Black Sails Confinement Challenge - Prompts
Here it is! The list of 50 prompts to inspire confined fic writers to write about confined characters. Here’s how I broke them down:
The General (G1 - G25) prompts only contain ideas for settings and sometimes simple plot ideas. They can be used for any ship or character. Please fill these prompts as closely to the general idea/mood as possible.
The Specific (S1 - S25) prompts tend to be more detailed and contain a ship request. If you choose a specific prompt, please write the ship/main characters requested in these prompts, whose names you have been bolded for your convenience.
Tomorrow I’ll be posting a form to let authors claim prompts.
Prompts can be claimed anytime during the challenge but prompts are granted on a first-come, first-serve basis (this list will be updated to reflect which prompts are currently claimed). Specific prompts can only be claimed once. General prompts may be claimed several times AS LONG AS the writers are working on different characters/ships (they will be asked who they plan on writing in the submission form).
There is no deadline or minimum length, but authors must make some progress within one month of claiming the prompt (ie, at least an outline and a few paragraphs). Prompts for which the author has gone radio-silent or made absolutely no progress in one month will be put back up for grabs.
Authors can fill as many prompts as they like, on the condition that they claim one prompt at a time and finish each prompt before starting working on another.
As always my inbox or PMs stay open if you have any questions about this challenge!
And now, without further ado, let yourself be inspired by these prompts and choose your favourites (1 main, 2 backup) for signup tomorrow! (write down the FULL code, fx G5 or S22)
GENERAL PROMPTS (any ship/character)
G1
Place: inside a whale
Reason: the whale swallowed them
Mood: banter, done with this shit, crack-y
G2
Place: a subaqueous lab
Reason: the inaccessibility of the lab
Mood: UST and a tinge of horror
Extra: the heater is malfunctioning and they have to huddle for warmth
G3
Sexy times feat. character 1 being tied up and waiting for character 2 who's left them alone for a while.
G4
Place: a safehouse
Reason: they're in witness protection
Mood: sexual tension, banter, funny?
Extra: Character 1 is in witness protection but hates it, thinks it's unnecessary and is trying to leave. character 2 is personally responsible for their safety.
G5
Place: at the Oglethorpe plantation
Reason: fear of disease
Mood: bittersweet
G6
Place: a part of the ship
Reason: punished by the crew
Mood: cracky, ust.
Extra: there is only 1 hammock
G7
Place: an elevator in an office building
Reason: it broke down, nobody's responding and it's Friday night
Mood: banter, arguing, enemies-to-friends-to-more?
Extra: one of them isn't feeling well because of a medical condition (can be claustrophobia) but is trying to hide it
G8
Place: at the top of a Ferris wheel
Reason: power cut
Mood: funny, bickering
G9
Place: a supposedly haunted house
Reason: the door is mysteriously stuck
Mood: creepy, funny, possibly UST/smutty
G10
Place: a closet/wardrobe
Reason: they're hiding from someone
Mood: ust/smut
G11
Place: a tent
Reason: it's pouring with rain
Mood: first time, smutty
G12
Place: a store (grocery, book, clothes, you decide)
Reason: they got locked in after closing
Mood: funny, cracky, fluffy
G13
Place: a ship
Reason: becalmed
Mood: angsty, delirious, desperate
G14
Place: Miranda's house
Reason: someone is sick/wounded
Mood: angsty, hurt/comfort, confession (no death please)
G15
Place: mysterious Aztec/Mayan/Inca ruins
Reason: they were looking for the Eldorado and got lost/trapped in the ruins.
Mood: adventure, friendship, maybe hurt/comfort
Extra: there's a jaguar lurking about
G16
Place: the Otherworld (heaven, limbo, hell… you choose)
Reason: the last thing they remember is getting hit on the head.
Mood: thoughts about the Afterlife. Could be as dark or as cracky as you like.
Extra: The Good Place AU?
G17
Place: a library
Reason: someone dared them to stay in after closing time
Mood: fun, cracky, adventurous
G18
Place: two houses far away
Reason: quarantine
Mood: longing, lonely, horny, smutty
Extra: they're writing/texting/talking on the phone to keep in touch but It's Not Enough and it's driving them nuts
G19
Place: a steampunk Jules-Verne-ish submarine
Reason: there's a giant squid outside
Mood: spooky, adventure
G20
Place: a lighthouse
Reason: a terrible storm with crashing waves
Mood: intense, passionate
G21
Place: a cabin in the middle of nowhere
Reason: zombie apocalypse (or other supernatural invasion/pandemic)
Mood: horror, tension
Extra: Character 1 arrives at the cabin after having fled the monsters, thinking it's empty. It's not, and Character 2 isn't all that happy about the intruder.
G22
Place: Skeleton Island
Reason: marooned or left for dead
Mood: spooky, angsty, paranoid
G23
Place: a hut on Maroon island
Reason: Hurricane
Mood: ust, angst, comfort
G24
Place: the Fort in Nassau
Reason: they took the fort but now they're besieged
Mood: bickering, going stir-crazy
G25
Place: a room in the brothel
Reason: they're hiding from someone/something
Mood: pining, ust
Extra: everyone is having sex around them but they're not (yet) and it's driving them nuts
SPECIFIC PROMPTS (specific ship/character)
S1
Ranger trio is stuck in space prison and have to try to escape ft. Space ship Captain Vane, Anne with blaster shooters (or maybe a lightsaber if it’s a star wars au) and hacker Jack. Mood: Funny.
S2
Thomas and Silver are stuck in James' flat... without James. They're stuck there separated from James until the shelter in place order is lifted (pick your poison - pandemic? Bad storm? Dangerous escaped convict on the loose?). Sexual tension ensues.
S3
Inspired by S4: Madi and Eleanor are confined together in the hidden cellar of Miranda's house when Spanish troops are invading the island (and this time they don't get assaulted/killed). Unresolved sexual tension, unresolved sibling-like rivalry. Bonus: just some angry ✂️✂️✂️
S4
Eleanor is imprisoned in England and thinks about Max. Mood: angst, broken heart, angry.
S5
Silver is stranded at Miranda's house, could be with or w/o the captain. Reason: suspect outbreak on the Walrus, Silver can't go back on board, Flint doesn't want his map wandering around Nassau. Mood: funny, smutty, up to the writer.
S6
Israel Hands + character of your choice. Place: a ship, in a locked room Reason: misbehavior? crew shenanigans? Mood: writers choice.
S7
Utley pisses off a superior officer and gets locked in with Flint. Place: the cell in the fort. Mood: ust, smut!
S8
John Silver and the companion of yr choice. Place: an island. Reason: marooned by a pissed off crew. Mood: up to the writer (not too tragic?)
S9
Flint is stuck on shore and runs into someone he knew (and liked) in his old life. Place: a terrible tavern or a room above. Reason: too stormy to return to ship. Mood: friendly to smutty? I just want Flint have a little bit of happiness.
S10
Miranda comes to meet Flint but gets stuck at the brothel as things get dangerous on the streets. Reason: some kind of unrest, riots. Mood: fluff or smut or anything as long as Miranda is not miserable.
S11
Modern au first meeting Silver & Miranda. Place: Elevator. Reason: breakdown. Mood: up to the writer.
S12
Muldoon is sick and no one knows what with. Silver is worried and Flint extends a rare offering of comfort.
S13
It's 1721. James and Thomas are still incarcerated at the plantation but at least they live together in a separate little cabin. With smallpox spreading from Boston to the rest of the colonies, Oglethorpe shuts down work for a few days and has everyone shelter in place.
S14
Silver showed up on Flint and Thomas' doorstep and the reunion isn't going well. Just when Silver is about to leave in a huff, they get stuck indoors (b/c weather, plague, authorities looking for Silver, etc) and Thomas is stuck with Flint and Silver's angry/awkward UST. He knows the only way to resolve this is in bed, and starts dropping less-than-subtle hints. 👉🏻👌🏻 Mood: funny, smutty.
S15
A scientific research station in space (Solaris AU but with a happy ending!). Flint is sent to investigate a space station after receiving some weird reports. Silver is one the few remaining members of the crew. An incident make them unable to leave without some major repairs. Angsty, slow burn, where Flint slowly accepts to move on after the death of Miranda&Thomas.
If you're not familiar with Solaris (book or movie) check wikipedia but: the space station is doing research on a mysterious planet covered with an ocean; but that ocean gives the crew some strange "side effects". Their secrets/fears/guilt take a material (often human) form. Flint sees Miranda (or Thomas, or both, as you prefer) for example. As Flint learns to deal with the loss of his loved ones he grows closer to one member of the crew, Silver.* Their bond help them break from the planet's melancholic influence, give them motivation to repair the station and finally leave together. *That could be a great opportunity to write about Silver's (probably very dark according to the BS writers) past!
S16
Silver / Flint - modern era, fake dating for some reason, now they're stuck together for a long time. Place: Somewhere travel related like a hotel room. Reason: quarantine like we're in now. Mood: angsty, UST.
S17
Flint's cabin on the Walrus. Silver is recovering from the leg amputation and discovers Flint has locked him in the cabin. Mood: angsty, angry, fluff if you want?
S18
Flint and Silver captured by the Spanish and Flint learns the truth about Silver’s past. Place: The plantation. Reason: Took control but hit some problems. Mood: Hurt/comfort or angst with happy ending.
S19
Silver & Flint reunion fic – they are stuck together in the room because of the snow and there is only 1 bed. Place: an inn. Mood: UST
S20
horror movie au (not really scary) silver & flint spend the night at a scary cabin after reading one too many ghost stories. Reason: someone locked the keys in the car and there's no signal. Mood: cracky.
S21
Silver and Flint in a magical au get stuck together by either a spell gone wrong or a curse and they find this frustrating in every possible way but have to get on the same page to reverse it.
S22
Flint and Silver are neighbours, but haven't spoken before. They both have gardens and can see each other through gaps in the fence. During the lockdown (because of a disease), Silver and Flint become aware of each other in close proximity but separated by the garden fence. So begins an odd flirtation involving sunbathing and topless gardening and water fights. Mood: Sexual tension. Flirting. Maybe voyeurism?
S23
Place: a house with large backyard (probably farmhouse?) Reason: Snowstorm for a week. Snowstorms happened and they had blackout in the house. Silver doesn't like darkness and he keep clinging to Flint. Flint doesn't like Silver's but he had to because Flint doesn't remember their house (floor plan, I mean) and ended up spending their time in other bedroom. Mood: sexual tension, confession, first kiss and first time.
S24
Silver and Flint bicker about emergency prep and then make up. Place: modern apartment. Reason: some disaster.
S25
Silver is talking to Flint, Flint is avoiding De Groot and so Silver finds himself manhandled into a very small compartment he'd never noticed on the Walrus. Mood: silly, ust
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