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Multifandom Dia de los Muertos Challenge

Day of the Dead Challenge


  • All stories should include a dead character returning and conversing with a living character (canon examples are the BtVS episode "Conversations with Dead People" and the Babylon 5 episode "Day of the Dead" - the means of return is up to you).

  • Multifandom

  • Stories can be any length

  • Post links to stories on the master list

  • Post comments and questions here

  • Challenge closes November 1, 2004

  • Post stories anytime between now and November 1

  • Please spread the word - the more the merrier!


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[info]juleskicks
2004-09-01 07:00 am UTC (link)
Dude, I have wanted to do a Dia de los Muertes challenge for SO LONG. *hearts you big-time* I'm probably gonna end up with, like, six stories. *snerk*

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[info]fabu
2004-09-01 04:51 pm UTC (link)
Yay! (I have a soft spot for both the B5 and the BtVS episodes - so I'm excited to see what comes out of this challenge.)

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[info]elishavah
2004-09-01 07:02 am UTC (link)
So...anything? Just...post?

Ooooh.

(And I've been reading the comments in the character polls with great interest. I just haven't had the time to really sit down and think out my own answers!)

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[info]fabu
2004-09-01 04:53 pm UTC (link)
Yep - anything! I didn't want the hassle and pressure of a story exchange, but I thought it would be fun to see what folks came up with from a challenge. . .

Can't wait to see what you say about the character polls - the discussions have been fascinating!

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[info]elke_tanzer
2004-09-01 08:34 am UTC (link)
Cool. I've pimped this in my LJ now. :-)

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[info]fabu
2004-09-01 04:53 pm UTC (link)
Thank you much!

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[info]the_dala
2004-09-01 08:59 am UTC (link)
Oooooh, this looks like fun!

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[info]fabu
2004-09-01 04:53 pm UTC (link)
I hope it will be!

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[info]hannahrorlove
2004-09-01 09:44 am UTC (link)
Wow, so many of my fandoms have dead people...which to choose from?

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[info]fabu
2004-09-01 04:54 pm UTC (link)
Heh - write them all!

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[info]hannahrorlove
2004-09-01 09:52 pm UTC (link)
You realize that just about everything I've written in Sleepy Hollow qualifies for this?

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[info]strangemuses
2004-09-01 10:07 am UTC (link)
This ought to be fun.

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[info]fabu
2004-09-01 04:54 pm UTC (link)
I hope it is!

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[info]valarltd
2004-09-01 10:30 am UTC (link)
Since dead folk showing up to advice the living is CANON in my primary fandom, i guess I get to write in a secondary one.

I'm in

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[info]fabu
2004-09-01 04:54 pm UTC (link)
Wonderful! Can't wait to see what you come up with. . .

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[info]selenak
2004-09-01 11:38 am UTC (link)
As a Babylon 5 and BTVS fan, this sounds pretty irresistable to me...

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[info]fabu
2004-09-01 04:54 pm UTC (link)
Great - I think it's going to be fun. . .

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[info]guede_mazaka
2004-09-01 01:33 pm UTC (link)
So, by 'dead,' do you mean dead dead, or do resurrected people count? I. e. is this a temporary revival where the dead person has to go back to being dead?

it would be me asking, y'know

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[info]fabu
2004-09-01 04:56 pm UTC (link)
Snerk - I should have known. . .

I think resurrected/vamped/reanimated people count, but I think the resurrection should be a surprise to the "living person" (i.e. Spike and Buffy sitting around gabbing in mid-season 5 of Buffy doesn't count [heh - it just occured to me that they *both* count as reanimated]). Does that make sense?

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[info]guede_mazaka
2004-09-01 05:54 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, that makes sense. We're going for the basic surprise factor here, I take it.

*rubs hands together*

The problem is I've got so many fandoms where I've made this work.

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[info]fabu
2004-09-03 07:18 pm UTC (link)
You can write as many stories for the challenge as you like! ::grin::

Not necessarily surprise. . .but I guess I'm looking for stories where there's something unique about the encounter (I think a story where the living person somehow contacted the dead one would count, although it wouldn't have the element of surprise) - it shouldn't be just another conversation between someone who's alive and someone who used to be dead ('cause in some fandoms that's an everyday occurence!).

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[info]monkeypuzzle
2004-09-01 03:17 pm UTC (link)
Hell yeah! :-D

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[info]fabu
2004-09-01 04:56 pm UTC (link)
Whee!

::smooch::

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[info]monkeypuzzle
2004-09-01 06:23 pm UTC (link)
*glomp*

This will give me a great chance to expand the fandoms I write in.

Speaking of challanges: I havn't forgotten your drabble meme challange. I'm gonna take the three day weekend to write, write, write. I also think I'm gooing to finally participate over at rough_magic. ;-) Wheee!!!

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[info]fabu
2004-09-03 07:20 pm UTC (link)
Yay for writing time! I look forward to seeing what you come up with. . .

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[info]profshallowness
2004-09-02 04:24 am UTC (link)
I'll play! (Even if the idea is completely for a fandom that you know nothing about:()

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[info]fabu
2004-09-03 07:46 pm UTC (link)
Hee! Glad to hear people are interested in writing to this one. . .

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[info]profshallowness
2004-09-24 02:15 pm UTC (link)
Regarding this - I'm really sorry, but I won't be able to write it after all. The story in so far as it's developed isn't going to be something I will feel I can post for various reasons, and I don't think I'll have other stories that fit under the challenges.

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[info]penm
2004-09-02 06:03 am UTC (link)
Okay, question.

Does it count if it's like, a guy who's been dead, but hasn't gone to the Dead Place Where Dead People Go (but he's not alive because he's dead) conversing with a guy who isn't real but if he were he would be alive, except that, you know, he's not real, because he's like a, someone's dream, except that dreams are real so he's real but he's not really real?

I realize this is confusing...

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[info]fabu
2004-09-03 07:47 pm UTC (link)
Is this an Endless story? Either way, I think it probably counts. . .

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[info]bravecows
2004-09-02 08:40 pm UTC (link)
Ooh! This is such a neat idea.

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[info]fabu
2004-09-03 07:47 pm UTC (link)
Glad you like! I think it's going to be fun. . .

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-09-04 09:49 am UTC (link)
Ohh between the Boromir stories and the Harry Potter stories, I am going to be a happy girl.

*runs off meanwhile to ponder Deep Space Nine*

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[info]fabu
2004-09-05 08:20 am UTC (link)
Hee! So many fandoms, so little time. . .

(I really think this is going to be fun.)

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May I?
[info]betareject
2004-09-04 12:53 pm UTC (link)
I just stumbled onto this from Cruisedirector's journal and had to check it out. So how does this work? Do you have to sign up somewheres or just post here?

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Re: May I?
[info]fabu
2004-09-05 08:23 am UTC (link)
It's a straight challenge, so you can write whatever you like, within the parameters of the challenge, rather than being assigned a specific story to write. When your story is finished, you can post a link to it on the Master List (if the story is very short, you can post it in a comment on the list, otherwise just link to your post elsewhere). You can post anytime between now and November 1, and you can write as many stories as you'd like.

I can't wait to see what you come up with!

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Re: May I?
[info]betareject
2004-09-06 01:27 pm UTC (link)
Excellent! *runs off to begin writing* =D

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[info]watersword
2004-09-08 07:02 am UTC (link)
Ohmigod, I'm in. So in. So very in. Yes. *nods*

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[info]fabu
2004-09-08 02:47 pm UTC (link)
Yay! Can't wait to see what you come up with. . .

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[info]lanthano
2004-09-08 11:42 am UTC (link)
Ooh, excellent challenge. Also, hi. Your recent recs post caught my eye, and I've friended you.

That's an Invisibles icon, right? I saw it and kind of bounced with glee, and had no one to point it out to.

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[info]fabu
2004-09-08 02:53 pm UTC (link)
Hi! Welcome aboard. . .

It is an Invisibles icon - one of my all time favorite comics.

Adding you back - I hope that's ok.

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[info]lanthano
2004-09-08 03:15 pm UTC (link)
Certainly. Lovely to meet you. I spent a while lurking in pirates fandom before I got my journal, and though I'm currently obsessing over Boondock Saints, there's one corner of my brain devoted to Sparrington.

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[info]hippediva
2004-09-23 04:30 pm UTC (link)
Sorry I left a comment in the wrong place. I wanted to ask if I may join in the fun. I have a story I'm working on now that fits this rather perfectly and I'd love to contribute.

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[info]hannahrorlove
2004-10-24 10:33 pm UTC (link)
I'm curious - does this fit the challenge requirements?

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[info]hija_paloma
2004-10-29 11:42 am UTC (link)
I cannot express to you how frustrated I am with myself at this moment.

I can't believe I never wrote anything for this.

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[info]viva_gloria
2004-10-30 07:58 am UTC (link)
well, the bad news is that I am all ficced out and can't write anything substantial between now and November the first (when 'substantial' is sacrificed for 'wordy' in honour of NaNoWriMo.

The good news (YMMV!) is that I seem to be throwing off 100-word drabbles in much the same manner as a sparkler giving off sparks.

Where would you like 'em? In individual comments? (They are all different fandoms). Or somewhere else with a single link?

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[info]fabu
2004-10-30 08:01 am UTC (link)
Hmmm. . .Whichever's easiest for you. . .


Yay! Can't wait to see what you've written.

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[info]viva_gloria
2004-10-30 09:33 am UTC (link)
I'm polishing, and word-counting, and honing, and the like (and would like to round it up to 10x100): but, teaser-like, I can tell you that there are Pirates, Russians, Faeries, Actors, Warriors, Vagabonds, Kings, Servants, Gods, and Astronomical Objects.

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