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CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO ACHIEVED GLORY IN FEBRUARY!

• earnmysong kicked ass with let's hope for some (Jennifer Lawrence & Bradley Cooper RPF, PG, 666 words, All Jen wants at the moment is to lie down somewhere and die.)


• empressearwig took names with all the blood that I would bleed (Young Justice, Dick/Zatanna, PG-13, 2600 words, Five things that happened on the way to Dick and Zatanna having a history.)


• cashewdani brought it with 1, 2, 3 (The Office, Brian/Pam, PG-13, 4378 words, It’s while she’s laughing over Jim’s answer of mixed berries yogurt that Brian feels himself smiling the tiny smile that means he kind of likes a girl. )


• kyrafic beat the shit out of failure with Like Taking Candy (New Girl, Nick/Jess, PG, 675 words, "Jess," he says pleasantly. "Why the hell do you have a baby?")


• irishmizzy emerged triumphant with trying to do it right (The Office, Pam/Brian, PG-13, 4300 words, He never expected to be in Scranton for three months, let alone three years.)


• frey_at_last carried the day with a good thing going (30 Rock, Jack/Liz, PG-13, Five years later, a (not so) surprising development.)


• care_says crushed it with you carried romance in the palm of your hand (Pitch Perfect, Beca/Chloe & Becca/Jesse, PG-13, 7311 words, Beca spends the weeks before Christmas cramming for finals and barely speaking to anyone, the exception primarily being Cynthia Rose, since they live in the same room.)


• miss_bennie won out with let's hope for some (The Office, Pam/Brian & Pam/Ryan, PG-13, 3500 words, Pam and Brian the Boom Guy during The Negotiation. Because why not?)


• maidenjedi dominated with Been Livin' a Lonely Life (Almost Famous, multiple pairings, PG-13, Over the years, all their lonely lives.)


• littlestclouds vanquished with look at what might have been (baseball RPF, Rick Porcello & Vanessa Palestina & Max Scherzer, PG, 1622 words, Rick had never been one to get too sentimental about the future, not even when he was a dude, but now that he wasn’t one he couldn’t help thinking about everything he’d be missing out on.)


• juniperlane ran out of synonyms with been sleeping here instead (Go On, Ryan King & Anne, PG, 2000 words, Anne gets a little more than she bargains for when she picks up the pieces of King's latest emotional breakdown.)

AND ETERNAL (OR AT LEAST UNTIL APRIL) SHAME TO THESE LOSERS









(Let me know if I coded anything wrong, you guys, I basically haven't slept in like a week. ALSO I AM TRYING TO READ ALL OF THESE IN ALL THE FANDOMS I KNOW BUT AM HIDEOUSLY BEHIND, BUT IT'S COMING. Also I can't believe so many of you came through this month, AMAZING JOB, EVERYONE!)

(Also you remember if you're a sad sack on notice, you can still post fic late to get your name off the on notice board!)

Title: Define Forever
Fandom: Ben and Kate
Pairing: Tommy/Kate
Rating: PG
Summary: Tommy works on accepting the fact that he's just going to love Kate forever, and she's never going to love him back, and maybe that's tragic and awful and a total rejection of the optimistic everything-works-out-the-way-it-should-be, love-conquers-all worldview he's always lived by, but that's just the way it is. Or maybe it isn't.
Length: 7,900 words
Notes: Written and posted PATHETICALLY LATE for the nothing_hip February challenge, Ho Hey by the Lumineers. Thanks to lavender_basil for the awesome beta!

Define Forever

Title: been sleeping here instead
Fandom/Pairings/Characters: Go On; Ryan King, Anne (gen but really more accidental relationship)
Rating: Teen (for swearing)
Word Count: 2000
Warnings/Spoilers: Through 1x17, Ring and a Miss.
Summary: Anne gets a little more than she bargains for when she picks up the pieces of King's latest emotional breakdown.
Author's Notes: Written for the February Challenge at nothing_hip - wall of shame avoided, and as a late birthday present for annakovsky because we both agree that Anne is potentially the greatest character of all time and that fic should exist for this show.

been sleeping here instead on AO3

TITLE: Been Livin' a Lonely Life
AUTHOR: Maidenjedi
FANDOM/PAIRING: Almost Famous, multiple pairings
RATING: PG-13
DISCLAIMER: Not mine, not making money.
SUMMARY: Over the years, all their lonely lives.

Notes: For nothing_hip, February 2013, song "Ho Hey" by the Lumineers. A lot of this genre of music makes me think of some of the really good stuff that came out of the late sixties and early seventies, and I watched Almost Famous last weekend and thought, man, the Lumineers would have fit right in. Or their song would have. Hence, this.

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Title: let's hope for some
Fandom/Pairings/Characters: The Office;Pam/Brian, Pam/Ryan
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 3500
Warnings/Spoilers: None, unless it really is 2007 again and you haven't watched S3 of The Office
Summary: Pam and Brian the Boom Guy during The Negotiation.  Because why not?
Author's Notes: Written for nothing_hip's February "Ho Hey" Challenge, and also as a really, really late birthday gift to mozarts_friend.  Sorry your party's so lame!  Remember when we were really into Pam/Brian like we all jumped into a time machine and then lost interest and collapsed in on ourselves like dying stars?  Me neither.  It was very late, internet.
 

::let's hope for some::

ANNOUNCEMENT: Since February is an asshole of an abbreviated month, and since we're about to run into a weekend, I'm announcing a nothing_hip GRACE PERIOD. Any fics posted between now and Sunday night (March 3, let's say at midnight Eastern time) will count as being on time for the Wall of Shame/Glory.

(And you can continue posting fics for that challenge indefinitely; also remember that if you get put on the Wall of Shame but post a fic for that challenge late, you can get taken off the Wall of Shame.)

In the meantime, since it's the end of the month, I am posting the challenge song for March! Sign up here to get in on March's WALL OF GLORY/SHAME challenge. This month I'm going to say that you have a week to sign up to get in on this, so any time between now and March 7. But if you don't sign up for the challenge and you still post a fic, you will get on the wall of Lesser Glory and I'll still link your fic in the post at the end of the month, so no worries, you're just living a cowardly, risk-free life, you weenie.

March's song is "Wide Awake," by Katy Perry. I really like the video for this song, actually, I would recommend watching that and then writing me fic with weird Minotaur/Labyrinth imagery. Also this song kind of bums me out because I imagine that Katy Perry is literally the only person in the world who thought that Russell Brand might be an awesome, Prince Charming-esque husband. Oh, was he not easy to live with, what a shock. :/

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Title: trying to do it right
Fandom/Pairing: The Office, Pam/Brian
Rating: PG-13
Length: 4300 words
Summary: He never expected to be in Scranton for three months, let alone three years.

LJ | AO3

PHEW, I MADE IT, I DON'T HAVE TO GO ON THE WALL OF SHAME.

Title: Like Taking Candy
Fandom: New Girl
Details: Nick/Jess, kinda.
Notes: FOR annakovsky, ON THE OCCASION OF HER BIRTH. (Yes, I'm just blatantly sucking up to the mod.) If you send me enough emails about New Girl babyfic, this is what happens. Warning: The only episodes of New Girl I've ever seen have been on planes! I have no idea what I'm doing, yay!

Also written for my curtainfic trope_bingo square and the February nothing_hip song challenge!! So multiapplicable!

Read it on Livejournal
Read it on AO3

Title: all the blood that I would bleed
Author: empressearwig
Pairing/Fandom: Young Justice, Dick/Zatanna
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~2600
Disclaimer: I own nothing, this is all for fun. This hasn't happened. Yet. Etc.
Summary: Five things that happened on the way to Dick and Zatanna having a history.
Author's Notes: This is entirely dudski's fault. Written for nothing_hip's Ho Hey challenge.

[all the blood that I would bleed]

Our song for the month of February is "Ho Hey" by the Lumineers. You may know it from such greatest hits as SNL last week, half the commercials on TV, and Top 40 radio. Despite the bearded hipster-ness of their folk rock, admit it, you would still be embarrassed to listen to this song in front of someone from Brooklyn, much less to admit that you had it on repeat 1 as you sang along in the shower this morning. (You might worry about how much your neighbors can hear through the walls, because you can totally tell the guy upstairs has had a cough for like a week. But whatever, that is your neighbors' problem, fuck yeah, you listen to the songs you want!)

Yeah, I'm in my 30s now you guys, so you're going to get some songs basically from Volvo commercials. It's just going to happen.

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This year, nothing_hip is also introducing the optional feature of signing up to be entered into the Wall of Glory/Wall of Shame contest. Comment here at any time during the month saying you want to do it, and then if by March 1 you have completed a fic and posted it to the community, you are a fucking champion who will be put on the Wall of Glory. If you turn out to be a wretch who can't meet even the SMALLEST OF COMMITMENTS (the minimum length requirement for fics in this community is 100 words, you pathetic sad sack) and don't post a fic, you will be put on the Wall of Shame for February. March will start a whole new contest and new walls of shame and glory!

(Bonus features: if you post MORE THAN ONE fic in February, like some kind of horrific overachiever whose guts I already hate, you will be put on the Wall of SUPER GLORY. You will also get SUPER GLORY if you write a fic that's more than 10,000 words long. Also you can take yourself off the February Wall of Shame if you post a fic late, I'm not a monster.)

(Also I will probably make the Wall of Glory and the Wall of Shame a sticky post, so your shame/glory will be seen by LITERALLY DOZENS.)

This is just a notice that nothing_hip is getting a revival! I think we are going to go one challenge a month this time, so we have time to finish stuff. So your first challenge will be posted here on February 1!

(Reminder how this works: a non-hip song will be posted to the community as a prompt. You then write any fic you want, inspired by the song. You can post fics whenever, you can finish old stuff you've been working on, and old challenges are always active if you want to write to one of the previous songs! Which, if any of those old links are dead, just leave me a comment and I'll reupload.)

I'm also trying to think of ways to motivate us even more -- I really want to use this challenge to finish fic I've been working on. So I was thinking of possibly giving people the option to sign up to be held accountable? SO at the beginning of the month when the song is posted, you can comment to that post if you want to commit to writing for that challenge -- then at the end of the month, I will post a Wall of Glory with all the people who completed the challenge like goddamn heroes, and a Wall of Shame of the people who failed miserably like fucking jerks.

Obviously it would be totally optional to sign up to be shamed if you don't post a fic, but the option is there. ALSO IF ANYBODY HAS OTHER MOTIVATIONAL IDEAS LET'S TALK ABOUT THEM -- like, maybe it'd be nice to have prizes for people who succeed or something but I don't think I have the time myself to follow through on anything there. But yeah, brainstorm your fic motivation ideas here, what gets you writing?

ALSO if you want to suggest songs, comment here and I can put them on a list to be used at my discretion. What IS your favorite Katy Perry song, is what I am asking you.

Title: To the Victor, the Spoil
Author: annakovsky
Fandom: The Hunger Games trilogy
Pairing: Katniss/Haymitch (plus references to Haymitch/Finnick, Katniss/Johanna, Katniss/Finnick)
Rating: NC-17
Length: 13,416 words
Warnings: Nothing much more disturbing than the books themselves, though to be fair that is pretty disturbing. Off-screen compulsory prostitution. Some violence. Suzanne Collins, you are quite the bundle of rainbows. Plus the big age difference of the pairing, and possibly underage sexytimes depending on where you live (Katniss is 17 in the story).
Spoilers: This goes AU at the end of the first book of the series, but includes references to backstory and characters we don't get until Catching Fire and Mockingjay.
Summary: (contains spoilers for the first book, highlight to read) No berries, no mockingjay, no rebellion. Katniss killed Peeta in the arena, and now she has to live with herself like every other victor.
Author's Notes: Thanks to kyrafic for encouragement and a great beta job. Written for the Tik Tok (Ke$ha) challenge at nothing_hip. Tick tock on the clock but the party don't stop. Whoa-oh-oh-oh.

To the Victor, the Spoil

Title: you build me up (you break me down)
Author: empressearwig
Pairing/Fandom: Peter, Eames, Arthur; Fringe/Inception
Rating: PG
Word Count: 4400
Disclaimer: I own nothing, this is all for fun. This hasn't happened and will never happen. Etc.
Summary: Peter always has a friend.
Author's Notes: Written for the Tik Tok challenge for nothing_hip, albeit in an incredibly late fashion. And because irishmizzy made me do it.

[you build me up (you break me down)]

This week's song is Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations, which will be the last song of my stint updating the community this year. Lyrics are below, and the mp3 will follow in a locked post for members.

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Also, consider this nothing_hip Fic Amnesty Week! Have something half-done (or one-eighth done) based on any of the older songs? Post away!

This week's challenge, which will run through next Wednesday, is Jessie's Girl, by Rick Springfield. Mp3 to follow in a locked post!

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Sorry for the delay on the new tune! As always, feel free to keep posting fic for older challenges.

This week's song is Tik Tok by Ke$ha. Lyrics are below, the mp3 will follow in a locked post, which you can see by joining the community.)

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Title: drifting alone apart
Author: empressearwig
Pairing/Fandom: Rachel/Jesse, Rachel/Finn; Glee
Rating: R
Word Count: ~1700
Spoilers/Warnings: All aired episodes
Disclaimer: I own nothing, this is all for fun. This hasn't happened. Yet. Etc.
Summary: Rachel doesn't regret not sleeping with Jesse.

[drifting alone apart]

Title: An Auditor Among The Living Dead
Fandom: Parks and Recreation
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~1,100
Pairing: Leslie/Ben (Leslie/Awesome)
Summary: Zombies have come to Pawnee, and Leslie is as crazy competent as ever, even in the face of the apocalypse.

running just as fast as we can / holding on to one another's hands.

Title: when we're together
Fandom/Pairing: Disney RPF, David Henrie/Selena Gomez
Rating: R
Length: 8800 words
Warning: Underage.
Summary: They both just got out of relationships and they're in really weird places right now and whatever, it doesn't mean anything. It's totally casual.

[when we're together]

Reminder: you can still post fic for last week's challenge at any point.

This week's song is Free Love Freeway by David Brent (Ricky Gervais). The challenge will run until Sunday, August 8. The lyrics are below, and the mp3 will follow in a locked post. (Join the community to see it.)

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Title: alone now
Fandom: Harry Potter.
Summary: Book 7 spoilers. Hermione's mother in Australia.
Notes: Hastily written for nothing_hip.

I think we're alone now / There doesn't seem to be anyone around -Tiffany

He knows: he went over everyone, & nobody’s missing.
Often he reckons, in the dawn, them up.
Nobody is ever missing. -John Berryman, Dream Song 29

( Australia's a wonder. )

The first song for this year's nothing_hip is "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany. This challenge will run until Sunday, August 1, but you can still post your story after that -- stories for any song are welcome at any time.

The lyrics are below, and the mp3 will follow in a locked post. (Join the community to see it.)

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Attention, girls and boys, fans and ladies. Announcing the:



nothing_hip Comeback Tour
August 2010
(and a little bit of July)

Yes, nothing_hip is creaking back to life for the dog days of summer: more embarrassing songs you hate to love, more excuses to write random fic or ficlets inspired by said songs.

How It Works: Refresher Course: Every Sunday Tomorrow, and every Sunday thereafter through the end of August, an MP3 of a song will be posted in a locked post (so you must be a member of the community to see the mp3 post). The songs will all be awesome, but somewhat embarrassing - e.g., Wham!, yes, The National, no. (I mean, you feel good about liking "Fake Empire", but you feel bad about liking "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go". BUT YOU LIKE THEM BOTH, ADMIT IT.) The members of the community will then have until the following Sunday to post their song-based ficlets - fic can be posted at any time during that week. (Deadlines for this challenge are not strict - if you finish up your fic a little late, feel free to still submit it.) Any fandom is welcome, and the more fandoms you write, the awesomer this will be.

Ficlets shouldn't be song fic; instead, the songs should be used as inspiration for whatever fic you want to write. This is a great opportunity to finish up fic languishing on your hard drive, or to write ficlets for fandoms you've always meant to write, but have never gotten around to. In other words: DON'T put the lyrics to the song in your fic. DO put the song on repeat one as you write. The inspiration can be very, very loose, and part of the fun is seeing the diversity of stories that come from one song.

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So tell your friends to join! Get inspired by past challenges! And stay tuned for tomorrow's song!

Title: Number nine with my head on the bar
Author: spamdilemma
Fandom: HIMYM/FNL crossover
Characters: Ted Mosby & Jason Street
Rating: G
Wordcount: 1052
Notes: Spoilers through HIMYM (s4, ep 5) and FNL (s3, ep 8); timelines are off. Also: fall is winter, winter is fall, and this can be... seasonal au?

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Title: Your Father's Map
Author: spamdilemma
Fandom: Life
Characters: Rachel and Ted
Rating: G
Summary: Ted and Rachel buy a kitchen table. (Or don't.)
Wordcount: 1105
Notes: Is summer over? (AKA me not belonging to a Life fic community.) Spoilers through the second season.

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Title: Who they'll kiss before they go home
Fandom: Band of Brothers
Pairing: Speirs/Lip, Speirs/Nix
Rating: R
Word Count: 3700
Summary: But while the rest of the men may be alright with just waltzing into Hitler's empty house and pissing on his couch, once they make it to the Eagle's Nest he can't help that sinking feeling that there's no place for them to go now but down.
Author's Notes: Based on the characters in the HBO series, no disrespect is intended. Written for the nothing_hip 'Me vs. Madonna vs. Me' prompt. And for BoBtide, obvs.


..while your mouth makes your demands..

Title: it'll fall just like you sense
Fandom: How I Met Your Mother
Pairing: Marshall/Ted (Lily/Marshall)
Rating: PG-13
Length: 7100 words
Summary: They say you'd be lucky to fall in love with your best friend. You wouldn't.
AN: Pre-series. For the "Kiss Me" challenge over at nothing_hip.

you're the friend I knew the best

The next song for nothing_hip is "Kiss Me", by Sixpence None the Richer. Lyrics are below, mp3 to follow in a locked post.

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Title: and your hair smells of smoke
Rating: R...ish
Characters: Chuck/Dan
Word Count: 2,630
Summary: August in the city is, above all things, hot.
AN: Spoilers through 1x18, Much 'I Do' About Nothing. Written for nothing_hip   for the prompt Me Vs. Maradona Vs. Elvis by Brand New.

my tongue will taste of gin and malicious intent