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30 Forbidden Fruits
// A 30 Fanworks Theme Challenge //

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About:

Welcome to

30_forbidden! This is a friendly, very low-pressure community for writers and artists who want to explore and develop their skills. ^^ Inspired by other themed communities such as

30_kisses,

30_romances,

30_angsts, etc. People of all fandoms are invited to participate. You don’t have to write a couple; it can be a character, friendship, rivals, a group, general series, etc!

Homophobia/heterophobia will not be tolerated here.

Feel free to join just to enjoy the fanworks, but don't be intimidated. Writers and artists of all levels are welcome to participate. This was started for people to learn and grow in the first place. ^_^

Themes:

The 30 Themes
01. Bitter
02. Sweet
03. Love
04. Hate
05. Black
06. White
07. Forever
08. Never
09. Past
10. Memory
11. Forget
12. Remember
13. Hidden
14. Dark
15. Unknown
16. Amuse
17. Fear
18. Escape
19. Watch
20. Afar
21. Wait
22. Happy
23. Numb
24. Lonely
25. Forbidden
26. Taste
27. Touch
28. Want
29. Need
30. Close

If you are finding any above themes difficult or uninspiring, you can switch out with any of the bonus themes below.

Bonus
1. Money
2. Attack
3. Momentum
4. Bloom
5. Wicked smile

Or you can switch some out for your own choices.

Writer’s Choice
1. Your Choice
2. Your Choice
3. Your Choice

Here's a table with the themes within if you'd like to use it to keep track of all your fics and the themes you've completed.

01.	Bitter	02.	Sweet	03.	Love	04.	Hate	05.	Black
06.	White	07.	Forever	08.	Never	09.	Past.	10.	Memory
11.	Forget	12.	Remember	13.	Hidden	14.	Dark	15.	Unknown
16.	Amuse	17.	Fear	18.	Escape	19.	Watch	20.	Afar
21.	Wait	22.	Happy	23.	Numb	24.	Lonely	25.	Forbidden
26.	Taste	27.	Touch	28.	Want	29.	Need	30.	Close

The html for the table:

<table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="2">
  <tr>
    <td>01.</td>
    <td>Bitter</td>
    <td>02.</td>
    <td>Sweet</td>
    <td>03.</td>
    <td>Love</td>
    <td>04.</td>
    <td>Hate</td>
    <td>05.</td>
    <td>Black</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>06.</td>
    <td>White</td>
    <td>07.</td>
    <td>Forever</td>
    <td>08.</td>
    <td>Never</td>
    <td>09.</td>
    <td>Past.</td>
    <td>10.</td>
    <td>Memory</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>11.</td>
    <td>Forget</td>
    <td>12.</td>
    <td>Remember</td>
    <td>13.</td>
    <td>Hidden</td>
    <td>14.</td>
    <td>Dark</td>
    <td>15.</td>
    <td>Unknown</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>16.</td>
    <td>Amuse</td>
    <td>17.</td>
    <td>Fear</td>
    <td>18.</td>
    <td>Escape</td>
    <td>19.</td>
    <td>Watch</td>
    <td>20.</td>
    <td>Afar</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>21.</td>
    <td>Wait</td>
    <td>22.</td>
    <td>Happy</td>
    <td>23.</td>
    <td>Numb</td>
    <td>24.</td>
    <td>Lonely</td>
    <td>25.</td>
    <td>Forbidden</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>26.</td>
    <td>Taste</td>
    <td>27.</td>
    <td>Touch</td>
    <td>28.</td>
    <td>Want</td>
    <td>29.</td>
    <td>Need</td>
    <td>30.</td>
    <td>Close</td>
  </tr>
</table>

If you use a table, post the link here after my "you've been accepted" response or in your claim post and I’ll link it to your claim on the info page. You can also link it in your entries.

Community Links:

Request/Claim
Finished Themes/Drop Claim
Have a Question?
Affiliates/Affiliate?

How It Works:

-You (and up to two other collaborators) may claim up to two couples/characters/groups at a time. Threesomes are welcome. Both claims must be from different fandoms. Please note that if you do two claims, you are committing yourself to complete all thirty themes for each of the two claims. You must work on both at the same time, or else it wouldn’t be fair to people who are waiting for your claim to be freed up. When a couple/character/group is claimed, it counts for both writing and art. The 30 works can be entirely made up of just writing pieces, just art pieces, or a mix of both!

-Themes do not have to be written in any particular order. Feel free to interpret each theme however you wish. Just remember, a forbidden theme must be involved. It doesn't need to be the focal point, but it must be in there one way or another. The interpretation of what constitutes “forbidden”, however, is entirely up to you.

-Original stories, original characters, crossovers between two fandoms, Real Person fiction (please include a disclaimer!), AU stories and songfics are all acceptable to be claimed. Just no Mary Sue's/Gary Stu's, please!

-Request your claim at this post with the subject line "I'm here for my forbidden fruit" to let me know you read through the rules. You won't be accepted otherwise. Make sure you include the full names (if they have one) of both characters and the fandom that they are from. (And please check the list of claimed couples/characters/group first to make sure they aren't already taken!)

-When you are finished with a couple/character/group or decide that you can't/don't want to finish, please leave a comment in this entry. If you’d like a banner for completing all the themes, tell me in your post at this entry. Include a link to your table if you made one. If not, make a post including all your works and the links to them, including the theme numbers.

-Try to post a fic/art for your claim at least once every three months. If you go longer than six months without posting, your claim may be put back for someone else to claim. If you require an extension, tell me in this post.

-Only fic/art may be posted to this community. Please don't post advertisements. If you own a writing community and would like to affiliate, post here.

-You may use fake cuts, but you must have the correct subject and header information as well as a link to its actual location.

-The style of your challenge entries is completely up to you. For authors, it can be as short as 100 words, or as long as a multi-chaptered novel. If your doing multi-chaptered, it's up to you whether to post each chapter separately or wait until the whole thing is finished. For artists, it can be a full watercolor, a manip, or simply five-minute sketch you did before class. All that's important is capturing the feeling of the theme.

-Feedback is highly encouraged. It can really make a difference. :)

-If you have any other questions, please check out the FAQ.

Posting Format:

When you post, please use the following format:

Subject
Title of Piece (Fandom - Claim, Theme #)
For example, a claim of Ron and Hermione from Harry Potter posting with a fic for theme #5 would be: On The Edge (Harry Potter - Ron/Hermione, #5)

Post
Title:
Author/Artist:
Pairing/Character/etc:
Fandom:
Rating:
Theme: (include the # and the theme)
Disclaimer: (Disclaimer for fandoms, claimer for original works. If your fic is about real people, state that this is purely fictional and no actual relationship or event is implied)

Note: Anything longer than a paragraph and all artwork must be put behind an LJ-cut/fake cut. All ratings are welcome, but anything of an R or higher rating must be clearly marked as such.