Meme (possibly evil, in the good way)

[thisbluespirit]

Via el_staplador, a new friend via the friending meme (*waves*), a new-to-me writing meme, and one that involves less work than usual. How could I resist?


Comment to this post with a fic title (a word, phrase or quotation), a fandom and, if desired, a character or pairing. I'll reply with a summary of the fic I won't write for that title, in this way generating plot-bunnies, gaiety of nations and perhaps even actual fic by other people.


(If coming up with titles is hard, there's always a title generator like this one, which seems pretty comprehensive in genre choice.)

Comments

[shannonsequitur.livejournal.com]

I don't really know who/where else to ask about this, but does the phrase "spring break" mean anything to a British person? If not, what would be similarly associated with university students going somewhere warm, getting blind drunk, and doing regrettable things?

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

There's an LJ comm that used to be for exactly these kinds of questions (created for non-British Doctor Who writers, but no one there cared if you were writing a different fandom). Unfortunately it's looking pretty dead, but if you don't get an answer here, you can try there: dw_britglish

(I'm American, so I'm afraid I can't help you myself.)

[thisbluespirit]

If you can't get any joy out of the Doctor Who one, the general one is still going (just about) - britpickery.

And, hey, since you're here, how about a nice meme prompt for me? ;-p

[thisbluespirit]

"Spring break" doesn't really mean anything like that. Going to Ibiza, maybe, or at least it would have been a typical students clubbing/drinking summer holiday destination back in the 1990s. If dw_britglish isn't active, britpickery is, and that's the same idea, but for any writers.

ETA: Also, since you're here, how about a meme prompt? ;-p

[ylla.livejournal.com]

Our students still just have Easter holidays and go home, as far as I know - I mean, American visiting students take off for the continent while they're so close, and I'm sure all the richer ones go away, but it's not a cultural phenomenon.

There's plenty of going to cheap (mainly) Spanish resorts and getting blind drunk at that age, but mostly in the summer, and not as a specifically student thing.

[thisbluespirit]

I once went to Preston in the Easter hols, and once to Skegness. (I didn't get drunk, though.) But, yeah. Summer is the time for that kind of thing.

(Also: where's my prompt, this is a meme. ;-p)

[shannonsequitur.livejournal.com]

Thanks to everyone who chimed in on this! I think I've hashed out how to make this work.