Liana
from Romania and Texas is reading Naked LunchNovember 2, 2012 - 11:50am
For the fluffy prompt, just add worms on top.
I want my prompt to be: psychosis. And hopefully no one will recognize my story.
Fritz
November 2, 2012 - 11:56am
"Now, watch my prompt be "clouds, rainbows and fluffy fluffy kittens."
I'm sure our Lit Reactor crowd will have no trouble turning such a prompt into something pornographic, gory, and the very embodiment of debauchery. And, that after 'it' will translate into univeral accolades and immediate evelation to superheroish genius.
I have faith. LOL
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 11:57am
SO, IN THE INTERESTS OF TRANSPARENCY AND NON-CONFUSION (because Averydoll and I are not politicians):
First, something not earth-shakingly important, but pretty cool: at 7pm CST, I will have an appointment to do dishes or some such family nonsense. So, in the interests of not being yelled at and/or stabbed by my wife, I will be dropping half the prompts around 5 pm CST. Still 3 hours away, but it'll get some of you started a bit early. The other half of the prompts will be delivered by AD, and she tells me she will get them out some time before 7. So either you're a member of the really fortunate half, or the fortunate half. Either way, we are discriminating against some of you. I'm not a fan of redistribution, so your lot is your lot. (As AD is giving me my prompt I'll be getting mine in the later half, which I think is total crap).
Second, an issue which will affect the asthetics of the first couple rounds: There will be 32 matchups for Rounds 1 and 2. If we sticky all 32 of these matchups to the bulletin board, it'll take up like the first page and a half of the board. A) that's not fair to the members who aren't involved in WAR (all seven of them) and B) we don't want to piss off Kirk and Dennis by obviously abusing our abilities to make threads sticky. (<----- that right there is a tantalizing sentence) So, in the interests of pissing off the fewest folks possible, we have the same Prompt Drop date for everybody, the same Story Due Date for everybody (don't get confused over this: if you're late you will be disqualified). However, in the two reading/voting weeks, half the matchups will be posted in one week, for a single week of voting, and half the following week. Same timeline, same basic intensity for reading and voting, just a bit of pacing added.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 12:01pm
I'm sure our Lit Reactor crowd will have no trouble turning such a prompt into something pornographic, gory, and the very embodiment of debauchery.
"So the other day I was stoned out of my mind. Lucy in the sky with diamonds, if you catch my meaning. I'm sitting there on this wicked purple cloud and looking at rainbows and stuff and I'm like, 'Man, what could make this better?'
In the end, I couldn't think of a way to really improve my purple-cloud situation, but I did fuck a kitten right in its cornhole, so there's that. It squealed, but not like a pig."
I dedicate the above segment to all my Arkansas peeps.
Fritz
November 2, 2012 - 12:05pm
where's the gore?
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerNovember 2, 2012 - 12:08pm
"I'm sure our Lit Reactor crowd will have no trouble turning such a prompt into something pornographic,"
This is true. I basically had "The birds are talking" and made it about the stripper devil and got it picked up in Thunderdome Mag. It was even featured.
Fritz
November 2, 2012 - 12:06pm
maybe eat the cat after - and give us a bit of detail of it's struggling - and maybe pan over to get the reaction of a passerby..
Liana
from Romania and Texas is reading Naked LunchNovember 2, 2012 - 12:11pm
Utah, you failed to unpack the kitty description. Where is the fluffiness? Did the fluffiness slow down or speed up the rape (I assume it wasn't consensual)? Was the fluffiness used afterward to absorb leftovers?
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 12:15pm
I apologize for leaving out the fluffy gore. It was just a rough draft, people!
SConley
from Texas is reading Coin Locker BabiesNovember 2, 2012 - 12:15pm
Fritz
November 2, 2012 - 12:19pm
I could do with some sense of beauty and wonder prior to the nastiness - that always intensifies things...
Maybe have the kitty save an old lady from being run over, or perhaps give us some intenal kitty POV about how awesome it thinks life is... then rape and eat it.
Fritz
November 2, 2012 - 12:19pm
trailer park boys rock
Courtney
from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooksNovember 2, 2012 - 12:26pm
^this
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 12:28pm
trailer park boys rock
That red neck is showing again.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeNovember 2, 2012 - 12:33pm
The one with the shirt tucked in ain't from 'round there.
Or he's home from the cable company on his lunch break and found Senor Tracksuit ballin' his wife.
Fritz
November 2, 2012 - 12:34pm
And, I put it back away before...
I will once again judge quietly from under knit brows.
Fritz
November 2, 2012 - 12:34pm
that's bubbles man - .... oops - sorry... quiet, quiet
Fritz
November 2, 2012 - 12:36pm
IMDB trailer park boys
google it
youtube it
netflix it
last time - out
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeNovember 2, 2012 - 12:38pm
Oh. Given the poor quality of the video in the GIF, I thought it was some Cops clip or something. And I thought people were saying actual trailer park boys rock.
ME -> J.Y.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 12:40pm
LOL. You guys crack me up.
(I did not actually laugh out loud.)
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerNovember 2, 2012 - 12:42pm
(I did not actually laugh out loud.)"
Heartbreaker
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeNovember 2, 2012 - 12:43pm
(I did not actually laugh out loud.)
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesNovember 2, 2012 - 12:58pm
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 12:59pm
I want to tickle that thing's belly.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersNovember 2, 2012 - 12:59pm
Me too
bryanhowie
from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING.November 2, 2012 - 1:01pm
You want Utah to tickle your belly, Doll?
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersNovember 2, 2012 - 1:05pm
Uh, no. No offense or anything.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 1:06pm
She's totally lying.
Sound
from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael WehuntNovember 2, 2012 - 1:13pm
Am I in the first half who gets their prompt at 5?
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersNovember 2, 2012 - 1:16pm
I don't know.
But I do know...that I don't want any of you bothering my belly!
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 1:18pm
Jesus. You're not pregnant, are you?
sean of the dead
from Madisonville, KY is reading Peckerwood, by Jed AyresNovember 2, 2012 - 1:20pm
??????
sean of the dead
from Madisonville, KY is reading Peckerwood, by Jed AyresNovember 2, 2012 - 1:23pm
if so, i hope there can be a photo on this message board under a thread called "Name this."
I also hope all of the same names come up as BryanHowie's dog got...
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigNovember 2, 2012 - 1:24pm
I am so...
I don't know. This thread took a strange turn.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersNovember 2, 2012 - 1:26pm
Oh my sweet Jesus.
I am not pregnant.
But if I WAS, I'd let the board name the baby - no doubt.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 1:29pm
Don't get pregnant. We've got like five months of WAR to get through, and I need you functional.
Any other involved parties should fucking heed.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersNovember 2, 2012 - 1:32pm
I'm not getting pregnant, dad. Don't worry.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 1:35pm
Word.
*sits at the coffee table cleaning guns*
Home by 9.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 1:37pm
One hour and twenty-two minutes and I start dropping prompts like Busta drops rhymes.
Gordon Highland
from Kansas City is reading Secondhand Souls by Christopher MooreNovember 2, 2012 - 1:50pm
So who's pumped about the extra hour we get Sunday morning? Woot! Hells, yeah!
Well … except for you poor fucks in Arizona and Hawaii.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersNovember 2, 2012 - 1:52pm
I'm really excited about that extra hour!
Stacy Kear
from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War November 2, 2012 - 1:54pm
PROMPTS!!!
@ Bill ~ I'm on to your nice guy act. I feel like I should peel off a white glove and slap you across the face with it in a very civilized manner. But I'm not that civilized, so be prepared to get down and dirty, it's War!!!!
Liana
from Romania and Texas is reading Naked LunchNovember 2, 2012 - 1:58pm
I want to say, Avery and Utah, you two are awesome! I mean, I don't know how you find the time and energy to put this together, but kudos from a chronic lacking-time-person.
Now can I get an awesome prompt pleeeze?
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 2:02pm
Holy shit, we get an extra hour! I didn't realize, but now I do and I'm so excited! I'll just bet the baby will be excited too and let me sleep in!
@Liana: It's pretty easy to find the time. Just stop sleeping. It seems difficult, but you live in Texas. Someone near you knows where to find some stuff to help you stop sleeping.
.
November 2, 2012 - 2:07pm
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 2:09pm
That's going to be me in 51 minutes with some prompts action.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersNovember 2, 2012 - 2:11pm
For the record, I'm not sending my half of the prompts until about an hour later. Becaue fuck you guys, I have to go grocery shopping.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 2, 2012 - 2:17pm
She's making you guys wait so she can buy beer so that she can celebrate your frustration.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersNovember 2, 2012 - 2:18pm
I do need to buy beer.
JEFFREY GRANT BARR
from Central OR is reading Nothing but fucking Shakespeare, for the rest of my lifeNovember 2, 2012 - 2:33pm
Becaue fuck you guys, I have to go grocery shopping.
For the fluffy prompt, just add worms on top.
I want my prompt to be: psychosis. And hopefully no one will recognize my story.
"Now, watch my prompt be "clouds, rainbows and fluffy fluffy kittens."
I'm sure our Lit Reactor crowd will have no trouble turning such a prompt into something pornographic, gory, and the very embodiment of debauchery. And, that after 'it' will translate into univeral accolades and immediate evelation to superheroish genius.
I have faith. LOL
SO, IN THE INTERESTS OF TRANSPARENCY AND NON-CONFUSION (because Averydoll and I are not politicians):
First, something not earth-shakingly important, but pretty cool: at 7pm CST, I will have an appointment to do dishes or some such family nonsense. So, in the interests of not being yelled at and/or stabbed by my wife, I will be dropping half the prompts around 5 pm CST. Still 3 hours away, but it'll get some of you started a bit early. The other half of the prompts will be delivered by AD, and she tells me she will get them out some time before 7. So either you're a member of the really fortunate half, or the fortunate half. Either way, we are discriminating against some of you. I'm not a fan of redistribution, so your lot is your lot. (As AD is giving me my prompt I'll be getting mine in the later half, which I think is total crap).
Second, an issue which will affect the asthetics of the first couple rounds: There will be 32 matchups for Rounds 1 and 2. If we sticky all 32 of these matchups to the bulletin board, it'll take up like the first page and a half of the board. A) that's not fair to the members who aren't involved in WAR (all seven of them) and B) we don't want to piss off Kirk and Dennis by obviously abusing our abilities to make threads sticky. (<----- that right there is a tantalizing sentence) So, in the interests of pissing off the fewest folks possible, we have the same Prompt Drop date for everybody, the same Story Due Date for everybody (don't get confused over this: if you're late you will be disqualified). However, in the two reading/voting weeks, half the matchups will be posted in one week, for a single week of voting, and half the following week. Same timeline, same basic intensity for reading and voting, just a bit of pacing added.
"So the other day I was stoned out of my mind. Lucy in the sky with diamonds, if you catch my meaning. I'm sitting there on this wicked purple cloud and looking at rainbows and stuff and I'm like, 'Man, what could make this better?'
In the end, I couldn't think of a way to really improve my purple-cloud situation, but I did fuck a kitten right in its cornhole, so there's that. It squealed, but not like a pig."
I dedicate the above segment to all my Arkansas peeps.
where's the gore?
This is true. I basically had "The birds are talking" and made it about the stripper devil and got it picked up in Thunderdome Mag. It was even featured.
maybe eat the cat after - and give us a bit of detail of it's struggling - and maybe pan over to get the reaction of a passerby..
Utah, you failed to unpack the kitty description. Where is the fluffiness? Did the fluffiness slow down or speed up the rape (I assume it wasn't consensual)? Was the fluffiness used afterward to absorb leftovers?
I apologize for leaving out the fluffy gore. It was just a rough draft, people!
I could do with some sense of beauty and wonder prior to the nastiness - that always intensifies things...
Maybe have the kitty save an old lady from being run over, or perhaps give us some intenal kitty POV about how awesome it thinks life is... then rape and eat it.
trailer park boys rock
^this
That red neck is showing again.
The one with the shirt tucked in ain't from 'round there.
Or he's home from the cable company on his lunch break and found Senor Tracksuit ballin' his wife.
And, I put it back away before...
I will once again judge quietly from under knit brows.
that's bubbles man - .... oops - sorry... quiet, quiet
IMDB trailer park boys
google it
youtube it
netflix it
last time - out
Oh. Given the poor quality of the video in the GIF, I thought it was some Cops clip or something. And I thought people were saying actual trailer park boys rock.
ME -> J.Y.
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LOL. You guys crack me up.
(I did not actually laugh out loud.)
Heartbreaker
I want to tickle that thing's belly.
Me too
You want Utah to tickle your belly, Doll?
Uh, no. No offense or anything.
She's totally lying.
Am I in the first half who gets their prompt at 5?
I don't know.
But I do know...that I don't want any of you bothering my belly!
Jesus. You're not pregnant, are you?
??????
if so, i hope there can be a photo on this message board under a thread called "Name this."
I also hope all of the same names come up as BryanHowie's dog got...
I am so...
I don't know. This thread took a strange turn.
Oh my sweet Jesus.
I am not pregnant.
But if I WAS, I'd let the board name the baby - no doubt.
Don't get pregnant. We've got like five months of WAR to get through, and I need you functional.
Any other involved parties should fucking heed.
I'm not getting pregnant, dad. Don't worry.
Word.
*sits at the coffee table cleaning guns*
Home by 9.
One hour and twenty-two minutes and I start dropping prompts like Busta drops rhymes.
So who's pumped about the extra hour we get Sunday morning? Woot! Hells, yeah!
Well … except for you poor fucks in Arizona and Hawaii.
I'm really excited about that extra hour!
PROMPTS!!!
@ Bill ~ I'm on to your nice guy act. I feel like I should peel off a white glove and slap you across the face with it in a very civilized manner. But I'm not that civilized, so be prepared to get down and dirty, it's War!!!!
I want to say, Avery and Utah, you two are awesome! I mean, I don't know how you find the time and energy to put this together, but kudos from a chronic lacking-time-person.
Now can I get an awesome prompt pleeeze?
Holy shit, we get an extra hour! I didn't realize, but now I do and I'm so excited! I'll just bet the baby will be excited too and let me sleep in!
@Liana: It's pretty easy to find the time. Just stop sleeping. It seems difficult, but you live in Texas. Someone near you knows where to find some stuff to help you stop sleeping.
That's going to be me in 51 minutes with some prompts action.
For the record, I'm not sending my half of the prompts until about an hour later. Becaue fuck you guys, I have to go grocery shopping.
She's making you guys wait so she can buy beer so that she can celebrate your frustration.
I do need to buy beer.
Averydoll is the ultimate woman!