[quote=@Henzukaya] [@Keyguyperson] Lol, two of mine are going to be about making genocidal maniacs sympathetic as well xD The race is on Well, really their backstories. Its up to the reader how they judge the individuals [/quote] Shoot, you know, you brought this up like WAY earlier and I didn't say anything. And now I feel terrible because you may have already done considerable work on your stories already, but uh.... We're sort of limiting it to one entry per person. SORRY! I hate springing that on you late. BUT -- if you do wind up writing more than just the one, and you'd like to include the others in the contest thread, just for people to read (and not vote on), I can totally make that work. Please send me a PM when you get a chance -- the last thing I wanna do is stop you from writing something when you've got the itch, but the second-last thing I wanna do is somehow unfairly impact the contest. We can talk things over a bit and figure out something equitable. [quote=@TheUnknowable] If only there was one. I'm going to listen to a song line by line and write it That way I might get the "Closest to original" award. [/quote] I kind of wish we'd thought of that. Surely there's a way to phrase it as a category, that wouldn't totally undermine the inspiration theme. Oh well -- maybe next time!