It’s a dream given form. Our last best hope for words. Or one hundred of them, anyway. It’s the Babylon 5 Drabble Project!
Londo is excited about this! And so am I!
Sheridan has some questions.
1. What is a drabble? A drabble is a mini-fic that is EXACTLY 100 words long. Not 99. Not 101. 100. Having to meet this exact number specification is a great practice tool for writers because it is an exercise in both brevity and diction. The end result is often poignant or funny, a glimpse into a moment in time of the lives of our beloved characters. They usually have titles, but they don’t have to.
2. What is the Babylon 5 Drabble Project? The project will involve writing drabbles from a series of prompts. First, I’m going to ask all of you to submit prompts (generally just one or two words), which I’ll assemble into a master list. Then, at intervals (I’ll probably start with once a month), I’ll post a certain number of them (depending on the number submitted, around 5) as prompts for the month. You can write as many or as few drabbles as you want (aka you can write on as many of the prompts as you want). Then, just post them, making sure to use the tag #b5drabbleproject. You can submit prompts to me at any point (inbox me), but I’ll wait to post the first round for writing until I get a list of several.
3. What are the rules of the Project?
–Rule #1: BE NICE. No pooping in other people’s Fruit Loops. If somebody wants to write about two characters smooching who you don’t think should be smooching, that doesn’t give you the right to be mean to that person or make negative comments about their work or views. People work really hard on their writing, even when it’s only 100 words, so keep your comments NICE. Be nice to all participants, be nice to yourself, just basically be nice to everyone. (Exception: you don’t necessarily have to be nice to the characters. Because if y’all have ever read my fanfictions, you know just how much I looooooove to be mean to the B5 characters…one in particular…)
-Rule #2: No NSFW. Mainly, I really don’t want to read about nekkid Minbari or Vir’s tentacle dicks (can I get off this example train now? I regret so many things) or anything of that nature. If you are unhappy with this, feel free to start your own B5 NSFW drabble collective. No judgement. Just here is not the place.
-Rule #3: Tag your triggers. (Basically, see Rule #1.)
…And that’s actually everything I can think of. Things might adjust as time goes on and I learn what works and what doesn’t. PLEASE REBLOG THIS POST SO OTHER B5 PEOPLE GET THE WORD ABOUT THIS! The more the merrier! Also let me know if you guys have questions. Really the goal is just to write drabbles about B5, because…
As do we all.
I’m so excited, and I hope you are, too! Sheridan definitely is now.
Thanks for reading! We’re going to have a great time. 🙂 I love you, B5 friends! Have a hug!
Also I just wanted an excuse to use my second-favorite B5 gif, and because this post was sadly lacking in Lennier.
GUYS There are wedding rings based on Sora and Riku’s combined keyblade and they fit together :’‘‘D
“Takayas continues to be inspired by the themes of Kingdom Hearts, adding a few more ring designs to his wedding collection.
Two of the latest design additions were inspired by Kingdom Hearts 3D:
Dream Drop Distance. Takayas loves the concept of the Nightmare Break
and Mirage Split reality shift keyblades, how they bring Riku and Sora
together from their separate dream worlds to form an enormous combined
keyblade that allows them defeat their most arduous enemies and
obstacles together.”
[id: A skeleton is holding up a book called “All Landlords Suck” with another skeleton peaking out of a house on the cover. The background is golden clouds in the sky, and from behind and around the book is a beaming white light indicating its profound truth. Some of the light beams spell out “@ da share zone.” Opposite the skeleton is large text in black, purple, and white reading “Have You Heard Off This Shit Called ‘The Library’ EVERYTHINGS FREE THERE.” Blending into the background of the dark shadows beneath the clouds between the words and skeleton is Jeff Bezos with the words “SEEYA BEZOS” over his forehead.]
Plot Designing 