A lie can be used for good or bad. It can be said out of cowardice or courage, out of malice or protectiveness, out of guilty burden or guilty pleasure. Regardless of the circumstances, you lie because you want something to be true, and more often than not, that desire is corrosive.
The theme for Lights on Park Ave Round 65 is lies.
Here are the prompts:
Daniel tells Louis that Armand pretended he saved Louis to save his skin and trick him into being with him when he had been the one to set Louis and Claudia up to die in AMC's Interview with the Vampire
"Lies About Sea Creatures" - Ada Limón
"Liar" - Paramore
Steve promises Tony that they'll fight together, win or lose, in Age of Ultron, which ends up being a broken promise in IW
A quote about suffering always coming to an end, though not always for the better, from If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
A quote about linear explanations being lies from Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
Shane lies to himself and others about his desires and feelings when it comes to his sexuality and relationship with Ilya in Heated Rivalry
A quote about being punished for believing truths and lies at the same time from A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
"Lies" - Marina and the Diamonds
Art of a person holding their insides, which have transformed into snakes, as the snakes come out of their mouth and surround them
Lestat unconvincingly insists that he's fine with Louis sleeping with others like he does and Louis sees through his act but says nothing as retaliation in AMC's Interview with the Vampire
Charlie tells Elizabeth that he's fine even though he's been infected and he's ill in Prometheus
Alma, a hostess, and likely hooker, at a social club that Private Prewitt visits, tells Prewitt she truly is lonely in From Here to Eternity
Willa finds out that her dad lied about her mom being a hero from one of her parents' revolutionary friends in One Battle After Another
Giles tells Buffy lies to comfort her from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Olive agrees to tell lies about sleeping with male classmates in exchange for gift cards when her lie about losing her virginity spreads through the school and everyone knows who she is now in Easy A
A suicidal Roy, guilty after seeing Alexandria severely injured due to his manipulation, confesses that the bandit hero in the story he's been telling her, a stand-in for himself, is a cowardly liar in The Fall
A gifset of David Fincher's Gone Girl accompanied by a monologue from Amy about pinning her fake murder on her unfaithful husband
An acoustic performance of "Sweet Nothing" by Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch
"Love the Way You Lie" - Eminem ft. Rihanna
"Dance Little Liar" - Arctic Monkeys
Barry is in denial about his lying but tells Sally he kept silent about being a hit man and says why and that she's safe with him in Barry
A gifset of Sally talking about leaving her abusive ex for Barry, whom she believes isn't violent, next to Barry on a murder spree in Barry
Irving threatens Helena's life, correctly deducing that she's been pretending to be Helly to spy on the innies for her family and company, and demands she be switched back to Helly in Severance
A gifset of the clones and their monitors—close friends, family members, or lovers (sometimes real and sometimes plants), who have been tasked with secretly spying on them in Orphan Black
Steve smiles and admits that he doesn't actually wish he could ignore bad situations after Tony calls him out in CA:CW
Stewy assumes, partially correctly, that Logan got to Kendall, but Kendall is unable to tell his best friend the full truth—that he accidentally killed someone, which has destroyed him emotionally and trapped him under his abusive father's thumb, in Succession
"One Last Time" - Ariana Grande
Tony takes in Steve's lie and physically retaliates in CA:CW
Round 65 will end on June 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.
Also, if you haven't heard, there's a Steve/Tony CA:CW tenth anniversary event happening (@stevetonycacwfest)! The prompt fest portion of the event just launched, and you can submit prompts through May 5. If you like any prompts from this round or any previous LoPA rounds, you're welcome to submit them! More info here.
