And here we are. The Grand Final, finally!

And we're gonna' try something new. Well, it's new to Ooorah SFSDs, anyways, and let's be honest that's all that matters here!

Sub-Genre: Robinsonades

Assigned Judges: krazydiamond HardeeBurger StevenBrandt meharrjdawg OutrageousOllo

You've both fought tooth and claw to get here and will forever go down in history as holding the bragging rights of your respective pots.

But who's gonna' go home with the Grand Prize, eh?

Now, you're both writing in the same sub-genre. That's where the similarities end 'cos your prompts, though similar, are entirely different.

Before we get to your prompts though, here's the Ooorah definition of the Robinsonade sub-genre.

'Robinson Crusoe is a fairly well known novel about a castaway who spends years living on a desert island. Using the powers that all white men have, he civilizes the island entirely by himself, building a nice little compound with functioning raisin farm, and then in his spare time convinces a nice dark-skinned fellow to believe in God. In short, the book is extremely politically correct, so long as the politics in question are 300 years old.

Despite this (or not), the book caught the public imagination and became popular enough to spawn many imitators, becoming the namesake for a brand new genre, the Robinsonade. The typical Robinsonade involved a white protagonist getting shipwrecked on a desert island, bringing some version of civilization to this savage and untamed land, and commenting on the relative benefits and weaknesses (mostly the benefits) of civilization in general.

Somewhat surprisingly, the protagonists, although always from the Western world, weren't always men. Two Years' Vacation has shipwrecked children building their own wonderful little society and also incidentally foiling some slave traders. And the delightfully titled Baby Island features two teenage girls raising four babies on a desert island after a slightly implausible-sounding mishap. And of course there's the varied selection of castaways on Gilligan's Island.

In most cases, the civilization the protagonists install is presented as working well, often even a borderline utopia. In The Swiss Family Robinson, for example, I think by the end of it they build a functioning hydroelectric dam out of loose bits of rope. On the other hand, the trope was sometimes inverted, the society the protagonists founded quickly collapsing due to some inherent flaw of the civilization itself. This is best seen in The Lord of the Flies, which features a group of shipwrecked boys who resort to cannibalism within about seven minutes of washing up on shore. - although if you've ever seen boys playing unsupervised, seven minutes to cannibalism might actually be considered a naive assumption.'

So now that's out of the way...

Below you'll each see your prompts, listed beneath your username. How cool is that? Here are your prompt rules.

Pictures - #1 & #2 must be used. Four pictures between #3 & #8 must be used.

Quotes - Three must be used.

Song - Must be used.

Contestant #1 torontojim

During a particularly bloody, brutal battle, the ship upon which your MC serves is cut to shit. There are multiple breaches in the hull and despite the Captain's orders to seal all affected areas, the vessel is simply too badly damaged and said Captain has little choice but to give the 'abandon ship,' order.

Your MC makes it to a survival pod and waits as long as he/she feels comfortable, before activating the pod and releasing it alone, having plotted a course for the nearest habitable world...

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Quotes

1 - 'Might I say you rate a perfect 10 on my niftiness meter?'

2 - 'Tomorrow, can you take me to Disneyland?'

3 - 'Well, once when I was little, I zipped my pants up too fast. Let's just say this brings back memories.'

4 - 'What kind of idiot picks a password no one can guess?'

5 -  'The man changed my life. And you know how he did? He challenged me.'

Song

https://youtu.be/44saSXQRcZA

Contestant #2 jewel1307

During a particularly bloody, brutal battle, the ship upon which your MC serves is cut to shit. There are multiple breaches in the hull and despite the Captain's orders to seal all affected areas, the vessel is simply too badly damaged and said Captain has little choice but to give the 'abandon ship,' order.

Your MC does not, however, make it to a survival pod. By the time he/she reaches the deck in question all pods are gone or going which means your MC, and those other surviving crew-members who were similarly unlucky, must go down with the ship...

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Quotes

1 - 'Mum said to me on her deathbed...'

2 - 'When I go in there, I'll just say I hear voices.'

3 - 'Well, I'll tell you, frightened ain't the word! Do you know what I did last night?'

4 - 'You've always been the same, even at school. Nothing but books, learning, education. That's why you're no good at snooker.'

5 - 'You'd better tell me your name, it'll get a bit embarrassing if I have to call you "Thingy" all night!'

Song

https://youtu.be/XT53Qbiw5vs

And there you have it guys, so hop to it! You have until Sunday, January 22nd at midnight GMT, giving you a few days shy of a month to complete this challenge with an absolute maximum of 10,000 words.