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The Twelve Labours: General Discussion

Contest is up a few hours early.

TTL: The Twelfth Labour

The Twelve Labours

The Final Labour looms over Acheron. For those of you who are just dropping in and have no idea what this is, take a peek at The Twelve Labours Introduction Thread (it's a quick read, I promise).

Let the Twelfth Labour commence. Submission ends at Objective Midnight, October 24th.

Entry Rules:

1. Jaffar's (left) thumb.
2. Follow the standard guild rules.
3. Obey the Dark Lord Sauron's rules as well (just to cover all the bases).
4. Follow MY rules too. Let it never be said we did not warn you.
5. Send your entry to @Terminal by October 24th.
6. Be sure to include whether or not you want your story to remain anonymous! I will add your name only if I am given your permission!
7. Any explicit/mature material must be kept off-site. I will only post links to them with NSFW notices.
8. I reserve the right to simply toss out any story if it does not possess a basic modicum of good sense and taste. Do not make me.
9. All stories must adhere to a certain standard of quality expected of good storytelling.
10. You must use your own characters. Preexisting characters from franchise settings may only be alluded to.
11. If your setting is borrowed from a franchise, make sure to include a disclaimer and credit the original inventor of the setting used.

Prizes:

All winning entries will receive a forum trophy as well as a unique, custom forum title which they can activate and deactivate at their leisure. Additionally, winning entries of particularly exceptional quality will be awarded Challenge Accolades.

All winning entries will also be saved to a public archive, a link to which will be permanently available in my signature! I personally post in the News and Discussion subforums of the guild to congratulate and announce the winners as well. As a reminder, unless you specifically give me permission to include authorship of an entry, every posted story will remain anonymous (awarded trophies can also be hidden in your user profile, so you will not show up if people are examining the trophy groups).

The Twelfth Labour

"His burden, godly. His grace, well-worn. His task, immaculately performed. His reward, cursed eternally."

Homer

The Twelfth Labour

The Twelfth Labour

You may make use of any character for this Labour.

What is a character?

Are they a person? Does a person change with the tides and walk between worlds without living memory? Do they traverse by their own will?

Are they a summation of the will of another, then? Are they but mouth-pieces, or else mere pawns? Are they servitors of some ineffable force, unknown even in confidence?

Are they but a sequence of events and circumstance? Is their essence derived from the right combination of the right places, the right times, the right people? Are they a common thread in disparate times?

Whatever they may be, no character acts in a vacuum. The world will mark their passage, from the greatest to the least - and so a character is forever and always, part how they are known and seen by others - for without peers, how is the one defined?

The Challenge

Write a story about your character becoming famous for something they hate.

Clarification of the Challenge Parameters

This section exists specifically to ensure there is no ambiguity or ambivalence in what, precisely, the challenge requires of each participant. If you have any specific questions which are not addressed here, please send them to @Terminal for resolution.

For The Twelfth Labour, I have asked you to write about a character becoming famous for something they hate.

Q. They must become famous?
A. Their name must be in the mouths of others, their actions and thoughts pondered, their life scrutinized, their idea spotlit. Do note, I did not say infamous. I said famous. Any negative view of them must be held in the general sense, rather than specifically (exceptions are possible in the form of personal acquaintances and relations, enemies, etcetera).

Q. They have to become famous for something they hate?
A. Yes. It must not be anything they can or could potentially find solace in. The very idea that they are famous because of [that thing] must be something they loath.

Q. How long can my story be?
A. As long as you feel is necessary. I will read any and everything submitted, irregardless of length, and write a review on it. Do not let the short three-day judging period dissuade you. If you have a 800,000 word brick for me, I will take it. Similarly, extremely short stories are also welcome. It is entirely possible for segues as short as three paragraphs long to clear the challenge.

Credits

Thanks again to @mdk, and the entire RPGC crew for helping with scheduling for The Twelve Labours!

Great thanks to @mahz and the other members of the guild staff for helping to renovate the guild and enabling the features that allow us to reward contestants and to advertise our presence.

Guild Contests - Closing Out the Year

With the end of the year approaching, the Contest Staff have met and decided that for the months of November and December, neither RPGC nor The Twelve Labours will be running. This is largely due to practical considerations vis-a-vi poster activity and interest, but rest assured: Both contests will be returning after the New Year, hopefully along with the new addition of @RomanAria's Weekend-Edition RPGCs to help round both of them out. That is not to say nothing will be happening at all during the Winter Interim though - November, as per usual, will be dedicated to NaNoWriMo. Not a contest-per-se, but a general event to foster and encourage creative talent for those who are interested.

The final contest of the year will be starting tomorrow, October 12th, at Objective Midnight - the Twelfth and Final entry in the current iteration of The Twelve Labours. If you have ever been interested in the Guild Writing Contests and have been looking for an excuse to join one of them: This is your last opportunity to join until next year. Winners (yes, that is winners plural), in addition to having their entries enshrined in The Twelve Labours Victory Archives, can win snazzy forum trophies and custom user-titles.

We are looking forward to seeing what participants will submit for the grand finale of this iteration of The Twelve Labours, and even if you do not intend to join it is nonetheless encouraged that you think about NaNoWriMo in advance before November rolls around.

May You All Live On in Song and Story!

Guild Contests - Closing Out the Year

With the end of the year approaching, the Contest Staff have met and decided that for the months of November and December, neither RPGC nor The Twelve Labours will be running. This is largely due to practical considerations vis-a-vi poster activity and interest, but rest assured: Both contests will be returning after the New Year, hopefully along with the new addition of @RomanAria's Weekend-Edition RPGCs to help round both of them out. That is not to say nothing will be happening at all during the Winter Interim though - November, as per usual, will be dedicated to NaNoWriMo. Not a contest-per-se, but a general event to foster and encourage creative talent for those who are interested.

The final contest of the year will be starting tomorrow, October 12th, at Objective Midnight - the Twelfth and Final entry in the current iteration of The Twelve Labours. If you have ever been interested in the Guild Writing Contests and have been looking for an excuse to join one of them: This is your last opportunity to join until next year. Winners (yes, that is winners plural), in addition to having their entries enshrined in The Twelve Labours Victory Archives, can win snazzy forum trophies and custom user-titles.

We are looking forward to seeing what participants will submit for the grand finale of this iteration of The Twelve Labours, and even if you do not intend to join it is nonetheless encouraged that you think about NaNoWriMo in advance before November rolls around.

May You All Live On in Song and Story!

The Twelve Labours: General Discussion

@Terminal another labor, or the final hazard? Either way, looking forward to it.

@shylarah

The Final (12th) Labour of the Twelve Labours proper.

The Twelve Labours: General Discussion

The Final Labour will begin on Objective Midnight, October 12th.

The Otherworld: Faerie Light™

Still here. Until all remaining inquiries regarding the Blendecs are sorted out, I shall begin working on my next Fae template.

The Otherworld: Faerie Light (Fae Political Intrigue RP) [Fantasy/supernatural/character driven]

Sure thing. One moment.

EDIT: Sent.