She Did It Her Way: The Darla Ficathon

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Okay, I decided to go ahead and just do it. Banner courtesy of the very gracious ruuger.



This is the official sign-up post for the Darla ficathon - not a ficathon in the traditional sense, since I'm not going to try and pair people off with assignments. In fact, I'm going to keep it as simple as possible (for my own sake as much as anything, as I've never done this sort of thing before). Once people have signed up, I'll put up another post where they can post story prompts. So you can either pick up a prompt that takes your fancy or write whatever comes into your head, as long as it's about Darla.

The rules (such as they are)



Whatever you write must feature Darla in a central role. She doesn't have to be the POV character, but the story should revolve around her somehow. And since she's very, very old (sorry, Darla, but you are) that gives you four centuries' worth of history, plus all that show canon to play around with.

Any pairings are permitted, but if other pairings than Darla pairings are featured, it has to be in how they relate to Darla.

Your fic should be at least 1000 words long and new. No re-posting of old fics. No maximum word limit, the story can be a novel-length epic if you like. I certainly won't complain.

No bashing of any characters or pairings, 'cos I hate that, and so does Darla (unless it's her doing the bashing).



Deadline



Stories should be posted the weekend of Saturday 31st October/Sunday 1st November. I will put up a reminder post mid-month for the next three months (as long as someone reminds me).


And that's it. Please leave a comment below if you're interested in taking part.

Comments

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

To long for me there, mate. :-) I stay around the 100-500 words drabble area. :-P

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You could write 2 500 word drabbles.

ETA: I suppose I should make that 2 linked 500 word drabbles, or I'll be guilty of breaking my own rules before I've even started.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Nah. :-) I'll give a ton what-if-prompts that do participate though. ;-)

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Thanks so much. That would be great.

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

Me please! This will be fun. :-)

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Hoorah! I hope so.

[http://users.livejournal.com/peasant_/]

Very tentative here, cos you know I never finish anything these days, but I'll give it a go.

Can people who aren't going to write fic put up prompts? I would appreciate as wide a range of prompts as possible, and it would be nice for non-writers to get involved in some way.

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but I'll give it a go.

Really? :squees loudly:

It doesn't have to be long or anything.

When I put up the prompts post, I going to invite people to leave them whether they're taking part as writers or not. And I'll be posting some prompts myself too.

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I don't have a banner or anything, but maybe someone will make me one and I can add it later?

Give me a moment, and I'll make you one ;)

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Ooh, really? Thank you.

[ruuger]

I had trouble finding good quality pictures of Darla, so the banner is rather small:

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It's great! Thank you so much.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely interested and will be happy to take part.

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That's wonderful. I'll put the prompt post up tomorrow evening, UK time.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

I'm interested as well!

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Wonderful! Glad to have you aboard.

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

I'm so very signed up for this. In the right place, and everything!

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Hoorah! I'll put the prompt post up tomorrow evening.

[theantijoss.livejournal.com]

I would love to do this. Darla is awesome.

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Darla is awesome

She is, isn't she?

Great, and thanks. I'll put the prompt post up tomorrow evening (UK time).

[lycomingst.livejournal.com]

I'll sign up. 8 ]

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Great, and thank you.

[lafemmedarla]

I cannot say no to a Darla ficathon. signing up!

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Wonderful. Thanks very much.

[darlas-mom.livejournal.com]

Ohh, all right, I guess I will. I've been debating for hours, and I can't really resist.

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Good for you, and Darla is very irrestible, isn't she?

[secondalto.livejournal.com]

I'd be very interesting in participating.

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That's great. Thanks so much.

[bookishwench.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested in signing up. :)

Just to clarify, Darla can still be her snarky self when dealing with the characters she finds idiots, as long as the writer isn't actually bashing the characters, right? Because I love me some Spike, but I'm pretty sure Darla had a difficult time not smacking him over the head until her hand fell off.

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Just to clarify, Darla can still be her snarky self when dealing with the characters she finds idiots, as long as the writer isn't actually bashing the characters, right?

Oh, of course. By character/'ship bashing, I meant when a story is written with the express purpose of bashing a particular character or 'ship the author doesn't like. It's usually pretty easy to tell when that's the case.

If a particular character in a story doesn't like another canonically that's quite different (though personally I think Darla's supposed dislike of Spike is possibly exaggerated given that she seemingly put up with him for 20 years and she's not a particularly patient sort - but yeah, I bet she found him plenty exasperating at times).

Welcome aboard.

[cozzybob.livejournal.com]

I would, because I love Darla, but I have far too much on my plate at the moment. I have ideas, though!

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Well, if you wanted to post prompts, that would be great. I'm going to put up a post this evening (UK time) asking for them and everyone is welcome to participate.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Oh my, yes. I'm pretty sure you know I'm in, but since we're being all official and all, I'll just confirm here. I'll probably continue with the 1958 strand, so there'll be some Spike/Dru, but she might wander off for a bit, leaving Spike and Darla to their own devices..

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That sounds just - brilliant.

Can't wait.

[clawofcat.livejournal.com]

I'm interested. My attention's been elsewhere as of late, but hopefully I can veer it back around to fic come the Fall deadline.

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That's wonderful, and very nice to see you. Also, what on earth are you doing up at this hour?

[clawofcat.livejournal.com]

Hi! *waves across the Atlantic* As for the wonky hours, I've been sick and am having trouble sleeping. My sinuses are all stuffed up and I have a cough, so the Zzzz's have been far and few between the last few nights.

Today was the first day in about 3.5 weeks where I had a look at my flist and was like, "Damn. I clearly have no idea what's going on anymore." Must get to both your polar exploration story and Terror Aboard the Persephone. Don't know when, but will make it a fic priority when I tease out the time.

Though my fannish activities are pretty meager, minus my judging duties for Fang Fetish, I'm looking forward to WriterCon at the end of the month. I wasn't on LJ when the last one was held in the States. Since this one will be held in Minneapolis, it's a perfect excuse for me to visit again with only_passenger and frollic about with her for 4 days. In my book, that's cause for celebration.

Hope all is well with you and yours!

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Yes, thanks, everything's fine, and I'm very glad you haven't wandered off entirely.

Have a great time at Writercon.

[kidcyclone.livejournal.com]

Me please! I realise this will probably raise eyebrows due to my stunning activity and posting/ability to finish what I have started of late- but I really will be Good this time.

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Great! Welcome aboard.

[ares132006.livejournal.com]

Are you talking new, unposted fics, or something you've written before that features Darla?

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I meant new fics only. Sorry if that wasn't clear. I'll put it in the rules.

[mabus101.livejournal.com]

You know, I might just try this out. I've hardly ever written Darla.

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Hi. Sorry to have been so slow replying. I've been away.

Glad to have you aboard and looking forward to reading your fic. Also, the post after this one contains a huge number of prompts, which might be helpful.

[quinara]

Oh, I give in... bruttimabuoni's teasing has undone me, and now I have 600 words as a start. Sign me up! (Though it might not be that much over 1000 words...)

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Hoorah! Welcome aboard.

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:D