new prompt table challenge - theme suggestion post

[fsf_mod]

SUGGESTIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

So, the Sappho prompt table challenge is officially over (though it's still fine if you want to sneak in a last few fics) and that means it's time for a new challenge!

And a new challenge means a new set of prompts, so this is the theme suggestion post. Feel free to suggest anything you think would make a good overall theme for a table of prompts, and be as creative as you like. If you want some examples, you can check out last year's suggestion post here.

This post will be open for one week, and then we'll have a poll to decide what the next prompt table will be!

Comments

[rosage]

Not sure what to make as an exact suggestion, sorry, but I really liked that the Poems by Sappho one was a set of phrases/poem fragments rather than 1-2 words--any chance of another set like that?

I also really like Buffy titles and Xena titles!

Edit: Put this on the old post at first, so sorry if this gives a double notification.

[fsf_mod]

Yeah, I think especially because the weekly prompts tend to mostly be one word it's nice to have something different with phrases/fragments for the prompt table. I actually would love to do the poem thing again this year, maybe with someone like Mary Oliver.

And yes, Buffy and Xena have some episode titles that would work really well as prompts. :)

[fsf_mod]

Taking off the mod hat and suggesting things as a possible participant here, but:

- Mary Oliver poems

- Famous Shakespeare quotes

- A quote mix kind of thing? Quote bingo? But anyway, we have a post for people to submit quotes they think would make good prompts and a mix of those is used to make up the table.

[samuraiter]

There are several good suggestions here already, but I think Shakespeare tickles my fancy most.

[fsf_mod]

Yeah, I like that one! Last year we had Shakespeare play titles in the poll but I don't think there's really enough prompt-suitable play titles to make a decent-sized table, so quotes would be even better.

[hamimi_fk]

How about something like Song Titles or Songs by ___? Maybe a single female artist or multiple ones? Perhaps even songs titles from lesbian focused songs? (I can offer suggestions, lol.)

Or lesbian movie titles!

Or, for fun, video games titles? (Overwatch, Until Dawn, No Man's Land, Fable, Final Fantasy, etc.)

[muccamukk]

We could do k.d. lang for songs by.

[fsf_mod]

Yes! We had kd lang songs in the poll last year, so I'll put it in again.

[fsf_mod]

We had a few 'songs by' suggestions in the poll last year and they were pretty popular!
Lesbian focused songs is a good one, so I'll definitely put that in.

Lesbian movie titles was done as a drabble cycle a few years ago at femslash100 but hopefully there would be enough movies we could do some different prompts.

And ooh, yes, video game titles would be cool, I would never have thought of that!

[fresh_brainss]

This one might be a long shot, but Dorothy Parker quotes? She's insanely quotable, and she's got a ton of femslashy one-liners, like the famous "men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses" or "heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common."

She's not really a sapphic icon, per se, but her quips are hilarious, versatile, and can often swap out pronouns.

[fsf_mod]

No, that's a great idea! Really the thing that's most important is that the prompts are good inspiration for writing and her quotes are absolutely that. Definitely going in the poll!

[alphastarr]

I, too, really love Shakespeare quotes and/or play titles, but something else I might be interested in would be a list of AU prompts (e.g. soulmate AU, high school AU). Also, possibly lines from one or more books of the lesbian literature genre? (My personal recommendation is Rubyfruit Jungle.)

Looking forward to the next challenge! :0

[fsf_mod]

AU prompts is a great idea, but I wouldn't be keen to use that simply because that's what the current drabble cycle over at femslash100 on LJ is. :) If you're interested, you can have a look here.

But lines/quotes from lesbian literature is an awesome idea, I will definitely add that to the poll. Titles, maybe too? Like titles of famous lesbian-themed books?

[alphastarr]

All of those sound fantastic! WLW-themed literature has some really great titles, as well, and Wikipedia is even so kind as to compile an entire list of literature featuring F/F. :)

[fsf_mod]

Oh wow, that's a great list, thank you! If anything literature-themed wins the poll I will definitely be referring to that for the prompts. :)

[suicix]

I don't have any real suggestions of my own, but I like the idea of having quotations or songs or poetry rather than just one word prompts/short phrases. I definitely think that whatever is chosen should have a lot of versatility/flexibility, which I think quotations offer as opposed to a list of tropes/AUs, which are more rigid.

[fsf_mod]

Yeah, I definitely agree there. As I said to someone above, one thing I like about these challenges is that the prompts are distinctly different to the regular weekly prompts, which do tend to mostly be just a single word or short phrase.

And I was going to say it's up to the poll, but then I don't think there's been any suggestions that are actually single word-type things, and AUs is out because it's the current femslash100 LJ challenge table. So whatever gets chosen should fulfil that criteria!