#kurtbastian prompt fest 2023

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The Event:

In honor of Kurtbastian Archive's one-year anniversary on June 18th, 2023, we're holding a Prompt Fest! This event will allow people to collaborate to make new Kurtbastian fanworks - prompt-givers can share ideas they'd love to see brought to life, and creators can be inspired by prompts to make something new!

Schedule:

April 17th - April 30th: Prompt submissions

May 7th: Prompts posted

May 7th - June 17th: Creators work on their fanworks to fulfill prompts

June 18th - June 24th: Fanworks are posted!

Guidelines:

There will be no formal sign-up or prompt claiming process - this means that some prompts may be fulfilled by multiple creators, and some prompts may not be filled. We hope this will provide flexibility for our creators and ensure they can work on an idea that inspires them.

When submitting prompts, detail is useful! Instead of just giving a trope or a few words, including a full sentence or two of description can help guide and inspire a creator. This is flexible, though - whether you have a simple or detailed idea that you're really excited about, we want you to include it!

There are no requirements for the fanworks that fulfill the prompts - you can use any format you like, of any length or quantity. Prompters can indicate the type of fanwork they'd prefer, but creators are welcome to use whatever medium they like.

Creators can post their prompt fills at any point during the week of June 18th. If you are working on a longer fanwork, such as a multi-chapter fic, it's fine if it isn't complete by June 24th - we simply ask that you post the first part(s) during the event week!

All Tumblr posts with creations for the prompt fest should be tagged #kurtbastianarchive so they can be reblogged. We will also have a collection on AO3 for any fanfics. This masterpost will be updated with relevant links and information.

Important Links:

See the prompts here!

See the AO3 collection here!

Questions? Ask them here!

We hope many people will be interested in coming together to make this event great - whether you can contribute prompts, make a fanwork, or be an enthusiastic supporter by sharing and celebrating the finished creations!

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Submit prompts here:

About Prompt Submissions:

Anyone may submit prompts, even if you don't plan on filling any prompts!

People may submit as many prompts as they like.

There will be no formal claiming process, so some prompts may be filled multiple times and some prompts may not be filled at all.

Prompts will be accepted from April 17th to April 30th.

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It's prompt time! Thank you to everyone who submitted - we collected a total of 26 prompts and all of them are great!

Now it's time for the fanwork-making to start. If you're a Kurtbastian fan who's a writer, gifmaker, artist, or otherwise creative individual, take a look at the prompts and see what inspires you! Everyone is encouraged to fill whatever prompts they're excited about in whatever way works for them.

Prompt fills should be posted from June 18th-24th, so you'll have about six weeks to work on your creations. We're so excited to see what people come up with!

For more detail check out the event masterpost or send us an ask!

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Posting week has begun!

Fanworks for the Kurtbastian Prompt Fest 2023 should be posted from June 18-24 using the tag #kurtbastianarchive so they can be shared! Fics can also be added to the collection on AO3.

If you have questions refer to the masterpost or head to our ask box. We're excited to see any new Kurtbastian content people have made!

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Kurtbastian Prompt by @aurumjank

Time travel AU: Kurt wakes up in the past and decides to change everything. It can be Future!Kurt or S4-S6 Kurt and he goes back to S1-S5 (depends on from where - when? - he came back). BAMF!Kurt, obviously :)

This prompt was submitted but not filled for the Kurtbastian Prompt Fest 2023. If you're inspired to create something based on this prompt, please tag the prompt-giver and @kurtbastianarchive when you post it!

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Kurtbastian Prompt by @backslashdelta

Safeword: Kurt and Sebastian have a D/s dynamic, and are playing out a scene, when Sebastian (as the Dom) safewords out of the scene. Should include some of the lead-up to what causes him to safeword, as well as the follow-up of how they handle it together, which should end positively.

This prompt was submitted but not filled for the Kurtbastian Prompt Fest 2023. If you're inspired to create something based on this prompt, please tag the prompt-giver and @kurtbastianarchive when you post it!

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Kurtbastian Prompt by @aurumjank

Magic AU, where Sebastian sees Kurt's memories and it helps him understand him more and eventually fall for him. Some ideas (you don't have to use any of them): 1. Soulmate AU, where soulmates see each other memories (after their first meeting, or when the youngest one turns 17-18, or something) 2. Sebastian has superpower that allows him to read minds and see memories. Maybe he can't really control it yet and sees Kurt's thoughts and memories accidentally, or maybe he does it on purpose to find out ND's plans or his weak spots? Maybe Kurt is unaware of this, or maybe he realises that Sebastian doesn't use any of the information against him so he lets him be to see where it'll go. Maybe Kurt doesn't know about superpowers at all, or maybe he does and maybe he even has some of his own (like being able to shapeshift, heal, or feeling emotions instead of reading minds). 3. One night, while sleeping, Sebastian finds himself in a long corridor full of doors. He walks through one of them and sees someone's childhood memory. He does it again and again with some other doors and realises that those are Kurt's memories. He appears in the same corridor every night and continues to watch the memories (he's trying to find Kurt's weak spots and something to embarrass him, or he's trying to find more recent memories to learn more about ND and how to beat them, or he's just curious).

This prompt was submitted but not filled for the Kurtbastian Prompt Fest 2023. If you're inspired to create something based on this prompt, please tag the prompt-giver and @kurtbastianarchive when you post it!

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Kurtbastian Prompt by @aurumjank

Time travel AU: Kurt and Sebastian from season 3 suddenly appear in their future (their older selves are dating/living together/newlyweds/already having kids - anything, but they're happy together and their younger selves are shocked and want to know how it happened)

This prompt was submitted but not filled for the Kurtbastian Prompt Fest 2023. If you're inspired to create something based on this prompt, please tag the prompt-giver and @kurtbastianarchive when you post it!

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Kurtbastian Prompt by @thnxforknowingme

AU where Kurt and Sebastian have their existing antagonistic relationship IRL - show choir competitors who constantly insult one another - but Kurt makes an anonymous friend online who he's growing increasingly close to. Of course, that online friend is Sebastian - but neither of them realize at first. It would be really fun if one of them figures out the other's identity first and has a crisis over it while the other is blissfully ignorant.

This prompt was submitted but not filled for the Kurtbastian Prompt Fest 2023. If you're inspired to create something based on this prompt, please tag the prompt-giver and @kurtbastianarchive when you post it!

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Kurtbastian Prompt by @backslashdelta

The Hunger Games AU: Sebastian is one of the careers, and Kurt is a tribute from a further out district. Bonus points if at some point Sebastian ends up feeling conflicted because he is in a position to kill Kurt but he doesn't want to. A tragic ending is okay but not necessary.

This prompt was submitted but not filled for the Kurtbastian Prompt Fest 2023. If you're inspired to create something based on this prompt, please tag the prompt-giver and @kurtbastianarchive when you post it!

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Kurtbastian Prompt by @aurumjank

Time travel AU: Future!Kurtbastian appear in season 3 and meet their younger selves. It could be anytime: before they actually met, during/after Scandals, Michael Jackson week (during the "Bad" battle and Sebastian stops himself from throwing slushie? before/during/after "Black or White"?), etc.

This prompt was submitted but not filled for the Kurtbastian Prompt Fest 2023. If you're inspired to create something based on this prompt, please tag the prompt-giver and @kurtbastianarchive when you post it!

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Kurtbastian Prompt by @aurumjank

Amnesia/Memory loss AU: Married!Kurtbastian (maybe even with kids?). Sebastian lost his memory because of the accident and the last thing he remembers is somewhere in Seasons 3-5 (from his first meeting with Kurt to the Klaine engagement)

This prompt was submitted but not filled for the Kurtbastian Prompt Fest 2023. If you're inspired to create something based on this prompt, please tag the prompt-giver and @kurtbastianarchive when you post it!

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Kurtbastian Prompt by @aurumjank

Canon Divergence before S3: during the summer (while Blaine is performing in amusement park) Kurt and Brittana sing in Scandals (I don't know if it's legal in reality, but this is fiction so yes, it is). When Kurt and Blaine meet with Sebastian there, the trio have a performance. Klaine break up (Blaine didn't know about Kurt's job - because he wasn't listening when Kurt tried to tell him about it - so he gets mad, or "the parking lot" scene happens and Kurt breaks up with him, or something else), Kurtbastian is an endgame (they can go from Barely Enemies to Lovers or from Barely Enemies to Friends to Lovers or from Barely Enemies to Friends to Friends with Benefits to Lovers or from Barely Enemies to Friends with Benefits to Lovers - whatever you prefer). *** I came up with this idea while listening to Ke$ha's "Take it off". The picture I had in mind: girls start singing by themselves. The drag queens get some random guys - including Kurt - on the stage to take off their shirts and pose; during the bridge all of the girls are surrounding Kurt and by the end of it they tear off his clothes and he ends up in a costume that matches Brittana's attires. They finish the song as a trio. I would love to see what others will come up with and what songs they will use :D

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Kurtbastian Prompt by @aurumjank

Kurt is a babysitter for Sebastian's little sister.

I'd love to see everything that comes from this, but if you want to know the particular idea that was haunting me for a long time now, then text me: https://www.tumblr.com/aurumjank :)

This prompt was submitted but not filled for the Kurtbastian Prompt Fest 2023. If you're inspired to create something based on this prompt, please tag the prompt-giver and @kurtbastianarchive when you post it!

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Kurtbastian Prompt by @thnxforknowingme

Something based on the song Might Tell You Tonight by Scissor Sisters

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Kurtbastian Prompt by @aurumjank

Kid!Kurt Magic AU: While Burt and Carol are away (for a weekend or longer), ND have a party and somehow turn Kurt into a kid. They don't know what to do and take him for some dessert in the Lima Bean where they meet Sebastian. Little Kurt likes him instantly and Sebastian (who's turned a new leaf) helps ND with taking care of Kurt. After becoming himself again, Kurt remembers everything. It happens somewhere in the end of the season. There's no Klaine or Blaine did something while Kurt was a kid and Kurt broke up with him after becoming himself again.

This prompt was submitted but not filled for the Kurtbastian Prompt Fest 2023. If you're inspired to create something based on this prompt, please tag the prompt-giver and @kurtbastianarchive when you post it!