H/C bingo postage stamp square

[sholio]

I decided to try the February amnesty challenge at hc_bingo (a 2x2 block of prompts; you have to use all of them in one fanwork) and got ... this.

WILD CARD	runaways
near death experience	first transformation

It would be fantastic if not for that "first transformation" square, which kicks it firmly into AU territory for everything I currently want to write for. :/ I mean it's not like I can't see how you'd get a fic out of that; actually that set of prompts lends itself beautifully to a particular kind of plot. I'm just not quite seeing how to get a fic I actually want to write out of it ...

ETA: The brilliant trobadora suggested the transformation could be metaphorical, which gave me all kinds of ideas. Hmmmmmm ...

Comments

[trobadora]

Can it be a metaphorical transformation?

[sholio]

... ohhhh. I really like that. I think I can work with that. HMMMMM. :)

[trobadora]

:D

[yalumesse]

I was thinking the same. Like (off the cuff) the first time Peggy transforms herself into another person by way of clothes, wigs and acccent.

[kore]

Ooh, that's neat.

[amnisias]

I was going to say the same thing, transformation just means going from one state to another, pretty much any 'coming out story' is likely about transformation of some sort, for example. But people are also transformed by experiences, e.g. sever trauma can lead to a total change in personality, behaviour and apperance.