be_compromised | Promptathon 2013

Hello, lovely patrons of the bar! It is now the month of July. Do you know what that means? It’s time for:

The Good Ship C/N Promptathon
of Magic and Joy: Round 2

Are you excited? I know I am!

RULES ON POSTING SUBMISSIONS
(please read before you post! <3)

The Rules. Just follow these three easy steps!

1. Leave a Prompt.
Prompts can be anything--simple or elaborate, words or pictures, songs or poems, lyrics or phrases. Anything that, to you, inspires a C/N fanwork. Use your imagination. Go crazy. All we ask is that you place anything NSFW under a cut or link, use trigger warnings when appropriate, and place anything spoiler-y under a cut with a warning. If you’re posting large images, please be mindful of members with slower Internet connections and place the image under a cut or link. Also, try to be as specific as you can with your prompts--this is often very helpful to those creating the fanwork.

And leave as many prompts as you want. I’m serious. Keep coming back, y’all. We want all the prompts we can possibly get Also, be sure to leave each prompt as a separate comment.

2. Wait a week.
Keep leaving prompts and plan your fanworks! This is a time for celebration and creating all of the things.

3. Submit C/N fanwork like there is no tomorrow.
All submissions should either be posted here or linked to this post via a comment. We will make an official post about rules in the time leading up to submissions. Please read it before posting, as responsible partying is to be encouraged at all times.

Timeline

Prompting starts today, July 7^th (or 8^th if you’re in my part of the world ;) ), and will remain open until July 17^th. Submissions will start on July 17^th, and will remain open until August 1.

What we hope to accomplish with all this promptathon-iness:

A chance to get in the game. Been wanting to jump into the C/N fanwork scene but not sure where to start? Now’s the time. There’s no length requirement on the works submitted, you can focus on drabbles and vidlets and short and sweet projects (or do longer more epic stuff if that strikes your fancy as well). It’s really entirely up to you. We’re just hoping to provide a fun, no-pressure environment.

Meet new and awesome people. Newbie or lurker? Here is the perfect opportunity to say hello!

Ship like you’ve never shipped before.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the mod team.

Have fun, everyone!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

OH NATASHA. Saying all those things instead saying "I love you", but that's her, I guess? It still reads and sounds like I - love - you, although I'm guessing Clint will need to hear it again. It's not "you love him not me, you're leaving me" jealousy, it's... I'd say a deeper, more serious form of insecurity, knowing that James will outlive him, that Natasha will outlive him... just GAH. PUNCH IN THE FEELS. (and I seriously love that you chose to write it this way. LOVE.)

And then James. Reminding her of Clint. With a silly everyday thing, and then suggesting they should all go out! I am sooooo going to hug that line (I do OT3 them and I'll pretend things can go that way in this 'verse, as I obviously have no idea if you intended it that way or not, but, can I pretend? :D :D But even if they're "just friends" (so demeaning to friendship, friendship can be such deep and honest, profound connection), I still ADORE THIS WITH ALL MY HEART because you've written it with so much thought and consideration and treated characters fairly and there are no cheap, done-to-death jealousy ploys and tropes.

Also I love this:

"I'm a selfish person," she says, meeting his eyes. "I share my food with you, I share my thoughts with you, I share my apartment with you." She breathes. "I will hold onto you as long as I can, and no one will take you from me. Okay?"

and James being an ice cream dork was THE BEST.

THANK YOU THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH!!!!!!

:D :D :D

Yess, exactly. She's avoiding "I love you," there because Clint's just said he knows she loves him so she's kind of attacking the concept sideways (ninja).

I'm really glad Clint's insecurity works for you -- he doesn't really have the words to say it, because he's in the middle of it, but he feels kind of like... a summer love, I guess. Like it's true, strong, encompassing, honest, and in the long run inconsequential. He was ignoring it until Bucky showed up, and now he's like ):!

:DDD re the going out line. At this moment, James just means it as a less-slangy version of "hanging out," but I definitely see OT3 as a possibility in this universe given awhile for them to work stuff out! I can also see it not going that way, depending on how Clint and Bucky end up hitting it off (as friends or as friends + interest), but yes! Feel free to read it that way, hee hee.

Thank you so much for these lovely comments!! They've seriously made my day :D.

Heeeee ninja!Natasha, I like ninja!Natasha :DDDDDD

It works! Everyone has insecurities. And it's hard to write Clint with one - and I am probably super picky about it - as much as I love Fraction's Clint, he is too insecure, so I treat him as a different character from MCU!Clint, who is a guy who aims and shoots and doesn't blink an eye, no matter if half dozen things are exploding around him. That guy doesn't have many insecurities, and those he has are under control,or at least that's what I'm imagining. Summer love,oh gooooood metaphor.Makes so so much sense :)

Bwahahaha of couuurse :D They shouldget toknow each other and see how things workout forthem, but I am thanking you for the permission! Wheeee! This is a lovely, lovely open ending. And I didn't mention, I am so happy you made reference to Bobbi, and that Clint said he'd still look out for her. THANK YOU FOR THAT. Clint is a decent man, even if his job is not. *nods*

LADY, YOU MADE MY DAY. YOU HAVE NO IDEA AT ALL. THANK YOU!!!!

Promptathon 2013

Re: FIC: Nobody's A Contestant (3/3), PG, no warnings

Re: FIC: Nobody's A Contestant (3/3), PG, no warnings

Re: FIC: Nobody's A Contestant (3/3), PG, no warnings