Due South Flashfiction Community

The Rules:

You now have from this point on, until Monday, two weeks from now, April 19th at midnight Chicago time (GMT-6) to complete your challenge. Your story can be any length, any rating. What you do with the summary is entirely up to you. Write a whole ficlet based on it. Write the opening/closing paragraphs of a hypothetical long fic - or give us a cookie from the middle and throw in some Author's Notes to explain the rest of the plot. Or any other option that appeals to you.

I think the most important thing is that the prompt you've been given can be used as merely a *guide* as to the fic you're writing. You don't have to match it up word for word, or idea for idea. Take the general theme and run with it. Does your prompt have something in it you're not as familiar with? A crossover reference or something else you don't know all that well? WING IT. Really. This isn't supposed to cause anyone any stress or have you trying to cram every HP book into you brain in the next four days. It's a CRACKFIC challenge. Take the idea and just kinda...go! Have FUN!

Also, I know we had a LOT of fun with the horrific spelling and punctuation in the prompts, but please, for the love of all of us reading the fics, PLEASE use regular grammar and punctuation in your story. If you're in need of a beta, ping one of the mods (seleneheart or ride_4ever) and we'll get you hooked up with someone!

When you post your fic please make sure to use this as your header (copy/paste code below):

<strong>Title:</strong> <strong>Prompt:</strong> <strong>Prompted by:</strong> (whoever suggested the prompt you were assigned, also know as your giftee) <strong>Rating/Warnings/etc:</strong>

Please tag as: challenge:badfic 3, and author:[you]

Again, this is all for fun, but if you signed up, please try and get your fic done in time! This should be a quick and easy process! Have some fun with it! If you realize that you're NOT going to be able to participate, please drop a comment in this post. Everyone else, if you would like to pick up a prompt or do a second fic, etc, check the comments here and grab one when it suits your fancy.

( assignments under here )

Go out and have a great time!

If you have any concerns about your assignment, you can DM one of the mods, ride_4ever or seleneheart.

This is the THIRD Bad!Fic challenge here at ds_flashfiction!

If you would like to see the results of the previous challenges, for inspiration or whathavevyou, please see:
First Bad!Fic Challenge: everything tagged the first go-round
Second Bad!Fic Challenge: everything tagged in the second challenge.

The rules are as follows:

Please comment on this post with your badfic prompt. Prompts will be open from now (!!!) until Thursday, April 1st (April Fools!!!), midnight Chicago time (UTC-6). If you are commenting that means that you will also be writing, but NOT your own prompt. Think of your prompt as the way to get SOMEONE ELSE to do your crazy bidding! And you, in turn, will be doing someone else's!

I will shuffle all the prompts and re-assign them, and on Monday, April 5, there will be a master list letting everyone know what they are writing and for who. You'll then have two weeks to complete your assignment, and make the world an even MORE AWESOME place.

The most important things are:

This is going to be FUN! And FUNNY! Badfic doesn't mean you lose all sense of grammar and punctuation. It means that if you've ever had a burning desire to turn Fraser into a ballerina and Dief into a monkey, HAVE AT IT! Request it as a songfic! Bring in the aliens! In this challenge, badfic means COMPLETELY SELF-INDULGENT CRACKFIC. There is NOTHING you cannot put in your prompt! ANYTHING goes!

ONE prompt per person, please!! It's an exchange of prompts - each person who makes a prompt will get a fic in return!!

WIN-WIN!! So much winning!!

Please, even if you've never written in DS before, or haven't written in DS in a long time, or are a current writer or an old hat, try and think something up and participate in this! What better way to toe your way into (or BACK into) writing or writing in DS?

ETA: If you are a Tumblr user and want to participate, please include your Tumblr username and we'll get you included!

If you would like to promote this exchange with the banner below, copy/paste from the text below.

<a href="https://ds-flashfiction.dreamwidth.org/690404.html"><img src="https://seleneheart.dreamwidth.org/file/89991.jpg" alt="Turnbull lying on the floor holding a book. Text: dS Flashfiction 3rd Bad!Fic Exchange" width="300"></a>

In the spirit of trans-border cooperation, let's have a challenge inspired by the national anthems of the United States and Canada. You can use the words of the anthems themselves, something about singing them (hello sporting events, the Olympics, etc.) or anything else anthem-related you can dream up!

Lyrics to The Star-Spangled Banner. Yes, the whole thing. Didn't know it was so long, did ya?
( The Star-Spangled Banner (USA) )

And now for O Canada (a much more reasonable song for multiple reasons), with bilingual bonus:
( O Canada )

Authors: please tag your fic with your author tag. If you are new, I will make a tag for you as soon as I get the posting notification.

This challenge will run until February 23, 2020 at midnight, Chicago time (CDT, UTC-6). Please tag your entries with 'challenge: national anthems’. Have fun, everyone!

If you have suggestions for future challenges, please comment to the community sticky post with your idea.