sunshine_challenge | Sunshine 2021: Prompt Four

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!

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Prompt 4: The Furies
The Furies, also known as the Erinyes, are a trio of vengeance deities whose immortal task is to hear complaints of insolence from mortals—and to punish those crimes by hounding the culprits relentlessly. They are said to focus on punishment for lying, killing, or sinning against the gods, but any lawbreaking was indeed punishable by them.

“Alecto was the oldest, unceasing in anger. Megaera was next, retaliator of jealousy, and Tisiphone, the last, regarded as the avenger of murder.”
― Elisabeth Naughton, Stolen Fury

Maybe you are inspired by Alecto (“the implacable one”, incites war), or perhaps Megaera (“the envious one”, vengeance) speaks to you, or maybe even Tisiphone (“avenger of murder”, guards the gates to Tartarus) – however you want to interpret the prompt, we’d love to hear from you!

Bonus Prompt: Typhon

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 song or music video that reminds you of the Furies 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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enemytosleep

More fanart and some anime HERE for anyone interested!

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impala_chick

Really excited for more fanart!

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peasina

Woohoo, looks like I'm grabbing that bonus prompt again :-D

Typhon had me thinking snakes, serpents, and all things slippery and scaly. I podded a post-canon Harry Potter fic about Harry's parseltongue and his appreciation for snakes. My journal post about it is here!

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impala_chick

This is so great for the theme! Thanks for sharing.

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olivermoss

Can I do murder vibes post using photos I've taken?

Challenge accepted

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impala_chick

Totally. I'm excited for the photos, thanks for sharing.

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emmatheslayer

3 arts I colored
https://emmatheslayer.livejournal.com/689656.html

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paulamcg

Ah, amazing portraits of the Furies! Thank you so much for sharing them here!

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greerwatson

Another self-rec on my journal here. "The Siege of Hastings" is a Forever Knight story set during the Hundred Years War. It stars three vampires and there are three Furies: seems appropriate, no?

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paulamcg

Thank you so much for taking part by self-reccing! (I'm glad not to be the only one eager to do that. :)) Your story looks very appropriate for this prompt, indeed!

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shipperslist

Rage and revenge, got it!

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paulamcg

Yay! How wonderful that these are your favourites! Thank you for sharing!

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sonofgodzilla

I am compelled at every opportunity to draw lines between dots that really don't need connecting at all.

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bleodswean

You just killed me ded with this one. I commented on the archive, but wow. Your skills are mad.

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bleodswean

Oooooh - this is a GOOD prompt! I'm going to get it on the brain needles. In the meantime, have a salty fic I penned a few years back. Macbeth's Witches are often interpreted as The Furies.

https://bleodswean.dreamwidth.org/371589.html

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tellshannon815

That was a great fic, thanks for joining us!

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smallhobbit

My brief thoughts on the Furies here

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tellshannon815

Thanks so much for sharing this!

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yarnofariadne

I'm self-reccing here! ♥

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tellshannon815

Thank you for joining!

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kingstoken

My post where I do something a little different and rec songs by women artists.

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tellshannon815

Thanks for sharing these!

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pensnest

Here, with some self-recs, some musings and a glitterbomb.

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kate

Thank you for all of that, how wonderful. I love that glitterbomb guy, he's hilarious. Thanks for participating!

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silveradept

Euphemistically, The Gracious Ones invites you to consider both what words you use to avoid saying others in fandom and to be careful about the use of the power to incite and the power to disguise, because of the possible consequences that result. Ready for visitors, hopefully not furious ones.

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kate

Ooooh, that's a really interesting bit of meta, very thought-provoking! Thanks for participating!

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lightbird

Done! I did another self-rec, in the Hey Arnold! fandom this time. :)

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kate

Hey you! <3

Man I don't know the fandom at all, but that's still a really powerful story. Great use of the prompt! (The HIPAA callout on the end lol!!!!)

And let me don my official mod hat for just a minute to say: thanks for joining us! :D

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pauraque

For this prompt I wrote about that time I was in The Eumenides with Daveed Diggs. Enjoy!

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kate

Oh man, what a great story! Thanks for sharing that, and for participating on this round!

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dr_zook

I'm blathering about another 19th century painter *points at icon*, also about Orestes here. :)

Edited Date: 2021-07-14 03:22 pm (UTC)

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tellshannon815

Thanks for joining us!

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walgesang

I wrote a drabble about young Alecto Carrow (HP Fandom) trying to steal her first wand at Ollivander's.

post here
AO3 link

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autobotscoutriella

Wonderful! Thanks for joining us!

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liriaen

I come bringing three 'Cesare'/Renaissance RPF drabbles, one for each Fury, and with a set of warnings for various triggers.

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autobotscoutriella

Excellent writing! Thanks for joining us!

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shadowhive

Here’s my brief one

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kate

Thank you for joining us!

I forgot that Anya was a vengeance demon! I really enjoyed her character arc, so that's an interesting addition to the prompt, too!