Discovered in a Valentine II - Ten Years Later!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Being all proactive this year and everything, I thought we might go for Valentine's Day as a challenge in February - and when I looked to see how long ago it was we'd posted the first one, it turns out to be ten years ago today! In fact if I get a wriggle on, I'll get it almost to the minute - 18.50 on 1st February 2009!



Here's what it looked like ten years ago...

It's taken us three years to build up to being able to do this to the lads, but finally, at long last, the Challenge we know you've all secretly been waiting for...

Discovered in a Valentine!

It's pink! They're pretty! And on the 14th of February, they will be...

... well, what they will be is down to you of course - your challenge is to write our lads into a Valentine's Day story! The hard men of CI5, the blokes who think nothing of killing a dozen villains before breakfast if it's necessary for the safety and well-being of good old Joe Public, must somehow be combined with the pinkest, the fluffiest, most sugar-coated, chocolate-boxed, roses and lavendered day of the year...

Is it even possible?

*g*

There are prompts available for those who would like them, and whether you'd like a prompt or not it'd be fab (though never compulsory, cos we like last minute inspirations too!) if you'd comment below just to let us know that you fancy playing.

o0o

And a special request - please use a new Trailer for posting creations to discoveredinalj:
Title:
Author:
Warnings (only if absolutely necessary):
Disclaimer:
Notes:

Reminder: none of the Pros archives are currently archiving fic automatically. Archiving seems to be as follows:
ProsLib CD - Please send stories to proslib at gmail dot com
Automatic Hatstand - Please post your stories via your own Automatic Hatstand account
Circuit Archive - No information/update known

And final reminder - do please post the trailers at the end of your story and under the cut, so that no one is spoiled unnecessarily! That way people who want to see the endings can do so, those who don't want to know don't have to read even hints of what happens! Warnings are not compulsory, ratings make no sense to us so we don't use those either... *g*

And the really really final final reminder - if you're viewing this through your flist, please please come to the comm and see empty_mirrors' challenge banner and layout. It's... pink... *vbg*

Pretty much the same rules apply today too - so what do you reckon? Will you send us all a Pros-y Valentine's treat via the comm, between now and the end of Valentine's Day (14th February) - midnight in your own time zone (or that of Pago Pago, of course... *g*)

Oh - and the banner was made by empty_mirrors all those years ago, but if anyone would like to update it for us, that would be fab too... *g*

ETA - and archiving is as current, of course - so sad that we've lost two of our dedicated Pros archives since this challenge, but we still have the brilliant Pros Lib (and if you haven't got a copy of the CD, I highly recommend it!) and of course there's AO3 too. Stories and so on will be archived here at the comm too, via the challenge banners on the User Page. It's fun to go way back and read the stories and posts and see the art and vids and all sorts that people were making!

Comments

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

So good to see this! Pros lives on.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Pros totally lives on - as long as we're all here then our lads are too. *g*

[hagsrus.livejournal.com]

Re archiving:

The Automatic Hatstand closed. Authors encouraged to use AO3

Circuit Archive - no information, except that Justacat, bless her, keeps the domain renewed.

For Proslib I try to keep an eye open to collect new stories from existing "consent given" authors, but I'm likely to miss things so very much appreciate getting stories direct (doc, rtf, txt all fine). This also ensures I have the final version.

Glad to see the new challenge. Hope to be joining in!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, I meant to strike the archiving bits through that weren't relevant any more - then was rushing for 18.50 just for fun and forgot! I shall do it now. *g*

And I hope you'll join in too! *g*

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

It's not my best work, but they are Valentinesbanner. Maybe you like to use them.

(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/macklingirl/63614131/415230/415230_original.png)

or

(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/macklingirl/63614131/415310/415310_original.png)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! I'm just away from home at the moment, but I'll try and reply properly tonight when I'm not with people! Thank you! *g*

[ubicaritas9.livejournal.com]

Ooo, I love the thought of moving to another challenge! Thank you... and I hope to make this one on time (quickly stuffs book of Douglas Adams quotes under the desk...) :) - ubicaritas