Five Minute Fandoms

Back With An Inspiration Post!

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:27:34 GMT

Posted by: rosehiptea

I'm truly sorry I missed a couple of weeks of prompts. I fail as a mod! But I am back!

A few suggestions:

Song: Lord Bateman

Song: Underwear by Royal Republic. (The song is quite lewd I'll admit, but I'm thinking the whole thing ends up in femdom, if you get my drift.)

Music Video: Lady Gaga: Judas

Music Video: I know I've suggested this band before, but I can't resist this one: the video for Männer sind Schweine (Men Are Pigs) by Die Ärzte. (NSFW Lyrics.) It includes Lara Croft kicking butt, if that helps inspire you for a crossover any.

Comedy Short Film: Minesweeper: The Movie. Fanfic for Minesweeper the original game is also quite welcome!

Short Comic: Touchfood

Remember that fanworks for your own five-minute fandoms or for prompts from past weeks are always welcome. And suggestions are always welcome in comments here or by PM.

Inspiration posts from past weeks

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Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:01:02 GMT

Posted by: john_egbert

Title: Lessthanthree
Fandom: Which
Rating: T
Length: 677 words
Content notes: Gore
Author notes: Which, for the record, is an Indie horror game made by Mike Inel. There's a free, legal download available here, and a Let's Play available here. It only takes about ten or fifteen minutes to beat and I highly recommend it!
Summary: She's been helpless for far too long, wandering blindly and scratching at walls.

Here at fan_flashworks.

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Weekly Inspiration Post!

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:00:29 GMT

Posted by: rosehiptea

Here are some five-minute fandom suggestions for your inspiration. Delayed a bit, sorry about that. I will be trying to do this every Thursday (or Friday...). These fandoms don't have to be posted this week -- use them any time! And more than one take on these fandoms is always great. Fic can be any length and art is also welcome.

I meant to put this one up ages ago -- Song and Video: Schoolhouse Rock: I'm Just a Bill

Song: Moonlit Bear (Vocaloid Song, Japanese with English subtitles)

Music Video: Die Ärzte-Lied vom Scheitern (Song About Failing) (German with English Subtitles)

(I'll confess that the song is my new favorite but the story potential here is in the video, which is unrelated to the lyrics. What are those guys doing and why aren't they dead or missing limbs? Mild profanity in the subtitles...)

Short film: Draw With Me

(For reasons I don't clearly understand, I somehow failed to link last week's inspiration post here. There was some good stuff on it, so I'll link it from LiveJournal here.)

Prompts from past weeks: here.

Suggestions for more five-minute fandoms can be left here or sent to me by PM. I'm always happy to see more! And if there's anything else you'd like to see happening here let me know.

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Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:26:51 GMT

Posted by: tryslora

So, my friend was bored and looking for a prompt, and I gave her one of my favorite songs. I adore the fic she wrote for me from it.

For You, And Your Denial (821 words) by eternaleponine
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: For You And Your Denial (Song)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary:

The crowd goes wild for you and your denial, and I'm letting you go now.

(Complete song lyrics can be found here.

I will crosspost this on both LJ and DW.

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Ficlet -- For "Die Leiche" by Farin Urlaub Racing Team

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:37:30 GMT

Posted by: rosehiptea

Title: The Pond
Warnings (for fandom and fic): **Character Death, Violence, Dark Themes**
Fandom: Farin Urlaub Racing Team: Die Leiche - Corpse Link goes to the original lyrics and a translation. Song is also on Youtube. Might be better to read it after.
Word Count: 710
Notes: Slight crossover with Silent Hill, though it shouldn't really affect your enjoyment of the story if you don't know the character in question.

( What are you doing? )

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Weekly Five-Minute Fandom Inspiration Post

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:50:22 GMT

Ficlet for "Punk Rock Girl" by The Dead Milkmen

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:31:58 GMT

Posted by: rosehiptea

It seems like since I started this community I see five-minute fandoms everywhere. So tonight I wrote this ficlet on a whim.

Title: Not Such a Punk Rock Girl
Fandom: Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen
Rating: General
Word Count: 297
Summary: A glimpse of family life

( The girl dropped the CD case and looked around guiltily. )

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Siempre Cambiando, Nunca Cambiando

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:13:29 GMT

Posted by: llwyden

Title: Siempre Cambiando, Nunca Cambiando
Fandom: "Hotel California", by the Eagles (which is technically about 6 minutes, so I hope this is okay) Youtube link
Word Count: ~9400
Pairing: Various
Rating: NC-17
Summary: There's plenty of room...

I wrote this for Yuletide 2010 for Vaznetti; I was going for surrealism and a bit of horror.

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The First Weekly Five Minute Fandom Inspiration Post

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:25:24 GMT

Posted by: rosehiptea

Here are some five-minute fandom suggestions for your inspiration. I will be trying to do this every Thursday. These fandoms don't have to be posted this week -- use them any time! And more than one take on these fandoms is always great. Fic can be any length and art is also welcome.

I couldn't use every song suggestion this week since I didn't want to do only songs, but I'm saving them up! Please feel free to leave more suggestions in this post or as a PM. Keep in mind that other tiny fandoms besides songs and commercials are welcome. As always, posting of fanworks for any five-minute fandom is welcome at any time.

My first suggestion, song and/or video: Farin Urlaub - Dusche (Shower)
(Warning for mild profanity and for violence, particularly a Psycho homage at the end.)

( A few jumping off points and links to alternate translations... )

Suggested by tryslora: The song Flexible by Billie Myers. (Link goes to lyrics; it doesn't seem to be on Youtube except as part of an anime music video. It is available for listening on Spotify.)
I love this too now and there just seem to be so many ways this could go, I'd love to see someone's take on it!

Suggested by vanillafluffy: Commercial: The Kia Soul Hamsters

( Links and thoughts... )

Suggested by debirlfan: "Dark and twisty" fic for this ATT U-verse commercial. (I agree... what is in that kid's diary?)

And, just to class the joint up a bit: My Last Duchess by Robert Browning. May take longer than five minutes, but it's shorter than a page so I felt it would be all right. I once read a mystery story that referenced this poem and there's a lot you could do with it -- in fact I have an idea or two myself.

Other suggestions that might fit this community: Sassy Gay Friend and of course Old Spice Guy.

I've been working on tagging, also, and will be created new tags as new fandoms are posted. Feel free to tag your own work but I'll also tag it for you. Let me know if you have any tagging (or other) suggestions.

And feel free to promote this community where appropriate!

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A collection on AO3!

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:00:41 GMT

Posted by: tryslora

After chatting with rosehiptea, I created a collection on AO3. If you have your five minute fandom fic on AO3, please feel free to add it to the collection. Just type in "5minutefandoms" and it'll come right up in the "add to collection" prompt box (yes, I tested it out with mine *grins*).

This is an open/unmoderated collection for anything that fits within the description of a five minute fandom as described on the profile of the community.

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Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:32:18 GMT

Posted by: tryslora

I love five minute fandoms. I wrote a songfic treat last year for Yuletide, and this year my assigned match was songfic, and I wrote another treat as well.

Shining Star (1062 words) by tryslora
Fandom: Andy You're a Star (Song)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Andy / Narrator
Characters: Andy (Andy You're a Star), Narrator (Andy You're a Star)
Summary: A boy obsesses over the captain of the football team.

No More Brenda & Eddie (3064 words) by tryslora
Fandom: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel (Song)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Brenda/OC
Characters: singer/narrator, listener/dining partner, Brenda (Scenes from an Italian Restaurant)
Summary:

Fifteen years after leaving her hometown, Marisol returns for a dinner with her best friend Jake, and hopes for glimpse of Brenda: the girl she left behind.

Your Midnight Girl (1334 words) by tryslora
Fandom: Sometime Around Midnight (Song)
Rating: Mature
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: The Boy/The Girl
Characters: The Boy (Sometime Around Midnight), The Girl (Sometime Around Midnight)
Summary:

You remember the first time.

You remember every time.

You remember how it ended.

You need to know if it will begin.

(I shall repost this to DW as well!)

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Mod post and Schoolhouse Rock fic...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:15:25 GMT

Posted by: rosehiptea

*mod hat on* Thanks to everyone for joining, and thank you so much to take_the_good for our new community icon. An inspiration post will be going up tomorrow or Friday, but keep posting everything you like!

*mod hat off*

Actually, I also wrote a treat for a five minute fandom this Yuletide. It was for Schoolhouse Rock, The Tale of Mr. Morton, which can be found here on Youtube.

The Tale of Mr. Morton (That Mr. Morton Wrote)

Pairing: Mr. Morton/Pearl
Rating: G for General

Mr. Morton was supposed to be writing ad copy, but of course his mind was always on Pearl.

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fic for the freecreditreport.com commercials

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:48:02 GMT

Posted by: soundingsea

I ♥ the idea of this comm! This size of canon tends to be what I'm offering and requesting in yuletide these days, but for variety I'll link to something I wrote for Apocalyptothon a couple of years ago...

Like an Atom Bomb (2232 words) by soundingsea
Fandom: TV Commercials
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Major Character Death
Summary:

"Look on the bright side, man. Car-shopping on the edge of the highway doesn't require a credit check."

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I am SO excited about this community...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:21:15 GMT

Posted by: lemon_badgeress

Because these are really the only fandoms I can see myself writing for.

I did that for Yuletide this year: I wrote Leaves That Are Green for a Japanese television commercial, and had a lot of fun doing it. (gen, no archive warnings apply). I'm considering writing more fic for it, because of course I had to work out the entire backstory and a lot of worldbuilding, and what's the fun of that if you don't ~~inflict in on everyone~~share?

I'm also hopeful that other people will be intrigued by the commercial, because it's really trippy, and I think you could go quite a few different directions with it.

( I'm going to try embedding the commercial here, it's on Youtube... )

Oh, and I totally forgot to say, but crossposting to the LJ side is fine with me.

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Fiction: Nemesis in the GA Sector

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:10:43 GMT

Posted by: llwyden

Okay, why the heck not? Somebody's got to start.

I wrote this a few months ago, and it never did get a home other than AO3, so I'm happy it can have one now!

Nemesis in the GA Sector
Rating: PG
Pairing: None
Fandom: I think it's more fun if you don't know until the end, but if you want to: "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", by the Charlie Daniels Band, which you can find here.
Warnings: None

Comments welcome there or here!

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Welcome to "Five Minute Fandoms"!

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:47:42 GMT

Posted by: rosehiptea

We will be celebrating all the tiny fandoms here: songs, music videos, TV commercials, whatever you can think of.

In a couple of days I will have a post of a few small fandoms for inspiration, but in the meantime feel free to post any fanworks you may have pertaining to "five minute fandoms."

Suggestions for fandoms to put in the inspiration posts are very welcome! Especially for those that aren't songs, but songs too. Suggestions for what to do with the community are also great. PM me or comment here.

I'm still looking for a co-mod as well, if anyone is interested. But for the time being I should have enough online time to run it myself.

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