Hello, brave wanderer, and welcome to the home of the Ridiculously Specific Challenge(s). (Notice, oldbies, that we've relocated!) All of our past challenges have been moved here for your convenience. If you're just now finding us, please don't hesitate to pick up any challenge that strikes your fancy; I don't believe in deadlines, so there aren't any. The most recent additions will be placed at the top of the list, and the older ones will be towards the bottom. Happy writing!
The Narrator posted:So it’s like this, guys: Brightfeather tells me she’s got this idea for the next RSC, right? And so I say, “All right, send it over this-a way.” She sends it, I read it…and seriously, this challenge is, like, so totally the Snap ker-dackle, no lie. Feather is deliciously evil, whether she’s using her sockkie or not. So here it is—with a couple of changes and a couple of add-ins. Because I have to feel like I’ve had a hand in writing these challenges, otherwise I go to bed feeling like I’ve accomplished nothing. And nobody wants that. Ready or not, here it comes.
Fluffy posted:This challenge is brought to you with some help from mischievous Kahara. Perhaps she'll be able to help me stump my panel, since apparently I cannot alone. May you contribute to many more challenges, padawan! Side note: My feelings will not be hurt if you don't reply right away. The holidays are a busy-busy time for everybody. So don't stress it.
Your theme, Grasshopper, is a mystery. Think Agatha-type stuff. And when you get a minute, look up a book called The Beekeeper’s Apprentice. It’s more than worth your time.
Setting: begins or ends in a high tower.
This challenge is so insane, I don't even have an introductory paragraph for it. Oww. My head's spinning...
Alternate Universes are all in good fun and are nice to read when they’re done correctly. All right, folks: time to set those happy little minds of yours a’spinning. Take some event from the canon and reverse it. For example, rather than Obi-Wan murdering Maul on Naboo, Maul murders Obi-Wan, and Anakin is never trained… Etc., etc.
OCs are underappreciated. They’re scoffed at, ignored, and given the back seats on the bus. Too long has this discrimination taken place…so is it any wonder why I adore them? If you love someone, you have to let them go…So let go of that OC. C’mon. You can do it. I challenge you, good writers of the JC, to spin me a yarn that is exclusively cannon-charactered.
Give me some angst. Yes, that’s right: angst. And I don’t mean that trivial “oh, boo-hoo, that cute girl in science class doesn’t know I’m alive” sort of angst that teens are prone to. I want a colossal, tear-jerker tissue-soaker tragedy of a fic. Make my cynical writer’s heart ache!
The Second Sadistic List (hearts, oqi!)
Fluff-Slayer posted:Challenge- n. A test of one's abilities or resources in a demanding but stimulating undertaking; a trial. To summon to action, effort, or use; stimulate: a problem that challenges the imagination. (Thank you, dictionary.com!)
Fluff-Slayer posted:(Yes, oqi. I am threatening you.)