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Post by himiko on Sept 23, 2006 8:52:03 GMT 9.5
I noticed that the board has become rather inactive, recently, so I thought I'd make a brand new thread. I did try and make a fic- challenge thread on my Merlin forum on ff.net, and one fic from that is still in the planning stage, alas (sorry Incapa!), but that forum has died a slight death, so I decided to post it up on here. Any type of challenge, any Miranda character. Please feel free to post lots of your own challenges, as well as writing fics in response to other people's challenges! I'll update this post every so often so that all the challenges are on here, rather than people having to search through for them. PS: Not all the fics have been given titles, so I just called them random names like "drabble" in some cases- let me know if you want me to change it. Challenges1)OK, I'll start with a Mab challenge (no surprises there). I'm no good whatsoever at making complex challenges, so it's a fairly simple one. Write a fic with Mab in it based on the lyrics of a Nightwish song- all lyrics can be found at the link below, I think they're all pretty reliable. www.darklyrics.com/n/nightwish.html"Sleeping Sun"- Morgause (Page one of this thread)"Bless the Child"- Tosca (Page 3 of this thread)2) Merlin- a fic with a Mab/Nimue pairing. No specific requirements. "Scars"-Incapability (Separate thread- Fanwork section)
"Memories, Dreams and Fairytales"- himiko (Separate thread- Fanwork section)
"Drabble"- Kierah (Page One of this thread)3) Any and all Miranda films- Take a dictionary, open a random page, close your eyes and choose a word. Try and build a fic/ficlet/drabble around the word. 4) Fic with Mab/Mordred pairing "Mab/Mordred"- Morgause - Incomplete (Page 2 onwards of this thread)I'll have a go at it myself, fingers crossed I come up with something! Anyway, please join in! |
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Post by Morgause on Sept 23, 2006 9:35:43 GMT 9.5
Hum... Mab and Nightwish, such a perfect combination! I'm must confess that I'm tempted to write something  ... probably this weekend...  |
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Post by Morgause on Sept 23, 2006 10:42:38 GMT 9.5
Lol, I decided to do not wait to the weekend and I already did a little story about Mab. The song I chose was Sleeping Sun, my Nightwish's favourite music. The story is very short and it's not corrected by anyone, so probably it has some grammar mistakes, which I ask for forgiveness. This story is not my better one, but I hope you enjoyed!  The sun is sleeping quietly… Mab gazed at the dark sky, only lightened by a few stars… Yes, she always preferred the night to the sun. She was the Queen of Darkness since more than one century… She walked in the balcony of Morgan’s castle, listening to the sea under there. The waves broke softly in the beach’s sand. Everything was so quiet and peacefully… everything less herself… Mab knew that she would never have peace while Merlin was still in her path. He would never understand… he never understood. For him, she was just travelling a selfish battle with just the purpose of make evil… But no, she was battling to save her people from extension! Their people! He didn’t comprehend that they were his people too! She leaned against the balcony. “I fought for it from years and years! Maybe at the end he will understand… but it will be too late…” she whispered to herself. But sometimes she felt tired too, tired of fighting. Of course she would never confess it to anyone. Mab sensed the night around her. She wished the night could stay more time. The darkness was her home. As long the sun was still sleeping, she would be at home. Mab shook subtly her head. There was no time for sorrows. “Sorrow has a human heart” she thought. She was Mab, Queen of the Old Ways, not a sensible human, always concerned with the heart’s nuisances. She looked inside the castle. She has been there for too long. Now it was time to leave, to sail away with Mordred; he had his destiny to serve and he would be successful. Mab looked again to the sky. It was beginning to dawn. The night was ending, there was nothing left to say. “The sun will come back tomorrow as usually and I will be here, prepared for another day, Merlin, another day of battle” Mab said ruthless, “but the night could last for a lifetime…” she finalized lowly. |
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Post by Rita, Oh Yes! on Sept 23, 2006 14:16:15 GMT 9.5
That's a rather cool idea. Question: Any reccomendations for a song that could inspire hatesexy femslash? Because I started writing Mab/Nimue some time ago but it died in my brain and I could use some inspiration.
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Post by Incapability on Sept 24, 2006 19:24:31 GMT 9.5
hey, I started to write Mab/Nimue too! How about we make that pairing another challenge?
Ummm, there's this one on Century Child, I believe it's Feel For You.
That fic is beautiful, Morgause!!!!! (I'm listening to Sleeping Sun right now!)
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Post by Morgause on Sept 24, 2006 21:11:21 GMT 9.5
Thanks Incapability!! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Incapability on Sept 25, 2006 0:31:28 GMT 9.5
not at all. it's beautiful, and a perfect fit. I love the line about Merlin forgetting that it's his people as well ...
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Post by Morgause on Sept 25, 2006 9:02:44 GMT 9.5
*is touched* ;D ;D ;D
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Post by himiko on Sept 26, 2006 2:40:15 GMT 9.5
Yay! It's lovely Morgause! Don't worry, the spelling and grammar weren't so bad- they certainly didn't make it unreadable. I like the way you've worked lines of the song into the fic rather than just having them as separate lines.
Rita, there's several Nightwish songs that could be linked with various sexual themes, but I think Incapa's right, and "Feel For You" is the best one for your purposes. Possibly "Bare Grace Misery" at a push (it's from the Wishmaster album).
EDIT: Just been scanning through the lyrics, Rita- "Wish I Had An Angel" (album, "Once") might be useful, too, as might "She is my Sin" (album "Wishmaster"). Hope that helps.
I have also got Mab/ Nimue stuck in my brain! I'll edit my first post and stick it in as one of the challenges.
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Post by Incapability on Sept 26, 2006 3:18:46 GMT 9.5
so that means I'll have to get back working on it ...
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Post by himiko on Sept 26, 2006 6:23:06 GMT 9.5
Damn right! |
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Post by Kierah on Sept 26, 2006 6:48:00 GMT 9.5
Okay, I dunno what inspired me to femslash, but here's a Mab/Nimue. Rather... Drabble-ish. Or perhaps ficlet-esque.
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Nimue remembers it as though it had happened just the day before: the flash that heralded the arrival of the Queen of the Old Ways, how small and ultimately harmless Mab had looked but for the clinking of gemstones on her dress, the elaborate hair twisted up into an archaic fashion, and the vicious glimmer in her eye. She remembers that Mab seemed wholly out of place in that abbey courtyard and how with her dark hair and deep eyes, Mab seemed to belong to the shadow.
Mab was power-hungry, Merlin had always said, and violent, and Nimue had understood this as they fell backwards, a tangle of limbs, onto the unforgiving ground and Nimue had thought in horror that anyone could see them, anyone, but driven to distraction, she soon forgot the world around them.
Nimue crosses herself ceremoniously and takes a shuddering breath and tries to forget her own beautiful sin.
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Post by Incapability on Sept 26, 2006 23:09:17 GMT 9.5
that's great, the shortness, the bluntness, it just happens, full stop. great and beautiful!
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Post by himiko on Sept 27, 2006 3:01:04 GMT 9.5
You already know I love this! |
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Post by Kierah on Sept 27, 2006 5:29:00 GMT 9.5
^^ Thanks.
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... probably this weekend... 
