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Title: Prisoner of War
Author: chichirinoda
Fandom/Pairing: Final Fantasy VII - Rufus/Zack
Rating: NC-17 for smut and violence
Wordcount: 16,426
Warning: Violence, torture, smut, implication of rape
Author's Notes: Rufus is taken hostage by the Wutaian army, and Zack finds himself the only one able to protect him. Can they foil the Wutaian's plan and prevent a costly extension to the war?

Chapter 1 - ( They came through the windows. )

Chapter 2 - ( Rufus honestly didn't know how to feel about his new situation. )

Chapter 3 - ( Zack enjoyed the feeling of Rufus' arms around him even more the second day than he had the first. )

Crossposted to yaoi_challenge, ffvii_fandom, and ffvii_yaoi

chichirinoda, since you are our only Big Bang participant, I'll direct all questions to YOU, bb! *G* How are things going? Frustrated? Right at where you were expecting to be?

Survival of the Hottest - Poll #1

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Title: Crushing the Flower
Characters & Fandom: Bleach: Ichimaru Gin/Yamada Hanatarou
Word count: ~ 2400
Prompt: yaoi_challenge May 2008 - kink
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Bondage, rimming, sex in a semi-public place
A/N: I signed up for this challenge at LJ as well, where my prompt was angst, so I sort of combined the two. Hope that's okay. :DDD
Disclaimer: Bleach is (c) Tite Kubo, and I am not, in any way, making profits from this story.

(Fake Cut)

Title: Facit reges
Author: liriaen
Characters & Fandom: Cesare Borgia/Miguel da Corella; your choice of You Higuri's "Cantarella" or Souryo Fuyumi's "Cesare", although the nature of the protagonists' relationship at this point would suggest the latter.
Word count: ~ 2800
Today's prompt: May 19 - kink
Rating: R
Warnings: Please abstain from clicking if you have well-developed Catholic sensibilities, premises of this story being that a) Cesare is already Cardinal of Valencia, and b) Miguel has a thing for certain... paraphernalia.
A/N: Set around the time of La Raya, i.e. the Treaty of Tordesillas. And the Spanish ambassador really was that rude. :) Thanks to catsintheattic and kennahijja for beta!
Summary: The Purple makes kings, not priests.

( You're right pretty when you pout. )

Title: The Jewel Thieves
Author: cleflink
Fandom/ Pairing: The Bijou - Liam/Topaz
Rating: PG? (Some violence)
Word count:4610
A/N: So this is kind of dedicated to laylah since it's all her fault I love these boys as much as I do. *hearts massively* [Hope the way I use the names isn't too confusing for everyone.] This is an AU fic, very loosely based on the general state of affairs of German-occupied Europe during WWII.

Summary: The Casmillian resistance to the Hanaein occupation has proven to be much stronger than anticipated. The most dangerous of these insurgents are known simply as the Jewel Thieves.

Title: Wear Your Colors
Artist:Mitsuhachi
Fandom/Pairing:Bijou/Digital Devil Saga, Jasper/Jade
Rating: worksafe.
Warning: none
Author's Notes: Digital Devil Saga is the best game in the history of ever and if you haven't played it you're doing life wrong. I feel the same about Bijou for writing. <3

( Wear your colors )

We're a couple of days away from the start of posting for our "Choose Your Own Adventure" community challenge, so let's clear up a couple of things.

I. Posting template - Please use the following template/header when posting your work. If you'll be posting your work to your personal journal be sure to include the header and a link to your piece.

Subject: Title (Fandom, Pairing, Genre)

Title:
Author/Artist:
Fandom/Pairing:
Rating:
Warning: If applicable
Author's Notes: If applicable

Cut-tag or Link to story



( II. List of participants posting in May )


Interested in participating? Leave your info here and we'll work something out.

Firstly, how's everyone's piece coming along? Have you started? Still fleshing out the idea? Frustrated?

May posters, are you comfortable with your progress? Can you share a snippet or two? August posters, do you have a summary ready? Is the word count minimum scaring the living daylights out of you?

Any fans out there willing to put together inspirational mixes for our wonderful participants?

Have a bunny for an epic and want to share? Give us the whats, whens and whys.

Share your OTCs with me. Are you comfortable writing from their POV? Are you maybe writing from a different character's POV this time around? Taking on a pairing/fandom you've never tried your hand at before?

Tell us about your newest obsession or a beloved old staple? Are you enjoying exploring a new theme or source material?

Tell me all!

Our 'Sharing is Caring'/Brainstorming Party begins tomorrow. Bring your ideas, your summaries, a snippet or two that you wouldn't mind sharing, some booze, of course and let's have us a belated celebration of all things yaoi.

I'm always so late to my very own party. *sigh*

We're going to make up for your mod's doomed real life by packing a whole week of missed reveling into one blowout of a day.

Okthanx

( Details )

So our very first community challenge idea will now be put forth for feedback.

I. Word Count: You'll have two options -
May deadline - Writers: at least 1,000 to 5,000 words; Artists: single art works
August deadline - at least 10,000 to 40,000 words (Big-Bang Style); Artists: multi-part art works (doujin, anyone?)

II. Choose Your Own Adventure Challenge Round. You sign up for a day in May or August, with your choice of fandom and pairing, and produce fic or art for that day's genre with your chosen characters. Genres: Romance, Angst, Action/Adventure, AU, Kink, Cliché. A list of prompts will be provided, but they will be optional, in case you need a little direction to get you going.

III. Artists and Writers are welcome to partner up and collaborate on an epic work of love.

IV. I'll ask each participant to list their top three choices of posting dates in May and/or August. You may repeat someone else's pairing choice, but please don't double up on days until the entire month is taken -- ideally what we want here is two solid months where there's something new to look forward to in the community every day. For the veterans, think back to our very first comm. challenge.


Huge thanks go out to the lovely laylah who helped me brainstorm and get these rambling thoughts of mine down on paper.


Thoughts? Concerns?


ETA: Oh and if there are any fanmixers out there who'd like to get in on the action and provide our writers/artists with some more inspiration or just cheer them on, I'll be opening up a sign-up post once the challenge is under way. Details TBA.

Title: The Naming
Author: puella_nerdii
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 6,446
Warnings: Vague spoilers through the end of the game, depending on how good you are at deciphering metaphor.
Prompt: fairy tale - breaking and mending
Summary: What time would destroy, it can also mend. Two brothers, one journey.
A/N: Definitely more a fusion of fairy tale and FFXII than outright AU or crossover, but hopefully it still works. And definitely more gen than anything else.

( The Naming )

Title: Interdem
Author: cleflink<
Prompt: Fullmetal Alchemist - Interdimensional task/police force
Rating: Gish
Word count:3575
A/N: Gen more than anything. I fail.

Summary: Central's ID Division has an unauthorized interloper to apprehend. Unsurprisingly, things do not go according to plan.

Title: Around the Block Again
Author: GW Katrina aka icedark_elf
Prompt bits: - Final Fantasy VII - Bleach: characters either die or have the ability to see the dead, and get entangled with Soul Society and Hollows
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 1,238
Pairing: Sephiroth/Zack, Yoruichi/Soi Fong
Summary: Sometimes, dreams tell you more than you know.

A/N: Wow, I managed to get yuri in here as well.... Well, implied Yuri, anyway. Crossposted at fandom_fusions



( Around the Block Again )

Title: Zanpaku
Author: GW Katrina aka icedark_elf
Prompt bits: - Bleach - Firefly: Crewmembers on a space ship in a universe with an old-west feel
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 1,107
Pairing: Rukia/Renji/Ichigo
Summary: Some days, it's like the world is laughing at you.

Crossposted to fandom_fusions

( Zanpaku )

Title: Wild Ones
Author: cleflink
Prompt: Final Fantasy VII - high fantasy
Word count: 6580
Rating: PG
A/N: I want to write more of this. That's probably a bad thing.

Summary: Irrevocably tied and holding nothing back, two men search the world for what's been lost. This is but a small part of their story.

Title: The Deserving
Author: cleflink
Prompt: Evil!Main!Characters!AU - Allen/Lavi - "I think we should give them what they deserve, don't you?"
Wordcount: 3575
Rating: PG
A/N: Perhaps not quite as evil as they could be, but (hopefully) much more in character as a result.

Summary: Of gods and men, and what said gods do to keep themselves amused on off days.

Title: Accordo fra Gentiluomini [Gentlemen's Agreement]
Author: liriaen
Prompt: Gorgeous Carat - Renaissance - "Where are my clothes, and why does my ass hurt?"
Rating: R
Wordcount: ~5.300
Summary: Desperate situations call for desperate measures.
A/N: One phrase is taken from Peter Greenaway's splendid film "The Draughtsman's Contract" - you'll know which one. :) Noir is Neri here, and he insists on translating Floréan's family name, too. Thank you, moshesque, for speedy beta! Any remaining mistakes are my own, as always. Enjoy!

( There's been a deal, recently struck in Venice... )

Title: Looked at the Sky from Both Sides.
Fandom: Kyou Kara Maou/X-1999.
Pairing: Yuuri/Wolfram/Conrad.
Rating: PG
Prompt: Kyou Kara Maou/X-1999: Choosing sides for the coming apocalyptic war.
Summary: Of course Yuuri knows aboute time traveling. But it is a completely different thing to go back and suddenly be greeted by the ten-years-old version of his best friend.
Notes: Part 4-7.

( Looked at the Sky from Both Sides. )