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3rd Impress Me Challenge!!

Brought to you by the letters VZN, and COVN. Sponsored by the numbers 7, 21, and 666.

The rules for this one will be a bit different from the first two, but that can wait. The basis of all of this will be: Alices Adventures In Wonderland. This contest will be different, because I'm giving you heavy limitations. You can't just start writing away, and hope to impress us..No, no, no. Not going to work that way this time, I'm afraid. I guess you'd like to hear the rules, right?


THE RULES

THIS CONTEST IS OF NO CHARGE. ENTRY IS FREE.

IF YOU RESERVE A CHARACTER, THEN YOU ARE COMMITTED TO WRITE A PIECE ON SIAD CHARACTER. IF YOU DO NOT, THEN YOU ARE ******** SOMEONE WHO REALLY WANTS TO ENTER OUT OF A CHANCE. PLEASE DON'T BE AN a*****e....THANK YOU.

There will be twenty-one characters to choose from. Once a character has been chosen, then they will be scratched off of the list. That means that there can only be twenty-one poems in this contest. First come, first served. To make sure that we don't run into double posting, you must request a character. When given the green light, you will then make a poem about the character of your choice, and it better be ******** awesome. As per par, this will be a freeverse contest. IF YOU CHOOSE, YOU MAY USE FORMS, BUT IT WILL NOT IMPRESS ANY MORE THAN USUAL, UNLESS YOU MAKE IT IMPRESSIVE.
Oh...And you have to beat me.


*edit* Zero the last Decepticon may enter as many times as he likes, but must always use the same character***

If you can, then you get a cool 10, 000 gold

Judges
Your Judges for this round will be:
Ni Che: The Bad Boy of the Forum
Vespertine: Making you eat art, since day one.
Completely Obvious: Bashing us in the head with a poetic brick.

How do we know, you ask?
Well...You'll see one of these:
IMPRESSED!!!

Since there will be no multiple posting this time, the judges will hold a meeting at the end of all of this, to decide who the winner is.
Good luck to all of you.

Since this was all my idea, and I'm secretly running the show,
I choose first. I choose: The Cheshire Cat


For the rest of you, the characters are:
Already taken characters will be marked in red.

Alice: A little girl, probably 7 years old. She has an amazing dream about changing size and meeting various strange creatures underground in Wonderland. Alice is curious, intelligent, trusting, and ready to accept the impossible. She can be quite bold; additionally, she tends to take herself seriously and sometimes has a rather quick temper. Miniar


White Rabbit: A rabbit wearing a waistcoat and pocket watch scampers past Alice at the beginning of the story. Alice follows the White Rabbit into Wonderland. The Rabbit is rather timid and nervous. He meets Alice again at his house and at the Queen's croquet-grounds where he serves as the herald at the trial of the Knave of Hearts. Aehlae.

Caterpillar : A large, blue, hookah-smoking caterpillar. He treats Alice with contempt and makes her angry, but he helps her to grow to the height she wants to be by telling her about the special properties of the mushroom he sits on. Barboxacon

Duchess: Hideously ugly in the illustrations by John Tenniel, the Duchess is hostile when she first meets Alice, but quite pleasant later on. The Duchess believes that everything has a moral, and she speaks in moralizing cliché³® Mahayr

Cheshire Cat: The Duchess' perpetually grinning cat. The cat speaks to Alice, but not to anyone else in the story. He informs Alice that he is insane. The Cheshire Cat can disappear and reappear suddenly, he can disappear very slowly, and he can appear as just a floating head. 'Grins like a Cheshire cat' was a common saying in England when Alice was written. ...zero the last decepticon

March Hare: A hare who lives in a house shaped like a hare's head. The Mad Tea Party is held on his lawn. At the trial, he contradicts the evidence presented by the Mad Hatter. At the time Alice meets him, he has been mad for two months. Alice doesn't care for him. In Carroll's time, 'Mad as a march hare' was a common phrase alluding to the frenzied behavior of hares in March, their mating season.

Mad Hatter: A hatter who continually has tea with the March Hare and the Dormouse because for him it is always six o'clock (tea-time). He quickly offends Alice. Two months before meeting Alice, he gave a concert for the Queen that ended badly. He is called as a witness at the trial of the Knave of Hearts. 'Mad as a hatter' was also a common expression in 19th century England, probably because many hatters did go mad from exposure to mercury, which was used in the process of making felt hats. thewoodsrwaiting

Queen of Hearts: The savage, domineering queen whose realm includes the garden. She is literally a playing card. She constantly issues orders to behead someone or other. Alice doesn't like her at all. The Queen sends Alice to meet the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle. At the trial, the Knave of Hearts is accused of stealing her tarts. wonderfinch

Mock Turtle: The Mock Turtle is always sad and depressed, and usually he's sighing or sobbing. He used to be a real turtle, but now he's a mock turtle, which, as the Queen explains, is what mock turtle soup is made from. (Mock turtle soup is imitation green turtle soup and is often made from veal-hence John Tenniel's illustration of a turtle with a calf's head and hooves.) The Mock Turtle loves to reminisce about his schooldays, and he teaches Alice the Lobster Quadrille. Chesherca

Gryphon: A gryphon is a mythical monster, part lion and part eagle. This Gryphon takes Alice to meet the Mock Turtle and then ushers her off to the trial. He is amused by the illusions of other characters. He speaks in a Cockney accent and, like many of the other characters, he loves puns. Like the Mock Turtle, he is nostalgic about his days at school and he joins in the Lobster Quadrille. Kyltie

Alice's sister: Alice's older sister, who reads a book without illustrations or dialogue while sitting on the bank with Alice at the beginning of the book. Alice falls asleep with her head in her sister's lap and has the dream about Wonderland. When Alice awakes, she tells her sister about her dream, and the book closes with her sister daydreaming about what Alice will be like as a grown-up. Kiria Delusional Kitty

Dinah: Alice's cat. Dinah never actually appears in Alice, but as Alice has her adventures she often misses Dinah or talks about her. cockVIKING

Mouse: A French mouse who falls into the pool of Alice's tears. He is easily offended. He tells Alice his tale, which appears in Alice printed in the shape of a tail.

Mary Ann: The White Rabbit's maid. She never actually appears, but at one point the Rabbit mistakes Alice for Mary Ann. Astaire

Bill the Lizard: A hapless, somewhat stupid lizard. He first appears in the story when Alice, having grown huge, is blocking all of the entrances to the White Rabbit's house-the Rabbit sends Bill down the chimney, but Alice kicks him back out. Bill is also one of the jurors at the trial, where Alice takes away his chalk and accidentally stuffs him upside-down into the jury box. calviness

Pig-Baby: The Duchess' ugly, squealing baby boy. Alice takes him from the Duchess to take care of him, but she lets him go when he actually turns into a pig before her eyes.

Cook: The Duchess' belligerent, violent cook. When Alice first sees her, she is making soup and using so much pepper that it fills the air of the Duchess' house. The cook is a hostile witness at the Knave's trial.

Dormouse: A guest at the Mad Tea Party. The Dormouse is always either asleep or falling asleep, despite the efforts of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare to keep him awake. The Dormouse tells Alice a story about three little girls in a treacle well. He appears again at the trial of the Knave of Hearts. (Dormice are nocturnal, hibernating rodents found in Europe and Britain. The word 'dormouse' is derived from the Latin dormire, which means 'to sleep.') [ x ] Lira.x.Hoshi [ x ]

Three Gardeners: Three playing cards in the service of the Queen of Hearts. They are spades-numbers Two, Five, and Seven-who paint white roses red in an effort to cover up their mistake of planting the wrong kind of rose tree. They are placed under a sentence of execution by the Queen. v.teekaa

King of Hearts: Kinder than his wife, the King of Hearts quietly pardons everyone who has been sentenced to death when the Queen leaves the croquet grounds. He serves as the judge at the Knave's trial, although he doesn't seem to know much about court proceedings.

Knave of Hearts: In the King and Queen's court processions, the Knave serves as a crown-bearer. He is tried for stealing tarts made by the Queen. Despite reasonable efforts to prove himself innocent, the King and the court are determined to pronounce him guilty. Inquisitive Solitude
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cockVIKING.
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You have not asked me to change the link in your ad, so.

Or is this a seperate thing. Your own. Not with the others. Unique.
Mahayr
You have not asked me to change the link in your ad, so.

Or is this a seperate thing. Your own. Not with the others. Unique.


This is VZN, and COVN.

We always work together. wink

Are you in?
I would like the Mad Hatter, please.

When is this due? And do we need 2 donate anything?

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Alright, thank you... I will change the link.

COVN?

In? In this? I have not read it all... is it poetry? I would have to do something mentioning one of those names? Or is it to be a story take-off?
Mahayr
Alright, thank you... I will change the link.

COVN?

In? In this? I have not read it all... is it poetry? I would have to do something mentioning one of those names? Or is it to be a story take-off?


It's poetry, M'Lady.
If you do not enter, then I will be most upset.


thewoodsrwaiting
I would like the Mad Hatter, please.

When is this due? And do we need 2 donate anything?

Entry is free, as stated in the rules.
You may have the Hatter, but if you fail to post, we will send the Doormouse to kill you. wink
Please make sure to post. Since this is set up the way it is, then you must..MUST post a poem for your selected character. It ******** things up if you don't.

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Thank you My Lord.

What is COVN?

I read it now. Does the poem have to be entirely about the character, or can he or she merely be mentioned?

I have a morbid fear of not impressing you!
Mahayr
Thank you My Lord.

What is COVN?

I read it now. Does the poem have to be entirely about the character, or can he or she merely be mentioned?

I have a morbid fear of not impressing you!


Has to be about selected character, but can involve other characters, as long as the main focus is on said character. You can't very well have the Cheshire Cat, without him speaking to Alice. You just can't. That makes Alice the easiest pick, because she comes into contact with them all.


Which makes her the most boring, as well.

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What is COVN?

I am not enough familiar with Alice in Wonderland any longer... I used to be. I think I could not do it. Please do not hate me!
Mahayr
What is COVN?

I am not enough familiar with Alice in Wonderland any longer... I used to be. I think I could not do it. Please do not hate me!


Completely
Obvious
Vespertine
Ni Che

You can do it.
Just read up on the character you choose.
You're on a computer, Mahayr.
All the information you need is
right at your fingertips.
oh righteous

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