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I found a grape when I went to bed last night. (Thanks a lot, Harold.)
Anyway, that was actually my sister’s doing. We were watching Doctor Who and sitting on my bed and she was eating grapes. (Fortunately, there were no grape stains, thanks for asking π )
But I had an idea.
It’s not something I usually do.
Okay, here are some prompts for fanfiction and/or short stories!
First of all, the universal fandom prompt:
Character you don’t often write. Random household object. Random cameo by anyone (from that fandom, real life, or other fandom, I don’t care which.) Love it, hate it, take it, or leave it?
Go!
Bruce stared tiredly at the salad spinner. It might have been staring back at him, but he wasn’t certain. If it had eyes, he couldn’t tell where they were.
Behind him, the kitchen door opened and closed. The footfalls were evenly spaced, light, but with weight behind each one. Bruce rubbed his eyes. It was just too late for this.
“I never did get the point of that contraption,” Steve Rogers said, nodding at the spinner. “Why crank something up or pop batteries in when you can just…” He mimed tossing something into the air. Bruce cracked a smile. Instantly, Steve honed in on the tiredness emanating from his fellow Avenger. “Doctor Banner… are you all right?”
“Fine. I just need to sleep for a week.” Steve half-smiled, but his concern was still obvious. It was… nice, for a change. “But I can’t yet. Delicate experiment, hours setting it up, still not quite done… Talk to me. Where have you been?”
“West coast.” Steve leaned back against the counter top; it creaked softly. “Some maniac thought that he could ‘accelerate to the next stage of evolution’ by just setting off a bigger and better bomb. Believe it or not, we actually pulled out the inner workings of the bomb–after it was deactivated–and locked him inside the casing until the cops got there. Tony offered me to stay the night in Malibu, but…” The helplessness in the younger man’s eyes pulled at Bruce’s soul. Steve and Tony were friends–he would even go so far as to say that, if they had been switched as children, they would have grown into each other–but that very likeness sometimes drove them apart. They were both stubborn, with quick tempers and often said or did things in anger that they would regret later. Steve was struggling to connect, quite literally taken aback while he tried–probably futilely–to think things out.
“I’m sorry.” Bruce sighed. He had been running too long, and while he had been away, emotion and human relationships had gotten even more complicated.
“It’s not your fault.” Steve said.
Back at the Battle of New York, just after the end, Bruce remembered looking at Steve and seeing him, twenty-seven years old, and looking very lost. Next to the rest of them, he was practically a kid.
“It’s too early in the morning to be philosophical about a salad spinner,” he said.
Steve laughed.
Now for the actual fandom prompts!
Star Wars:
Before the prequels: Obi-Wan has a rough night (is the kid sick or just not sleeping?) and Qui-Gon is trying to ignore the television in the background.
Obi-Wan doesn’t like these new shoes.
Siri is going undercover as “Miss Corellia”. Obi-Wan tries on her heels in an attempt to cheer her up but probably also succeeds in incurring injuries.
Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon don’t always understand each other. Of course, that’s only to be expected when their minds work on entirely different wavelengths.
Prequel Era: Anakin notices something he didn’t before. Padme lights candles. Obi-Wan writes. (Any or all of the above. Is it wrong that I love the thought of Obi-Wan with a pen and ink?)
Original Trilogy: Han makes no sense when he has a concussion. Leia hates it when people give her new lingerie pieces. Luke/Books OTP (‘nough said.) Any or all.
Avengers/Marvel:
Hair cut. Reading aloud. Cooking. Generally being domestic.
Sam Wilson being awesome.
Steve Rogers being a dork (because let’s face it, he is. He is representative of the best side of America. ^_^)
Tony Stark inventing a new language (which only Pepper can understand.)
Coulson plus hat.
Loki falls down the stairs. And sulks. And turns himself into a cat.
All the Avengers dress up as each other for a day.
Any or all, whichever you like.
(Please note: I like adding Peter Parker to the Avengers, especially when he brings out Steve’s little-kid side *winkwink*)
Doctor Who:
The Doctor has an allergy (otherwise known as the Doctor needs a doctor.)
Rose Tyler makes her own jewelry. Turns out that her mad skills with needle-nose pliers come in handy.
Mickey Smith is not a tin robot dog. He’s the only sane person aboard the TARDIS.
(This one’s for Iris!) Donna Noble is not having a good day. The Doctor tries to cheer her up, but (predictably) things don’t go as he had planned.
Window boxes are the third item on the list ofΒ things the Doctor loves about Planet Earth.
the Doctor/Owl City music OTP.
Merlin:
Merlin has a cold. This has bizarre effects on his magic. (As usual, Gaius is looking into it.)
Gaius is feeling down. Merlin tries to cheer him up. Naturally, pandemonium ensues.
Merlin cheering up Gwen/Guinevere.
Merlin is Gwen’s wingman.
Merlin ships Arwen (for those of you who haven’t heard the term before, that’s Arthur/Gwen).
Merlin vs. the Orange.
Merlin vs. the Grapefruit.
Gwaine doing ANYTHING (because the man is ridiculous and an incorrigible flirt. Seriously, he’s like they recycled Captain Jack Harkness and then added an extra gallon of ridiculous.)
Gwaine/Food OTP.
Sherlock:
John takes up photography. Mrs. Hudson gets a new photo album. Sherlock re-invents color film.
Sherlock has a new hobby.
John can cook.
John knocks Sherlock out cold.
A goat tries to eat part of Sherlock’s coat.
Lestrade is a secret musician.
*rubs hands together* There we go!
Okay, if these prompts inspire you, then please send me a link to your finished pieces–I’d love to see what you come up with!
Ready. Set.
GO!
YES AVENGERS DRESSING AS EACH OTHER. No to Coulson with a hat. XD
Why not? π Coulson+fedora= β€ !!!
Ugh, but he’d look so weird. π
I bet he’d love it though π
Mmm… maybe…
X-P
Dragons eat it, Erin, I don’t need *MORE* writing prompts on the first day of Camp NaNo!
. . . I may or may not try to do some of these anyway, as soon as I’m not in a hotel room, a minivan, or a house that’s not my own. And as soon as I catch up with my Camp NaNo wordcount.
Oh great… I forgot about Nano! Maybe I’ll just try to do a picture a day for 30k, because a picture is worth a thousand words π
You’re doing NaNo? Do you have a cabin yet?
And I don’t think the picture thing will work, but you can try. xD
No, I’m not doing Nano this month :-S I decided against it. I’ll probably be around as a rebel…
Or wait! YES. I’ll do illustrations and probably write on the side. Because graphic novels and comics and art are just other ways to tell a story. I just need to create the novel…
Done! And yes, if you have room I’d love to be in a cabin with you! π (I forgot your username again, though -_-)
Ahhh, I see. A graphic novel sounds cool; I’ve never tried one of those. (Mostly because I can’t draw.) And yes, we do have room in our cabin. I’d be happy to ask if we can invite you!
Yay! π I just accepted and this looks SO AWESOME! π I’m probably going to change my profile pic to one of one of my drawings X-P
Awesomesauce! π And cool idea.
Thank you! X-D
STOP TEMPTING ME WITH DONNA PROMPTS!
That is a seriously good one… must resist…
I’m sorry!
(Also, Tony Stark is trying to learn Gallifreyan. He claims he can understand how time travel works, but he’s baffled by the bigger-on-the-inside part.)
*rolls eyes*
*head desk* I’m sorry, that just happened. I did tell him that I’d tell Pepper on him if he ripped any holes in the universe. Also I told him that he’d better consult with Doc Brown because he wasn’t likely to understand the Doctor. π
And he’s any more likely to understand Doc Brown? I doubt the Doctor could completely understand Doc Brown… Have you seen Partners in Crime yet?
No. I’m working through this season of it with Bekah, because she hasn’t seen it yet. She hadn’t seen “The Girl in the Fireplace” all the way through! (And she wouldn’t believe me when I told her that it looked like the Doctor was going to pass out during that kiss. She changed her mind :-P)
Y’all have fun, now…
We’ll try. (Are you going to take on Obi-Wan’s dislike of the shoes he was issued or had to wear during the course of a mission?)
Um, no. I have tiny issues with a couple of your prompts, and also a slightly massive case of Qui-Gon and Nasriel chaos.
Oh. Okay. π
This is such a cool post! (Bruce and the Salad Spinner is the best. XD)
I would take all these prompts and run with them, but that would involve me spending too much time writing Fics I shouldn’t. π
the “John knocks Sherlock out cold” prompt really inspired me (hehehe) so if you want to read what I managed to write out, you can here: http://saphira-lemons.blogspot.com/2015/07/existential-crisis-sherlock-fic.html
Thanks for taking the time to write this post. π I might do some more of these later if you don’t mind me doing so. XP
Thank you! π I was trying to re-create late-night exhaustion. π
And yay!!! π Sure, feel free to do as many plot prompts as you like! π I might just do a story with Merlin gardening and a not-Sue self-insert for Doctor Who later π
*laughs* LOVE IT. Avengers dressing as each other? John knocking Sherlock out? *laughs harder* Now I know what to do if I need a break for some lighter writing. XD
X-D Then my plot has succeeded! X-P
You need to do some Hornblower prompts, too! π
…and on that note (sorry. Way too many comments.) Check it out. I found another Hornblower fan/crew member.
http://paperfury.com/unpopular-but-obviously-correct-because-thats-who-i-am-opinions-tag/#comment-45906
*rubs hands together* Three’s a party, eh? We should make a club. π
YESSS THE HORNBLOWER ONLINE FANGIRLS CLUB. X-P
Hahaha! Together we will defeat the french! *raises sword*
*raises banana* Whoops, wrong fandom… *grabs my flintlock pistols*
XD charge, men!… Girls…. Whatever. π
Manly women. We are manly women. X-{P (deliberate mustache emote!)
XD yes indeed!
Let’s take that enemy ship! Prepare for boarding! X-D
Ready the cannons! *cocks flintlock*
*loads cannon* Aye aye, ma’am!
*swipes arm down* FIRE
(hopefully that sounded like Bush. He has the most dignified yelling voice of anyone I’ve ever heard. XP)
Yes, it did. KABOOM!
Okay, I totally sounded way too much like Calypso, the “mad gunner” in my new story idea… π
(Yeah, Horatio sounds as if he’s can’t get it to come from the bottom of his chest, or like he’s got a scratchy feeling in the back of his throat. By the way, today is Horatio’s canonical birthday! *throws confetti*)
*confetti* Yay, Horatio! *goes off to bake a cake with Archie* *burns it* *hides in in frosting* Here, Horatio! Enjoy! I’ll… Um…
Archie: Milk?
Me: Yeah. You’ll want milk. *gets him some*
Hey, today is Steves birthday too! Weren’t you planning a joint birthday party? *pushes Bucky away from the fireworks*
Yes, I was. *grabs Bucky and tells him to make whipped cream* Alex, Siri and I are still working on it. Gandalf is in charge of the fireworks so it promises to be AWESOME! X-D
OH MY GOODNESS BUCKY ISN’T EVEN USING AN EGGBEATER JUST A WHISK! Bucky if you get cream on the walls you can clean it up on your own!!!
Yay! Party! π
Um… Yeah. Careful, Bucky! And do it with your metal arm if you want to get it done anytime soon.
I hope you didn’t put Tony in charge of the presents…
Yes! Fireworks! *rubs hands* Won’t they be happy we’re going to all this for them.
Archie: *grins* Yes, but I doubt Horatio will look it.
Bush: I’d better go brew him some tea. That fizzy stuff I saw someone bringing in looks rather frightening…
EVERYONE is in charge of the presents. Meaning that EVERYONE always gets mounds of them. It’s good fun ^_^
We also have hobbit traditions. Steve drew pretty much everyone in the mind palace a drawing to give on his birthday, even though he didn’t know about the surprise party. He forgot to give them to us until the day after, though, but I made him feel better with lots of hugs and back pats π
OH NO! NOT THE UNICORN CIDER! A few years ago some people at Nanowrimo got into the Unicorn Cider (brewed by real live unicorns) and went totally bonkers. And it has worse effects on fictional people. Loki drank some and was entirely loopy going around telling people he loved them for SIX DAYS afterward. I’d better go suppress it. I’ll bring ladybug water (it’s not made with ladybugs but looks rather like freckled lemonade), though. It tastes pretty good, and has not much effect on characters, though it provides endless inspiration for authors. ;-P
Man, that stuff sounds dangerous. Ladybug water sounds much better. π never had either, but I’m not sure I’d want to…
Oh, which flavors of ice cream do Steve and Horatio like? I was going to get some.
I think Horatio likes butter pecan. Steve likes vanilla and chocolate, and I keep putting an unopened jar of hot fudge topping in various places in his room, just because. He always takes it back to the kitchen, and then I hide it again. It’s cute. And fun ^_^
XD Bet that’s fun! I hope it doesn’t spill… π
*nods* Excelent taste, gentlemen. *gets the ice cream* Though I must take a favorite with Horatio’s choice. π
It’s never been opened. Of course it won’t spill π
IKR?! Mmm… *helps self to various kinds of ice cream*
Okay, good. Only now I hope it never gets opened. π
*takes a spoonful* π So when are Steve and Horatio coming? All the balloons are blown up now. I think we’re ready.
They’ll be here any minute now (sorry, I have to go to work in a bit)
So are we going to jump out and yell surprise? Or will we spare them that? π
No, we’ll just hug attack them and give them LOTS of hugs ^_^
Okay, sounds like a good plan. ^_^ *gets ready*
Here they come! *makes sure to hide the cake*
*sideways grin* *hides behind a couch*
The door opens…
*and we both hug attack Gandalf by accident* X-P
*Lets go* whoops. *jumps onto Steve and Horatio’s shoulders* Happy birthday, guys!
*Gandalf just shakes his head at us and keeps walking*
*hugs Horatio around the waist* HAPPY BIRTHDAY! We made cake! X-D
Yeah! *looks over at Archie* *puts finger to lips*
Archie: *winks* It turned out wonderfully.
Me: *pushes them from behind* c’mon, guys! We’ve got fireworks and ice cream and presents, too!
And cake. And custard. I’m so sorry Horatio. I burned the pudding.
Yeah but it’ll be fine. Everything’s outside, guys. Let’s go!
*climbs up on Steve’s back* Onward, brave steed!
*piggybacks Horatio and rides to outside*
Everyone outside: Happy birthday!!! *confetti, party blowers and general noise ensue* *our two birthday boys are taken aback*
*shouts* HAPPY BIRTHDAY! *showers everyone with confetti by accident*
*pulls matches out of my pocket* *tosses them to Frodo, who’s nearest to the cake* Here, light the candles up. *hits the starting note for “happy birthday”*
*everyone starts singing* *I hit Anakin with a pillow because he’s deliberately singing off-key*
… happy birthday to you!!! *everyone claps*
Blow out the candles, now!
Horatio: *looks at us like we’re crazy*
Steve: *good naturedly pokes around Horatio and blows out the candles*
*Steve blows out ALL the candles in one breath*
Yikes, your lung capacity is probably 50% larger than normal…
*one of the candles slides off the edge of the cake and lands on a firework*
*gasps* TAKE COVER EVERYONE!
*Everyone runs or dives for the ground* *steve tackles Horatio down*
Frodo: *carefully sets the cake on the table*
Frodo! *tackle down*
*firework shoots into the air directly overhead*
*whoops with exhilaration* HOORAY!
*gets up and makes sure everyone is okay* Alright, now let’s have gandalf set off the rest of the fireworks in a civilized fashion. π
*pours out tea for everyone* Here we are. The Remedy to Cure All Ills! π
Horatio: *looks relieved* Thank you, ma’am. *takes a cup*
Me: *takes a little* What kind is it?
Black tea. But there’s other kinds, if you’d prefer. Milk, sugar, lemon or honey? Though… not all four. Milk and lemon don’t mix. The milk curdles.
Good. Black tea’s my favorite! Okay, then. All but the lemon. π
Ooh, look! They’re setting off more fireworks!
Oh dear… There go Ruffnut and Tuffnut. Merry, Pippin, STOP THEM NOW! 0_0
Yikes! Guys, no! Not 5 fireworks at once! Oh, great… *plugs ears*
*plugs ears and looks up* THAT WAS AWESOME! Still, let’s not do it again… *grabs one of the twins and ties him to a tree*
*blinkblinkblink* let’s hope the spots clear from my vision sometime tonight. π
Having fun yet, Steve and Horatio?
We haven’t even started the music yet! *strikes up the orchestra*
Ladies and gentlemen, you’re in for a treat tonight. We have Obi-Wan Kenobi playing the flute, with Sherlock Holmes first violinist and Phillip Coulson on cello, with the Doctor on the organ. Now sit back and enjoy!
(I think they said Coulson was a cellist… didn’t they? I’m a bit muddled. It’s hard to hear dialogue when your five-year-old sister won’t stop talking at you no matter what you do.)
Ooh! Goody! *wiggles in seat* Steve’ll like this. π
Wait… Oh, gosh, Erin. Hand Horatio some earplugs. He’s tone deaf, remember?
Yup. I didn’t forget about that. *hands Horatio a set of books*
Horatio: Thank you. *pulls the collar of his coat up around his ears* *sinks down further in his seat to read*
*looks around* *makes sure Sherlock’s not looking* Oh, that’s good. Or Horatio might have been recruited to the Dramatic Coat Squad, just like Captain Jack is (trying) to recruit for the Innuendo Squad. π
Good thing. I’m sure Horatio wouldn’t like that as a present. π
*song ends* *everyone claps* *Horatio mostly claps with relief*
*crawls under the table and starts pulling on Steve’s pant leg and shoelaces*
Steve: Whoa! *peeks under table* What?
Hi *smiles in a silly way*
Steve: *boings one of your curls*
WHAT THE HECK.
*rolls out from under the table and drop-kicks an invading Harry Potter character* OUT, THOU VILLAIN!
Oh, great… Now Sherlock wants to play whist with Horatio. This I want to watch. π
OH BOY. This is going to be so awesome. X-D
I can usually hold my own in a game of whist… who needs a teammate? XD The deductions will abound!
Oh dear.
Yeah, second thoughts. I’ll sit this one out. π
Man, they seem to be setting the stakes a little high for the start of the game…
…only not with money. Why are they playing for each other’s SHOES?!
Well, I guess we’ll see who walks away barefoot…
We see Sherlock barefooted all the time anyway π
Yeah. He won’t mind… GO HORATIO! π is
X-P
OOOH! That’s a good idea. I think i have Hornblower fanfiction somewhere on this blog… I’m not entirely sure. I know I posted it on Iris’s FanFiction account.
Cool! I think I need to write some Hornblower fanfic. I just lost a contest I was kind of stressing out about a lot…. I just need to hand out with Horatio and Archie for a bit and wind down. π
Yeah! Write about Archie’s shore leave where he’s invited Horatio to meet his family and sneaking cookies off the baking sheets or whatever. X-D And Horatio being sort of puzzled by it all, since he’s never really had a life like this (sad.) But then have Archie cheer him up. I’d imagine Archie has a big family. (And Kennedy is an Irish last name, I believe, so you could do something with that. The actor who plays Horatio is actually Welsh, but I’m not sure where Horatio himself actually comes from.)
OOOOOOOOHH……
I’m getting too excited now. *covers ears* stop! I have work to do! This will haunt me for the rest of the day! XD I now know what I’ll be doing with my first spare moments…
Okay I’ll stop. Let me go scan up my artwork for thiz blog posting…
This story idea is now going to haunt me for until I write it… XD I love it to bits.
Nice new picture! I think that’s the first time Cap won’t be next to your name every time I see it. π
You’re welcome! *waves hand humorously*
π Yup, that’s how the Doctor looks when he’s a cat. X-D Also true… before you knew me, though, there was a time when I used… umm… Obi-Wan Kenobi, I think. And then I had it as Horatio for a while, but now I’m back to an avatar I created myself… I think my second avatar was actually a photograph of me with my face hidden by my big blue cloak X-D
Haha, cool! XD
I’m surprised that you found my narrative of avatars even remotely interesting. π
Well, I’m pretty visual, so I always associate the person’s avatar with who they are. You’ve been Captain America in my mind up until now… XD
X-D Oh my goodness… X-P
I took a personality test that told me I was more like Hawkeye (maybe because I’m more sarcastic?), but I’m really like Cap IRL. X-P
I’ve been Cap or Black Widow in those, usually. π
Then we know we’re going to work together great, because I got Hawkeye and you got Black Widow X-D
(One time, I got Tony Stark, but that was just too weird. Nope not Tony not me not ever. Just nope.)
Exactly! π
Well, sometimes if you choose the humorous/sarcastic answers they give you Tony. Generally how the quizzes go. π
*groans* I’m an introvert. I’m not really much of a life-of-the-party type… or wait. Oh no. Other people view me as the life of the party? *sigh* Now I feel obligated to stop being a wallflower.
I don’t flirt with people though. *groans* Iris told me as much last week, but I already knew that. Her exact words were “You can’t flirt at all”, I think.
I don’t think being able to flirt is much of a gift, so… *shakes your hand*
When I was eleven, an older boy came up and started trying to flirt (tossing his too long hair, cheesy grins…the works.) And I eloquently blew a raspberry at him and walked away. *nods* Yep. That’s about as flirty as I get. XP
*rolls on floor laughing* That must have been hilarious! X-D
Yeah. *grin* I will treasure the look on his face forever. XD
*laughs harder* Oh my goodness… X-P
I only pray that I don’t meet him again… π
Oh wow, that would be awkward… X-P
Eh. I’d probably just blow another raspberry. If I already have earned myself a reputation, I might as well keep it. ;D
*rolls on floor laughing*
I started the hornblower story idea from you. Loving it so far. π It’s so fun and easy I feel like I’m eating candy while I’m writing it. XD
Yeah… Fandom candy… ^_^ That’s what I say when someone posts a new Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan father and son ish fluff story, but I will never not cheer because THE WORLD NEEDS MORE FATHER-SON LOVE. X-P
I KNOW! I just wrote that sort of moment with Horatio and Pellew. They’re both so awesome. π Definitely a father-son relationship there. π
Yusssss X-D
*hugs you* thanks for the idea! π
Whoop! I can’t wait! X-D
I’ll be sure to let you see it when it’s done! π Think I should post it, or not?
Yes you should! ^_^
I’ll have fun finding a picture for the featured image. π It’ll either be Horatio and Archie, or maybe a little house… And I’ll need to think of a title. π
I can’t wait to read it. π