H/C bingo

[marycrawford]

I'm really hoping this will get me back into finishing fanfic, rather than poking at stories and giving up.

headaches / migraines	loss of limb / limb function	loss of job / income	surprise sexswap	telepathic trauma
unrequited pining	skeletons in the closet	blood loss	mistaken identity	motion sickness
major illness	blackmail	WILD CARD	confession in desperate situation	sensory deprivation
depression	extortion	drowning	orphans	stalkers
time travel gone wrong	lacerations / knife wounds	wings	unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding	parting ways

As usual with this kind of challenge, some of the options are weird -- orphans? Wings?

It's not that I can't envision any kind of story with those prompts, but it does boggle me what on earth they have to do with hurt/comfort.

I looove "time travel gone wrong" though, and "telepathic trauma" and "unrequited pining". And "confession in desperate situation."

And then there's "unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding" which seems startlingly specific -- it has to be planned soulbonding? That rules out the plot of approximately 98% of all the Kirk/Spock stories I've ever read, I'm just saying.

Comments

[marycrawford]

Heee, okay, fair enough. And having a partner suddenly imagine they were sprouting wings or tentacles might be worse...

These tropes are definitely not something I look for in h/c stories, though. But a use can be contrived. :-)

I am excited too, and thanks! I hope we do get at least a handful of stories out of it.

[movies_michelle]

I can't say they're tropes I would look for in h/c--or usually anywhere else outside of Lovecraft, for that matter--but I just wanted to point out the possibilities. :-)

*pictures Finch reacting to Reese sprouting wings*

*dies a little inside*