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| Synonyms: | Schmarlequin Contest[1][2] |
| See also: | challenge |
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A Harlequin Challenge is a challenge where it is the point to embroil characters in "Harlequin" or "Mills and Boon" type romance novel scenarios.
Highlander fandom held such a challenge called The Schmarlequin Contests from 1998-2000.[1][2]
In 2005 a Harlequin Challenge was launched on sga_flashfic[3] and seems to have inspired a new wave of Harlequin style fic. The SGA version was suggested by members of the primenotprime irc chat and it is as of this writing the most popular challenge the community has ever run.
Fandoms
Other fandoms have since run Harlequin challenges and other communities have been formed about Harlequin fic. These include:
- harlequin_style[1][4] (purged account)
- ds_harlequin[2] (due South)
- hp_harlequin[3] (Harry Potter)
- The Schmarlequin Contests (Highlander)
- harlequinmerlin (Merlin)
- Summer Steam[4] (Multi-fandom)
- unconventionalcourtship[5] (Multi-fandom)
- harlequin_sv[6] (Smallville)
- harlequin_sga[7] (SGA)
- The Sentinel: Harlequin Style[8] at ts_ficathons (The Sentinel)
- SPN Harlequin[9] (Supernatural)
- tw_harlequin[10] (Torchwood)
References
- ^ a b "Contest for Swords at Sunset". Highlander Quill Club. 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-04-06. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ a b "The Swords at Sunset Contest---Part Two". Highlander Quill Club. 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-02-20.
- ^ cesperanza (2005-08-27). "ADMIN POST: The Harlequin Plot Challenge". sga_flashfic at LiveJournal. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30.
- ^ spikedluv (2007-01-15). "Challenge #8: Romeo and Juliet (or Julian)". harlequin_style. Archived from the original on 2008-04-26.