Challenges!

[pentapus]

I have discovered that what a grown up job means is: I get home, I stare at the wall or the TV for a few hours while my brain recharges, and then I go to bed. It turns out this is the perfect amount of time + total lack of motivation needed to draw a lot of pictures on my tablet. I have made, like, a tablet nest on my couch, surrounded by stacks of the photo reference books I bought in the Barnes and Noble discount section (Treehouses of the world! Castles! The Ultimate Guide to Reptiles!).

1. I finished all the ones you guys rec'd earlier (thanks!), so forgive me for being this out of the loop a second time -- Do you know of any art-friendly challenges going on in your fandom? e.g., Psych, Naruto, Burn Notice, SGA, Doctor Who, H5O, XMFC, ST:Reboot, Leverage, Highlander, SPN, Temeraire, Vorkosigan Saga (she says with foolish optimism), and some others.

2. Also, would anyone be interested in a reversebang-ish thing with me? You give me a fandom, characters, + a few favorite things, and I make you a picture prompt (like so or like so) that you could write for, say, yuletide-length? ish? (You know, longer than a comment fic but shorter than a miss_porcupine comment fic.) I'm just gauging if it's a crazy idea.

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[pentapus]

My first thought was Darcy Lewis and Clint Barton, but those are Thor characters. I can do Captain America too! Steve, Peggy, the crew, etc. Tony Stark too if you like. :)

Could you tell me, please:
Fandom?
Characters or pairings?
Likes (genres, kinks/cliches, etc)?
Dislikes?
Crossovers Y/N?

(You can answer it a few different times if there's more than one fandom you'd be willing to do. That's where the crossover question comes in.)

[rhi]

Fandom? Highlander
Characters or pairings? Methos, Amanda... really, anyone except Cassandra and the Horsemen, damn near. (I can write the Horsemen, but it gets UGLY, fast. So let's not.)
Likes (genres, kinks/cliches, etc)? Capers/heists, humor, "This is another fine mess", "X & Y walked into a bar", plot, humor, crossovers
Dislikes? Incest, noncon, abuse.
Crossovers Y/N? Y, see above

Fandom? Marvel Avenger-verse
Characters or pairings? Steve Rogers, Peggy Carter, Bucky Barnes, Darcy Lewis, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov, Nick Fury, JARVIS, Pepper Potts, I can give a lot of the rest of them a good running try?
Likes (genres, kinks/cliches, etc)? Capers/heists, humor, "This is another fine mess", "X & Y walked into a bar", plot, humor, crossovers
Dislikes? Incest, noncon, abuse.
Crossovers Y/N? Oh, yeah. See the comments below.

The two thoughts that come immediately to mind are:

Methos & Steve Rogers (or Methos/Steve if it goes that way and you don't mind slash), and "Just a guy", which they both try to pretend applies to them.

Amanda & Darcy, "hijinx ensue" which I think would be hilarious fun for you to play with and me to write.

But hell, I could do you Rebecca Horne and Natasha Romanov, Joe Dawson & Nick Fury, um, really, there's a lot of fun waiting in this. So go for it. ::cheerful:: Or you know, I can do straight Marvel or straight HL if you don't want to crossover.

ETA: Short version: If you had fun drawing it, I will almost certainly have fun writing a fic to it, so please, cut loose, have a blast!

Thanks for running this, it sounds like such FUN.

[pentapus]

Hi! I had a few quick questions. There are a few particular pairings I am considering based on your avengers character list, your highlander character list, and my grabby hands, but I don't want you to end up with a picture that makes you feel like you got trapped by contract terms.

Please tell me if you have any preferences or restrictions to gen, het, or slash. Because unless you tell me otherwise, there might be het in your future. Or at least gen with boys and girls. :)

Also crossovers, because right now I had not been leaning that way. I have not started even sketching though -- so whatever feedback you give whether it's "Wanted a challenging surprise!" or "Really only want to write a Methos/male avenger x-over", I can adapt. :)

[rhi]

::cheerful:: I can write het, but you'd be more likely to end up with gen. Which is, by the way, my default preference, so don't worry about that. I frequently do gen that can be read with relationship goggles -- or, okay, without a magnifying glass, but it's not the point of the story. Is that okay with you?

And if you want to draw a crossover, go for it. If you don't, I'm good with that too. I didn't offer fandoms/characters I couldn't/wouldn't write.

Oh, you periodically ask about challenges -- have you seen 20 Years of Highlander?

[pentapus]

Gen is more than fine. I just saw you'd suggested Methos/Steve, and I wanted to make sure that was a brainstorm and not a fondest wish of the heart. I am totally fine with people liking what they like, so I didn't want to draw you Darcy Lewis writing JARVIS' facebook profile and have you go, "Oh. Well. Okay. :("

Of course, now I see the paragraph where you clearly said anything goes.

Thank you for the challenge link. I have honestly been a little wary of HL fandom since I was new to lj, not in HL fandom (except for reading all the archived fic ever for about a year), and made the rookie mistake of posting about how much I don't get Duncan/Methos slash. Then someone posted it to a newsletter! TERRIBLE IDEA. Still, that challenge sounds fantastic and I will check it out. :)

[rhi]

::giggling:: Oh, man. Darcy would have such a blast setting up Twitter or Livejournal or such for JARVIS! (Can you not see Tony using the OS Dreamwidth code and setting up a secure social network for SHIELD?) And nah, Methos/Steve was just a brainstorm. Now my brain's also kicking out 'Bucky walks into Joe's bar.' My brain just does this, which is why I can safely say yes, really, anything goes.

And oh, Lord. Sorry you had trouble. ::sighs:: Stuff like that is why we were referred to as 'the mean fandom,' damn it. But that HL challenge is very much a 'do what you want' thing. We deliberately set it up to give people room to just have fun. Killa & Devo & I are just providing a central location for people to post to and/or watch for new stuff.