5 + 1 and Everyone Loves a Poll!

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

Hello shipper nation!

I'm nazkey and I'll be hosting the DPP this week. First, I'd like to give a huge shout out to sci_fi_shipper for a great week!

And now, I'm going to continue her drabble weekend with a new project. I saw this on another community and thought it would be fun to try out. The name of the game is "5 + 1." Your task (should you choose to accept it), is to come up with 5 things K/L would do and the 1 thing they wouldn't, and of course, write a little story for each. Ideally, all 6 should match. For example:

5 times Kara left Lee and the 1 time she didn't.
5 times Lee yelled at Kara and the 1 time he didn't.
5 friendly moments of banter and 1 moment of truth.

You get the gist .... I'll post mine up later, since it's after 1:00 am and I need to go to bed :-)

PS I would also like to take a quick, informal poll. I have a thinky-thought post that I wanted to share this week, but the subject can be pretty deep, dark and dreary. Is anyone up for one of those or should we keep it light & fluffy?

[Poll #1668813]

Comments

[dramaturgca.livejournal.com]

I don't know that I'll have time to write these today, but I'll try to get there.

Five Times Kara Thrace Drew Lee Adama and Once She Didn't
Five Times Kara & Lee Frakked in a Viper and Once They Didn'tk

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

Yay! Can't wait for you to come back and write them bb!

[ninjamonkey73.livejournal.com]

Oo! I wanted to do one of these! I'll have to see what I can do later. I have nephew duty today and we're taking the kids to Battleship Cove, which is not conducive to getting anything written. :) Great idea, Naz! I'll try to post one later...

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

Woot! Definitely come back and write. I'm going to leave reminders about this post all week.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Haha, one of my first fic ideas in this fandom was a 5+1. I still haven't finished it, but I have posted 2 parts (and I confess there's a 3rd written, but I was waiting til I finished a bit more before I posted it.

It's Six Times Starbuck and Apollo Frakked or, the long name is Five Times Starbuck and Apollo Couldn't Get the Timing Right (And Once When Time Was All They Had) linked from my fic masterlist here (http://lotus79.livejournal.com/136348.html#cutid1).

Maybe I should have a go at finishing that...

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

Yay! Well, go ahead and write it girl!

[anastashial.livejournal.com]

Oh I liked both of these. the first one is structured so nicely; the little vignettes making it easy to focus on one simple key point in their experience. Plus the explanation of what happens when he shows up to meet Zak's girlfriend for the first time does a wonderful job of melding it with canon.

The second has this soft, mystical quality to it. It's so right because the two of them are in some ways not there through the whole experience.

So yes go finish it.

[workerbee73.livejournal.com]

Is there an option where we can choose thinky thoughts AND pie? *g*

[kdbleu.livejournal.com]

I agree. I think there is no reason for thinky thoughts preclude pie. In fact, potentially dark and dreary thoughts demand pie!

[elzed.livejournal.com]

Oh, six drabbles with a theme? Which, if the above is anything to go by, is likely to be sex? THAT IS IRRESISTIBLE

I'm in, homies. Title and the like to come, but it's likely to be something along the line of Five Fraks. And then Another One.

[elzed.livejournal.com]

only cleverer, obv.

;)

[kdbleu.livejournal.com]

I have to do some brain storming, but I will come back later. :D

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

Woot! Can't wait!

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

This is lovely! Like everyone else, I'm not sure what writing I'll get done today, but maybe we could leave this open during the week so we can come back to it, as well :)

Prompts:

Five times Kara made a friend, and once she made an enemy

Five times they got lost, and once they didn't

Five times they almost met, and once they did

Five people who remembered them, and one who forgot

Five myths, and one true story

Five endearments Lee never used, and one he did

Five poems Kara never recited, and one she did

Five times Lee compromised, and once he didn't

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

Yay! I can't wait to see what you write with these. Yes, I'm going to link back to this post all week so folks can come over and write/read.

&hearts

[wand3rlust.livejournal.com]

I haven't read through the others so hopefully none of these are repeats. Sorry for the heavy angst.

5 times Lee stole something from Zak. 1 time he didn't.
5 times Kara got top score in the Sims. 1 time she didn't.
5 times Lee brought Kara back from the edge. 1 time he didn't.
5 times Kara played at her piano recital. 1 time she didn't.
5 times Lee danced with a girl. 1 time he didn't.
5 rounds of ambrosia leads to 1 lost bet.

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

You realize that now you're gonna have to write stories for all these, right? Hee. Just kidding! Write whatever you want and we'll leave the rest as prompts for other folks.

&hearts

[thegreenkitty.livejournal.com]

Yeah, babe, bring on the "deep, dark, and dreary"...isn't it a requirement that we are all angst whores in K/L land anyhow?

Since I'm trying to get past the angst in my life for a bit, I really may stay in the pie corner though. And...if it's too dreary I will spam your thread with pigeons.

Love ya!

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

PIGEONS! Pali would love it! Spam away. It'll be up tomorrow.

I MISS YOU!

[thegreenkitty.livejournal.com]

5 times Kara won at triad and 1 time she didn't
5 times Lee lost Starbuck and 1 time he found her
5 times Kara got drunk and 1 time she didn't
5 tattoos Lee didn't get and the 1 he finally did
5 times K/L were kids and the 1 time they grew up
5 K/L competitions and 1 collaboration

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

Okay .. ahem ... now you're gonna have to WRITE these bb ;-)

Five Times Apollo Waits and One Time Artemis Doesn’t (1/2)

[kdbleu.livejournal.com]

Apollo I
At the beginning of time, Apollo watched his Artemis run off into the woods. Quickly she lost him the golden green light of her forests. Her flaxen hair floated in her wake as she chased after everything but him. So he loved any woman who wasn’t her. But he kept his attendants chaste like her. And he tired every day to hate her. He couldn’t. She was the other half of his heart. She was his soul. Why didn’t she understand what he could see so clearly? He waited.

Apollo II
Before the end of the worlds, he hesitated at the door. Lee Adama couldn’t figure out why he was nervous, uncomfortable about meeting his brother’s girlfriend. His stomach was in knots as he stared, trying to decide on the right way to knock. It shouldn’t be this difficult, but his hand gripped the flowers so hard it hurt. He was probably killing the poor things. Finally, he wrapped on the door. It opened. And it was her. Eyes green shot with gold cut right through him. She was Kara Thrace lit afire and glorious.

Apollo III
On an island planet in the midst of a storm, the stars flickered over head. Lee Adama wrapped his arms around Kara Thrace and kissed her. It was slow and quiet like the night. Her skin was warm in the cold air. It wasn’t anything he’d ever dreamed of, making love in the grit and the sand, but it was perfect. They shouted their love to the sky, laughed full and bright. And when eyes dull green in the dark drifted shut and her gold spun sleep hair splayed out across his chest, he didn’t think anything about joining her in sleep. They had forever.

Apollo IV
On the second Earth, Lee Adama stood shoulder to shoulder with Kara Thrace. Fresh starts abounded. For all the losses and all the pain, they made it to the promised land. It was time to rest, and their bones ached for it. Lush green lands rolled out to the left and right. Lapping blue rivers rushed down to oceans fresh for crossing. Gold leaves fluttered in a cool wind. The clear azure over head mirrored the hope of his eyes. He took a breath and rambled on about the wanderlust left in him by the vastness of space. In an instant, he missed the moment Kara Thrace ceased.

Five Times Apollo Waits and One Time Artemis Doesn’t (2/2)

[kdbleu.livejournal.com]

Apollo V
For a long calm moment, his spirit thought it was well and truly over. Apollo was done with chasing. Artemis would always escape through the trees. He feared no amount of patience could wait out his girl. So for millennia he kept wandering. He never joined the crowd. He never got all the way to happy. He never let go of the only thing he wanted. He would catch glimpses, a laugh too cocky, a hip rocking too much under petty coats, a rustle of green and gold that disappeared down the street. She was always there just out of reach, his heart, the other half of his soul.

Artemis
Her knee hurt. Her mother hated her. Her eyes were puffy and ringed in red. All she could do was drop down on park bench and cry. She didn’t understand until she saw a pair of bright blue eyes coming up over the rise. He was wearing the most horrible gold sun glasses and green hoody that made him look so silly and pretentious that she burst out laughing. He stopped with a start. Hurt and confusion rippled over his face forcing her up from the bench. Her laughter fell back to a quiet smile, and the world righted.

“Hey Lee.”

“I missed you too.”

And they stared, fingers gently brushing but not quite holding for a long time.

Re: Five Times Apollo Waits and One Time Artemis Doesn’t (2/2)

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

OMG Kate! SO beautiful!!! What a great way to bring all of it together ... and you did the reincarnation thing! BRAVO!!!!

[anastashial.livejournal.com]

5 times it looked familiar and 1 time it didn't.

Because I've really always wanted to know what she'd done to make him say that.

[thegreenkitty.livejournal.com]

Oooh, very nice prompt. I like it. :)

[wand3rlust.livejournal.com]

5 She Remembers 1 She Forgot.
This popped into my head this morning and wouldn't let go. I wrote "the one she forgets" but it ended up as way more than a drabble. It's less than a fliclet though, so whatever that is... LOL

Anyway it's here (http://wand3rlust.livejournal.com/36886.html). I might write the rest later.

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

Very nice! I commented on your LJ. More please :-)

Zak's five girlfriends Lee hates and one he doesn't

[wand3rlust.livejournal.com]

Zak's first girlfriend is Jenny. Zak is 10 and she is 11. Lee doesn't like her because when they play games together she always cheats. Once in a race she tripped him on purpose and his knees were scraped for a week. She didn't even apologize.

Zak's second girlfriend is Anabelle. Zack is 13. Anabelle is the sister of Lee's girlfriend Angela. Anabelle always wants to do the same things Angela does, so she ends up dragging Zak along everywhere Lee and Angela go. Lee hates that he is almost never alone with Angela and that anytime he even tries to kiss Angela, Anabelle is there in the background giggling. Frustrated, Lee dumps Angela simply because he hates her sister. Anabelle promptly dumps Zak saying she can't date someone who has such a horrible brother. Zak doesn't talk to him for weeks. Angela doesn't talk to him for years.

Zak's third girlfriend is Jessica. Zak is 14. At first Lee likes Jessica. She plays pyramid with them and can keep up. She gets her older brother to drive them all to the beach in the summer. She introduces Lee to her friend Leila who becomes Lee's next girlfriend and thankfully doesn't have an annoying sister. In fact, over the next couple years he finds that Jessica is a pretty awesome person and he's glad Zak is finally happy with a nice girl. Then one weekend at a beach party Lee's senior year Jessica asks Lee to walk with her down the beach while Zak is finishing up a game of Triad. Before he realizes what's happening Jessica tackles him to the ground and begins kissing him intensely. Zak sees them and punches Lee square in the jaw. It's their first real fight over a girl and Zak blames Lee of taking advantage of Jessica. A month later Zak catches Jessica with someone else and apologizes to Lee. They both swear no girl will ever come between them again.

Zak's fourth girlfriend is Priya. Zak is 18. Priya is smart, classy and pretty. She helps run a charity with her parents on Gemenon that takes in orphaned children. There's nothing wrong with Priya, but Lee hates that she gets to see Zak more than he does now that he's away at The Academy.

Zak's fifth girlfriend is Kara. This time Lee hates himself.

Re: Zak's five girlfriends Lee hates and one he doesn't

[kdbleu.livejournal.com]

I love the story of Angela and Anabelle. The ending there was very nice. The story of Jessica as the root of the girlfriend stealer comment and why Lee had such reverence for Zak and Kara worked nicely too.

:D

5 times it looked familiar and 1 time it didn't Part 1/2

[anastashial.livejournal.com]

1.Kara'd been drunk, and Zak? Zak had been totally blitzed. Which held memories much too much like the first time the three of them were together. Memories that Lee really didn't want to dwell upon. The walk back from the destroyed bar with Zak's arms slung over their shoulders had started out okay, but then they'd turned down the wrong alley. When they'd turned around the MPs had been right there. Lee'd managed not to end up in the drunk tank, but the mere fact that he'd been at the bar had gotten him thrown in a cell. All he could do before they were released into his custody in the morning was shake his head, and wonder where the 200 cubits he needed to get back to the War College campus would come from.

2.Lee entered the Training Command CO's office and handed him the dispatch from the Commander of the War College. He'd been planning a weekend liberty with his brother and perhaps Kara. He hoped to limit the time of his interactions with her to when his brother was with them, and not drunk to oblivion. The frown on his face as he'd entered the office led the CO to give him a quizzical look. He told Lee that Zak was gone on a no notice over-water navigation hop, and wouldn't be back for several days. Lee's next thought was out of his mouth before he could stop. When he asked where Lt Thrace was the voice of the man in front of him had turned cold as ice. Once again she was in the brig. This time the pool tables at the base Rec Center had ended up in the swimming pool. Why was it that her opponents always thought that Kara had cheated? At least he didn't have to worry about Zak being there this time when he arrived. Or did he?

3. The ball rested against Lee's arm as his friend took a picture of the victorious couple hugging each other. Lee'd made up on the losing pair with said photographer. The game had been fiercely competitive with Kara and Zak only winning, by one point, at the last minute. Once it was over though they'd hit the bar and drank their fill in easy companionship. Lee and his friend had eventually headed back to their temporary quarters, while Zak and Kara had chosen to remain at the bar. Lee wasn't at all surprised when he got the call in the middle of the night. Zak and Kara had gone skinny dipping in the fountain in front of Municipal Hall. Lee groaned and pulled his pillow over his head. Kara and Zak would wait until the morning for Lee to take another dose of the familiarity pill.

4. It was a bright sunny day and at sunrise Lee was sitting on a bluff overlooking the most difficult trail in the wilderness ski park. Once again Zak wasn't with them. Lee was nervous, but some of the other instructors were along. He'd hoped for no complications this time. Later that evening, as he nursed a broken arm, he'd wondered if he would ever get a break when he was with her. He almost couldn't laugh as he realized his pun. She'd pulled another of her stunts by skiing out of the permitted area, and causing a dangerous avalanche. Somehow she was the only one of the group that hadn't been hurt. At least no one had died, but the others had been unaimous in laying the blame. Lee couldn't find himself objecting to their explanation of what had happened. He told himself maybe he wouldn't bail her out this time. He couldn't bring himself to leave her there though.

5. It seriously didn't surprise him when he got another call from Zak. Lee'd only just gotten back from War College; hadn't even had time to check into quarters. He'd planned to see them later that evening when Zak returned from a training mission. It wasn't the brig this time. Instead it was the city lock-up. She'd taken a dare and had gotten herself arrested, by parachuting from the roof of the city's tallest building. This time, as he stared at her through the bars, Lee began to wonder if he needed to pursue a degree in Bailing Kara Thrace Out of Jail.

Re: 5 times it looked familiar and 1 time it didn't Part 2/2

[anastashial.livejournal.com]

1. Lee knocked on the door but there was no answer. Opening the door he lifted the bottle in his hand and took a swig before proceeding down the stairs. Kara, who was sitting on the couch, lifted her bottle to her lips and drank, doing it over and over again, and totally ignoring Lee. He stood watching her and continuing to lift his bottle too. There was something different this time. This time it wasn't familiar; this time Zak wasn't there or away on a mission. Zak would never be there again.

Two years later

Maybe, Lee thought, enough time had gone by since Zak's death, that he and Kara could be friends again. He approached the bars of the Galactica cell where she was doing push-ups. There was a smirk on his face as he said out loud, for the first time, the now familiar words he'd always keep quiet before. He sighed when it didn't work out any better than keeping them to himself.

[elzed.livejournal.com]

Well, I said I'd give it a go, and it took a little while, but here it is: Five Near Misses and One Direct Frakking Hit (http://elzed.livejournal.com/114727.html). 6x100 word drabbles, baby. Porn-ish. Angsty!!!

[anastashial.livejournal.com]

I like these a lot. With the first one, even though the topic is serious, I see an underlying mood of humor. Plus that's one of my favorite periods for reading historical fiction.

His decision to end it all, but then waiting for death because of her tribute, kind of has an opposite to Res Ship II for me. Instead of suicidal he's facing it bravely. Instead of his feeling that he wasn't there for her, she's there for him. Nice, subtle callback.

[anastashial.livejournal.com]

Wow, just wow! That one sent an arrow through my heart.

[anastashial.livejournal.com]

Oh yes very nice. The picture of Lee begging for news of her, a testament to his always wanting her even when it wasn't working for them.

[reginaspina.livejournal.com]

Super-long, not finished yet and actually started before the prompts, but nazkey said I should post it here anyway.

Five Times Kara Thrace Prayed to Apollo and One Time She Didn't (http://queenofthorns.livejournal.com/480501.html) (That's the first part, links to the other sections are posted there too.)