BINGO! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

[taste_is_sweet]

Because I first read about this on ariadnes_string's LJ and then saw that alyse and all the other cool kids were doing it, I've decided to sign up for hc_bingo.

This might seem like an exercise in futile insanity (I'd say 'whimsical insanity' but I don't do whimsy), but it's not, I swear! I have a plan.

The first part of the plan is to take merciless advantage of the fact that you don't have to fill in the entire card to succeed at this thing and that you can also take an entire year to do it. The second part of the plan is to use the prompts as inspiration for original fic*, because one can never have too much inspiration and if I do this right I might just end up with a collection of stories I can either try to get into professional anthologies or self-publish on Amazon.com.

I'm stoked about this, I have to say. Pretty much everything I write turns into H/C eventually, and I'm already having a great time thinking of how I can use some of these prompts to help expand vignettes I've written into full novellas or novels. Heck, nearly the whole card seems tailor-made for the Pape and Danforth thing I've been poking at. Well, maybe not the "Archaic Medicine"... (ETA: Naturally the first one I filled was "Archaic Medicine".)

Anyway, here's my card under the cut. Pretty cool, huh? Except the "Poltergeist" prompt, because ghosts kind of freak me out.

Cages	Ostracized from Society	Forced to Participate in Illegal/Hurtful Activity	Poltergeist	Hospital Stay
sensory deprivation	panic attacks	phobias	counseling	job-related trauma
parting ways	group support	WILD CARD	minor illness	secret identity discovered
Archaic Medicine	Coma	Exhaustion	Stranded/Survival Scenario	Bruises
hypothermia	loss of limb / limb function	mindswap	poisoning	broken bones

*Except for the SGA fanfic I'm going to write for raphe1 because of her winning and extremely awesome bid at help_japan.

Comments

[ariadnes-string.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad you're doing it! And that is a genuinely awesome card! Minor illness! Exhaustion! Poisoning!

(though, poltergeist, hmmm. prompts like that always make me think of Lassie--a poltergeist with a sore paw or something *g*)

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Lassie? That would never have occurred to me in a million years. Wild.

Thank you for the enthusiasm! I'm rather pleased with the card myself (though I think I'll probably have to skip "mindswap", "stranded/survival scenario" (though that might work for the fanfic) and possibly "sensory deprivation", because at least at first glance they really don't seem like they'd fit with the ideas for characters, settings, plots, etc. that I've got in my head. But hey, you never know...

[squeakyoflight.livejournal.com]

The archaic medicine could be someone using a herbal 'cure' that interacts badly with the prescribed meds...or a mixture of herbs that is actaully poisonous, or sending someone with PTSD into battle again (or back on the road for some poor emergency service worker) before they are actually ready, or even putting butter on a burn -- which actually cooks the skin. Ugh.

Looks like a great card and I am totally atoked to read the results!

(isn't there a ghost in P&D already?)

I miss you BTW. it is my own H/c that you're not here...

Love Squeaky

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

I'm missing you guys too! I had a wonderful time in Toronto, and the brutally hot weather here isn't helping. Javier was missing his cousins terribly today, poor little guy. I'm just glad his beloved Daddy is here.

Thank you for the suggestions for archaic medicine. I'd begun toying with the ideas of home remedies, so now I'm thinking I could definitely use it. Of course you reminded me that some people think you should put flour on a burn. Eep.

♥ + eleventy!

[rinkafic.livejournal.com]

Yay! Have fun with it. I understand completely the need to do original fic. Good luck!

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm looking forward to churning out more original fic for sure. :)

[chkc.livejournal.com]

*waves pom poms in support*

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And you can do it too if you want by the way--art is perfectly acceptable (as are vids, icons, picspams, music mixes and meta discussions). I'd love to see H/C art from you. Just saying. ;->