January Dark Fantasy Bingo Card

[nsfwords]

This is my prompt card for the January 2017 Dark Fantasy Bingo challenge at the AllBingo site.

I'm reaching out to friends and family to make Dark Fantasy suggestions for any word or phrase on the bingo card that strikes their fancy and I'll write at least 200 words of story based on their suggestion combined with the prompt word they chose. Prompts that have been spoken for will be turned Purple so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of whats already spoken for, and I will have all requested fills done by the end of the Challenge which is 1/31/2017.

200 words may not end up being a complete story in and of itself, but I'm using this exercise as a way to increase my writing capacity, so I'm making sure to set reasonable goals that I'm likely to reach rather than crashing and burning right out the gate!

I don't have any regular story series that I write which are dark fantasy, or any fandoms that I regularly write in, but suggestions can include those if anyone likes.

Lets have fun and make a Bingo!

Fog	Alternate reality/universe	Blood	Fairy tales	Captive
Apparition	Gothic	Historical	Hunter	Chains
Telepathy	Fear	WILD CARD - WIND	Paranoia	Hell
Disappearance	Moans	Slavery	Regency	Spirits
Devotion	Guide	Forgotten	Visionary	Gods/goddesses

Comments

Prompts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Slavery: the reality, not the fantasy. When a society has slaves, that creates certain problems. Fantasy writing usually glosses over these. But what does it really do to a culture if sentient unicorns are chained to carts, if sentient dragons are hunted down and caged for use in spell components, if human prisoners of war are dragged off to serve their captors? It does more than just explain how the heck there are half-orcs when humans and orcs hate each other. Slavery, if taken at face value using historic examples, turns the darkness factor to 11.

Re: Prompts

[nsfwords]

I’ve got your word marked as taken. Thank you for prompting! I'll have a fill by 1/31/17 before the fest ends, but given the ideas already swirling through I'd make a bet it'll be sooner than that.

Re: Prompts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yay! I look forward to seeing this. I hope the signal boost helps more folks find your post.

Re: Prompts

[nsfwords]

It already has! Thank you so much, I'm incredibly grateful and frankly fangirling a bit about this! I told my husband it's what I imagine it might feel like if Jensen Ackles said "Happy Birthday" on his Facebook page levels of exciting!

Re: Prompts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yay! I'm just paying it forward. Other folks gave me a hand when I was getting started. I like reading and writing, therefore I encourage people to do that.

My partner Doug was all asquee because one of his favorite bloggers quoted him recently.

Re: Prompts

[nsfwords]

Your fill is complete!

It took many different inspirations from your original prompt and mixed them with ideas that came from writing another fill for a prompt I received on the "hunter" square of my card.

It's roughly a followup to that first fill called "Provisions" - http://nsfwords.dreamwidth.org/1993.html

And here's yours; "Finder's Keepers" - http://nsfwords.dreamwidth.org/2135.html

Here via ysabetwordsmith

[ng_moonmoth]

This could go under "Spirits" or "Guide". Please go wherever your muse leads you.

In cultures that include totem entities or the equivalent, the totem entities often choose the people whom they imbue with their spirit. Some people are fortunate enough to know early which one they represent; others must go out and find it.

But what about those who are not chosen at all in life? Must they wander the world in death forever, or might they then find their totem and thereby find release from that fate?

Re: Here via ysabetwordsmith

[nsfwords]

Welcome! I'm very pleased you chose to prompt for me. I'm going to mark both words as taken for now, and once I've wrote a fill I will release whichever word I didn't use. Thank you and look for your drabble to be posted here before 1/31/17!

Re: Here via ysabetwordsmith

[nsfwords]

Your fill is up! Seeking deals with a fantasy society where the spiritual leaders all have Spirit Guides, and our main character has been kicked out of the Temple for failing to manifest a Guide before their 20th birthday. Now what do they do?

http://nsfwords.dreamwidth.org/1354.html

also here via Ysabetwordsmith

[callibr8]

Drabbles are great! The word from the Bingo card which jumped out for me was, "forgotten" ... in the kind of ways that are described in Vixy & Tony's song, "Erased".

Happy writing!

Re: also here via Ysabetwordsmith

[nsfwords]

Hello & Thanks for the prompt! I've put "forgotten" in purple for you and I'll post the fill before the end of the challenge!

Fill for you!

[nsfwords]

Callibr8 - what a cool song, thank you for sharing! I've got a fill for you based on this inspiration, and I've shared the song with more of my Framily who really enjoy that style of music, because that is a duo/band I've never heard of before!

Here is a link to the fill - Creatures made of Water to the Ocean must Return

http://nsfwords.dreamwidth.org/3041.html

Alternate reality/universe

[thnidu]

Would you, could you, in a boat do something in ysabetwordsmith's Schrodinger's Heroes AU?

Re: Alternate reality/universe

[nsfwords]

I'll need to be doing some research *gleefully begins devouring new series*

I've got your square marked as taken!

Re: Alternate reality/universe

[nsfwords]

I've made a thing. There's no boat, and it's not so much dark fantasy, but I attempted "that's a feature, not a bug!" and I hope you enjoy. :)

http://nsfwords.dreamwidth.org/1659.html

[siliconshaman]

This could probably do an entire line [bottom right to top left]

Gothic Regency London, fog-shrouded, gripped in Egypt mania and something is stirring at the mummy unwapping party as the Old Gods & Goddesses rest in uneasy slumber.

[nsfwords]

Ok, I'm on it! I've got all of your words marked, and thank you for a big prompt!

[siliconshaman]

You're welcome, and HI! I've added you to my reading list now. [found here via ysabet's post]

Fill: The One Who Cools

[nsfwords]

Thank you for a fantastic prompt! I had a great time doing the research into the difference between Gothic, Regency, & Victorian styles and time periods. I hope you enjoy this little drabble.

Fill: The One Who Cools
http://nsfwords.dreamwidth.org/3525.html