Sunshine Revival Challenge #5

[tellshannon815]

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Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.



Ever wished more people knew more about some of your favourite fandoms, whether that be movie, book, show, video game, comic, even band or hobby? Now is your chance to be a “carnival barker”, someone who hangs around outside the carnival and tries to promote it to people passing by.

Challenge #5

Journaling prompt: Be a carnival barker for your favorite movie, book, or show (or any other of your choice - game, comic, anything else)! Write a post that showcases the best your chosen title has to offer and entices passersby to check it out.
Creative prompt: Write a fic or original story about a character reluctantly doing something they are hesitant about.
Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



Who knows, maybe you'll find someone with similar favourites, or encourage someone to check out yours, and you may find canons you want to check out too.


Check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.



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Comments

[zavodilaterrarium]

Got my reccs posted here!

[muscle_wizard]

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

[innitmarvellous]

I feel like I kind of misinterpreted the prompt, but here's my post: https://innitmarvellous.dreamwidth.org/16314.html

[muscle_wizard]

All interpretations are welcome c:

Thanks for sharing yours!

[autodach]

I made a manga rec here

[muscle_wizard]

Awesome, look forward to checking it out!

[soricel]

Ten things I love about the Raven Cycle: https://soricel.dreamwidth.org/329882.html

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for sharing!

[smallhobbit]

I wrote about Sir Matthew Bourne's New Adventures productions here

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for taking part!

[althea_valara]

HOW RUDE that the prompt doesn't include video games. Well, TOUGH, I wrote about one anyway :p it's here: https://althea-valara.dreamwidth.org/1245080.html

(I had to. Most of my media consumption these days is via games. I don't watch movies or TV, and it's rare I read. Thanks for the prompt, though, because I LOVE gushing about Final Fantasy XIV. <3)

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for participating!

[evandar]

I did a promo for my favourite movie and wrote a Lord of the Rings ficlet here.

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for participating!

[silveradept]

Leave us alone, Mel Brooks!, with mentions of movies made from the files of Police Squad!, a Simon Pegg Film, and the Good Bits version of the Princess Bride.

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for taking part!

[sarajayechan]

Recced three LGBT graphic novels here! [tw: discussions of grooming, pregnancy, and abortion]

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for participating!

[kitarella_imagines]

I wasn't inspired to do this challenge, but then I suddenly was! It's about the 1970s show The Professionals.

https://kitarella-imagines.dreamwidth.org/82760.html

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for sharing!

[kingstoken]

My post where I wrote up a small primer for Sherlock & Daughter.

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for taking part!

[pauraque]

My favorite show is Star Trek: The Next Generation. :D

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for taking part!

[shipperslist]

My reply is here and it's just a link to my Fannish 50 masterpost...

[muscle_wizard]

We respect economical link usage lol <3

[glitteringstars]

Standing on the rooftop, screaming my heart out

[muscle_wizard]

Thanks for posting!

[guildrone]

Managed to muster an ode to a cartoon I (and many more) adore, at least!

[muscle_wizard]

Excellent, thanks for sharing c:

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

My post is here.

Re: Done!

[muscle_wizard]

Woo, thanks for checking in!

[lightbird]

Flow! (2024)

Really, everyone needs to see it if they haven't yet.

[muscle_wizard]

I am ready to be educated, thanks for sharing o/

[elyusion]

hey fantasy fans: oooooo you wanna play Fire Emblem 4 so bad oooooo

[muscle_wizard]

As a fellow FE fan, I support this message \o/

[dr_zook]

I'm sharing here three drabbles for rather arcane fandoms: Renaissance Artists RPF (Albrecht Dürer!), Renaissance Politics RPF (Borgia!), and the show Barbarians (German tribes kicking Romans' ass!).

[muscle_wizard]

Three great tastes, certainly <3

[popghost]

🎪 omg this prompt is SO my kind of chaos. i basically carnival bark about my faves on instinct?? this was dangerously enabling (thank you). just posted about daisy jones & the six - all the eyeliner, heartbreak, and tambourines a girlboss breakdown could want. 🥁✨
https://popghost.dreamwidth.org/3368.html

[muscle_wizard]

I love enabling the good chaos, lol thanks for sharing!

[liriaen]

Got two reluctant drabbles here! (Fandoms: Blue Eye Samurai, Barbarians)

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for taking part!

[tellshannon815]

School Spirits fic here: https://tellshannon815.dreamwidth.org/747247.html

[muscle_wizard]

Awesome!

[cornerofmadness]

I took on both prompts this time. You can find it here.

[muscle_wizard]

Excellent c:

[badfalcon]

Any excuse to squee excitedly over the book Lost Souls by Poppy Z Brite! https://badfalcon.dreamwidth.org/1799032.html

[muscle_wizard]

I am ready to be informed!

[linky]

Mine is here! I did Kamen Rider Gotchard. :D

[muscle_wizard]

Thanks for sharing! \o/