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Strange Tomato ([personal profile] strangetomato) wrote2008-06-24 07:39 pm

Drabble (and possibly ficlet) request thread

Like [personal profile] madame_ugly before me, I'm going to open the floor to some requests here.

What you do:

Give me a request for a drabble. This can be as vague as you want or as specific as you want. Leave the characters open or hand select the ones you'd like me to use. Prompts can be a single word or a phrase. I like the idea of suggesting a phrase or a request for some specific opinion or thoughts from a character, so feel free to do that. I'll even attempt something as tangential as "Frances Worthington's thoughts on Stella Terrano" or "PT No. 9 goes shopping with the coupons he's clipped that week", though I may have to politely decline if you completely stump me or it's way out of character (I'll try to make it work, though).

I will have to decline anything that would give away a detail of the plot that I'm obviously hiding, but I'm sure you understand which things are off limits. An obvious example would be something like: "What is Circe really up to?" I'm not going to answer that one just yet. If you make a really specific request, please try to stick to things that have already happened or are happening right now in the story. Okay, enough with the "rules"...

What I do:

Create, at the very least, a 100 word text-only drabble. I reserve the right to explode a prompt into something a little larger, like a ficlet, and to include images. I like including images, so I probably will include at least one, even for the drabbles.  

I'll do these here and there, so there will likely be some waiting involved, but I'll honour all requests eventually.

So, bring it on, oh gentle readers.

[identity profile] 80sfiend.livejournal.com 2008-06-26 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
OOOOH! I'd love to have a Jill/Ripp drabble..with pictures! Of how she or he imagines her first time would've been like with Ripp rather than Buck. :) Please??? :D :D :D Yes I want some smut, but I'll take any Jill/Ripp action I can get!! :)

[identity profile] eiou123.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Can you please make one about Chloe and Lola's thoughts on their caretaker, the mysterious Glabe Curious?

Glabe does not show up on the Curious family tree, the only evidence that she existed is the Singles Photos(the woman with the red hair. Kitty Curious has blonde hair) and Chloe and Lola's memories

lot of people think she may be a long lost Curious sister or Glarn's Ex-Wife, but I would like to see your take on this mystery woman..

[identity profile] soniabigcheese.livejournal.com 2008-08-28 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm, are you up for a little diversity?

Sandwiches, crusts on or off - the bottom line in snobbery.
I have an idea of which characters, but I'll leave it open for your interpretations.

[identity profile] a-gates.livejournal.com 2009-01-04 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
My drabble request--

"The Good That Won't Come Out"

Base on a song by the band Rilo Kiley, its meaning is about how we lie to ourselves and ignore the truth and continue on in happy ignorance. Even though the truth lingers in the back of your mind, slightly present but covered by shadows. Like in your story, when I read it I can imagine that Johnny knows about Phi & Ripp and yet he keeps his mouth shut, denies himself, the truth, a confrontation because he is fearful of the consequences. He rather not let "All of the good that won't come out of him (me in the song)" (good=being truth) and just let "all the stupid lies he hides behind" (he- is actually me in the song). swallow him up.
You can find more song meanings of other people here-
http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858482209/


Even if the drabble is not about them J/R/O, its still a good topic, about not admitting the truth and hiding behind lies.

or jealousy. Yes, jealousy, jealousy can drive you mad. (Inspiration from Moulin Rouge movie)

Thanks and have an awesome day!

[identity profile] petchy-14.livejournal.com 2009-07-30 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Jill Smith Looking back on her love for Ripp.

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Tank's views of his Mother

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Phi's Childhood

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Ripp's Views on Rejection

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Random Pairings:
[Where you take a Character and a Subject that are unrelated]
Mint Curious, about exersize.
Ripp, about Baking.
Jaxy, about Loyalties.
Nervous, about Computers

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Hope they gave you some ideas!!

Hmmm

[identity profile] half-pace.livejournal.com 2009-09-16 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
This is a good idea.

(Anonymous) 2009-11-02 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
this shows that gambling's not a sin
provided that you always win

with frances, beau and tank

[identity profile] vocman3.livejournal.com 2010-01-04 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Romance/Lucy

OR

Lucy on aliens


~Vocman3

drabble request

(Anonymous) 2010-02-14 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Ripp is asked to star in a condum comercial

[identity profile] backwardsflame.livejournal.com 2010-03-08 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm. Decisions, decisions.

How about what a couple characters think of Grilled Cheese sims. Like, how are they viewed in the culture of your stories, and some opinions by diff. characters on them.

[identity profile] pants-on-fyre.livejournal.com 2010-03-26 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
I would love to see a drabble written about any one of the family backstories (except maybe the Goths, since they've already been covered in the storyline)

[identity profile] vocman3.livejournal.com 2010-03-26 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
this drabble: http://strange-tomato.livejournal.com/232542.html
...made me think of something...

Mint Curious/Boys


Cheers!
~Vocman3

[identity profile] simsnowcherry.livejournal.com 2010-03-28 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Something or actually anything from Lucy's point of view, though I'd prefer it to be something that tells more about Lucy than centered only around what she thinks of Tank or Beau or anyone. I'd like to see the 'inner Lucy'. It would be nice if it included something about her family, too.

Drabble

[identity profile] poppyperson.livejournal.com 2010-04-18 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm...

Ophelia in Wonderland. It dosn't have to be her entering wonderland, meeting the mad hatter...It could be her likening herself to the characters, she see's Johnny as the Chescher(?)cat or Circe as the queen of hearts.

[identity profile] missingchain.livejournal.com 2010-05-09 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
For mother's day, Ripp, Buck, and Tank all reminisce in their own way about their mother, Lyla.

(Anonymous) 2012-11-17 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know if you're still doing these, but since you're back and seem to be inching your way towards an actual update, I thought I'd toss out a couple of ideas in case they help get the creative juices flowing:

(1) Pick one of your characters & show us their earliest memory.

(2) Something from Grimmie's point of view about his relationship with Olive.

Drabble Prompt

(Anonymous) 2013-04-03 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Could you do like a fluffy-romancey drabble between Johnny and Ripp?

(Anonymous) 2014-09-01 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw you recently wrote a drabble about Olives attic so I thought I'd give a suggestion. I'd love to read a drabble about Lazlo & Crystal. They seem like an interesting couple and they're always paired in my Strangetown. Maybe something about their relationship or their future.

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