Our new challenge is:
ISSUE
As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.
Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at
4pm Pacific Time on Wednesday, 10th September. No sign-up required.
Mods will tag your work with fandom and challenge. When you've posted entries to
three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.
All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at
our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to
contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.
Also, keep an eye out for the next
ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the
ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to
join to see them.)
Thursday ✎ Genre AUs [DW]
Today's theme is genre AUs. Crime/mystery drama to action adventure? High fantasy to modern Earth? Horror/suspense to romantic comedy? Dystopian sci-fi to '70s pop/rock musical? Let's put some familiar characters (fanfic or original!) into unfamiliar territories. Their level of genre-savvy, fourth-wall-breaking awareness is up to you. You can keep the canon universe more or less the same (ex. it's still a magical fairy tale land but now they have a detective agency), or you can dive into a radical AU setting (ex. coffee shop, organized crime, sports, etc).
Feel free to add specifics to your prompts, like whether you'd prefer a gen fill over something shippy, or if you have a squick or trigger you hope to avoid. Original fiction, fanfiction, and fanfic crossovers are always welcome. ~_^
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get things started...
+ Avengers/Loki (MCU), Thor + Loki (+/ Mobius M. Mobius) + Frigga/Odin (+ Hela + Valkyrie + B-15 + any), a (WandaVision-like?) family sitcom AU (Asgard or modern Earth)
+ Star Wars, Armitage Hux/Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) (+ any), workplace romcom AU (canon setting or modern Earth)
+ author's choice, any character with a special set of skills (+/ any character who can protect or might need protection), organized crime AU
We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2025 collection. See further notes on this option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community. Fret not, DW members; we are working on a way to search through old entries for prompts for you! As of right now, the best way to search for a lonely prompt on DW is to search the community’s archive, which can be found [[HERE]].
While the use of LJ's advanced search and DW’s archive are options, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.
As a friendly reminder about our schedule, Lonely Prompts and sharing completed fills are encouraged on Sundays, while new themes and prompts are posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day. We'll share our posts on DW and LJ for everyone's convenience. Keep an eye out for notifications!
If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so… and spread the word!
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