Sunshine 2021: Prompt One

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Check out the Master List to find links to all of the 2021 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 1: Hades
Hades is the god of the dead and the king of the Underworld with which his name became synonymous. Despite modern connotations of death as evil, Hades was actually more altruistically inclined in mythology; his role was often maintaining relative balance between the realms. He was often depicted as cold and stern in his judgement, and he held all of his subjects equally accountable to his laws. Above all else, Hades ensured the finality of death and that none of his subjects ever left the Underworld.



Bonus Prompt: Cerberus, the Hound of Hades


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 poem or drabble that reminds you of the Hades 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

[enemytosleep]

I shared links to some fanfic and fanart HERE if you'd like to stop by.

[paulamcg]

Yay! Let the sun shine in the Underworld, too!

[lightbird]

I kind of got tangential with this prompt. But I wrote my first real meta.

[paulamcg]

Wonderful! So glad you're taking part – and that this prompt has inspired you to write meta! Thank you for sharing!

[olivermoss]

I posted some of my underworld related photography over at my journal.

[paulamcg]

Wow! Thank you for participating and for linking to your fabulous photos!

[peasina]

Yay for the Sunshine Challenge returning :-D

I'm excited to share my first podfic for this year and it's most related to the bonus prompt of the Hound of Hades. It's a John Wick / Fight Club crossover and you can find my journal post about it here.

Thank you for the headstart on this year's prompts!

[paulamcg]

Oh, marvellous! You've really made good use of the headstart! So glad to see you enjoy taking part in the Sunshine Challenge!

[athaia]

When I read the description of today's prompt, Hades, my first thought was, "Of course! This is about me and my hopeless love for dead fandoms! 🙃"

[tellshannon815]

Thanks so much for taking part!

[kingstoken]

My post is here, where I rec some vids and fics about a couple of my fave hell adjacent characters.

[tellshannon815]

While I don't know Good Omens I love the Supernatural characters, thanks for participating!

[pensnest]

Not a cheerful post, but my thoughts are here.

[tellshannon815]

Don't worry about it not being cheerful, just as long as it's the way the prompt comes naturally to you. Thanks for participating!

[corvidology]

A brief mention of Brimstone, cancelled too early.

Also, Lucifer, with links to a couple of stories I wrote for the canon.

Here

[tellshannon815]

Thank you for sharing with us!

[smallhobbit]

I wrote a double drabble here

[enemytosleep]

And it is incredibly bittersweet and deep. Thank for you joining us!

[pauraque]

I wrote a review of Grim Fandango, a great game set entirely in the underworld! Feel free to stop by. :)

[bemused_writer]

I really got to get to this game. Thanks for sharing!

[coffinliqueur]

I wrote a drabble for an old favorite horror game of mine, Eternal Darkness, right here!!

[bemused_writer]

Thanks for sharing! I love that game. (^^)

[silveradept]

I think I rambled, as I am wont, but I'm pretty sure there's a point in there, so ready for the visitors to arrive and take what they will from it. The Overworked Bureaucrat welcomes you.

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for sharing and participating!

[bleodswean]

I wrote a bit of flash fiction. Here - https://bleodswean.dreamwidth.org/370066.html

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed reading!

icons for anyone who wants them

[oldtoadwoman]

Re: icons for anyone who wants them

[lightbird]

These are awesome!

[kitepiper]

I wrote a Jedi Fallen Order drabble! Great prompt!

[autobotscoutriella]

Oh, what a great drabble! I love how you incorporated the Cerberus prompt, too.

Thanks for joining us!

[liriaen]

Hello, I wrote two drabbles, per my main fandoms: Bibleslash (Lucifer/Jeshua) and Renaissance RPF/Borgia/"Cesare" by Souryo Fuyumi (Cesare Borgia/Miquel de Corella).

[autobotscoutriella]

That's awesome! Thanks for joining us!

[walgesang]

A little brief for the first prompt, but I posted Overly Sarcastic Production's (and hilarious ) video summing up Dante's Inferno (in 12 min)!

[autobotscoutriella]

I had almost forgotten about that video until you mentioned it! I LOVE OSP's stuff, and that one's a fantastic fit for this prompt. (Have you seen the College = Hell one parodying The Inferno?)

Thanks for joining us!

[bluedreaming]

This worked so well for my tiny fandom, so I wrote a drabble. (The use of the prompt ended up a little nuanced; I hope that’s okay.)

In the process, I learned a bit about Yomotsu Hirasaka which was pretty interesting!

(My Sunshine Challenge post)

[kate]

What a lovely drabble, thank you for joining us!

[mossy_bench]

I recced two short death-related fics, here: https://mossy-bench.dreamwidth.org/8423.html

[paulamcg]

Thank you for taking part! What a wonderful pair of recs!

[shadowhive]

I’ve done a bit here about games (Hades, Monster Train and Dead By Daylight)

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for joining us!

[shipperslist]

So, I decided to reflect my fic with the prompts, starting with MCD (and death in general). Here.

[paulamcg]

Thank you for participating! Such a great way to use the prompts!

[paulamcg]

Perhaps I'll still manage to write a drabble, but here I only link to one fic by me and to one by a marvellous HP writer.

[mythicmistress]

Thanks for your participation, the fics are lovely!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

A poem and a moodboard here: https://stonepicnicking-okapi.dreamwidth.org/198673.html

Waltzing with Cerberus.

[mythicmistress]

Nice work! Thanks for participating.

[dr_zook]

Over at my journal I'm linking to a Hades/Persephone ficlet I wrote some time ago and I'm sharing a stick-figure illustrated video for one of my favourite Nick Cave songs. :D

[mythicmistress]

I love the ficlet, thanks for participating!

[tellshannon815]

https://tellshannon815.livejournal.com/575538.html

Some Once Upon a Time icons of the character Hades and the Underworld.

[autobotscoutriella]

Great icons! Thanks for joining us!