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jukebox_festThe deadline has passed!
Remaining pinch hits are due at 11:59pm EDT on Friday 14 June. If you can create a gift for any of these requests, please reply with your AO3 name & the number of the pinch hit you would like to claim, and thank you!
Request 1 by MossyMossbird
Abandoned Town - The Smooth Maria (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
This is a powerful and versatile song. The setting could be just about anything: Present-day, four years ago, anytime up to a hundred years ago, sci-fi, sci-fantasy, cyberpunk, steampunk, etc;
What is literal, what is metaphor? What manners of catastrophe would put seagulls in a desert, the oceans would have to boil or shift! The oceans could be painted black by something as harmless as nightfall or something as gruesome as oil spill! Do the woman and child really dance around a fire for the first time, or did they attain freedom amidst destruction? Did the narrator stay behind as the others left?
There is so much you could write here, far more than a thousand words. I can understand if you need to brush some details aside for time reasons. But at the core remains the question of why the people abandoned this town. Hopes, fears, threats, or all of that and something entirely else?
DNW:
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Request 2 by MossyMossbird
The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine - Spoon (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
The lyrics may be sung by an unreliable narrator. Why does he want to play Eddie so much? What two sides does he see? How do they compare to his own life?
This has the potential for two parallel stories. However, I understand that writing a whole stageplay in itself is beyond the scope of this exchange, let alone with a meta-narrative, so feel free to leave it at excerpts or key scenes or whatever you see fit.
I don't think it is in any way asserted that Eddie and Monsieur Valentine be the same person, but it is probably easier to write under this assumption.
A core topic of the play seems to be the defiance of societal norms such as rank, monogamy, and heterosexuality. Feel free to lean into that, or disagree and ignore it.
DNW:
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Request 3 by MossyMossbird
Trojan Horse - Luv' (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
I nominated this song for being silly. Likening a proposal to military deception is hilarious. And instead of telling them off for this faux pas, the narrator is teasing and playing with them.
Consider it a "surprise me" pick. Surprise me!
DNW:
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Request 4 by MossyMossbird
Change My Ways - Burn the Ballroom (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
This song reminds me of red flags in abusive relationships, in particular how the abuser will attempt to save face by feinting repentance, only to take the next opportunity for abusive behaviour worse than before. This is backed by how they then demand "songs of praise" for something they have not done yet. And "this one's the last" implies that it's not the first fall and/or death. Are they really going to change their ways this time?
Besides, the lyrics may be sung by an unreliable narrator. "Cold and holy work" is a bizarre choice of words. The river motive especially confuses me. "She" fell, but then the narrator "crawl to the banks"? And her "rising river" runs down by her grave? It may be a metaphor I'm too dull for. If you feel the same way, you can just skip it. If you see something in it, I'm excited to hear it!
DNW:
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Request 5 by MossyMossbird
Start to Fall - Get Scared (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
This song seems to be about someone pushed to the brink. They literally admit that they can't take it, asking how they "can take everything inside". They're haunted at night and feel inferior.
It would be straight-forward, except the lyrics seem to address another character who is the one falling and being comfortable at it. A relationship, be it intimate, professional, or something else, must be tough under such circumstances.
DNW:
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Request 6 by MossyMossbird
Lichtgestalt - Lacrimosa (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
Is it possession? A daemon? A headmate? A very elaborate sphynx riddle? You tell me!
What situation would ever make a person feel all those things, though?
Honestly, I mostly nominated this song for the painterly descriptions. There is no apparent plot, setting, or characterisation. Go wild!
DNW:
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Request 7 by MossyMossbird
Achilles Come Down - Gang of Youths (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
This is a powerful song about grief and suicidal thoughts.
To the best of my knowledge, this song does not describe a scene from the original story of Achilles, but rather lends motives from him.
As a sidenote: This song has been requested in previous years by InArduisFidelis (several times!), SarunoHadaki, LonelyLord. If you pick this, you might want to notify those people.
DNW:
• Death by suicide – Achilles (or whatever you wish to call the character) may get close to it, prepare for it, possibly even get started on it, but please not see it through.
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Request 1 by c_art
Crazy - Aerosmith (Music Video)
Art, Fic, Podfic
DNWs:
-smut
-adult/minor or incest pairings
-AUs that take place in a setting different than canonical world (unless requested)
-harming or killing animals
-graphic descriptions or realistic art of injury to eyes or fingers
-character bashing (in narration)
-fluff without plot (in fics)
If we don’t match, but anything inspires you, treats are always welcome 🙂
Letter with likes http://docs.google.com/document/d/1sh8FQWFfQNvV__b1uQIyo8iNEyaqeBMb2Xfy3GpU-hA/edit?usp=sharing
Request 2 by c_art
Magnum Bullets - Night Runner ft. Dan Avidan (Music Video)
Art, Fic, Podfic
DNWs:
-smut
-adult/minor or incest pairings
-AUs that take place in a setting different than canonical world (unless requested)
-harming or killing animals
-graphic descriptions or realistic art of injury to eyes or fingers
-character bashing (in narration)
-fluff without plot (in fics)
If we don’t match, but anything inspires you, treats are always welcome 🙂
Letter with likes http://docs.google.com/document/d/1sh8FQWFfQNvV__b1uQIyo8iNEyaqeBMb2Xfy3GpU-hA/edit?usp=sharing
Request 3 by c_art
Hit and Run - LOLO (Music Video)
Art, Fic, Podfic
DNWs:
-smut
-adult/minor or incest pairings
-AUs that take place in a setting different than canonical world (unless requested)
-harming or killing animals
-graphic descriptions or realistic art of injury to eyes or fingers
-character bashing (in narration)
-fluff without plot (in fics)
If we don’t match, but anything inspires you, treats are always welcome 🙂
Letter with likes http://docs.google.com/document/d/1sh8FQWFfQNvV__b1uQIyo8iNEyaqeBMb2Xfy3GpU-hA/edit?usp=sharing
Request 4 by c_art
R.o.S.E BLUE - Dreamcatcher (Music Video)
Art, Fic, Podfic
DNWs:
-smut
-adult/minor or incest pairings
-AUs that take place in a setting different than canonical world (unless requested)
-harming or killing animals
-graphic descriptions or realistic art of injury to eyes or fingers
-character bashing (in narration)
-fluff without plot (in fics)
If we don’t match, but anything inspires you, treats are always welcome 🙂
Letter with likes http://docs.google.com/document/d/1sh8FQWFfQNvV__b1uQIyo8iNEyaqeBMb2Xfy3GpU-hA/edit?usp=sharing
Request 1 by karrenia_rune
You May Be Right - Billy Joel (Song)
Fic
I love this song and I would love to see what you could do with it narrative wise. This could be from an established relationship. Ride or die couple on a thrill ride, any setting, any pairing. Are they thrill-seekers, rock-climbing, fast and furious enthusiasts? Crimminals. One is the crazy one, the other is more laid-back. Maybe one or more of the characters in the song are trying to catch serial crimminals a la Bonnie and Clyde?
I love most everything from action/adventure, hinjinks, slice of life, crossovers, drama/angst with a happy ending, dramas, chracter introspection.
AUs, are okay, just no High-School or Coffee Shops.
Treats are enable and encouraged.
DNW: excessive gore and/or swearing, Non-Con, charcter-bashing, AU, no real-world politics, or Covid mentions.
Request 2 by karrenia_rune
American Pie - Don McLean (Song)
Fic
I love most everything from action/adventure, hinjinks, slice of life, crossovers, drama/angst with a happy ending, dramas, chracter introspection.
AUs, are okay, just no High-School or Coffee Shops. Is this something the narrator in the song is something right now,is this taking place in the pacst? You Dedcide. You can change up the setting, old west, Space, etc. I will love it al!
Treats are enable and encouraged.
Request 3 by karrenia_rune
Let's Dance - David Bowie (Song)
Fic
Any sytle of dance, any setting, I was thinking along the lines of "Step it Up" or a musical, but I would like to see what could be done with tthis song.
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Request 1 by Minutia_R
Build Me Up From Bones - Sarah Jarosz (Song)
Art, Fic
DNW (general):
-Long fic. Anything more than about 5000 words or so and I start getting anxious about reading and commenting in a timely fashion while still giving the story the attention it deserves, so I’d just rather you didn’t.
-Purely introspective stories with no action or character interaction
-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure/interactive/game-style fic
-Body image issues. I don’t mind brief mentions, but please don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on a character hating their body.
-It-was-only-a-dream type endings
-Torture for information (torture for fun/religious ritual/to enforce compliance is fine)/violent interrogation methods
-Any mention of Alcoholics Anonymous
DNW (smut):
-Sounding
-Infantilization
-That thing where one or more of the people involved doesn’t know what sex is or realize they’re having it
-Religion kink--like, using religious paraphernalia as sex toys, religious garb acting as fetish wear, or kinking on breaking religious vows of chastity. Sex with gods, devils, demons, or while being a god is okay and even great though.
General likes (fic): I really like all kinds of fic, from silly fluff, action and adventures and worldbuilding to smut and hurt/comfort. Feel free to take it darker, too: violence, character death, betrayal, consent issues sexual and otherwise, bad things happening to characters I like AND characters I like doing bad things. I’m open to different POVs and tenses, and unusual fic formats like poetry and epistolary/documentary fic. In terms of romance and/or sex, I like any number of participants (as long as there are few enough that you can keep track of all the anatomy) and any gender combination. In general, I'm open to alternate gender interpretations of characters in the songs/videos.
General likes (art): Bright palettes with jewel tones, especially turquoise and rose, but also monochrome with lots of shading. Curves, soft bellies and big noses; also, hair. The kind of character portrait where a lot of thought has gone into details of clothing, hairstyle, etc even if nothing in particular is happening. Loose sketchy comick-y things that illustrate a character moment or interaction. Hair-touching, face-touching, hand kissing, forehead kissing, hugs from behind. I also like things that incorporate text and images in various ways, like calligraphy, comics, maps and diagrams, and I’m really fond of watercolors and Art Nouveau-inspired stylings.
Optional prompt: This is a love song between a twisted mockery of life and the necromancer who reanimated them, right? I’d love something that captures both the aching tenderness of it and the inherent horror behind the premise. Were the necromancer and the undead creature lovers in a previous life, and the necromancer refused to give them up after their death? Or is it more of a Pygmalion and Galatea situation, where the undead is a new person created to the necromancer’s specifications? Give me all the intense devotion and us-against-the-world (with torches and pitchforks) please!
Letter: https://minutia-r.dreamwidth.org/73890.html
Request 2 by Minutia_R
Mean Well - Dear Reader (Music Video)
Art, Fic
DNW (general):
-Long fic. Anything more than about 5000 words or so and I start getting anxious about reading and commenting in a timely fashion while still giving the story the attention it deserves, so I’d just rather you didn’t.
-Purely introspective stories with no action or character interaction
-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure/interactive/game-style fic
-Body image issues. I don’t mind brief mentions, but please don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on a character hating their body.
-It-was-only-a-dream type endings
-Torture for information (torture for fun/religious ritual/to enforce compliance is fine)/violent interrogation methods
-Any mention of Alcoholics Anonymous
DNW (smut):
-Sounding
-Infantilization
-That thing where one or more of the people involved doesn’t know what sex is or realize they’re having it
-Religion kink--like, using religious paraphernalia as sex toys, religious garb acting as fetish wear, or kinking on breaking religious vows of chastity. Sex with gods, devils, demons, or while being a god is okay and even great though.
General likes (fic): I really like all kinds of fic, from silly fluff, action and adventures and worldbuilding to smut and hurt/comfort. Feel free to take it darker, too: violence, character death, betrayal, consent issues sexual and otherwise, bad things happening to characters I like AND characters I like doing bad things. I’m open to different POVs and tenses, and unusual fic formats like poetry and epistolary/documentary fic. In terms of romance and/or sex, I like any number of participants (as long as there are few enough that you can keep track of all the anatomy) and any gender combination. In general, I'm open to alternate gender interpretations of characters in the songs/videos.
General likes (art): Bright palettes with jewel tones, especially turquoise and rose, but also monochrome with lots of shading. Curves, soft bellies and big noses; also, hair. The kind of character portrait where a lot of thought has gone into details of clothing, hairstyle, etc even if nothing in particular is happening. Loose sketchy comick-y things that illustrate a character moment or interaction. Hair-touching, face-touching, hand kissing, forehead kissing, hugs from behind. I also like things that incorporate text and images in various ways, like calligraphy, comics, maps and diagrams, and I’m really fond of watercolors and Art Nouveau-inspired stylings.
Optional prompt: The lyrics suggest someone suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, or an experiment of Mad Science abandoned by their creator. I really dig the old-timey monster-movie aesthetic of the video, and the juxtaposition of the creepy and the mundane; the jerky and repetitive images might hint at the narrator being somehow unglued in time, stuck in a time loop or plagued by visions of the future/past? I'm interested in the relationship between the narrator and the individual they're addressing, and also about the people/other creatures attached to the "eyes everywhere" and if, in fact, they mean well.
Letter: https://minutia-r.dreamwidth.org/73890.html
Request 3 by Minutia_R
I Go Like the Raven - Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer (Song)
Art, Fic
DNW (general):
-Long fic. Anything more than about 5000 words or so and I start getting anxious about reading and commenting in a timely fashion while still giving the story the attention it deserves, so I’d just rather you didn’t.
-Purely introspective stories with no action or character interaction
-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure/interactive/game-style fic
-Body image issues. I don’t mind brief mentions, but please don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on a character hating their body.
-It-was-only-a-dream type endings
-Torture for information (torture for fun/religious ritual/to enforce compliance is fine)/violent interrogation methods
-Any mention of Alcoholics Anonymous
DNW (smut):
-Sounding
-Infantilization
-That thing where one or more of the people involved doesn’t know what sex is or realize they’re having it
-Religion kink--like, using religious paraphernalia as sex toys, religious garb acting as fetish wear, or kinking on breaking religious vows of chastity. Sex with gods, devils, demons, or while being a god is okay and even great though.
General likes (fic): I really like all kinds of fic, from silly fluff, action and adventures and worldbuilding to smut and hurt/comfort. Feel free to take it darker, too: violence, character death, betrayal, consent issues sexual and otherwise, bad things happening to characters I like AND characters I like doing bad things. I’m open to different POVs and tenses, and unusual fic formats like poetry and epistolary/documentary fic. In terms of romance and/or sex, I like any number of participants (as long as there are few enough that you can keep track of all the anatomy) and any gender combination. In general, I'm open to alternate gender interpretations of characters in the songs/videos.
General likes (art): Bright palettes with jewel tones, especially turquoise and rose, but also monochrome with lots of shading. Curves, soft bellies and big noses; also, hair. The kind of character portrait where a lot of thought has gone into details of clothing, hairstyle, etc even if nothing in particular is happening. Loose sketchy comick-y things that illustrate a character moment or interaction. Hair-touching, face-touching, hand kissing, forehead kissing, hugs from behind. I also like things that incorporate text and images in various ways, like calligraphy, comics, maps and diagrams, and I’m really fond of watercolors and Art Nouveau-inspired stylings.
Optional prompt: I love the sense of place in this. I'd love to see how the narrator's magic works, whether it's through music, transforming herself, and/or summoning natural and supernatural allies to her assistance, and how she uses it to escape her abusive partner. The last verse also suggests that she might be passing one her wisdom to an apprentice or a younger generation, and I'd love to see that relationship too.
Letter: https://minutia-r.dreamwidth.org/73890.html
Request 4 by Minutia_R
Pont Mirabeau - Ana Silvera (Song)
Art, Fic
DNW (general):
-Long fic. Anything more than about 5000 words or so and I start getting anxious about reading and commenting in a timely fashion while still giving the story the attention it deserves, so I’d just rather you didn’t.
-Purely introspective stories with no action or character interaction
-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure/interactive/game-style fic
-Body image issues. I don’t mind brief mentions, but please don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on a character hating their body.
-It-was-only-a-dream type endings
-Torture for information (torture for fun/religious ritual/to enforce compliance is fine)/violent interrogation methods
-Any mention of Alcoholics Anonymous
DNW (smut):
-Sounding
-Infantilization
-That thing where one or more of the people involved doesn’t know what sex is or realize they’re having it
-Religion kink--like, using religious paraphernalia as sex toys, religious garb acting as fetish wear, or kinking on breaking religious vows of chastity. Sex with gods, devils, demons, or while being a god is okay and even great though.
General likes (fic): I really like all kinds of fic, from silly fluff, action and adventures and worldbuilding to smut and hurt/comfort. Feel free to take it darker, too: violence, character death, betrayal, consent issues sexual and otherwise, bad things happening to characters I like AND characters I like doing bad things. I’m open to different POVs and tenses, and unusual fic formats like poetry and epistolary/documentary fic. In terms of romance and/or sex, I like any number of participants (as long as there are few enough that you can keep track of all the anatomy) and any gender combination. In general, I'm open to alternate gender interpretations of characters in the songs/videos.
General likes (art): Bright palettes with jewel tones, especially turquoise and rose, but also monochrome with lots of shading. Curves, soft bellies and big noses; also, hair. The kind of character portrait where a lot of thought has gone into details of clothing, hairstyle, etc even if nothing in particular is happening. Loose sketchy comick-y things that illustrate a character moment or interaction. Hair-touching, face-touching, hand kissing, forehead kissing, hugs from behind. I also like things that incorporate text and images in various ways, like calligraphy, comics, maps and diagrams, and I’m really fond of watercolors and Art Nouveau-inspired stylings.
Optional prompt: I love the sense of longing and unfulfilled possibilities in this song, and the kaleidoscopic imagery. Is the bridge a literal bridge, or a metaphor, or a nexus of supernatural power, or all three? Do the lovers ever unite, or are they divided forever? Or are they cursed to always join and part again?
Letter: https://minutia-r.dreamwidth.org/73890.html
Request 5 by Minutia_R
NiNi - MaZu 媽祖 (Music Video)
Art, Fic
DNW (general):
-Long fic. Anything more than about 5000 words or so and I start getting anxious about reading and commenting in a timely fashion while still giving the story the attention it deserves, so I’d just rather you didn’t.
-Purely introspective stories with no action or character interaction
-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure/interactive/game-style fic
-Body image issues. I don’t mind brief mentions, but please don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on a character hating their body.
-It-was-only-a-dream type endings
-Torture for information (torture for fun/religious ritual/to enforce compliance is fine)/violent interrogation methods
-Any mention of Alcoholics Anonymous
DNW (smut):
-Sounding
-Infantilization
-That thing where one or more of the people involved doesn’t know what sex is or realize they’re having it
-Religion kink--like, using religious paraphernalia as sex toys, religious garb acting as fetish wear, or kinking on breaking religious vows of chastity. Sex with gods, devils, demons, or while being a god is okay and even great though.
General likes (fic): I really like all kinds of fic, from silly fluff, action and adventures and worldbuilding to smut and hurt/comfort. Feel free to take it darker, too: violence, character death, betrayal, consent issues sexual and otherwise, bad things happening to characters I like AND characters I like doing bad things. I’m open to different POVs and tenses, and unusual fic formats like poetry and epistolary/documentary fic. In terms of romance and/or sex, I like any number of participants (as long as there are few enough that you can keep track of all the anatomy) and any gender combination. In general, I'm open to alternate gender interpretations of characters in the songs/videos.
General likes (art): Bright palettes with jewel tones, especially turquoise and rose, but also monochrome with lots of shading. Curves, soft bellies and big noses; also, hair. The kind of character portrait where a lot of thought has gone into details of clothing, hairstyle, etc even if nothing in particular is happening. Loose sketchy comick-y things that illustrate a character moment or interaction. Hair-touching, face-touching, hand kissing, forehead kissing, hugs from behind. I also like things that incorporate text and images in various ways, like calligraphy, comics, maps and diagrams, and I’m really fond of watercolors and Art Nouveau-inspired stylings.
Optional prompt: The juxtaposition of the primordial power of the sea and the goddess with the modern city is really intriguing. If you feel confident creating something set in real-world Taiwan (or the urban fantasy equivalent), that would be awesome; otherwise, I would be equally happy with something set in a secondary world. I'd like something that captures the destructive potential but also the guardian/protector nature of the goddess, and the relationship between her and her people.
Letter: https://minutia-r.dreamwidth.org/73890.html
Remaining pinch hits are due at 11:59pm EDT on Friday 14 June. If you can create a gift for any of these requests, please reply with your AO3 name & the number of the pinch hit you would like to claim, and thank you!
Abandoned Town - The Smooth Maria (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
This is a powerful and versatile song. The setting could be just about anything: Present-day, four years ago, anytime up to a hundred years ago, sci-fi, sci-fantasy, cyberpunk, steampunk, etc;
What is literal, what is metaphor? What manners of catastrophe would put seagulls in a desert, the oceans would have to boil or shift! The oceans could be painted black by something as harmless as nightfall or something as gruesome as oil spill! Do the woman and child really dance around a fire for the first time, or did they attain freedom amidst destruction? Did the narrator stay behind as the others left?
There is so much you could write here, far more than a thousand words. I can understand if you need to brush some details aside for time reasons. But at the core remains the question of why the people abandoned this town. Hopes, fears, threats, or all of that and something entirely else?
DNW:
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Request 2 by MossyMossbird
The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine - Spoon (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
The lyrics may be sung by an unreliable narrator. Why does he want to play Eddie so much? What two sides does he see? How do they compare to his own life?
This has the potential for two parallel stories. However, I understand that writing a whole stageplay in itself is beyond the scope of this exchange, let alone with a meta-narrative, so feel free to leave it at excerpts or key scenes or whatever you see fit.
I don't think it is in any way asserted that Eddie and Monsieur Valentine be the same person, but it is probably easier to write under this assumption.
A core topic of the play seems to be the defiance of societal norms such as rank, monogamy, and heterosexuality. Feel free to lean into that, or disagree and ignore it.
DNW:
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Request 3 by MossyMossbird
Trojan Horse - Luv' (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
I nominated this song for being silly. Likening a proposal to military deception is hilarious. And instead of telling them off for this faux pas, the narrator is teasing and playing with them.
Consider it a "surprise me" pick. Surprise me!
DNW:
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Request 4 by MossyMossbird
Change My Ways - Burn the Ballroom (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
This song reminds me of red flags in abusive relationships, in particular how the abuser will attempt to save face by feinting repentance, only to take the next opportunity for abusive behaviour worse than before. This is backed by how they then demand "songs of praise" for something they have not done yet. And "this one's the last" implies that it's not the first fall and/or death. Are they really going to change their ways this time?
Besides, the lyrics may be sung by an unreliable narrator. "Cold and holy work" is a bizarre choice of words. The river motive especially confuses me. "She" fell, but then the narrator "crawl to the banks"? And her "rising river" runs down by her grave? It may be a metaphor I'm too dull for. If you feel the same way, you can just skip it. If you see something in it, I'm excited to hear it!
DNW:
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Request 5 by MossyMossbird
Start to Fall - Get Scared (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
This song seems to be about someone pushed to the brink. They literally admit that they can't take it, asking how they "can take everything inside". They're haunted at night and feel inferior.
It would be straight-forward, except the lyrics seem to address another character who is the one falling and being comfortable at it. A relationship, be it intimate, professional, or something else, must be tough under such circumstances.
DNW:
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Request 6 by MossyMossbird
Lichtgestalt - Lacrimosa (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
Is it possession? A daemon? A headmate? A very elaborate sphynx riddle? You tell me!
What situation would ever make a person feel all those things, though?
Honestly, I mostly nominated this song for the painterly descriptions. There is no apparent plot, setting, or characterisation. Go wild!
DNW:
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Request 7 by MossyMossbird
Achilles Come Down - Gang of Youths (Song)
Art, Fic, Podfic
This is a powerful song about grief and suicidal thoughts.
To the best of my knowledge, this song does not describe a scene from the original story of Achilles, but rather lends motives from him.
As a sidenote: This song has been requested in previous years by InArduisFidelis (several times!), SarunoHadaki, LonelyLord. If you pick this, you might want to notify those people.
DNW:
• Death by suicide – Achilles (or whatever you wish to call the character) may get close to it, prepare for it, possibly even get started on it, but please not see it through.
• Graphic Intercourse – You can include some if it serves the story, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic.
• Graphic Torture – I am squeamish specifically when pain is inflicted deliberately against helpless victims, especially if it is for its own sake. Accidental injuries, verbal violence, combat, etc are OK to describe in detail.
• Omegaverse
Letter: https://mobbstar.gitlab.io/letters/jukebox2024
Crazy - Aerosmith (Music Video)
Art, Fic, Podfic
DNWs:
-smut
-adult/minor or incest pairings
-AUs that take place in a setting different than canonical world (unless requested)
-harming or killing animals
-graphic descriptions or realistic art of injury to eyes or fingers
-character bashing (in narration)
-fluff without plot (in fics)
If we don’t match, but anything inspires you, treats are always welcome 🙂
Letter with likes http://docs.google.com/document/d/1sh8FQWFfQNvV__b1uQIyo8iNEyaqeBMb2Xfy3GpU-hA/edit?usp=sharing
Request 2 by c_art
Magnum Bullets - Night Runner ft. Dan Avidan (Music Video)
Art, Fic, Podfic
DNWs:
-smut
-adult/minor or incest pairings
-AUs that take place in a setting different than canonical world (unless requested)
-harming or killing animals
-graphic descriptions or realistic art of injury to eyes or fingers
-character bashing (in narration)
-fluff without plot (in fics)
If we don’t match, but anything inspires you, treats are always welcome 🙂
Letter with likes http://docs.google.com/document/d/1sh8FQWFfQNvV__b1uQIyo8iNEyaqeBMb2Xfy3GpU-hA/edit?usp=sharing
Request 3 by c_art
Hit and Run - LOLO (Music Video)
Art, Fic, Podfic
DNWs:
-smut
-adult/minor or incest pairings
-AUs that take place in a setting different than canonical world (unless requested)
-harming or killing animals
-graphic descriptions or realistic art of injury to eyes or fingers
-character bashing (in narration)
-fluff without plot (in fics)
If we don’t match, but anything inspires you, treats are always welcome 🙂
Letter with likes http://docs.google.com/document/d/1sh8FQWFfQNvV__b1uQIyo8iNEyaqeBMb2Xfy3GpU-hA/edit?usp=sharing
Request 4 by c_art
R.o.S.E BLUE - Dreamcatcher (Music Video)
Art, Fic, Podfic
DNWs:
-smut
-adult/minor or incest pairings
-AUs that take place in a setting different than canonical world (unless requested)
-harming or killing animals
-graphic descriptions or realistic art of injury to eyes or fingers
-character bashing (in narration)
-fluff without plot (in fics)
If we don’t match, but anything inspires you, treats are always welcome 🙂
Letter with likes http://docs.google.com/document/d/1sh8FQWFfQNvV__b1uQIyo8iNEyaqeBMb2Xfy3GpU-hA/edit?usp=sharing
You May Be Right - Billy Joel (Song)
Fic
I love this song and I would love to see what you could do with it narrative wise. This could be from an established relationship. Ride or die couple on a thrill ride, any setting, any pairing. Are they thrill-seekers, rock-climbing, fast and furious enthusiasts? Crimminals. One is the crazy one, the other is more laid-back. Maybe one or more of the characters in the song are trying to catch serial crimminals a la Bonnie and Clyde?
I love most everything from action/adventure, hinjinks, slice of life, crossovers, drama/angst with a happy ending, dramas, chracter introspection.
AUs, are okay, just no High-School or Coffee Shops.
Treats are enable and encouraged.
DNW: excessive gore and/or swearing, Non-Con, charcter-bashing, AU, no real-world politics, or Covid mentions.
Request 2 by karrenia_rune
American Pie - Don McLean (Song)
Fic
I love most everything from action/adventure, hinjinks, slice of life, crossovers, drama/angst with a happy ending, dramas, chracter introspection.
AUs, are okay, just no High-School or Coffee Shops. Is this something the narrator in the song is something right now,is this taking place in the pacst? You Dedcide. You can change up the setting, old west, Space, etc. I will love it al!
Treats are enable and encouraged.
Request 3 by karrenia_rune
Let's Dance - David Bowie (Song)
Fic
Any sytle of dance, any setting, I was thinking along the lines of "Step it Up" or a musical, but I would like to see what could be done with tthis song.
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Build Me Up From Bones - Sarah Jarosz (Song)
Art, Fic
DNW (general):
-Long fic. Anything more than about 5000 words or so and I start getting anxious about reading and commenting in a timely fashion while still giving the story the attention it deserves, so I’d just rather you didn’t.
-Purely introspective stories with no action or character interaction
-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure/interactive/game-style fic
-Body image issues. I don’t mind brief mentions, but please don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on a character hating their body.
-It-was-only-a-dream type endings
-Torture for information (torture for fun/religious ritual/to enforce compliance is fine)/violent interrogation methods
-Any mention of Alcoholics Anonymous
DNW (smut):
-Sounding
-Infantilization
-That thing where one or more of the people involved doesn’t know what sex is or realize they’re having it
-Religion kink--like, using religious paraphernalia as sex toys, religious garb acting as fetish wear, or kinking on breaking religious vows of chastity. Sex with gods, devils, demons, or while being a god is okay and even great though.
General likes (fic): I really like all kinds of fic, from silly fluff, action and adventures and worldbuilding to smut and hurt/comfort. Feel free to take it darker, too: violence, character death, betrayal, consent issues sexual and otherwise, bad things happening to characters I like AND characters I like doing bad things. I’m open to different POVs and tenses, and unusual fic formats like poetry and epistolary/documentary fic. In terms of romance and/or sex, I like any number of participants (as long as there are few enough that you can keep track of all the anatomy) and any gender combination. In general, I'm open to alternate gender interpretations of characters in the songs/videos.
General likes (art): Bright palettes with jewel tones, especially turquoise and rose, but also monochrome with lots of shading. Curves, soft bellies and big noses; also, hair. The kind of character portrait where a lot of thought has gone into details of clothing, hairstyle, etc even if nothing in particular is happening. Loose sketchy comick-y things that illustrate a character moment or interaction. Hair-touching, face-touching, hand kissing, forehead kissing, hugs from behind. I also like things that incorporate text and images in various ways, like calligraphy, comics, maps and diagrams, and I’m really fond of watercolors and Art Nouveau-inspired stylings.
Optional prompt: This is a love song between a twisted mockery of life and the necromancer who reanimated them, right? I’d love something that captures both the aching tenderness of it and the inherent horror behind the premise. Were the necromancer and the undead creature lovers in a previous life, and the necromancer refused to give them up after their death? Or is it more of a Pygmalion and Galatea situation, where the undead is a new person created to the necromancer’s specifications? Give me all the intense devotion and us-against-the-world (with torches and pitchforks) please!
Letter: https://minutia-r.dreamwidth.org/73890.html
Request 2 by Minutia_R
Mean Well - Dear Reader (Music Video)
Art, Fic
DNW (general):
-Long fic. Anything more than about 5000 words or so and I start getting anxious about reading and commenting in a timely fashion while still giving the story the attention it deserves, so I’d just rather you didn’t.
-Purely introspective stories with no action or character interaction
-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure/interactive/game-style fic
-Body image issues. I don’t mind brief mentions, but please don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on a character hating their body.
-It-was-only-a-dream type endings
-Torture for information (torture for fun/religious ritual/to enforce compliance is fine)/violent interrogation methods
-Any mention of Alcoholics Anonymous
DNW (smut):
-Sounding
-Infantilization
-That thing where one or more of the people involved doesn’t know what sex is or realize they’re having it
-Religion kink--like, using religious paraphernalia as sex toys, religious garb acting as fetish wear, or kinking on breaking religious vows of chastity. Sex with gods, devils, demons, or while being a god is okay and even great though.
General likes (fic): I really like all kinds of fic, from silly fluff, action and adventures and worldbuilding to smut and hurt/comfort. Feel free to take it darker, too: violence, character death, betrayal, consent issues sexual and otherwise, bad things happening to characters I like AND characters I like doing bad things. I’m open to different POVs and tenses, and unusual fic formats like poetry and epistolary/documentary fic. In terms of romance and/or sex, I like any number of participants (as long as there are few enough that you can keep track of all the anatomy) and any gender combination. In general, I'm open to alternate gender interpretations of characters in the songs/videos.
General likes (art): Bright palettes with jewel tones, especially turquoise and rose, but also monochrome with lots of shading. Curves, soft bellies and big noses; also, hair. The kind of character portrait where a lot of thought has gone into details of clothing, hairstyle, etc even if nothing in particular is happening. Loose sketchy comick-y things that illustrate a character moment or interaction. Hair-touching, face-touching, hand kissing, forehead kissing, hugs from behind. I also like things that incorporate text and images in various ways, like calligraphy, comics, maps and diagrams, and I’m really fond of watercolors and Art Nouveau-inspired stylings.
Optional prompt: The lyrics suggest someone suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, or an experiment of Mad Science abandoned by their creator. I really dig the old-timey monster-movie aesthetic of the video, and the juxtaposition of the creepy and the mundane; the jerky and repetitive images might hint at the narrator being somehow unglued in time, stuck in a time loop or plagued by visions of the future/past? I'm interested in the relationship between the narrator and the individual they're addressing, and also about the people/other creatures attached to the "eyes everywhere" and if, in fact, they mean well.
Letter: https://minutia-r.dreamwidth.org/73890.html
Request 3 by Minutia_R
I Go Like the Raven - Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer (Song)
Art, Fic
DNW (general):
-Long fic. Anything more than about 5000 words or so and I start getting anxious about reading and commenting in a timely fashion while still giving the story the attention it deserves, so I’d just rather you didn’t.
-Purely introspective stories with no action or character interaction
-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure/interactive/game-style fic
-Body image issues. I don’t mind brief mentions, but please don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on a character hating their body.
-It-was-only-a-dream type endings
-Torture for information (torture for fun/religious ritual/to enforce compliance is fine)/violent interrogation methods
-Any mention of Alcoholics Anonymous
DNW (smut):
-Sounding
-Infantilization
-That thing where one or more of the people involved doesn’t know what sex is or realize they’re having it
-Religion kink--like, using religious paraphernalia as sex toys, religious garb acting as fetish wear, or kinking on breaking religious vows of chastity. Sex with gods, devils, demons, or while being a god is okay and even great though.
General likes (fic): I really like all kinds of fic, from silly fluff, action and adventures and worldbuilding to smut and hurt/comfort. Feel free to take it darker, too: violence, character death, betrayal, consent issues sexual and otherwise, bad things happening to characters I like AND characters I like doing bad things. I’m open to different POVs and tenses, and unusual fic formats like poetry and epistolary/documentary fic. In terms of romance and/or sex, I like any number of participants (as long as there are few enough that you can keep track of all the anatomy) and any gender combination. In general, I'm open to alternate gender interpretations of characters in the songs/videos.
General likes (art): Bright palettes with jewel tones, especially turquoise and rose, but also monochrome with lots of shading. Curves, soft bellies and big noses; also, hair. The kind of character portrait where a lot of thought has gone into details of clothing, hairstyle, etc even if nothing in particular is happening. Loose sketchy comick-y things that illustrate a character moment or interaction. Hair-touching, face-touching, hand kissing, forehead kissing, hugs from behind. I also like things that incorporate text and images in various ways, like calligraphy, comics, maps and diagrams, and I’m really fond of watercolors and Art Nouveau-inspired stylings.
Optional prompt: I love the sense of place in this. I'd love to see how the narrator's magic works, whether it's through music, transforming herself, and/or summoning natural and supernatural allies to her assistance, and how she uses it to escape her abusive partner. The last verse also suggests that she might be passing one her wisdom to an apprentice or a younger generation, and I'd love to see that relationship too.
Letter: https://minutia-r.dreamwidth.org/73890.html
Request 4 by Minutia_R
Pont Mirabeau - Ana Silvera (Song)
Art, Fic
DNW (general):
-Long fic. Anything more than about 5000 words or so and I start getting anxious about reading and commenting in a timely fashion while still giving the story the attention it deserves, so I’d just rather you didn’t.
-Purely introspective stories with no action or character interaction
-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure/interactive/game-style fic
-Body image issues. I don’t mind brief mentions, but please don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on a character hating their body.
-It-was-only-a-dream type endings
-Torture for information (torture for fun/religious ritual/to enforce compliance is fine)/violent interrogation methods
-Any mention of Alcoholics Anonymous
DNW (smut):
-Sounding
-Infantilization
-That thing where one or more of the people involved doesn’t know what sex is or realize they’re having it
-Religion kink--like, using religious paraphernalia as sex toys, religious garb acting as fetish wear, or kinking on breaking religious vows of chastity. Sex with gods, devils, demons, or while being a god is okay and even great though.
General likes (fic): I really like all kinds of fic, from silly fluff, action and adventures and worldbuilding to smut and hurt/comfort. Feel free to take it darker, too: violence, character death, betrayal, consent issues sexual and otherwise, bad things happening to characters I like AND characters I like doing bad things. I’m open to different POVs and tenses, and unusual fic formats like poetry and epistolary/documentary fic. In terms of romance and/or sex, I like any number of participants (as long as there are few enough that you can keep track of all the anatomy) and any gender combination. In general, I'm open to alternate gender interpretations of characters in the songs/videos.
General likes (art): Bright palettes with jewel tones, especially turquoise and rose, but also monochrome with lots of shading. Curves, soft bellies and big noses; also, hair. The kind of character portrait where a lot of thought has gone into details of clothing, hairstyle, etc even if nothing in particular is happening. Loose sketchy comick-y things that illustrate a character moment or interaction. Hair-touching, face-touching, hand kissing, forehead kissing, hugs from behind. I also like things that incorporate text and images in various ways, like calligraphy, comics, maps and diagrams, and I’m really fond of watercolors and Art Nouveau-inspired stylings.
Optional prompt: I love the sense of longing and unfulfilled possibilities in this song, and the kaleidoscopic imagery. Is the bridge a literal bridge, or a metaphor, or a nexus of supernatural power, or all three? Do the lovers ever unite, or are they divided forever? Or are they cursed to always join and part again?
Letter: https://minutia-r.dreamwidth.org/73890.html
Request 5 by Minutia_R
NiNi - MaZu 媽祖 (Music Video)
Art, Fic
DNW (general):
-Long fic. Anything more than about 5000 words or so and I start getting anxious about reading and commenting in a timely fashion while still giving the story the attention it deserves, so I’d just rather you didn’t.
-Purely introspective stories with no action or character interaction
-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure/interactive/game-style fic
-Body image issues. I don’t mind brief mentions, but please don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on a character hating their body.
-It-was-only-a-dream type endings
-Torture for information (torture for fun/religious ritual/to enforce compliance is fine)/violent interrogation methods
-Any mention of Alcoholics Anonymous
DNW (smut):
-Sounding
-Infantilization
-That thing where one or more of the people involved doesn’t know what sex is or realize they’re having it
-Religion kink--like, using religious paraphernalia as sex toys, religious garb acting as fetish wear, or kinking on breaking religious vows of chastity. Sex with gods, devils, demons, or while being a god is okay and even great though.
General likes (fic): I really like all kinds of fic, from silly fluff, action and adventures and worldbuilding to smut and hurt/comfort. Feel free to take it darker, too: violence, character death, betrayal, consent issues sexual and otherwise, bad things happening to characters I like AND characters I like doing bad things. I’m open to different POVs and tenses, and unusual fic formats like poetry and epistolary/documentary fic. In terms of romance and/or sex, I like any number of participants (as long as there are few enough that you can keep track of all the anatomy) and any gender combination. In general, I'm open to alternate gender interpretations of characters in the songs/videos.
General likes (art): Bright palettes with jewel tones, especially turquoise and rose, but also monochrome with lots of shading. Curves, soft bellies and big noses; also, hair. The kind of character portrait where a lot of thought has gone into details of clothing, hairstyle, etc even if nothing in particular is happening. Loose sketchy comick-y things that illustrate a character moment or interaction. Hair-touching, face-touching, hand kissing, forehead kissing, hugs from behind. I also like things that incorporate text and images in various ways, like calligraphy, comics, maps and diagrams, and I’m really fond of watercolors and Art Nouveau-inspired stylings.
Optional prompt: The juxtaposition of the primordial power of the sea and the goddess with the modern city is really intriguing. If you feel confident creating something set in real-world Taiwan (or the urban fantasy equivalent), that would be awesome; otherwise, I would be equally happy with something set in a secondary world. I'd like something that captures the destructive potential but also the guardian/protector nature of the goddess, and the relationship between her and her people.
Letter: https://minutia-r.dreamwidth.org/73890.html
