elf: Aizawa Shouta, with capture weapon, standing in front of a red wall. He looks disgruntled. (BNHA - Aizawa)
elf ([personal profile] elf) wrote2022-08-25 05:38 pm

Snowflake #15: Fandom Challenge

Challenge 15

In your own space, create your own challenge. Leave a comment to this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


I pondered for a while whether this was "Make a challenge and then do it" or "make a challenge for other people." Decided both is good.

Elf's Snowflake Challenge: Make a playlist for a WIP.
Pick a set of songs to inspire you as you write a story (or draw a picture, make a comic, etc.). At least 5 songs, arranged in an order that supposedly connects to the plot and/or character progression. Share a link to the list or individual songs.


I have a WIP (...technically, I have a couple-dozen WIPs, which I discovered because of a recent Tumblr meme) (but I have only a handful I'm actively working on) that's a BNHA, vigilante Midoriya/Aizawa/Yamada fic.

Midoriya's quirkless, and works part-time at Present Mic's radio station. He's also a vigilante who takes his inspiration from pre-quirk Batman & Robin comics. He has a grapple gun, shuriken, a collapsible bo staff, and a fireproof cape. He wears black & dark green. His vigilante name is "Glitter. (He didn't choose it; it kinda got thrown at him and it stuck.)

Glitter Playlist

Heroes - David Bowie
Working Class Heroes - John Lennon
Your Secret's Safe with Me - Michael Franks
All These Things That I've Done - The Killers
Glitter - Good Luck Million
Glitter - Vze & Meagan in the Futre
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - Erasure
Eraserhead Rap - Daddyphatsnaps
Everything Louder than Everything Else - Meat Loaf
You and Your Friend - Snake River Conspiracy
You and Your Friend - Dire Straits
Glitter & Gold - Barns Courtney

(Songs with the same name are different songs, not remakes by a different artist. I find this very entertaining.)

And with that... I'M DONE. Snowflake challenged complete, just in time to get ready to go to Worldcon in a week.

Snowflake was MUCH more fun this year, once I got past the guilt of "It's January 10th and I have only done the first 1-2 challenges." This time, I looked back at it a few weeks later and said, hey, it says "take it at your own pace." So I'm gonna do that. 2 entries per month on average. Something fun to look forward to between other projects, rather than something I'm rushing to finish during the month when all the holiday spending bills come due.

I like this. I'll probably do it this way again next year.
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[personal profile] vriddy 2022-08-26 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations on completing the challenge :D :D And at a pace that suits you, too!!
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[personal profile] oracne 2022-08-26 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay playlist! I love mixes.
enemytosleep: [Ochaco from Boku no Hero Academia] fair-skinned girl with brown bobbed hair and rosy cheeks tries to put on a smile with tears forming in her eyes. The expression reads "I can do this!" with a splash of doubt (Ochaco under pressure)

[personal profile] enemytosleep 2022-08-26 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! I love that you took it at your own pace and enjoyed it over a longer period :D

Also, yay to plucking away at the WIP list. I have a couple of long standing ones that I both want to set on fire and eventually hit the Complete button, so they glare at me from a dark corner and make me sweat.
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[personal profile] fyreharper 2022-08-31 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
“Got thrown at him and it stuck” does sound like how glitter works, yes ;)