Sunshine 2023: Prompt Two

[enemytosleep]

Check out the Master List to find links to all of the 2023 challenge posts. Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time or go back and do any prompts you've missed!

If you are inspired to answer with art, vid, or other media, we’d love for you to share what you created. If you create any fanworks, feel free to add them to our AO3 Collection.

Prompt 2: Gladiolus
Generally, gladioli represent strength of character, faithfulness, moral integrity, and remembrance. Gladioli are actually the traditional 40th-anniversary flower and the birth flower for the month of August! Each individual colour of gladiolus is also symbolic.



Bonus Prompt: Coral Rose


Please feel free to respond in whichever way comes naturally to you, be it thoughts that you share or a work that you create. If you’d like a more specific idea to kick things off: share a photograph or artwork that reminds you of the Gladiolus theme.

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Once you’ve finished, leave a comment to this post saying you’ve done it! Include a link to your pages if you feel comfortable doing so and let everyone know if you are "Ready for visitors!" Most importantly, please check through the comments and go visit new journals, comment on their shiny posts, and maybe make a new friend or two. ♥




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Comments

[lightbird]

Done. I recommend a piece of music. :)

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for sharing ^_^

[snowynight]

I posted a book review of Global Examination, which theme fits the prompt: https://snowynight.dreamwidth.org/228127.html

[enemytosleep]

Thank you for sharing it with us :D

[walgesang]

I did another twist on the challenge word with a drabble featuring Ian Wright and Ben Song of Quantum Leap (TV 2022). :D Having a lot of fun with this! Gladiolus.

[enemytosleep]

THIS ICON IS EVERYTHING. Thanks for taking part!

[smallhobbit]

Another photo, this time a coral rose in our garden taken this morning: here

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

So beautiful.

[knave_of_swords]

I wrote a little bit about one of my favorite characters that the theme reminded me of. Visitors welcome!

https://knave-of-swords.dreamwidth.org/51285.html

[enemytosleep]

Thank you for taking part!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I did a collage with a coral rose theme.

https://stonepicnicking-okapi.dreamwidth.org/401367.html

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

That turned out really well. I am loving your collage posts!

[liriaen]

Done! I have a bit of 80s pop culture to do with gladioli, as well as a 2023 mockery of the same: the best German ESC entry that never ran.

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for taking part ^_^

[dr_zook]

Done! It's a bit more mellow this time, and in case you appreciate warnings: the text mentions child death in a fairy tale, but nothing explicit, and the painting is really beautiful, I swear. ♥

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for sharing with us :D

[kingstoken]

My post where I ramble on a little bit about What We Do In The Shadows the TV series.

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for sharing with us!

[majorr]

This got me thinking about Superman over here. :)

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Well said.

[e_k_braveman]

Done! I talk about some AMVs centering around Shirou Emiya from Fate/Stay Night, with some added stuff about why I think he's the bee's knees.

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for sharing!

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Read "New Beginnings" in which two women get together.

Re: Done!

[leftsidedown]

Oh what a wonderfully sweet read <3

[blackcatofmisery]

This one will probably be locked in a few days, but it's here. Content warning for death and suicide.

=^..^=~

[enemytosleep]

Thank you for sharing with us!

[silveradept]

I tried to delve into the ambivalence of the virtues of the post, the ways they are represented in various characters, and how they sometimes land out here in the world beyond the screens. There's references to the struggles of trans people and the history of fascists attempting genocide in the post, so if that's not something you want to tangle with at this moment, you can pass this one by.

Visitors are welcome, of course, and comments are encouraged.

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for sharing with us ^_^

[shipperslist]

This post went to...uh...places.

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for sharing with us ^_^

[bleodswean]

Continuing my modern dress Persephone/Hades!

https://bleodswean.dreamwidth.org/493275.html

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for taking part!

[cornerofmadness]

A little bit about gladiolas and fannish faithfulness here
here.

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for sharing!

[alchemicink]

Wrote a little fic about Kudelia from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

Visitors always welcome!

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for sharing!

[pauraque]

For me the gladiolus has a specific personal meaning, which I talked about here.

[enemytosleep]

Thank you for sharing ^_^

[torino10154]

I've written a double drabble for the prompt here (or on AO3).

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for taking part!

[seleneheart]

Here's my entry: https://seleneheart.dreamwidth.org/1313770.html

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for taking part!

[dreamkist]

Coral Roses

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for taking part :D

[lizardjay]

Running behind but I've made another AMV, for Houseki no Kuni this time.

https://lizardjay.dreamwidth.org/11870.html

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for taking part!

[binary_sunset]

I wrote a fic. The prompts (and the fact that "Gladiolus" gets its name from a gladiator's sword) reminded me of Damianos from Captive Prince, but it ended up being more about the story as a whole, I guess. Enjoy!

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for sharing!

[renfys]

I am writing end of year reports for all the characters in my new half realised idea The School For Average Children. Now complete with AI pics cause I can't draw people.
https://renfys.dreamwidth.org/160754.html

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for taking part!