Dialj Challenge - Discovered in Thirty Years Time

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I wonder if everyone has had a good long rest, and is ready for another discoveredinalj Challenge?

A while ago now, empty_mirrors and I were chatting about Pros thirtieth anniversary, and what we'd do when we got to the end of the Discovered In 1977 Challenge series. Gosh, we thought, thirty years ago seems like such a long time, and yet hardly anything. The lads would be... well, they'd be thirty years older... would Doyle's curly hair be grey? Would Bodie's non-locks still be cropped so close? Would they use mobiles, be up with the internet, eating organic and GMO-free? Would they - gasp! - be shopping at Marks and Sparks?

Then, being that sort of conversation, we took it a bit further - what if the lads were around thirty years from now? What would their world be like in (*counts on fingers*) 2038? What would it be like working for CI5, that infamous subduer of "the well-armed criminal and terrorist groups" troubling the UK? Ooooh...

And there, of course is your challenge - Discovered In Thirty Years Time! It can be thirty years from when we first saw the lads (ie - now!), or thirty years from now, the lads can be older, or they can be their canonical ep-ages transplanted into that future - it's up to you! There just has to be something that would have been future-y for them...

As usual, although it's not compulsory, it'd be nice if anyone who'd like to take part could comment below to let us know. Additionally, if you'd like a prompt to work with, comment below to request one, and I'll see what I can come up with... *g*

Post creations - stories, artwork, vids, essays, anything at all related to the deadline! - any time you like between now and the final posting deadline of midnight on 30th March 2008 (just before it ticks into the 31st of March) - in Pago Pago if not where you live! Oh, and please don't forget to include the footer from the user info page, at the end of your creation and under a cut, so that no one has to be spoilered if they prefer not to be!

Please forgive the layout - I'm flying solo at the moment, and while I'm well-excited to have figured out how to change the community banner, I'm lousy at colour coordination! There's a vague hope that I'll either get better, empty_mirrors will see the mess I've made of it and coming running back at top speed, or that some other kind soul will take mercy on this comm and email me some suggested colour combinations... *g*

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it did seem rather strange not to at least have a challenge fizzing along in the background, so I thought I'd see if there were people around and feeling playful... *g*

I wish I had made the banner, but no, that was all empty_mirrors work. I just figured out how to put it at the top of the lj page, and believe me that took all my time! It's good though, innit? All sort of dark and a bit spooky I always think... *g*

You know, if your boggling mind would like to throw some speculation up as post one day, that might be fun... *g*

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

You know, if your boggling mind would like to throw some speculation up as post one day, that might be fun... *g

Actually (she says, proudly, much like an adult), I have speculated on this exact same thing elsewhere and I did it entirely off my own bat - before you said anything - so it was purely voluntary, no pressure. Hah... Maybe you can go take a looksie.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I replied to things the wrong way around - didn't mean to imply that anything you said was unoriginal, it's always original! I was just trying to add some public encouragement... *g*

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! I didn't mean that I thought *you* thought I wasn't being original...what I meant was that I'm happy to do this - I'm volunteering - and so it wasn't just a case of me responding to your suggestion.....In short, I think the more I do these challenges, the better it is for me and the easier it becomes! (She says, falling off the end of the gangplank, hands bound and blindfold intact....)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hee - I think the more you do the challenges the better too... *vbg*
(Seriously, I'm glad you're feeling like that!)

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Sorry, just reread my original message and it *did* sound a bit ambiguous (ambivalent? dunno..) but what I was trying to say was that I hadn't felt you were pressurising me in any way (and I wouldn't have minded, anyway, cos I always need it) and that I'd actually thought about doing it by myself. And I'm going to stop right there cos I'm sounding more and more pafe'ic

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Lol - you do make me laugh. There's nowt pafe'ic about you, me owd mucker, feller-me-lass. (How many regions d'you think I can get in one sentence..? *g*)

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Oh, I dunno but I think it's pretty good that you understood my pafe'ic - not many people would, you know.

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

??? ;-)

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

I'm generalising a lot here, but it's sort of London-speech for the word 'pathetic' and I've written it how it sounds to *me* i.e. the way kids pronounce it. Also, there are a couple of comedy sketches with female comedians on TV doing schoolgirl sketches and parodying (? is that a word?) some of the younger generation...

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

....and they speak like that...