Aluminum Author, round whatever

[stakebait]

Want to write, not up for anything big and serious. Give me prompts and I will write you things in the comments. Unless I flake, which is why this is called Aluminum Author and not Iron Author like normal people do.

Original fic, poetry (if you want obscure forms, please link to an explanation thereof), wordy song lyrics all on offer.

The fanfic muse has been on sabbatical but I can take a stab at Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Vorkosiganverse, Heyer, Austen... if there's some other fandom you want and the author hasn't asked us not to write it, you can always ask. I've not watched much but I've read like whoa.

Comments

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'm for wordy song lyrics.

Do you want three words or a theme, or?

[stakebait.livejournal.com]

three words or a theme, or three words and a theme... I'm somewhat flexible on the format of the prompt, as long as it leaves room for interpretation.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

Since it's what I tend to ask for, let's go with the theme of Puss in Boots or if that's too specific, the Jack archetype.

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

I have a thing for sonnets, so a sonnet. If you can make it about books/rading, that would be grand.

Sort of a Sonnet

[stakebait.livejournal.com]

I would never put a gun over the
mantel. I would never put a laptop
on display. I’d never call my ballpoint
pen a fetish. I do not love my Nook –
well, not today. I've never ground my beans
and yet I treasure, the hand cranked grinder
signifies I could, the typewriter that
never typed a letter, the fireplace
whose heat I do not need. The paper books
that crowd my walls are not efficient
But if the powers fails, I can still read
Survivalism doesn't mean I truly
Believe the grid will fail, and I will live
It only means I cherish the illusions
That ordered continuity can give.

[kate_nepveu]

How about a little snippet of Miles & Ekaterin as parents? (Nb. I haven't read _Cryoburn_ yet but gather there's little of that in it.)

[tibicina.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, a song, please.

Rabbit, Moon, Mockingbird

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Captain Jack Harkness winds up on the Firefly ship?

[barking-iguana.livejournal.com]

Pavel Chekov's consciousness is inserted into Alfred Bester's (the character's, not the author's) body. And/or vice versa.

[stakebait.livejournal.com]

I don't think I can do this one, sorry. Not familiar enough with the source material.