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Nora Charles ([personal profile] noracharles) wrote2010-01-03 01:39 am
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Challenge: Write a fic inspired by the prompt "The Beauty and the Beast"

You may interpret the prompt however you like:
  • A remix of the fairy tale?
  • A tale of (not) judging a book by its cover?
  • A tale of an arranged marriage?
  • A tale of a person stranded in an alien world?
It's up to you how to interpret the prompt "The Beauty and the Beast".

Rules:
  1. The fic must be at least 1000 words.
  2. The fic must ship two people of different species, whether romantically or sexually.
  3. Non-sapient partners (bestiality) do not count.
  4. Uncertain or dubious sapience is okay, for example if Character A does not know whether the tentacle monster fondling her or him is sapient.
  5. The fic must be written for this challenge.
  6. All fandoms are welcome.
  7. Deadline is January 31st 2010.

The challenge takes place on the beautyandthebeast collection hosted at the Archive of Our Own. If you do not have an account, sign up for the AO3 now, so you will have the account in plenty of time to meet the deadline.

I encourage you to repost this challenge to your own journal, or link to this post, if you are at all interested in writing a fic for this challenge, or reading fic written for this challenge.

If you post a fic to this challenge, I will guarantee you glorious feedback at least from one person ^_~
laughingrat: Scene from ST TOS cartoon; Kirk carries Spock to his boudoir and says "Don't wait up." (SLASH AW YISS)

[personal profile] laughingrat 2010-01-03 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Character A does not know whether the tentacle monster fondling her or him is sapient

AND DOES NOT CARE, AW YISS

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

EDIT: You know, I'm sure the internet would appreciate it if I could leave at least one comment somewhere tonight that wasn't offensive or sex-related. I mean, really.
Edited 2010-01-03 04:45 (UTC)
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[personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart 2010-01-03 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
Or the tenticled one doesn't know if the rigid limbed being is sentient.
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[personal profile] laughingrat 2010-01-03 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Inorite? That ungainly body probably hides and ungainly mind, too. And so few limbs. Sad, really.
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[personal profile] laughingrat 2010-01-03 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
*grins*

Have either of you read Angela Carter's work, specifically The Bloody Chamber? It's really something. Not tentacles, but fairy tales.
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[personal profile] laughingrat 2010-01-03 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
They're modern retellings, but they definitely pass the Rat test. I'm kind of a fairy tale snob and not a lot of retellings get my seal of approval. ;)
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[personal profile] laughingrat 2010-01-03 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
*nods* They may not turn up much by accident--they're classics now, but she's been dead for at least a decade, actually two now. So the major stuff like Bloody Chamber has stayed in print, but it's not given a lot of hoopla.