Crackuary

February 2020 SWG challenge Crackuary banner

This month's challenge prompts originated from the premise: "This idea is completely unworkable, but I bet I can make it work." With that philosophy in mind (if so dignified a word can be used here), we offer you a bingo card with the most bizarre, silly, and crackiest prompts we could conjure.

Crackuary challenge bingo card - see Challenge Prompt section for text-only prompts

For text-only prompts, see the Challenge Prompts section below.

In order to participate, you can choose any prompt or prompts from the card above and create a fanwork using the prompt(s). There are no numbers drawn for this challenge.

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Prompts

Choose your prompt from the collection below.

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If you need assistance at any time, including devising prompt combinations that fill rows or other bingo patterns, please email the SWG moderators at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org.

B1: rap songs or battles gone horribly wrong (or right! Finrod learned it somewhere!)
B2: Elves in space
B3: sex pollen
B4: wingfic
B5: characters at the club
I1: in a modern school or workplace
I2: "Is there a reason you're naked in my bed?"
I3: unexpected roadtrip
I4: excessively Tolkienesque
I5: the Dome of Varda is real
N1: 13 going on 30
N2: rebirth and reembodiment taken to their logical extremes
FREE SPACE
N4: Choose a historical period. Rewrite your favorite canon scene there.
N5: characters in a video game
G1: self-insert
G2: body swap
G3: time loop
G4: crack pairing
G5: Silmarillion slam book
O1: characters are animals
O2: character breaks free of the fictional world
O3: include a musical number
O4: choose a whack detail from The Book of Lost Tales to become canon
O5: absurdly magical

Fanworks Tagged with Crackuary

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Free Space by Lferion

Whither away to the stars, my love

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Quite Batty by Himring

In The Book of Lost Tales, Fui Nienna's hall is roofed with bats' wings.

In later canon, it is a certain other female character who is associated with bat wings.

There can be no connection, though, surely?

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Endless Night by Lferion

It isn't Sims, it's Silms, and it all goes round and round, a loop of effort and agony

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Astronomer's Daughter — Luinasolmë Elentiriel by Lferion

Only a watcher: a watcher of stars

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Hound, Running by Lferion

Celegorm and Huan have a special relationship. Two 100 word drabbles.

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Marriage Rings by Lferion

Amras and Elurin's wedding night may not be traditional, but it is Noldorin.

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Cyclical History by Lferion

People have been people, and will continue to be people, for a very long time. Elves are definitely people.

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Extra-Calary by Lferion

Fëanor, outside of calenders entirely. Now what?

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The Winehammer. by hennethgalad

Erestor and Gildor witness a pivotal moment in the lives of the sons of Eärendil. In a nightclub.

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The Batman. by hennethgalad

Sauron, called Zigûr in Númenor, makes a winged creature to spy for Ar-Pharazôn.

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Conduct Unbecoming... by hennethgalad

sex pollen in Valinor: Olórin summons a council.

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I Know Better Gods by AnnEllspethRaven, Spamberguesa

The M Universe fever-dreams in backstory to the fanfic At the Edge of Lasg’len twisted by The Lost Tales. Mostly. Gods help everything. Which Gods? You decide.

 

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Kana MacLaure: Elves in Space. by hennethgalad

an investigative journalist travels to a private space station to interview a famous musician.

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The Light of Other Stars by Grundy

Not many elves travel in deep space. Most stay close to home. Elnor is an exception.

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Elvish Singing by StarSpray

An elf walks into a bar, meets an old friend, and almost gets arrested. Par for the course in 1920s NYC, really.

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Kaylee's Crackuary Collection by Kaylee Arafinwiel

A number of drabbles written for the "Crackuary" challenge as well as Femslash February.

1. Sex Pollen - Nerdanel comes to bemoan Feanaro's lack of knowledge to Indis.

2. Unexpected Road Trip - Indis and Nerdanel go one way while all their loves go the other.

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The Grey Rain-Curtain by Lindariel

Galadriel returns to Valinor only to find it has changed beyond her imaginings.

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Beren Raps by hennethgalad

'crack': "Rap or song battles gone horribly wrong or right - Finrod learned it somewhere"

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The Nights Your Heart Shivers by StarSpray

"All right, hunting down Daeron the Minstrel: that sounds like fun. But where would we even begin to look for him?"

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