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BONUS ROUND 1

Bonus Round 1

Genre-Mixing

Hey, shippers! Welcome to your very first bonus round proper--we hope you have lots of fun with it! This time around we're going to be asking you to mix it up a little--each fanwork posted for this round will be a mish-mash of two different genres, blended together in a delightful incestuous slurry to create an UNSTOPPABLE CREATIVE CONCOCTION--er. Or. Something.

Yeah, we're genre-mixing. That's what we're doing this round.

Rules

Submit prompts! Prompts should consist of two different genres and one ship. This cannot be your team's ship! These are worth 5 points each, for a maximum of 100 points per team.

Look through the prompts and fill whichever you like!

You may not fill prompts for your ship, nor may you fill your own team's prompts.

Fills should be posted as replies to the prompts which they are for, following the format below. They may be any medium.

Title Format
If you are starting a new thread, please use this format in your title.

Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team YOU belong to; please use the characters and quadrant, not whatever portmanteau or nickname you've come up with.
If your team name is not in this format and in the title we cannot guarantee that it will be counted.

If you are filling a prompt, use this format in your title.

Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team YOU belong to; please use the characters and quadrant, not whatever portmanteau or nickname you've come up with.
If your team name is not in this format and in the title we cannot guarantee that it will be counted.

Posts not using this format in the title will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, no matter what they contain. They, like all comments on the comm, are subject to the Wank Policy.

Scoring
For prompt posts: 5 points each (maximum of 100 per team)

For fills (as stated here):
First 5 entries in each post: 30 (per entry)
Entries 6-10 in each post: 20 (per entry)
Entries 11-15 in each post: 10 (per entry)
Entries 16+ in each post: 5 (per entry)

All scored content must be created/assembled new for this round.

If you have any questions, please ask them at the FAQ post here, or email them to us (homestuck.shipping at gmail). Otherwise, we cannot guarantee that we will see them in a timely fashion!

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I really liked this. I am not sure what exactly I wanted when I requested this. I just liked the idea of Roxy and Jane and cooking and murder mystery all in one pot. This was really inventive. Way to take the prompt and run with it. <3

Disciple <3< Darkleer
saga + slice of life

Dirk<3Jake, Pirates + romantic comedy

WQ <> PM
Spy thriller & western

In which this prompt reminds me of episode ten of Madoka and everything fucking hurts

I hope this is okay! <3

[Content warning for doomed timelines, sadstuck, and implied character death.]

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Jade wears three pairs of glasses at the end. Familiar round frames stick on her nose and magnify her emerald eyes to an owl’s gaze. Black rectangles sit atop her head, nestled in the thickness of her hair. Aviators rest folded in her collar.

The ground beneath them quakes with tremors as the meteors continue to descend. Jade’s throat is as dry as the checkered land surrounding them but exhaustion prevents a proper swallow. Her hand searches for her neighbour’s as they lie together, and somewhere between fire and ash and carapace blood, the scent of earth stings the air. A twinge of nostalgia washes over them. Rose breaks the silence first.

“That was one hell of a day.”

“This sucks big-time!” Jade manages a giggle, though she can’t keep her voice from shaking. “I just met you and our adventure’s all over already! How lame is that?”

“We found each other once, there’s no reason we can’t do it again.” Rose strokes her thumb along the side of Jade’s hand; her voice remains assured, tone no less casual than someone having just failed a level of a video game. “Wherever the other side takes us, of course.”

“Do you think we found a way out?” Jade asks. “Somewhere out there in the big tangle of timelines? Do you think we made it?”

“We most certainly did,” Rose replies, steadfast as she squeezes Jade’s hand. “And you were glorious.”

Jade breathes a hollow laugh as the tears begin to fall. The largest meteor is already bearing down on them, its heat prickling against their skin. Jade looks away; Rose curls Jade in her arms and holds her tight to keep her from trembling.

Jade wears three pairs of glasses at the end. Round frames push into Rose’s neck. Black rectangles press against her chin. Aviators are caught between chests rising and falling with panicked breathing.

Jade wrenches her eyes shut. Her fists bundle in Rose’s shirt.

“Are we still heroes?”

Rose knits her brow together as she presses her lips to Jade’s forehead.

“I would think we qualify.”

Propagandistic fiction + fairytale
Signless <3 Feferi

family saga + historical Dave<3Rose<3Terezi?

choose your own adventure + cautionary tale
Vriska <3< Aradia

prehistoric fiction + children's literature Equius♣(Vriska♣Sollux)

Terezi <3 Dave
after school special + instruction manual

Edited 2012-06-11 06:56 (UTC)

PM <3 AR <3 WV
Cyberpunk & great escape

Vriska <> John
underdog sports team + action/adventure

Signless <3 Grand Highblood
Bodice-ripper & Alien invasion

Nepeta <> Equius
epistolary + road trip

Assuming you mean Court Intrigue as in "Royal Court" but I wrote in both just in case. Sorry that Kanaya sounds a little weird!

"Generally, one doesn't dress as a man in order to sneak into the cigar room," Rose murmured to the woman beside her. The other woman smiled slightly, leaning her head only a bit in dissent -- court affairs were serious matters in the court of Louis XIV, and silence was preferred. Anyone who disturbed the king's royal breakfast was likely to find themselves packing for a very long vacation at their country home, never to return (but still subject to very high taxes). "Did your husband approve?"

"You are assuming that my husband knew, Rose." The woman named Rose let out a small snot of astonishment and disbelief -- really, the amount of espionage Kanaya had in her bones was minimal. Or at least, she had thought so before last night, when Kanaya had (once again) crept into her bed full of secrets. They had fallen asleep too promptly to discuss the matter, but Rose was insisting on pressing the issue now.

"He didn't? Then tell me, what did they talk about? Great matters of state? Or simply how delicate my derriere might look in this gown?" It was a joke, and the women shared a look of private enjoyment -- the hoops they wore were far too large for any man to even get a glimpse of a woman's lower half, unless he happened to sit at just the right angle.

"If you visit me tonight, perhaps I'll tell you."
"And if I don't?"
"Then you will never know who they are talking about arresting in the streets."

Rose came to her chambers, of course, climbing through the secret entrance clad only in a nightshirt, hair flowing around her shoulders. Kanaya held her hand out for the other women, who slid into bed beside her, twining her hands around the slim body of her lover. "So? What's this news?"
"And you won't even kiss me to welcome me? You are a shameless lover." Kanaya gave her a look -- and Rose laughed, full and true this time, before giving her a chaste peck on the cheek.
"There. Now tell me, about the arrests."

"Your husband."
"No!" For all her protests, Rose didn't seem particularly upset; the man had been a suitor, one of many, and she had been forced to choose (lest her parents pick for her). Kanaya only shrugged, picking up a piece of paper she had sitting on top of the duvet. "It's not true?"
"It is. I heard it from the King himself. Why do you think he has been left in solitude these past few days? If you do not mind the remark, you don't seem particularly stunned by this revelation. Did you already know?"

"No, but I had hoped." This time she kissed Kanaya on the lips, soft and tender. "It meant I could spend more time with you. As chaste friends, of course."
"Oh, yes. Of course."

Art styles count. Yes?
Well then could some one make a Pirate/Mermaid chibi thing for Jade<3<Feferi?

Diaries and Journals + Dying earth scifi
Rose <3 Feferi

Urban Fantasy + Dying Earth

Equius<>Nepeta

Davesprite <3 Jade
Body Horror + Dystopian

Aradia <3 Sollux
Historical AU + Sci Fi

Ahhh, bless the hands that wrought this majesty. You're amazing. Every time I scroll up and read any sentence at all out of this, I start laughing again.

Uhm western and horror for Aradia<3<vriska!

Could I see a Feferi<3Aradia magical girl + horror please? :)

Such a cute ship, hope you enjoy this! :D
_____

"Stop right there!"
Kanaya froze. She had been leaning over a sleeping woman, about to have herself a drink of human blood, when she saw the figure outside the woman's window. Deputy Jade Harley was running towards the house, her long black hair flowing out behind her like a comet tail.

Kanaya hissed a curse under her breath and immedietly fled the woman's bedroom and out the door. She started running in the opposite direction as Jade. She was incredibly fast, even for a vampire. Still she could hear the deputy trailing after her, the short gasps of breath as she pushed herself to detain Kanaya. The vampire couldn't help but be impressed.

Unfortunately Kanaya was not as familiar with the town as Jade was. She soon became disoriented as the pair darted between the shadowy buildings, every twist and turn beginning to look the same. She barely had time to skid to a halt as she found herself in a dark alleyway, where Jade easily cornered her.

After stopping for a moment to catch her breath, Jade reached into her belt and pulled out a pistol. "Got ya! Kanaya Maryam, I'm placing you under arrest. Now, just come away quietly so I won't hafta use this!" she said, keeping her weapon aimed at Kanaya. There was a bright, oddly unmalicious smile on her face.

Kanaya smirked. "Those bullets won't harm me, foolish Jade. I'm immortal, remember?"

Jade's smiled faltered as she lowered her gun. "O-of course I knew that! So I, uh.." She quickly swapped out her pistol for something else on her belt. “I brought my trusty lasso with me just in case!” she chirped.

Kanaya flinched and instantly darted past Jade, but the girl was already whipping the rope above her head. She expertly launched it and caught Kanaya around the ankle, effectively tripping her to the ground. She groaned and raised herself up on her elbows. “Fine. I suppose you caught me this time. Like a disobedient farm animal, no less,” she huffed, looking up as the deputy approached.

Jade sighed and sat down on her knees in front of Kanaya. “I wouldn't have had to if you hadn't been breaking the law! This is the second time I've caught you trying to feed off the townsfolk. You're just lucky it was me on guard or you would have gotten off way, way worse!”

Kanaya grinned toothily. “If it were anyone else, I would have just bled them dry and saved myself all this exertion.”

“Kanaya!! That's not funny...”

The vampire sighed. “Very well, I apologise. Now then, fair Jade, what is my punishment?”

Jade brightened again and scratched her head in thought. “Well normally...a vampire could get 20 days in the county jail for trying to suck blood from humans. But for you...” she paused for just a moment before smiling mischeiviously at Kanaya. “I think I can let you off with a warning. AND a kiss on the cheek, for wearing me out with all that running!”

Kanaya raised her eyebrow. “A kiss on the cheek? I believe I can do you one better.”

“Whaddaya mean...ack, Kanaya!” Jade's yelp turned into a giggle as Kanaya rose swiftly from the ground, picking the human girl up and spinning her around. Under the moonlight Kanaya dipped Jade and gave her a long kiss, the kind that gave both of them butterflies in their stomachs and made stars explode behind their eyes.

They broke apart and Kanaya smiled affectionately at Jade. “I believe I still might have left you breathless.”

Jade laughed softly. “You always do.”

Edited 2012-06-11 07:01 (UTC)

I am raelly glad that you are thinking about expanding this. I really like the idea of this AU world. Especially if the trolls are ghosts/spirits/demons. It is definitely something that piques my interest.

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BONUS ROUND 1

Bonus Round 1

Re: FILL: Team Jake<3Jane

PROMPT: TEAM KARKAT <3 NEPETA

PROMPT: TEAM BRO<3DAD

PROMPT: TEAM KARKAT <3 NEPETA

FILL: TEAM JOHN <3 KARKAT

PROMPT: TEAM KARKAT <3 NEPETA

PROMPT: TEAM KARKAT<3SOLLUX

PROMPT: TEAM KARKAT <3 NEPETA

PROMPT: TEAM KARKAT<3SOLLUX

PROMPT: TEAM KARKAT <3 NEPETA

PROMPT: TEAM KARKAT <3 NEPETA

PROMPT: TEAM KARKAT <3 NEPETA

PROMPT: TEAM KARKAT <3 NEPETA

PROMPT: TEAM KARKAT <3 NEPETA

FILL: TEAM DAVE<3JADE

PROMPT: TEAM Eridan <3 Roxy

PROMPT: TEAM KARKAT <3 NEPETA

PROMPT: TEAM JADE<3KARKAT

PROMPT: TEAM DAVE<3JADE

PROMPT: TEAM DAVE<3JADE

Re: FILL: TEAM DAVE<3DAVE

PROMPT: TEAM ARADIA<3FEFERI

PROMPT: TEAM JADE<3KANAYA<3ROSE

FILL: TEAM JADE<3ROSE

Re: FILL: TEAM Aradia<>Dave