Two sides of the same coin. A kindred spirit, a mirror. Someone who is your other half, whether they are your reflection or the inverse of you. The person who saves you, the person who damns you. You are simultaneous singularity and duality, one person split into two, two halves that make a whole, inextricably connected in a way that transcends all dimensions and boundaries.
The theme for Lights on Park Ave Round 27 is soulmates. Here are the prompts:
Jo and Laurie as genderless soulmates/androgynous twins from Greta Gerwig’s Little Women (2019)
Villanelle and Eve mirroring each other in Killing Eve
A quote by Julie Dillon about soul twins finding each other across dimension and time
A line about being half of a soul from The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
A monologue about the ancient Greeks believing that humans were once two souls in one body before being separated from Alice Wu’s The Half of It (2020)
A line about being so intertwined as to forget about the flesh from Barry Jenkins’s If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Chris Evans’s explanation that Steve and Tony are two sides of the same coin who need each other to be complete
“White Gauze” (1984), photos by Robert Mapplethorpe
Catherine saying that Heathcliff’s soul and hers are the same from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
A gifset of Steve and Tony’s complementary qualities
“Married Love” - Kuan Tao-Sheng
Clarence Clemons reminiscing on meeting Bruce Springsteen
The dual natures and opposing principles of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe as described in Just Kids by Patti Smith
Nadia and Alan as companions in a time loop of death and rebirth, inextricably linked and fated to save each other, in Russian Doll
An excerpt from “The Reproach” by Louise Glück about the betrayal of encountering true love
A quote about the disruptive, revolutionary nature of soulmates superimposed over scenes of Steve and Tony in the MCU
Round 27 will end on November 30, 11:59 PM ET (what time is that for me?).
As always, you’re free to jump in whenever you’d like during the round, a wide variety of work types is accepted, and there are no minimum work requirements. Unfinished works and works for other fandom events are allowed. You can find more information about Lights on Park Ave and the participation guidelines here.
