
Welcome back shippers! Today we step into a slightly different realm of BSG: the crack-fabulous clothing craziness that represents everything we love to HATE about our favourite characters. Our television show for the day? What Not to Wear on BSG
As we all know, the entire premise of the show puts the characters into a situation where everyone in the Fleet would have to deal with a limited number of outfits to begin with – and many fantastic fics mention exactly this. (The bartering for toilettries, the challenges of having no extra items and the preciousness of ordinary things.) It would leave everyone living a life where you’d have to grift your way to the finer things in life... and that reminded me of a game that is popular with older teens (in my area) at Halloween. They go door to door but instead of asking for candy, they call out:
BIGGER / BETTER!
So how does it work?
Well, at Halloween, they start with something tiny – like a paper clip – and by the end of the night, they see who has the biggest item. (Last year I gave away a bike in exchange for a really nice wood chair that I now have in my office.) I’m switching it up the rules for BSG Sweeps Week, but the premise is the same.
Here’s what you do...
Your challenge is to barter your way up. The person at the end of the day with the BIGGEST THING wins (and really I have no idea how we’d measure that, but I’m good with that vagueness. Maybe I’ll make
nazkey Naz decide. She seems like she’d ‘get’ my lack of rules.)
STEP 1: Begin with an ordinary item that YOU have created... let’s say this rather unremarkable icon here. (I am sadly FAIL at iconing, but I like this one. If you want REALLY nice icons, then you should see amaliak’s skills. Or maybe just trade for her.)

STEP 2: Put this item onto the comment thread and wait for someone to ask for it. To ‘take’ the item, they have to offer you something in return... it should probably be something slightly better, and you need to accept or decline.
STEP 3: If your offer is accepted you can either
a) Keep it or
b) Trade it up again
(or if you LOVE it and don't want to let go then)
c) Keep their item and make your own similar one to trade up (100 word drabble for 100 word drabble)
NOTE: Start a new comment each trade so other people SEE YOUR ITEMS
d) NEW! (A last second rule change from Naz) Reserve the right to see the person's bid and raise them.
What’s up for grabs? Things like:
- Icons
- Manips
- Drabbles (100 w.)
- Short fic (<500 w.)
- Long fic (<1000 w.)
- Vids
- Mashups
- Anything else, as long as YOU’VE CREATED IT
So get trading, shippers! ‘Cause the worlds have ended, and until the IKEA ship arrives, all we have left is our wits. Today’s challenge number for manips? You guessed it! 150 comments. Come on! We’ve made it each day... we can do it today too!
And since I’m wanting some of the finer things in life... I’ll start the comment thread.
And last, but not least... enjoy today's vid! :>D
(Here's a vimeo link if it disappears on you.)
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Date: 2011-04-07 04:57 am (UTC)Make me an offer if you'd like to snerch it.
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Date: 2011-04-07 05:33 am (UTC)Deal...or no deal?
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Date: 2011-04-07 05:15 am (UTC)CRACKTASTIC.
I LOVES IT.
Also, I'm pretty sure there's a phallic joke in this post somewhere...
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Date: 2011-04-07 05:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-04-07 05:22 am (UTC)Make me an offer.
cheers.
--Lex
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Date: 2011-04-07 05:32 am (UTC)Make me an offer.
*Since
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Date: 2011-04-07 06:28 am (UTC)So...consider this the fashion/'what not to wear' part of the thread.
Our mission: to pick out something horrific that we kinda liked (ex. Leoben's green thrift store shirt) and/or something most peeps seemed to like that you didn't and post here.
(ps--Karin, your vids get better and better...I srsly want to see the epi those comments about rejoining this century came from!)
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Date: 2011-04-07 07:41 am (UTC)something that liked and other people didn't? i'll have to think about that. *off to work now*
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Date: 2011-04-07 12:18 pm (UTC)(Well unless you're Tyrol, then no thank you!)
Great vid, bb!!!
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Date: 2011-04-07 02:15 pm (UTC)And yes. I just said that out loud and I DON'T FRAKKING CARE! :>D
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Date: 2011-04-07 12:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-07 02:03 pm (UTC)THREE ICONS: ONE BID EACH
Date: 2011-04-07 01:16 pm (UTC)1.
When you make your offer, be sure to indicate which icon you are bidding for. :)
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Date: 2011-04-07 03:04 pm (UTC)I will try to come back and play later, but I'm faced with another long and annoying day. :(
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Date: 2011-04-07 03:12 pm (UTC)The Manip I owed you from Yesterday
Date: 2011-04-07 03:16 pm (UTC)This is what happens 2 years post-poof. Enjoy! :>D
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Date: 2011-04-07 03:45 pm (UTC)One pilots kissing shot minus a pesky watermark!
Back with much more later...
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Date: 2011-04-08 04:03 am (UTC)*grins*
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Date: 2011-04-07 04:28 pm (UTC)Take your pic. Too bad LJ doesn't let you have a motion avatar. Oh well. )
Take your pick these are some of my favorites. :)
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Date: 2011-04-07 04:33 pm (UTC):D
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Date: 2011-04-07 05:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-07 05:27 pm (UTC)Thanks for coming by again. You are AWESOME! :>D
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Date: 2011-04-07 05:38 pm (UTC)I think I can offer a 1,000 word short story on the prompt of your choice, IF you are willing to wait until this weekend to get it -- I won't be able to get it done before then. So if anyone would like to make me an offer, please do! I'm afraid I'll be away from my computer for the rest of the day until late tonight, so whoever claims it first, just let me know what prompt you want, and what you are offering :)
Also, it is International Poetry Month this month, woohoo! If anyone wants to find a poem to share with me that reminds you of Kara/Lee (or Kara, or Lee), I will write a 100 word drabble in return. I can take up to four such offers, though I'm afraid I won't be able to write the drabbles until tomorrow.
*hugs*
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Date: 2011-04-07 05:46 pm (UTC)&
and I'll throw in an icon of my own:
Deal?
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Date: 2011-04-07 07:46 pm (UTC)and i really wanted to participate. well, next time.
p.s. did i mentioned earlier that the vid is crazy-funny?
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Date: 2011-04-07 07:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-07 10:10 pm (UTC)Here's my counter-offer: I did these three variations with my original sketch of our pilots. I will trade each for something new and shiny DONE with the image, like a graphic or an icon or a fic. Make me an offer, and give me a timeframe of when you can get it to me by :)
(Also, I will not be online for the next few hours, so if I don't respond straight away, that's why. The last two days have been a little crazy.)
Little story to go along with the sketch: I started with Lee, or tried to. He WOULD NOT appear. Kept slipping away from me and refusing to show at all. So I gave up on him and tried starting with Kara instead, who slowly took shape and then suddenly turned up the moment I got her eye right. And as soon as I had Kara, Lee just flowed onto the page. Took a bit of wrangling over his stubborn chin, but he was right there, immediately. I don't know why, but I love that. Also, I noticed while drawing this that Lee's lips are level with Kara's eye. Just a little factoid that made me unreasonably happy. :)
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Date: 2011-04-08 06:00 am (UTC)WHADDUP?????
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Date: 2011-04-08 11:23 am (UTC)Today's challenge was 150 and I'm pretty sure when I checked it was just under 200, so I owe you one for last night, and probably more for today. :>D