rainbowlounge | December Gift Exchange

I'll kick us off: I would like presents, please! I generally prefer songs and quotes, but if you feel up to a paint-by-numbers that would be AMAZING.

I will find some prompts for you presently, but re. paint-by-numbers, do you have any preferences re. colors to avoid, or if you'd rather have shorter or longer color sets and all that?

I'm not a huge fan of quote colors, and I tend to like single-word ones, but other than that, whatever you can imagine! Thank you so much!

Some prompts (all of a Classic Who flavour):

Our destiny is in the stars, so let's go and search for it.

Our lives are different to anybody else's. That's the exciting thing. Nobody in the universe can do what we're doing.

I had to face my fear. That was more important than just going on living.

There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.

For some people, small, beautiful events are what life is all about

And a song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTSdJEGswtg

YAY CLASSIC WHO!

Also thanks for reminding me to reply to this post. I am... spacey...

Here you go!

Sapphire
1. sapphire (Olivia & Hugh - fusion & Reunited)
2. emerald (Charlotte - journeys and quests)
3. ruby (Summer - kiss to save the day & rockband au)
4. diamond (Social gathering)
5. pearl (Gina/Ivy - Heart & Awkward moment)
6. amethyst (five things & fluff)
7. opal (Joanna/Hugh - The little things)
8. crystal (Melanie - time travel)
9. turquoise (Art & Making someone smile)
10. beryl (Gina - chance encounter)
11. lapis lazuli (Miranda – Annoyed)
12. topaz (Summer & Olivia - secrets/lies & worst case scenario)
13. sunstone (Nancy & Isobel - Milestone & Post-It/Sticky Notes)
14. moonstone (Knitting/Sewing/Crochet & supernatural au)
15. onyx (Charlotte & Miranda - annoying sibling & skeletons in the closet)
16. quartz (Joanna - It's the thought that counts)
17. garnet (Danny - family & Mismatch)
18. peridot (Lending a coat in the cold)
19. jasper (Olivia & Danny - attacked by a creature)
20. pyrite (Ivy - natural disasters)

I used this generator to help make it and while I tweaked and tailored it after but if anything is still too much on the random side for you, feel free to delete one of the character/trope combinations, or I can do you a replacement. (I was going to only use it for part, but it was on form and I had a delightful time conjuring stuff out of it for some of your characters that I would love to see more of. XD)

Bonus: have some of the extraneous crack it also gave me. You can just point and laugh, or if you feel brave, you can take any of them as bonus December prompts. (These three made me laugh too much not to share.)

Joanna & Gina & Olivia - badfic & kidfic & makeover

Nancy & Isobel - love/hate relationship & imprisonment & Balloons

Isobel & Nancy - Grandparents/Grandchildren & Best friends forever & we're all going to die!

/puts the generator down.

Edited 2020-12-05 17:42 (UTC)

If it's not okay I can change things? I won't mind, I promise!

OMG no it's super awesome! I already have plans for 8 and 5. Cunning clever plans. :D Thank you!

we'll pretend i responded in a timely manner lol...

That was all he ever really wanted from women; a smile, a dance, a kiss, and to be remembered fondly. -- Wheel of Time

Some days the whole world seems upside down. And then somehow, and improbably, and when you least expect it, the world rights itself again. -- Grey's Anatomy

But then, that was in polite society, which is hardly the way we define high school. -- Miss Manners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqm_YU-0Og -- Looking for Light, Drew Sarich

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/melaniec/lettherebelove.html

Amaranth Paint By Numbers
1. Amaranth (unfaded, after all this time)
2. Unicorn (Tudor AU; poisons and antidotes)
3. Eternity (something everybody wants until they actually have it)
4. Diamond (Shine Like It Does; family heirlooms)
5. Stars (I will never rest 'til then, this I swear.)
6. True love (sometimes it takes a while to recognize it)
7. Monument (a very old one in the wilderness; I wonder what it meant to the people who built it)
8. Yggdrasil (everything is connected)
9. Dragon's blood (you'd be surprised how many cool things come from plants)
10. Mermaid's flesh (Epic Pirate AU)
11. Eternal Hunter (stargazing--Orion is usually easy to find)
12. Philosopher's Stone (which is more valuable--eternal wealth, or eternal life?)
13. Persephone (cycles and seasons)
14. Durendal (the power of legends and symbols)
15. My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings (someone taking a game way too seriously)

I already know who took a game too seriously and I am Excite.

Thank you so much!

I would also love some prompts! I love quotes of any sort (words, quotes, lyrics, whatever!), although I am also happy with song-prompts. (I'm a lot less keen on images-as-prompts usually.) I would be delighted if anyone felt up to a paint-by-numbers!

(Colours I'm currently doing/have done are: Acanthus, Cloudy Grey, Ecru & Snow White.)

Along the lines of what you asked me earlier, what kinds of colors are you interested in/emphatically not interested in? And how many Edward/Julia prompts are you okay with because uh. I'm a mite obsessed.

Some quotes and songs for you!

1. How You Get the Girl, Taylor Swift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjwTwvtwFlE

2. "...to every life there eventually came a moment when one had to accept the fact that the shape, the pattern, the direction of the future was entirely out of one's hands, to be decided unalterably by chance, by fate or by God. There was nothing to do but accept, and from this to proceed, doing the very best that could be done.” - Dorothy Gilman

3. First Person, Jenny Owen Youngs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSOiv2DpkD0

4. “I am in the process of nailing Mr. Humphrey Griffin to the wall so thoroughly that future generations will mistake him for a tapestry." - KJ Charles

5. You're Gonna Go Far, Kid, The Offspring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weqK155M_4o

6. “Change often starts with the smallest of whispers. Like-minded people building it up to a roar.” - TJ Klune

Thank you! ♥

Along the lines of what you asked me earlier, what kinds of colors are you interested in/emphatically not interested in? And how many Edward/Julia prompts are you okay with because uh. I'm a mite obsessed.

As long as it's not the colours I've done/in progress (Acanthus, Cloudy Grey, Ecru & Snow White), that's great! Like you, I think the shorter prompts seem more natural for this, but OTOH, unexpected combinations can spark all sorts off, so basically, whatever you think will work.

And I am definitely okay with Edward/Julia prompts! XD There should probably be some prompts going spare for other people, though. Heh.

Excellent. *makes plans*

I'll try to keep them from taking over the PBN. XD

HEY UH SORRY THIS IS SUPER LATE

Twilight

1. Embody (Is it really a lie if you make it true?)
2. Ecstasy (Finally free.)
3. Spume (Elizabeth watches the waves.)
4. Ode (Jack writes.)
5. Petrichor (It rained on the day of the funeral/wedding (pick one).)
6. Piscine (Feeding the fish.)
7. Evenfall ("The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.")
8. Absinthe (Look, sometimes you gotta get drunk.)
9. Cluster (Firing squads.)
10. Lissome (Jill Edgington. I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT ELISABETH SLADEN OK.)
11. Beguile (The Crime AU: how Edward and Julia get together.)
12. Firedog (Sitting by the fire on a snowy evening.)
13. Particolor (Emily Iveson is made up of so many different lives.)
14. Sine qua non (Edward and Julia.)
15. Conserve (Somehow, Julia has to survive.)
16. Caprice (Hanne has concerns about Julia marrying Edward.)
17. Lunate (The arc of history.)
18. Sibylline ("I saw it coming.")
19. Nameless (Caroline after the divorce.)
20. Supine (She could only lie there, stunned.)

You should know how hard I had to fight from making a prompt that said "It's Jack and Bill, not Jack and Jill."

Yay, thank you! ♥

I'm glad you liked yours, too.

Also I am laughing because a) I was going WHAT DOES ELISABETH SLADEN HAVE TO DO WITH THIS? for quite a few moments before I remembered my own tragically wasted casting and b) there is no way you could know this, but there is only one person in my entire canon - including Edward and Julia - who would actually always approve of their weird marriage, and that person is Hanne Graves.

But! I have an idea. XD

Edited 2020-12-31 21:19 (UTC)

LOLLLL I'M SO GOOD AT THIS XD

I can't wait to see!

I've just spent 18 months idly writing a giant AU that revolves around Hanne being the only one who wants them to get married. You are VERY GOOD. XD

I desperately want this AU now. GO ME.

If I can ever finish editing the thing, you may have it! XD

it's still december this counts XD

If you fell head first into a pigsty, you'd try to convince everybody you did it on purpose. -- Wheel of Time

Of course, “I’m sorry” doesn’t always cut it.

Yes, it's true that we are all mortal. But some of us manage to form strong attachments nevertheless. --Miss Manners

Vienna Orange Paint by Numbers
1. But I know it's wrong, why do I do it? (because, sometimes, the benefits are worth the risk)
2. How much did we lose to live this way? (it was worth it, I think. ...I hope.)
3. It's not regret, just an unexpected accounting of debts (did you even remember what happened before now?)
4. Your dream'll be a nightmare before too long (But it'll be worth it while it lasts, and sometimes that's enough)
5. Where do I go when every 'no' turns into 'maybe'? (a string of happy coincidences)
6. Faith is both the prison and the open hand (sometimes, the universe really does balance itself out in the weirdest ways)
7. Mother says years ago this whole world was ours to rule (the power of memory)
8. I've done this many times before you, watched the pattern take form (please, listen to me; I'm only trying to help)
9. Shouldn't there be screaming, praying, crying, anything at all? (silence after an announcement)
10. An old world made new on the same holy ground (it's perfect because you're here.)
11. Call it any name you need; call it your 2.0, your rebirth (just take a breath and start)
12. Let your faith die, bring your wonder (it's time to move on)
13. I haven't come to say I'm sorry, but I swear I'm on your side (Just because we disagree doesn't mean we can't support one another)
14. So change these rules and let’s cross all the sacred boundaries we’ve overgrown (YOLO)
15. Now we will build you an endlessly upwards world, embrace you for all your worth (too good to be true)
16. This is where you come from, the anchor that you can’t leave behind (change is hard; change is sometimes maybe not worth it)
17. Or maybe this is a test, maybe this is a course correction (a string of unhappy coincidences)
18. You never have belonged to me, or should I say not to me alone (watching a child/student/protege come into their own)
19. I want to witness the beauty of your repair (life sucks right now, but there's good things on the horizon)
20. May you be always heartbreaking, take a little more than you give (I'm so glad I knew you)

Ooooh. Thank you!! *ponders*

Late to the party, but I would like some presents please!!! Probably word/quote-based prompts are better, but images and songs are nice, too! And I will never say no to a paint-by-numbers if someone is feeling Ambitious, lol.

Quotes for you (all from Blake's 7, because I'm going for creaky old SF as a theme apparently):

I hate personal violence, especially when I'm the person.

Wisdom must be gathered, not given.

I've had my head adjusted by some of the best in the business. But it just won't stay adjusted.

That would have been very disarming, if I didn't know that you meant it.

Other people's property just comes naturally to me.

Have you ever met an honest man?

Plus a song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcHVYrcb6As

I really loved making the PBN for

bookblather and I'm hanging around in a not-able-to-do-much-else way right now, so would be delighted to try one for you, but if you'd rather wait for someone who's that bit more familiar with your canon (as I'm rather late to this whole party, I know), I understand.

Otherwise, just let me know if you've got any preferences re. colours to use or avoid, or characters you most want included etc. & I'll see what I can do.

Yay, thank you!

I am absolutely down for whatever PBN you can throw at me! The current colors I have open are Ruby, the Hills of Iowa, Cerise, and Lapis Lazuli; I also just recently finished Jungle Green, so probably not any of those. But any other color/character/etc. is fair game, thanks so much!!!

Okay, here it is! I used the randomiser again, so if anything wound up too weird or with impossible combinations of characters or whatever, just let me know & I'll happily swap it for something else for you.

Acanthus
1. Sword (Lux - planet destruction)
2. Stone (Riluke - ostracised from society)
3. Pin (Tana – Night)
4. Quill/Fountain Pen (Mel & Sorell & Kes – reincarnation)
5. Dart (Kes - missing scene)
6. Paring Knife (Leyla – cursed)
7. Skeleton Key (Malue / Enairi - trapped together & Luxury)
8. Silk cord (Neremyi – wingfic)
9. Fireplace poker (Sorell / Nida - betting & historical au)
10. Spade (Dallu & Mel & Isshiri - self-sacrifice & stranded/survival scenario)
11. Baton (Malue - atonement & chance encounter)
12. Broken bottle (Telri - kidnapping & hiding an injury)
13. Scissors (Lux / Mariko – Anniversary)
14. Gunpowder (Mariko & Gabriel - enemies working together)
15. Matches/lighter/flint (Lonura / Nolani - staying up late)
16. Belt (Sefalin - deus ex machina)
17. Wire (Lux & Simon & Gabriel - gone undercover & screw the rules I have money!)
18. Razor (Kesshare – timeloops)
19. Nail (Kes & Rema & Fera - animal transformation)
20. Candlestick (Mel – anonymity)

(Relationships - the generator spits everything out as "/" so I just altered to "&" unless I knew it was a ship from your fic and lists, but go whichever way suits you on it. The generator ships it anyway...)

ETA: honestly, if this isn't what you were after I can change it, or you can just ignore it, whatever you prefer!

Edited 2020-12-22 20:47 (UTC)

Sorry! XD Apparently I only imagined replying, haha....

Nope, I can work with this. ^_^ Thanks!

Oh, good! ♥

And, lol, imaginary conversations/comments, I have totally had those as well and I'm sure they were real! They were! Heh.

*slides in under the wire* Some prompts and a PBN!

1. diary
2. “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” - Jane Austen
3. poison
4. “As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.” - Georgette Heyer
5. tofu
6. “You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.” - Julia Quinn

Spring Green

1. sometimes the truth is like a second chance (Mel, discovering Kit.)
2. I will not be afraid of women (Nolani and jealousy.)
3. I don't wanna be another mystery (Sometimes Lux wants to be understood.)
4. what's the future, who will choose it? (Rema and the revolution.)
5. this world can't be saved, only discovered (Riluke travels.)
6. you're not innocent, I'm not innocent (Andrell and his siblings.)
7. can we find ourselves in the book of love? (Love isn't only romantic.)
8. just give me my line (Fera in the Tana AU.)
9. am I the habit you're too tired to break? (Sometimes things don't fall apart, they just fade.)
10. you must act with reverence (Rubika knows her duties.)
11. I never took the easy way (Sef and his weird thruple.)
12. there's no time for doubt right now ("I can't afford second thoughts.")
13. we wonder who we are (The Horseman learn.)
14. different people with a common pain (Simon sees the same things over and over again.)
15. I wanna make you proud (Sorell and Nida's children.)
16. we stand for the living and we stand for the dead (You can't save everyone.)
17. I am the one who will remember everything (Keta and loss.)
18. you're all the world to me (Kamer is in love.)
19. why pretend that you're so dull (Lux on Mariko.)
20. you rise and meet the day (Waking up.)

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