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'Welcome to 'Unconventional Courtship 2023'!
Come celebrate our tenth round and over a decade of proud trope subversion!




'Unconventional Courtship' is a panfandom fic fest where you write and post a 1000w+ fic or a complete, nice sketch on unlined paper based on a M&B/Harlequin plot. Fics and art will be posted to this community, staggered through June 2023.

This year's mod is [personal profile] liadt.

How to play:

It's as simple as:

1. Sign up! Sign ups close on June 14 and all you need to do is comment on this post with the day you want to post your fic or art. 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 do more than one fic or piece of art, 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. Complete a fic or artwork 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 ready made ones found over here and here.

Please do pimp where ever you think would be appropriate.

5. Post to this community on your assigned day. If you unable to post on your day there is a amnesty week for those that sign up from July 1 - 7.

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

You can read examples of Unconventional Courtship fic by looking through the collection, or by going through masterposts in the comm.

6. Profit! Fics and art for all! I'll post a masterlist once all the entries are in. And as a bonus this year there will be banners for participants \o/ Crossposting is encouraged.

Any questions? Leave a comment or PM me. If your question is urgent it's better to PM or leave a comment.


Rules:

1. All fics must be over 1,000 words long. All art must be a nice finished sketch at least 500x500 pixels wide.

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

3. You don't have to use a beta, but it would be nice if you did.

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 know either by commenting on this post or PM.

6. You can use this fic/art 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 Jun: [personal profile] merryghoul
2 Jun: [personal profile] singloom
3 Jun: [personal profile] wonkyelk
4 Jun: [personal profile] hakvrei
5 Jun: [personal profile] mara
6 Jun:
7 Jun: [personal profile] aflaminghalo
8 Jun:
9 Jun:
10 Jun:
11 Jun:
12 Jun: [personal profile] liadt
13 Jun: [personal profile] estirose
14 Jun: [personal profile] killaurey
15 Jun: [personal profile] suzy_queue
16 Jun:
17 Jun: [personal profile] meridian_rose
18 Jun: [personal profile] paranoidangel
19 Jun: [personal profile] goddess47
20 Jun: [personal profile] ydra
21 Jun: [personal profile] cornerofmadness
22 Jun: [personal profile] emrinalexander
23 Jun: [personal profile] lazyfish
24 Jun: [personal profile] out_there
25 Jun: [personal profile] fleetsparrow
[personal profile] dianafortyseven
26 Jun: [personal profile] melagan
27 Jun: [personal profile] evandar
[personal profile] blackrose_17
[personal profile] xslytherclawx
28 Jun: [personal profile] colisahotnorthernmess
29 Jun: [personal profile] skippingonstars
[personal profile] dreamofhope
[personal profile] narcissasdaffodil
30 Jun: [personal profile] palacesofparagraphs
[personal profile] apachefirecat
[personal profile] mizuka
Amnesty:
[personal profile] handmaid
[personal profile] lurking_latinist



If you have questions, feel free to ask! And/or consult the FAQs.
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Date: 2023-04-01 01:35 pm (UTC)
mara: (HFS Bible)
From: [personal profile] mara
I know nobody wants to pick one of the early days, so I'll go with June 5.

I'm leaning very heavily toward doing one for Prapai/Sky from Love in the Air, although I may also try my hand at a pairing or threesome from Kamen Rider Geats (if I'm feeling brave).

This is one of my favorite challenges, so I'm glad I'm able to do it again this year!

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Date: 2023-04-01 01:52 pm (UTC)
melagan: Coffee cup with Atlantis in the rising steam (Default)
From: [personal profile] melagan
I'd like June 26, please.

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Date: 2023-04-01 02:05 pm (UTC)
merryghoul: road (Default)
From: [personal profile] merryghoul
Would like to sign up for June 1. Hoping to write threesome fic for WWE but I’ll see how it goes during the writing process.

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Date: 2023-04-01 02:52 pm (UTC)
aflaminghalo: (Default)
From: [personal profile] aflaminghalo
June 1st please.

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Date: 2023-04-01 03:13 pm (UTC)
singloom: Louise Belcher from Bob’s Burgers hugging a puppy (Default)
From: [personal profile] singloom
Hello again. I’d like June 2nd, please. ☺️

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Date: 2023-04-01 06:01 pm (UTC)
paranoidangel: PA (Default)
From: [personal profile] paranoidangel
Please can I have 18th June. I think I have finally found a summary I like!

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Date: 2023-04-01 06:58 pm (UTC)
evandar: (Default)
From: [personal profile] evandar
June 27th please!

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Date: 2023-04-01 07:30 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] palacesofparagraphs
June 30, please!

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Date: 2023-04-01 07:57 pm (UTC)
dianafortyseven: Agent 47 on a background of hearts (love)
From: [personal profile] dianafortyseven
Can I have the 10th, please?

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Date: 2023-04-02 03:03 am (UTC)
goddess47: Emu! (Default)
From: [personal profile] goddess47
Can I get June 19, please?

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Date: 2023-04-02 05:54 am (UTC)
fleetsparrow: Drawing of Bear in a Batman costume, in her identity Bat-Bear. (Default)
From: [personal profile] fleetsparrow
I'm in! Put me down for June 25th, please!

I'm going to try for two this year, one Batman/DC, one Yu-Gi-Oh!DM. Hopefully one of them will happen. XD

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Date: 2023-04-02 02:20 pm (UTC)
skippingonstars: (Default)
From: [personal profile] skippingonstars
Could I get 29th June please? (:

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Date: 2023-04-02 07:48 pm (UTC)
suzy_queue: Steve and Eddie stare at each other in the cabin of an RV (Stranger Things: Steve and Eddie)
From: [personal profile] suzy_queue
June 15, please!

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Date: 2023-04-02 08:37 pm (UTC)
lurking_latinist: Romana in the boat in Shada (romana in the boat)
From: [personal profile] lurking_latinist
Hello, may I have 28 June? I’ll be writing something Doctor Who-ish, most likely, but we’ll see where the muse leads. Thank you, and happy 10th anniversary to the ficathon!

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Date: 2023-04-02 08:45 pm (UTC)
hakvrei: (resident evil)
From: [personal profile] hakvrei
I'm so excited to be able to do this this year! I'm a big sucker for Harlequin novels lol. If I may, I'd like June 4th please 😊

Have found a summary that works with one of my favorite rarepairs from One Piece, so I'm pretty sure I'll do that.

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Date: 2023-04-02 09:36 pm (UTC)
sweetsorcery: (happy)
From: [personal profile] sweetsorcery
I've tried, and failed, every year I've known about this to get something done, but I'm determined this year! I'll be back for a date once I have a better idea of impending word count, but I do have one question for now:

Can we pick our title, or do we have to go with the original one? I've had a romance-type title in mind for a while, and I'm digging around frantically to find a summary to match. It's a cockeyed way to do this, but the heart wants what it wants, right? :)

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Date: 2023-04-04 02:59 am (UTC)
out_there: B-Day Present '05 (Default)
From: [personal profile] out_there
June feels far enough away that it's possible I'll have an entry by that time. ;)

Can I sign up for 24 June?

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Date: 2023-04-04 04:35 am (UTC)
estirose: A Kodak Brownie camera sits on a surface (Brownie Camera)
From: [personal profile] estirose
June 13th for me, please. I've got some plans for My Time at Sandrock.

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Date: 2023-04-04 04:35 am (UTC)
chancellorxofxtrash: (Default)
From: [personal profile] chancellorxofxtrash
Hi! A question - if the summary is for two people can I tweak the summary to include three or four? If the answer is yes, I'd like to take June 6!

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Date: 2023-04-04 11:42 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] lazyfish
Hello! Can I have June 23rd as a posting date? I'm still combing through summaries but I'm hoping to find a good one!

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Date: 2023-04-05 12:25 am (UTC)
killaurey: ([Xenosaga] MOMO -- Stare)
From: [personal profile] killaurey
May I have June 16th, please? I have my summary and an absolutely nonsense pairing to go with it!

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Date: 2023-04-07 01:26 am (UTC)
emrinalexander: (Default)
From: [personal profile] emrinalexander
I'd like June 22nd please.

This is going to be so much fun - i grew up "borrowing" my mom's Harlequins.

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Date: 2023-04-07 03:39 am (UTC)
ydra: A picture of Leanne from Fire Emblem. (Default)
From: [personal profile] ydra
i'm having some very ~fun~ ideas for some of these.

june 20th, please?

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Date: 2023-04-08 03:29 am (UTC)
cornerofmadness: (Default)
From: [personal profile] cornerofmadness
is the 21st still open? It will probably be Prodigal Son or The Owl House (or both if they keep yelling in my head)

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Date: 2023-04-08 11:24 am (UTC)
meridian_rose: pen on letter background  with text  saying 'writer' (dceu-2)
From: [personal profile] meridian_rose
I had left the page open too long, 22nd has gone. 17th June then please!
I have zero concept of time and had somehow convinced myself June was next month & I had only a few weeks to write *facepalm*. I'm now very happy to sign up :)
My fic will be based on 507) A Convenient Gentleman by Victoria Aldridge
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