Promptathon 2013

[sugar-fey.livejournal.com]

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!

Comments

[inkvoices]

Circus AU (come on, you know I had to prompt at least one *grins*)

In 1929 the USSR became the first country to have a state-run circus training facility. Circus was a big thing. Acts from many Russian circus' toured the US under the name 'The Moscow Circus'. (have some info on wiki) And in 1968 the State Department sent an American circus to the Soviet Union under the US-USSR cultural exchange agreement (here).

So, Clint joined the circus as a kid in comic backstory. Let's have a Natasha who became part of a Soviet circus training facility rather than the Red Room, or was put into one by the Red Room, or whatever floats your boat. And lets have them meet, either because Natasha is part of an act that goes to the US or Clint is part of a circus that goes to the USSR (yes, I know the timelines don't work, shhh). Circus time!

[alphaflyer.livejournal.com]

Am I dating myself terribly whenI tell you that I saw the Moscow State Circus during its German tour as a kid? Okay, as a fetus ... ;-) They were so much better than anything else touring at the time, it was a walking advertisement for the Superiority of the Communist System. (But of course.)

[inkvoices]

Heh, age is relative :) I think the ties between culture and politics are interesting, perhaps even more so when blatant; makes you wonder what subtlties you're missing, even if there aren't any to be missed, heh. But circus and history = <3