The challenge thread!

GenocideHeart

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#1
Heeere it is, The purpose of this thread should be obvious... issue your challenges to others here. They can be fic based, or anything else. I expect fic challenges to be the most popular here.

My challenge is to Mosh, who claims he can do a NaruHina fic if he wants to, whereas I claim he's a Hinata hater and thus incapable of doing one that doesn't suck.

The challenge: make a *good* NaruHina fic that doesn't feel forced and has no Hinata bashing whatsoever, not even a little bit (feel free to bash anyone else, even Naruto). If you can, I'll admit you aren't a hater. :snigger:
 

Moshulel

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#2
Well i certainly don't like Hinata, that's for sure.

I answer thy challenge GH! But even so it doesn't mean i dislike her less...

*Now just to find time for it...*
 

Israfel

Well-Known Member
#3
All right now here is my kind of thread, this challenge was taken off of an HP writer called Amerison's profile, I would love to see it done, hence why I'm stealing it.

A Double Life

Timeframe: PostOOTP
Genre: Action/Adventure/Suspense

Summary:

When Voldemort comes to bypass the wards, Harry finds out the Power the Dark Lord knows not.

It is simply the ability to survive the killing curse.

Suffering his own killing curse again, Voldemort is cast off as a spirit like before.

But what characteristics are passed to Harry this time around?

And what else is there to do now that he's gone?

Looking back at the corpse, he burns it and puts on the robes...

Erasing any evidence of a battle, he puts a charm on his face and picks up the Yew wand, putting his own in his pocket...

---

Taking his place, Harry must live a double life as the boy-who-lived at 15/16, and the greatest Dark Lord in history.

Spending his time at Grimmauld place over the summer with the Order, he must escape to participate in the very raids the Order goes to fight...

How long can he keep up the charade?

And why does Bellatrix keep on looking at him strangely after the Death Eater meetings...?

Rules:

1.) Harry must start geniunely like being Lord Voldemort
2.) No Redemption, nor any friendship with Snape, Draco Malfoy, etc. Kills Snape as soon as possible.
3.) Harry must stay acting as Harry Potter, boy-who-lived and be with the Order for a good part of the story.
4.) Harry starts growing bored of his life as Harry Potter and his friends (he doesn't hate them, just finds them boring. He can hate them later on..) , and starts looking forward to returning to his Dark Lord duties more and more.
5.) No dumb fluffy friendships
6.) Do something with Nagini. Switching masters to Harry is a good idea.
7.) At least a minor struggle to keep the act, juggle time with Order and keep up with the raids. Harry comes back hurt sometimes from raids, people question him (He isn't quite up to LV's skills yet, but he eventually gets there).
8.) Show Harry's dilemma on how to keep to Lord Voldemort's character, and keep up with the former Dark Lord's skills. He must be studying...hard, or go through a slow knowledge drain from Lord Voldemort.
9.) If there are any ships: Tonks or Bella or Unusual Character. Must be fitting. No Fleur. No Slash. No H/Hr, H/C, or H/G.
10.) Must duel Dumbledore at some point, most likely later on.


If there is anyone interested let me know, I would love to see this.
 

runestar

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#4
Why not just say this is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt at concealing the fact that this thread is nothing more than an excuse for story requests? :lol:

And now seems as good a time as any...

I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO COME UP WITH A KEITARO/HINA PAIRING!!!!!! :rofl:
 

Moshulel

Well-Known Member
#5
runestar said:
Why not just say this is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt at concealing the fact that this thread is nothing more than an excuse for story requests? :lol:

And now seems as good a time as any...

I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO COME UP WITH A KEITARO/HINA PAIRING!!!!!! :rofl:
DIE!

By the way GH a few details about what you want:

Can it be a one-shot, does it have to have a hapilly ever after ending? Stuff like that...
 

Israfel

Well-Known Member
#6
I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO COME UP WITH A KEITARO/HINA PAIRING!!!!!!?
It is possible, suppose that while attempting to find some sacred hidden spring Granny Hina finds the Fountain of Youth, cue story begin.
 

GenocideHeart

Well-Known Member
#7
Moshulel said:
runestar said:
Why not just say this is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt at concealing the fact that this thread is nothing more than an excuse for story requests? :lol:

And now seems as good a time as any...

I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO COME UP WITH A KEITARO/HINA PAIRING!!!!!! :rofl:
DIE!

By the way GH a few details about what you want:

Can it be a one-shot, does it have to have a hapilly ever after ending? Stuff like that...
OK, rules:

1) must have a halfway believable relationship. Duh. I think you know what I mean.

2) no bullshit 'she finds out about the fox by accident'. Naruto has to be the one telling her about Kyuubi. And he needs to have a good reason to do so - either he trusts her or he feels she'd be safer knowing the truth. He may not LOVE her at first, but he's still going to watch out for her.

3) somewhat happy ends are preferred. Ideally, it ends in a real-life way, ie, someone may be happy, but others will probably be hurt. Can't make everyone happy, after all. Think 'Fallen Blade'.

4) I suppose oneshot is fine, but a short fic would be better. No jumping from 'I barely knew ya' to 'OMG LOVE'. Naruto is admittedly starved for affection, but even he will take some time to warm up to her.

5) some sort of conflict would be good. Possibly have Naruto forced to choose, Hinata or Sakura, with the knowledge that relationshiops with the discarded one will be ruined... notb irreparably, but ruined nonetheless.
 

Alzrius

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#8
Israfel said:
I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO COME UP WITH A KEITARO/HINA PAIRING!!!!!!?
It is possible, suppose that while attempting to find some sacred hidden spring Granny Hina finds the Fountain of Youth, cue story begin.
I agree, it wouldn't be that hard. Here's a little something I whipped up at the idea:



Hina stretched, yawning widely as she entered HarukaÆs teahouse, enjoying the way the few patrons who were there this early looked at her, either aghast at her rude behavior or staring at how her chest was thrust out as she popped her back. Plopping down on a stool in front of the bar, she grinned at her daughter. ôMorning Haruka.ö

ôMom.ö Haruka, already smoking, nodded to the younger girl politely. She loved her mother, but it still annoyed her that she was nearing thirty, and her mother now had the body of an eighteen year-old. She kept her dislike to herself though, since Hina had promised to share the location of the youth-restoring hot spring once Haruka was older.

Ducking under the counter for a moment, Haruka retrieved a stack of notes, standing back up and putting them down on the bar in front of Hina. ôHere, these are for you.ö

Hina slumped over, groaning. She already knew what they were, but she had to ask anyway. ôWhat are they?ö

ôMore messages from those two idiots.ö

ôI knew it.ö Hina let her head hit the bar in exasperation. Sleeping with those two û what were their names again? Hirai and Shaitani? û was proving itself to be the first mistake of her new life.

In hindsight, it had seemed harmless and fun. Once the hot spring had restored her youth, Hina had reveled in not only being able to measure her remaining life in decades instead of years, but also in how her beauty had been restored, along with menopause being undone. It had all added up to her being eager to do something she hadnÆt done in years: have sex.

After getting back to Hinata, sheÆd nearly pounced on the first guys who had hit on her, and sheÆd thought sheÆd been lucky to have it happen to be two guys at once. TheyÆd seemed nice enough, and while theyÆd never draw crowds of girls, they werenÆt bad-looking either. So Hina, eager to feel an orgasm for the first time in decades, had hungrily dragged them both to the nearest love hotel and proceeded to fuck their brains out.

Unfortunately, the two of them hadnÆt quite seemed to pick up on the hints that sheÆd dropped afterward about that being just a fling, and sheÆd stupidly let it slip that she was staying at Hinata Sou. Now they wouldnÆt leave her alone, leaving messages everyday pleading for another romp in the sack. Hina might even have considered it, except for one thing: the two of them were terrible lovers. Even though there had been two of them, and even though Hina had been exceptionally horny from the prospect of doing it again after so long, sheÆd had to struggle to reach an orgasm, while those two had gotten off twice each.

Sighing, Hina took the pile of messages and dumped them in a nearby trash can. ôThe next time they call, just threaten them with harassment, or castration, I donÆt care which,ö said Hina tiredly. The entire thing was leaving a bad taste in her mouth, and not just from having gone down on them. To Hina, it was a bitter reminder that no matter how long youÆd lived, you never accumulated enough wisdom to keep from making stupid mistakes.

Trying to forget about the entire thing, she changed the subject. ôSo, whereÆs Kanako? I havenÆt seen her around since I got back.ö

ôKanako?ö HarukaÆs eyebrows rose marginally. ôYou havenÆt heard?ö

ôNo. Heard what?ö

Haruka mentally debated how to best condense the entire story. The full version would take a while to tell, and she still had to run her shop. ôWell, long story short, she made a move on Keitaro, but he turned her down.ö

ôYouÆre kidding!ö Now THAT was news! ôI canÆt believe she actually made a move! Good for her!ö A rush of pride swept through Hina. SheÆd told Kanako time and again to act on her love for Keitaro, since towards the end of oneÆs life, you didnÆt regret the things you did, but the things you didnÆt do. Her excitement was tempered by the fact that her adopted granddaughter had been rejected, howeveràher oniichan had been all the poor girl had spoken about for years. ôWhyÆd he reject her though?ö

ôWell, partially because he already liked Naru, but mostly it was because he couldnÆt stomach how he and she were brother and sister.ö

Hina frowned at that. HeÆd turned down a beautiful, intelligent, loving girl because of that? True heÆd been pursuing Narusegawa, but he should at least have given Kanako the consideration sheÆd deserved.

Hina shook her head. Living over eighty years may not have been enough to keep her from making stupid mistakes, but it had been enough to let her realize how idiotic people acted most of the time. Things like how society would judge you were far too often what dictated how people acted, instead of simply listening to their feelings or considering what made them happy, and it sounded to her like her grandson had rejected KanakoÆs love because of just that. It certainly couldnÆt have been just because of Narusegawa, considering how sheÆd reacted yesterday when Keitaro had accidentally put his face in her crotch û with an attitude like that, there was no way she was putting out, which meant that the relationship couldnÆt be so deep that heÆd reject another girl out of hand.

Ordering coffee from Haruka, Hina idly wondered if Kanako had given up. ItÆd be a shame if she had, since Keitaro was, in HinaÆs opinion, probably still on the market to a girl who was dedicated enough to fight for him. And heÆd definitely be a good catch too, being handsome, sweet, loyal, honest, and a Todai student. Hell, if he wasnÆt her own grandsonà

Having been served, Hina paused at that thought, the cup of coffee halfway to her mouth. Waitàso what if he was her own grandson? HadnÆt she just been thinking that it didnÆt matter what other people thought; that what made you happy was what was really important? And judging from the ôrelationship,ö if it could be called that, that Keitaro was in now, he couldnÆt be too happyànot as much as Hina knew she could make a guy, anyway. And besides, hadnÆt he said when he saw her that he couldnÆt believe that she was his grandmother? ThatÆd just make it even easier.

With a smile on her face and a flutter in her chest at what she was contemplating, Hina sipped her mug of warm caffeine. Things were about to become VERY interesting at Hinata Souà
 

Lord Raa

Exporter of Juice Tins
#9
Damn, Alzrius, you work quickly when it comes to filth.
 

hawker_748

Well-Known Member
#10
runestar said:
Why not just say this is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt at concealing the fact that this thread is nothing more than an excuse for story requests? :lol:

And now seems as good a time as any...

I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO COME UP WITH A KEITARO/HINA PAIRING!!!!!! :rofl:
Challenge accepted...

Off to work on it...
 

SimmyC

Well-Known Member
#11
:flameon:

Anyways... no challenges yet. <_< But I'm sure something will come up eventually.
 

SimmyC

Well-Known Member
#13
Fail! :p

I challenge myself to finish FME before Fallen Blade. :rofl:
 

SimmyC

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#15
:rofl: Another reason why it is a failure!

Can't believe I didn't catch that. :headbanger:
 

Terdwilicker

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#16
Because its more fun to challenge you to chapter 3, which means you have to finish chapter 2 first. You've got some of it written already. What's the holdup? You know the characters better than I do. Got a hot date?
 
#17
I challenge myself to redo the second scene of Endless White ch4 yet again.

FAIL!
 

Israfel

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#18
I agree, it wouldn't be that hard. Here's a little something I whipped up at the idea:
:hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail:

Damn Alzrius, you and Terdwilicker are like, the heroes of the fanfic reader, you two's update speed is a standard for the rest of these lazy bastards, you give the kids someone to look up to.
 

Terdwilicker

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#19
In their defense, its not like I have a job to go to. I can stay home and think about it, give it my full attention for a few hours a day. College doesn't restart for another 3 weeks. Of course, when it only takes a few hours a night to write a decent chapter, I wonder if they're messing with video games and porn instead of writing. *ahem*
 

Israfel

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#20
In their defense, its not like I have a job to go to. I can stay home and think about it, give it my full attention for a few hours a day. College doesn't restart for another 3 weeks. Of course, when it only takes a few hours a night to write a decent chapter, I wonder if they're messing with video games and porn instead of writing. *ahem*
BS, the job thing doesn't even apply to half of them, I know that GH doesn't have a job, and I know that Hawk and Random do have jobs, and I assume that Hawker has a job, but otherwise, it's all up in the air, nah I figure the rest of them are all just lazy bastards wanking it to internet porn and wondering where they could get a hookerbot like Kos-Mos.
 

Terdwilicker

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#21
I wonder if they've even finished reading the 7 chapters I've already posted? The comments I've gotten have been encouraging and its good to find out where I've made mistakes in the characters. After all, that's the whole point for me. This is practice for my real writing. Only fanfiction will let you get proper reviews on characterization because fanfics use well known characters and are read by their experts. When I write my own stuff only I know the characters and mine haven't been that well designed. They're not memorable enough. Most of them are too often shell shocked to be normal with their responses and readers don't enjoy that. If I can apply what I'm learning here to my own fiction, I think I'll be able to do good things and get back on track as an author once more.
 

runestar

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#22
Challenge accepted...

Off to work on it...
It seems like you might have a little competition...

Not that it will hurt, nor will I be complaining... :p
 

GenocideHeart

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#23
Terdwilicker said:
In their defense, its not like I have a job to go to. I can stay home and think about it, give it my full attention for a few hours a day. College doesn't restart for another 3 weeks. Of course, when it only takes a few hours a night to write a decent chapter, I wonder if they're messing with video games and porn instead of writing. *ahem*
I do mess with videogames despite being 28, but the biggest problem for me is that I can't write at all if I lack inspiration... and when Naruto turned shitty, my muse died a horroble miserable death.

I've recently necro'ed it back to life, but...
 

Terdwilicker

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#24
I tried watching Naruto and couldn't. Its not for adults and so doesn't interest me. I couldn't even finish the first episode of the 2nd disc. *shrug*

You want to see some hard tear jerker anime, I just finished watching Saikano. Yikes. Now THAT is what war is like on the receiving end.

Good thing I had Desert Punk to cheer myself back up again. That's one which isn't safe for kids and probably illegal for teenagers but funny as hell for adults.

And for giant robot parody, there's Godannar, famous for enormous boobs and skintight body suits. And lots of shouting. Very funny, for the most part.

The important thing about fanfic is finding something which can be either parodied, angstified, or AU'd properly. LH does that easily, which is why I'm enjoying writing in that setting.
 

Israfel

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#25
You want to see some hard tear jerker anime, I just finished watching Saikano. Yikes. Now THAT is what war is like on the receiving end.
Heh, you want angst, try watching Texhnolyze, not only is it an amazing anime, but I would love to have known just one other person besides me who's seen it, as it's pretty obscure, even though it's from Yoshitoshi ABe, the guy who made Serial Experiments Lain, Boogiepop Phantom, Hellsing, and Haiban Renmei, of which I own all of. All of them have my highest recommendations as well, Boogiepop is really, exceedingly dark, but amazingly well done, Hellsing is the quintasential vampire anime, Haibane Renmei...well you just have to watch that for yourself, I can't really describe it, it starts out very light but gets very dark, and finally there's Lain, which is almost as mind scarring as Eva in my oppinion, not to mention that it's every computer geeks wet dream.
 
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