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You guys, how have I not pimped the Picture is Worth a Thousand Words challenge yet? Fail on my part, definitely.

Here's how it works: you get assigned a photograph. You write a story inspired by that. The story is exactly 1000 words.

slodwick, one of the coolest people I know, has been running this for the past six years. Tons of interesting fic has come out of it, and everyone I know who's participated thought it was crazy fun. I'm not doing it myself, but only because I have pussied out of the last, like, five challenges I signed up, because I'm lame. But you should all do it!!!

(Slod says I'm responsible if bandom doesn't come and embrace the awesome. Either that, or it's Pete Wentz's fault. I don't want either of those things to happen!)

In non-pimping news: I'm thinking about the Black Parade booklet, and on the one hand, it is horribly tragic and depressing and kind of almost makes me cry -- BOOOOOOOOOOOOYS -- but on the other ... wow. In a lot of ways, it's kind of just Gerard's love song to his brother.

(I mean that in a totally pure and gen sense, by the way. I feel a need to clarify that, because I know the last week or so you might have gotten a different sense from my journal. Um, that's as much as I usually talk about incest in a year, for those of you who are new. I just get really excited about things -- witness how a few weeks ago I was all PETE/JOE!!!!!!! in every entry. This is just a slightly more embarrassing instance, because while I find it interesting, I don't actually want to become Crazy Waycest Girl.)

I have a speshope coming this afternoon. You do not. I CLEARLY WIN. \o/

Comments

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, whereas Ray is like "SIMON/KAYLEE YAY!" and they both just sort of look at him. And he's like "what?" and they just shake their heads.

[fallingfortruth.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

And Bob is all "Mmmm, Gina Torres. Mmmm." and they just leave him alone, because at least he's not declaring another Mr. Bean Marathon. Thank God.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Aaaaaaaaaaand now my mind has shorted out thinking about Bob/Zoe. Awesome.

[dsudis.livejournal.com]

She does apparently go for the blond dudes.

She might make him shave, though. He spends a lot of time contemplating whether he would shave for Zoe.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Everyone else in the band has strong opinions on this. Gerard is all "hell, no! stay true to yourself, bob!" and Ray is like "Dude, what if you look really freaky without the beard? I cut my hair for a girl once and it was awful."

And on the other side, Mikey doesn't understand the concept of not automatically doing what your hot girlfriend wants without any questions. And Frank is like "Sex with Zoe, or facial hair? Yeah, I can see how that's a hard choice."

Brian would not have an opinion besides telling them they're losers for spending that much time contemplating whether a fictional sf character would be Bob's girlfriend. Gerard thinks Brian likes Inara. (She's Gerard's favorite, too. SPACE COURTESAN.)

[dsudis.livejournal.com]

Calling her a space hooker will get you a fifteen-minute rant. Every time. The guys can recite along with huge sections of it, but if Gerard sees you doing it he gets all huffy and hides in his bunk.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha OH GERARD. I love you best.

Eventually Mikey has to lure him out with promises that they can watch Peacekeeper Wars again so Gerard can tell them all about his fantasy about being Aeryn Sun for a day.