#OC-Tober 2024

[stormyth-art]

I wanted to make my own prompt list for OC-tober to use for a video and thought I'd share the list if anyone else wants to do it! :D

[thepromptfoundry]

It's a double feature this October here at the Prompt Foundry with both OC-tober and Prompts That Go Bump In The Night.

For OC-tober, let's celebrate the blorbos from our brains! Write about, draw, or otherwise share and have fun with original characters of your own creation!

Feel free to combine different days' prompts with each other, or combine them with other events, like Bump In The Night or events from other communities! You can even check out last year's OC-tober to see if you might prefer some of those prompts.

If you use this list, please tag me here @thepromptfoundry, I’d love to see your writing and art and learn about your characters!

Respond to as many prompts as you want or as interest you, don’t worry about missing or skipping any. Remember, this is supposed to be fun!

If you have any questions or musings, check our FAQ, and if you don't find your answer, shoot me an ask.

Plain text list below the cut:

1 Getting up in the morning 2 Going out on the town 3 With their partner(s) in life, crime, whatever 4 In their youth 5 Learning something new 6 Alone with their thoughts 7 Alone with their body 8 In a moment of triumph 9 Struggling with something 10 From the perspective of someone who loves them 11 From the perspective of someone who hates them 12 Getting dressed up fancy 13 Spending time with family 14 Waking up from a nightmare 15 Giving comfort to another 16 Exploring nature 17 Interacting with an animal 18 Saying goodbye to someone 19 Interacting with a child in their life 20 Presenting as a different gender 21 Enjoying a nice drink 22 Taking a well-earned break 23 Reading by candle light 24 Reflecting on their past 25 Mending fences 26 In a different time period than usual 27 In a different genre than usual 28 Being silly 29 Sharing a secret 30 Cooking up treats 31 Celebrating Halloween!

[brie-draws]

New OC-tober prompt list for this year!~ Made it for myself but feel free to use : DD!! [And tag me in :39!!]

Below is the text version!

1. Newest OC + Oldest OC 2. Favorite OC 3. OC who needs more art  4.  OC with an intricate design 5.  OC who likes magazines (Bonus: what type) 6.  OC who enjoys cooking 7.  OC who’d love to get iseaki’d 8.  Vampire OC/ OC as a vampire 9.  OC in lolita fashion 10.  OC who scares easily 11. OCs who are related 12.  OC who plays an instrument / OC who loves music 13. OC who’s most likely to get lost in the woods 14. 2 OCs in a style swap 15. OC who likes dolls 16. OC who plays MMOs / would play an MMO (Bonus: Their Avatar) 17. Angel + Devil OC(s)/Theme 18. OCs who don’t get along 19. OC who loves idols 20. OC pairing 21. OC in fall clothes 22. OC who’d be the best protag of a horror game/movie 23. Medical/Mad scientist theme 24. OC x Flowers 25. OC who’s a youtuber/OC as a youtuber 26. Ghost/Undead OC or Theme 27. OC who’s a streamer/OC as a streamer 28. OC who’d explore an abandoned house 29. OC who spends a lot of time on forums/online 30. Trick r’ Treating 31. Halloween

[opia-png]

oc-tober day thirteen: god won't let them die! (quite literally)

hektor belongs to @streetlight-halo and yes, this is a counterattack :)

[marmotish]

OC-TOBER 2024

Day 15 - Beach day (x)

2000 - beachside at Ayr

Day 16 - Stickers (x)

Fake sticker pack featuring sixth year Freyja

Day 17 - Interacting with an animal (x)

1987 - hanging out with Hamish the Haggis of Hogwarts

Day 18 - Saying goodbye to someone (x)

1990 - Ben and Freyja burn their farewell letters to Rowan at her grave

Day 19 - Pets (x)

1999 - Freyja reunites with a 19-year-old Knick after 8 years.

[orionshounds]

oc-tober day 10; your oc doing something they like

music is a guilty pleasure to charlie for.....reasons :)

[rubynymphyy]

OC-Tober Day 25: Oldest age OC

The Gambler. ... although they're eons old, they really haven't grown up at all. someone will suffer for its childishness.

The Gambler on Toyhou.se - StormythOC-Tober

[ruikamo]

Day 2 "Going out on the town" ~ OC: Amanda Pumpkinson ~ Year: 824

Amanda works for the council of Klein Kesselbroich. She and her cat Micky are on their way to deliver some paperwork.

@thepromptfoundry

[kuroarimiyazaki]

OC-tober prompt: Villain turned hero. Maybe they're speed walking away from something bad?

[bweirdart]

May i ask what makes the mandatory prompts mandatory?

the 10 mandatory days are a support structure to help everyone make it to the finish line!

i'm not sure how well it comes across, but my intention is much less "you have to do 10 WHOLE DAYS" and much more "you are allowed to skip 21 WHOLE DAYS"

i want as many ppl as possible to make it to the end of the month feeling accomplished instead of burned-out, and in the half-a-decade ive been running events on tumblr (longer if you count the events i've only run irl or in groupchats before that) this is the best structure i've found to help ppl achieve that!

too many mandatory days— too much pressure i missed a few days already... i gotta rush and catch up on them, or im gonna fail! but now im exhausted and grumpy and i wanna quit (this has happened to me)

not enough/no mandatory days— not enough structure i missed a few days already... but i can miss another one... and another one... and another one... and another one... and another... oops the month is over! (this has also happened to me)

10 mandatory days (about ⅓ of the month)— just right! i missed a day... but it was optional anyway so i can skip it! now i have a few days to take it easy and prep for the next mandatory day!

i also make sure to space the days out fairly evenly, so everyone participating the minimum amount still gets to try all the different themed weeks too!

some of the weeks are always more popular tho, so they get more mandatory days — fun and games week is easy and everyone seems to like it... so it gets 3!

and specific times of the month are where i notice a lotta ppl starting to get tired/quit events so i put less mandatory days there — week 4 is a common drop-off point so it only has 1!

[simple-persica]

OC-Tober Day 23: Make gift art/writing of them (community OCs)

So I did my friend @vpofcookies OCs, Cori and Moirah! This was so much fun to do! But my computer went all silly on me and I crashed Medibang and I couldn't save the file, and the most recent backup didn't save...so I'm so sorry that your boys are so low quality Bee ;_;

[clioquev]

oc-tober day twenty-five: community

OC belongs to a friend of mine! ❤

[soclonely]

OC-Tober Prompt List

this is for my star wars server, A Night at 79s seasonal event but anyone can join or use!

[brie-draws]

OC-Tober Day 1: Oldest Oc + Newest OC Oldest OC is MMS! I've had her since elementary school! Newest is Mei, who's been around for like a month

[opia-png]

oc-tober, day thirty-one: the end

[marmotish]

OC-TOBER 2024

day 5 - learning something new (x)

summer of 1990

day 6 - interacting with a child in their life (x)

the first time Freyja and Francis spoke. Well, she spoke. 8:30 AM on a Tuesday, 1997. He was waiting for his dad in the front yard before school, she was coming home looking half-dead, as usual. He dropped some marbles he was fiddling with and one rolled out onto the path where Freyja was walking by.

day 7 - happy memory (x)

summer of 1990, Sligachan Bridge.

day 8 - plushie (x)

Winter of 1977, Glasgow - waiting to get bundled into the car to grandma’s to stay after the Bathtub Incident. The “Paddington” bear wasn’t an actual Paddington bear, but a regular teddy with homemade clothes and old gum boots.

day 9 - struggling with something (x)

summer of 1984, Loch Eynort.

Struggling to read the last book Jacob was reading before he disappeared, Dune by Frank Herbert. Half the time was spent flicking between the story and the glossary pages, and keeping up with the plot and characters was perhaps a bit too hard for her 10 year old self. This is also when she received her Hogwarts acceptance letter.

(links to different OC-tober lists used are next to separate days)