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Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

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Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby tommo » Sat Jul 28, 2001 12:30 pm

You know, as Saturday rolls around again, I always feel a pang of anxiety. What if I can't think of anything? What if I post something and nobody answers? What if I'm kidnapped by aliens who force feed me on crack and then drop me back onto the kitty and I find I've missed out on important posts...? Okay. Stop. Stop the madness.

I've been really pleased at the last couple of challenges. Nice fic out there. And I'm pathetically grateful, as always, to anyone who bothers to take up the challenge.

Lonewolf posted a challenge on the board, so I'm not going to reiterate that one. Besides, it's summer and we're having a heatwave in the UK (um, apparently, and if I ever left the house I would probably be able to sound more knowledgeable about that) so I'm going with the word 'frivolous' when it comes to challenges. Besides, some of the responses have really made me laugh. And that's not easy when you consider what a killjoy I really am...heh heh...

Okay anyway, much as I enjoy speechifyin' and all that, I need to post a challenge here.

Challenge 6

1) Either Willow or Tara has an embarrassing problem. They find it difficult to talk about and probably use a really naff metaphor instead (you know, like onions or something, heh heh). It can be whatever you like, big or small. Your choice.

2) The entire story should be located in Tara's wrecked dorm room.

3) You should mention the phrase "shining my own apple" at least once. For an explanation of this, feel free to ask Sugar Britches, or, of course, one of the mods. Heh heh.

4) Gratuitous use of references to spells are a must in this fic.

5) The colour green must feature predominantly.

6) Bonus criteria: Tara must wear a 'Supergirl' costume. Don't ask, just write it in.

Again, no restrictions on length, tone or subject matter, as long as you adhere to the five challenges above.

Now go! And don't let me see you here again unless you have something to give me! Next time I'll tell your mother!

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"She looked across at Willow, whose face was filled with light. She had never felt so calm and happy, and strong..." ~ Unseen: Door To Alternity

[This message has been edited by tommo (edited July 29, 2001).]

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Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby Rane » Sat Jul 28, 2001 1:13 pm

here i go asking one of the mods for an explanation of "shining my own apple"...

this challenge sounds fun! good one, ruthificus.

Rane
 


Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby tommo » Sat Jul 28, 2001 4:15 pm

Ah, I thought someone would. Okay, I'm no mod, but I'll explain. Thanks to Ryan by the way for coming up with this phrase, and to Pat for suggesting I use it in a challenge. Wonderful girls, both of 'em. *goes all dreamy at the thought of Pat and Ryan*

'Shining your own apple' is one of those phrases used when someone is talking about their own achievements. 'Blowing your own trumpet' is another. It's kind of like, talking excessively about your own worth, I guess.

Does that help?

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"She looked across at Willow, whose face was filled with light. She had never felt so calm and happy, and strong..." ~ Unseen: Door To Alternity

tommo
 


Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby Dr.G » Sat Jul 28, 2001 11:30 pm

Oh, I thought it meant something naughty, silly me.
Love the challenge btw, not that I will write a fic now. I'm a lover, not a writer...
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Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby dreiser » Sun Jul 29, 2001 12:37 am

TITLE: It's A…!
AUTHOR: Dreiser
EMAIL: dreiser0@earthlink.net
YAHOO I.D.: dreiser3
MY REALLY LONG HOMEPAGE ADDY: http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/superhi ... eiser.html
BTVS FIC ARCHIVE: http://www.geocities.com/shaych3/dreiser.htm
CONTENT: Rampant silliness.
SUMMARY: Response to the challenge and stuff. I dunno if I got all the stuff. If not, sorry Ruth!
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but my hentai games.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I like red mountain dew. Don't take me seriously.

It's A…!

By: Dreiser

They stared at the room for a long and endless moment. Then they stared at the room some more. In fact, they just kept staring at the room for quite some time.

Until Tara decided to speak, that is.

"It's wrecked, isn't it?" Tara asked, looking at Willow.

"Yep," Willow nodded her head. "Really wrecked."

Tara turned and went back to staring at the wreck that was her room. Everything she owned was in here. Everything.

That might explain what she was wearing right now. Noticing Willow staring at her for probably the ninetieth time that day, Tara sighed. "Yes?" she asked.

"Uhm… Tara…" Willow began very slowly, trying to choose her words carefully. "How long do you plan on wearing that outfit? I mean, I know all your clothes are gone because of the wrecked room and my debacle with the dryer and shrinking them but still, I can loan you some stuff or buy you some at least."

"No, I rather wear this until I can get clothes later today," Tara said firmly. She tugged on the red cape and adjusted her blue tights. "I own it."

"Yeah, but it's an old Halloween costume," said Willow. She looked strangely at Tara and tried to ignore for the ninety seventh time that day the urge to pounce on her.

It was strange, but Willow really liked Tara in spandex. Well, okay, so maybe it wasn't all that strange.

For as long as Willow could remember she'd had this horrible crush on Supergirl. She blamed it all on Xander and his comic book collection. When they were younger and she was over at his house, they'd spend hours reading and discussing the comics. Out of all the characters in them her favorite was Supergirl. At the time she thought it was because she was a strong female heroine.

Now Willow thought it was just because she was hot. Really, really, really hot. Staring at Tara for the ninety eighth time that day, Willow shifted from foot to foot, trying to ignore yet another impulse to pounce.

"I like this costume," Tara replied, swooping the cape around her as she went about preparing the ceremony for the spell that would repair her room. "It's comfortable."

Shivering at this, Willow went a little green with envy and wished she was the blue spandex Tara was wearing. As she was contemplating this, Tara looked up at her and said, "Ready for the spell?"

"Huh? Yeah!" Willow jumped to attention, hurrying over to Tara and joining her around the makeshift circle.

Holding hands and closing their eyes, they went through the ritualistic chant they'd found. All with Willow trying her very best to block the image of Tara dressed up like Supergirl from her overactive imagination.

Looking around, Tara beamed widely. Everything was back to how it was supposed to be. Except…

"Why are my walls green?" Tara frowned.

"Uhm…" Willow looked around nervously. The walls couldn't have turned green because she was thinking of how she was jealous of Tara's costume, could they? She formed a sheepish smile and said, "I don't know!"

Narrowing her blue eyes, Tara said slowly, "Willow."

"What?" Willow backed away, thumping into the nearby newly repaired dresser. Tara approached her with an easy smile that was somehow dangerous and sexy. Especially with her in that costume. "What what?"

"Why are they green?" Tara asked again, leaning close to Willow so they were a breath apart.

"Well, I don't want to shine my own apple," Willow laughed very nervously now.

Tara frowned again and repeated, "Shine your own apple? Willow, what are you talking about?"

"I didn't do it on purpose!" Willow squeaked, turning red and trying her level best to not look at Tara's chest which was surrounded in lovely blue spandex. Oh god, why did she think of that? Now she was picturing it.

"What's wrong?" asked Tara with actual concern. She hadn't seen Willow this nervous in quite some time.

"Nothing! Nothing is wrong!" exclaimed Willow. Her eyes were now closed and she was picturing a series of unappealing things that included Angel in a bikini.

She felt soft hands cup her face and opening her eyes, Willow stared at Tara who smiled gently. "Come on," she murmured. "You can tell me, whatever it is."

"Okay…" Willow said, her nervousness reaching a point where she was sure butterflies would destroy her stomach.

This was it. She was finally going to do it. At long last she would reveal her most embarrassing secret. Her odd and forbidden crush on Supergirl.

"IthinkyoulookreallysexyinthatcostumeanddidyouknowI havehadacrushonSupergirlsinceIwaseleven?" Willow said hurriedly without taking a breath.

A moment of absolute silence passed then Tara blinked before she formed a wide smile. "Willow," she said with quiet humor as she pushed back some stray strands of red hair. "Want to know something?"

"What?" Willow swallowed the lump in her throat.

"I've always liked Batgirl myself," Tara confessed, giving a mischievous smile.

Returning the smile and experiencing a huge wave of relief, Willow replied, "I always thought they were… you know… in the cartoon series."

"Me too," Tara murmured, leaning close to capture Willow's lips in a kiss. "Me too."

Thus, the idea of playing dress up came to light for the young couple. Fairly strange dress up at that.

-End-


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All your base are belong to us.

dreiser
 


Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby tommo » Sun Jul 29, 2001 12:44 am

Come on nic, shine your own apple. You know you want to.

You've made me a happy challenger. So funny. All my base are belong to you. Seriously.

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"She looked across at Willow, whose face was filled with light. She had never felt so calm and happy, and strong..." ~ Unseen: Door To Alternity

tommo
 


Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby xita » Sun Jul 29, 2001 12:46 am

Oh nic I love this, Angel in a bikini! He he and Willow's one breath sentence. So cute! If only this was the halloween episode on the show. You know batgirl and supergirl.
xita
 


Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby legend » Sun Jul 29, 2001 2:48 am

LOL -That was great!
legend
 


Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby Warduke » Sun Jul 29, 2001 9:39 am

Great fic nic and like xita said, wouldn't this make an amazing Halloween ep, W/T as Batgirl and Supergirl
Warduke
 


Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby tommo » Sun Jul 29, 2001 1:37 pm

Okay, so I've been thinking about the two of them dressed up as Supergirl and Batgirl all day now. Is that bad of me?

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"She looked across at Willow, whose face was filled with light. She had never felt so calm and happy, and strong..." ~ Unseen: Door To Alternity

tommo
 


Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby ourgirlbashir » Sun Jul 29, 2001 5:07 pm

I bloody *wish* I could get an image of them as Supergirl and Batgirl *into* my head. Unfortunately, I'm still stuck on Angel in a bikini, and the image will not go away...

Ummm, nice fic by the way

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"Is there chicken in chickpeas?"

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Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby tommo » Sun Jul 29, 2001 5:25 pm

ogb, me too, me too...how frightening that image is. Angel. Bikini. Ick.

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"She looked across at Willow, whose face was filled with light. She had never felt so calm and happy, and strong..." ~ Unseen: Door To Alternity

tommo
 


Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby wiltar4evr » Sun Jul 29, 2001 5:37 pm

oooohhh yeah!!! This is so cool. I also love the Willow babble sentence. And Willow having a crush on Supergirl at eleven ...yeah, yeah!!! Now at the moment I am now picturing Tara in a Supergirl outfit

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WILLOW: ...I'd totally be blowing off classes if I was in Dawnie's shoes.

TARA: Sweetie, you wouldn't blow off class if your head was on fire.

[This message has been edited by wiltar4evr (edited July 29, 2001).]

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Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby JustSomeGuy » Sun Jul 29, 2001 7:24 pm

First: Dreiser, *great* fic!
Second: Tommo, you've been over on the DC boards, have'nt you?
Guy.
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Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby tommo » Sun Jul 29, 2001 9:47 pm

No, JustSomeGuy. And er...I won't bother now, thanks.

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"She looked across at Willow, whose face was filled with light. She had never felt so calm and happy, and strong..." ~ Unseen: Door To Alternity

tommo
 


Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby ryankelly » Wed Aug 01, 2001 12:58 pm

Hee hee Jellybean, another excellent fic! There is something really cute and really sexy about the idea of Willow and Tara shining apples in Supergirl and Batgirl costumes.

On a related note, it is a proud, proud day for me *sniff* seeing as how I've introduced a phrase into the Kitty lexicon. Though I wouldn't want to shine my own apple or anything...

ryankelly
 


Fic Challenge #6: C'mon c'mon c'mon Take That...and party...

Postby Zahir » Wed Aug 01, 2001 4:23 pm

See, here's how my mind goes...

I imagine Dawn wanting to borrow a sweater. So she goes to Willow & Tara's room, then comes out again. Buffy is chatting with OFW (Our Favorite Witches). Dawn quietly asks why one of their closets has so many costumes in it--Supergirl, Batgirl, the Scarlet Witch, Wonder Woman, etc.?

Then I imagine the looks on their faces.

Lovely fic, btw.

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"O let my name be in the Book of Love.
If it be there, I care not of
That other book Above...
Strike it out! Or write it in anew.
But let it be in the Book of Love!"
--Omar Kyam

Zahir
 


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