Originally I was going to stick to 100-word drabbles for these prompts as I’m also working on another project, but obviously that didn’t work out very well.
[image caption: black and white image of Matt and Elektra standing closely together, foreheads nearly touching. text on image reads #MattElektra Shiptober, white pumpkins are inserted before and after the text.]
Hello MattElektra fam! Who’s up for turning the month of October into MattElektra Shiptober?
The nights will be growing longer and darker in Hell’s Kitchen, while the days will be filled with crisp breezes and golden sunlight…. Let’s spend those 31 days together, celebrating the beautiful, multifaceted month of October along with our beautiful, complex, sexy, multifaceted ship!
Want in? Here are some simple guidelines:
Create MattElektra content of any type based off the daily prompt (Graphics, fics, vids, meta, you name it! Show and comics-inspired works welcome!)
Post it at tumblr and/or the platform of your choosing
Tag it with #mattelektrashiptober in the first five tags
Do it again the next day (or as often as you can!)
And most importantly - have fun!
[image caption: black and white smoky background with daily prompts printed in the foreground. for a text-based list of prompts, click the Keep Reading link below.]
MattElektra Shiptober is inspired by the fantastic artists’ challenge Inktober. If you have any questions about this event, give me (@significantowl) a shout. I hope you’ll find some creative inspiration here, and join the fun! And please reblog and help spread the word!
What a month, you guys ♥ ♥ Thank you all so much for joining in and making this a fantastic event!!
[image caption: black and white mist overlaying an image of Matt and Elektra, faces close together, nearly kissing. text on image: MattElektra Shiptober Week 5. Sunday, October 27 Cease. Monday, October 28 Hope. Tuesday, October 29 Grave. Wednesday, October 30 Linger. Thursday, October 31 Quiet.]
MattElektra Shiptober guidelines:
1. Create MattElektra content of any type based off the daily prompt (Graphics, fics, vids, meta, you name it! Show and comics-inspired works welcome!)
2. Post it at tumblr and/or the platform of your choosing
3. Tag it with #mattelektrashiptober in the first five tags
4. Do it again the next day (or as often as you can!)
[image caption: black and white mist overlaying a city street. text on image: MattElektra Shiptober Week 3. Sunday, October 13 Tingle. Monday, October 14 Grace. Tuesday, October 15 Time. Wednesday, October 16 Curse. Thursday, October 17 Regret. Friday, October 18 Scare. Saturday, October 19 Worship.]
MattElektra Shiptober guidelines:
1. Create MattElektra content of any type based off the daily prompt (Graphics, fics, vids, meta, you name it! Show and comics-inspired works welcome!)
2. Post it at tumblr and/or the platform of your choosing
3. Tag it with #mattelektrashiptober in the first five tags
4. Do it again the next day (or as often as you can!)
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”
~ Leonard Cohen
*~*~*
During the few hours of fitful sleep he gets, Matt dreams in red.
“Yeah, I killed your old man. I killed lots of fathers,” Sweeney boasts. “And now I know your name, nothing’ll stop me from bloodying the street with your corpse!”
Standing before the ugly mobster, Matt is a child again. Shivering and bereft in that alleyway as he clutches his father’s dead body. Only this time he’s not alone. He’s got Elektra beside him, and he’s shaking not out of fear, but rage. He has to reach up to throw the first punch, but it’s a solid upper-cut and lands on Sweeney’s jaw with a satisfying crack.
“Yes!” Elektra murmurs in his ear, “Do it again!” Matt lets out a roar and unleashes blow after blow, feeling himself growing taller with every punch. In his dream Matt has the satisfaction of seeing the smirk he pummels off of Sweeney’s face, the bloody rivulets his fists create in glorious shades of red. By the end he’s the one towering over Sweeney, and the man is reduced to a pulpy mess that seems barely alive, barely human.
“Finish him!” Elektra commands, but Matt is suddenly frozen with indecision. Elektra huffs a sigh of impatience and steps in, her hands wrapping around the back of Sweeney’s head, his blood staining her nails dark red. There’s a sharp snap as his neck breaks, and Roscoe Sweeney disintegrates into dust as his body falls.
“See, that wasn’t so hard, was it?” Elektra asks. Now there’s only the two of them, and Matt’s own hearbeat is deafeningly loud in his ears. Elektra reaches for him, and her hands are suddenly everywhere at once. Caressing his face, stroking his cock, and scoring deep, deep grooves down Matt’s back that he never wants to heal.
Matt wakes with a start, momentarily surprised not to find Elektra pressed against him, or a dead man’s blood still smeared across his knuckles. Instead there’s only the morning sun shining into his sightless eyes. The familiar smells of his dorm room surround him: Library books, unwashed laundry, his and Foggy’s scents mingling inextricably in the air. Only a few weeks ago, Elektra’s voice had echoed in this very room. Saying “Σε αγαπώ,” and “Je t’aime,”and “I’ll always love you.” The way she’d whispered “Matthew” had lit a spark deep inside his soul…
Originally I was going to stick to 100-word drabbles for these prompts as I’m also working on another project, but obviously that didn’t work out very well.
Wow everyone, what an awesome start to MattElektra Shiptober! You guys ROCK. ♥ So excited for what’s to come!! Thank you for participating!
[image caption: black and white mist overlaying the upper half of the daredevil mask. text on image: MattElektra Shiptober Week 2. Sunday, October 6 Hidden. Monday, October 7 Dust. Tuesday, October 8 Heart. Wednesday, October 9 Wild. Thursday, October 10 Hold. Friday, October 11 Bygone. Saturday, October 12 Bleed.]
MattElektra Shiptober guidelines:
1. Create MattElektra content of any type based off the daily prompt (Graphics, fics, vids, meta, you name it! Show and comics-inspired works welcome!)
2. Post it at tumblr and/or the platform of your choosing
3. Tag it with #mattelektrashiptober in the first five tags
4. Do it again the next day (or as often as you can!)
[image caption: black and white mist overlaying a pair of sai. text on image: MattElektra Shiptober Week 1. Tuesday, October 1 Spar. Wednesday, October 2 Crimson. Thursday, October 3 Spectral. Friday, October 4 Yearn. Saturday, October 5 Beware.]
Happy Shiptober, everyone! It’s time to kick things off with the week one prompts! So excited to spend October with you amazingly talented folks, and see all your awesome creations! ♥
MattElektra Shiptober guidelines:
1. Create MattElektra content of any type based off the daily prompt (Graphics, fics, vids, meta, you name it! Show and comics-inspired works welcome!)
2. Post it at tumblr and/or the platform of your choosing
3. Tag it with #mattelektrashiptober in the first five tags
4. Do it again the next day (or as often as you can!)
[image caption: black and white image of Matt and Elektra standing closely together, foreheads nearly touching. text on image reads #MattElektra Shiptober, white pumpkins are inserted before and after the text.]
Hello MattElektra fam! Who’s up for turning the month of October into MattElektra Shiptober?
The nights will be growing longer and darker in Hell’s Kitchen, while the days will be filled with crisp breezes and golden sunlight…. Let’s spend those 31 days together, celebrating the beautiful, multifaceted month of October along with our beautiful, complex, sexy, multifaceted ship!
Want in? Here are some simple guidelines:
Create MattElektra content of any type based off the daily prompt (Graphics, fics, vids, meta, you name it! Show and comics-inspired works welcome!)
Post it at tumblr and/or the platform of your choosing
Tag it with #mattelektrashiptober in the first five tags
Do it again the next day (or as often as you can!)
And most importantly - have fun!
[image caption: black and white smoky background with daily prompts printed in the foreground. for a text-based list of prompts, click the Keep Reading link below.]
MattElektra Shiptober is inspired by the fantastic artists’ challenge Inktober. If you have any questions about this event, give me (@significantowl) a shout. I hope you’ll find some creative inspiration here, and join the fun! And please reblog and help spread the word!
