Status: Closed
This round has closed. It remains open for fills, comments and remixes, but prompts are no longer accepted.
About
"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."
"What is grief, if not love persevering?"
"You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath"
Calling all readers, lovers of poetry and music, screen and stage. Quote collecters and lyric hoarders, unleash your archive. Each prompt must contain a quote - you can combine them, add commentary, link to articles, and more. Steal from a literary classic, or WeVerse drama. Have fun!
Examples
Minghao + Ocean Vuong
The most beautiful part of your body
is where it's headed. & remember,
loneliness is still time spent
with the world.
Ocean Vuong - night sky with exit wounds
Hoshi/Anyone; "Beauty is terror"
Thinking about these two quotes together and the idea of on/off-stage personas:
"Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful we tremble before it. And what could be more terrifying or beautiful, to the Greeks to to our own, than to lose control completely?" - Donna Tartt, the Secret Histories
"I am calm in everyday life but when I put on my in-ear device and step on stage, I can feel the tension and hear the cheers getting louder as the music gets louder. When the staff tells me it's time to step on stage, I feel something boil inside me. I feel it steaming inside and I think I have to give a burst of something, spill what is inside me." - Hoshi in Hit the Road Ep. 04
Any ship; "It's been so many years"
Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
This is old Tom Frost
And I am calling long distance
Don't worry 'bout the cost.
'Cause it's been forty years or more
Now Martha please recall
Meet me out for coffee
Where we'll talk about it all.
Tom Watts - Martha
Rules
- Sign up is not required.
- Fills have a minimum of 400 words for prose, haiku-length for poetry (3 lines), and 400px by 400px for art (memes are also art). Other mediums are fine too!
- There is no maximum cap.
- Tag and provide content warnings at your discretion, but a good guide are the Ao3 four (Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage) and this list of common CWs (cr: SportsFest).
- NSFW/Explicit content should be tagged
- NSFW art should not be visible, please provide a link and a warning. You may crop the artwork and embed a SFW preview.
How it works
Prompting
- Click on [Post a New Comment] at the bottom of this post;
- Change the subject to something interesting;
- Copy+Paste the following HTML into your comment and edit the sections. Feel free to add as much detail as you want!
Filling
- Reply to the original prompt;
- Change the subject to [FILL], you may add a title or stay chaotic;
- Copy+Paste the following HTML into your comment, edit the sections, and add your text.
You may also upload your fill to the AO3 Collection.
Remixing
- Post as a reply to the fill you are remixing, using the same HTML as above;
- Change the subject to [REMIX].
Art/media
- Upload your work to any platform (twitter, imgur, youtube, soundcloud, google maps, etc.)
- Using the same HTML code as above, copy the link into your fill or remix. That's it!
- Optionally, you can embed a picture into your comment. Please use the following code instead.
(To explain, the HTML resizes your picture to 400x400px so that it fits on most screens. Users can view the full size if they click on it. You can also add a link to your work on twitter so that others can share it, or to any other website you want)
Note!
On dreamwidth, you can't edit a comment once someone has replied to it.
Navigation
|
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
no subject
Major Tags: N/A
Additional Tags: N/A
Do Not Wants: None
Prompt:
[FILL] you, in my memory
Major Tags: just two boys in the rain. they like each other
Additional Tags: au - magical realism, seokhao: it's you it's you it's you, xu minghao wanted for fondgazing crimes, coming of age vibes, love confessions and first dates, seokmin fighting the weather with his bare fists for one(1) xu minghao
Permission to remix: yes!
wc: 525
> i think this will finish off my 5 of a kind, magical realism!!!
hello op!! this was just a really fun thing to write - i'm not entirely sure if it filled the prompt its mostly just vibes and minghao being in love with a silly boy who is sunshine reincarnate.. but!!! here they are!!!!
***
“I like you, Xu Minghao!”
Seokmin stands with two hands planted firmly on the railing. A lion’s roar rips through his chest, slicing through the onslaught of rain. The entire scene is cinematic, lifted from a movie: Seokmin, with his hair sopping wet and soaked shirt clinging to a broad frame that Minghao has only ever let himself admire from afar, his laugh echoing across the valley, wild and bright. A freed love confession, awkward and still new and fluttering, making its way in the world.
Seokmin repeats it again. He can’t stop smiling. Neither can Minghao, though his cheeks flush with embarrassment, making him the likelier of the two to respect local neighborhood ordinance laws. Minghao hisses at Seokmin to keep his voice down, but there isn't a single sharp sentiment in there. Instead, another silly smile threatens to spill out again.
The entire thing is surreal. But then again, nearly half the things that Seokmin chooses to do seem utterly impossible to Minghao. Partly because he’s never met anyone who goes through the world the way that Seokmin does, with so much candor and love that Minghao always feels bowled over witnessing it firsthand, and entirely because, well ―
Minghao is utterly, hopelessly, endlessly in love with Lee Seokmin. Always has been.
“What are you doing?” He half laughs, half giggles. The air is freezing cold, nipping at fingers he lost feeling in about two minutes into their foray into the rain, but all Minghao can feel is the warmth that Seokmin effortlessly radiates.
“I’m fighting the weather!” Seokmin calls back, smiling wide. “It’s our very first date! It can’t be raining like this!”
“You can try,” Minghao is too fond. It flows from his mouth naturally, with ease, and with none of the shame or second-hand embarrassment that he usually carries with him. Maybe that’s the most wonderful thing about being with Seokmin: it’s always easy when it’s just them two. “I don’t see it stopping anytime soon.”
Miraculously, the storm breaks.
The sunlight returns with full force. It hits Seokmin just right, illuminating all of his sharp features and softening them with a kind glow, so that he looks like a star reincarnate, forever shining and bright. For a split second Minghao is struck with the intensity of a feeling. Lighting bolt to the heart.
“Don’t be ridiculous,” Minghao stammers, brushing the rain off his coat. “You just got lucky.”
Seokmin replies brightly, completely undeterred. “That’s okay! I have all our lives to convince you that magic exists, Xu Minghao.”
Minghao’s breath hitches in his throat. That thing sitting in his chest swells, just a tiny bit more. He closes his eyes for a brief moment, wanting so desperately to commit this feeling to memory, wanting to trap it in time, so that he can preserve this wondrous boy standing in front of him right now, just as he is.
It’s simple. It’s so lovely. It’s Seokmin. All these things are one and the same.
Minghao opens his eyes. Seokmin is smiling, as always. Minghao savors the taste on his tongue before he takes a step forward.
Seokmin meets Minghao halfway.
Re: [FILL] you, in my memory
Re: [FILL] you, in my memory
Re: [FILL] you, in my memory
ALL OF THIS. ALL OF THISSSSS. you are so good at writing seokhao this was magical and heartwarming and everything warm and lovely. thank you so much <3
Re: [FILL] you, in my memory
Re: [FILL] you, in my memory
(Anonymous) 2022-01-04 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)Re: [FILL] you, in my memory