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!

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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?