Challenge 2023 Fanfiction Summer Olympics

The stadium is hushed in anticipation... and erupts with cheering as Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn enters the stadium and waves to the crowd. He approaches the bleachers where his padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, is seated in the front row between Master Yoda and Master Windu. He shrugs off his robe-- "Hold this for me, would you, Obi-Wan?"-- to reveal a tank top and running shorts, and takes off at a light jog around the stadium, blowing kisses at the crowd as they scream themselves hoarse and shower him with roses.

A Twi'lek woman wearing a silkscreened t-shirt that says "Break Ur Vows 4 Me!" sprints onto the field and is tackled by security. As Qui-Gon passes by, he pauses to lay down one of his roses for her, and winks, causing her to faint.

Master Yoda harrumphs. "Enjoying this attention too much, he is."

Ten Reasons Why Qui-Gon Jinn Is Not On the Jedi Council

He takes his place at the starting line for the first event: the 100 Word Sprint.

"The Forbidden Texts"

 

I have 2 entries already in "Collage of Memorable Scenes."

https://boards.theforce.net/threads/collage-of-memorable-scenes-summer-olympics.50059238/

 

Let the games begin! Career Exploration (with Gungans) Decathlon.

 

All right, I'm going angst-free for this one! Here's my Sky/Solo family & friends decathlon:

A Strange and Dazzling Array

 

No, you're the best, @devilinthedetails! Thanks for running this for us!

 

Let's have a good clean competition, all. Loving these entries already.

The Dark Forces Saga is up with it's very first entry: Inevitable Conversation

 

At an announcement in Taiald, the delegation from Alderaan arrives. Breha and Bail march behind Princess Leia, their standard-bearer. DarthIshtar has hire Rieekan as security because it's a mortal sin not to have General Rieekan around.

"Our delegation will be competing in the triathlon with Bail and Breha Organa and in the decathlon with a focus on our daughter and her twin brother," Queen Breha announces.

Heavy the Head (Bail/Breha Triathlon) (https://boards.theforce.net/threads...athlon-for-the-summer-2023-olympics.50059244/) has one entry so far, named "Given in Love." It is a response to the AU Archery challenge.

We Shall All Hang Separately, Luke and Leia's decathlon, has begun at https://boards.theforce.net/threads...-summer-2023-olympics.50059243/#post-58527772 with "Intensive Care." It represents the 100 Word Sprint.

"Brigad," the Alderaanians say before taking their seats in the stands.

 

The crowd is a little puzzled when a motley assortment of characters from two different 'verses make their entrance, carrying a banner that reads Song of Fate. Somewhere in the bleachers, a teary-eyed Chyntuck gives @Mira_Jade a big hug. "Thanks so much for letting me play in your sandbox! Ἀνάγκη meeting the Song!verse is everything I could have wished for."

But there is no time for emotion, as Ayesha and Jesse step forward to compete in the 100 Word Sprint, Single Sentence Shot Put, 110 Word Hurdle and 400 Word Cross Country. Meanwhile, Quinlan Vos is reassuring a few of his teamates who are protesting that they are artists, not athletes.

By the time the day's competition is over, the audience gave up on understanding what's going on. The speaker announces: "Let's hear it for decathletes Ayesha and Jesse! Score: Encounter (I)."

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@devilinthedetails First of all, I want to second what Ubersue said above. You're definitely the best, and we're all very grateful for all the effort and passion you're putting in running this awesome challenge for us Second, to make your indexing easier, you can go ahead and insert the link above for my Quinlan Vos triathlon, the artists & artworks pentathlon and the Ayesha & Jesse decathlon, since they will all be posted in this thread. Similarly, feel free to copy-paste the link for In the Shade of the Wroshyr under the Wookiee tribe pentathlon as well. Thanks again and again and again!

 

It has begun. The time of the Elves is over. The Age of the cat has come! (and my first adventure in the non-SW territory....) with.... Sauron: The Lord of the Cats Pentathlon

Now all your Tolkien reading needs is about cats.

And yes, @devilinthedetails is absolutely amazing and thank you for making this challenge possible! I have so many great entries to read on my list now!

 

I've posted my thread for my SW Pentathlon about GFFA sports: Color Commentary . First entry is up.

 

I've started a Word file with the categories for the 2023 Favorites of Fanfic event (which I expect will run next year), and am adding various Olympics stories with links. This way next year I will have a list of fics for most of the categories.

Of course, I'll still need to narrow it down...

 

Poetry now in the 5th part of my decathlon special ops

 

On a readerly note, I'm enjoying the entries immensely.

On the authorly side, I just posted the High Dive.

 

I concur; there's so much great reading in this challenge! I especially love the diverse genres that I see happening.

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As Qui-Gon approaches the finish line, two more fans wriggle past security and sprint shrieking onto the field on an intercept course. Obi-Wan uses the Force to halt them in time and holds them until security can bring in reinforcements, which turns out to be quite a while. While the next event is being set up, Qui-Gon chats up the captive fans and takes selfies with them.

The second event is ready, and Qui-Gon takes his place on the court: Tennis Match.

"Mediation"

 

In which all were very busy: Prepping for Flight, my pentathlon featuring Melch and his relatives.

 

Luke and Leia drag themselves into the stands to watch others having fun because man, 3x300 basketball was a little harrowing today. Leia chugs a bottle of water and calls her therapist while Luke pours his water over his head and flexes his artificial hand.

We Shall All Hang Separately has been updated with Synergy, Toil, and Dauntless.

 

Me three! I started my file sometime during the KR. I hardly read anything last year, so I didn't have many stories to nominate for the 2023 festival, but next year I expect to have the opposite problem. There is so much great writing on the boards and just not enough categories!

 

If you have some ideas for more categories for next year's Favourites of Fanfic Festival, you can post them in the thread here.

 

I don't think we can add more categories to the festival without becoming exceedingly specific (e.g. "favourite story featuring a cat" ) and quite frankly I feel that adding more categories would make the list rather unwieldy, but I know that fitting all the amazing stories I read in the number of available slots is going to be painful. I mean, I could fill them all with this challenge alone, and we aren't even a week in!

 

If there isn't something like this already, maybe a category that isn't named per se but encompasses those stories that the reader considers most unique/unusual or that they cannot stop thinking about and they give the reason(s) why. And for those spill over stories that you wish you could nominate for a specific category, I always liked the Best Response to a Challenge.

 

edit: moved comment to 2022 Favourites of Fanfic Festival (non-index) thread to keep this thread on topic.