can't fight this feeling: the power ballad slash ficathon

[marginalia]

you've been threatened with it for Some Time Now and so let's just get it over with, eh?

starfishchick & marginalia present:

Can't Fight This Feeling: The Power Ballad Slash Ficathon
(aka the least organized ficathon ever) here's all the stuff you need to know:

• minimum word count is 750. will we come beat you up if it's shorter? probably not. we're too lazy.
  
• the due date is *closes eyes and pokes calendar* november 5th. i'll post a master list then, but if you're -dying- to post early i certainly won't stop you.
  
• more than one person can claim the same song, because neither of us are organized enough to keep track anyway.
  
• and what you've all been waiting for . . .the songs! some suggestions in comments here or pick one of vh1's top 25. of course, this is just a starting point. if you have a beloved power ballad that we've left out, by god, tell us & use it!

still here? sign up in the comments like this:

• lj name/penname (so we know it's not just us)
• fandom (not carved in stone)
• chosen song (or tell us if you would like one assigned)

yay :)

Comments

sigh.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

marginalia!
master & commander!
"open arms"!

bweeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[kiltsandlollies.livejournal.com]

kiltsandlollies.
lotrips, probably au-ish, gawd help me.
"Midnight Blue" by Lou Gramm.

what hath you two wrought. :D

Re: bweeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

you know you love us :P

[dacro.livejournal.com]

I'm so pimping this.
I'm on a ficathon/challenge free diet right now, or else you know I'd be all over this.
*hugs*

Good luck!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

you should do it anyway. *pokes*

[atrata.livejournal.com]

atrata
Harry Potter
November Rain

*headdesk*

[tangleofthorns.livejournal.com]

*giggles*
*sings*

...Your summary is totally gonna be I know that you can love me when there's no one left to blame, isn't it?

[furiosity.livejournal.com]

furiosity
Harry Potter
Nothing Else Matters by Metallica

Here via Atra *the evil enabler*

[djin7.livejournal.com]

djin7
Harry Potter
"What Kind Of Love Is This?" Streetheart.


*stabs atrata

Re: Here via Atra *the evil enabler*

[reddwarfer.livejournal.com]

She's the devil for making us do this, isn't she?

[yamapea.livejournal.com]

* lj name/penname: foreword
* fandom: Harry Potter
* chosen song: Every Rose Has Its Thorns

[crookedheart.livejournal.com]

lj name: crookedheart
fandom: ? ima thinkin' mebee house? any ideas?
song: log into you

[saturn92103.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh! House power ballad fic!

[reddwarfer.livejournal.com]

*glares at atrata
Name: reddwarfer

Fandom: Harry Potter

Song: More Than Words ==Extreme

[circe-tigana.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAH. OMG.

Um.

I am so tempted to do Meatloaf.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

*temptsomg*

[strawberryelfsp.livejournal.com]

You know I'm in like Flynn. But can I take today to settle on a fandom and song? Or do you have a request/suggestion?

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

take your time, baby :) because really, you probably don't want steph and i deciding for you ;)

[mellyflori.livejournal.com]

Dude.. I said it the other day.. I totally call M&C and "Keep on Lovin' You"

all information below is subject to change without notice

[starfishchick]

starfishchick
Friday Night Lights
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith

Or Due South, Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) - Cinderella.

Or something.

[sweptawaybayou.livejournal.com]

Followed glossing's link ...

sweptawaybayou Snow

Ats

Close My Eyes/Lita Ford

*gushes*

What a wonderful idea!!

[starfishchick]

Someone in Firefly fandom should do "The Ballad of Jayne" by LA Guns.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

i'm resisting, man, but it's pretty tough.

[twoweevils.livejournal.com]

Oh I am SO in (says the slob who has barely *started* her Worst Case Scenario story). But what fandom? What song?

How You Remind Me is all *about* the anguished love of Mike Kellerman and Tim Bayliss (HLOTS), but I'm not sure I can write them anymore. At least not without a LOT of Jim Beam. And maybe a crabcake.

I'll think it over and post again later. But this is a fabulous idea.

Check out Wikipedia's amusing entry on the Power Ballad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_ballad).

M.

[starfishchick]

Hee, Kellerman/Bayliss angst!powerballad!fic would rule.

And thanks for the Wikipedia link - that's very funny.

[voleuse.livejournal.com]

OMGYAY.

voleuse
I don't know! It could be ANYTHING! I can't decide!
"It's Been A While" by Staind

[carlanime.livejournal.com]

carlanime
Phantom of the Opera
"Is This Love"

[carlanime.livejournal.com]

Mine is now finished and posted (http://www.livejournal.com/users/carlanime/166229.html).

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

Here by way of starfishchick and I can't believe I'm doing this, but I just saw Brokeback Mountain and well...

sparky77
Brokeback Mountain
Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Because, you know, if there ever were cowboys that sang sad songs.

[kerryblaze.livejournal.com]

I'm resisting the urge to annoy you simple by asking you a thousand questions about the movie.

[meleigh.livejournal.com]

GAH! I deleted the other comment because I hate LJ TAGS A LOT.

Ok, so ficathons aren't normally what I do seeing as how I'm fairly new to fic anyway, but dude. Power Ballads? LOVE THEM.

meleigh
I'll figure out which fandom later.
House of Pain by Faster Pussycat.

Because when you pick a power ballad, you should pick out the one with the cheesiest, most melodramatic, incomprehensible lyrics ever.

[shanalle.livejournal.com]

shanalle
lotrips
assign me one omg!!

best idea evar.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

"when i see you smile" bad english!

see, you shouldn't have asked ;)

[kerryblaze.livejournal.com]

*headdesk* I can't believe I'm doing this...

kerryblaze
Harry Potter
2 Out of 3 Ain't Bad - Meat Loaf

[leylines.livejournal.com]

aircrash
lotrips
i would do anything for love (but i won't do that) - meat loaf

[ex-willsheni31.livejournal.com]

lj name/penname (so we know it's not just us): Willa (willshenillshe)
fandom (not carved in stone): Buffy or Angel
chosen song (or tell us if you would like one assigned): Oh, I'll go for "I Would Do Anything For Love" by Meatloaf.

[anidada.livejournal.com]

I can't resist this...

anidada
BtVS/AtS
Love Bites -- Def Leppard

...because the slash writes itself. ;D

[anidada.livejournal.com]

Okay, my entry's up (http://www.livejournal.com/users/anidada/415390.html)... *sheepish grin*