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Aug. 28th, 2013 09:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
finchI think we need some fluff up in here, so with the mods' blessing, I am offering the Free Candy challenge.
Free Candy is a variety of AU I made up in an attempt to lighten up the Epsilon universe a while ago, and while it didn't do a whole lot of good there, the idea stuck. Basically the name is short for AUs Where Everything Went Well And Nothing Horrible Happened And There's Free Candy For Everybody.
Ideally it's an AU where your character's Tragic Backstory never Tragicked, but I'm not going to insist on that since... like, I have a hard time picturing a tragedy-free version of certain stories that I love reading. Generally it counts as Free Candy if there's no angst, no drama more challenging than the average episode of Leave It To Beaver, and a happy ending. Happy poly solutions to love triangles are encouraged but not required.
This challenge will run through next weekend (so I'll put up the wrap-up post on the 9th) and is mod-approved to qualify as a Graffiti. Participation gets one prompt, 1k gets an extra prompt, 2k gets another, etc up to 10k. Word counts are cumulative, so if you write more than one, you get a bead for each and additionals for the word count total. Actually writing an AU where everyone grew up happy, had healthy relationships and amicable breakups, and nobody suffered horribly or died will be worth an extra novelty bead.
Questions are welcome in the comments below, but please keep in mind that I'm really easy-going about this so if you think it qualifies, and it's fluffy, it probably qualifies. I'm not going to police your joy.
Free Candy is a variety of AU I made up in an attempt to lighten up the Epsilon universe a while ago, and while it didn't do a whole lot of good there, the idea stuck. Basically the name is short for AUs Where Everything Went Well And Nothing Horrible Happened And There's Free Candy For Everybody.
Ideally it's an AU where your character's Tragic Backstory never Tragicked, but I'm not going to insist on that since... like, I have a hard time picturing a tragedy-free version of certain stories that I love reading. Generally it counts as Free Candy if there's no angst, no drama more challenging than the average episode of Leave It To Beaver, and a happy ending. Happy poly solutions to love triangles are encouraged but not required.
This challenge will run through next weekend (so I'll put up the wrap-up post on the 9th) and is mod-approved to qualify as a Graffiti. Participation gets one prompt, 1k gets an extra prompt, 2k gets another, etc up to 10k. Word counts are cumulative, so if you write more than one, you get a bead for each and additionals for the word count total. Actually writing an AU where everyone grew up happy, had healthy relationships and amicable breakups, and nobody suffered horribly or died will be worth an extra novelty bead.
Questions are welcome in the comments below, but please keep in mind that I'm really easy-going about this so if you think it qualifies, and it's fluffy, it probably qualifies. I'm not going to police your joy.