Boppy's Journal

Real life is still beating up Boppy, so I'm keeping this short. :)

Quick reminder that the Character Study Challenge closes this Saturday October 6. Today we got the first vid entries which was very exciting! There's still time to contribute and so as to be fair to all of you not first into the future like us Australians, I should clarify that the competition will close at midnight LA time (which is actually 5pm on Sunday here in Australia). Hopefully that little extra time will help any of you running late. ;)

( quick TV thoughts )

See you on the flipside of Smallville!

Here it is at last! Thank you to everyone for the wonderful prompts: now begins the real fun!

Guidelines
1. You can enter as many times as you want.
2. Multiple people can use the same prompt.
3. You can use your own prompt.
4. The Challenge will close three weeks time on 6 October, when I will make a masterlist of all submissions, by fandom.
5. You can submit any time between now and the closing date.
6. Your submissions can take the form of fic, meta, vids or other fanart, as long as you can argue that it explores the character and the prompt.
7. Post your submissions as comments to this post. Please title your comment with the relevant prompt, so that they are easy to see.
8. If your submission fits within a comment length (approx 4300 words, I think), then you're welcome to just post it here. However, there is no word limit so if it is longer than this, please post a link to your journal post where the completed work is posted. For vids or art, you may prefer to just post a link in your comment here (although if you prefer to post directly here that's ok too).
9. No WIPs please! Only completed works.
10. All submissions must be new works, specifically for this challenge, not reposted from elsewhere.
11. Anyone's welcome to submit: you don't have to have submitted prompts or ever have participated in a challenge before. Newbies are more than welcome.
12. If you don't want to submit yourself, you can still participate by pimping and, most importantly, leaving feedback on the submissions.

Any questions, just sing out! and HAVE FUN!

I would encourage everyone to think creatively about their responses. Remember that the one prompt may be used by multiple people--it could turn into a fic or a vid. Fics may vary in length considerably--and that's fine! Do not be put off if someone has already used the prompt you're interested in.

If you have written or seen a prompt you particularly want to see a response to, remember to pimp it to your friends and send them over here!

Prompts are listed alphabetically by fandom and then character. Crossovers (something I hadn't anticipated but don't mind including) are listed with the fandom from which the individual character comes. Fandoms that begin with 'The' have been listed under 'T'. RPF prompts are listed at the very end of the list.

Note: If you don't see your prompt in this list, please let me know. I hope I have got all of them, but you never know. ;)

mega-list of prompts

Welcome to Stage 1 of the multifandom Character Study Challenge! Prompts accepted here!

Everyone can take part in this stage: all you have to do here is provide prompts. I'll be collecting them on this post until midnight next Saturday, Aus time. I'll then post a collated list of prompts (grouped by fandom/character) on Sunday. You'll then have until Saturday 6 October to complete your entries. You can enter as many times as you like and multiple people can use the same prompts. Using your own prompts is also fine.

There's been some confusion about what form your entries can take. Basically if you can argue that it's a character study, then you can submit it: so that means fic, art, vids, meta, whatever. I imagine most submissions will be fic (drabbles or longer pieces) or vids, but I guess we'll see. :)

Guidelines for prompts:
1. You can post as many prompts as you like.
2. All fandoms accepted (TV, books, movies, RPF, whatever); het/slash/gen all accepted.
3. If you could list fandoms in alphabetical order, that would make my life easier. :)
4. You should only name ONE character. If you want specific other characters included, they should be named in the description prompt.
5. Prompts should take the form: fandom, character, description prompt of up to 15 words. You don't have to include a description prompt--if you just want to name a character who you are interested in, that's ok. But more detailed prompts will provide contributors with inspiration. They can be one word or several, thematic or specific. Here are some examples:

Battlestar Galactica, Sam Anders, post-Crossroads II
Doctor Who, Sally Sparrow
Friday Night Lights, Tyra, family dynamics
RPF, Blur, Damon Albarn, Mali
Smallville, Lois Lane, teenage years growing up on a military base
Smallville, Ryan, what did he see in Lex's mind and why did his feelings about him change?
Supernatural, Dean, death

Spread the word, post your prompts, and send others here too! Let's make this work!

Thanks to everyone who voted in the character study poll. It's not too late to do so!

I'm comforted to hear that it's not just me who finds it hard to define 'character study'. *g* However, some people's definitions were much better than mine!
- "a character study tends to focus on a particular character rather than a relationship, and any plot action is more for the sake of illustrating character traits than for other purposes." (norwich36)
- "a piece of work that helps illuminate or define some aspect of a character" (transtempts)
- "a piece that explores (an aspect of) the internal life of a character by extrapolating from the information we get from canon" (mskatej)
- "a piece that's primarily interested in letting us get to know a character better" (slinkling)

I am only slightly daunted undaunted! A Character Study Challenge will be held. :) This is a rough outline of my plan:
1. Collect prompts from Saturday 8 September on--prompts to specify fandom, character (anything goes, even RPF), and a short sentence prompt if you want to be specific.
2. Post masterlist of prompts (15 September).
3. Submissions: enter as many times as you want, multiple people can use the same prompt and you can even use your own prompt!
4. Challenge to close three weeks later on 6 October. I'll create a masterlist post of all the entries submitted during that time.
If it's successful, we can do another round (I know the timing's an issue for several people.)

So get thinking about your prompts! Who do you want to read about?! Which character do you desperately want to see a vid about?!

And if you think it's a good idea: pimp it to your f'list! The more participants, the more chance there is that you'll get that breathtaking Dean piece you've been imagining, the fic exploring Clark's emotions about Martha's miscarriage or the Sally Sparrow vid you've been longing for! *G*