Treehouse Reversebang: BOOKS OF THE RAKSURA

[pentapus]

ETA: These sign-ups are permanently open. I will let you know how quickly I can make you a prompt depending on RL at the time.


(5 sec guide: Raksura are shape-shifters with interesting politics, reversed gender roles, and sharp claws. I recommend the books.)


The Basic Idea
I will draw you a BOOKS OF THE RAKSURA picture as a prompt for a BOOKS OF THE RAKSURA story. Your story must be about 1K words (or more), and it must be written so that the picture (on some level) makes sense as an illustration for your story.



Here are some of the previous prompts I’ve drawn: Finished Treehouse Reversebang

Deadlines and Finished Stories
I will give you a mostly-finished sketch within a month of your request. Please pick a reasonable deadline for yourself (e.g. 2-3 months post receipt of picture). When your story is finished, the story will be posted with embedded art to AO3 with you and me as coauthors. Then we wait for fame and glory.

PLEASE DO
Expect that your picture might have ANYTHING in it. You are happy about this! It's a challenge!
Interpret your prompt in ANY WAY that works for you. If I can draw anything, you can write anything.
Keep me updated on how you are doing, even if how you are doing is AWFUL AND QUITTING IN TEARS.

PLEASE DON'T
Realize you don't know what to write, feel guilty, and go AWOL so I don't get mad at you. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I WILL GET MAD AT YOU. The instant you email me to LET ME KNOW what your status is, that is the instant I stop being mad. SCOUT'S HONOR.

If you’re interested, please comment to this post with
1) email
2) your deadline (a date or a period of time)
3) a statement that you are ready for anything
4) Preferred characters and likes/dislikes (I will try to respect these as long as they don't get too specific)
5) You may have ONE hard no-go, be specific (e.g. NO NON-RAKSURAN AUs or NO UNHAPPY FACES or NO BABIES) [Note that my pictures will NEVER have explicit sexual content.]
6) Would you want to (a) see 2-3 sketches of possible prompts and choose which one I should finish OR (b) be surprised with a finished prompt?

This fandom is small. I can probably draw as many pictures as people want. If too many sign up, I'll pick a mix of people I know and people I don't.

And some final PLEASE DOs: ask questions, and share this link with anyone you think would like to participate. :)

P.S. I LOVE DOING THIS, GUYS. THANKS FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE. ♥

Comments

[spatz]

1) spatz13 at gmail
2) hmm, let's go with 3 months after I get the picture, just to be safe
3) my girds are loined! Er, wait, that's not right.... :)
4) Stone and Moon! The teachers running after tiny clutches, sleepy Raksura piles, the mountain tree, Moon being an awkward sadface, and Moon/Jade/Chime are a few of my favorite things, but I am flexible!
5) No non-Raksuran AUs, since you brought it up :)
6) 2-3 sketches of possible prompts, please

Thanks for doing this! I'm so excited!

[wickedwords]

1) gingersnap489-fan at yahoo dot com

2) Jan 2014 or 3 months post-picture, whichever comes later

3) Sure! I'd love to give it a try. I haven't written a thing since last yuletide, so this may be the thing that gets me writing again.

4) Moon and Chime are my best buds, and I love Jade. I'm happy with any of the Raksuran characters, even the babies and Pearl. I don't think I would write from the Tree's perspective, but then again, the tree lost and found again could be cool.

5) Wow, I can't think of something you'd draw that would make me unhappy. I'm fine with crack and AUs, and alternative POVs. Maybe...No Fish?

6) Surprise me! This sounds like a hoot and while I might not write the best story every, 1K words is doable and the universe makes me happy.

[kiratael]

Ah, screw it.

1) kiratael at yahoo
2) Three months post receipt of picture or July 2014, whichever is SOONER
3) I am ready for anything!
4) I'm perfectly happy with anything involving any of the named Raksura or "human" tribes. The more the merrier in fact. Writing dialogue is a favorite of mine, so the more people to talk with each other, the better.
5) NO ROMANCE. Romance + me = fail party. "Relationships" are totally fine. AUs are fine.
6) 2-3 sketches, please. If that's convenient.

(This is an_kayoh from LJ, btw)

[alyndra]

Alyndra@gmail.com
I only just read the latter two books and am currently super enthused about Raksura, so the sooner the better!
ANYTHING. Bring it on.
I like Moon! And pretty much everybody else! And the short story The Forest Boy on Wells' website was entrancing! I am interested in how Moon gets along with other consorts! And eats fish!
IF NOBODY IS RAKSURAN AT ALL, I WILL SULK. (I mean, groundling forms ok, boybands not so much!)
I would of course be thrilled to see more ideas earlier, if that is how you would like to work!

[flamebyrd]

1) flamebyrd @ gmail
2) Can I say, after fic_corner is due (Sep 22) or is that too late? Or, three months after picture as everyone else is saying sounds reasonable.
3) I am ready for anything!
4) Oh, um... um. Anything? I prefer major characters to minor but I can do my best?
5) Nothing that looks like it's going to involve a lot of action scenes... (and nothing that would require an AO3 warning).
6) I CAN'T DECIDE /o\ Which would seem to indicate b, since a would probably give me a nervous breakdown.

[everbright]

SO I AM NOT ANY GOOD AT WRITING ON COMMAND....

but if someone needs a beta with access to the canon sources and experience sorting out S.P.A.G., I'm your huckleberry. Throw me a P.M. and I'll hook you up with my e-mail.

[mahoni]

1. ars.arboreous at gmail
2. I'll go with the 3 months after receipt of picture others are doing.
3. Lay it on me
4. I'm flexible on characters; I really love scenarios involving exploring new places/ruins
5. Ixnay on the...I don't know how to finish that properly. No AUs please, is where I was going with it.
6. (b) surprise me please

[elanya]

....is it too late to sign up for this? @_@

[naryrising]

So... I only just saw this now, looking at other Raksura letters for YT and then following links, but ... is it too late to join in? I will totally understand if it is (and content myself with ogling other people's fic/art :)

[joyfulseeker]

Seeing all of your treehouse reversebang posts on tumblr reminded me that I wanted to ask if this prompt post was still open? I'd love to participate, if so, I've loved the Raksura books since they started coming out, and would love the push to write more fic about them.

[tomoyochan]

I am interested in a prompt from you for Books of the Raksura (if this is still open)

1) tikakitten2004@yahoo.com
2) 1 month from prompt arrival
3) I'm ready to go! Give me whatever
4) I really like the consorts (Moon, Ember, the Sky Copper clutch, even Shade and Stone),
5) No non-raksuran AU's please
6) (a) see 2-3 sketches of possible prompts and choose which one I should finish