ADMIN: Ways To Die Challenge

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

I'm stealing the title from crysothemis's Ways To Die in the Pegasus Galaxy but the challenge prompt really comes from seperis, who said:

...so it's probably either wrong or in bad taste to have a creativity in death SGA challenge, isn't it?

I don't know. I was thinking of finding the top ten most obscure ways to die and challenge on it. Say, death by sea urchin. Attacked by a polar bear. Shoelaces. Death by chocolate.

It's totally a mood.

It's a mood all right, and I dig it; (it's my gothy, Smiths and Cure-centric adolescence talking.) Anyway, you aren't limited to the Pegasus galaxy (earth stories welcome!) and nobody has to die--we're happy with near-deaths and almost-deaths, because close totally counts in horseshoes and handgrenades. It can be other people's deaths, long-ago deaths, spiritual deaths, metaphorical deaths, heat death, or hey, for you wags out there--dice games. THAT BEING SAID, there might be DEATH STORIES IN THIS CHALLENGE.

Let me say again: THERE MIGHT BE DEATH STORIES IN THIS CHALLENGE. IT'S A "WAYS TO DIE" CHALLENGE, and while you are welcome to post a death-warning, or welcome to certify your story 100% death free, or welcome to state it's not major character death or whatever else you'd like, we don't require you to warn.

Let me say that again: WE DON'T REQUIRE YOU TO WARN.

So caveat lector; if you're worried, don't click on a story that doesn't have a death warning, because of how this is a "WAYS TO DIE" challenge.

It's November 9th by my watch; this challenge will be open until November 23 at midnight eastern.

Edited to change my userpic, because if I don't use my Death icon here, where would I...?"

Comments

[carta.livejournal.com]

I kind of wish warnings were still required, as these stories are linked and read long after the challenge ends - and a lot of people skip the headers. Obviously this week yeah, people would be stupid to get upset, but a few months from now? Eh, just my $0.11.

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

We'll make sure all stories carry a "ways to die" challenge tag!

[fiercelydreamed.livejournal.com]

If it weren't for that whole potential copyright infringement thing, I would offer honest to god cash for the person genius enough to give us John and Rodney by way of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

I am SO THERE. OMG. I LOVE THAT_-seriously, do it! They're there! nooses around their necks! I can see it!

[lazigyrl.livejournal.com]

The lack of warnings is a little unnerving, death is the one the very few things I prefer to be warned about. However this community is so good about tags and such I doubt it will be a problem when I start scouring the back posts. This is of course after the evil NaNo goes away and I have time to actually read again. Erm, speaking of which I should stop procrastinating.

One of these days Im going to actual enter one your challenges. Till then, hope you have fun (is that appropriate for a death challenge?).

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

FWIW, Death is the one warning I like as well, but we do have a policy of no warnings, so there you go! We will LIVE DANGEROUSLY.

[ladyjax.livejournal.com]

This is going to sound really stupid but can you do a story in which everyone is already dead?

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[reginagiraffe]

You totally forgot "Le Petit Mort"!

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

DOH! This is why fans are, together, infinitely more clever than any one person alone!

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

In madrigals and Renaissance music, "death" is a metaphor for orgasm, you know. Le petit mort and all that. I'm just saying.

*g*

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Ok, now I want madrigals AND orgasms in your story, lady!

[shalom]

You should have a "No warnings nor theme" challenge where absolutely anything - ANYTHING - could be in a story.

Sheesh. Think of the risk taking for some people, reading a story and not knowing EXACTLY what's going to happen.

*teasing*

Good for you on the no warnings on this one.

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Actually, we never do have warnings here at SGA-flashfic! (But normally, we're not soliciting DEATH FIC either!!)

[spike21.livejournal.com]

ahhahhaahahaa

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

mooo-ha-ha-ha!!

[jade-1459.livejournal.com]

The fact that I have been sketching out and detailing a "death fic" since early this morning is kind of disturbing when I saw this sessions challenge. And it's totally breaking my will power to, because it's supposed to be one of my 14valentine fics.

*headdesk*

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

cackles and rubs hands...

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

*runs off to inflict mass-murder on the expedition, nay, the entire galaxy*

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

*waves from the door!* Have fun! Be home by eleven!

[x-erikah-x.livejournal.com]

Love this challenge. Especially the no warning part. I look foward to be surprised. The one thing I don't like about death fics is the warning. Of course people need a warning to something like that, just like I need a warning for het and slash, but what's the fun of knowing someone is going to die? I like the suspense and the surprises that will come out of this. It will be great! *considers writing a story*

[wraithkeeper.livejournal.com]

Oh, this looks like such a fun challenge to write. Why, why does it have to be in november?! I'm going insane writing my NaNoWriMo novel and just don't have time to write fanfic now too. I guess I'll have to do this one for an amnesty challenge.

Great challenge idea, though! I can't wait to read all the entries.

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Well, Amnesty is coming SOON, so be of hope!

Affiliate

[thrallofwriting.livejournal.com]

Would you be interested in affying with charmedprompts, dwtwprompts, ggirlsprompts, gappprompts, heroesprompts, jossprompts, and stargateprompts?

ADMIN

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

I don't know what that means? What do you mean, affiliate?

[unadrift.livejournal.com]

I'd like to join the overall praise and say, great challenge! (It made me write a death story! *Meep!*)

Also, new challenge suggestion: How about a biggest mistake challenge?

This could be about a mistake still in the making. It could be the team, swapping stories. Or it could be something from the past coming back to haunt one (or all) of them - maybe John's hair transplant surgeon is transferred to Atlantis, or Rodney's totally flawed first article turns up on the intranet, or maybe even something actually serious happens. There are a lot of possibilities.

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Oh, rocking. I mean, hey--half the biggest mistakes one can imagine are CANON! *g* WHOO, SGA!

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

I have a suggestion for a future challenge. It might not be very popular, but I just thought I'd drop the idea here and see what people think.

I am, first and foremost, a writer of original stories and I'm sure a lot of other people in fandom can agree with that at least. What I love most about writing is creating characters. Fun, realistic characters who take on a life of their own. While I adore fanfic in all forms and shapes, it takes away a little of that joy since I'm working with characters someone else created.

So I'm thinking, what about the people in the Pegasus Galaxy who doesn't spend their days savind the world and having wacky adventures? What about the cook who has to keep them all fed? What about the nurse in the infirmary who has to keep Ronon in bed when he's injured and goes crazy with cabin fever? What about Rodney's lab assistants? What about the marines? What about Chuck the gate technician? Does Atlantis have a janitor?

What I propose is a Common People Challenge (idea originally borrowed from here (http://www.subreality.com/tcp.htm)). Random glimpses into the everyday life of the expedition members who aren't high and mighty heroes.

Is it a very bad idea?

[saphanibaal.livejournal.com]

...I think an Original and Minor Characters challenge would be great, myself.

Begging the nice mod...

[argosy.livejournal.com]

Hi! _kiden and I are working on something kind of special for this challenge, with drawings(!). Would it be possible to have the challenge extended? Especially with the holiday weekend coming a little more time would make a big difference.

Re: Begging the nice mod...

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Yes! Absolutely; we'll extend to the end of the holiday weekend.