Snegurochka (snegurochka_lee) wrote in lupin_snape, @ 2009-05-01 16:09:00 |
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May Challenge Sign-Ups: The Dark Side of Snape/Lupin
Welcome to the Third Annual Dark Side of Snape/Lupin Challenge!
HOW TO SIGN UP:
This year, I am going to let the Almost Totally Random Dark Harry Potter Generator do the work for me. :) Click that link and head over to the Random Generator. There, you will get two character names and a "dark" word or phrase.
Example: Millicent Bulstrode / Cedric Diggory / broken
You now have a choice. You can:
a.) Produce "dark" Snape/Lupin fic or art using one of those characters in a supporting role; OR
b.) Produce "dark" Snape/Lupin fic or art using both of those characters in a supporting role; OR
c.) Produce "dark" Snape/Lupin fic or art using those characters as a background pairing; OR
d.) Produce "dark" Snape/Lupin fic or art using that word or phrase as inspiration, ignoring the characters; OR
e.) All of the above!
There is also one other option:
f.) Screw the Random Generator! I already have a "dark" bunny I've been sitting on; I'm writing it this month without a prompt.
Once you have chosen an option, leave a comment to this post with the following information:
Name:
Fic or Art:
Age statement: I am over/under 18.
Prompt statement: [Your choice(s) from the Random Generator]
~OR~
I have my own bunny; no prompt needed!
If you don't like the first option the Random Generator gives you, hit Refresh and try again! I won't know. :) I'm also not bothered if multiple people have the same characters or prompt phrases, so no need to refresh the Generator to avoid repeats if you don't want to.
RULES:
Due date:
This is the May Challenge for this community, so fic and art is to be posted between May 1 and May 31. I will post a Masterlist on June 1.
You can produce as much fic or art for this challenge as you'd like, but I imagine most people will be producing one piece. This is not a daily challenge -- although in the past, participants have doubled up their Dark Side submissions with one of their Lusty Month of May submissions at pervy_werewolf, which is just fine! Be sure to read the rules over there if you wish to do that, though.
Obviously, this community welcomes dark fic/art at any time, and so if you get bunnied to produce a giant novel that you can't post till September, hey, that's fine. But the point here is to produce this work for the month of May. I won't chase you down if you don't finish on time, but please think about your schedule before signing up. We'd really like everyone to finish!
Word length:
Stories must be a minimum of 500 words. There is no upper word limit. BUT, see above about the due date. If you can write a novella in under a month, go for it. But given the time frame, this is probably a one-shot sort of challenge.
Art should be something more than a drawble, but the level of polish is up to the artist.
Age:
As with most challenges/fests at this community, participants under 18 will not be permitted to submit NC-17 work.
Warnings:
Please use the usual community headers when posting your fic or art, and be especially mindful of including warnings. Dark fic and art can contain some troubling elements that not everyone will want to read or view, even among those participating in this challenge. Please consider your warnings carefully, and if you have any questions about what is appropriate, feel free to ask me.
Readers/viewers, keep in mind that while we hope you will give feedback to our writers and artists when the work is posted, flames or abusive feedback will not be tolerated. All pieces will have warnings attached. This challenge may poke at some potentially uncomfortable topics. Don't like? Don't read/view.
Content:
I'm not going to dictate a definition of "dark" for this challenge: creators have relatively free rein! Check out the discussion about "what is dark?" in this post and the poll results in this post if you need some guidance or inspiration. Or, go play around on the Random Generator and see what sort of words and phrases come up! It's got some nifty "dark" prompts.
Remember that this is a Snape/Lupin community, especially if you are using the Random Generator and get assigned another character or pairing. While the content of some submissions for this particular challenge may affect that pairing (ie: non-con, mindfuck, torture, etc), this pairing should still be the focus of your work. You cannot, for example, have Snape kill Lupin in the first sentence in order for Snape to run off with Harry, okay? Random Generator characters and pairings are for background use only. Use your judgement, and as always, ask me if you have questions about your content.
This post will remain open till the end of May, so you can sign up any time! Just try to get your fic or art done by May 31.
edit: You can post your submissions at LJ, IJ, or Dreamwidth. Or all three.
Thanks to the lupin_snape mods for letting me play in their sandbox with this fest again this year! For your reference if you are new to the comm or this challenge, have a look through past years' masterlists: Dark Side 2007 | Dark Side 2008
I'm sure I've forgotten something, so ask away if anything is unclear. :) Let's go Dark Side!