Discovered in Scraps from the Past
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discoveredinaljMy flist has been full, this summer, of people off wandering the world and wandering through time as well - visiting castles and stately old houses, old friends and family, going on nostalgic seaside trips and even rediscovering the joys of camping not done since they were kids - and so I thought we might try to capture that love of history in our next challenge - Discovered in Scraps from the Past.
Our lads have had quite colourful histories, both in canon and fanon, not to mention living and working in the ancient and venerable city of London, coming from other places with their own strong pasts, protecting any number of visiting dignitaries from attack in the grand old buildings they insist on holding meetings in, and generally being as involved and tangled with the olden days as we all are. Prosfic written over the last thirty years has even had the lads themselves as Greeks, Romans, Victorians, Edwardians and ages in between, before and after. And of course who knows what tiny scraps of information about the lads' past might come to light in unexpected ways... *g*
Discovered in a Scrap from the Past could be any past - the lads' own, someone else's, the past of a building the villains are lurking in, of their latest case, or the past that is tucked away in Cowley's desk drawer beside his best bottle of twenty year old scotch... It could be the past inspired from one of the twenty pictures around, or the pictures in the challenge banner, or you can request a historically-inspired prompt in the comments below, or just wing it with your own imgination.
If you would like to play then feel free to post any time up until midnight in your own time zone (but no later than midnight in Pago Pago) on 30th September. You can, of course, post as often as you like, too - and it can be anything - challenge responses don't have to be stories, they can be drabbles, poems, pictures, vids, thoughts, wonderings - anything you've been inspired to!
As ever, please use the challenge trailer (at the end of your story and under a cut) which can be found on the user info page - simply cut and paste and fill in the information. If you'd rather include a link to prosficspoilers than specific warning information then that would be fab (the kind people there will provide information for anyone who may want it).
So - would anyone like to play?
Our lads have had quite colourful histories, both in canon and fanon, not to mention living and working in the ancient and venerable city of London, coming from other places with their own strong pasts, protecting any number of visiting dignitaries from attack in the grand old buildings they insist on holding meetings in, and generally being as involved and tangled with the olden days as we all are. Prosfic written over the last thirty years has even had the lads themselves as Greeks, Romans, Victorians, Edwardians and ages in between, before and after. And of course who knows what tiny scraps of information about the lads' past might come to light in unexpected ways... *g*
Discovered in a Scrap from the Past could be any past - the lads' own, someone else's, the past of a building the villains are lurking in, of their latest case, or the past that is tucked away in Cowley's desk drawer beside his best bottle of twenty year old scotch... It could be the past inspired from one of the twenty pictures around, or the pictures in the challenge banner, or you can request a historically-inspired prompt in the comments below, or just wing it with your own imgination.
If you would like to play then feel free to post any time up until midnight in your own time zone (but no later than midnight in Pago Pago) on 30th September. You can, of course, post as often as you like, too - and it can be anything - challenge responses don't have to be stories, they can be drabbles, poems, pictures, vids, thoughts, wonderings - anything you've been inspired to!
As ever, please use the challenge trailer (at the end of your story and under a cut) which can be found on the user info page - simply cut and paste and fill in the information. If you'd rather include a link to prosficspoilers than specific warning information then that would be fab (the kind people there will provide information for anyone who may want it).
So - would anyone like to play?
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Date: 2010-08-19 07:06 pm (UTC)This sounds interesting, with a multitude of possibilities. I'm intrigued! Plus being fairly new I'll throw myself on anything, really - let's join the challenge and have some fun *g*
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Date: 2010-08-19 07:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-19 07:16 pm (UTC)I usually like prompts, I just hope they'd work...maybe a prompt and a backup prompt?^^;; And maybe something that could be used for a picture...
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Date: 2010-08-19 07:24 pm (UTC)And welcome to Dialj! *vbg*
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Date: 2010-08-19 07:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-20 07:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-20 01:59 am (UTC)I'm on it!
What a good-timing it is! I'm now very motivated and a very interesting challenge. My work could be some drawings or a comic, I guess.
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Date: 2010-08-20 07:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-20 02:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-20 10:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-21 12:30 am (UTC)Wait. 1950s? At that time, our lads were... Doyle was 4 years old and Bodie was 1 year old!? Hehe they would be very cute kids!
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Date: 2010-09-28 01:59 pm (UTC)Even I can't make it to this challenge, I'll do something after the dead line and will post something on my journal. Is it OK?
I just don't want to let everyone down. *sighs*