Breathing Is Hard; Also, Whee, Fic

[infinitepryde]

Just finished cleaning the Stuff off the top of the family desk in the living room.

Stuff, in this case, means "insurance paperwork back to 1981."

Yes, the desk has not been moved since 1981.

Yes, the dust was not so much bunnies as snakes.

I called my husband at work and told him "when you get home, take your shoes off outside, take a deep breath, then go inside and upstairs immediately without breathing en route."

To take my mind off that, FIC PROMPT CHALLENGE stolen from annwyd...



This time, it's two lists. One is the Major Arcana (explanation of their meanings is here); another is a set of song lyrics (generated by flipping randomly through my current set of songs). You pick one from each (try to check the comments and pick ones that haven't already been picked, since I won't be able to check this to cross things off the list that often)--two in all. Then give me a character or relationship of any kind (group, platonic, romantic, whatever) and I'll do a ficbit. Or try to. I can't promise they'll all get done, but I'll do my best.

Notes added on my part: Alas, I still have a fairly limited set of fandoms. No, I will not specifically write a romantic ficbit versus a platonic one. Yes, pick one from Column A and one from Column B...

Column A: Tarot

0: The Fool
1: The Magician
2: The High Priestess
3: The Empress
4: The Emperor
5: The Hierophant
6: The Lovers
7: The Chariot
8: Strength
9: The Hermit
10: The Wheel of Fortune
11: Justice
12: The Hanged Man
13: Death
14: Temperance
15: The Devil
16: The Tower
17: The Star
18: The Moon
19: The Sun
20: Judgment
21: The World

Column B: Lyrics

1: We shed our skins to be belonging
2: I never lost my faith - just my way
3: Who comes to us in friendship, you are a sacred guest
4: Carnage is not that conducive to passion
5: You know I love it when the news is bad
6: I want to be a machine
7: I like a man who knows things men weren't meant to know
8: All these years and no one heard
9: It's five o'clock in the morning in a coffee shop in Seoul
10: What a fate, to be imprisoned at the height of your dreams
11: Memories I can't quite hold, but can't let go
12: You slid yourself into a dream, you said it fit you like a glove
13: But I knew that right was might and heroes didn't need the brawn
14: I thought I heard the shuffle of angels' feet
15: Unheard, unseen, unfelt, unreal
16: And I've gotta hear the same sermon all the time now from you people
17: Keep the lantern bright, keep food upon the table
18: I want hell and I want bliss
19: To the centre of the city where all roads meet
20: I'm not doing this for my health
21: I had reason, but that was yesterday
22: Deal the cards and trade the glances; roll the dice and take your chances

Comments

[bentarc.livejournal.com]

10 (The Wheel of Fortune) and song lyric #22.

I pick... hm. Caine and Bleys.

[bentarc.livejournal.com]

And yes, dear, that would be a FRATERNAL relationship.

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii would really hope so!

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

And done.

[joiedecombat.livejournal.com]

12) The Hanged Man
2) I never lost my faith - just my way

Predictably enough: Dyrk.

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

This may or may not make my brain go spang. (Since I promptly got mental image of one-eyed Dyrk on the World-Tree. Ow.)

[joiedecombat.livejournal.com]

...Oops! Er, I'm sorry? *scuff*

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

ODIN MAGZ

[evilbeej]

Hello! The Sun, and lyric 10. Bart and Jenni. <3

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

Done!

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

That is to say, written and posted! (now)

[annwyd.livejournal.com]

16, the Tower, and lyric #20.

Amara and Fidelias.

(See? I said 'and', not '/'! I'm not trying to get you to write creepy teacher-student spy-hetslash! ;)

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

... yes, because if you were, you'd've picked lyric #4. ;D

[whinystatement.livejournal.com]

Judgment and 'We Shed Our Skins to be Belonging'.

Character is... oh God, you'll never guess this one.

...

Ever.

...

I'm serious don't even try.

... ... ...

Cassandra Cain.

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Judgment and 'We Shed Our Skins to be Belonging'. <fistshakes at her misbalanced coin>

Character is... oh God, you'll never guess this one.

...

Ever.

...

I'm serious don't even try.

... ... ...

Cassandra Cain.

<Gasp, horror!>

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

MUAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAAA.

[varcel.livejournal.com]

How about 8. Strength and 6. I Want to be a Machine for Power Girl. Or if you prefer, 1. Magician and 21. I had reason, but that was yesterday, again for Peej.

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

... I would cheerfully write either of these, but my total knowledge of Power Girl comes from about four scenes; I have no idea of her canon, or history, or really of the character at all. *slinks into a small corner*

[varcel.livejournal.com]

Alac and alas! Ah well, no big deal. 8-)

[evilbeej]

Ahahaha. The Chariot, lyric 12, Cos and Jenni. :D :D :D

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

... That one may be very short. ;D

[evilbeej]

I suspected it might be! :D

[bentarc.livejournal.com]

My chain of Amber requests continues unabated!

The Devil, Lyric #7, Corwin and Fiona. :D

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

Note to self:

Roy Harper pages: Ooo. :D I want hell and I want Bliss, the Fool, John Constantine? :D

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

Second note to self:

Roy Harper pages: I had reason, but that was yesterday, Temperance, Yelena Rossini/Channon Yarrow?
You paged Roy Harper with 'I do not by policy promise a / instead of an &; can take a crack at it. Though YELENA and CHANNON on TEMPERANCE? You want to break my head. ;)'.

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

Third note to self:

"Major arcana 6, lyric 4."
"Scott and Emma."

[infinitepryde.livejournal.com]

"Batman and Kitty Pryde. Death and Lyric 3."
"Oh, a stretch. Ari from CYTEEN, and the World, and lyric 16."