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donutsweeper ([personal profile] donutsweeper) wrote2009-06-22 01:21 pm
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Cliche Bingo

Clichés. We love 'em. Bodyswap, genderswap, telepathy, amnesia, Aliens Made Them Do It, Fuck or Die, Hypothermia, alternate universes -- in fandom, if a story's worth telling, it's worth telling many, many times.

And so we bring you Cliché Bingo. The aim is twofold: firstly, to bring more cliché fic into the world (because you can never have enough bodyswap stories) and, secondly, to encourage people to look again at well-worn clichés, and maybe think of fresh new twists on them.


My card:

bingo card

The rules. The sign-up post, if anyone's interested.

[identity profile] jadesfire.livejournal.com 2009-06-22 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
My thumbs hurt from hitting it, and I've only been typing for 15 mins *sigh*

Well, I've just posted mine (which I'm delighted with, because apparently cliche fic is ALL I WRITE *facepalm), so I'll let you know, and also work on the html ;)

Going back to the Gen thing, I would have been fairly happy with most of the 'universal' prompts, but probably would have struggled with "F*** or die", and with the way my luck goes, it wasn't worth the risk...

[identity profile] travels-in-time.livejournal.com 2009-06-22 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, you could always write the "...or die" ending. That'd be new and interesting! And if it's Jack, it's not like it's a big deal...

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2009-06-22 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I got "Character Death" as a prompt. Would Jack count?

[identity profile] travels-in-time.livejournal.com 2009-06-22 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack counts for EVERYTHING. Come on, he's a cliche prompt table all by himself!

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2009-06-22 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
He totally, totally is. LGotta love him

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2009-06-22 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
seriously, I looked at the cliches I got and thought they were pretty much what I write! If I got f** or die I was going to write a curse bomb story (where all people could do was say obscure curses) or something like that