made a teen Blaire and Riley as a prelude for before I post my Leasebound hatefic Riley backstory
In this timeline where Leasebound is better, Riley and Blaire meet WAYYYY earlier (I retconned them being 2 years apart they’re the same age now fuck you)
Welcome to the very first edition of official Lease Bound Week Fanfest !
In honor of Chapter 12 reaching its end, we thought it would be nice to have a little festivity with our favourite ladies !
Lease Bound Week is a fan event scheduled for May 12th - May 18th !
This event is a collaboration of fanfic writers, fanartists, essayists and more !
Each day of Lease Bound Week has 3 prompts, you can incorporate all 3 prompts or choose just one for each day.
You can submit anything you like: fanart, fanfiction, essays, cosplay, playlists, fanvideos etc.
Once you’re finished with everything, tag your post as #LeaseBoundWeek2024 or as #LeaseBoundWeek and we’ll reblog your post afterwards.
Alternatively, you can send over your work via the submit button on the blog’s main page or click the submit button in the blog’s description.
If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Our ask box will always be open for anyone who needs help.
In the spirit of Rusty's Male Character Policy in the canon material, we will also be focusing on fanworks with female characters. (no AGPs, no Babygirl, no Jacob) ! Let’s focus on our favourite ladies !
What can’t I post?
Hate/bashing on a character
Pornographic work
NSFW
Sexswapping/Genderbent
Males, whether they identify as women or not
Reposted work
Now that the ground rules have been set, let's get to what you're all waiting for: The Prompts !
DAY ONE : Confession | Kiss | AU
DAY TWO : Break Up | Hugs | Unrequited
DAY THREE : Alexis Returns | Bittersweet | Gift
DAY FOUR : Storm Blackout | Soulmate Markings | Fix-It
DAY FIVE : Nightmare | Job!Swap | Only One Bed
DAY SIX : Blaire Redemption Arc | Jealousy |Goodbyes
DAY SEVEN : Fake Dating | Bad End | Isekai
For each day: all 3 prompts can be incorporated per day but you only have to choose one
If you're not sure which character to use or if you want some inspiration for interactions, here's a very useful gif that you can either screenshot or drag to get a random character to spark your muse !
We are so excited to see what you will come up with and hope you will enjoy this week of showing your love and support for Lease Bound !
It is an entire week dedicated to celebrating Legally Blonde: The Musical. In general opinion, Legally Blonde was a very revolutionary story on its own, giving us a heroine of beauty and brains who started her journey chasing after a man but ended up finding herself instead. In addition, its adaption to the Broadway stage is quite impressive, earning seven Tony nominations among several other accolades along with its own Professionally Shot performance. The characters are entertaining and relatable, the music fun and heart-wrenching, and the overall production (casting, staging, choreography) such a masterpiece that left critics and fans jumping to their feet with applause. Legally Blonde is an old favorite among many by this point, and even though it is now nearly eleven years old since its opening, it should be hailed and celebrated for being such an entertaining, emotional, inspirational piece of work.
When is it?
May 1st - May 7th, 2018.
How do we celebrate it?
You can celebrate it through gif sets, artwork, fanfiction, headcanons, or just inspired posts in general! Every single day of the week has a theme but you don’t necessarily have to constrict yourself to these “restrictions,” as it were. As long as you are talking about Legally Blonde (the story, the staging, the cast, the music, etc), you are participating in this event. For a more concise outline of the week, however, here are the themes:
Day One: Favorite Characters
Day Two: Favorite Lyrics
Day Three: Favorite Tropes
Day Four: Favorite Relationships
Day Five: Movie & Musical Parallels
Day Six: Favorite Scenes
Day Seven: Cast Appreciation
Have any more questions?
If you are confused about anything regarding this event, please send any questions/concerns/clarifications to me, @moreracquetball.
Lastly: Please Help Spread the Word
By reblogging this post, more people will be able to see this and therefore participate in this appreciation week. Reblogs, likes, and other mentions are greatly appreciated. I myself will be reblogging this post every week leading up to the main event.
IMPORTANT: WHEN PARTICIPATING AND/OR TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENT, PLEASE USE THE TAG #lbweek SO WE CAN FIND THIS SPECIFIC CONTENT
Again, I love Legally Blonde and I cannot wait to see all that this week will have in store for the fandom.
Legally Blonde the Musical Appreciation Week - Day 2: Favorite Lyrics
Paying tribute to a few of my favorite lines in the show while staying true to the way I write! Also uses prompt #89: “You are the best thing that has ever happened to me.”
“Big Sturdy Book”
Whoever said that Elle wouldn’t continue to find ways to excel in Cambridge was seriously underestimating her. For example, she was about to face a huge personal triumph in her apartment. As soon as she could stop her hands from shaking.
Big…sturdy…book,” she whispered to herself, one of her heaviest law school textbooks clutched in her hands and held aloft by her head. She took another tiptoed step forward towards her kitchen. “It’s a big, sturdy, book. Big wordy book, but big and sturdy and going to protect me, and not just because I understand law now.” She backtracked two steps, grimacing. But she could do this; she had to do this.
If her feet would just keep moving her towards her kitchen. Okay, she could work with this, too. She allowed herself to pause, shaking her body out to be less tense. “Remember. Big, sturdy book. You can face your fears.” Her personal pep talk wasn’t working.
Her apartment door opened, and a sigh of relief gushed out of her as she dropped her arms down to no longer hold the book aloft and spun around.
Emmett was putting down his work bag and closing her door, sending furtive, confused glances in her direction. “Emmett, oh, thank God.” She rushed to his side, skidding to a stop to accept his kiss hello before she tried to hand him the book. Though he took it out of her hand, he seemed bewildered.
“Uh. It’s a little early in the semester for a meltdown. Why am I holding your Constitutional Law textbook?” He asked, frowning at her as he set it down on her side table.
“Because it’s the biggest, sturdiest book I have.” Emmett gestured with his hand to encourage her to go on. “Omigod, Emmett, I was cooking dinner, and and…there’s a cockroach in my kitchen.” Her wide, frightened eyes begged him to save her.
He pointed at the book. “And the book is because…” He shook his head, either deciding it didn’t matter or having figured out Elle’s train of thought. “Your building is pretty new, it would be unusual for there to be…” Emmett started to rationalize, but his eyes turned sympathetic as she merely continued to stare at him. “Okay. Why don’t you –” he handed the textbook back to her “– go hide in your study, and I’ll deal with the cockroach.”
“Thank you, thank you, thank you,” she breathed, beginning to head towards the safety of her study before she rotated back to face Emmett. “Don’t you need this?” She offered him Con Law again.
Ugh, he was trying not to laugh at her. Charming. “No, Elle, I don’t think Con Law is going to serve any purpose in dealing with a cockroach.”
She shrugged. “Your battle. Personally, I think it would have been very useful.” Without waiting for a reply, she fled to her study, placing her textbook back on the shelf and looking around the room as if an army of cockroaches would emerge to finish her off.
She heard the toilet flush, and then Emmett’s footsteps back out into her living room. “It’s safe now, Elle.” He called to her, tone wry.
Joining him in her living room, she stepped right into his arms. He held her tight, the rumble of his chuckling vibrating against her cheek. “Don’t laugh, butthead, it was a very trying experience, I’ve never had to deal with a cockroach in my life.”
Emmett only laughed harder, squeezing her. “It wasn’t a cockroach.”
Elle blinked, leaning her head back so she could see his face. “It…it wasn’t?”
“Some type of beetle. Not a cockroach.”
She scrunched up her nose, placing her head back against his chest. “Still ew.”
“Well, it’s all gone now. Your knight in ratty corduroy has slayed the beast and rescued the fair princess. He’d like to be rewarded with mac and cheese.”
She hummed in response, tightening her arms around his back and cuddling closer. In reply, he stroked her shoulder with his thumb. “Mm. Do you know where my favorite place in Cambridge is?”
“I’m guessing it’s not your kitchen, where you could feed your hungry boyfriend.”
“Shhh. I’m serious.” She swatted his chest lightly, but her arm immediately wrapped back around him.
“Hmmm. You know, I know a lot of your favorite places, plural, but I don’t know which one I think you would choose as your one top favorite,” Emmett reflected. He’d started to sway the two of them, and Elle nuzzled into the side of his neck, inhaling the faint lingering scent of his aftershave and closing her eyes.
“Right here,” she replied simply.
“Your apartment?”
Elle grinned, pressing a quick kiss against his skin. “Your arms.”
Emmett chuckled. He put his mouth close to her ear, sending a pleasant shiver down her spine. “That’s soppily romantic, even for you.”
“Nope, just true. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me.” Taking another few moments to enjoy his embrace, Elle let her hands slide up to his shoulders and then down his back as she withdrew from him. “Come on,” she finally breathed through a giggle, grabbing his hand. “Let’s go make your mac and cheese.”