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I am FOR REAL this time thinking about titles, and I've come up with three potential options that I liked enough to write down. In classic marcicat writing, they are:

Title Option 1: definitely related to the story, but it's a little boring
Title Option 2: references a part of the story, but isn't a great thematic match
Title Option 3: not related to the story at all, but it SOUNDS COOL

(I'm sure it's clear which one I'm leaning towards!)

Title: [OPTION 3? OPTION 3!]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Violet Debenham & Adelaide Morrissey
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: a very special treat

( September Twenty-one - Violet & Adelaide - a very special treat )

Title: [the cat is never explained]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Adelaide Morrissey & Maud Blyth
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: start over

( September Twenty - Adelaide & Maud - start over )

Title: [in retrospect, this one is perhaps only loosely inspired by the prompt]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Edwin Courcey & Adelaide Morrissey
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: off and on

( September Eighteen - Edwin & Adelaide - off and on )

Title: [when in doubt: more cats]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Elsie Alston & Robin Blyth
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: hot summer night

( September Nineteen - Elsie & Robin - hot summer night )

I've recced this before, but I checked and that was back in 2024, so here it is again!

Practical Mythology, by metisket

The Yiling Patriarch’s rules, Lan Wangji has always felt, are very clear. And yet some people refuse to learn them.

You can tell this is the point where I decided I wasn't interested in coming up with an actual heist plot and just handwave the whole thing. Probably just a misunderstanding, really!

Title: [maybe something about houses? home?]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Jack Alston & Robin Blyth
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: "what are you doing down here?"

( September Seventeen - Jack & Robin - what are you doing down here? )

Today I have a work meeting to "kick off" a project we started over a month ago. I'm so confused. But at least this prompt is done!

Title: [uh-oh, this whole 'no title' thing is starting to loom in my mind]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Robin Blyth & Maud Blyth
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: Robin finds Maud's lost [choice]

( September Sixteen - Robin finds Maud's lost )

oh hi

communal_creators! 'Two challenges at once will definitely motivate me,' I thought, a month ago.

Title: [this section includes the first lines I thought of for this whole fic]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Jack Alston & Alan Ross
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: under the midnight

( September Fifteen - Jack & Alan - under the midnight )

Title: [if you do something enough times (like not titling things!) it becomes a thematic element]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Elsie Alston & Edwin Courcey
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: being alone together

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Title: [couldn't sleep last night, now I feel like I'm in the darkest timeline]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Alan Ross & Violet Debenham
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: misty morning

( September Thirteen - Alan & Violet - misty morning )

Title: [is not the content of the story enough?]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Jack Alston & Edwin Courcey
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: "good night"

( September Eleven - Jack & Edwin - good night )

Title: [must it acquire a title as well?]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Elsie Alston & Maud Blyth
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: pancakes or waffles

( September Twelve - Elsie & Maud - pancakes or waffles )

Grand Design, by GoldfinchBright

"It's a long held dream of mine." He explains, tucking his hands into his sleeves. "When I became a Sith, I decided that I should do so to the best of my ability. There's really no point in half-shebsing an attempt at being evil, and my dear, you really can't be properly evil without a looming evil fortress. I'm afraid that's just a basic fact."

Title: [this is one of my favorites, actually]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Robin Blyth & Violet Debenham
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: torrential downpour

( September Ten - Robin & Violet - torrential downpour )

Title: [it's not jumping the shark if you never come back down, right?]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Edwin Courcey & Alan Ross
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: defeat

( September Nine - Edwin & Alan - defeat )

Title: [somehow... still no title]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Elsie Alston & Jack Alston
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: cleaning up after [event/incident]

( September Eight - Elsie & Jack - cleaning up after [event/incident] )

Title: [working title: todayborday requires no title!]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Violet Debenham & Maud Blyth
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: "what was that?"

( September Seven - Violet & Maud - what was that? )

Here are six sentences I wrote at some point. Probably yesterday! (ETA: okay, not all of them were written yesterday. I decided the humor value of absolutely vague sentences was the priority, rather than timing.)

1. "Yes, I think so."

2. "No. Well, yes."

3. "I see," Edwin said, even though he most definitely did not.

4. "How unfortunate."

5. "I've heard absolutely nothing about you."

6. "What is it?"

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Title: [working title: ugh]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Jack Alston & Maud Blyth
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: spicy

( September Six - Jack & Maud - spicy )

Sneaking yesterday's post in along with today's!

Title: [working title: please let me think of a title before the challenge ends]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Jack Alston & Violet Debenham
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: necessary trouble

( September Four - Jack & Violet - necessary trouble )

Title: [working title: really any title would be fine]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Alan Ross & Robin Blyth
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: the handmade gift

( September Five - Alan, Robin, and the handmade gift )

Pausing on posting for No True Pair in order to offer a fic rec Friday post in these trying times.

Messiah to the Monsters, by MarbleGlove

The establishment of the Yiling Wei Sect of ghost path cultivators was not happy or intentional, but a consequence of being under siege from detractors and supporters alike. Wei Wuxian invites the fake Yiling Patriarch disciples to take a chance at becoming real Yiling Patriach disciples.

Re-read this one this week, then went back and re-read a bunch of other MarbleGlove fics. Wait, What? remains one of my favorites! <3

At some point, I'm going to come up with a title, and I'm going to be thrilled. Still twenty-something days to go, right? SURELY I will think of something.

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Title: [no title yet]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Robin Blyth & Adelaide Morrissey
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: Crunch

( September Three - Robin & Adelaide - Crunch )

Sometimes (most of the time) I start writing without coming up with anything beyond the vaguest plan and even vaguer backstory. Which is to say, I re-read what I'd written for day 2 this morning and thought 'uh-oh, I am 100% sure I haven't been consistent in who is supposed to know who in this story.' And then, in the grand tradition of creative exuberance, I thought 'DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, JUST HAVE FUN!' (But maybe I thought it a little quieter than that, because my brain is still in waking up mode.)

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Title: [no title yet]
Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Pairing/Characters: Elsie Alston & Alan Ross
Content Notes: It's an AU! IN SPACE! But still with magic!

Prompt: happens all the time

( September Two - Elsie & Alan - happens all the time )

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day 17: I've finally started pondering titles

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day 15: let the dual challenges duel

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