Writing Explorations: Week 73, Felicitous Ties

The Mood is Write

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  1. Male
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  3. Primarily Prefer Female
Genres
I'm open to a wide range of genres. Obscenely wide. It's harder for me to list all I do like than all I don't like.

My favorite settings are fantasy combined with something else, multiverse, post-apoc, historical (mixed with something else), and futuristic. I'm not limited to those, but it's a good start.

My favorite genres include mystery, adventure, action, drama, tragedy (must be mixed with something else and kept balanced), romance (again must be mixed, and more.

I'm happy to include elements of slice-of-life and romance, but doing them on their own doesn't hold my interest indefinitely.
My Writing Explorations series of exercises are a chance for users to explore new concepts and practice the art of raising two fingers to Writer's Block while screaming obscenities to fickle muses: to rebel against the idea that a person requires a mythical force inside them to make new and amazing things.

No. Listen well, users: there is no being inside you waiting to be let out. You are the writer, and in this exercise, you are given a place to push not only against Writer's Block, but also against the forces of stagnation. Feel trapped in your genre? Explore a new one! Stuck with a singular archetype? Do something else! In this thread, you will not be critiqued unless you request it. Should you wish it, I will happily offer my thoughts on how it might be improved, but I will not comb looking for fixes: this isn't the place: this place is for safely trying new things and indulging a love of writing.

Shake the bars of your cell block and roar, writers!

[fieldbox=How do I take part?]You can write to one or more (or none) of the prompts, the theme in the thread title, the bonuses—hell, you can even cast aside all of what I offer if you get a different idea.

The whole point is "get writing!"[/fieldbox]

Prompts:
  1. A character is introduced through a bloody and gruesome death scene—their own.
  2. The whole idea of it was foolish, dangerous, and horrible—but everyone was just too excited to see what would happen. Write a story about the aftermath, but not the idea.
  3. The world changes for someone when someone asks them: "Would you please allow me to call you my friend?"
  4. A man trailed his fingers along the cheek of the long-abused girl as her life slipped away under the poison's effects—poison she swallowed to escape the law.

Bonus Rounds:
  • Write in a random genre.
  • "Why can't I find a guy who will choke me right? I mean treat me right. No I don't."
  • "You had this planned all along, didn't you? You little shit!"
  • "Well, aren't you just a little bucket of sass."
  • "It's blood, not nuclear waste. Chill out."
  • "Darlin', you have issues."
  • "How many times have I died for you? And you still question my loyalty."