get a grip, sparkleson! ([info]musesfool) wrote,
@ 2003-10-18 17:59:00
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Current mood:hungry. also, frustrated
Current music:Notre Dame getting their asses kicked

don't say I never gave you anything
In the spirit of utter boredom insanity giving, if anyone wants me to write a ficlet for them and wants to provide an opening line or some words or something (no laundry list. I'm talking things like, "angry, elephant, Ron" or "His mother always said he'd come to a bad end."), I'm game.

Also, I have LJ codes, so if you're lurking and you want an LJ of your own, or you just want to be able to comment and not be anonymous, drop me a line or put an email address in the comments.

I'm hungry and I'm running into the difficulty of not having my murderer's motivations worked out before I start, so I don't know what clues to plant, exactly. Is very frustrating.


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[info]emrinalexander
2003-10-18 03:02 pm UTC (link)
Um...

OK...

Here goes:

"Harry knew giving Snape the gift certificate was a mistake, but somehow he couldn't stop himself."

Not much, sorry. Not one of what passes for my brain's better days. Sigh. Ficlet would be nice *G*.

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[info]eponis
2003-10-18 03:10 pm UTC (link)
Ooooh. Free ficlets. :-) ::looks forward to results::

Opening line: "This photograph is my proof." It needn't necessarily be first-person.

(thanks to Duane Michals)

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[info]fox1013
2003-10-18 03:16 pm UTC (link)
story, leather, and Faith.

What? You didn't think I'd forget HER...

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[info]musesfool
2003-10-20 12:28 pm UTC (link)
leather and velvet. Wes/Faith, just for you.

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[info]voleuse
2003-10-18 03:18 pm UTC (link)
sonnet, twist, startle

No specific characters or fandom. *g*

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[info]copperbadge
2003-10-18 03:29 pm UTC (link)
Well, I don't want this in particular for ME, but I think it's interesting to write and I can't figure how.

I'm watching a show on reptiles and there was a phrase used -- "Lizard skin colour is more concerned with sex, threat, and disguise". Those three words seem to be a great fic inspiration somehow, either as words in the fic or as themes -- I just can't figure out how.

Bonus if you work lizards in. *grin*

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[info]boniblithe
2003-10-18 04:18 pm UTC (link)
He should have known better than to bother, but unfortunately there wasn't much going on in Wesley's life at the moment that was more important than a vampire with a soul AND a gambling problem.

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[info]cruisedirector
2003-10-18 05:03 pm UTC (link)
It wasn't the longest day of the year, but it was the hottest, and the minutes crept by.

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[info]cherryice
2003-10-18 06:11 pm UTC (link)
Will/Vaughn.

His hands are scarred from the fire (long writer's fingers stained 'round and 'round with pink), and he never seems to know what to do with them any more.

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[info]cherryice
2003-10-20 03:27 pm UTC (link)
(In responce to another post of yours...)

If you're not feeling the Will/Vaughn (it seems I'm often the only one who ever does):

'And the stars, they fall down on you like diamonds.'

Your choice. Because I don't want to be too annoying.

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[info]musesfool
2003-10-23 11:06 am UTC (link)
That wasn't actually directed at you. I'm sorry you thought it was.

I'll see what I can do on the Will/Vaughn, though I have no feel for either of them.

Hmm....

that just gave me an idea...

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[info]naomichana
2003-10-18 06:18 pm UTC (link)
A ficlet? Hmmmmm... giving you something character- or fandom-specific feels like cheating, so I will give you a quote which you may or may not wish to put in its original fandom context -- Cordelia to Giles in "Gingerbread."

"How many times have you been knocked out, anyway?"

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[info]leadensky
2003-10-18 10:06 pm UTC (link)
"Did I say put it there?"

Shards, leeward, frostblight.

- hg

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[info]romanticalgirl
2003-10-19 12:39 am UTC (link)
"You'd think someone would have put a warning on that"

or alternately (in the spirit of betwitched, bothered and bewildered)

entranced, enraptured, enthralled

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[info]silveraspen
2003-10-19 09:53 am UTC (link)
"It was never about trust. But you were never able to understand that, were you?"

Pairing/setting of your choice. :) I think it's wonderful that you've offered to do this, and I'm definitely looking forward to reading the results!

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[info]musesfool
2003-10-26 11:49 am UTC (link)
For you: Wounded, Not Even Dead

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Hi....
(Anonymous)
2003-10-19 02:10 pm UTC (link)
Um...I'm a lurker hoping for a code. I read all these ljs and hardly ever respond due to being anonomous (Right, I just forgot how to spell...) Please give me a code? Pretty please with A Remus on top?

ZenAppleberries

(AlasPoorYorik@aol.com)

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Re: Hi....
[info]leadensky
2003-10-20 10:08 am UTC (link)
If she does not have a spare, ask me. I have oodles.

- hossgal

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Re: Hi....
[info]musesfool
2003-10-20 12:46 pm UTC (link)
I've taken care of it, but thanks for offering!

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(Anonymous)
2003-10-20 03:23 am UTC (link)
Ummm...I don't think I can top the lizard suggestion (and the cucumbers in the ficlet - is there really such a thing as cucumber soap? Either way, I wish I could write anything as decent in fifteen minutes!) Anyway, I'm something of a lurker, though I have posted anonymously once or twice. A code would be appreciated, since I'd love to comment more, but have some e-mail difficulties. My address: laurenmarise@gmx.net

Cheers,

Loz

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[info]musesfool
2003-10-20 12:46 pm UTC (link)
I sent the code, so let me know if you don't get it.

Also, yes, there is cucumber soap (I happen to have a bar in my shower atm, which is why I thought of it. Smells lovely and fresh, but not overpowering.).

Glad you liked the ficlet.

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[info]bethbethbeth
2003-10-20 07:50 am UTC (link)
Check this out: no Snape! *g*

How about...Remus/Hermione? (Future. Humor? Meeting the parents.)

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[info]musesfool
2003-10-20 10:24 am UTC (link)
Mmm... Remus/Hermione... Laura Smith just wrote a really hot one.

And hey, I did Snape. Er, I mean, I wrote a Snapelet. I'm multifaceted and willing to stretch!

But okay, humor. future. A meeting with the Drs. Granger for Remus. I can do that. *g*

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[info]romanticalgirl
2003-10-20 10:49 am UTC (link)
Aw, thanks for the mention. And can I just say how giddy I am in anticipation of this idea/ficlet? Because I am oh so giddy.

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[info]bethbethbeth
2003-10-20 11:08 am UTC (link)
Thanks, V!

And Laura? Now that Victoria's mentioned your ficlet: where *is* it? I must read! *g*

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[info]romanticalgirl
2003-10-20 11:25 am UTC (link)
You can check it out in my lj or my site It's called "Forever After". Hope you like it.

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[info]bethbethbeth
2003-10-20 06:22 pm UTC (link)
Oh my...wasn't *that* tasty! My only problem now is how to keep myself from putting that story on the syllabus of the folk and fairytale class I teach every year. *g*

-Beth

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[info]romanticalgirl
2003-10-20 06:43 pm UTC (link)
Ooh. That's a class I'd love to take. Even moreso if those are the kinds of stories you're including. Hee.

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[info]musesfool
2003-10-20 12:44 pm UTC (link)
Heh. I don't know that you should get so excited - it may suck.

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[info]romanticalgirl
2003-10-20 01:04 pm UTC (link)
I dunno. Something tells me that it's going to be *quite* amusing. Poor, poor Remus.

I remember in my big Willow/Giles epic that the "meeting the parents" fic was too fun to write. I might also have a thing for intelligent men who can outlogic stupid ageism issues, but that's a whole 'nother story. Hee.

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[info]dragonelf_2002
2003-10-20 08:05 am UTC (link)
"Tigers and lightning don't mix very well". The story can be in the X-Men or the Harry Potter-universe or it can be even be a crossover between those two fandoms. ::Insert evil laughter::

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[info]musesfool
2003-10-27 12:02 pm UTC (link)
Your story is here: The Unexpected Storm.

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[info]maveness
2003-10-20 08:15 am UTC (link)
It was to his credit that he was the kind of guy that small children had always feared.

I'm thinking Scott. Definitely X-Men.

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[info]cschoolgirl
2003-10-20 08:27 am UTC (link)
Throwing out a poetry book title that fascinates me: Nights without Armour.

*smiles sheepishly* I shouldn't have to tell you that I want W/R, but if your muses take you else where I'll understand.

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[info]ramen_addict
2003-10-20 10:18 am UTC (link)
"When a paperback book hits you in the head, it might as well be hardback." One of the HP bookworm-types with anybody seems the most logical course, but whatever pops into your head. And/Or cheesecake, foreign languages, and Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans (I've got a box on my desk right now XD). Ready... set... GO!

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[info]roguewords
2003-10-20 10:34 am UTC (link)
I want anything X-men. pairing doesn't matter. use these:

bracelet, glove (not on Rogue if you use her), kings

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[info]musesfool
2003-10-26 11:43 am UTC (link)
Fits Like a Glove.

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[info]buggery
2003-10-20 11:20 am UTC (link)
Getting this right in under the wire fits my M.O., it does.


First line: It didn't make any sense.

Words: shave, obsequious, bias, reservation

Object: the fedora! or, um, a stolen ring

Emotion: cranky

Setting: a late-model Crown Victoria, and/or a bridge

Suggestion: Munch/Tutuola

Take as much of that as you find helpful, leave everything else... so long as Munch stays in. Munch crossed over to a WB show (or pretty much anywhere, and there's been no dearth of suggestions regarding that) and paired off with someone, or even no one, else would be all good too. Hell, put him with Indy if you're so inclined.

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Fic! Fic!
[info]lateo
2003-10-20 12:56 pm UTC (link)
Opening line "I'm all I wanna be
a walking study in demonology"

(The lines are from the song Celebrity Skin by Hole.) The song always screemed Mystique to me but caracters/fandom is intirely up to you.

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request
[info]zenappleberries
2003-10-20 06:19 pm UTC (link)
"Sirius liked being punished."

I really, really hope you like SB/RL...wait, I'm pretty sure you do....well, anyway, a ficlet would be so cool.

And again, thanks for the code.*Beams a Lockhart bright grin, then skips off chanting "I've got a journal, I've got a journal..."*

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