Salt and Pepper Fest: Prompting is now Closed

[hpgoldenage_mod]

PROMPTING FOR THE SALT AND PEPPER FEST IS OPEN CLOSED!

Before you run off to leave us all your fab prompts, please check out the general rules for this fest and the prompting guidelines below!

Prompt Guidelines

1. Anyone can leave a prompt regardless of whether or not you're planning on claiming one. Submitting a prompt doesn't commit you to anything.

2. You can leave up to five prompts. Prompts can be in the same comment or listed separately.

3. Prompts must be relevant to the theme of this community - any canon character at 50+. (i.e. a prompt focusing on Harry as a young parent would not fit.)

4. That said, we want all sorts of prompts! Fluffy, angsty, light or dark, gen, slash, femslash, het, threesome/moresome, character studies, mysteries, drama, comedy--anything goes!

5. Keep in mind that this is not a gift exchange. Your name will not be listed with your prompt in the claiming stage or when the fest is posting. Claimers will also be able to deviate from the prompt if their muse goes in a different direction (switch out characters, go with a different overall tone, etc.)

6. Prompts may be edited for clarity.

7. Prompting is open now until the end of Sat, Nov 15th (midnight, EST). We'll edit this post when prompting is closed.


Prompt Form

Leave your prompts by filling out this form in a comment below!

<b>Prompt:</b> <b>Suggested Characters/Pairings:</b> <b>Theme/Tone:</b> <b>Additional Info:</b>

Brief explanation of the form:

Prompt: Can be as simple (word, phrase, song lyric) or as specific as you like. Please do not outline an entire plot, however. :D
Suggested Characters/Pairings: This is optional and can be left blank if you'd like!
Theme/Tone: Fluffy, angsty, etc. The overall mood. Also can be left blank if you'd like!
Additional Info: Here you can leave likes, dislikes, squicks, or anything else that doesn't fit above, but keep in mind that as this is not a gift, creators will not be required to stick strictly to these things. Also optional and can be left blank if you'd like!

Comments

[chibitoaster.livejournal.com]

Prompt: Finding a Kindred Soul after all those years
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Draco, Harry/Snape, Ron/Draco, Draco/Neville
Theme/Tone: Relaxed, forgiving, mature
Additional Info: I'd love to see what would happen to old rivals after years of being apart, maybe not knowing if the other person was still alive or not.

[chibitoaster.livejournal.com]

Prompt:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lxwsbq1hyE
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Any, but I was thinking Sirius and Remus. Or maybe Sirius and Harry
Theme/Tone: Sad, but hopeful?
Additional Info: I love this song, all versions of it, but Marc Cohn just OWNS it in his own way. And I can't help but think that it's something like a message from one old man to his friends.

[capitu]

Prompt: Draco, Harry thinks, is aging gracefully. And by gracefully, I mean not gracefully at all. He complains about everything.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Draco
Theme/Tone: funny and loving.
Additional Info: ~

[chibitoaster.livejournal.com]

Prompt:Retirement
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Anything, anyone
Theme/Tone: Jovial, bittersweet, maybe surprisingly romantic
Additional Info:I keep thinking that one last accident might cause Harry to retire from the Aurors. Or maybe Professor McGonagall finally retiring from Hogwarts. Or what would it be like if George were to retire from the inventions and joke shop, closing down the dream that he and his brother had hatched together?

[torino10154]

EDIT I just broke the comm rules with my first prompt. A lesson to us all. :P

[torino10154]

Let's try this again, shall we? *rolls eyes at self*

Prompt: After Minerva's retirement, she settles in to her cottage by the sea. Imagine her surprise at finding Severus Snape selling herbal remedies at the local market.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Minerva/Severus (or Remus, perhaps)
Theme/Tone: Slow building, romantic, hopeful/happy ending
Additional Info: The details in the prompt are merely suggestions. Feel free to modify location, circumstances, etc.

[torino10154]

Prompt: Newly divorced, and a bit unsure what to do with himself, Harry learns to see an old friend/someone from the past in a new light.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Luna, Harry/Draco
Theme/Tone: H/C perhaps
Additional Info: ~

[torino10154]

Prompt: You're never too old to get hot and sweaty!
Suggested Characters/Pairings: ~
Theme/Tone: Smut, PWP, older folks gettin' it on. :P
Additional Info: ~

[vaysh]

Prompt: A third Death Eater war is looming on the horizon. The next-gen generation, now responsible adults, won't yet believe what is happening on the fringes of wizarding society, but their children and the generation who lived through the Second Voldemort War know the signs when they see it.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Draco is always nice; any, really. :)
Theme/Tone: war theme; cross-generational solidarity; respect for what each generation can contribute to the fight against blood racism.
Additional Info: I'd love to see Harry's and Draco's grandchildren well fleshed out OCs.

[indyonblue.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like this!

[vaysh]

Prompt: Last Fight: a drabble written for the prompt "first time fighting":

Albus and Scorpius never fought. Not at Hogwarts, not at the Ministry, never in their home. They didn't even fight when Albus was promoted Head Auror, while Scorpius had to leave the Aurors to take care of his mum.

But now – both of them age sixty-four, and one just home from the healers – angry yells ring through Grimmauld Place; powerful hexes shake the grandfather clock in the hall.

"I don't need your bloody money!"

"Damn it, I have four more months to live. Just let me appoint you as my heir."

"Fuck this inheritance shit. I want you. Only you."

Suggested Characters/Pairings: Albus Severus Potter/Scorpius Malfoy
Theme/Tone: dealing with death of life companion, sadness, despair, acceptance
Additional Info: I've always wished for this drabble to be turned into a real story, and I will never write it.

Mods, not sure whether this prompt is acceptable. Just tell me to delete if not.

[indyonblue.livejournal.com]

Prompt:Hermione is in her 50s and slowly realising she's over the death of her husband/wife.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Hermione/author's choice
Theme/Tone:Can be fluffy, romantic, happy/hopeful ending
Additional Info:~

[indyonblue.livejournal.com]

Prompt: Harry & Draco celebrating their diamond anniversary (or wizarding equivalent)
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Draco
Theme/Tone:Humour, smut
Additional Info:Maybe they get carried away, leave the party & get caught? Some snark from Draco perhaps? I'd love to see them surrounded by their family & friends

Don't hve a Live journal account- From Suzuki1969 @ Insane Journal

[(Anonymous)]

Prompt: Harry is 50+ (age appropriate for fest, otherwise irrelevant) and about to retire as Head of Auror Corpse. Reviewing some files he finally finds a link he always suspected to be there, and was never able to pinpoint. In every major happening in his life there's always been "something/a presence" he was not able to identify. This "something" has always been there to help him resolve the issue -both in his personal and professional life. He always thought of it as his famed luck. He now can see that there was someone behind. I leave it to the author to tell us about what those issues might have been and how Harry discovers that it was Severus helping him all along, as well as how and why did Severus help him.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Severus
Theme/Tone: I'd like a mystery and some angst mixed with some romance and fluff (at the end). Happy Snarry ending.
Additional Info: Please avoid cross gender/cross dressing.

[indyonblue.livejournal.com]

Prompt:Minerva McGonagall as Miss Marple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Marple), solving a mystery at Hogwarts that has stumped the Aurors
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Minerva McGonagall
Theme/Tone:
Additional Info:Have fun!

[pretty-panther.livejournal.com]

Prompt: Someone finally asks if Minerva is ok after the final battle is done
Suggested Characters/Pairings:Poppy, Pomona, Horace,
Theme/Tone:angst, forgiveness,
Additional Info: na

[birdsofshore]

Prompt: They haven't seen each other for decades. But why did they never suspect that the old spark would be burning just as bright now they encounter one another again?
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Draco
Theme/Tone: Smutty, intense
Additional Info: I'd love a vibe of 'I don't want to be attracted to you, but omg I so am.' And 'we shouldn't be doing this - especially not HERE - but we just can't resist.' I'd love to see messy, intense, rough, desperate (drunken?) sex occurring after some antagonism.

[birdsofshore]

Prompt: After divorce, character A joins a dating agency for more mature wizards. The... I dunno, the Pairing Hat? LOL, whatever magical device you choose... says they are made for each other. Imagine their dismay when they turn up on the date to find... character B.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Draco
Theme/Tone: humour, UST
Additional Info: Some disastrous dates with other wizards might be funny. It would be great if they were instantly attracted to each other but fought against it.

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

Prompt: A & B have been partners for decades when gay marriage is legalized in wizarding Britain. Now they have to decide whether or not they want that piece of paper.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: I'd love to see a femslash and/or rare pairing, but really any.
Theme/Tone: Lived-in, if that makes any sense.
Additional Info: Not a fan of scat/vomit-play or character bashing.

[lilyeyes.livejournal.com]

Prompt: Severus Snape is telling his grandchildren, Snape-style, how he and Harry fell in love
Suggested Characters/Pairings: severus Snape / Harry Potter
Theme/Tone: Snarky, humorous, fluffy
Additional Info: EWE - They can have adopted children or mpreg

[lilyeyes.livejournal.com]

Prompt: Harry is 55, long divorced and now retired from the DMLE, and has decided to travel and see the sights. He comes across a man who seems familiar and falls in love at first sight. What happens when he finds out the man is none other than Severus Snape.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Snarry
Theme/Tone: Romantic, humorous, and happy ending
Additional Info: Harry had always wanted to go somewhere warm and sunny

[anguis-1.livejournal.com]

Prompt: The International Duelling Federation is considering a proposal to add a senior age category in duelling competitions. What does Filius think about it?
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Filius Flitwick
Theme/Tone:
Additional Info:

[abigail89.livejournal.com]

Prompt: Spending time with the "grandkids", i.e. don't have to be blood relatives
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Any
Theme/Tone: Fun or serious, crazy time or imparting wisdom and love
Additional Info:

[abigail89.livejournal.com]

Prompt: One character is recovering from a serious work-related injury, and the partner deals with it
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Any
Theme/Tone: You decide
Additional Info: There's room for comedy and angst.

[chibitoaster.livejournal.com]

Prompt:Harry has traveled the world for 30 years, and finally comes home. Someone unexpected is waiting for him.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Draco, Harry/Snape, Harry/Remus, Harry/Sirius
Theme/Tone:Joyful, surprised (Harry can faint, it's okay), and loving.
Additional Info:have fun with it! Art or Fic, just a surprising and touching homecoming for an old man who needed to lose himself for a generation.