Friday: Elements

[hematitebadger.livejournal.com]

Good morning, comment ficcers! hematitebadger again, back for my final day of hosting. I hope you've enjoyed my time at the helm! Today we're going to break it down to the basics, because our theme is Elements. The fundamental building blocks of a thing, whether you want to interpret that as things like carbon and hydrogen, air and fire, generosity and loyalty, or any other idea that might strike you. Tear the universe down into simple particles, then rebuild it in exciting new combinations!

The rules still haven't changed:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
No spoilers in prompts.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space.

Prompts should be formatted as follows:
Fandom, Character+/Character, Prompt

Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Pinkie Pie + any, sometimes they think she's really the element of surprise
+ Doctor Who, Amy, fire
+ Megamind, Megamind, the elements that make a good supervillain

Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Visit the lonely prompt archive and brighten someone’s day. For more recent prompts to write, you can also use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community.

Comments

[demoerin.livejournal.com]

...any, any, Tear the universe down into simple particles, then rebuild it in exciting new combinations!

I hope you don't mind my quoting you, OP, but that line sounds like a good prompt.

fill-Merlin, Arthur/Merlin, post 5x13

[sksdwrld.livejournal.com]

Arthur was gone and it was like the sun had burned out, leaving the universe black. For weeks, there was nothing, not even pain. And then one day out of the elemental soup swirling around Merlin, there was a spark; a moment of light that burrowed through his chest and into his heart.

And it was the most wretched and painful thing he had ever experienced, colliding into him and blooming into an all-encompasing hurt that, like a thick mire, tried to drag him asunder.

Merlin entertained no visitors but when Gwen came to him to tell him that she was with child, something inside of Merlin exploded. He raged at the unfairness of it all, but beneath it was a glimmer of hope because this was the last vestige of Arthur that he could cling to. He shook off his cloak of grief, casting it aside and dragging himself to stand beside his queen and the future heir of Camelot.

Kilgharrah had let Merlin believe that he had failed his destiny, but Merlin knew now that he was fated for another greatness. Arthur Pendragon, the once and future king was not one man, but two.

Let the adventures begin.

Re: fill-Merlin, Arthur/Merlin, post 5x13

[demoerin.livejournal.com]

I only know this show via fannish osmosis, but this nonetheless got to me. I just like the idea of someone managing to get out of that kind of mourning and grief, and the line the once and future king was not one man, but two is great. It certainly works with what I know of Arthurian legend but I hadn't thought of it that way before, and it's a fascinating lens to look at the relationship through.

Re: fill-Merlin, Arthur/Merlin, post 5x13

[sksdwrld.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Fannish Osmosis...I like that. It's the same way I appreciate Dr. Who and Sherlock. :-)