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Challenge 272:
CHOOSE YOUR BATTLES

...no, wait, that’s too many battles. Put some of those back.

Some battles need to be fought – maybe for ethical or moral reasons, maybe just for practical ones. But others? Well, maybe it’d be better to let those go.

Are your characters good at picking their battles, or do they want to fight every fight, no matter how small? Do their friends encourage them to get involved, or try to convince them to hold back?

Write a story about choosing your battles.

BONUS GOAL: Seeing Red

If your submission features the color red, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, September 8 at 9:00PM EST.

• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 272 – choose your battles
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #271 – In the Nick of Time!

( This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 3947

Congratulations to both of you, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!

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Photograph of steel spoons and spices in a dramatic setting with added text that gives it the look of a gourmet magazine cover: September 2025. Food & Cooking, at Fancake. Steel teaspoons are arranged in an elogated oval to suggest a fish, with the bowls acting as scales and some of the handles left visible to create the fins and tail, giving the creature a spiky appearance. The concave bowls are dusted with a powdery orange spice for color and one spoon at the front of the fish is filled with a coarse black spice to create an eye. The fish is on a black surface with a rough texture and around it are three skinny green peppers, a mound of salt, a mound of orange spice, and a dipping bowl filled with a clear amber liquid.

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Title: Pay the Man
Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Music: Pay the Man by Foster the People
Summary: The war that brought them together also broke them apart, sending them down paths that seem irreconcilable. Yet it’s only after they’ve parted ways that they may, at last, truly understand one another. / a Barriss/Ahsoka fanvid
Notes: This is my first fanvid, and I wrote up some reflections on it on my Dreamwidth! I would love to chat with more experienced vidders about the experience.
Warnings: Some flashing lights, fast cuts, cartoon violence

AO3 | DW | Tumblr | YouTube

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Here are the entries for this challenge:

( List of entries )

Please Note: Because we only have 4 entries this week, there is only a First Place and Runner Up to vote for!

In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (both spots) in order to be counted. Winner votes are worth 2 points, Runner Up votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.

When voting, please copy/paste the ENTRY NUMBER and the FIC TITLE from the list above into the spot you're voting for (this prevents accidentally mis-numbering a vote and casting it for the wrong entry). It should look like this:

First Place: 61. Fic Title Here
Runner Up: 88. Another Fic Title

Please note that you cannot vote for your own entry, and that votes cannot be made anonymously. You do not have to be a member of the community in order to vote, nor have submitted an entry for this week; everyone is welcome to participate in the voting. IP addresses are logged to prevent duplicate voting.

Voting closes Wednesday, September 3 at 9:00PM EST.

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