Shukravar: Shipwreck

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

Good night, everyone (or good afternoon/morning), and sorry for the lateness. I'm with_rainfall and this is my last day as your host! Today's theme is shipwreck. You can write about artefacts of a shipwreck, or the sinking of the ship itself, or the remains after its discovery. Some wrecks are said to be cursed or haunted, and others have much mystery surrounding their disappearance. Still others are tragic, of course, but perfectly explicable.

The most famous is the Titanic, but countless battleships have also gone underneath the waves.

Or you can go meta and write about the wreckage of your, er, fandom ship. ;)

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As always, 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.
No spoilers in prompts.
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:

Silmarillion, Maglor,  modern archaeologists find the remains of ships in erstwhile Numenor
Supernatural, Sam/Dean, the cursed artefacts from a shipwreck
Animorphs/Supernatural, Sam + Dean + any, tracking down the Nartec post-war through archaeological evidence of shipwrecks

tag=shipwreck

Comments

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

Hawaii Five-0, Danny/Steve; they're chasing after drug smugglers on a speedboat during a storm

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

Silmarillion, Maglor, modern archaeologists find the remains of ships in erstwhile Numenor

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

Supernatural, Sam/Dean, the cursed artefacts from a shipwreck

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

Animorphs/Supernatural, Sam + Dean + any, tracking down the Nartec post-war through archaeological evidence of shipwrecks

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

Silmarillion, any, "The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea." (Ovid)

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

Any, any, “Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats” (Voltaire)

Fill: Silmarillion

[laeria.livejournal.com]

In the gardens of Valinor, Galadriel has nothing to sing about. She doesn't care for the lore-songs of the Noldor: Galadriel loves knowledge in itself, without decoration. She is bored by the songs that Ingwë's people sing - the beauty of the stars cannot be rivaled anyway, and she thinks it's a waste of time to try.

The Teleri, of course, keep the music she craves, the confusing, dissonant melodies that Ulmo gives them. She cannot copy it, though, she lacks the gift (or maybe the humility). So she listens, and she invents instruments for them, tender soft shellfish-things to follow their voices but never drown them out.

Later, when Galadriel fails to save them from Feanor's slaughter, it seems like all music loses meaning - all she has left are crude drums and war trumpets.

In Middle Earth, Galadriel finds her voice. It is as dark as the forests around her. She invents instruments, organic tangled things from wood and hair. She sings about loss and death and sometimes about salvation, and stars creep into those songs almost without her notice. She sings Laurelindórenan to life almost by accident.

When Galadriel finally goes home, Ulmo himself rises from the waves to sing her a lullaby. She isn't really worthy of it, but it really doesn't matter. She lets him wash over her, like waves, warm and unpredictable, and for the first time in her life she has no wish to join in.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

Avengers, Clint, Walking through the wrecked Helicarrier with all of its ghosts.

[munnin-odanin.livejournal.com]

They were the heroes of their age. The shining lights of the world. Clint knelt to pick up a scrap of charred cloth. The dark blue of a S.H.E.I.L.D uniform. There were so many heroes, not just the costume wearing ones. He sat down heavily, rubbing his hands around his face. The tears washed tracks clean down his face. He didn’t bother to hide them. There was no-one left to hide them from.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

Supernatural/The Deadliest Catch, Sam & Dean (or Team Free Will), Something's been sinking crab boats in the fleet and the guys have to bluff their way up to Alaska to find out what.

[langstonlover.livejournal.com]

Crossfire Trail, JT Langston + Rock Mullaney + Rafe Covington, (Maybe A Little Bit Of JT/Rock Too, Lol ^^) "We're Lucky To Be Alive. That Ship Wrecked About A Week After We Got Off It."

not a fill, but...

[jadaryl.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish this bunny would bite... Like I really, really wish this would take shape for me...

[misachan.livejournal.com]

Doctor Who, The Doctor, He keeps telling himself he can only wind up on the Titanic so many times - which doesn't help that it's happened again.

[poestheblackcat.livejournal.com]

Leverage, Eliot, that speargun fight he talked about in The Cross My Heart Job

[poestheblackcat.livejournal.com]

Any, any, Titanic AU (they were on the Titanic, AU of the movie, whatever)

[tigriswolf]

Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack/Will/Elizabeth, two captains and a king are shipwrecked on an island (and each of them is pretty sure they've been here before)

[tigriswolf]

Tortal, Kraken, ship-killer, man-eater, old as time

[rileyc.livejournal.com]

Any, Any, the legend of The Flying Dutchman.

[tigriswolf]

Supernatural, Dean, his first time on a plane, it almost goes down. his first time on a ship? it fucking sinks.

[tigriswolf]

Historical (RPF?), the Unsinkable Molly Brown, she doesn't know if she's blessed or cursed

[tigriswolf]

The Little Mermaid (Disney or fairy tale), one of her sisters, she finds a drowning princess and has an adventure of her own (femslash, if you'd like)

[poestheblackcat.livejournal.com]

The Odyssey, Odysseus, Yet another shipwreck. The gods must really hate him.

[kayim.livejournal.com]

DCU Comics, Roy Harper (as Speedy, Arsenal or Red Arrow), Shipwrecked - now he knows how Olly felt.

[creepy_shetan]

any, any, "I will go down with this ship / I won't put my hands up and surrender" ("White Flag" ~ Dido)

YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT IT. DON'T LIE. I JUST SAVED YOU THE TROUBLE.
damnineedsleepespifcapslockinglol

no fill

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

you beat me to it! haha

[cute-shinigami.livejournal.com]

Yami no Matsuei, Tsuzuki, feeling like the ship of his life is sinking around him

Mini-fill

[enochia.livejournal.com]

It happened again. It's closing in. The dark waves have risen, and now they are coming from all sides, closing in on him.

Monster.

Devil.

Murderer.

Demon's Child.


The waves enclose the ship and tumble onto it, and it's sinking down, down, and he's losing air and the dark water is filling his lungs and it hurts, and the watch is in his way, he struggles to remove it, to stop hurting-

"Tsuzuki."

He jolts. The ship halts midway to the bottom. The water in the lungs does not cause pain anymore.

"Oi. Idiot. Are you listening."

The water falls away, transforming into a swirl of sakura petals, and he is engulfed in light.

"Well, then,if you don't want the last cinnamon bun..."

"I shall sacrifice myself. I do not like sweets, but I cannot let the money go to waste."

He opens his eyes, his mouth watering like that of Pavlov's dog at the mention of his favourite sweet before his consciousness even processes the full picture. The next thing that he is aware of is sweet smell of cinnamon and powdered sugar. Then, the sight registers Hisoka handing over the box to Tatsumi. Tsuzuki leaps onto it reflexively, knocking Hisoka back.

"Tsuzuki-san. Manners." Glasses flash ominously.

"Sowwy. Tfanx," he says over a huge bite of the pastry.

Hisoka rolls his eyes. Tatsumi sighs. They look at Tsuzuki munching blissfully and then at each other, feigning exasperation while mentally congratulating themselves for averting another crisis.

[creepy_shetan]

any, any, "When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it." (Pablo Picasso)

Okay, in all seriousness, I wish I'd thought of this one first.

[pashchan.livejournal.com]

Alabaster, The Ladies of Stephen's Ward, "When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it." (Pablo Picasso)

Isolde didn't have the heart to tell Aramat what happened after she died.

The rest is here (http://ficby-pchan.livejournal.com/1628.html#cutid1).

[rattyjol.livejournal.com]

Supernatural, any, the Mary Celeste

[rattyjol.livejournal.com]

Animorphs, the Rachel's crew, "Ram the Blade Ship."

[straydog733.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, the impact did not kill them.

No, the Rachel turned out to be made of sturdier stuff than the Yeerks. Hadn't that always been the way of it? The Blade Ship crumpled and the monstrosities that had been created aboard it drifted out into brutal emptiness. But the Rachel stayed strong.

Not impervious, of course. There was damage, huge holes in the hull spewing precious air into outer space. The readings said that they had seven minutes of air left.

“It's funny, you know?” said Marco, holding a hand to his bleeding forehead. “On ships in the old days, the fear was always that something was gonna get in. Now it's all trying to keep stuff from getting out.”

{Yeah. I don't think we can get our air back with buckets.}

“So...you think Jake's gonna wake up before the end?”

{I don't know. He hit his head pretty hard.}

“Probably, uh, probably better. He got the last bad-ass line. Hanging around after that just makes it lose its impact. No pun intended.”

{No pun found.}

“Heh. Nice... You think the other two are gonna be able to get that escape pod out?”

{Don't know. Besides, there's not enough supplies for them to reach anywhere safe.}

“Might as well have a little stupid hope for the best. That's what being an Animorph was all about.”

{Amen.}

“Didn't know you were religious, Bird Boy. A bird of prey, if you will.”

{Shut up. You know what you said before about hanging around making something lose its impact?}

“Yeah, I know. I'm just one big punchline, going on way past when it's funny. But hey, at least no one has to know how stupid my final words were. That's the beauty of going down with the ship.”

{Aye aye.}