Mangalavar: Alternate Ending
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with_rainfall, and this Tuesday’s theme is alternate ending.
Endings are difficult things to get right in canon. They need to tie up any major loose ends and make some sort of sense. They can be wrapped up in a bow (“so the curtain falls on the March family”) or left ambiguous (“and his fate is known only to those who venture into the deeps”). They can be triumphant or depressing, realistic or entirely fantastical, predictable or unexpected, controversial or satisfying, or some mixture of those two extremes. But if the fans aren’t reconciled to them, the creator has a lot to answer for.
So, people, what endings were you dissatisfied with?
The ending you choose to change doesn’t have to be a series finale or the last few pages of a book; it can be the end of a season, an episode/chapter or a character’s story arc.
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Remember the rules!
No more than three prompts in one fandom.
No more than five prompts in a row unless one of your prompts is filled. Then you can prompt again.
Spoilers in prompts may be unavoidable, but please do your best to word them as ambiguously as possible.
If your fill contains spoilers, please warn in bold and leave at least three spaces.
Format:
Fandom, Character, Prompt
Fandom, Character/Character, Prompt
Fandom, Character + Character, Prompt
Examples:
LotR(/Silmarillion), Gollum, he goes to the Havens
Tortall, Jon/Thayet, Alanna doesn’t return in #4
Any, any + any, they die in a different way from canon
If beginnings and middles are more your thing, take a look at the lonely prompts!
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comment_ficcers! I’m still with_rainfall, and this Tuesday’s theme is alternate ending.Endings are difficult things to get right in canon. They need to tie up any major loose ends and make some sort of sense. They can be wrapped up in a bow (“so the curtain falls on the March family”) or left ambiguous (“and his fate is known only to those who venture into the deeps”). They can be triumphant or depressing, realistic or entirely fantastical, predictable or unexpected, controversial or satisfying, or some mixture of those two extremes. But if the fans aren’t reconciled to them, the creator has a lot to answer for.
So, people, what endings were you dissatisfied with?
The ending you choose to change doesn’t have to be a series finale or the last few pages of a book; it can be the end of a season, an episode/chapter or a character’s story arc.
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Remember the rules!
No more than three prompts in one fandom.
No more than five prompts in a row unless one of your prompts is filled. Then you can prompt again.
Spoilers in prompts may be unavoidable, but please do your best to word them as ambiguously as possible.
If your fill contains spoilers, please warn in bold and leave at least three spaces.
Format:
Fandom, Character, Prompt
Fandom, Character/Character, Prompt
Fandom, Character + Character, Prompt
Examples:
LotR(/Silmarillion), Gollum, he goes to the Havens
Tortall, Jon/Thayet, Alanna doesn’t return in #4
Any, any + any, they die in a different way from canon
If beginnings and middles are more your thing, take a look at the lonely prompts!
tag=alternate ending
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Date: 2012-08-07 12:41 pm (UTC)Fill: Hellblazer/Sandman/Romeo and Juliet
Date: 2012-08-07 12:49 pm (UTC)John Constantine ignored her and rummaged around his pockets for Silk Cuts, as if to defy what she stood for.
The girl laughed. The merry sound was at odds with her grim clothing. “No, John, I’m not here for you today. Just dropping by to say hello.”
“Hello,” said John, still not facing her. He lit a cigarette.
The girl smiled and looked around. Her eyes alit on a poster. “You know, that wasn’t how it happened,” she said.
John thought about answering, waging between getting involved with one of their lot and being nice to someone who will send him off once he finally croaks. He decided to go with the second option. “What didn’t happen how?”
“Romeo and Juliet.” The girl pointed to the poster.
“Well, you would know.”
“See, the families found out. Of course they did – they barely hid it. They decided that them running away would be a disgrace to both houses and agreed for a ceasefire. The girl was sullied and giving her to Paris was out of the question. She further ruined her position by bedding the very murderer of much-beloved Mercutio. They actually poisoned her. When Romeo came to her resting place, Paris was lying in the wait and wounded him mortally. Then, he used the sleeping potion and bloodied clothes of Mercutio to fake his death in order to escape persecution. The prince was none the wiser.”
“And then ol’ Bard decided it wouldn’t do.”
“Well, actually, my sister/brother decided the lust didn’t play large enough role, so she made an agreement with him to use poetic license.”
“No good can come out of bargaining with that one.”
“Ah, that’s a story for another time.”
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Date: 2012-08-07 12:52 pm (UTC)Re: Fill: Hellblazer/Sandman/Romeo and Juliet
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Date: 2012-08-07 01:48 pm (UTC)(I know it's been done, but I can not get enough fixes)
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Date: 2012-08-07 01:57 pm (UTC)Re: Fill: Hellblazer/Sandman/Romeo and Juliet
Date: 2012-08-07 02:04 pm (UTC)Thank you for that start to my day. John Constantine is probably one of my favorite characters in all of literature. I love your take on him.
Excellent work. :))))
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Date: 2012-08-07 02:05 pm (UTC)Re: Fill: Hellblazer/Sandman/Romeo and Juliet
Date: 2012-08-07 02:10 pm (UTC)Re: Fill: Hellblazer/Sandman/Romeo and Juliet
Date: 2012-08-07 02:12 pm (UTC)And icon love.
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