If you were around in the Harry Potter fandom back when there were 300 fics you might remember a version of this challenge posted by Flourish. I have used this without permission.

Something Old - One of the classical clichés of the AF fandom must get a mention or play a part - Holly's father being in the LEP or the fic beginning with Root shouting at Holly in his office, for example. Anything you've seen too many times in AF fanfics.

Something New - An anti-cliché of the AF fandom must be included. A pairing, idea, scene or (exceptionally impressive) line that to your knowledge hasn't been used more than a few times within the fandom/only in a few fanfics to your knowledge. gay!Chix, for example, has only been written once or twice; to my knowledge there has never been a fic centered around Angeline and Artemis Senior. Get out the imagination and give it a dusting.

Something Borrowed - a line, scene or idea that you've directly snatched from another medium without shame. A few lines from a favourite book (not quoted by the characters, you have to at least be pretending it's yours); perhaps a magical concept from a Harry Potter fic you enjoy, or even something you've stolen from history. This is permission to get fame from what someone else wrote for once. (You must tell me in the submission email what you borrowed and where it came from.)

Something Blue - just that: add in a mention of blue jeans or sky, or perhaps blues music or someone being depressed. INVENTIVE, as I always says, gets you brownie points with this Yeti.

If you really want to embrace this challenge add in a wedding!

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