ADMIN POST: The Backstory Challenge

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

audreysmagic proposed a "Backstory Challenge," to wit: "something from someone's past..... Radek behind the Iron Curtain, Rodney blowing up school labs by 8, John's disastrous relationship history, Teyla's dad, Ronon's life on Sateda, anything!" quasar273 seconded this, and added that she'd love to see some formative events: "Teyla getting her first lessons in stick-fighting or interplanetary trade with her father; twelve-year-old Ronon being scolded by a mother already shorter than he is for playing with toy guns; Rodney as Little Man Tate in one of those math-prodigy competitions; John leaving the ground behind for the very first time in a commercial jet or his father's friend's small plane or whatever. Elizabeth's first puppy? Carson and his mum? Or maybe childhood traumas big or small, or the first steps into adult independence -- any of that stuff."

Give us the stories behind your stories; it's time to delve!

Today's June 21; stories will be due July 5th at midnight eastern.

Comments

Re: (Don't) Start the Revolution Without Me

[hth-the-first.livejournal.com]

I love this idea, but it's a little more narrow than I think the best flashfic challenges usually are. What about a Liberty challenge in general? (Cake or death!)

Re: (Don't) Start the Revolution Without Me

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think we need a cake or death challenge! I mean, in the header, you know, you can put CAKE, DEATH or CAKE AND DEATH. *G* I LOVE THAT IDEA.

Re: (Don't) Start the Revolution Without Me

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Er, thank you for announcing the plot of my giant WIP. *g* This is literally my story. I mean, I'm sure it's a lot of people's stories, but it's definitely mine--coming soon to a LJ near you. *g*

Re: (Don't) Start the Revolution Without Me

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

In fact, I say this because thse scenes all actually APPEAR in the story, which I hereby announce I did not plagiarize from you! *g*

Re: (Don't) Start the Revolution Without Me

[teenygozer.livejournal.com]

OMIGOD, GREAT MINDS REALLY DO THINK ALIKE!!!

I also announce that I didn't plagiarize you, cos I swear, NOBODY WE BOTH KNOW TOLD ME ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR STORY and you & I have never discussed anything even remotely like this at any time.

Seriously, if you want, why don't we just delete my comment??

Re: (Don't) Start the Revolution Without Me

[teenygozer.livejournal.com]

Also? I cannot wait to read your story. It will make me so freakin' happy, you have no idea.

Re: (Don't) Start the Revolution Without Me

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

It's, um, 33,000 words and will probably be 50,000. *g*

I would LOVE to delete your comment, actually!

Re: (Don't) Start the Revolution Without Me

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Though actually, I would totally steal your line about Thomas Paine in the ass. *g* HILARIOUS!!!

Re: (Don't) Start the Revolution Without Me

[teenygozer.livejournal.com]

It's GONE... sorry it took so long for me to delete it, I didn't get home until just now and I did it straightaway.

TAKE THE LINE. It will make me feel better.

Re: (Don't) Start the Revolution Without Me

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

OMG, I'm dying laughing--sorry, I could have done it! I actually left it thinking that was lame of me to want it deleted, so I left it! That wasn't a coded order or anything! *laughing so hard*

And my god, no, you didn't do anything!--it's an obvious idea, really, and execution is everything! My "they revolt and secede" story is not the same, BELIEVE ME, as anyone else's! *G*

HUGS YOU.

(Meanwhile, I totally have to get up there and visit She Who I Adore--I was up, actually, last month but only briefly, and I'd love to see you next time I come round)

Re: (Don't) Start the Revolution Without Me

[teenygozer.livejournal.com]

Seriously can't wait to see ya! I'm assuming "She Who You Adore" can alternately be referred to as "Cranky Little Missy"?

There's surprisingly little in the way of Revolt-and-Secede SGA stories out there, and I'm not sure why. I'm not having a problem seeing the people in power at the SGC and other oversight committees as the bad guys those days. Canonical AU Landry as a manipulative, borderline evil US Pres didn't surprise me at all; that man is no George Hammond!

Re: (Don't) Start the Revolution Without Me

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's her!

Totally OT

[skandrae.livejournal.com]

John's disastrous relationship history, Teyla's dad,

My just-awake-eyes read that as "John's disastrous relationship history with Teyla's dad", and then my brain shut down.

Re: Totally OT

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Now THERE's a backstory and a HALF. Come on, time-travel? John goes back in time and tells Teyla that someday, she's gonna meet a guy and help him save the universe? Like when she grows up??

ADMIN: Backstory Challenge

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Hee--no special handshake required! You do have to post your story (ies) to this community for the duration of the challenge (after, you can post to your own LJ or anywhere else) and please note that the challenge description isn't a prompt per se--more like suggestions, to get your mind working, though you can write on any of them or any other "Backstory" you can think up.

Just do it before the challenge formally closes!

Any other questions, I'm glad to be of service.

[echelon-ga-l.livejournal.com]

Okayyy I've checked the rules seriously but I still have to annoy you with a question. ^^

Are fanart/chibi comics allowed ? (I suppose the answer would be "no" as the community's name is flashFIC but I saw this post (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/566372.html) so I needed to ask.)

ADMIN

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Not annoying at all!

YES--fanart is absolutely allowed, as are chibis, comics, vids: we allow a whole array of creative response to the challenge. Don't let our name fool you!

[leesa_perrie]

This sounds like a good challenge, now I just need to get my brain in gear... Hmm...

And I was wondering if anyone fancied a hobby challenge? You know, hobby(ies) obessesions, hobby horses; past, present, future, AU, whatever! Maybe something they used to be into but not anymore, something they are being introduced to by someone else, something to be embarrassed about (or not), oh, you get the drift. Anything to do with hobbies or obessions and the like...

Just a thought.

Now, my little plot bunny friends/fiends, I need a back story...or two...

[(Anonymous)]

The hobby one sounds interesting. I was going to ask if we could have some kind of strange new worlds challenge? I'd like to be reminded that Atlantis is in a galaxy. The last several challenges have been so mundane.

ADMIN

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we can totally do this: we have on the list an "Alien Geographies" challenge that we can combine with that!

[mad_maudlin]

What would you say to a Classic Sci-Fi challenge? It could be taken a lot of ways, especially with a flexible definition of "classic." John and Rodney are just the type to be fandoms of Clarke and Asimov, we have canonical Kirk!John, or people could do SGA remixes of classic stories/films/shows. (SGA does Red Dwarf? ::brain explodes::)

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

It's a great idea!