ADMIN: The Ancient History Challenge

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

siegeofangels suggested an "Ancient History" challenge, and notes, "There could be stories about the Ancients, or stories about history, or stories about ancient (Ancient) history." Backstories are also welcome, presuming they're stories about events that the characters might themselves consider, well: ancient history.

It's February 2 by my watch; stories will be due Saturday February 16th at midnight eastern.

Comments

[sholio]

Oh! I like the idea of a general disability challenge; there are so many things that could be done with that! But the wheelchair-festival idea has many possibilities as well ...

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

I do too; I could maybe frame it as, wheelchairs or other disabilities, but let's make sure we get those wheelchair stories in there! (It can't all be blindness, right?) *G*

The danger is, of course, that there can be an aspect of fetishization to, whatever, deaf!Rodney, blind!John, wheelchair-using Ronon (though seriously, I'm sensing wheelies there), but there's a risk to everything, and I do think it's worth soliciting stories that focus on the issue--and a really fun challenge, too.

[sholio]

Yeah, I don't think there's any way of framing the challenge that would be able to exclude the fetishization aspect, but I'd really love to see more stories dealing with the subject in a serious kind of way. (Though Ronon popping wheelies in a wheelchair is not a sight to be missed, either.)

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Oh, I mean, Ronon popping wheelies would ROCK. And John probably spent half his teenage years in a wheelchair or on crutches--horseback riding, skiing, snowboarding, motorcycle, skateboard, etc. That's not fetishization, I don't think. It really does sound fun and I think we should absolutely do it!