Round Up: Week Eight

Last Week's Prompt

There is a certain musical artist named Taylor Swift (don’t worry if you haven’t heard of her, it will be okay) who posted a video for her song “Bad Blood” about a month ago. This video features several bada** girls fighting and being awesome. Your task is to write a story about one of these girls- their origin story, an epic fight with their nemesis, a mission they were sent on, whatever. Just pick one of the strong female characters and use her as your lead.

Amanda

Watching the music video, Frostbyte was the character who stood out to me the most. With nothing more than an upward glance and the drop of her blade on a chain, her image of a hardcore don't-mess-with-me person is shown so well. I loved the idea of an agent who is genuinely hardcore and can get the job, but who on the inside is more of a damsel in distress... or at least someone unhappy with their situation. The backstory of being abducted from her burnt down village in Alaska seemed perfect for this kind of character.

Originally, I was just going to write her reflecting on her backstory on the way to the airport, but I thought it would be more fun to show both sides of her- the bada** and the damsel. Thus the scene at the coffee shop where she connected with another person for the first time in her life. Then some possibly Hydra bad guys come and try to kill her. I am super happy with the way this story turned out and I accidentally created a new OTP.

MY VOTE: Korrin

Kylie

This prompt gave me so many great character options to choose from, but in the end, I chose my favorite--Destructica X.

Destructica X is my favorite because she blows things up and she has an awesome name. Really, what other qualifications do you need to be awesome? And the best part was looking back at the video and realizing that she’s only in the video twice. So why isn’t she at the final battle? The entire background is one giant curtain of fire, so why isn’t she there? And why did she fire a rocket launcher in her own building? Why would she do that? It doesn’t make any sense. So, as you can see, between her name and her scenes in the video, there’s just too much awesome material to NOT use.

Writing strong warriors that have a silly side is kind of my thing. I love those two character traits going hand in hand. Like, yes I can kill you, but nothing amuses me more than sticking a “kick me” sign on someone’s back. It was the type of character I first created when I started out writing, so I love the opportunity to come back to them and write a fun piece.

MY VOTE: Amanda

Korrin

I had a terrible week and so the writing prompt for this week got pushed to the back of my mind. Therefore I didn’t think about it until 10:00 p.m. Tuesday night. And as a result my story is short, not well thought out, and kinda sucky in my personal opinion.  But then artists always hate their own work when it is unpolished.

My character was called Domino and I picked her because Jessica Alba + Motorcycle = Some kind of attitude her character had in Dark Angel.  That made it more easy to get in her head.

I also tried third person, which I’m not to great at either so yeah.

MY VOTE: Kylie

This is a momentous occasion. Thanks to Taylor Swift, we have a tie on our hands! WE’RE ALL WINNERS HERE!

Next Week’s Prompt:

You've been out of work for a few months and respond an unusual ad online that reads: "Team seeking full-time associate who isn't afraid of ghosts." They call and tell you to come in. Intrigued (and desperate for work), you go to their office and get hired on the spot. Moments later, there's a…