porn_tree | Challenge post for August '09!

Challenge Closed as of 09/25/09!

WARNING: I have turned viewer advisory off since I want this comm to be anon-friendly, but you will likely find sexually explicit material here, and you may possibly find content that is disturbing or triggering in some fashion. Please turn back if you are not okay with that!

What we are doing here is a Prompt Tree Challenge. Any fandom is welcome, or for that matter things that aren't usually considered fandoms (historical figures, mythology, whatever you want). Gen and smut of any type are both welcome. Fanart is welcome, too - but if you post art, please link to it instead of posting it directly in the comments, and use appropriate warnings.

To explain how this works, I'm just going to use a really popular fandom with easily recognizable characters. PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS even if you participated last time, because I have changed them slightly in response to feedback.

First, you leave a top-level comment with the fandom you'd like to see people write in.

Full Metal Alchemist

Then reply to that comment with the name of a character from that fandom you'd like to see people write about.

Full Metal Alchemist
Edward Elric

People interested in that character reply to that comment with a character (or more than one character) they want to pair the first character up with (in either a gen or porny context).

Full Metal Alchemist
Edward Elric (FMA)
Roy Mustang
Winry Rockbell & Alphonse Elric

(To help people find the pairings they're interested in reading/writing about, please change the subject line of the comment at this point to the pairing in question - for instance, if you responded to Edward Elric with Roy Mustang, make your subject line Edward Elric/Roy Mustang.)

People who wish to leave a specific prompt at this point can leave one either for a pairing, or for a single character. Examples:

Full Metal Alchemist
Edward Elric
Roy Mustang
clash of tempers

OR:

Full Metal Alchemist
Edward Elric
what was sacrificed

People can leave fic at any point in this tree - they can write random fic for a single character, random fic for any of the character pairings, or fic in response to one of the prompts.

Full Metal Alchemist
Edward Elric
Ed fic can go here

Roy Mustang
Ed/Roy fic can go here

clash of tempers
or Ed/Roy "clash of tempers" fic can go here

Points to remember:

Make sure if you're responding to a pairing by itself that you leave your fic as a reply to the pairing; if you're responding to a specific prompt, leave your comment as a response to the prompt. Also remember, in the above example, if you want to leave a prompt for Roy Mustang by himself or pair him with a different character, start a new comment tree.

Yes, you are free to request crossovers - if you want to, say, pair Ed up with Lelouch from Code Geass (idek, okay), just reply to the Ed comment with "Lelouch (Code Geass)".

As I mentioned, please use the subject lines to clarify the pairing!

Please add "FIC" to the subject line if you are posting fic, so that people can easily distinguish between fic and prompts! Ex: "FIC: Ed/Roy"

ALSO, I'm going to ask that if you're writing porn, please add "[MA]" to the subject line for your comment fic, so that people who don't want to read smut can skip it. Ex: "FIC: Ed/Roy [MA]". (HOWEVER, this is forwarning to everyone: I am sure that some of us are going to forget about the porn warning on occasion, so you may well stumble across something that squicks you. If this is a truly horrible thought, you may want to skip this challenge.)

Yes, you are free to respond to your own characters/pairings/prompts with a pairing/prompt/fic, if you want. And yes, multiple people can respond to the same characters/pairings/prompts.

And one additional thing - you may feel free to add on to another person's prompt! Like, for example, maybe you saw "clash of tempers", and you'd like to add "in bed," just reply to the original prompt with your addition. (hurr all my examples are retarded)

I will leave some prompts to start with so everyone can look and see what I'm on about! If you are still confused after that, ask any questions here. I will be leaving the challenge open for about 3 weeks, so you have until near the end of August!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Tales of the Abyss

Luke von Fabre

Guy Cecil

Trip (either as in a metaphorical or real journey, or someone tripping...or I guess if you wanted to, an accidental drug trip XP)

AU. Guy as a God General.

Van Grants.

Revenge.

Asch the Bloody

Secret soft side

At first he's paying attention to what Asch says, and that's not encouraging at all.

"Idiot!" Asch snaps, when he's woken up enough to realize where they are. "Couldn't even get out of here in one piece, could you?"

That isn't fair, Luke thinks, given the shape Asch was in, but he doesn't say so. "I think we could still climb out again," he says hopefully. "It looks like there's a way --"

Asch is already storming off, toward the jagged path that cuts into the cliff face. Luke pulls himself together and thanks Lorelei one more time for making sure they're, well, not dead, and then follows as fast as he can. He catches up faster than he thought he would. Maybe Asch still isn't feeling so well.

"Watch where you're going!" Asch barks, when they come around a turn and the rock starts to crumble under Luke's feet. Asch grabs him by the wrist and hauls him back, hard. His grip hurts. "Stupid. It would be just like you to get yourself killed doing something pointless now."

"Sorry," Luke says, rubbing his wrist.

Asch glares. "And stop apologizing!"

A while later, Luke tries, "I bet people will be glad to see us when we get out of here."

"Glad to see you, maybe," Asch mutters, quiet enough that Luke is only just barely sure he heard it right.

He hurries to catch up. "Not just me," he says. "They like you, too, you know. Mom will be so happy we're both okay, and Natalia will --"

"Shut up!" Asch says, whirling around to face him. His voice cracks. "Just -- just shut up!"

He doesn't look mad, though. Luke knows that look, wide-eyed and tense. He's scared.

"It's true," Luke says. House Fabre's very stupid genes are also very stubborn, he figures, and Asch needs to hear it whether he wants to or not. "And me. I'm glad."

Asch suddenly finds something really important to stare at on the ground. "You don't make any sense," he says.

But really, Luke thinks, he's the one who does make sense. Asch is the one who keeps talking like he's mad but acting like...well. When they run into the first batch of monsters, Asch tries to put himself between them and Luke, even though Luke is the one who still has the sword. When they need to stop to eat, Asch takes the ingredients away from him and cooks enough fried rice for both of them, and he doesn't even say anything mean when Luke tells him how good it is. And when night comes -- the light doesn't change a lot in the core, but the distant light they've been climbing toward gets dim -- he sighs, and looks up like he really wants to be up there. If Luke pays attention to what Asch does, he feels a lot better about this whole thing.

"We'll get there," Luke says, looking up toward the surface far above. They've found a ledge that's wide enough for two people to lie down on, so they'll probably rest here for a while.

"Of course we'll get there," Asch says. "You'd have to be a moron to just give up." He lies down, taking the side nearer to the edge, his back to Luke. "You'd better rest. I don't want you slowing me down tomorrow."

Luke smiles. He's figuring this out. He lies down, too, and thinks about what to say next. Asch's shoulders are hunched up, and sometimes it looks like he shivers a little. "I'm cold," Luke says.

Asch sighs, too loud, like he wants to be really sure Luke knows he's a pain. "Can't you do anything but complain?" he says, and rolls over. He throws and arm over Luke's middle, pressing close enough that they'll be able to share heat. "Now shut up and go to sleep."

"Okay," Luke says. He puts a hand on Asch's arm, to make sure he doesn't try to go anywhere in the middle of the night. "Good night, Asch."

The noise Asch makes doesn't sound a whole lot like an answer, but that's okay. Luke's pretty sure he knows what Asch meant.

Asch impersonating Luke.

Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear.

Pff, had to look it up in the manual.

Femdom and/or ritual of courtly love.

Challenge post for August '09!

Tales of the Abyss

Luke

Guy x Luke

Prompt: Guy x Luke

Prompt: Guy x Luke

Guy x Luke x Van

Prompt: Guy x Luke x Van

Asch x Luke

Prompt: Asch x Luke

Fic: "Making Sense," Asch/Luke [ending spoilers]

Asch the Bloody

Prompt: Asch the Bloody

Asch x Natalia

Prompt: Asch x Natalia