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kate ([personal profile] kate) wrote2021-01-23 12:36 pm

Snowflake Challenge #12

Snowflake Challenge promotional banner featuring a snow-covered green bench in a snowy park. Text: Snowflake Challenge: 1-31 January.

In your own space, resurrect an old meme. Have fun with it! Which is the goofiest meme you can think of? Put on your party hat and be silly!!

Oh my GOSH you guys!!!!! I did so many of these back in the day! I have 151 things tagged meme on this journal (which includes my LJ that was ported over back when I came to Dreamwidth) so feel free to trawl that for ideas.

I love these a lot, so I'm gonna have to force myself to NOT put 150 of them in here. But, I can't help myself, so here are a bunch of my favorites! Feel free to play any of these in the comments, or steal them for your own journal or whatever.

What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be? This is super long! It's over 100 questions! But fun, and as I play dnd I do think about this from time to time.

Neutral Good Human Sorcerer (7th Level)

Ability Scores:
Strength- 11
Dexterity- 11
Constitution- 13
Intelligence- 16
Wisdom- 14
Charisma- 17

Alignment: Neutral Good
A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias for or against order. However, neutral good can be a dangerous alignment when it advances mediocrity by limiting the actions of the truly capable.

Race: Human
Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.

Class: Sorcerer
Sorcerers are arcane spellcasters who manipulate magic energy with imagination and talent rather than studious discipline. They have no books, no mentors, no theories just raw power that they direct at will. Sorcerers know fewer spells than wizards do and acquire them more slowly, but they can cast individual spells more often and have no need to prepare their incantations ahead of time. Also unlike wizards, sorcerers cannot specialize in a school of magic. Since sorcerers gain their powers without undergoing the years of rigorous study that wizards go through, they have more time to learn fighting skills and are proficient with simple weapons. Charisma is very important for sorcerers; the higher their value in this ability, the higher the spell level they can cast.
WIP Names Meme
Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Bonus: If any of these intrigue you, lemme know and I'll give you a plot summary and snippet.

I save my WIPs by fandom, so gonna do that here too:
The Untamed
BJYX Exchange fic
BJYX Story I'm TOTALLY WRITING
Folder of Blonde Yibo pics
intoabar aziraphale and wang yibo
kinkmeme prompts
Leaf AU (5 of these with numbers after them for versioning)
MDZS Translation
Media comparisons
Mirrorverse Lan Family/Murder!LWJ/Serial Killer AU (there are 9 variations of these, which are the same story)
No Sense
Over the Rainbow
Protect WWX from himself (there are 10 variations of this, include 2 notes files)
Step Up AU
The Untamed dubcon
The Untamed Episode Guide
XNINE rambling and yahtzee story
There are also bunches of saved pics in here for references
Supernatural
13.19 cap
2018 SPNJ2XMAS
Alt!S10 Sastiel-Drowley
Alt!S7
alt!S12 v1
Angelface rewrite
Bingo prompt woods
Court thingee
De-aging
Dean Winchester and the Deck of Many THings
Destiel darkfic for secret santa
Destiel S10 randomness
Episode 14.9 cap
Escort AU
Five Times Sam Wasn't Tucked In
Fuckbuddies
J2 French Mistake
kiss
Let It Snow sequel
Mamma Mia
RPS fic by season
Sam outtake - THE TALK
Sam-n-Cas commiseration about Dean
Samcest
Sastiel bb
SPN short story thingee
spn_j2_xmas take 2
spnj2xmas
Springfling
Super-dark freeforall
Tattoo
The Four Horsemen alt!S11
The Road Less Traveled (there are 9 of these with various endings, like, Dean, Dean-new, Dean-newest lol)
Third Time's the Charm sequel
TRLT Prologue
Wincest bb
Wincestiel bb
Other Fandoms
Alibi lyrics (30 Seconds to Mars)
Cherry Magic mindreading sex (Cherry Magic)
Asexual-allosexual (Good Omens)
Exchange Fic (Good Omens)
GOOD OMENS DELETED SCENES (Good Omens RPF)
Good Omesn first kiss (Good Omens RPF)
our bodies possessed by light (Good Omens) (This is weird - I didn't open it, and it's a word doc, so I'm not entirely sure what it is. I'd be surprised to use that title, since it's a pretty well known SGA fic title)
prequel to To Eat Orlatons (Good Omens RPF)
How It Ends (You Already Know) (So You Think You Can Dance)
Permutations (So You Think You Can Dance (I think))
Impromptu (Stargate: Atlantis)
No Reins On This One (The Losers)
S3E14 Damaged (Criminal Minds)
Meta
Fandom pairing meme
interview meta
Meta - Apologies
Meta - Characterization
Meta - Teaching
Meta - The cult of nice
Writing meme
Original Fic
Appalachian Spring
Fresh Start
Happy Birthday
NaNo 2006 official
Olive
Teleportation fic
vg (this is Vampire Greg, anyone who knows me from back then. There are 15 more vg files in here)
Wampire Greg
Weird dreamworld post-apocalyptic story
WIP Meme (as I writer, there are LOTS of these, and I think we should resurrect all of them!)
Rules: go to page 7 of your WIP, skip to the 7th line, share 7 sentences, and tag 7 more writers to continue the challenge.

I am currently neck deep in long WIPs, so here's seven sentences from the ones I've worked on in the last month:

Wen Ning gets laid (this is 'kinkmeme prompts' in the last one FYI)
Wen Ning's eyes are closed and Wei Wuxian looks up at the way his husband has plastered himself along Wen Ning's back, knowing Wen Ning is enjoying the warmth on his skin. They might have bathed, first, but Wei Wuxian wanted the warmth to come from him and Lan Zhan – and besides, the plums meant everything was just going to get messy anyway.

The way Wen Ning's mouth hangs open is adorable and Wei Wuxian presses himself closer, petting Wen Ning's thighs as he gently spreads them to make room for his shoulders. Wen Ning's head drops back, supported easily on Lan Zhan's shoulder, and Wei Wuxian is so happy that Wen Ning likes this, that he feels safe and comfortable enough to trust them, and that Lan Zhan is thoughtful and kind and giving, even of the things he guards most zealously.

Wen Ning makes another small "Ah!" when Wei Wuxian kisses his thigh, touching his tongue to the delicate skin there. It is cool and tastes like the forest and fresh water. Hm, he should have guessed that Wen Ning bathed in the river before coming to visit.
Murder/Mirror/Serial Killer AU (currently titled Murder!LWJ 2)
Before he can say anything, Lan Wangji says, "Your hair," frowning more severely. "Bring the brush."

Mo Xuanyu swallows. There is a reason he doesn't have a hairbrush, and while he normally would try to distract his mark with cute talk or overexcitement, he has a feeling that won't work with Lan Wangji, and a misstep here has more danger than usual. He goes back into the bathroom and opens the drawer, pulling out the brush he'd seen earlier.

It's wooden, with stiff bristles, and he shudders involuntarily. Gripping the handle firmly and taking a deep breath, he walks over to Lan Wangji and hands it to him.

"Sit," Lan Wangji says, and Mo Xuanyu does, using Lan Wangji's knees to maneuver himself into a comfortable position between his legs. He tries to control his hammering heartbeat. Likely the worst that will happen is a little hair pulling.
Protecting WWX from himself
He calls for a bath and set of robes for her and says he will speak to his brother. She bows and thanks him and he returns the gesture, saying, "It is I who must thank you."

The bath is a luxury that makes the anxiety that's been sitting in the pit of her stomach crawl up into her throat. She understands she must be presentable to be heard, but what of A-Ning? He is dirty and tired. He may be hurt. He may be…
Step Up AU
"How did you manage that?" Wen Qing asks, sounding vaguely impressed. She doesn't even try to take the bowl away.

Wei Ying shrugs. "His partner got injured. I was cleaning in the room where he held auditions, watched all these dancers fuck up a simple lift, and told him I could do that."

Wen Qing eyes him critically. "You don't dance."

"Pfft," Wei Ying says. "What do you know?"
Another writing one, this one transplanted from tumblr (20 questions for people to ask about)
1. Describe yourself how you would describe a character you’re introducing.
2. Is there any specific ritual you go through while/before/after your writing?
3. What is your absolute favorite kind of fic to write?
4. Are there any other fic writers you admire? If so, who and why?
5. How many words can you write if you sit down and concentrate intensely for an hour?
6. First fic/pairing you wrote for? (If no pairing, describe the plot)
7. Inspiration, time, or motivation. Choose two.
8. Why do you choose to write?
9. Do you ever have plans to write anything other than fic?
10. What inspires you the most?
11. Weirdest thing you’ve ever written/thought about writing/etc.?
12. A fic you wish you had written better, and why?
13. Favorite fic from another author?
14. Your favorite side pairings to put in?
15. Your guilty writing pleasure?
16. Do you have structured ideas of how your story is supposed to go, or do you make it up as you write?
17. Would you describe yourself as a fast writer?
18. How old were you when you started writing?
19. Why did you start writing?
20. Four sentences from your work that you’re proud of.

Top Five
Ask me my Top Five Whatevers. Fannish or literary or otherwise. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! Fandoms, books I might get around to writing one day, women in my fandoms, ideal holiday destinations, goals for the future, celebrity crushes, books I wish would be made into movies, love songs. And I will answer them all in a new post (or in comments). Possibly with pictures.
5 Ingredient Fics (Hey, I made this one up myself!)
I'm watching the Ace of Cakes marathon on the Food Network. There are bunches of commercials for 5 Ingredients Fix and I keep hearing 5 Ingredient Fics.

I mean, doesn't that sound like fun? You pick five ingredients and make a fic out of it? Okay, so comment with either a request for five ingredients and I'll see if I can do something fun for you, or a list of five ingredients and I'll see if I can write a fic for you!

They can be food ingredients if you like, but I was thinking pretty much anything... characters, pairings, kinks, cliches, tropes, zombies, whatever you can think of.

A learning more about you meme
Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!", and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your journal, and explain what they mean to you.
A shipping meme!
Make the lists below, then answer the questions below the second cut.
List six ships you like (#1-6)
List three ships you used to like, but don't anymore (#7-9)
List three ships in your various fandoms that you can't stand (#10-12)
List two ships you're curious about but haven't actually started shipping (#13-14)
And now the questions!
1. Why do you dislike #11 so much?
2. Who is someone you know that ships #13?
3. What would be your ideal scenario for couple #3?
4. Which is your favorite episode/part of canon for #1?
5. How long have you been following couple #6?
6. What's the story with #8? What made you stop liking them/caring?
7. Which ship do you prefer - #2 or #4?
8. You have the power to make one ship non existent. Choose from #10 or #12.
9. What interests you about #14?
10. When did you stop liking #7?
11. Did your waning interest in #9 kill your interest in the show?
12. What's a song that reminds you of #5?
13. Which of these ships do you love the most?
14. Which do you dislike the most?
15. If you could have any of these two pairings double date, who would it be?
16. Have #2 kissed yet? Elaborate if you'd like.
17. Did #4 have a happy ending? If the show hasn't ended yet, do you think a happy ending is likely?
18. What would make you start shipping #13?
19. If only one could happen, which would you prefer - #2 or #6?
20. You have the power to decide the fate of #10.
Another getting to know you meme
This is how it works: Comment on this entry and I will give you a letter. Write ten words beginning with that letter in your journal, including an explanation what the word means to you and why, and than pass out letters to those who want to play along.

OH! A fun random character meme that's good for getting your brain thinking creatively
1) Make a list of fifteen characters first, and keep it to yourself for the moment.

2) Ask your f-list to post questions in the comments. For example: "One, nine, and fifteen are chosen by a prophecy to save the world from four. Do they succeed?", "Under what circumstances might five and fourteen fall in love?", "Which character on the list would you most want on your side in a zombie invasion?"

3) After your f-list has stopped asking questions, round them up and answer them using the fifteen characters you selected beforehand, then post them.


I've got my character list created, I'm not telling you who they are, have at in the comments and I will post later.
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[personal profile] seleneheart 2021-01-23 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm intrigued by the 5-ingredient one! Maybe you can give me 5 ingredients and maybe someday a complete fic will pop out! I make no promises, but I can at least have it on the back burner, so to speak.
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[personal profile] seleneheart 2021-01-23 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I've pasted the ingredients into a text page to let them simmer around a bit. Hopefully something will come out of it!
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[personal profile] dreamersdare 2021-01-23 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, for the last one:


#4 and #13 are in the same place when the zombie apocalypse starts, and they decide to team up to give themselves a better chance of survival. How do you rate their odds, and why?
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[personal profile] dreamersdare 2021-01-23 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
So, so, but.

The immediate thing that came into my head is that zombies are dead humans, right? So how much time would Baymax spend trying to diagnose zombies and cure them? I now have an image in my head of Baymax chasing after a zombie to try and give it a hug, because all of his other medical interventions have failed :DDDD

Also, I approve of your found family zombie vibe. I feel this leads to the ultimate crossover fic, into which you can incorporate all sorts of favourite characters that you think would work well (or badly) together but who currently exist in different canons.
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[personal profile] dreamersdare 2021-01-23 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
He becomes both the best asset and the biggest threat. I am now thinking through my own character list and wondering who would have a 'disable Baymax' back up plan, in case they got bit and didn't want to get found out...

Also, I have decided I want my own Baymax for when the zombie apocalypse comes!
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[personal profile] dreamersdare 2021-01-23 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my god, I have just realised. They would need to guard Baymax against both internal and external threats. Because, c'mon, if you were in one of the other troops of people floating around, and you realised that this troop had a Baymax, you would absolutely want to steal him for yourself. He has to increase your survival odds significantly. So this troop is not only trying to avoid zombies, but they also end up mistrusting every single other human being they meet. The humans would be living in a state of constant paranoid fear, and Baymax would just be like "Your adrenaline levels are elevated and you appear to be worried and unhappy. Diagnosis: stress. I recommend a hug"

The dytopia becomes even more dystopian! But with more hugs!
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[personal profile] dreamersdare 2021-01-24 11:32 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, c'mon, you know some nefarious soul with access to more than their fair share of resources would make away with Baymax, and his original crew would all be incredibly sad because they didn't know how to get to him, and Nate just go "It's fine, they stole him, we'll just steal him back. What do you guys know how to do?". That is a freaking awesome idea, you are a genius.
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[personal profile] dreamersdare 2021-01-25 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait, wait, wait, hold up.

...who the hell is stealing Baymax from that motley crew?
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[personal profile] mific 2021-01-23 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll have five ingredients, thanks!
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[personal profile] mific 2021-01-23 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay! I'll think about those :)
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[personal profile] silveradept 2021-01-23 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
That is a lot of things to choose from! Several of those ideas look like they would be fun for people to do.

So what happens if #1 and #15 find themselves flung through a dimensional portal to a genre that neither of them is able to make heads or tails of and they both have to survive so they can figure out how to get home?
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[personal profile] silveradept 2021-01-23 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Groot and Hephaestion in a Hallmark movie is something I would love to see someone do, just for the "this is nothing like what either of us are familiar with."
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[personal profile] silveradept 2021-01-24 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
This would be an excellent movie and I would happily sit through this compared to most romantic comedies.
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[personal profile] corvidology 2021-01-23 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, the last meme:

7 and 15 get snowed in together. How does it go?
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[personal profile] corvidology 2021-01-23 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Hephaestion would have got along better with Sheppard I think. :D

Still Hephaestion was someone fascinated by how thing work so he might have got on with Rodney.
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[personal profile] corvidology 2021-01-24 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
In Snowflake, I don't think any of us wrote about 'fandom osmosis.'

I've only ever seen a couple of episodes of SA and have never been part of the fandom and yet I know so much about these characters through mates who do ship them. :D
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[personal profile] jedi_of_urth 2021-01-24 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
There's a lot going on here. I definitely ought to do the D&D one at some point, looks like fun.

I might do the WiP meme, I have a lot of them that will probably never get back to, unfortunately almost all of them have really non-descript file names that even I can't keep track of. And we don't seem to share much in the way of fandoms so I'm not going to prompt you for detail unless there's something you really want to talk about.

For the writing questions meme, 6, 11, 12

Ooo, I haven't done one of those kind of shipping memes in a while. Off to do I suppose.
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[personal profile] tsuki_no_bara 2021-01-24 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
i probably would've heard "five ingredient fics" rather than "fix" too, and then i would've been confused why a cooking channel would have ads for fic. i'll take five ingredients, pls. it's a neat idea for prompts.
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[personal profile] sjh2009 2021-01-24 09:37 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, you really did go all out in this one, lol. I will return later when I have a bit more time to take part :)
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[personal profile] mumblemutter 2021-01-24 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
For the last one: #3 and #14 are both in love with #1. Are they able to work it out or will #1 have to pick one? (If any of these are inappropriate for a love triangle, you can pick a replacement. :-D)

Edit: Also, actually, the only fanwork I can do is fanmixes and attempts at cover art, but if you give me five ingredients, at least one of which a fandom or character or ship, I could maybe see if I can make that work in song form.
Edited 2021-01-24 12:33 (UTC)
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[personal profile] mumblemutter 2021-01-31 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
You know what, Wang Yibo and Toothless could be cute! Having a really hard time working Groot into this, but no judgment here. :-D

I love making fanmixes! I wish it was more of a thing in fandom; I usually watch the results of my labor plummet into the uncaring void, and I cherish! the rare occasion someone deigns to click the kudos button. But what can you do! It's how I express my Emotions about the canon.

And oh gosh, that is a lovely list (hehe, see what I did there?) but I think Losers was too long ago to revisit the feels and the canon and things to find good songs for it. But the idea is cool; I might hit you up again if I need inspiration. :-D
Edited 2021-01-31 22:29 (UTC)
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[personal profile] mumblemutter 2021-02-02 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh aww, sorry to hear that about podfic as well. Although I think it's been definitely gaining ground! I guess people have to kind of pay more attention to a fanmix, or an acoustic fanwork, and can't just read a chapter in class or before bed or binge the whole thing at their own pace. If it takes five hours to listen to, it takes five hours. (Or, you know, an entire hour of attention if you want to actually listen to the lyrics or what have you.) So I can kinda see why fanfic is just so much easier to consume and kudos, but still! A bummer. 😅 (I've previously listened to podfics while taking walks and it was so nice!)

To be honest, I'm currently neck deep in Guardian feelings (seven eps to go!!!) and have already started compiling fanmix ideas/songs for that, so I'm good right now! Although, if you wanna leave three ingredients for that one (I think five is too challenging for a fanmix), I wouldn't say no! \o/
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[personal profile] mumblemutter 2021-02-07 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I also rarely seek out other people's fanmixes, although that's partly because there just aren't a lot. Sometimes I look at Spotify and people just toss twenty songs into a playlist, which is clearly not the same. :-D

I finished watching Guardian today, it was A Lot! :-D And oh hey, there was a tiny scene involving Chu-ge and Little Guo and spicy food, so maybe I'll fuck around and make a mix for them! We'll see! \o/