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bbcmusketeerskinkWelcome to the BBC The Musketeers kink meme
The lowdown: You post your prompt, anon or not. Someone else will hopefully fill it (also anon or not). Not for profit, just for fun. And in this case, for king and country.
Anon is on, IP logging is off.
Rules:
No wank
No kink-shaming
Be respectful to everyone
The mod is not your babysitter
Use the warnings
No prompts with characters under the age of 16 in sexual situations, please.
Please keep the discussions in the prompt post to a minimum. We have a discussion post
Mandatory trigger warnings/warnings for both prompts and fills:
non-con/dub-con
abuse (physical and mental)
issues such as racism, sexism, homo-/trans-/-bi-/ace-phobia etc
character death
suicide
self-harm
eating disorders
extreme physical or mental illness
substance abuse (alcohol, drugs, medication)
bullying
gore and horror
If this list misses anything, do let me know, though please understand that if absolutely everything is added this list will never end.
You are encouraged and advised to add additional warnings at your own discretion.
Please make use of the subject line.
If your prompt alludes to the book or any of the other adaptations, please let us know which one.
Lastly, prompt freezes (which I have to say I’m really not fond of) etc will be at the mod’s discretion. I will decide on a prompt cut-off point for prompt posts once I know how fast the meme moves.
Announcement: A blanket spoiler warning is necessary for prompts pertaining to season 2. Just season 2 Spoilers in the subject line will do.
Archive:
https://delicious.com/bbcmusketeers
Discussion post:
http://bbcmusketeerskink.dreamwidth.org/557.html
Official fill post (I strongly suggest you use it for better visibility of your fills):
http://bbcmusketeerskink.dreamwidth.org/418.html
Mod contact post
http://bbcmusketeerskink.dreamwidth.org/1356.html
Free For All Round 1
http://bbcmusketeerskink.dreamwidth.org/1823.html
The lowdown: You post your prompt, anon or not. Someone else will hopefully fill it (also anon or not). Not for profit, just for fun. And in this case, for king and country.
Anon is on, IP logging is off.
Rules:
No wank
No kink-shaming
Be respectful to everyone
The mod is not your babysitter
Use the warnings
No prompts with characters under the age of 16 in sexual situations, please.
Please keep the discussions in the prompt post to a minimum. We have a discussion post
Mandatory trigger warnings/warnings for both prompts and fills:
non-con/dub-con
abuse (physical and mental)
issues such as racism, sexism, homo-/trans-/-bi-/ace-phobia etc
character death
suicide
self-harm
eating disorders
extreme physical or mental illness
substance abuse (alcohol, drugs, medication)
bullying
gore and horror
If this list misses anything, do let me know, though please understand that if absolutely everything is added this list will never end.
You are encouraged and advised to add additional warnings at your own discretion.
Please make use of the subject line.
If your prompt alludes to the book or any of the other adaptations, please let us know which one.
Lastly, prompt freezes (which I have to say I’m really not fond of) etc will be at the mod’s discretion. I will decide on a prompt cut-off point for prompt posts once I know how fast the meme moves.
Announcement: A blanket spoiler warning is necessary for prompts pertaining to season 2. Just season 2 Spoilers in the subject line will do.
Archive:
https://delicious.com/bbcmusketeers
Discussion post:
http://bbcmusketeerskink.dreamwidth.org/557.html
Official fill post (I strongly suggest you use it for better visibility of your fills):
http://bbcmusketeerskink.dreamwidth.org/418.html
Mod contact post
http://bbcmusketeerskink.dreamwidth.org/1356.html
Free For All Round 1
http://bbcmusketeerskink.dreamwidth.org/1823.html
Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-30 02:54 pm (UTC)Despite knowing he`d be in serious trouble later, as soon as Porthos had gone he pulled his boots back on, swiftly writting a note saying he`d gone to see Constance, and left the apartments heading back out into the street.
He did feel some guilt at disobeying his Alphas, but he also could`nt stand the thought of being cooped up all day, and it was`nt like a breif stroll through Paris to see the Beta woman was going to harm him at all.
Aramis was engaged in a flirtatious battle of swords with Beta at the garrison when Athos arrived, Porthos soon after, tipping them a wink he continued to angle his backside and hips, his shirt open down his chest and a sheen of sweat glistening on his skin making him look delicious and maddeningly hot
"Little sluts doin` it on purpose is`nt he?" Porthos growled to Athos who grunted in agreement, their Alphas all but snarling at seeing their Omega openly flirting with someone else.
The poor Beta however was flailing at the open flirting of Aramis and the challenging glares of two very powerful Alphas and quickly ended the sparring to get away before he was ripped limb from limb leaving Aramis to saunter over to Porthos and Athos, leaping up into Porthos arms and kissing him hungrily
"D`you like the show?" he asked bucking his hips and grinning wickedly
"You`re playing with fire Mis" Porthos growled "You`ll get burned if you`re not careful!"
"Oh I plan to fan that flame until it becomes an inferno!" Aramis teased licking his lips seductively "Besides I missed you both"
"Oh?, not getting enough attention are you?" Athos inquired "That Beta seemed to be paying you more than enough"
"Yes but a Betas cock is nothing like an Alphas!, and I`m hungry for yours"
"Mis...." Porthos groaned
"Theres no one in the stores room right now!" Aramis whispered "We can go in there and no one will know!"
"Treville`ll kill us!" Athos groaned however the sight of Aramis aroused and provocative was too much for his Alpha to resist and Porthos looked like he`d rip his breeches!
"The hell with it!, come on!" he hissed pushing up from the table, Aramis laughing and slipping down from Porthos to hurry along taking their hands and leading them to the store room.
Fortunatly for d`Artagnan Bonacieux was out leaving only Constance at home, the pretty Beta greeting him happily and cooing over his heavy pregnant belly, a look of longing in her eyes, since she wanted children yet nothing seemed to be happening in that regard.
"So, how`s everything going?" she asked sitting d`Artagnan down at the table and getting wine for them both
"Fine I guess"
"You guess?" Constance asked \
"Well, being pregnant is`nt exactly the most comfortable of things" d`Artagnan replied taking a sip of wine "Plus at times I feel like I`m nothing more than a brood mare!, like the only thing anyone wants of me is children and nothing else matters"
"Thats not true!" Constance said "Athos, Porthos and Aramis love you"
"M`not so sure of that" d`Artagnan muttered tiredly "They were perfectly happy without me, and would never have even bothered bringing me into the bond had Aramis been able to give them children, as it is, he can`t and the only reason I`m there is because I can, the three of them belong together, they`re a perfect match, Aramis is the most beautiful and seductive Omega I`ve ever known, Athos and Porthos are mad for him, what am I?, a boy barely out of adolescence capable of carrying young, I hardly match up to them"
"D`Art that is`nt true" Constance cried "What`s made you feel like this?, is someone upsetting you?"
"No, Constance, it`s just me" d`Artagnan sighed shaking his head "Comparing myself to Aramis and falling short, I`m jealous of him for being so beautiful and sensual and independant, I know I can`t compete with him, not even when I was`nt pregnant, I was just a scrawny ungainly boy, and now I`m huge and graceless and irritable".
Constance sighed, pursing her lips and shaking her head at d`Artagnan`s confession, had the circumstance been different she may have reproved him for his jealousy of Aramis, however right now she felt for him instead
"You are hardly unattractive" she replied "You`re glowing right now, you`re colours high, you`re features rounded, and body ripe, you`re a magnet for any Alphas and Beta in sight!"
"If so, then why do I feel fat and sorry for myself?" d`Artagnan asked
"Why d`you think you are?"
"I don`t know!" d`Artagnan cried in frustration "All I know is, that compared to Aramis I`m pathetic, and he thinks so too!"
"He said that!!!!" Constance looked out raged by this and ready to smack the Omega once again
"Not in so many words, he just makes me feel........I don`t know, I don`t think he wants me around" d`Artagnan said "And I think the only reason he`s putting up with me is because Porthos and Athos want children, if it wer`nt for that I would`nt be there, they would`nt want me, and the real sad part of it all is, I love them, all three of them more than anything in the world"
Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-30 05:44 pm (UTC)Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-30 07:46 pm (UTC)Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-31 12:39 am (UTC)Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-31 02:33 am (UTC)As much as it makes me feel like a jerk, I'm with the first anon. At least partially.
I'm warily following along but it does feel like this has turned into a story about d'Artagnan's pained pregnancy and his feelings of jealousy and inadequacy, instead of a story about Aramis dealing with what it means to be barren and then be confronted with a fertile Omega joining the bond.
We got a bare glimpse of Aramis's story in the beginning, but now it almost feels like what Aramis is going through is background to d'Artagnan's epic suffering.
Like, if the prompt had read - d'Artagnan joins the bond as a new Omega and struggles with feelings of inadequacy because they already have an Omega - this would be a fitting fill for it. Like, it has completely turned into d'Artagnan's story.
You're right, we don't know what the author has planned, so, yeah, cautiously optimistic, it may not continue this way. It just seems clear that d'Artagnan is the authors's fave, and the author is more comfortable writing him, which there is nothing wrong with normally, but I can understand where the bait and switch feeling could be coming from. The prompt was for an Aramis story.
Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-31 05:31 am (UTC)It was prompted to be about *Aramis* dealing with this, specifically with Aramis being *depressed* when faced with d'Artagnan and his fertility but not **resentful.**
Yet I feel like Aramis is being portrayed as resentful, and that the story has become about how d'Artagnan is dealing with his shit instead. Even if the author anon plans to circle it back to Aramis, the pacing already feels off. Aramis's plot already feels like background fodder for d'Artagnan's angst.
With the other comment being that, yeah, but we're seeing Aramis being jealous but confident in his sensuality, that still isn't the prompt. In fact, that's kind of my point. Even with that scene, the camera lens, if you will, isn't really focused on Aramis or the self-doubt he's feeling regarding his personal worth or his place with the Alphas. It was kind of counter to that.
It felt like a perfunctory filler scene with the three getting together while d'Artagnan is off being sad and disobeying orders, already feeling rejected by Aramis because Aramis skipped out earlier. Kind of like a set-up so that d'Artagnan can feel more hurt later on by how well Aramis still captures the attentions of their Alphas while poor d'Art's stuck pregnant and away from them. I fail to see how it gets us closer to Aramis's story, gives it depth, or makes Aramis's story anything more than a background plot device.
It's stupid of me to get twisted about this, I know, and I'm sorry. It is a good story, just not what I was looking to read based on the prompt. If I were looking for more Omega d'Artagnan angst, this would be the story I'd dive into. I'm not criticizing the story itself, just explaining why it feels like a bait and switch.
I'll shut up about it now, move along to other stories, and say nothing else.
Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-31 05:34 pm (UTC)But when it comes right down to it, at least this author is attempting to fill the prompt.
Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-31 10:37 pm (UTC)True to what you're saying, I'm generally on the side of being very supportive of whichever prompts emerge. However, I don't think it's always valid to say that any fill should fly, or, more accurately, I don't think that it's valid to say that any fill should just be unquestioningly supported without this kind of critical feedback. Nor do I think that if someone has this kind of reaction to a fill, they should just be shut down or dismissed with the refrain -- 'Go write your own fic then, if you don't like it'.
For one, I think this particular feedback is on point. I hope the author takes it seriously and doesn't just dismiss it with something along the lines of 'haters gonna hate'. That may sound petty of me, but I don't think so. For two, I think readers who were drawn in by the prompt should be allowed to tell the filler that they may be losing some of their audience, and why. I think the culture of respect on a meme is very important, but I don't think that should be equated with 'shut up and just be happy with whatever you get'.
So I'll add my voice to this. Though this isn't the type of fic I normally read, I was drawn in by the prompt, so I did read it. I enjoyed the first part, but as it dovetailed -- very quickly -- into d'Artagnan Angst while Aramis disappeared into the background, becoming increasingly positioned as a foil for d'Artagnan's insecurity rather than the other way around, I shrugged and took this one off my check-for-updates list.
I wasn't fully invested in the story, so it wasn't a huge deal to me, but I've been on memes where I felt like prompts got hijacked and where character-focus-switching prompts happened a lot, and no one was allowed to express critique about it because prompters and readers felt obligated to not say anything and just shut up because they were lucky enough that their prompt was even being filled.
I'm also extra sensitive to character focus snafus, since in one previous meme I've been in, it seemed like it happened to every single one of my prompts, on purpose. The filler who kept picking my prompts and switching the character focus telling me they just wanted to be unconventional and edgy -- (yeah, I didn't get that either) -- when really I felt they just wanted more angst for their own character and liked the prompt for their own character. It was astoundingly frustrating to me.
No, I'm not saying that this was a purposeful snafu of the prompt. And no, I don't think this feedback has to mean the filler should stop writing the story, and of course it's still going to have readers, and readers who really love it.
I just also think the feedback -- that this has turned into a d'Artagnan story and has jumped off the mark, that Aramis is looking more and more like a jealous and manipulative lover rather than someone whose depression and pain at being infertile is being developed -- is valid feedback to give. The jump to this becoming d'Artagnan's story happened really fast.
Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-11-01 06:13 pm (UTC)*I don't think that it's valid to say that any fill should just be unquestioningly supported without this kind of critical feedback. Nor do I think that if someone has this kind of reaction to a fill, they should just be shut down or dismissed with the refrain -- 'Go write your own fic then, if you don't like it'.*
And this:
*I think the culture of respect on a meme is very important, but I don't think that should be equated with 'shut up and just be happy with whatever you get'.*
In fandom, it seems like we've skewed towards the idea that any bit of evaluative critique, even if respectfully stated and considering - and valid - is seen as wank or bullying. It creates no room for dialog, and no room for valid feedback. Why do we do this?
When I was young and new to fandom, I received my share of critical feedback. Not all of it was valid, but some of it was very on point and, luckily for me, most of the time, respectfully stated. It made me think about things. Even if I didn't agree, it made me consider things that had never occurred to me before. It made me more discerning. It pushed me to be a better writer. I'm not saying I never got defensive, but I also learned to step back and look at things and when it was needed, to ask questions, and to dialog about my fic choices and become more confident in them.
For clarity, I'm not on board with disrespect. I do agree, though, that we can be respectful without sacrificing the ability to give genuine feedback beyond "this is great, thanks." Additionally, we can give feedback without resorting to being attacking or condescending, and without requiring the author to automatically conform and agree, if that makes sense.
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Okay, so I'm realizing this should maybe be in the discussion post. Since this is just a fly by comment, I'm going to leave it here, for now, and hope that doesn't twist anyone out of shape.
Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-31 10:28 pm (UTC)Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-31 10:34 pm (UTC)Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-31 06:40 pm (UTC)Personally I like this story and think its Anon Authors' best so far.
Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-31 10:32 pm (UTC)Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-31 10:39 pm (UTC)Re: Fill More than blood 6
Date: 2014-10-31 06:44 pm (UTC)I to am enjoying this so far. Though I think it would be interesting to see a bit of the two 'Alphas' viewpoints of whats going on and more accurately what their not seeing.
Re: Fill More than blood 6 Author
Date: 2014-10-31 11:56 pm (UTC)Also as to his depression, do you think everyone displays depression in the same way?, no, they do not, some people put on a game face, show themselves to loud and confident and happy while on the inside they are breaking, d`you realize that Nymphomania is a type of self harm?, that is what Aramis is doing, to make up for what he feels is his short falls he acts overly sexually aggressive and provocative to hide his emotions.
All of which will, if I am given the chance, become clear in further chapters, however if this continues then I`m sorry OP but I got enough hassle in school and I`m not taking it here, people either cool off and learn patience or I end the fic here.
Re: Fill More than blood 6 Author
Date: 2014-11-01 07:02 am (UTC)People were just expressing their feelings that your fill for them did not seem to fulfill the prompt. I can see their point and believe they offered their criticism in a friendly manner which makes me really happy because respectful discussion is what we need instead of all the hatespeech mostly going around. This is what I really love about this fandom. I don't really think I have come across any hate speech in this fandom so far which is absolutely brilliant.
I really hope you can consider their critisicsm without feeling offended and if you don't agree with it that is perfectly fine also.
I really like your story and am curious what further chapters will show about our favourite musketeers.
Re: Fill More than blood 6 Author
Date: 2014-11-01 07:24 am (UTC)Re: Fill More than blood 6 Author
Date: 2014-11-01 01:36 pm (UTC)