Hmmm...

[rynne]

So, I was thinking, and I probably shouldn't be doing this, as I have tons of challenges of my own to write, but anyway, I was wondering. Mostly inspired by musesfool's lyrics and Psalm challenges (which I need to finish, oi), as well as my own urge to see Julius Caesar again *g*.

Would anyone be interested in a Shakespearean line challenge? As in, you comment and tell me you're interested, I open the good ol' Complete Works of William Shakespeare, find some random lines out of some random play or sonnet, and you write a fic based on those lines? Any fandom you want, though I am of course most familiar with HP :p. No deadline because I hate them ^_~.

Has anyone done this before? And even if someone has, would anyone still be interested?

And if you are, please pimp ^_^. I want as many people to know about this and participate as possible.

And now that we've got actual fics...the Master List. Also, its new community, which you should join and/or friend--shakespeare_ch

Comments

[immortalis.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested, though only if it has no deadline. :>

[rynne.livejournal.com]

My computer flipped out and froze just as I was about to edit my post and say no deadline because I hate them *g*.

[thieving-gypsy.livejournal.com]

!!! I'm in. :D

[rynne.livejournal.com]

:D Once more people express interest, I'll have a new post with rules and stuff and then start handing out lines. Just want to be sure this thing won't be a flop before I get it started...^_~

[thescarletwoman.livejournal.com]

So long as there's no deadline, I'm definitely in. Add another fic to the endless list of things I need to write. ^^

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Definitely no deadline *g*. They are the death (cause: overworking) of me. And I have my own endless list of things I need to write, not in the least one for one of my own challenges, which I am over a month late on (but as the other mod is too, I'll overlook that...:p).

[terredancer.livejournal.com]

Oh, I would so be in on this. I love Shakesphere. *grin*

[rynne.livejournal.com]

I do too, hence why this would be such fun. Reading fic based on Shakespeare...:D:D:D Now let's see how many other people are interested...

[archon-mentha.livejournal.com]

Count me in!

[rynne.livejournal.com]

The quality of mercy is not strained;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Unto the place beneath. It is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, scene i

When you've finished your fic, reply to this comment with a link and I'll put it up on the master list.

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

No deadline? I'm totally in.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

But now two mirrors of his princely semblance
Are cracked in pieces by malignant death,
And I for comfort have but one false glass
That grieves me when I see my shame in him.
The Tragedy of King Richard the Third, Act II, scene ii

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link and I'll put it on the master list.

[fluffyllama.livejournal.com]

I'm always up for random inspiration :-)

[rynne.livejournal.com]

So looks the pent-up lion o'er the wretch
That trembles under his devouring paws;
And so he walks, insulting o'er his prey,
And so he comes, to rend his limbs asunder.
The Third Part of King Henry the Sixth, Act I, scene ii

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link, and I'll put it up on the master list.

[genarti]

No deadline? Hrm. I've been wanting ways to motivate myself to write more recently, and this sounds like a nifty challenge... Count me in.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

If love be rough with you, be rough with love,
Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link to the fic and I'll put it up on the master list.

[polaris-starz.livejournal.com]

No deadline? Shakespeare?

I'm in!

[phreid.livejournal.com]

Ditto to that. *bounce*

[eumenides1.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested, sounds like a brilliant idea.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Such men as he can never be at heart's ease
Whiles they behold a greater than themselves,
And therefore are they very dangerous.
Julius Caesar, Act I, scene ii

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link to your fic and I'll put it on the master list.

[underlucius.livejournal.com]

me me me me me me me!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rynne.livejournal.com]

I pant for life. Some good I mean to do,
Despite of mine own nature.
King Lear, Act V, scene iii

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link, and I'll put it up on the master list.

[lea-ndra.livejournal.com]

sounds cool. I don't know if I have time to write, but I offer a quote:

I smile, and murder while I smile." Richard III

[rynne.livejournal.com]

You can have that one, then, if you want it (saves me having to find another! :p). And hey, the time to write is what the lack of a deadline is for. If you do manage to write it, just reply to this comment with a link, and I'll put it on the master list.

[here-in-spain.livejournal.com]

I'd definitely be interested in trying!

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Things base and vile, holding no quantity,
Love can transpose to form and dignity.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I, scene ii

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link, and I'll put it on the master list.

[ashesofautumn.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Shakespeare? I'd definitely do that. Especially because it has no deadline.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Thou know'st we work by wit, and not by witchcraft;
And wit depends on dilatory time.
Othello, Act II, scene iii

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link to your fic and I'll put it on the master list.

[anjenue.livejournal.com]

I want to do it!!! TOTALLY game for this!

[rynne.livejournal.com]

O the fierce wretchedness that glory brings us!
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Timon of Athens, Act IV, scene ii

When you finish, reply to this comment with a link, and I'll put it up on the master list.

[marauderthesn.livejournal.com]

I'm in! Although you can expect my fic in about two years...*grins*

Someone has to have this line from The Merchant of Venice! It's about Antonio's feelings for Bassanio, and it's something like "I think he only loves the world for him."

Ah, canon Shakespeare slash...*squees*

[rynne.livejournal.com]

I couldn't find any line like that in Merchant of Venice, though if you can, you're welcome to use it. But if you can't, you can use these:

My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.
Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene ii

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link, and I'll put it on the master list.

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

Count me in!

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Ferdinand: Here ’s my hand.
Miranda: And mine, with my heart in ’t.
The Tempest, Act III, scene i

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link, and I'll put it on the master list.

[tinitinytina.livejournal.com]

OHhhhhhhhhhhh...no deadline? Sure why not? *laughs* Just give me around a year...XD

But yes, I would be interested.

[cypressblack.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... Shakespeare and the HP fandom? Sounds like fun. Sign me up!

{Hi, by the way... I saw this on the covenite LJ friends page and couldn't resist!}

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt.
Measure for Measure, Act I, scene v

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link to the fic and I'll put it on the master list.

[zahavah.livejournal.com]

i could be all about that..

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.</i. Measure for Measure, Act II, scene i When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link to the fic, and I'll put it on the master list.

[anatomiste.livejournal.com]

Sounds great! Count me in.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love:
Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues;
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, scene i

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link, and I'll put it on the master list.

[merrycontrary.livejournal.com]

I would definitely be interested!

[rynne.livejournal.com]

And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray ’s
In deepest consequence.
Macbeth, Act I, scene iii

[lindra.livejournal.com]

I would so totally be in. *grin*

[rynne.livejournal.com]

For it so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack’d and lost,
Why, then we rack the value; then we find
The virtue that possession would not show us
Whiles it was ours.
Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV, scene i

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link, and I'll put it on the master list.

[devkel.livejournal.com]

I'd be into it. Shakespeare is, like, the ultimate fandom!

[rynne.livejournal.com]

O sleep, O gentle sleep,
Nature’s soft nurse! how have I frighted thee,
That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down
And steep my senses in forgetfulness?
King Henry IV, Part Two, Act III, scene i

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link, and I'll put it on the master list.

[blacksatinrose.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I want in! :D

[rynne.livejournal.com]

And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
King Richard III, Act I, scene iii

When you've finished, reply to this comment with a link, and I'll put it on the master list.