Thursday 80s TV
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cornerofmadness and today's theme is 80s TV. Prompts can be the shows on TV, the characters watching/discussing them, the 80s shows can be the fandom you want to see written or just plain use the show titles for inspiration/make them part of the dialogue. However you want to tackle it. The character themselves don’t have to be from an 80s show but the references do. If you want a little help finding some 80s TV shows for inspiration head here.
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and fandom's full name for ease adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the spoiler cut.
If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ Star Trek: The Next Generation, Jean-Luc Picard + any, an away mission
+ Prodigal Son, Malcolm Bright + any, In the Heat of the Night
+ any, any, The Greatest American Hero
We use AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2020 collection. See further notes on this new option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Check out Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 1 (not very current), Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 2, or the Calendar Archives, or for more recent prompts, you can use LJ's advanced search options to find prompts to request and/or fill.
While the Lonely Prompts Spreadsheets and LJ's advanced search options are available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching for in the future.
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cornerofmadness and today's theme is 80s TV. Prompts can be the shows on TV, the characters watching/discussing them, the 80s shows can be the fandom you want to see written or just plain use the show titles for inspiration/make them part of the dialogue. However you want to tackle it. The character themselves don’t have to be from an 80s show but the references do. If you want a little help finding some 80s TV shows for inspiration head here.Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and fandom's full name for ease adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the spoiler cut.
If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ Star Trek: The Next Generation, Jean-Luc Picard + any, an away mission
+ Prodigal Son, Malcolm Bright + any, In the Heat of the Night
+ any, any, The Greatest American Hero
We use AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2020 collection. See further notes on this new option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Check out Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 1 (not very current), Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 2, or the Calendar Archives, or for more recent prompts, you can use LJ's advanced search options to find prompts to request and/or fill.
While the Lonely Prompts Spreadsheets and LJ's advanced search options are available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching for in the future.
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Date: 2020-01-23 12:31 pm (UTC)Fill Prodigal Son
Date: 2020-01-24 05:59 am (UTC)Summary -- Now that Malcolm and Ainsley are hospitalized, Gil has to question Jessica while trying to compartmentalize his own fear and worry.
Author’s Note - This is a follow up to my story Depths of Delusion (https://archiveofourown.org/works/22369546) but it is a stand alone so you don’t have to read that one. It does however have spoilers for the end of Alone Time
Find the story here. (https://archiveofourown.org/works/22384480)
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Date: 2020-01-23 12:46 pm (UTC)Fill: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Date: 2020-01-23 05:59 pm (UTC)Rodney ended with a flourish, the very small matter bridge glowing prettily in the containment unit. And then frowned at the silence that greeted him. Where was the applause? Where was the promise of a lucrative television deal?
“Do you think I need a catchphrase? I’ve been working on something along the lines of ‘science isn’t for dummies’ but nothing’s locked in yet.”
The studio rep stepped forward, her gray pantsuit looking freshly pressed even though it was well past lunch. Her hair was pulled back in a tidy bun and she had a pen tucked behind her ear.
“Dr. McKay. Let’s set aside the catchphrase for the moment, and talk about the demographics you’re hoping to reach with this show.”
“Oh. Well, kids, obviously. Mr. Wizard’s World was very inspiring to me during my formative years, and I wanted to do something along those lines.”
Rodney had always wanted to know how the world worked, even as a very young boy. Watching people like Mr. Wizard and Carl Sagan had only reinforced that for him. There was an over-abundance of mindless television available to rot young minds, so Rodney wanted to put out educational programming that was also fun.
The rep gestured at the matter bridge. “Is this representative of the level of experiment you’ll be conducting?”
“Well, this is pretty basic. I have some more complex projects lined up.”
The rep nodded. “Dr. McKay, I appreciate your enthusiasm for your subject, but we can’t have children building bridges to alternate universes in their homes. I’m sure you can see the inherent dangers of that.”
“Oh. What if we insist on proper supervision?”
“I wouldn’t trust grad level university students with this experiment, to be perfectly frank with you. Perhaps you should revisit Mr. Wizard and try to emulate his level of science.” The rep pulled out her phone and started tapping out a text message. “Call my secretary when you have something simpler to show us.”
She left, a trail of people following along behind her, and left Rodney with his tiny matter bridge still sparkling on the table. He wasn’t accustomed to being dismissed, or having his ideas shot down, and he didn’t like the way it felt.
“You okay, buddy?”
John came out from the shadowed wings of the sound stage, where he’d been watching Rodney’s pitch.
“Can you believe the nerve of that woman?” Rodney shut down the matter bridge, and pulled out the case it would be transported in. “She wants me to dumb it down! Clearly she has no idea how stupid the general population already is. We need to dial up the intelligence!”
“Maybe you just need to come at it a different way,” John suggested, leaning against the table in that distractingly boneless way of his. He pulled Rodney in and gave him a kiss.
“What way?”
“Instead of showing them how to build a matter bridge, what if you explained what one is? I bet no-one else is talking to kids about stuff like that.”
“Hmm. Your idea might have some merit.”
“I’m not just another pretty face, you know.”
Rodney kissed the smirk off John’s face. “I wouldn’t be with you otherwise.”
He’d give John’s suggestion some thought. It wouldn’t be as fun as a hands-on experiment, of course, but maybe if they had some cool special effects and graphics it could appeal to the demographic Rodney was shooting for. He’d have to brainstorm with Radek.
“Come on,” John said, picking up the case. “I’ll treat you to ice cream.”
They walked out of the studio together, bickering about which flavors were better, and Rodney forgot all about the rejection.
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Date: 2020-01-24 06:03 pm (UTC)Lucas took some more out of the fridge and passed it over.
“Do they hurt any other time?” Adam Carter asked.
Wes shook his head, his mouth full of cereal.
“And you don’t have any problems playing games?”
“No.” Wes looked towards Lucas who was busy making the toast. “Can I have two slices, please.”
“You have growing pains,” Adam said. “Which is no surprise considering how you are currently eating us out of house and home.”
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