skidmo ([info]skidmo_fic) wrote,
2007-09-30 20:54:00
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Alrighty, folks. This here's the how-to post for the Song Lyrics Challenge.

First of all, let me just say that I was overwhelmed with the number of people who signed up for this. This is the first challenge I've ever organized, and I thought I was being optimistic to hope for at least ten.

There are 28 of you.

So thank you so much to everyone who signed up. It seems a bit obvious to say this, but this challenge would not be happening without you.

So here's the deal. If you haven't received your assignment yet, you should get it in the next couple of days. Everyone should have their assignments by now. If you don't, let me know right away and I'll get it out to you. You have until November 11th to finish your piece. The minimum word count is 500. Other than that, I am placing no restrictions on what you write. The challenge is open to all fandoms, all pairings, gen/het/slash, AU...whatever you want. The only rule is that you must use one of the song lyrics you were assigned as the basis for your fic. You do not have to use the lyrics in your fic, but the connection must be there.

You are welcome to post your fic before the deadline. Just reply to this post with the link. (Edit: When you post your link, please provide the title of your fic, the fandom, the pairing if there is one, the rating, the lyrics you used as your prompt and a summary.) On November 12th, I'll post the masterlist. If you requested a reminder, I'll post a comment to your signup entry on November 4th. If you did not request a reminder, but would like one, comment here and I'll include you in the reminders.

If you have any questions at all about the challenge, leave them in a comment here, and I will try to answer them as quickly as possible.Okay, I think that's it. Go forth and fic, people!

ETA: Do not post your actual fic here. Post it to your own journal (or fic community, if that's how you roll). Just drop a comment here with the link, and be sure to inclde the following info:

Title
Author
Rating
Fandom
Pairing
Lyrics
Summary
Tags: song lyrics challenge

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[info]dr_is_in

October 1 2007, 04:53:20 UTC 4 years ago

Where are you posting our assigned lyrics?

[info]skidmo_fic

October 1 2007, 04:57:45 UTC 4 years ago

I'm sure you've gotten the notification by now, but I thought I'd answer here in case anyone else has the same question. I'm posting the assignments as comments to your sign-up post.

[info]dr_is_in

October 1 2007, 05:04:13 UTC 4 years ago

LOL....i got the notification right after I posted my question. Good choices.....

[info]lazigyrl

October 27 2007, 14:53:50 UTC 4 years ago

My story

So I stepped out of my Stargate Jack/Daniel, McKay/Lorne comfort zone for this (though there is a McKay/Lorne in started for the challenge). Here is the info on my story...

Title: His Turn
Author: lds (@ [info]lazigyrl)
Rating: R
Fandom: Doctor Who/Torchwood
Pairing: 10/Jack
Prompt: So let me come to you / Close as I want to be / Close enough for me / To feel your heart beating fast - Eyes on Me - FFVIII OST
Summary: Did he want so much, for so long that he couldn't tell a dream from reality?

http://lazigyrl.livejournal.com/71274.html

[info]thefannishwaldo

October 31 2007, 23:04:48 UTC 4 years ago

I assume fake-cuts are okay, because... um... coming up on 5000 words... not going to fit in a comment. :)

[info]skidmo_fic

October 31 2007, 23:08:23 UTC 4 years ago

Oh, absolutely. Post it in your journal and just link to it here. It doesn't need to be posted in the comments. :)

[info]smallwaldo

November 1 2007, 02:02:15 UTC 4 years ago

Title: Finish Each Day
Author: [info]thefannishwaldo
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack/Ianto
Rating: R
Words: 5326
Prompt: for [info]skidmo_fic 's lyrics challenge.  Lyrics are: all these lives you’ve been taking, deep inside my heart is breaking - All These Lives - Daughtry
Spoilers: Cyberworman and Countrycide.  Mostly Countrycide.
Notes: Fabulous beta done by [info]kensieg
Summary:  Jack never wanted Ianto to know so much about death and cruelty.  Now all he can do is hope he's allowed to pick up the fragmented pieces of the man.

http://smallwaldo.livejournal.com/47902.html

[info]oriolegirl

November 1 2007, 20:02:15 UTC 4 years ago

I'm not pulling out. I'm absolutely not pulling out. But I may be begging for a very slight extension, like 2 days. I've got my fic underway, however the first pass through my awesome beta has revealed that it needs more work. Which ordinarily would not be a problem. But I'm currently out of town and will be through Nov. 9. I'll do what I can while I'm gone and do my damnedest to get it done by 11:59pm on Nov. 11. But just in case...

[info]skidmo_fic

November 2 2007, 04:51:21 UTC 4 years ago

Granted. (But only because of your perfect Satchel icon. :D)

I'm sure it will take me a little bit to get the masterlist together anyway.

[info]oriolegirl

November 3 2007, 00:24:48 UTC 4 years ago

Bless you! (I love Get Fuzzy. *g*)

[info]wickedplotbunny

November 5 2007, 18:50:14 UTC 4 years ago

Title: Comfortably Numb
Author(s: Wickedplotbunny
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack/Ianto, Tosh, Owen.
Summary: In peril on a mission, Ianto contemplates his Nowhere.
Warnings: Mild spoilers through series one. Also, Owen's language has never been very nice...
Prompt: "I'm child and man and child again / A toy broken boy soldier / I'm child and man then child again / The boy never gets older". It fits, methinks...barely.
Authors Notes: No beta-ing, I'm afraid. Please tell me if you notice any glaring errors.

<ahref="http://wickedplotbunny.livejournal.com/11059.html#cutid1">Read it here</a>

[info]wickedplotbunny

November 5 2007, 18:51:32 UTC 4 years ago

Sorry, the link is: http://wickedplotbunny.livejournal.com/11059.html#cutid1

[info]lookninjas

November 6 2007, 02:17:23 UTC 4 years ago

Title: Careful
Author: [info]lookninjas
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Ianto/Lisa
Rating: PG-13; Lisa's got quite the temper.
Spoilers for: General for "Cyberwoman"
Lyrics: "Someone tell me why I do the things that I don't want to do
When you're around me, I'm somebody else," from "Teenage FBI," by Guided By Voices.
Summary: He's not her type. Not at all.

The first word she ever said to him was, "Careful."

[info]lyonza

November 8 2007, 18:23:50 UTC 4 years ago

Title: Big Sky Country
Author: [info]lyonza
Rating: R (?) – language
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis AU. Post Season 3 – The Return and there is no going back to Atlantis.
Pairing:Rodney/John
Lyrics: This feels like the place between what is and might have been - Lincoln Avenue – Train
Note: Betaed by the fabulous [info]gelsey. This will eventually be a series.
Summary: John disappears after the Ancients kick the expedition out of Atlantis. Rodney goes looking for him.

Big Sky Country

[info]halfspokenwords

November 10 2007, 00:22:11 UTC 4 years ago

Title: A Little More Time
Author: [info]halfspokenwords
Rating: PG
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairing: None, but features Ianto and Suzie.
Lyrics: She'll find strength in her anger, and the truth in his lies / When the last scar finally fades, she'll have a new life (SR-17, "Alive")
Summary: Missing scene from 1x08.
Word Count: 1,615

http://halfspokenwords.livejournal.com/16168.html

[info]partofthequeue2

November 10 2007, 23:58:02 UTC 4 years ago

Hey! I made the deadline! Woo!
A rather pathetic 507 words, but seeing as most of what I write is 100-300 words, I think that is quite good :)

Title: Better to Not Remember
Author: [info]partofthequeue2
Rating: G
Fandom: Band of Brothers. Mild spoilers for Episode 6 (Bastogne) and Episode 7 (The Breaking Point).
Character/Pairing: Roe, mentions others.
Word Count: 507
Lyrics: This is why I always wonder; I’m a pond full of regrets. I always try to not remember rather than forget - Not Going Anywhere - Keren Ann
Summary: There was a phrase that your Grandmother used to use: It is better to not remember than to forget.

[info]misslucyjane

November 11 2007, 00:25:44 UTC 4 years ago Edited:  November 11 2007, 00:28:23 UTC

Title: Amazing
Author: [info]misslucyjane
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones
Word Count: 1080
Rating: R
Summary: Sex is easy. Everything else is not.
Author’s Notes: Written for [info]skidmo_fic’s lyric challenge.

It’s amazing, with the blink of an eye, you finally see the light.
And it’s amazing, when the moment arrives that you know you’ll be alright

“Amazing,” Aerosmith

[info]dr_is_in

November 11 2007, 05:55:22 UTC 4 years ago

Title: The Letter
Author: dr_is_in
Rating: G
Fandom: Torchwood 
Pairing: Jack/Ianto (kind of) 
Lyrics:  "There’s a saying old, says that love is blind. Still we’re often told, seek and ye shall find." - Someone to Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald
Word Count: 701
Summary:It took me a long time to finally decide what I was going to write, and I finally decided since this was a challenge, I would challenge myself to write something I've been hesitant to write before.    I decided to write this from Jack's POV and its sort of a letter to Ianto.  I wanted to try and get into his head, and examine what (I feel, at least) he feels for Ianto.

To Ianto...

[info]mareel

November 11 2007, 12:07:46 UTC 4 years ago Edited:  November 12 2007, 02:41:14 UTC

Fic: Reflections (Archer/Reed)

Title: Reflections
Author: [info]mareel
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Star Trek: Enterprise
Pairing: Archer/Reed
Lyrics: "I really miss your hair in my face, and the way your innocence tastes. And I think you should know this, you deserve much better than me" - Better Than Me – Hinder
Summary: No more apologies.
Notes: This is post Season 3 and is AU to Season 4. It is a stand-alone fic, not part of any ongoing series.

Reflections

[info]bluflamingo

November 11 2007, 13:19:36 UTC 4 years ago

SGA/SG1: Stranded (Cam/John)

Title: Stranded
Author: [info]bluflamingo
Rating: NC-17
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis/SG-1
Pairing: Cam Mitchell/John Sheppard
Lyrics: Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles, I’m feeling very still, and I think my spaceship knows which way to go. - Space Oddity - David Bowie
Summary: Ways to relax when you don't have access to sleeping tablets or warm milk; spoilers up to SGA 4.03 Reunion, SG1 10.20 Unending

Stranded

[info]tipsywitch

November 11 2007, 21:19:37 UTC 4 years ago Edited:  November 11 2007, 21:21:14 UTC

Oh my giddy aunt...

This has come out differently than expected...

Title: Getting to Know You and Getting to Know You: The angst remix. (Yes, there are two versions)

Author: Tipsywitch

Rating: PG 13 for adult themes and one swear word.

Fandom: Stargate Atlantis

Pairing: John Sheppard and Rodney McKay

Lyrics: I think I’ll find a pair of eyes tonight, to fall into and maybe strike a deal / Your body for my soul, fair swap ‘cause cheap is how I feel - ‘Cause Cheap Is How I Feel - Cowboy Junkies

Summary: “Really Colonel, do you think I was born yesterday!”


Here's the link to my LJ...

http://tipsywitch.livejournal.com/125831.html#cutid2

[info]shaddyr

November 12 2007, 00:36:04 UTC 4 years ago

Fic: Ashes

Title: Ashes
Author: [info]shaddyr
Rating: ANGST! Oh, sorry, uhm... PG13 I guess...
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard, McKay/Brown
Word count: 2263
Lyrics:
- Even when the dark clouds gather, you will be the light Never Be the Sun - Dolores Keane
- I’d never want to see you unhappy, I thought you’d want the same for me Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy
(I thought we had to incorporate both sets of lyrics, so I did.)
Summary: Written for [info]skidmo_fic's Song Lyric Challenge. People make hard choices for what seem like good reasons, and still lose everything in the end...

Author note: I *don't* write angst. I just don't. It makes me sad and I usually want to eat a pound of cotton candy fluff fic after reading angst. And yet, these lyrics spoke to me of angst and pain and suffering, whispering in my ear. ::cries:: So I'm sorry if this *sucks* because I don't write angst, but the muse, she wasn't listening to *me*, she was listening to the music...

Thanks to [info]the_cephalopod who looked it over when it was half done and helped me refine my direction.

Ashes

[info]archae_ology

November 12 2007, 06:40:26 UTC 4 years ago

Title: Comfort
Author:[info]archae_ology
Rating: PG
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: Sheppard/Lorne (pre-slash), implied Rodney/Ronon
Lyrics: This is just a reminder of the antique shop that I want to go back and
visit when it’s open in Tulsa, Oklahoma - Tulsa - Rufus Wainwright
Summary: Evan Lorne, now and then.
Notes: A huge thanks to [info]slybrarian for the beta.

[info]cosmonaut_elf

November 12 2007, 14:51:41 UTC 4 years ago

Title: Hunter of the Heart
Author: Cosmonaut_elf
Rating: T for slash
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: Dex/Lorne
Lyrics: “This is how you made my heart a hunter” – Fallen Icons “Delirium”
Summary: "The first time he had that lopsided grin directed at him, Ronon knew that he had found his next prey."

Sorry for the lateness. My keyboard broke so I had to wait until today for computer class to post this. I'm so sorry!

http://cosmonaut-elf.livejournal.com/5986.html#cutid1

[info]oriolegirl

November 12 2007, 19:14:19 UTC 4 years ago

Title: No Happy Endings
Author: [info]oriolegirl
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sports Night
Pairing: Dan/Casey
Lyrics: "Let’s pretend, happy end" (You Look So Fine - Garbage)
Summary: Dan deserves better.

No Happy Endings
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