eek! a challenge!

[phineasjones]

ok, here's the deal. i've never done this but i'm going to do it now. i am currently completely obsessed with the poem i like my body when it is with your body by e.e. cummings. if you will write a fic based on that poem in some way - whatever way, whatever pairing- i will give you something. that something being, specifically, a book. made by me. blank or text - up to you. if you want one, that is. you don't have to have one, of course. but this is my offer.


i like my body when it is with your
body. It is so quite a new thing.
Muscles better and nerves more.
i like your body. i like what it does,
i like its hows. i like to feel the spine
of your body and its bones,and the trembling
-firm-smooth ness and which i will
again and again and again
kiss, i like kissing this and that of you,
i like,slowly stroking the,shocking fuzz
of your electric fur,and what-is-it comes
over parting flesh....And eyes big love-crumbs,

and possibly i like the thrill

of under me you so quite new



::wonders if anyone will bite::

eta: do you need incentive? anney says: and phinny makes beautiful books, folks. works of art. if i were ever going to be brave enough to write anything, surely this would be the offer that would draw me in.

Comments

[boixboi.livejournal.com]

I may do this...but I'm wondering if I could live with myself after writing something based on a Cummings poem (I hate his work, his style).

However, I may do it anyway...

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

do it anyway and i won't express my shock and sadness that you don't like e.e. that's a promise.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

And I was just saying I haven't been able to write any Sirius/Remus PWP fic, but you may have just inspired me.

I'll take a whack at it. *g*

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

eeeeeee!!!!!! this would make me so incredibly, intensely happy. omigoodness.

ahem. oh, that would be lovely. *g*

[anabelwumpkins.livejournal.com]

and phinny makes beautiful books, folks. works of art. if i were ever going to be brave enough to write anything, surely this would be the offer that would draw me in. hypothetically speaking, of course ;)

and ohmygoodnessyes, i love that poem. man, he kills me. SO looking forward to unearthing the poetry book boxes in... oh! 10 days!! yippee!!

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

oh darling, thank you!

and look! so far i've got a potential sirius/remus and dom/oz. mmmm. both perfect for this poem.

yeah. i just splurged on a new book of cummings and... ::dies of gorgeousness::

and, i think i'm about to quote you - to entice some more writers. :)

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

ohhhhh. yesyes. d'oz, methinks.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

omg, for real?

::dances around in anticipatory glee::

[fearlessdiva.livejournal.com]

You're evil. I don't have time to write a Sev/Bill future fic post-Dawn sex scene that fits with this poem, as much as I want to. I'm supposed to be finished ToS. You must banish this idea from my head immediately! What are you thinking?!!?

This is so wrong.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

um. heheh. ::pretends to feel guilt::

but, i'll tell you a secret: i was going to make you a book anyway. :)

i know, that doesn't mean that poem won't keep haunting you. i'd say sorry but... nope!

bc bill/snape by you on this theme would be more amazing than my wee brain can envision.

[illiterate.livejournal.com]

I will do this. It's one of my favorite poems. Do you want me to do this or have enough people already bitten?

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

no, there's no limit. do it! eee!

[ursula]

I will do this. At least as a cookie. Luna/ Padma, perhaps?

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

omg, yesyesyes. this really calls out for femslash, imo. that would be perfect.

[zionsstarfish.livejournal.com]

I would love to try, but I think maybe you have enough people to keep you busy for a hundred thousand years?

Also, being a fellow e.e. cummings fan, do you know of the orgasm poem? ;) God, I love that poem. Hehe. Okay. Um, leaving now ;)

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

oh no, please please! for stories based on this poem, i would make books til the cows come home. seriously. i would be deliriously happy were you to do this.

[bowdlerized.livejournal.com]

Damn, I love e.e. cummings. I just reread this a couple days ago.

I'll do this, if you don't have enough offers already. Do you want to pick an HP pairing? I prefer to write people from the MWPP generation instead of the current Hogwarts generation.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

mwpp? perfect. absolutely perfect! um, it would be sirius/remus, right? or neither? ::shuffles feet:: i have one hell of an otp issue, here.

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I actually have one unfinished, I don't think I could get back to it, but maybe there's a chance for trying again in a new fandom. (It was a Gundam Wing fic, like all my cummings-based fic is....)

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

seriously? you were already writing a fic on this? wow. that's fabulous. oh please, write more!

[novembersnow.livejournal.com]

Alas, I don't think I will offer to write you a fic, because (a) you seem to be quite busy enough already and (b) I don't think I have the time to do the poem justice. But I was amused to see this entry because I woke up with that very poem in my head this morning. There is little so delightful as waking up with poetry in one's head. :)

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

There is little so delightful as waking up with poetry in one's head. :)

especially such a lovely one. how funny, that it was haunting us both on the same day.

[synicism.livejournal.com]

Okay, you have no idea who I am, I found this link in in jj user="fearless_diva">'s journal, but this looks like fun si I'd like to try. :)

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

oh! please do! and welcome!

[tayefeth.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... 'Tis a gorgeous poem, and the resulting fic has been quite scrummy. Sadly, the only idea I have that fits is a Snape POV sex scene, and Fearlessdiva has already done that so well that there's no use in my trying.;-)

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

yeah, diva's fic was pretty darned loverly. but there always room for more! hee.

thanks for stopping by. :D

[thessamunga.livejournal.com]

i do love the things i find while browsing friendsfriends.

i'm going to try my hand at this, and decided that even before seeing the incentive. as a complete stranger, i'm not asking you reciprocate :))

still. :-? thankyou for the brainsmack.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

well, you're welcome. :)

i'm delighted you want to participate. let me know when you've written something?

thanks!

[isilya]

eyes big love-crumbs: NC-17, Hermione/Hermione

Oh my lord, that's the first time in about a year I've written Harry Potter. Thank you for the challenge - I found it on friendsfriends.

*grins*

[girlchild.livejournal.com]

hi, i got here through girlslash. i wrote a little sirius/remus drabble, found here (http://www.livejournal.com/community/hpdrabble/218839.html?mode=reply). i hope you'll like it.

thanks for the great challenge-- it wrung out of me the sirius/remus i've always wanted to write.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

it wrung out of me the sirius/remus i've always wanted to write.

yay! then it was entirely worthwhile.

[retired-ego.livejournal.com]

i saw this on "lj comm="hp_girlslash"> and went :O! e.e. cummings challenge :O!

i'm biting, but you didn't have to bait with a book. :D i would like to see what they look like, though. who knows, hm?

i can write a lot of pairings, are they any you would like to see?

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

oh, fabulous. i'd say you should go with whichever pair speaks to you. more girlslash is always more than welcome though. or harry/ron. the world needs more harry/ron. and since i consider it my mission to make that happen, i figure i should at least mention it. :)

[thisredrock.livejournal.com]

Are you still accepting stories? If so, I'd like to try Padma/Parvati.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

yes yes!!! p/p would be perfect!

[shedreamsin-red.livejournal.com]

Yaay! Challenges get me every time...

I found this on hp_girlslash and I'd love to participate if you're still accepting stories.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

i am still accepting stories but may not be able to offer the intended incentive - a handmade book. if you're still interested, by all means write away!!!

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

well, i did it (http://www.livejournal.com/users/reenka/136929.html), though naturally you don't have to give me anything ^^

erk. not sure i like it or it follows the poem, but. eh?

*laughs*

~reena

[coloredvision.livejournal.com]

I want to bite, but only if it's still open. I've barely even thought about S/R, or HP in general, but then I saw this and wow, this poem. Nice and inspiring. Also, books! Interesting.

also:

[coloredvision.livejournal.com]

I friended you because you wrote that spectacular R/S for the veela Vday challenge, All Souls' Day, and if I had a scanner I'd have bad!fanart for it. Anyway, I've been meaning to friend you, so there you have it.