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FIRST OF ALL, today I went into the deli to grab lunch (shut up, okay, I AM ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE FOOD OF MY PEOPLE), and discovered this:



THE CHOSEN BEER. THE CHOSEN BEER. I had seen He'brew from a distance before, but never up close like this, oh my god, I almost died, dsfhsjdkfhkdsf. And then compounding this fact was the teeny tiny sign next to these boxes that read "Lenten Options: Bagel With Lox. Bagel With Whitefish. Plain Bagel."

GUYS. THE BOX. WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES INSIDE IT.

Anyway, I had some hearty lulz, and then I decided that it was time for another episode of Funny Shit The Internet Has Given Me. Please note before we begin that

a) I own a Mac and still find that one hysterical, I AM NOT HATING ON MAC USERS, YOU WILL PRY MY APPLE TECHNOLOGY FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS
b) the two panels I ganked from the webcomic Questionable Content are copyright Jeph Jacques, and
c) IF ANYONE WITH MAGICAL ICON POWERS FEELS LIKE ICONNING THE LAST ONE, I WOULD NOT OBJECT, I AM JUST SAYING :D OH MY GOD ashism TOTALLY MADE ME THE ICON DJFHSJKDFHSDKF SCREAAAAAAAM

NOW, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO: ( Hilarity, thy name is internet macros )

OH, ALSO: hermette is hosting a Multi-Fandom Round Robin Fic-A-Thon! Go write stuff and things!!

EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND CHECK THIS OUT AT ONCE.


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That's right, guys: an Inception Harlequin romance challenge, all for us. AND IT ISN'T EVEN MY BIRTHDAY. The hearts in my eyes, they are reaching epic proportions. I may need to be seen by a doctor.

From the comm:

There are three ways for you to participate:

- If you have a romance novel idea you want to write about/create art for, go for it! Let’s say you have that Nora Roberts’ book about the family of jewel thieves lying around in your attic, and you just can’t stop thinking how great it would be if it starred Ariadne and Yusuf. Have at it! Any genre of romance is fair game – contemporary, Regency, cowboys, paranormal… As long as it features sexy people falling in love, that’s fine!

- If you have your own "original" romance novel idea you’re dying to write, that’s cool, too! If you’ve been dying to write Arthur and Eames as rival scientists who fall in love (or rival bakery owners who fall in love, or rival evil counts who fall in love...), fantastic!

- OR if you’d like, we’ve collected some prompts! These are blurbs from the back of actual romance novels. You can use as much or as little of the prompt as you want. If, for example, the prompt is about a single mother of three who needs cash for an operation for the baby so she sleeps with her boss, and you want that to be Arthur and Eames minus the babies and operation, no problem! If you’d like to use one of the prompts listed below, drop a comment on this post and we’ll mark it as taken. (If they all get taken – eeee! – we’d be happy to go find more!)

THE RULES

♥ All Harlequin Challenge stories must be a minimum of 1,000 words. ART IS ALSO WELCOME!!

♥ When posting/linking your Harlequin Challenge story to the comm, please reference the prompt the story is based on OR the plot/romance novel summary you used.

♥ DEADLINE FOR CHALLENGE STORIES TO BE POSTED IS MARCH 6TH! AND VALENTINE'S DAY FALLS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE! PERFECT TIME FOR ROMANCE FICS. :DDDDDDD

I am already working on a completely ridiculous COMPLETELY FUCKING RIDICULOUS story for this, because, um, it is the most awesome idea ever, basically. YOU GUYS SHOULD CHECK IT OUT: the post full of incredible prompts actually pulled from real romance novels ishere, or you guys can make like me and allow your brains to spin webs of brilliantly ludicrous cliches. EITHER WAY, I AM ALREADY STUPIDLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

In conclusion: you know you want to do this. THIS IS SO HOT RIGHT NOW.

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