DISCUSSION THREAD -- February 2024 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

[Parson]

@Ursa major .... Bartered Bride Syndrome .... A story that make me wonder how much a label really means.

@BigJ .... Runes cast, fate divined – denounce the past, my path is mine ,,,, A poem that makes me wonder about the degree to which expectations are malleable.

 

[Luiglin]

Just because, I can't not put something in.

 

[Parson]

@Luiglin .... Thither and hither again .... A story that makes me wonder about the role Fantasy plays in Romance.

 

[The Judge]

I'm in. I had the idea for the opening lines a few days ago, but couldn't hit on who/what the fated lovers could be until I decided to use the title, which came to me on Day One. (I want Marlene Dietrich singing this in the Bottleneck Saloon!)

 

[Phyrebrat]

Verrr haff all zeh blumen gone?

 

[Ursa major]

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The Challenge is now closed to new entries, and the poll is now open at the link below:

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[VRlass]

Dang I missed it…

 

[Parson]

Verrr haff all zeh blumen gone?

Luxembourgish? (I thought German, maybe Dutch, but that's what Google Translate calls it.) I'm trying to imagine Peter, Paul, and Mary singing that line in Luxembourgish.

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@The Judge .... Destiny Rides Again .... After I stopped laughing, I decided that it was poem which made we wonder at the shere Fantasy of it.

 

[chrispenycate]

Well, I'm back - at least for the seventy-five worders. With glasses that allow me to read the computer without my head splitting. Well, I couldn't write stories without being ready to judge the others, could I? (What? Nobody had noticed I wasn't there? Ah, fame, so temporary)

My short list contained Christine Wheelright, Elckerlyc, emrosenagel, Phyrebrat, Provicial, and The Judge, but my vote went to Peter V.

 

[Peter V]

Well, I'm back - at least for the seventy-five worders. With glasses that allow me to read the computer without my head splitting. Well, I couldn't write stories without being ready to judge the others, could I? (What? Nobody had noticed I wasn't there? Ah, fame, so temporary)

My short list contained Christine Wheelright, Elckerlyc, emrosenagel, Phyrebrat, Provicial, and The Judge, but my vote went to Peter V.

Welcome back Chris.

Great use of the new glasses

 

[Christine Wheelwright]

Mentions:
@Lacedaemonian
@Phyrebrat
@Elckerlyc

Vote goes to:
@Victoria Silverwolf

 

[Lacedaemonian]

Thank you, @Christine Wheelwright

 

[Provincial]

Joint second place:

@Guttersnipe
@chrispenycate
@Phyrebrat
@Peter V

My vote:

@Lacedaemonian - utterly ravishing!

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

My long list, short list, and vote:

Victoria Silverwolf
johnnyjet
emrosenagel
Peter V
Culhwch
Ursa major
The Judge

mosaix

 

[Provincial]

Hey @Luiglin, still the romantic, I see! Ham’s got his priorities right!

 

[Provincial]

Destiny is something that we do not know what it is. I wish to know what destiny is, but sadly, nobody knows what it is. So, what we think about destiny is not what it is, and when we do not know what it is, how can we describe what it is? However, whatever it is, let it be what it is. In one word, destiny is what it is.

Well, I guess there are other opinions on this. For instance, in this month’s stories Destiny is both a palomino horse and a con artist.

 

[Provincial]

@Teresa Edgerton .... Happily Ever . . . Well, Eventually .... A story that makes me wonder about King Charles.

What, the one who hid in an oak tree and got his head chopped off? Um, well… not too sure about my historical facts here, maybe one of those was Bonnie Prince Charlie…. perhaps some case-hardened Scotsman can ‘put me right’ (such a charming euphemism!) on this?

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

I'm not a Scotsman (case-hardened or otherwise), but the Charles who hid in an oak tree was the future Charles II. It was his father, Charles I, who got the chop. Bonnie Prince Charlie was the grand-nephew of the former, so came along a couple of generations later. No oak trees for him. (Though there is "The Skye Boat Song" in which he falls asleep in a boat.) Men of irregular habits, the Stuarts.

 

[THX1138]

Vote for @Starbeast

Short List:
@Ian Fortytwo
@emrosenagel
@Parson

 

[paranoid marvin]

Thankyou Christine for choosing a great theme and genre, and to Parson and Victoria our constant reviewers.

This month was tough to decide.

Shortlist:

Phyrebat - wonderfully written story.

Victoria Silverwolf - a marvellous Arabian knights-esque tale

The Judge - I enjoyed this poetical entry


Starbeast's gift of laughter is rewarded with my vote