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aralias ([personal profile] aralias) wrote in [community profile] unconventionalcourtship2018-06-01 11:12 am
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Unconventional Courtship 2018

Welcome to 'Unconventional Courtship 2018'!



'Unconventional Courtship' is a panfandom fic fest where you write and post a 1000w+ fic based on a M&B/Harlequin plot. Fics will be posted to this community, staggered through August 2018.

This year we are also welcoming a co-mod in the form of [personal profile] tidal_race!

How to play:

It's as simple as:

1. Sign up! All you need to do is comment on this post with the day you want to post your fic. You can tell us which summary/pairing you're going with, but you don't have to. You can also ask us to assign you a summary, if you want. (You don't need a Dreamwidth to play - just comment with OpenID, although you will need to ask us to post your fic on the com. If you are on DW, please follow the community!)

2. Choose a M&B/Harlequin summary (or two etc) - we have hundreds of suggestions here, but there are literally thousands. Our prompt generator may also help (thank you [personal profile] john_amend_all) You can write more than one fic, if you want. You can also combine prompts, if you like.

3. Replace the names (and pronouns if necessary) with the names (and pronouns) of the pairing of your choice. Any any all fandoms and pairings are welcome in this fest.

You can also replace place names and jobs as long as you keep to the spirit of the prompt. So, if you want to write Kirk/Spock, but you don't want to write a modern day AU, you could replace 'the Sahara desert' with 'a desert planet' and Kirk wouldn't need to be the boss at a law firm, he could be the boss... in the sense that he's the captain.

4. Write a fic based on your altered summary. You can take the prompt seriously or use it as an improbable basis for lols.

4.5. Pimp the fest far and wide. I'm hardly going to do this at all, so it's up to you - the players! I've re-uploaded the make-your-own banners and of course you can use any that I've already made

(N.B. Historically our banners were at Photobucket. I've re-uploaded to this post, but you should still see a lot of dead links around the place). Please do pimp where ever you think would be appropriate.

5. Post the fic to this community on your assigned day.

You can also post to our AO3 collection if you want!

You can see some examples of Unconventional Courtship fic by looking through the collection, or earlier in the com.

6. Profit! Fics for all! I'll post a masterlist once all the entries are in. Crossposting is encouraged.

Any questions? Leave a comment or PM me or (even better) [personal profile] tidal_race. Or email me at heroic.tendencies@gmail.com


Rules:

1. All fics must be over 1,000 words long.

2. You must use a modified Mills & Boon and/or Harlequin summary.

3. You don't have to use a beta, but it is strongly advised.

4. Please use the following header (or similar - the AO3 share function is fine) when you post to the community:



5. Please post on your assigned day. If you can't for whatever reason, please let me or [personal profile] tidal_race know either by PM or email heroic.tendencies@gmail.com

6. You can use this fic for another challenge i.e. [community profile] trope_bingo

7. You can sign up for any day you like, but if it is possible for you to sign up for a day that nobody else is interested in then that'd be best of all.

1 Aug: [personal profile] out_there
2 Aug: [personal profile] georgewashington
3 Aug: [personal profile] killaurey
4 Aug: [personal profile] raininshadows,
5 Aug: [personal profile] paranoidangel
6 Aug:
7 Aug: [personal profile] somehowunbroken
8 Aug: [personal profile] anoyo
9 Aug: [personal profile] innie_darling
10 Aug: [profile] gingayellow
11 Aug: [personal profile] merryghoul
12 Aug: [personal profile] meilan_firaga
13 Aug: [personal profile] estirose
14 Aug: [personal profile] navaan
15 Aug: [personal profile] samuraiter, [personal profile] ella_rose88
16 Aug: [personal profile] tigerlily, [personal profile] auroracloud
17 Aug: [personal profile] cestlamorte
18 Aug: [personal profile] sunrises, [personal profile] queso_amigo
19 Aug: [personal profile] celeste9
20 Aug: [personal profile] vilakins
21 Aug: [personal profile] apgeeksout
22 Aug: [personal profile] plaid_slytherin
23 Aug: [personal profile] devilswings
24 Aug: [personal profile] saiditallbefore
25 Aug: [personal profile] storyspinner70
26 Aug: [personal profile] vexed_wench, [personal profile] lordoflions
27 Aug: [personal profile] artemis10002000
28 Aug: [personal profile] luvbarryfefe,
29 Aug: [personal profile] sidhe_faerie [personal profile] meridian_rose
30 Aug: [personal profile] misslucyjane, [personal profile] 238900mi
31 Aug: [personal profile] liadt, [personal profile] rudigersmooch


If you have questions, feel free to ask! And/or consult the FAQs.
vilakins: (cally alien)

[personal profile] vilakins 2018-06-15 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Hah! I found a cool plot that will suit Cally and will be much more interesting and unexpected. :-D
238900mi: (aigis)

[personal profile] 238900mi 2018-06-18 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
I'd like to get in on the 30 Aug slot. I'm still choosing between a few different summaries, but am like 90% sure that I'll be writing Fire Emblem fic.
dirty_diana: model Zhenya Katava wears a crown (Default)

[personal profile] dirty_diana 2018-06-19 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
August 30

https://www.harlequin.com/shop/books/9781488093029_the-fugitives-secret-child.html

Presumed a casualty of war, former navy SEAL turned undercover operative Rob Bristol is on the hunt for a ruthless Russian mafia leader. But when beautiful US marshal Trina Lopez captures him, he discovers there’s more at stake than their passionate past: they share a son! And to defeat a killer desperate to silence their family, Rob must risk it all.
auroracloud: vintage drawing of a woman and a lamppost against a text background (Jack/Ianto wish)

[personal profile] auroracloud 2018-06-20 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd like to sign up for August 4, since it seems that all days already have at least one person signed up anyway. I'm still trying to decide between several intriguing options for what to write, but I want to sign up to make sure I'll write at least something. The fandom will probably be either Torchwood (Jack/Ianto) or Doctor Who (possibly Thirteen/Missy, though there are other tempting things as well). If we get lucky, I might even manage to write more than one...
queso_amigo: (Default)

[personal profile] queso_amigo 2018-06-26 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
I'd like to take August 18th, if you please. Not sure on the summary, but the fandom will probably be Gravity Falls.
meridian_rose: pen on letter background  with text  saying 'writer' (Default)

[personal profile] meridian_rose 2018-06-27 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'm writing a Black Sails fic for the summary 517) From Ruin To Riches by Louise Allen, I'll choose a date later.
ella_rose88: (Arthur & Gwen :: coronation kiss)

[personal profile] ella_rose88 2018-06-29 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
Prompt: 9)HAVING THE BOSS'S BABIES by BARBARA HANNAY
Fandom/Pairing: Merlin - Arthur/Gwen
Posting Date 15th of August
meridian_rose: pen on letter background  with text  saying 'writer' (Default)

[personal profile] meridian_rose 2018-07-04 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll say 28th August then please :)
(I wanted it to be earlier but I finished the fic and came to edit it, hate it, so either I'll edit eventually until I don't hate it or that will give me time to write something else ;) )
cye_of_the_torrent: Cye of the Torrent holds a cherry tree branch (Default)

[personal profile] cye_of_the_torrent 2018-07-12 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi, I'd like to sign up for August 10, if possible. I'm still debating what fandom/prompt I want to do. D:
wendelah1: David and  Gillian in bed (David and Gillian in bed)

Need a reset

[personal profile] wendelah1 2018-07-29 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Alas, I am not going to be able to write my original prompt. Season two of Timeless ruined the pairing I was planning to write--and then the series got cancelled. I thought I could get past it but it has been weeks since the show ended and I still can't get over what they did to Wyatt and Lucy. I might try writing it later as a gen adventure fic, but that's not in the spirit of unconventionalcourtship.

I've been looking for another prompt to write for a different couple, preferably one I still actually ship.

Would this work as an alternative? I found "Fade to Black" on Goodreads, but I think it's from a paranormal romance/detective series. I hope I can play a bit with the concept, make it amusing.


...where dreams go to die


Starring in a cult TV show was a blessing for Marnie Davante David Duchovny, especially now that his former fame could support herhis futuredream of starting a children's theater of writing the Great American Novel. So he’ll work the convention circuit, and keep those residuals rolling in. But then a former costar is brazenly murdered in front of her him. With a killer who vanishes into thin air with seemingly inhuman skill, and strange events plaguing David, she feels she can’t even trust herhis own senses.

Although his her dear departed parents were famous actors both worked in the industry, PI Gillian Anderson is about as far from Hollywood as you can get. The former military man police detective is reluctant to get involved in such a bizarre case. butWhen it quickly becomes obvious that David is in grave danger, andshe is compelled to help. It’s unclear if the killer is an obsessed fan—or something far more sinister. Could the show’s cast be cursed? How can Gillian keep David safe when it becomes apparent there’s a force determined to make this his final curtain call?

The fandom is The X-Files RPF. Oh, and I gender-swapped the prompt.
auroracloud: TARDIS Team of late Second Doctor Era: Jamie, Zoe, Doctor (TARDIS Team Two)

[personal profile] auroracloud 2018-08-01 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
The heat wave has made me really slow at this whole writing stuff, plus the stories I originally thought about refused to cooperate - I've got the beginnings of a story I'm reasonably sure I can finish, but I don't think August 4th is going to work out. Could I please change to a later date? I'm travelling the next week, so I think it's best if my posting date is only after my trip - can I be moved to August 16th, please?

[personal profile] georgewashington 2018-08-03 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Title:
Author: georgewashington/VeryImportantDemon
Fandom: Marvel’s Avengers
Pairing/Characters: Wanda/Vision
Rating: T
Length: 14240 words, 2 chapters
Summary: From heartless android to loving husband…?
Unit 571968 has absolutely every intention of allowing his lifelong servitude to Princess Wanda Maximoff to go ahead. When he arrives at the palace to give himself to her, he doesn’t expect to find an abandoned baby in the grounds. To protect the innocent child, Vision ends up becoming the baby’s nanny! Before long, the beautiful Princess Wanda is won over – not only by the tiny baby, but by the mysterious and beautiful new android, as well. As the android servant and the princess get closer, he knows he will have to reveal his secret. But will their whirlwind romance survive the shocking conclusion?
Notes: So sorry i missed my day! I was sick yesterday and barely conscious at all. But here it is! I hope you enjoy!
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15396912/chapters/35734968
dirty_diana: model Zhenya Katava wears a crown (Default)

[personal profile] dirty_diana 2018-08-03 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi,

there's no way I make it this month, unfortunately. My fault for planning something plotty! Do you allow amnesty posting throughout the year?

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