#October 2024 prompt

[kairukitsuneo]

What is dead may never die

⚠️⚠️Slight Robot gore & Blood⚠️⚠️FIR

[angstober]

Welcome to another year of Angstober! We're delighted to unveil the prompts for this year of angsty, spooky fun.

What is Angstober?

Angstober is a yearly October challenge with 31 angst-themed prompts to inspire you to create. The challenge is open to all sorts of creative work - writing, art, edits, whatever you want - in whatever medium you want. Original work or fanworks? Whatever you feel inspired for!

How do I take part?

Tag your works with #angstober2024 and the day of the prompt (e.g., #day 01) to share on tumblr. Feel free to @ us directly in the post as well! To share your work on AO3, add it to the Angstober 2024 collection.

You can post your works whenever - early or late - and use as many or as few prompts as you feel inspired for! We'll do our best to reblog as many works to the @angstober blog as we can.

Is there a banner to post my work with?

Absolutely!

Anything else?

Nope. Happy Angsting!

2024 Prompt List

Again

2. Countdown

3. Self-Destruction

4. Blood

5. Do Better

6. Medication

7. “You Still Don’t Get It.”

8. Growing Pains

9. Promise

10. Humiliation

11. Wake Up

12. Rotten Touch

13. Shaking

14. Only Around You

15. False Hope

16. No One Else To Turn To

17. “Shhh…”

18. Falling Stars

19. Tear-Stained Cheek

20. Spare Me

21. Abandoned

22. Crocodile Tears

23. Safe/Unsafe

24. Dark Sunrise

25. You’re No Better

26. Persuasion

27. Curled Up

28. Perfect

29. Get Out

30. Nothing Else To Tell You

31. It Ends Here

[rusty-gloinks]

cringetober day 1: screenshot redraw

Prompt list by @/icryink

[makenna-made-this]

Happy autumnal equinox! And bringing with it the prompt list for this year's BAWKtober. If this is your first time hearing, BAWKtober is my poultry themed drawing challenge where every year during the month of October, I do a daily drawing of my chickens doing various seasonally-themed shenanigans based off a list of submitted word prompts. If anyone would like to join in on the BAWKtober art challenge this year, whether for one day or for all of them, please do! You can be as creative as you want with the prompts. Just have fun and tag me or "BAWKtober 2024" so I can see and reblog what you've come up with~

Typed word prompt for anyone who needs it below

Maple

Orchard

Cider Press

Canning

Coffee & Donuts

Chrysanthemums

Leaf Piles

Hibernation

Overcast

It Clucken Wimdy!

Thunderstorm

Quilt

Leaf Rubbings

Fluff

Moss

Maze

Corn Husk Dolls

Cosplay

Radio

Biohazard

Lake

Cottage

Butter

Hide and Seek

Mystery

Alleyway

Shadow

Cockatrice

Helter Skelter

Trading Candy

Safe and Sound

[art-and-drawing-prompts]

Inktober Alternative Prompt Lists 2024 (part 1)

alternative lists for inktober/artober/drawtober/whatever -tober, prompts where the idea is to do an art challenge in october. Still not including fandom specific lists, and yeah there's probably a bunch I missed. Turns out there's a limit to how many links can be in a post so there will be another part to this (its in the reblogs) [last years post]

Lists with No Theme: [link 1], [link 2], [link 3], [link 4], [link 5], [link 6], [link 7], [link 8], [link 9], [link 10], [link 11], [link 12], [link 13], [link 14], [link 15], [link 16], [link 17], [link 18], [link 19], [link 20], [link 21], [link 22], [link 23], [link 24]

Halloween / Autumn / Fun Spooky: [link 1], [link 2], [link 3], [costumes], [link 5], [link 6], [link 7], [link 8], [60 prompts], [creepy/cute], [link 11], [less prompts], [link 13], [link 14], [link 15], [link 16], [link 17], [link 18], [link 19], [16 prompts]

Horror / Gore / Scary Spooky: [angst], [gore], [link 3], [gore 2], [link 5], [gore 3], [gore 4], [link 8], [8 prompts], [fears], [gore + fashions], [gore 5], [fears 2], [21 prompts], [eldritch], [link 16], [link 17], [9 prompts], [link 19], [gore 6], [gore 7]

[waywardxrhea]

Tuna-Tober Day One - Spencer Reid

pairing: Spencer Reid x wife!pregnant!reader

prompt: falling asleep in a hospital room

word count: 2,034

content: hospital setting - mentions of IV lines, ventilators, lacerations, stitches, and broken bones; mention of motor vehicle accident

tuna-tober masterlist / main masterlist

dividers by: @tunatober

The music playing from your phone stopped abruptly as an incoming call from an unknown number began ringing you. Sliding the bar over to answer, you placed the phone between your shoulder and ear as you continued chopping vegetables. “Hello?”

You were greeted by your name being quietly spoken by a familiar voice, who added, “It’s Emily. I’m calling to tell you that something happened with Spencer. He’s in the hospital right now and-”

The sharp knife in your hand nearly slipped as her words rang in your ears. You placed the knife down on the cutting board and tried to take a calming breath before asking, “What happened?” You were hoping that your husband would be done with the case in enough time to make it home for dinner, but now, clearly that wouldn’t be happening. 

“He’s in the operating room right now and then they’re taking him to the ICU. The car he was in got hit by the unsub,” Emily informed you quietly, keeping her tone neutral for your sake. She took a deep breath before telling you, “He flipped a few times and they needed to use the jaws of life to get him out. That’s all I know for now. I’ll keep you updated on when-”

“What hospital is he in?” Emily said your name exasperatedly before you asked in a firmer tone, “What hospital is he in?” She sighed before telling you the name of the hospital, but not before once again attempting to keep you at home in order to keep your stress levels down. 

When you hung up the call, you leaned heavily onto the counter as tears began to fall from your eyes and emotion threatened to close your throat. Shallow breaths were all you could manage as your mind flitted through the worst case scenarios of the outcome of this hospital visit… It took a few minutes, but you finally gathered yourself enough to safely make the trip to the hospital Emily said Spencer had been taken to. 

Your worry had started to ramp up again as you quickly made your way into the hospital and navigated to the entrance of the ICU where you hit the button to speak with the nurses at the station. Your hands fidgeted with the strap of your purse as you waited, and you jumped when the voice finally crackled though, asking, “How may I help you?”

“I-I’m here to see Spencer Reid. He was in a car accident? I was told he would be here after he got out of surgery.”

There was a long pause before the woman on the other side said, “He already has more than the max number of guests at the bedside, you can-”

“I’m his wife! Please!” you pleaded in desperation, your voice breaking with renewed emotion at the thought of being denied access to see him. 

Another long pause filled the air before you heard the locks on the doors give way and open to give you access into the ICU. As you wandered past the nurses’ station, you heard the same voice from before call out, “Mrs. Reid?” When you turned your attention toward her, she told you, “He’s in bed 18, right this way.”

On the way to the hospital, you imagined many different reasons for Spencer to end up in the ICU after a car accident, but the one you didn’t imagine was him being on a ventilator, having a machine breathe for him. There were tubes and IV lines everywhere and the sight of Spencer’s battered body made your knees give out under you. “Woah!” the nurse walking you yelped as she grabbed you under the arm to try and keep you from falling to the ground. 

Your name was called before another set of hands was under your other arm and their owner helped you stand. “I’ve got her,” said Luke as he wrapped an arm around you to keep you steady. “JJ, get her a chair.”

JJ turned toward the two of you and nodded, grabbing a rolling chair from nearby and pushing it behind you so you could sit. Without anyone even saying anything, the small crowd of BAU agents parted as Luke rolled you up to the bedside so you could be beside Spencer. “What happened?” you whispered as you grasped Spencer’s hand in your own and held on tightly. 

Right as you asked this, a doctor walked into the small room and said, “During the crash, his airway became compromised and a lung collapsed. He also sustained a few broken bones. Fractured left tibia and fibula as well as a dislocated left shoulder. There was a large laceration across his abdomen that we stitched up in the OR. He’s lucky to be alive. We’re going to keep a close eye on his case and hope that he can come out on the other side of this with minimal long term complications.”  

“Oh my God…” you whispered, practically collapsing against the railing of the bed as a fresh bath of tears cascaded from your eyes. 

“He’s gonna pull through, he’s strong,” Emily said as she put a comforting hand on your shoulder. She cleared her throat before telling the team, “Let’s give them some space, everyone.”

A kiss was placed on your temple by David before he wrapped you in a hug, telling you, “Call if you need anything, okay? We’ll be nearby.”

When they were gone and you were alone with Spencer, you sat and held his hand for a few minutes, only the beeping of machines and your quiet sobs breaking the silence. When you felt like you ran out of tears, you lowered the railing on the bed and raised the chair you were sitting in. Scooting closer to the bed, you took Spencer’s hand and placed it on your swollen belly, holding his hand there as you whispered, “I really need you to pull through this, Spence. You need to be here when our little girl gets here. I can’t do this without you…”

The stress of the situation combined with the hour drive to get to the hospital had you nodding off in the chair soon enough. By the time visiting hours were over, the nurse came into the room to inform you, but just couldn’t bring herself to wake you. She made her way to the blanket warmer and got a blanket to drape over you before ordering a cot to be brought to the room for when you stirred from your sleep at some point. 

The next morning you startled awake when you heard a pair of voices in the room. Blinking hard, you adjusted your eyes to your surroundings and saw Tara and Penelope in the room, both fussing over gifts they brought. Tara held a handful of balloons in her hand as well as a stuffed bear, and in Penelope’s there was a vase of flowers and another stuffed animal stuffed under her arm that you couldn’t tell what it was…

“Good morning,” came Tara’s voice as she made her way over to you, picking up a cup from the table and bringing it over to you. “Hot chocolate. Extra chocolate, and whipped cream on top.”

“Thank you,” you whispered as you took the warm drink and held it in your hands. Spencer must’ve told them your order at some point… The thought brought tears to your eyes. 

The tears fell when Penelope shuffled over and wrapped you in a hug as she whispered, “This sucks so much…”

“Yeah…” you whispered, your voice scratchy and breaking as you spoke. 

When she pulled away, she pushed the mysterious stuffed animal into your hands. Looking down, you realized it was a capybara. Penelope cleared her throat before saying, “Spencer says that you remind him of a capybara with how kind you are and how you take in and take care of anyone who needs it.”

“Damnit, Penny!” you whispered, your voice pitched up as you took the stuffed animal into your arms and held onto it like a lifeline. 

“I’m sorry! I just saw it in the gift shop and couldn’t help it!” she said, frantically reaching into her purse for a tissue to give to you. 

Tara had to take off before Penelope so she could work the case, but Penelope stayed for a bit after to keep you company until she was needed. Her positive attitude and words attempted to keep your mind off the horrible reality that you found yourself in. 

You spent the day at Spencer’s bedside and only left when you realized how tired and sore you were from sleeping in the chair and then the uncomfortable cot. Penelope offered her guest room to you, and surprised you with your pregnancy pillow on the bed after a hot meal of pizza and warm mug of hot chocolate to end the night. 

Every night for the next week you stayed at Penelope’s place after visiting Spencer in the hospital. She worked from home as much as she could so that you weren’t alone, and by the end of the week, the unsub was brought to justice, not only for his crimes against the people he killed, but also for what he did to Spencer. Penelope joined you as you made your way to the hospital to tell Spencer that the team had caught the guy. The nurses had been telling you that even under sedation, some people can hear and remember what was happening around them, and you were sure that would be the case for Spencer. 

Penelope was armed with yet another get well soon card, and you had a bag of Spencer’s favorite coffee in hand as an incentive for him to wake up soon. When you neared room 18, you saw a large team of medical workers walking away and your heart instantly kicked up, pounding in your ears as you made your way over to the room which had the curtain drawn. As you pulled back the curtain, you were met with a sight that brought tears to your eyes. Spencer was off of the ventilator! “Oh my God, Spence!” you whispered, your hand covering your mouth as you dropped the coffee and rushed over to his bedside. 

“Hey,” Spencer said, his voice hoarse from lack of use over the last week. 

“Oh my God! Oh my God! You’re awake!” Penelope said hurriedly. She rushed over and kissed the top of Spencer’s head before saying, “I’ll give you two some time together and go tell the team! I love you two, and I’ll be back soon!”

“Love you too, Penny,” you replied before turning your attention back to Spencer. 

“Thank you,” you whispered as you gently nuzzled yourself into the crook of Spencer’s neck. 

“For what?” he asked as he wrapped his right arm around you. 

“For coming back to us,” you told him, pulling away and guiding his hand to your bump. 

“I’ll always come back to you,” he said, a fond smile on his face as he gazed at your growing belly and then up to your face. “You know…” he started, his voice wobbly with emotion. “When the car was hit, all I could think about while it was flipping was you and our little girl. How I couldn’t leave the two of you here alone. So before everything went black, I told myself that I needed to fight to get better. I knew that if the worst did happen, the team would support you through it all, but… I’m so happy it didn’t have to come to that. I love you both. So much.”

“I love you too, Spence,” you whispered before leaning over to give him a gentle kiss. “Once you get out, no more hospital stays ‘til she’s here, got it?”

Spencer chuckled before nodding and telling you, “Got it.”

And he kept that promise. After he was released, the next time the two of you fell asleep in a hospital room was after the birth of your baby girl and you were so grateful for the better circumstances for the stay.

and that is Tuna-Tober Day One done! enjoy!

ps: how freaking cute is Spence in that gif?? i love him!

likes and comments are always appreciated! xo, brooke <3

taglist: @reidmarieprentiss

[yandere-sins]

Monstober 2024

Monster-Enthusiasts, Monster-Lovers, and Monster-Fucker, I call upon thee! This upcoming October is going to be spooky!

It's time for a whole month of delicious monster content! Whether you want them to stalk, to hunt, or to devour your little protagonists (mind you, the monsters are the real protagonists of the story, hehe), I want to see a month dedicated to the beauty of the Ugly and Horrible! All things monster are welcome—art, writing, any kind of showcasing a monster! No matter how cruel or how obscene you like it—now's the time to show it off! ♥

I have prepared a list of monsters & prompts for your guidance, however, if you'd rather do a different monster or a different prompt, that is totally fine! If you prefer to stay private and not have your post reblogged to this blog, that is totally alright, too! This is merely for fun and giggles, and I welcome everyone who wants to challenge themselves this upcoming October to use this list if they want!

How to participate in my Monstober:

- Starting October 1st create something with the monster or prompt of the day! That is all you have to do.

You don't have to do all days or even in chronological order. Feel free to alter the prompts as needed. Your monsters do not have to match the usual descriptions of their kind! Post whenever and whatever you like as long as it is still connected to monsters!

- If you want your entry to be reblogged: @ me yandere-sins in your post, don't forget to put content warnings if any apply (especially Violence & Sexual Content—however, those are very welcome!), and put long texts (once they reach 3k words) under a read more! I'll reblog the posts as soon as I see and have the time to get to them!

Prompts

Day 1: Chimera | Mixed // Misunderstood // Insanity

Day 2: Werewolf/Werecat | Full Moon // Claws // Beastly

Day 3: Alien | Otherworldly // Uncanny Valley // Space

Day 4: Harpy | Cliff // Flying // Illusion

Day 5: Nymph/Dryad/Leshy | Plants // Playful // Nature's Bounty

Day 6: Naga/Lamia | Scales // Wrapping around // Poisonous

Day 7: Sphinx | Riddles // Sand // Giant

Day 8: Merfolk | Water // Singing // Alluring

Day 9: Folklore Creatures | Cautionary Tales // Truth // Naivity

Day 10: Mimic | Treasures // Hungry // Wrong

Day 11: Yuki-onna/Snow Spirit | Snowstorm // Promise // Guiding

Day 12: Witch/Wizard/Magician | Magic // Spells // Towers

Day 13: Shifter | True Form // Unbelievable // Transformation

Day 14: Minotaur | Labyrinth // Bannished // Following

Day 15: Eldritch Horror | Eldritch // Imprisoned // Tentacles

Day 16: "Church" Grim | Graveyard // Protecting // Spirit

Day 17: Dragon | Fire // Hoarding // Fairytale

Day 18: Kitsune | Tricked // Tails // Mystical

Day 19: Elf | Warrior // Swift // Merciless

Day 20: Goblin/Orc/Troll/Oni | Hordes // Village // Brutish

Day 21: Kelpie | Deception // Following // Stuck

Day 22: Skeleton/Zombie | Undead // Loved // Grave

Day 23: Angel | Feathers // Guardian // Watching

Day 24: Ghost | Shadows // Invisible // Coldness

Day 25: Vampire | Blood // Biting // Night

Day 26: Fae Folk | Lost // Fairy Circles // Names

Day 27: Drider | Silk // Cave // Ensnared

Day 28: Demon | Summoning // Contract // Otherworldly

Day 29: Gods | Reign // Glow // Worshipping

Day 30: Human | Real Monsters // Dangerous // Smile

Day 31: Free Choice of your favorite monster or a completely new one!

I look forward to all the monstrous ideas you'll come up with! ♥

[autober]

#AUtober (or #AUnytime) Prompt Challenge 30+1 Alternate Universe Art/Fic/Etc. genres for your OCs/Fandoms - organised for maximum reusability! Please check @autober’s page for a text version of the list.

Officially #AUtober so it can be combined with other October challenges like Drawtober, but feel free to do it #AUnytime! This list is usable for challenges of any sort - doodling, drawing, writing, or otherwise - and can be used in any way: do all, pick some, and/or combine at will.

Use the #AUtober tag (or #AUnytime outside of October) and tag @autober to be reblogged to the AUtober tumblr. Have fun!

[lunonoxart]

✦ LunoTober Prompts! ⋆⭒˚.⋆

I made some prompts for October! There's more than 31, so go ahead and choose as many as you'd like!

If you choose some, use the hashtag #lunotober on any socials!

I'd love to see what you do!

⋆--⭒˚.--⋆-⋆-⭒˚.-⋆-⋆⭒˚.-⋆-⋆⭒˚.⋆-⋆-⭒˚.⋆-⋆-⭒˚.--⋆

You can show them off in my Discord! Everyone is very nice and supportive of art, games, writing, rp, ect. :3

My Discord! -> https://discord.gg/Q5Nx69T67V

[tlmtwelve]

On Wednesdays, they wear pink.

@summer-of-bad-batch's Post Credit Prompt: Pink

[crazysnor1ax]

Welcome to Starvetober 2024, survivors!

Behold! The official Starvetober 2024 prompt list, straight out of The Constant itself! Most certainly on time, definitely. Not late at all-just ask Wanda!

Anything goes in this free-for-all art challenge! Any medium and any experience is welcome! Paint, sketch, write, compose-do whatever floats your boat!

You are MORE than welcome to ask me any questions you might have!

Feel free to @ me as well with your creations! I absolutely love seeing them and sharing them every year!

There’s only one thing Miss Charlie informed me to tell you all…

Have fun!

[vyladromeave]

WELCOME TO APHTOBER 2024!!

Inspired by similar October Prompt Lists, Aphtober is a 31 day event in which MCD-related content is created day by day using the prompts listed above and below!

Official Prompt List:

- Together

- Gift

- Song*

- Nightmare

- Sun / Moon

- Devotion*

- Potion

- Color

- Meanwhile...*

- Fashion

- Control

- Maritime*

- Flower

- Favorite

- Dearly Departed*

- Lord

- Cold

- Headcanon*

- History

- Quote

- Memory*

- Destruction

- Hobby

- Threat*

- Tease

- Haunt

- Academia*

- Scale

- Apart

- AU or OC*

- FREE DAY!

Back by popular demand, APHTOBER! Here's the new list for 2024! As customary, some prompts were re-used from last year's Aphtober list (marked by the sparkles/asterisks next to them), while some prompts are completely new for this year!

Feel free to use these prompts to inspire any kind of creative work, be it drawing, writing, or something else entirely! Not feeling a specific day's prompt? Check out the ones on the previous 2022 and 2023 lists instead!

Tag any creations with #aphtober or #aphtober2024 (and feel free to @ me if you want your work shared here to make sure I see it!) And most importantly, HAVE FUN!!! Can't wait to see what everyone creates!

[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

[milkymarco7]

Made my own OC-tober prompt list this year since I didn't really like any of the ones I saw, but yeah! Feel free to use it and tag me ^^

[makenna-made-this]

BAWKtober Day 12 - Quilt

I've got your love to keep me warm

[joshuamj]

Linktober Day 1: Mirror

Prompt list I'll be trying a few days from!