Weekend Challenge: Original Inspiration!

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

Happy weekend everyone! In honor of our long challenge, Original Fics, this weekend's challenge will bring us inspiration from other people's original fics! At the moment, there are about 200,000+ original fics on AO3, listed on about 5,000 pages!

So give me a number (or a couple numbers) from 1 to 5,000, and I will give you a title, a summary and a list of tags taken from actual posted fics on those pages (but all three items will be from three different fics!) Hopefully one of these things will jumpstart your own creativity!

(Also, if you would prefer no explicit or dark content in your tag list or summaries, let me know! As we all know, there are a lot of ~mature fics on AO3!!)

You have until the end of Thursday** in any timezone to write 300 words or make 2 icons. I will then reward you with a drabble, an icon or some words in my own original fic I need to get back to writing!

**I'm actually going to be out most of Saturday, so prompts might be late. That said, feel free to have an informal extension on this. If you finish something, please post it, no matter when it might be!

Comments

[erinm-4600.livejournal.com]

Hit me with a random!

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

Here you go, from page 63:

Title: love you in the way you needed love

Summary: You have a monster under your bed that seems intent on chasing you down and wringing your neck. Despite your best efforts to resist him, he becomes a lot more than just a predator.

Tags:
Haunted Houses
Past Character Death
Isolation
Touch-Starved
Ghost Sex
Bittersweet Ending


Good luck!

[thatwasjustadream (from livejournal.com)]

I would take your pick of something from page 23, please!

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

Here you go!

Title: Closing the Distance

Summary: Life around the ranch had been getting a little bit boring, and so Jason decided that he was going to start looking for a few employees just to help him out around the place. He didn't necessarily need the help, but the company was nice. But he ended up getting a whole lot more than what he bargained for. And he was completely ok with that!

Tags:
Humans are space orcs
Alien character
Implied/Referenced Character Death
Outer Space
Dog Tags


Good luck!

[bk_forever]

I'll have a go at this.

Pages 44 and 99 please!

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

You got it!

Page 44 -

Title: Where The Purple Flowers Bloom

Summary: When a young angel finds a cave she's been dreaming about for years she's in for a surprise.

Tags:
Age Difference
Babysitting
Cute Kids
Hugs
Forbidden Love
Sexual Confusion
Cuddling & Snuggling
Slow Burn
Skinny Dipping
Nudity
Public Nudity
Warm and Fuzzy Feelings
Forehead Kisses
Intimacy


Page 99 -

Title: His Wild Heart

Summary: “It was all in waiver. It may have been small, but we definitely put it in there. I’ll read it back for you just to catch you up to speed on what you signed. ‘Pauxlee Medical retains the right to experiment on all signees as they see fit, including but not limited to: Aphrodisiac testing, breeding, body modification, cross-breeding with other species, on site living, etc. Signing this agreement means that you are prepared for experimentation and the immediacy of Pauxlee Medical’s actions.’”

Tags:
Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
Supernatural Elements
Biting
Marking
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
Panic Attacks
Trust Issues
Slow Burn
Enemies to Friends to Lovers
Quinn Is Bad At Feelings

Good luck!

[bk_forever]

Hmm, interesting. Now to decide which bits to use as inspiration...

One question, do we have to write original fic?

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

No, not at all!

[bk_forever]

Thanks, just thought I'd check =D

[bk_forever]

I've had so much fun with this one! I used a bunch of the tags from both for
inspiration and I think it's worked pretty well.

Torchwood fic Lover's Mark here: https://badly-knitted.livejournal.com/2412666.html

[cmk418]

Great idea! 5000 pages, hmm - let's give some of the later ones some love

I'll take 418 and 3286 (if you don't want to spend your day clicking away, you can totally cheat on the last one, LOL.)

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

Haha. It's okay! I figured out where in the URL to put the page number so I can go directly there!

Here you go!

Page 418 -

Title: all bark, no bite

Summary: Vic has a craving he can't satisfy. In his desperation, he does something incredibly stupid. It's okay though, Jake comes to his rescue in more ways that one.


Tags:
Assorted monsters
Whumptober 2021
Insults
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
Hurt/Comfort
Angst
There will be fluff eventually
Fluff
Misunderstandings
werewolf boyfriend


Page 3286 -

Title: but i can't feel the ground

Summary: An intimate moment between secret lovers

Tags:
The Moon
The Sun
The Earth
Love Triangles
Unrequited Love
Angst
Drama
Short
One Shot
Gay
I Can't Believe I Wrote This


Good luck!

All For The Game - Blue - Andrew Minyard - 364 words

[cmk418]

I wrote for the tag "I can't believe I wrote this" and I originally thought it was going to be something fluffy and romantic.

This is not that fic. Blue

[helsinkibaby.livejournal.com]

Might I get page 728 please?

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the huge delay! But here you go:

Title: Under doctor's care

Summary: Osric had been preparing all his life to be king. He knew how to lead armies, make alliances and host foreign dignitaries. But for all his fault's, he had one crippling weakness...

He trusted too easily.

Tags:
Science Fiction
Anthropomorphic
Anthro/Human Relationships
Slavery
Awkward Flirting
Mercenaries
Spaceships
Space Battles
Sexual Tension
POV Alternating
Scars
Military
Genetically Engineered Beings


Good luck!!

[helsinkibaby.livejournal.com]

A little late, but...

under doctor's care (https://archiveofourown.org/works/54892513) (371 words) by helsinkibaby (https://archiveofourown.org/users/helsinkibaby)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Chicago Med (https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Chicago%20Med)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dean Archer/Hannah Asher
Characters: Dean Archer, Hannah Asher
Additional Tags: preromance, Fluff, post ep, Spoilers for 8.17, Community: 1-million-words
Summary:

When Dean wakes up, he knows that something is different.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

May I have one random please? :D

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

Yes, of course! Here is one from page 1,432!

Title: Tell me who you belong to, baby

Summary: Charlie doesn't expect much more from the weird old book he finds in a thrift shop than a conversation starter. It certainly starts something

Tags:
Cats
Witches
Character Death
Alternate Universe - Magic
Alternate Universe - Witchcraft


Good luck!