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JUNE TV-LAND MASHUP CHALLENGE!!

Postby Aquarius » Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:50 pm

The history challenge was awesome! Lots of great fics rolling in. Everyone worked hard and every single read has just been amazing! With things winding down historically speaking, it's time to take sign ups-for our next Really Big Challenge!!

The challenge for May is CROSSOVERS -- but not just any crossovers! Participants will be randomly assigned a vintage TV show from the 50s, 60s, or 70s. Shows will be iconic enough that most people will find them recognizable -- no obscure thing that nobody watched and only lasted for 13 episodes or whatever. I will also try to pick things that are easily found on YouTube or Hulu or in reruns somewhere on cable.

Your job is to somehow combine Enterprise with that show, which can be accomplished in the following ways:

1. Tell an Enterprise story in the style of the show you're given. (For example, if CSI were an option, you could do an Enterprise story in the style of a procedural crime drama, using elements that are particular to CSI.)

2. Have the casts of both shows somehow interacting with each other (via a time warp or whatever device you choose to explain these two sets of characters getting together).

3. Have one cast "replace" the other. For example, I did a Star Wars story once called "I Dream of Leia", in which SW was mashed up with I Dream of Jeannie. Han Solo and Princess Leia had taken on the roles of Major Nelson and Jeannie, but they'd kept their distinctive Star Wars personalities, and elements of Star Wars were woven into a Jeannie-style tale (ie, implications that the cruel, evil djinn who'd imprisoned Jeannie in her bottle thousands of years ago was Darth Vader, etc.) .

If you want to sign up, post here. Since I'm moving the last week of the month, I'll take sign-ups until April 30 so I don't have to worry about doing a drawing while packing and unpacking.

Questions? Post those here, too!

Have fun!! 8-)
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Re: MAY TV-LAND MASHUP CHALLENGE!!

Postby JiNX-01 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 1:07 pm

Oh. My. God.

I'll give it a shot. Maybe I'll get lucky twice in a row.
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Re: MAY TV-LAND MASHUP CHALLENGE!!

Postby Aquarius » Sun Apr 17, 2011 1:12 pm

JiNX-01 wrote:Oh. My. God.


:rotfl :rotfl :rotfl

Awesome. 8-)
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Re: MAY TV-LAND MASHUP CHALLENGE!!

Postby Honeybee » Sun Apr 17, 2011 1:56 pm

Oh, you know I am in!
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Re: MAY TV-LAND MASHUP CHALLENGE!!

Postby Kathy Rose » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:26 pm

Much as I'm tempted to, I think I'll have to pass on this one. I'm still working on the prequel to my history challenge, and May is going to be a very busy month for me.

However, I would be willing to do betaing for the challenge. :)
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Re: MAY TV-LAND MASHUP CHALLENGE!!

Postby Kelly » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:44 am

Aww heck this sounds fun! I'm in!!
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Re: MAY TV-LAND MASHUP CHALLENGE!!

Postby JiNX-01 » Sun May 01, 2011 7:02 pm

Um... it's May.

Please assign me a TV show that I watch. I'd be happy to provide you with a list. :ugeek:
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Re: MAY TV-LAND MASHUP CHALLENGE!!

Postby Honeybee » Sun May 01, 2011 7:18 pm

I think Aquarius is moving today! So, she'll probably be out of commission until at least tomorrow - which means anyone can still sign up! :) *hint* *hint*
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Re: MAY TV-LAND MASHUP CHALLENGE!!

Postby JiNX-01 » Sun May 01, 2011 7:39 pm

Honeybee wrote:I think Aquarius is moving today! So, she'll probably be out of commission until at least tomorrow - which means anyone can still sign up! :) *hint* *hint*

Good luck with the move, Aquarius (tho' I guess you probably won't see this until it's too late).

Meanwhile can we submit suggestions for our Crossover assignments?
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Re: MAY TV-LAND MASHUP CHALLENGE!!

Postby Aquarius » Sun May 01, 2011 11:06 pm

I already have a ton of show ideas. Sadly, it looks like we'll only need a few.

Am without internet until tomorrow. Am posting from my phone at the moment.
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