Challenge Mini-Games Challenge (Now Open For NEW 2024 Challenges!)

The Islander, exquisite!

 

Well, well, I wonder what I could do with this, hmm hmm hmm

 

SQUEE! SQUEE!

 

GAAAH!!! I'm going to have a hard time focusing on my other projects now that I've got this prompt on the brain.

And excellent picks all around for this roulette; I've greatly enjoyed revisiting so many awesome songs.

There were so many amazing options to choose from, but with the name of the challenge, I couldn't resist picking that one for you.

yaaasss, gimme all the Chaos Twins vibes! (And thank you again! )

ANGST!

 

AWW YEAH NIGHTWISH!!! So much nostalgia for them, and those five songs are an excellent sampling. (Especially fond of "Nemo" from the rest of their catalogue; I think that's the first one I ever heard and the piano + electric guitar intro still just gets me every time. )

@devilinthedetails , I would love #4 for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Sass Master Challenge if it's still open!

 

@ViariSkywalker:

The aftermath of my audition, in which I was cast as the Doctor between companions. Or one of my 17th century ancestors, male, just before he fell nose and teeth first into a puddle outside a Wiltshire pub. Not sure which.

You've been warned.

Spoiler

 

@devilinthedetails , Sorry to hear that, thanks for letting me know!

 

@Kahara - I love "Nemo"! It's probably my favorite of theirs! (So far; I am admittedly still fairly new to Nightwish )

@Pandora - I love it! Full marks for that excellent headbanging hair.

 

You know it

 

I just updated my little list of 2023-2024 mini-games that still have prompts available, so I thought I'd post it here for anyone who wants to go back in time and sign up. There are a couple for which the index hasn't been updated and I skimmed through the thread to check sign-ups; if I need to correct anything please let me know.

• The Edgar Allan Poe Poetry Challenge offered by devilinthedetails – prompt 1 still available
• The Disney Villain Song Challenge offered by Raissa Baiard – prompt 2 still available
• The Abominable Bunny Challenge offered by UltramassiveUbersue – open-ended
• The Bingo of Obscure Sorrows offered by Mira_Jade – open-ended
• The Stranger Things Soundtrack Roulette offered by amidalachick – prompts 2, 3 and 4 still available
• The Jim Gentry Mini Challenge offered by DarthIshtar – prompt 5 still available
• The Australian Song Challenge offered by Kit' – prompt 3 still available
• The Paperwork Challenge offered by DarthIshtar – prompts 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 10 still available
• The Underrated Gems of the Early 2000’s Challenge offered by ConservativeJedi321 – prompts 2 and 3 still available
• The Story Building Challenge offered by Mira_Jade – open-ended
• The (Surrealist) (Woman) Challenge offered by Pandora – prompt 3 still available
• The "Calvin & Hobbes" Philosophical Challenge offered by Thumper09 – prompts 3 and 4 still available
• The Random Quote Lottery offered by myself – open-ended

 

For the Nightwish Roulette by @Mira_Jade, I have "Something Devoutly to be Wished"


https://boards.theforce.net/threads...or-the-nightwish-roulette-mini-game.50060298/

 

@ViariSkywalker: Thanks! And I took that after some literal headbanging too--though I stopped before I headbanged too close to the sun. (As in, I did it a couple times and was then already so dizzy I had to stop.) But I figured that since I presently have the lioness mane fit for Finnish metal, I had better use it before I get sick of it and cut it down to a bob.

@Mira_Jade: I don't know what's more brilliant - your photo or this description!

All it needs now is the disco version of the Doctor Who theme song.



(Consider it done.)

 

For the wonderful story building challenge by @Mira_Jade I have begun "Finding the Right, Best Path" (It'll be a short sotry).



https://boards.theforce.net/threads...ory-building-mini-games-short-story.50060312/

 

I have published The last one? for the mini-games surrealist woman challenge by @Pandora

 

I have published Again Corellia? Mini games "Calvin & Hobbes" Philosophical Challenge
A challenge provided by @Thumper09

 

I have published the first chapter for the mini games Underrated Gems of the Early 2000’s Challenge provided by @ConservativeJedi321
It is He is a doctor or? Underrated Gems of the Early 2000’s Challenge

 

I have published the prologue for the mini games
Random Quote Lottery by @Chyntuck
The song of the Sheir-Irel. Mini-games The Random Quote Lottery

 

That's great, @earlybird-obi-wan ! I have it in the index.

 

Thanks, @earlybird-obi-wan . I have added your story to the index.

@Findswoman : Yes, that is one really fascinating painting (and triptych), @Pandora ! I've set it as my desktop wallpaper at work so that I have it "on the eye" and can glean some inspiration from it as I go about my day. I didn't know anything about Varo before now, but looking around at her pieces I'm quite liking them; so many of them have an early-Northern-Renaissance look that I dig, as I have always been partial to that period of art history—some real Hieronymus Bosch vibes there. Thanks so much!

I had this feeling when you picked your number that you would like this one, so I'm glad to see it has been inspiring you--but not surprised. (Sometimes, the luck of the draw really is on one's side.) I agree about the early-Northern-Renaissance look in her work--especially in that drapery--and though I didn't see the Bosch vibes in particular, I can see what you mean now.

I look forward to seeing the resulting story!

@Gabri_Jade : I know very little about surrealist art, but I wondered if you'd have anything from Remedios Varo, Pandora. I'm fond of her Star Catcher and Star Maker paintings, and Embroidering the Earth's Mantle is another fascinating one.

As it happens, "Star Maker" was my first choice, but I decided--since Varo is the artist on my list who I'm the least familiar with--to look around a little first through her other works. That was how I found "Embroidering the Earth's Mantle", first the panel, and then the entire triptych: through a research jaunt on google. So it's completely new to me as well, and I'm glad I chanced upon it.

 

I have written a second story for the story-building challenge by @Mira_Jade
how to avoid swimming practice