic, but with flashbacks to the Witch's Winter. Partially inspired by real-world anti-colonial struggles, real-world songs and a real-world musician.
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Date: 2011-10-31 07:36 pm (UTC)Is it too late?
Date: 2011-10-31 11:33 pm (UTC)Author name: TiaBolt
Contact Info: (email or PM is fine; if email, include address here) PM
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Mini Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any): nope
Brief story summary:
Archenlanders had cut off all contact with Narnia once the Telmarines invaded. However, Lord Miraz saw an opportunity for prosperity within the old ally country and sought to bring about some sort of agreement. Though he was unsuccessful, the young Telmarine Prince he brought with him was not. A tale of friendship between a Telmarine Prince and an Archenlander Lady. A tale of Golden Sovereigns returning to a distraught kingdom in need of its saviors. A tale of six humans finding the strength of Aslan within themselves.
Re: Is it too late?
Date: 2011-11-01 01:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-11-01 01:09 am (UTC)Author name: Snacky
Contact Info: PM
Big Bang or Mini Bang: Big Bang
Prompt you're claiming (if any):
Brief story summary: This is just a placeholder signup until I actually have time to be online.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-11-01 02:01 am (UTC)author: rthstewart
Contact Info:rthstewart@gmail.com
Big Bang
Prompts you're claiming (if any):
"There is a period when it is clear that you have gone wrong but you continue. Sometimes there is a luxurious amount of time before anything bad happens." "Killing is unavoidable but is nothing to be proud of." Jenny Holzer
In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do. ~Gianni Versace
Instead of becoming children again, the Pevensies emerge from the wardrobe as the adults they had become in Narnia.
Swing dance
"We never really are the adults we pretend to be. We wear the mask and perhaps the clothes and posture of grown-ups, but inside our skin we are never as wise or as sure or as strong as we want to convince ourselves and others we are. We may fool all the rest of the people all of the time, but we never fool our parents."
-- Frank Pittman
Brief story summary: To war: Rat and Sword join the Allied Forces. Susan is recruited into the Special Operations Executive and Peter joins the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. The story is intended as a standalone that is, nevertheless, part of my ongoing Stone Gryphon story cycle.