| Public holidays in Bujold |
[Nov. 11th, 2010|04:04 pm] |
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It's Veteran's Day here, which brings to mind the question: what public holidays would they have on different worlds Lois has written?
On Barrayar, with its default assumption of military service, would every day be Veteran's Day, or would there be some general public holidays, with appropriate booming accompaniment?
On Sergyar, they couldn't do Count's birthday [too close to Emperor's birthday], but might do some Founder's Day type of celebration.
One is tempted to think of Beta Colony having some sort of Scientist's Day, but once again you run into the default assumption of everyone being a scientist [or at least scientific & rational].
I could easily see Komarrans having individual dome founding celebrations, planetwide Founder celebrations, and teeth-gritting-reluctant Barrayaran celebrations. The language used by dome maintenance departments after obligatory fireworks would make a Barrayaran blush.
Escobar would definitely rock Veteran's Day, though, and remember with pride the day they stood up to--and fought off!--those Barrayaran bullies.
Thoughts? Discussion? Fireworks? Bueller?
P. S. Happy Veteran's Day! To all who have, do, or will serve, thanks for your service! |
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| Prompt-claiming starts today for Bujold fest |
[Jul. 12th, 2009|09:49 am] |
This comm is on hiatus for the rest of the summer, but there are plenty of prompts to be had for those looking for inspiration! The Bujold Fest 2009 prompt-claiming has started here.
Hope everyone's having a good summer, and happy creating! |
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| On hiatus for the annual Bujold fest! |
[Jul. 5th, 2009|11:55 am] |
As we did last year, we're going to take a brief hiatus to let people focus on the Bujold Fest, which is starting to collect prompts today. Weekly prompting will resume Sunday, Sept 6. Have a great summer! |
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| This Week's Prompt |
[Jun. 28th, 2009|08:43 pm] |
This week's missing scene concerns what Whit and Berry and/or any of the other crew members from the Fetch were doing while Fawn and Dag were at New Moon Cutoff in Horizon.
Fic of all lengths and art are very welcome. If this prompt does not inspire, past prompts are always available.
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| this week's prompt: the dinner party |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|12:35 pm] |
I've been reading ACC, and so for this week's 'missing scene' prompt, I thought we might take the infamous Dinner Party and fill in some of the gaps around it. Cordelia has off-screen conversations with the Vorthyses, with Alys and Simon, and with Enrique. Somebody tells Enrique about Cordelia's scientific attainments, and he starts to worships at her altar. Dono, Olivia and the Vorbrettens go off together - what do they say about it all, and is this the start of Dono and Olivia's romance? How does the gossip get loose and spread around the city? What are the servants and armsmen saying? You could go to the start of the sequence - what *is* Dono telling all the women over cocktails before dinner? There's Aral meeting the Vorkosigan butter bugs, the Koudelkas arguing, Simon feeling guilty, Galeni realising Kareen and Mark are together, the incident with the drains, and Ivan running off to hide... plenty of characters and possibilities to play with. Have fun!
Fic of all lengths and types is welcome, as is art. And, as always, you can use any past prompt instead if this one doesn't inspire you. |
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| This week's prompt: Miles' death |
[Jun. 14th, 2009|01:40 pm] |
Continuing this month's theme of missing scenes, this week's challenge is to write the scene when Illyan has to inform Count and Countess Vorkosigan of Miles' death in Mirror Dance.
As always, fics of all lengths and art of any kind are welcome, and past prompts are up for use if this one doesn't inspire.
The prompting schedule for the next few weeks is:
June 21 - ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.2) philomytha
June 28 - bookish_brownie
July 5 - firefly124
If anyone else is interested in helping out with the prompt rotation, feel free to comment and volunteer! |
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| Fic: Dinner for Two |
[Jun. 9th, 2009|07:41 pm] |
I found this drabble jotted down in a notebook, from way back when I first saw this prompt. It's based on a real-life experience my mother had as a student...
Title: Dinner for Two
Author: philomytha
Prompt: Hearts
Word count: 150
Rating/warnings: G, gen
Summary: Ivan tries to save money
( Dinner for Two ) |
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