playing pretend [ficlet + new prompt list]
Created a writing prompt set for myself. I'm going to write (or maybe draw) something based on the name and/or color of each eyeshadow in this set. I've always found Urban Decay's names to be really awesome and great for inspiration. I'm considering doing all of these as Jason's trips/hallucinations/fantasies/daydreams (mostly to try to get myself to move beyond just "frantic, forlorn, and missing Zack" into more distinct images), but that might change. Anyway, I wrote a little intro piece for the set.
1. eyeshadow
Jason has a vivid imagination. Too vivid, his psychiatrist says. Simple things--a word, a color--set him off with intricate daydreams.
Jason has a box of eyeshadows. When he reads their names and looks into their rich colors, he imagines. And when he puts the pigment on his face, he pretends. It's a disguise, to hide himself away; stage makeup, to become something unreal; war paint, to face his fears; the trappings of a whore, to soften the ice in his eyes.
Jason rather likes to play pretend. After all, he's always preferred fiction to reality.
2. fishnet3. honey4. ransom5. graffiti6. zero7. peace8. shag9. scratch10. underground
1. eyeshadow
Jason has a vivid imagination. Too vivid, his psychiatrist says. Simple things--a word, a color--set him off with intricate daydreams.
Jason has a box of eyeshadows. When he reads their names and looks into their rich colors, he imagines. And when he puts the pigment on his face, he pretends. It's a disguise, to hide himself away; stage makeup, to become something unreal; war paint, to face his fears; the trappings of a whore, to soften the ice in his eyes.
Jason rather likes to play pretend. After all, he's always preferred fiction to reality.
2. fishnet3. honey4. ransom5. graffiti6. zero7. peace8. shag9. scratch10. underground