ADMIN POST: The Icon Explanation Challenge

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

This one comes from doll_revolution and it's so good that I think we'll let it go for two weeks so that Escapade doesn't interrupt it. It's The Icon Explanation Challenge, which doll explains as "where we write a DS story based on our favorite icon that other people have."

In other words, write a story that explicates or illustrates a DS icon that you've seen on the web, and please include the icon *with* your story. Think of the icon as an illustration of sorts (and please note whose icon it is that you're using!)

Today's Wednesday by my watch; stories are due two Wednesdays from now (i.e. February 18th) at midnight.

Edited to add: Just to clarify; I don't intend for you to use the icon yourself; rather, you should upload it with the story, as a picture, and be sure to cite where it's from. This isn't an exercise in icon-stealing; rather, it should work more like the "favorite icon" meme that went around some time ago. If there are other questions, please drop a comment in the notes!

Comments

Challenge Idea

[daughtershade.livejournal.com]

Why not a Seven Deadly Sins Challenge? Pick a sin and run with it!
Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed, or Sloth

Re: Challenge Idea

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

This rocks like a rocking thing.

Another challenge idea

[byob-kenobi.livejournal.com]

How about a crossover challenge?

Re: Another challenge idea

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we really should do that. Regina had, long ago, suggested a Sentinel crossover challenge, but maybe a general choose-your-XO challenge would be better!

[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

(Assuming I get an idea for this one) how does one go about displaying an icon? Is there an easy way, short of giving it space on one's server? Only I'm having FTP issues right now ... and I seem to remember somebody 'splainin' how to do this.

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[theodosia.livejournal.com]

Let's see if I can do this...

I right clicked on your icon (I'm using Opera, but I believe this will work similarly in other browsers) and that gave me a list of options, one of which was "Copy image address". If I paste it here, it looks like:

http://userpic.livejournal.com/1612681/547955

And if I put it in an IMG (in HTML) it looks like this:

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[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

kewl

thanks

[lynnmonster.livejournal.com]

How about an episode title challenge? Take a DS episode title as a story title or keyword and run with it?

ETA: Obviously, just as a jumping-off point or inspiration; *not* in the same way as the original episode.

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[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

I *love* this idea--love it, love it! Thanks!

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[wildmachinery.livejournal.com]

How about, instead of a DS episode title, we use episode titles from a different show (Angel or Smallville or some such)?

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[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

That seems a little complicated to me, since the only thing we can all say we have in common is Due South. If you used a Smallville title, for example, it would have no resonance for me, and quite possibly a level of irony or recognition would be lost. Just my opinion, thass all.

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[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

I think we could probably do something like this as a separate challenge, but maybe broaden it to "any famous title"--books, movies, etc. It'd be great reading DS stories called "Gone With The Wind" or "A Tale Of Two Cities"--actually, that last one pretty much writes itself, don't it?