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Postby Gob Hobblin » Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:03 pm

So...who's heard of a six-word story?

:ritsuko_mug:

...okay, so a six-word story is...a story told in six words. No more, no less. It is a haiku of prose meant to tell something intriguing, something heartfelt, something...mysterious. Special. Unique.

It is an exercise in hooking a person's attention in six words. This can be traced to Ernest Hemingway, who once wrote the following story:

For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

I'm seeing this thing all over the place in writing circles, and I love it: from the witty (Living in an existential vacuum: it sucks.) to the tragic (Born a twin: graduated only child.), this model has served as a thought exercise and prompt model ever since Hemingway gave his mysterious little pitch on some unused baby shoes.

....would't it be fun...to apply that to some Eva fanfiction?

:asuka_happy:

So, there's the challenge...can you write an Eva fanfic story...in six words?

:harpy_liplick:

Now, quick note: to make it more of a challenge, and to keep with the topic, it has to try and keep with an Eva theme. For example:

It was Lilith's Mother's Day gift.

Or:

"We brought forth God," Gendo declared.

So...who's got some stories to tell?
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Postby Nuclear Lunchbox » Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:14 pm

Humanity was complemented. It wasn't great.

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Postby Monk Ed » Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:17 am

[s]Can't help but notice you gave some 7-word examples there, Gob.[/s]

Some examples have seven words, Gob. - fixed (NemZ) :tongue:
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Postby ChaddyManPrime » Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:45 am

Shinji: Sorry! Please don't shoot me!
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Postby MisterHalt » Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:46 am

Shinji you idiot, look what happened!
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Postby pwhodges » Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:53 am

The world ends; is anyone happy?

EDIT to add:

The cat found its kitten - dead.
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Postby Monk Ed » Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:49 am

^ Makes me regret editing mine out because I thought it sounded too much like Nuke's. Mine was, "The world was never sad again".
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Postby Sorrow » Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:19 am

This appears to me more along the lines of a "summing up" than a "fan-fiction". Oh well.

Cure administered; sickness prevails. Fuck off.

No one understands; so just die.
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Postby Gob Hobblin » Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:58 am

Good catch, Monk: corrected. It was six when I planned it!

Sorrow: Think of them like...story appetizers.

....

"Don't run away," Asuka croaked bitterly.

The Earth now belonged to PenPen.
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Postby Glor » Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:22 am

PenPen, heart asunder, loved her still.

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Postby KingXanaduu » Wed Oct 15, 2014 2:16 pm

"I feel sick". What the fuck!? :lol:
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Postby StarShaper7 » Wed Oct 15, 2014 2:31 pm

Yui never really existed at all.

Batman regretted raising the orphaned Shinji.

For sale: surplus souls of mothers.

Asuka was finally the number one.

Shinji awoke in the phone booth.

Jung and Freud are not amused.

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Postby Bagheera » Wed Oct 15, 2014 2:48 pm

Shin Seiki Evangelion: A Mother's Work

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God's in His Heaven, Alone, Alone

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Postby StarShaper7 » Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:02 pm

^ I feel like "God's in His Heaven, All Alone" reads better, but maybe you have a reason for your wording?

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Postby NemZ » Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:16 pm

I like this trend, and in the interest of keeping this thread from getting too spam-y perhaps everyone should refrain from making a new post until the previous one has 6 stories. As in, go back and edit in new lines, not that you can't post unless you have 6 in mind right now.

Addendum: if you're adding to a previous post, it is acceptable to delete the old one and repost the contents as a new post but ONLY if you're adding at least one new line AND provided nobody has commented on the old batch (as that would cause confusion).
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Postby Gob Hobblin » Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:39 pm

Six for six...I like it.

"It's blue...sky blue," Asuka murmured.

It's when Hallelujah means 'slow death.'

Simple Shinji had become quite cunning.

Fuyutsuki is not amused...at all.

Gendo's eyes narrowed. "Puppies," he muttered.

The doll was the last witness.
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Postby Sorrow » Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:32 pm

Does anybody feel as I do?

Chosen children bear the world's curse.

Empathy: it means I love you.

Let me see all my friends.
Let me see them all again.

Horrifying eyes, remain the only sight.

Extend your love; lose your head.
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Postby NemZ » Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:55 pm

Gob Hobblin wrote:Gendo's eyes narrowed. "Puppies," he muttered.


...This intrigues me. :lol:


Rei was. Rei was. Rei IS.

Maya frowned. Sempai didn't even notice.

"Don't worry, Misato doesn't keep count."

Shinji proved a dangerously terrible bowler.

"Aren't humans meat?" asked Rei innocently.

Gestalt form activate! Behold, Jet Together!
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Postby Glor » Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:27 pm

@Sorrow: damn, those were really good!

The Human soul, a continuous genocide.

She slapped him, "Wake up, Ikari!"

Death, lies and treachery: joyous rebirth!

Giant robots, and a mothers love.

Far future, there is only Rei.

Moonlight Yebisu, from zero to Misato.

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Postby MisterHalt » Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:29 pm

Shinji came, Rei saw, Asuka conquered.

Never drug the LCL, Akagi realised.

Asuka gets a bike, scares Shinji.

Gendo dies, Rei commands. Oh crap.

Kensuke becomes a pilot, annoys Toji.

Someone's pregnant. Who's the father? Adam?!

Pen-pen wants to be a pilot.
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