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Dear Writer, I don't have very many things I don't like, but you can find my will-not-read list here. Moving on to better things, here are the general things I like to read, and here are a few vague crossover/side character suggestions. note about this list: please feel free to mix and mash and blend all these ideas together! You also can write something completely different, or just use these as jumping-off points, or whatever you like. I didn't mention general aus with these prompts, but as a reference (if you haven't checked my things I like list) I really like modern day working people aus, sci fi, space, magical realism, uni etc. and also mash ups of these - like regular everyday uni life on a different planet, or magical realism plus space, or any other combinations, and please feel free to add those aus to any of these prompts or whatever else you like! note: some of these prompts refer to girls as main characters/depict girls. considering the nature of this exchange as a male kpop idol-centric, please note from my will-not-read list that I don't like to receive genderswapped characters, either as main characters or side characters, as I prefer to read actual kpop girls (or other fandom girls) in these roles. therefore, please interpret these girl-related prompts as inspiration, not immutable ideas. thanks! (side note: any spectrum of trans-character, however, is fabulous if that's something you're interested in writing) note: I know these weren't listed as options, but I'm totally okay with receiving any ot3 and any crossover at all, including f/m pairings with girls etc. I'm particularly partial to Oh My Girl as BTS counterparts (whether platonic or romantic relationships), as well as GOT7. 1. What I want most is for you to write your own wip! I'd love to be surprised, and I'm sure you'd rather write your own pet project, so as long it doesn't have anything on my will-not-read list, I'm all for this! 2. caption: she's what you call a bramble rose. open interpretation or: sometimes there are some people so beautiful it hurts. and sometimes we fall in love with them anyway. 3. (TRIGGER WARNING: MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH) inspired by this photo collage Hyacinth and Apollo. Apollo was passionately fond of a youth named Hyacinthus. One day they played a game of quoits together, and Apollo, heaving aloft the discus, with strength mingled with skill, sent it high and far. Hyacinthus watched it as it flew, and excited with the sport ran forward to seize it, eager to make his throw, when the quoit bounded from the earth and struck him in the forehead. He fainted and fell. The god, as pale as himself, raised him and tried all his art to stanch the wound and retain the flitting life, but all in vain; the hurt was past the power of medicine. As, when one has broken the stem of a lily in the garden, it hangs its head and turns its flowers to the earth, so the head of the dying boy, as if too heavy for his neck, fell over on his shoulder. “Thou diest, Hyacinth,” so spoke Apollo, “robbed of thy youth by me. Thine is the suffering, mine the crime. Would that I could die for thee! But since that may not be thou shalt live with me in memory and in song. My lyre shall celebrate thee, my song shall tell thy fate, and thou shalt become a flower inscribed with my regrets.” While Apollo spoke, behold the blood which had flowed on the ground and stained the herbage, ceased to be blood; but a flower of hue more beautiful than the Tyrian sprang up, resembling the lily, if it were not that this is purple and that silvery white. And this was not enough for Apollo; but to confer still greater honor, he marked the petals with his sorrow, and inscribed “Ah! Ah!” upon them, as we see to this day. The flower bears the name of Hyacinthus, and with every returning spring revives the memory of his fate. note: keep this in a mythology au or modernize it or do whatever you like. it can also be reincarnation or metaphorical death or maybe it's an art project or play that people are relating to; anything ^^ 4. inspired by these 7 photographs of the beach caption: I went to the beach with my 1957 Kodak Pony IV and all my photos came back super hazy and old-looking. It is okay if you want to pretend I took these is 1957 open interpretation, or something with photography one idea: maybe finding an old camera and taking photos and developing them and the new ones mesh with the old, it's all in the past or is the past the present? 5. Ljósið by Ólafur Arnalds oranges (image) Peeling an orange Between you and a bowl of oranges I lie nude Reading The World’s Illusion through my tears. You reach across me hungry for global fruit, Your bare arm hard, furry and warm on my belly. Your fingers pry the skin of a naval orange Releasing tiny explosions of spicy oil. You place peeled disks of gold in a bizarre pattern On my white body. Rearranging, you bend and bite The disks to release further their eager scent. I say “Stop, you’re tickling,” my eyes still on the page. Aromas of groves arise. Through green leaves Glow the lofty snows. Through red lips Your white teeth close on a translucent segment. Your face over my face eclipses The World’s Illusion. Pulp and juice pass into my mouth from your mouth. We laugh against each other’s lips. I hold my book Behind your head, still reading, still weeping a little. You say “Read on, I’m just an illusion,” rolling Over upon me soothingly, gently unmoving, Smiling greenly through long lashes. And soon I say “Don’t stop. Don’t disillusion me.” Snows melt. The mountain silvers into many a stream. The oranges are golden worlds in a dark dream. Virginia Adair 6. Vivaldi Recomposed - The Four Seasons: Spring by Max Richter. tinge of intelligence there is autumn in the folds of your hair an acute tinge of intelligence sits in the air and just like that my eyes shift to you I don’t know you but I want to my mind splits in two half of me is in love the other is daydreaming about reading to you actober reid 7. 8. WARNING BLOOD AND SKULL 6 images for the raven king caption: the raven king by maggie stiefvater / there’s kissing. there’s death. there’s cars. 9. image quote from The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde (1890) 10. two images relating to The Secret History by Donna Tartt. caption: Plano. The word conjures up drive-ins, tract homes, waves of heat rising from the blacktop. My years there created for me an expendable past, disposable as a plastic cup. Which I suppose was a very great gift, in a way. On leaving home I was able to fabricate a new and far more satisfying history, full of striking, simplistic environmental influences; a colorful past, easily accessible to strangers. The dazzle of this fictive childhood—full of swimming pools and orange groves and dissolute, charming show-biz parents—has all but eclipsed the drab original. In fact, when I think about my real childhood I am unable to recall much about it at all except a sad jumble of objects: the sneakers I wore year-round; coloring books and comics from the supermarket and the squashed old football I contributed to neighborhood games; little of interest, less of beauty. I was quiet, tall for my age, prone to freckles. I didn’t have many friends but whether this was due to choice or circumstance I do not now know. I did well in school, it seems, but not exceptionally well. My clothes were cheap and my haircut too short and no one at school seemed to like me that much; and since all this had been true for as long as I could remember, I felt things would doubtless continue in this depressing vein as far as I could foresee. In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way. the entire series of images can be found here 11. THE BLACK SPRING BY ESTEBAN A NEO-NOIR PORTRAIT OF MODERN BALLET. Words | Jonathan Poh Translation | Ian Tsang Credit my ongoing inability to dance, teenage rebellion against classical music or the dated productions I was often dragged to by my mother, but I’ve never been a great fan of ballet and what I’ve long considered to be an overly-ornate and precious style. In recent years, however, I’ve slowly come to appreciate the pure essence of the art form, as well as its timelessness, both of which are beautifully depicted in La Primavera Negra (Spanish for ‘The Black Spring’) -- a short debut film by Copenhagen-based photographer Esteban. Set in an old fabric hall in Dusseldorf and shot in stark black and white, the film features 22-year-old danseur Jackson Carroll, a rising star in the German ballet scene and a fluid, wonderfully expressive talent. Clad in garments from ?Yohji Yamamoto and Dries Van Noten, Carroll is depicted here in a single-camera shot that’s set to a contemporary take on Vivaldi’s “Summer” by German avant-garde composer Max Richter. The result is a gorgeous, sweeping piece that eschews ornamentation for a minimal, “neo-noir” style that’s thoroughly modern. “I always thought it would be nice to do a ballet film which is not a typical, beautiful Swan Lake-style production,” explains Esteban of his foray into the art form. 12. the WINNER EXIT teaser film series EXIT MOVEMENT film MINO teaser film poem the excerpt is from: Motion The swaying motion on the bank of the river falls, The chasm at the sternpost, The swiftness of the hand-rail, The huge passing of the current Conduct by unimaginable lights And chemical newness Voyagers surrounded by the waterspouts of the valley And the current. They are the conquerors of the world Seeking a personal chemical fortune; Sports and comfort travel with them; They take the education Of races, classes, and animals, on this Boat. Repose and dizziness To the torrential light, To the terrible nights of study. For from the talk among the apparatus,—blood, flowers, fire, jewels— From the agitated accounts on this fleeing deck, —You can see, rolling like a dyke beyond the hydraulic motor road, Monstrous, illuminated endlessly,—their stock of studies; Themselves driven into harmonic ecstasy And the heroism of discovery. In the most startling atmospheric happenings A youthful couple withdraws into the archway, —Is it an ancient coyness that can be forgiven?— And sings and stands guard. [from Illuminations (1872-1874?)] TAEHYUN teaser film poem the excerpt is from: Song of the Highest Tower Idle youth Enslaved to everything, By being too sensitive I have wasted my life. Ah! Let the time come When hearts are enamoured. I said to myself: let be, And let no one see you: Do without the promise Of higher joys. Let nothing delay you, Majestic retirement. I have endured so long That I have forgotten everything; Fear and suffering Have flown to the skies. And morbid thirst Darkens my veins. Thus the meadow Given over to oblivion, Grown up, and flowering With frankincense and tares To the wild buzzing Of a hundred filthy flies. Oh! the thousand bereavements Of the poor soul Which possesses only the image Of Our Lady! Can one pray To the Virgin Mary? Idle youth Enslaved by everything, By being too sensitive I have wasted my life. Ah! Let the time come When hearts are enamoured! May 1872 Note: you can use the other three teaser videos as well 13. inspired by The Replacement. (don't read the book! It's just a jumping-off point) Person A has never felt like he fit in, slowly dying in a world where everything is poison. He knows he doesn't belong here, but he doesn't want to leave. But when Person B gets involved, he may have to stand up, fight against the rising black tide. bonus: high school or uni au! adding girls as side characters would be especially awesome. note: can use fairy/changeling-related plot points or something completely different. Up to you! 14. launch sequence (photograph) “A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now, that's a question.”—quote from Stardust —open interpretation or person A signs up for the space program because he wants to see the stars. He doesn't expect the stars to be excited about seeing him. This can be space au/sci fi/aliens/anything you like. 15. ex machina trailer information - there's a new project with person a scientist, person b employee act as a test interactor, and person c the A.I. but what defines human consciousness? what is real? what is false? note: use as much or little of the au as you want; feel free to take it in a horror or romance or sci-fi direction. 16. dennou coil!au - in a future where everyone lives immersed in a digital super-layer of reality viewed via the glasses they always where, a group of children investigate a flaw in the system that might lead to the truth. what is real? what is love? what are feelings? is it real if you can't feel it? note: feel free to change whatever you like and they don't have to be children. 17. something based on the iKON & WINNER project film dimension. 18. TRIGGER WARNING blood death fire how to destroy angels - the space in between mv and song open interpretation “The treachery of demons is nothing compared to the betrayal of an angel.”—Brenna Yovanoff, The Space Between 19. possession/soul!au - after person a's sister/brother is killed, they start to be taken over by the dead person's spirit in exacting revenge. feel free to change everything/anything and you don't have to watch the drama - getting inspired by the synopsis is fine! 20. inspired by The Magicians (trilogy) person a gets into a prep school for magic but this doesn't hide the fact that he's running away from his own problems. and when, together with his friends (boys and girls whatever you like), they discover a way to enter a whole new realm of worlds, person a's problems only magnify. feel free to change everything/anything and you don't have to read the book(s) - getting inspired by the synopsis is fine! 21. TRIGGER WARNING war situations, violence, guns Arcade Fire - The Suburbs music video and song, the video is from scenes taken from the short film "Scenes from the Suburbs" TRIGGER WARNING implied death off screen - clip from the film the Watchmen image (solder with gun in city, ambulances) We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that, one way or another. — Robert Oppenheimer 22. Inspired by GOTH by otsuichi (book, manga, live action film) person a has a habit of meeting murders and getting mixed up in their lives, but person b keeps them in their sight, though person a seems to come out okay. but will person b ever step in if necessary? feel free to change everything/anything and you don't have to read the book or manga or watch the live action film - getting inspired by the synopsis is fine! bonus: junior high or high school or university would be fun but anything is great! 23. mild trigger warning insinuations of suicide or other death Nell - 그리고 남겨진 것들 three excerpts from by John Berger 24. any BTS mvs (open interpretation) 25. any Troye Sivan songs (open interpretation) 26. Halsey - Hurricane I am not a Sunday morning inside four walls with clean blood and organized drawers. I am the hurricane setting fire to the forests at night when no one else is alive or awake however you choose to see it and I live in my own flames sometimes burning too bright and too wild to make things last or handle myself or anyone else and so I run. run run run far and wide until my bones ache and lungs split and it feels good. Hear that people? It feels good because I am the slave and ruler of my own body and I wish to do with it exactly as I please ―Charlotte Eriksson 27. inspired by The starboard sea (book) “I used to believe having a good memory meant being able to remember everything in perfect detail. Now I believe having a good memory means being able to selectively forget. It's not what I'll remember, {name}," he said. "It's what I'll forget that matters.” person a is sent to a boarding school for wealthy but problem kids after the suicide/accidental death of his childhood friend/secret boyfriend/girlfriend. He meets/falls in love with another person b who has their own problems, and falls in with some others who together from a group of reckless and disruptive teenagers who are maybe delinquent and rampantly destructive, not out of a desire to be so, but to cover up their own internal pain. feel free to change everything/anything and you don't have to read the book at all - getting inspired by the synopsis is fine! 28. Lee Minki - Eternal Summer song & mv (English translation is soft-subbed) Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole. — Samuel Richardson 29. Daughter - Tomorrow (song) I measure every grief I meet by Emily Dickinson (poem) 30. History - What am I to you? (song & mv) Interweave (personal poem) 40 days and 40 nights (personal photo) 31. Baths - Lovely Bloodflow (song & mv) words (personal poem) Remember us when you go (personal photo) 32. Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) (song & mv) The problem of peace (personal poem) the waves have forgotten your name (personal photo) 33. Gossip - Casualties of war (song) we were both the kind of thing you don't come home from cr. @blankpoems if you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere (image) 34. photo when going through boxes because of moving or redecorating, person a remembers someone he thought he'd forgotten (or could be boxes in a new house that don't belong to him) 35. inspired by the film Real person a is in a coma and person b travels inside his subconscious to try to wake him up. feel free to change everything/anything and you don't have to watch the film at all - getting inspired by the synopsis is fine! 36. inspired by the anime Casshern SINS person a is a robot who was inadvertently responsible for the apocalypse when he killed person b. but is person b really dead? (person b can also be the child he collects along the way/companion). feel free to change everything/anything and you don't have to watch the anime at all - getting inspired by the synopsis is fine! 37. Person a is a human and person b is an alien/cyborg/robot on two opposing sides of an intergalactic war 38. Person a, one day, suddenly stops being able to sleep. Person b, a specialist, struggles to figure out why. (Can be science or magical realism, person a can be suffering ill health from this or be strangely okay.) 39. Matthew Good - Garden of knives - open interpretation of this song in terms of perhaps entanglement, a relationship, smut. (pwp is fine or feel free to embroider this however you're inspired) 40. Placebo's Exit Wounds music video lyrics “Still, being alone doesn't mean you have to be miserable. In that sense it's different from losing something. You've still got yourself, even if you lose everything else. You've got to have faith in yourself and not get down just because you're on your own.” ― Yōko Ogawa, The Diving Pool: Three Novellas 41. dúné - dry lips #Ghosttown #20 (photograph) Childhood For today I am Invisible - These thin Glass walls Only break When I Breathe Let's sit Very quiet And pretend To be mice 10.03.2014 And if all else fails, or as supplementary material, here's a cool list of unusual words along with illustrations. You can also draw inspiration from these 15 unconventional story methods. And finally, though not the least of these, I always get really inspired by everything on this twitter account (images) and this twitter account (words/mini-plots). I'll be happy to answer any questions and/or provide more prompts; please feel free to contact me via the mods. Thank you!