Promotional Tuesday

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

Good Tuesday one and all, my darlings, I continue to be both classics_lover and your host for the week. Tuesday's theme is Adverts and Slogans. Maybe your favourite character can only communicate via obnoxious advert slogans, maybe Tony Stark has decided to rebrand, maybe you've just walked into Commander Shepard's favourite store on the Citadel. Be as cracky or as serious as you like.


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.
If your prompt or fill contains anything that can be a trigger for the reader, please add a warning for that to give the reader the chance to decide if they want to read or not.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing. Use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above mentioned spoiler cut.

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...

☺ Anthropomorfic, cola bottle(sweet)/cola bottle(drink), admiring the posters for the respective products the represent

☻ Iron Man movies, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, "Maybe we should stop being so flagrant with Stark Industries product placement deals?"

☺ Star Trek (any series), any +/ any, The Star of Your Desire (vintage Mercedes Benz advertisement)

We are now using 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 2015 collection. See further notes on this new option here.

Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Check out the just created Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet. 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.

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tag=advertising and slogans

Comments

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

Anthropomorfic, cola bottle(sweet)/cola bottle(drink), admiring the posters for the respective products they represent

Fill: If you see my sanity floating past please send it back ;)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

“Your poster shows you off so well; it captures your sleek lines and your sparkle,” the sweet said to the bottle.

“But I don’t really sparkle, that’s just an advertising trick,” the bottle replied.

“In my eyes you sparkle, and that’s all that matters.”

“Your poster doesn’t do you justice,” the bottle added.

“Oh!” the candy sounded disappointed.

“It doesn’t tell the world how truly sweet you are. Nor how you stand out for me from all the others. But why are we looking at the posters when we could be spending our time looking at each other?”

As they shuffle closer together, the reader is recommended to concentrate on the posters.

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

Iron Man movies, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, "Maybe we should stop being so flagrant with Stark Industries product placement deals?"

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

Star Trek (any series), any +/ any, The Star of Your Desire (vintage Mercedes Benz advertisement)

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

Big Bang Theory, Penny + any, "I can't believe it. I can't believe I Can't Believe It's Not Butter isn't butter."

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

Torchwood, any/any or ensemble, "McDonald's for dinner? That's a cheap date." "Yeah, but I'm lovin' it." "Get out."

[doreyg.livejournal.com]

Justice League Cartoon, Wally West/Bruce Wayne, I'm lovin' it

[doreyg.livejournal.com]

DCU, Barry Allen/Any, it keeps going and going and going...

[doreyg.livejournal.com]

The Odyssey - Homer, Odysseus/Penelope(/Circe), What's the Worst that Could Happen?

Small Fill

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

"Won't you come fishing with me, love? What's the worst that could happen?" Odysseus asked Penelope, a wheedling tone in his voice.

"Well, you could get on the fishing boat, offer the wrong sacrifice - or worse no sacrifice - to Poseidon, piss him off, and spend the next ten years paddling around the Aegean trying to get back to Ithaka, stopping every so often to have sex with a witch with a penchant for turning sailors into animals, kill cyclopes, flirt with Sirens and eat lotus leaves, leaving me behind to deal with 21 unwanted guests who won't listen to the Queen of Ithaka while her husband is away. Oh, wait. That already happened." Penelope flounced off into her rooms.

"It was just a question," Odysseus muttered.

[doreyg.livejournal.com]

DCU, Dick Grayson/Damian Wayne, maybe he's born with it (maybe it's Maybelline)

[doreyg.livejournal.com]

The Flash (TV), Barry Allen/Lisa Snart, Because we're worth it

[fill]

[falkner]

“Did you really think I wouldn't find out you robbed a jewel-”

Barry stops mid-sentence, staring at Lisa. She's clearly been in the shower recently, her hair is damp and her skin a little red. Standing in front of her bedroom mirror, she's trying on the jewelry she stole. It's the only thing she's wearing.

“Looks good on me, don't you think?”
“Yeah... I mean,” Barry cringes a little at himself and tries to look at anything but her “you've got to give them back.”
“What if I don't want to?” Lisa smirks “Will you take them off for me?”

[tigriswolf]

Jurassic World, author's choice, "Pepsisaurus"

[tigriswolf]

Marvel movies, ex-Winter Soldier, he accidentally advertises for Starbucks' peppermint cocoa

[creepy_shetan]

author's choice, any gen pair, just do it


(JUST DO IT. = so intense, Nike.)

No fill

[doreyg.livejournal.com]

But the intensity of Nike has always bugged me. Just do what, Nike? JUST DO WHAT?

[creepy_shetan]

author's choice, any unlikely pair, we know drama


(LJ TNT)

Fill: The Mentalist, Cho/Vega

[helsinkibaby.livejournal.com]

Michelle closed and locked the front door behind her, throwing her keys onto the hall table, hanging up her jacket before kicking off her heels and scooping them up. Humming quietly to herself, she made her way carefully up the stairs, pushed open the bedroom door where she stopped and smiled. 

"You're still awake!"

Kimball let the book he was reading fall onto his lap, using his fingers to mark the page. "Not much point in going to sleep when I knew you'd wake me up." Anyone else might be stung by those words, that deadpan delivery, but Michelle knew him well enough to hear the humour in his voice. "You have the grace of an elephant when you've been drinking." 

As he spoke, Michelle was moving towards the bed, throwing her heels into the corner, shaking out her hair. "Actually, elephants are silent when they move through the jungle," she told him. "They have pads on the soles of their feet, keeps them quiet..." Her eyes met his in the mirror as she began to clean off her makeup. He was staring at her, a fond smile on his face and even after all this time the sight was still enough to make her heart skip a beat. 

"Whatever. You're still a noisy drunk." The book made its way to the bedside table without him taking his eyes off her and she smirked as she turned her attention back to the mirror. 

"Keep it up and I won't show you just how noisy I can be," she threatened with a smile of her own and he held up his hands in mock surrender. 

When her makeup was removed, she turned and made her way towards the bed, sat down with her back to him. He got the hint right away, reaching out pull down the zip of her dress. "So..." he said as he moved his hand slowly, letting his fingers trace a path down her skin, "how were the girls?" 

She tried not to shiver at his touch but when she turned her head and saw his lips twitch, she knew her goosebumps had given her away. "Nan's getting the runaround from her investment banker," she said, "while Lucy's divorce is turning ugly in ways I will not bore you with." 

"Bless you." There was real gratitude in his voice and that might have been why he leaned forward, pressing his lips against her shoulder. 

"They told me they were jealous of me." He raised both eyebrows as she stood, his expression of surprise mostly muted when she shimmied out of her dress, turning into a look of appreciation. Well, this was a new underwear set, after all. "That I got to go home to you and our drama free life." 

Now that earned a chuckle. "I take it you told them we know drama?" He reached out a hand, fingers brushing slightly over her abdomen and the puckered skin there. 

"Falling for my team-mate who became my boss, a near death experience, mandated sexual harrassment in the workplace seminars every three months..."

"You forgot almost ten years of working with Jane." Kimball's hand moved around to her back, nimble fingers finding the clasp of her bra and flicking it open in one smooth movement. 

That wasn't why she smiled though. 

"You said I should never mention his name when we're in bed together," she reminded him and his mouth opened with a little "ah" of affirmation. "Something about ruining the mood?" Her bra fell to the floor as her arms went around his neck and he pulled her closer to him. 

"I don't know why I ever said that. My mood can't be ruined right now," he said as he moved them so that she was on her back with him lying mostly on top of her. "Besides," he added, a long moment later, tracing her cheek with his left hand, the band of gold there winking in the lamplight, "any drama we had? Totally worth it." 

He brought his lips to hers and kissed her and as Michelle closed her eyes, the room spun pleasantly around it. It might have had something to do with the alcohol, but she rather thought it had more to do with him. 

[creepy_shetan]

author's choice, any unrequited pair, imagination at work


(GE)

Fill, Mass Effect (1), Kaidan Alenko/M!Shepard, rated PG-13 for references

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

Kaidan couldn't figure out the Commander. They had worked together under Anderson for a while, but Shepard had never made a huge effort to get to know the crew - or, more specifically, him. Kaidan had no doubt that Shepard liked him, respected him, but... maybe it was the N7 thing.

After Eden Prime, however, a newly in command Shepard started spending a lot more time with him. He'd ask about biotics, offer suggestions for dealing with the headaches, ask what the feeling was in the crew about their mission. The longer the mission took, the more time Shepard spent around Kaidan.

Not that Kaidan minded, per se. It was definitely fun to hang around in their skivvies in decontamination, cracking dry jokes and teasing Tali or Wrex or Garrus. When Shepard found time to work out with Kaidan, Kaidan found it very ... difficult (and he had to police his own mind to avoid double-entendres).

It was just that... Late at night in the forward battery, or in his bunk, it was impossible not to wonder what it would be like, to hold his hand, kiss his lips, fuck like wanton animals... And the number of crewmen who paired off, the longer the mission took didn't help maters. Least of all, when Kaidan would have liked to have done a little letting-off-of-steam himself. But he couldn't do that to Shepard. Despite Shepard not giving any indication that Kaidan was anything other than a confidant and colleague to him.

Kaidan had managed to wrangle a meeting with Sha'ira the Consort, owing to some good karma he and Shepard had earned in dealing with the Elcor ambassador and the Turian general for her, and her session had been less than satisfactory, too. "Patience will be needed, and grief and untrust and forgiveness, but patience will reap rewards. It is a virtue. In the mean time, have fun while you can."

Kaidan's right hand and imagination became his two next-best-friends after Shepard. Seeing Shepard in tight, sweaty t-shirts always helped, too.

[creepy_shetan]

author's choice, any rare pair, the power of dreams


(Honda)

[tigriswolf]

Harry Potter, author's choice, everyone wants Harry Potter to endorse their products

[tigriswolf]

author's choice, author's choice, [character] using their influence to destroy something without violence

Fill, Stargate Atlantis, Evan Lorne/David Parrish, Note: homophobia & bullying

[schweinsty.livejournal.com]

Fill here :). I started writing this last July, forgot about it, and finished it off, so-it's a bit longer than I expected. By several thousand words. Went for an optimistic take on this one too :) (http://archiveofourown.org/works/8154628)

Whoops, forgot to add: the fic deals with homophobia and bullying, including homophobic slurs, and there's a reference to domestic violence, though not onscreen.

[tigriswolf]

Commercials, advertising characters, they're all a little afraid of Mayhem

Fill

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

"He's dangerous," the gecko said, shaking his head.

"He's not that bad," Flo protested. "And he's kind of cute."

The Progressive box cocked its eyebrow at her. "You, my dear, have a very different definition of 'cute' than the rest of us."

Flo considered. "That may be true," she said, holding up a hand before the Good Hands man, the State Farm guy, or the Farmer's not-farmer could speak. "But he's not like that when he's not demonstrating!"

The door to the bar opened and Mayhem walked in, his hair mussed, suit ragged, a couple of patches appeared to be smoking. He patted at a smoldering bit of cloth with his hand, wincing as he did. Realizing how quiet the bar had gotten, he hesitated, looking around. "Did I miss something?"

"Definitely a different definition," the box muttered.

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

Harry Potter, any, product placement in the wizarding world

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

Person of Interest, any, the Machine starts communicating through popup ads

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

Supernatural, any, a witch curses them so they can only speak in slogans

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

iZombie, any, they start noticing subtle ads that point to even more zombies in the city than they'd thought

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

MCU, any, their PR people decide they need a slogan that's not "Avengers Assemble"

Mini Fill, pre-Age of Ultron

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

"How about Some Assembly Required?" Tony asked innocently.

"Get out," said Pepper, pointing unerringly at the door, without looking up.

"If the Other Guy goes on a rampage it could work," Bruce pointed out.

"No."

"Can we fix it?" Tony asked, still not having moved.

"Isn't that from a British kid's cartoon? Wouldn't that cause legal issues?" Bruce asked.

"We can lawyer it. Pep?"

"These slogans all assume there's going to be damage. Let's try to assume there won't be any collateral damage. You know, like Steve asked."

[likewinning.livejournal.com]

DCU, Jason Todd/Tim Drake or /Bruce Wayne, they meet through a Craigslist ad