Sunshine 2021: Prompt Seven

[enemytosleep]

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 7: Zephyrus
The child of Dawn (Eos) and the Titan Astraeus, Zephyrus represents the West wind. Zephyrus was considered to be the gentlest of the Anemoi (wind gods representing the cardinal points of the compass), and the beneficial bringer of Spring. The gentle springtime winds of the West indicated an end to Winter and the new growth of plants and flowers.



Bonus Prompt: Nemean Lion


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 letter written to your younger self about things you’ve learned that relate to the Zephyrus 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]

Taking D&D portrait requests HERE as well as sharing some fanart and anime.

[autobotscoutriella]

That's such a great idea! And lovely fanart, too.

[olivermoss]

Spring and new growth in pictures taken by me.

[paulamcg]

So wonderful! Thank you for sharing these pictures, too!

[lightbird]

I recced 2 fics. One for Addams Family, one for Star Trek: DS9.

[paulamcg]

Yay! Thank you for participating by reccing!

[thesebonesaregood]

in which I offer to make icons/graphics, portrait scribbles, or original ficlets

[paulamcg]

Oh, what a fabulous, generous response to the final prompt! Thank you so much for doing this!

[shipperslist]

Did the thing, even though this overlapped with prompt #2 a bit.

[seleneheart]

That was awesome!

[sonofgodzilla]

I'm tired and full of stupid ideas! Go me! Wooo!

[seleneheart]

I enjoyed that fic very much!

[seleneheart]

I posted about Boromir's death, the poem Tolkien wrote for it, and re-posted one of my old stories: https://seleneheart.dreamwidth.org/1274442.html

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for sharing those!

[peasina]

Yay! I love this prompt (all of them have been great!) I recorded this podfic for Westworld (West wind? Is that close enough? haha.) The original story is wonderful, and it was great to have an excuse to record it <3

My journal post about it is here.

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for sharing with us!

[walgesang]

I wrote a double drabble about one of my favorite West Coast characters, Gillian Taylor from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ("the one with the whales") experiencing what spring might be like on a space ship.

DW post here
AO3 link here

[tellshannon815]

You know what? You have actually given me an idea for what I want to do with mine (the flip side of it, where someone raised on a space ship experiences her first Earth spring). Thanks so much for that!

[kingstoken]

Join me for my Vid Reccing Extravaganza! I have vids from Star Trek TOS, SPN, GOT, TWD, The 100, Marvel, and Elementary! Come have a gander, you may find something you like.

[tellshannon815]

Thanks for sharing all of these! I think I'm going to use The 100 for mine this time around.

[yarnofariadne]

I'm feeling piratey!

[paulamcg]

Yay! I'm glad the west wind brought here some pirates!

[hhimring]

The west wind has featured in three fics of mine, so I have made a small post of self recs.
It is here:
https://hhimring.dreamwidth.org/190756.html

(I mainly write Silmarillion fanfiction.)

[paulamcg]

Oh, such a fitting response to this prompt! Thank you for participating in Sunshine!

[silveradept]

The Promise of New Growth offers hope and one of the greatest gifts that transformative fandom offers to anyone who is a part of it. Ready for visitors, and a good last challenge for ending on a positive note.

[paulamcg]

Thank you for offering this hope! Such a beautiful post and uplifting final response to the challenge!

[pensnest]

Musings on Spring and some self-recs.

[paulamcg]

Thank you for taking part in this round with both musings and recs!

[smallhobbit]

For me, the west wind brings rain (west of England), so I've shared so fics/ficlets featuring the rain (I'm a Brit, the rain has to feature!) here

[paulamcg]

Oh, wonderful! I'm glad to receive in fic/ficlet form what the west wind is bound to bring to you and your characters.

[paulamcg]

I've posted here another self-rec and an excerpt: a story featuring the young Marauders and pretty details in spring landscape in Scotland (after the rain has stopped).

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for taking up the challenge again this year (and for being a wonderful mod, thank you!).

[dr_zook]

I'm reccing a Black Metal RPF in my post, where I'm also urging you guys to find me something gayer than Zephyr, haha. :)

[autobotscoutriella]

Excellent post! Thanks for joining us!

[tellshannon815]

https://tellshannon815.dreamwidth.org/50939.html Fic about Octavia from The 100 here

[autobotscoutriella]

Oh, wonderful! I've always liked Octavia. Thanks for joining us!

[emmatheslayer]

2 arts I colored https://emmatheslayer.livejournal.com/693051.html

[autobotscoutriella]

How beautiful and spring-y! Thanks for joining us!

[icecheetah]

Last Translation! For this one, I actually had to find a new (to me) song, and the one I found has an official translation, so it's interesting to compare the two!
Though things are a bit bittersweet here because I found out the band has a scandel going on. I make a note about it in the comments.

[paulamcg]

Thank you so much for sharing a song with your translation in this round, too! It's wonderful to see how Sunshine has has inspired you to working with your Korean like this.

[liriaen]

Thank you so much for running this challenge, it's been a great kickstarter for so many good things and energies!

My final drabbles for 'Cesare' and Bibleslash are here, as well as a recommendation for a timeless Old English beaut'.

[enemytosleep]

I'm so glad you've enjoyed it! I always love seeing the wide variety of shares each year :D

[lee_bella]

Not sure if I should post this again, but...

I combined Prompt 6 and 7. Wrote a little about fandom, wrote a Harry Potter fanfic, and recced three songs.

[paulamcg]

It's good you posted a comment here, too. Some people might look for new ones only on the latest and last post, or be interested specifically in responses to west wind/spring/new growth. Thank you for your marvellous contribution to Sunshine!

[greerwatson]

Reccing a couple of stories of mine with a similar theme: apple-blossom. Or at least the webpage design.

[paulamcg]

Thank you so much for participating in the last round, too! I don't get access to the webpage, though. (Is it perhaps because I'm in Europe?)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Kind of a cloudy end to my Sunshine challenge. But a big thank you to the mods and volunteers and all the lovely folks who have been participating. I have enjoyed it very much!!

Slightly creepy moodboard and sad sonnet.

https://stonepicnicking-okapi.dreamwidth.org/204525.html

[paulamcg]

Thank you for all your fabulous contributions to Sunshine – for this cloudy one, too!

[dreamkist]

Nemean lion - https://dreamkist.dreamwidth.org/78031.html

[paulamcg]

Thank you for your marvellous response to the last prompt, too!