Title: Mandana
Rating: G-PG
Warnings: Probably a little too Romulans meets Regency but it made sense to me.
Characters: Mandana, Nero (Called Oren here), assorted Romulans
Summary: A response to Prompt 104
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young woman in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a husband"
Ficlet: 416 words

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February brings us back to twice-monthly drabble fests, and hope you will enjoy this one. This installment consists primarily of lines from twentieth century poetry with a few song lyrics thrown in for good measure. As always, write as much as you can and leave as much feedback as you can!

The Rules:

1) Prompts are not exclusive. There is no limit on the number of people who may write about a prompt, and there is no need to claim prompts.

2) Post responses in the comments and include the lead character and your prompt in the subject line. If you choose a long prompt, you may use just the first few words.

3) Responses may be any length from a proper 100-word drabble to a multi-chapter epic. If the story is too long for comments, you may post it elsewhere and comment with the link.

4) There is no time limit for this challenge. I will return to index the responses in a week or so.

5) Please leave feedback, respond to feedback, and pimp this post around.

6) If your response is rated NC-17 or would require a content warning (for rape, graphic violence, etc.), you may post it in the comments here but you must include the relevant rating or warning in the subject line.

( 31 prompts under the cut )

Title: Aehallh
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Mandana (Nero's wife), cameo by Spock Prime
Word Count: 770
Prompt: Mandana & Spock Prime, angst
Warnings: Mild gore, character death (canon)
Summary: She should have known better than to put faith in a Vulcan.
Disclaimer: All recognizable characters and places belong to their logical and respective owners. I make no profit from this.
Author's Note: The title (as found on this site) is a Romulan word meaning nightmare, monster, or ghost; it's also defined as the image or idea of a person, as opposed to their true self.

Aehallh, or the day the world went away

Welcome to the holiday season drabble prompt fest! Except. . . the prompts have nothing to do with the holidays :) Instead, this is a cinematic compilation, with forty-five prompts gathered from a wide variety of movies (the actual names of the movies having been omitted, because trust me, in some cases it would be more distracting than anything).

Adhere to the prompts as much, or as little, as you would like! Let's let the women of Star Trek come out to play.

The rules:

1) Prompts are not exclusive. There is no limit on the number of people who may write about a prompt, and there is no need to claim prompts.

2) Post responses in the comments and include the lead character and your prompt in the subject line. If you choose a long prompt, you may use just the first few words.

3) Responses may be any length from a proper 100-word drabble to a multi-chapter epic. If the story is too long for comments, you may post it elsewhere and comment with the link.

4) There is no time limit for this challenge. I will return to index the responses in a week or so.

5) Please leave feedback, respond to feedback, and pimp this post around.

6) If your response is rated NC-17 or would require a content warning (for rape, graphic violence, etc.), you may post it in the comments here but you must include the relevant rating or warning in the subject line.

Now, with that out of the way:

( Let's get ready to. . . wriiite )

Continuing in the theme of my picspam of minor female characters on DS9, it's...

VAGINAS¹ ON THE ENTERPRISE
(and beyoooooond!)
(¹ and beyooooooond vaginas as well, since not every woman has or needs one! This is where I apologize for the cisgender-privileged thinking that went into my title. Not cool.)

Funny thing about Star Trek XI: it's pretty much a brodeo, to use the technical term. We here, being contrary sorts, have made it our business to love and illuminate four women in the movie, only one of whom received any real narrative weight in and of herself. I love that we have done this, as I love the four of them. But another funny thing about Star Trek XI is that it is actually full of women -- they just don't have names or conversations or personalities that we get to hear about. They're there, delivering most of the incidental expository dialogue, pushing the buttons, and making the world look real. They flesh out the story. And because I'm me and this is apparently what I do, I bring some of them to you now. So that they can be seen on their own terms, and so that, I even dare hope, this might inspire us to tell their stories, too.

Star Trek XI and deleted scenes caps by Ariane's Star Trek Gallery, Trekcore, Screenmusings, and in one sad case myself. Title appropriated from affectingly, which is why you should be careful when saying hilarious phrases in my presence.

( heavy in both images and extras! safe for work unless your work has a problem with people in space underwear. )

This round of drabble prompts consists of quotations from Firefly and Serenity, but you don't need to be familiar with that canon to understand the prompts or participate in the challenge. Crossovers would be welcome, but they are certainly not required. As always, you should use the prompts as loosely and freely as you desire. There is no requirement to include the quotation in your story. Rules are below.

1) Prompts are not exclusive. There is no limit on the number of people who may write about a prompt, and there is no need to claim prompts.

2) Post responses in the comments and include the lead character and your prompt in the subject line. If you choose a long prompt, you may use just the first few words.

3) Responses may be any length from a proper 100-word drabble to a multi-chapter epic. If the story is too long for comments, you may post it elsewhere and comment with the link.

4) There is no time limit for this challenge. I will return to index the responses in a week or so.

5) Please leave feedback, respond to feedback, and pimp this post around.

6) If your response is rated NC-17 or would require a content warning (for rape, graphic violence, etc.), you may post it in the comments here but you must include the relevant rating or warning in the subject line. (Mod, if you were going to decide something different, please let me know.)

Edited to add: Responses were indexed on 9/26/09. If you still want to write, go ahead! I will add new responses to the index in a week or so.

( 35 prompts below )