The Aurors Prompt-Fest!!

[starlady]

First: The Aurors Prompt-Fest is open for signups and prompts!!

Are you fan of cop dramas on TV? Is Mad-Eye Moody one of your favorite Harry Potter characters? Ever wish the series had chucked Quidditch in favor of more Defense Against the Dark Arts?

Then you would like The Aurors, the TV show that, alas, never existed. Except here, in fanfic form! This is a prompt meme inspired by that fan "trailer," for readers and writers who would love to see a grittier, more adult Harry Potter, focused on the men and women (and possibly some non-humans, too) who defend both the wizarding and Muggle worlds against evil magic.

Signups are open now; close on December 8th at 8 p.m. EST; stories are due by the same time on January 8th, and will be opened for reading on the 9th. They'll be anonymous to begin with; author reveal will follow a week later.

swan_tower and I are your hosts. Please leave prompts if you have them, sign up if you see any that tickle your fancy, and spread the word!

Comments

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there really is a total lack of numinous-ness (numinosity? whatever) in most of Rowling's world. Which I'm sort of okay with, because it's a tone thing and different kinds of tones are fine . . . but I can totally understand not wanting to see one's own beliefs turned into items from the D&D Monster Manual. (Especially when that's the only tone you ever see used for them in most fiction.)

But anyway, as for the prompt meme: you can sign up (i.e. submit prompts) without committing to write anything, you can claim a prompt without signing up and with no penalty if you don't end up writing the story, etc. That's why we ran it this way, instead of as a gift exchange; for the flexibility. You don't need to make a decision now. :-)

[recessional]

I left a whole bunch! :) And yeah, what I'll probably end up doing is just informing my brain that WE ARE NOT WORLDBUILDING THAT HARD, sketches are okay, let's just write about Peggy Sue and her hard day at the office, or the day Bob and Amal saved the city of Vancouver from the Death Eaters. Or possibly just writing something set in Rowling's version of Wizarding Britain anyway.

Whereas trying to worldbuild the whole school system would make my head EXPLODE with these questions.

Edit: Also, totally with you on the sort-of-okay-with - I mean, I enjoy the books and the world. I just look at it, and this totally common pitfall, where my position is viz all of it and go " . . . I am not sure I can make these two flavours mix well."