#prompts for fandom exchanges

[robininthelabyrinth]

My fandom5k requests/prompts (all MDZS variants)

Request 1: MDZS novel

Characters/Pairings:    Cángsè Sǎnrén/Lán Qǐrén/Wèi Chǎngzé (MDZS) Character: Lan Qiren (MDZS) Lán Qǐrén & Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn (MDZS) Lan Qiren/Nie Huaisang (MDZS) Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén & Lán Qǐrén (MDZS)

Prompt:

I would love some Lan Qiren-centric hurt/comfort or darkfic, though with a happy (satisfying?) ending. Just about any pairing would be good! I typically prefer canon-divergence plots, but whole shift AUs other than mundane modern AUs are also OK (if they're cool).

General LQR notes: I like him with both good aspects and bad: he's rigid, hierarchical, and conservative, often kind of boring, with a temper he can't always control, but I read him as someone who genuinely loves his nephews and wants them to be happy, who is a good teacher when he's given a chance to be, and who is always trying to do the right thing. Personally, I tend to headcanon both LQR and LWJ as being on the autistic spectrum with a special interest in Lan rules, but you don't need to go with that. Feel free to go wild with backstory or sidestory here (for instance, in canon he is very good with the sword and trained LXC and LWJ; feel free to lean into that, or lean away from that! give him something else he's good at! give him additional character traits or hobbies or whatever that were only not mentioned because they weren't relevant to Wei Wuxian's journey!) ALSO: feel free to give him any relationship you want with Qingheng-jun and the whole getting married

However, please do not portray Lan Qiren's devotion to his sect rules as being wrong or something he has to overcome - he is following the instructions for being a good person left down by his ancestors, they are important to him, and the idea should be treated generally with respect; even if you want to have him disagreeing with one of the rules, it should be in a specific context, not "everything I grew up valuing is wrong actually". Similarly, his dislike of WWX should not be treated as "oh because he's conservative he's homophobic and that's the only reason he dislikes him", but based on his experiences with WWX and what WWX has done.

H/C: I would love, love, love something where LQR gets hurt and someone has to rescue him, but in a way that is centered around worrying about and caring for LQR. I've seen too many "WWX rescues LQR with his demonic cultivation thereby forcing LQR to admit he's not that bad" scenarios! or "LQR is hurt but the other person is so worried about him that the entire fic is now about the other person's trauma about people they love being hurt"! Do not want! Give me "wow guess I really do care about LQR" and "ouch LQR has been through so much I never realized I want to give him good things"!

Suggestions: - LQR gets captured and tortured after the burning of the Cloud Recesses or during the Sunshot Campaign, and either needs a rescue at the time OR never really had time to deal with the aftereffects of that and needs help after - something based on him coughing up blood and falling into a coma in canon when he heard WWX's bad flute music? is he super sensitive to sound? was he hurt by something in the past to cause it? something happens in post-canon that aggravates old issues he had? bad memories? - the hurt doesn't have to be something physical, could be emotional - something when he was younger and suddenly a parent to two kids and leading a sect? something about being unappreciated or undervalued? Darkfic (interpreted as "dead dove" style "I am reveling in bad things" fic, NOT angsty/sad/bad end): Similar to the above, just darker, I am fully here for "character is obsessed with LQR and is willing to do anything it takes to make him theirs" plots.

Suggestions: - CSSR and WCZ decide they've seen enough and it's time to kidnap LQR and teach him a new set of rules - NHS gets hold of the ability to hypnotize people, decides to fuck with LQR for fun, then ends up developing feelings - LXC, being old enough to see more of the dynamics between LQR and his father/his mother, decides he loves his uncle so much he's willing to destroy everything else to ensure his uncle's happiness (and maybe has a very twisted idea of what constitutes happiness) - WWX in a full Yiling Patriarch Dark Emperor AU who after marrying LWJ grows fond of the rigid rule-abiding uncle that LWJ brought along and decides to get to know him better? - Gangster AU (fantastical/not modern)? LQR as the only non-gangster Lan with LXC taking care of him? mob princess NHS deciding he wants his old ethics teacher? new mob boss WWX deciding the best way to deal with DA!LQR is to parent trap him together with his mob boss parents CSSR and WCZ?

DNW: no adultery/infidelity, no permanent limb/sense/memory loss, no unhappy ending for characters (it can be "bad end" as long as it is satisfying - i.e. original LQR would be horrified but current version LQR is OK with it), no LQR bashing, no character bashing generally, no generic modern AU (only specific AUs OK), no Lan sect rule bashing, no "Madame Lan did nothing wrong/did something justified and was unjustly imprisoned for it"

Request 2: MDZS Donghua

Characters/Pairings: Lan Huan & Lan Zhan (MDZS)

Prompt:

I love the Twin Jades - the way they love each other, the way they understand each other, the way LWJ is allowed to be a little spoiled in his way, the way LXC wants to make LWJ more friends. They have their shared trauma with their parents, but they each take away fascinatingly different meanings from it. They're so much fun! especially in the donghua, where we get to see them fight side by side in such a beautiful, flowing, coordinated fashion - love that, would love to see more of that.

Notes: Please write them having a good relationship with LQR (especially in donghua-verse, where we see him backing LWJ up against a sect elder and helping LWJ recruit people, talking with LXC as an equal when he returns from Qinghe in season 1, etc.) Also please do not write the Lan sect rules as something wrong or bad that they need to overcome, or as something they feel trapped by, but as a tradition that they've been raised in and respect, and voluntarily as adults choose to continue carrying on and passing down. For what it's worth, I headcanon LWJ (and LQR) as being on the autistic spectrum with Lan sect rules as a special interest, which must have been super interesting for LXC, but don't feel like you have to go with that.

Honestly, for this one, I'd really love a genre shift AU of some sort (but NOT modern/mundane AU). The donghua is so vividly designed, I'd love to imagine the aesthetics carrying over to another setting. Suggestions: - pirate AU - space opera AU - mob bosses AU (fantastical, not modern) - cyberpunk robots/sentient ship AU - historical non-magic setting AU - everyone is a dragon AU

As for plot, anything will do - slice of life, procedural/case solving, interpersonal drama, hurt/comfort, whatever! Just as long as LXC & LWJ continue to love each other and be good brothers to each other. No darkfic for this one, please.

DNW: no bad parent LQR, no Lan sect rule bashing, no "Madame Lan did nothing wrong/did something justified and was unjustly imprisoned for it", no adultery/infidelity, no permanent limb/sense/memory loss, no unhappy ending for characters, no character bashing generally, no generic modern AU, no permanent breach of relationship between LXC and LWJ (or with LQR)

Request 3: the Untamed

Character/Pairings Character: Lan Qiren (CQL), Lán Qǐrén & Niè Huáisāng (CQL), Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Lán Qǐrén (CQL)

Prompt:

I would love some Lan Qiren-centric hurt/comfort or darkfic, though with a happy (satisfying?) ending. Just about any pairing would be good! I typically prefer canon-divergence plots, but whole shift AUs other than mundane modern AUs are also OK (if they're cool).

General LQR notes: I like him with both good aspects and bad: he's rigid, hierarchical, and conservative, often kind of boring, with a temper he can't always control, but I read him as someone who genuinely loves his nephews and wants them to be happy, who is a good teacher when he's given a chance to be, and who is always trying to do the right thing. Personally, I tend to headcanon both LQR and LWJ as being on the autistic spectrum with a special interest in Lan rules, but you don't need to go with that. Feel free to go wild with backstory or sidestory here (for instance, in canon he is very good with the sword and trained LXC and LWJ; feel free to lean into that, or lean away from that! give him something else he's good at! give him additional character traits or hobbies or whatever that were only not mentioned because they weren't relevant to Wei Wuxian's journey!) ALSO: feel free to give him any relationship you want with Qingheng-jun and the whole getting married

However, please do not portray Lan Qiren's devotion to his sect rules as being wrong or something he has to overcome - he is following the instructions for being a good person left down by his ancestors, they are important to him, and the idea should be treated generally with respect; even if you want to have him disagreeing with one of the rules, it should be in a specific context, not "everything I grew up valuing is wrong actually". Similarly, his dislike of WWX should not be treated as "oh because he's conservative he's homophobic and that's the only reason he dislikes him", but based on his experiences with WWX and what WWX has done.

H/C: I would love, love, love something where LQR gets hurt and someone has to rescue him, but in a way that is centered around worrying about and caring for LQR. I've seen too many "WWX rescues LQR with his demonic cultivation thereby forcing LQR to admit he's not that bad" scenarios! or "LQR is hurt but the other person is so worried about him that the entire fic is now about the other person's trauma about people they love being hurt"! Do not want! Give me "wow guess I really do care about LQR" and "ouch LQR has been through so much I never realized I want to give him good things"!

Suggestions: - LQR gets captured and tortured after the burning of the Cloud Recesses or during the Sunshot Campaign, and either needs a rescue at the time OR never really had time to deal with the aftereffects of that and needs help after - something about coughing up blood following his fight with Wen Xu? - the hurt doesn't have to be something physical, could be emotional - something when he was younger and suddenly a parent to two kids and leading a sect? something about being unappreciated or undervalued? - OK with certain types of AU - mob AU where mob boss Jiang Cheng or Nie Huaisang look up their old teacher? emperor harem drama style conflict (preferably with LQR marrying in rather than being the emperor)? cyberpunk LQR and NHS team up to solve a mystery?

Darkfic (interpreted as "dead dove" style "I am reveling in bad things" fic, NOT angsty/sad/bad end): Similar to the above, just darker, I am fully here for "character is obsessed with LQR and is willing to do anything it takes to make him theirs" plots.

Suggestions: - NHS secretly worked with LQR to help get his whole plot against JGY moving. Now that it's over, he finds he's not willing to give up the one person who supported him in all that time. - JC had only one acknowledged older male role model/authority figure approve of him and like him better than WWX, ever, and that fact has just been there rotting away in his brain for years until he decides to take matters into his own hands - mob AU (fantastical/not modern)? emperor AU? reverse sugar daddy AU where someone is paying for LQR (in canon setting!)? - some other character of your choice/LQR, same idea

DNW: no adultery/infidelity, no permanent limb/sense/memory loss, no unhappy ending for characters (it can be "bad end" as long as it is satisfying - i.e. original LQR would be horrified by where he ended up but current version LQR is OK with it), no LQR bashing, no character bashing generally, no generic modern AU (only specific AUs OK), no Lan sect rule bashing, no "Madame Lan did nothing wrong/did something justified and was unjustly imprisoned for it"

[wwreversetropefest2024]

Happy Thanksgiving! Here's a lil tasty treat for you 🥧

Thinking by @my-castles-crumbling (T, 1/1)

➡️READ ON AO3

[galactic-gift-gathering]

Soft Launch November 4th…

[cacodaemonia]

I just came across this in a server, and it's such a great guide for things like requesting art in exchanges and giving prompts to artists. But I think it's also useful for just like, general conversations about fandom and fanworks, which almost always center fics and overlook things like visual art, podfics, etc.

There's a similar (but shorter) podfic guide on dreamwidth here. It's sfw, but I guess the blog in general is not, so you have to click through a 'discretion advised' warning. I also haven't run this by any podficcer friends yet, so idk how universal it is, but hopefully it's helpful for people who want to give podfics some love.

[goodomenscalendar]

Did you know you can submit events to be added to our monthly posts?

It's true! We have a form that you can fill out to make sure your event-- or just one you know about and are excited for!-- makes it into our posts just the way you want it to.

Fill it out here! -> https://airtable.com/appuKYBIccVNOPwUU/pagCM0l1Yxc19ZCCc/form <-

The only requirement is that some part of the event is open to free, public participation by Good Omens fans! Themed fests, prompt lists or challenges, bangs, exchanges, zines, and more-- we want to know about them! You can also tag us on event posts and we'll reblog them!

[cywscross]

Murder Mayhem: Flash Fic Exchange

A quick and dirty flash exchange full of murder(ous) mayhem. Because why not start the new year with some proper chaos? Isn't it time for your fav characters to commit a little murder, as a treat? :smile:

Minimum is a 300 word fic, posted to AO3 and gifted to the recipient, avoiding your recipients listed DNWs and containing one of your recipients requested Fandom + Relationship + Freeform murder tag.

This is a flash exchange. As such, participants are not guaranteed gifts. Works will reveal on the final date even if there are outstanding fics. Late treats are welcome!

Rules/FAQ: https://deusexchange.dreamwidth.org/758.html

Tagset: https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/18280

Schedule (UTC): Jan 1: Nominations Open Jan 4: Nominations Close Jan 4, 12 PM: Sign-Ups Open Jan 7, 12 PM: Sign-Ups Close Jan 7-8: Assignments Go Out Jan 14: Works Due Jan 15: Works Revealed Jan 20: Creators Revealed

[echoofawind]

I have a problem with 90% of the fests I see advertised with prompting. I love the idea of sharing plot bunnies or creative ideas. I don't like it when the prompt forms have a dozen fields outside of the prompt that further specifies anything. Ship, rating, characters, triggers, etc. A prompt in a standard fest is NOT a request for a gift. The writer is not obligated to write you a story. If you as a prompter have a list of requirements for the prompt, then you are not offering a prompt. You are saying, writer you must write me this exact story. I do not understand how that is seen as the norm in fandom right now instead of rude and limiting?

As long as you don't gift the story to the prompter, you are under NO OBLIGATION to follow any of those superfluous prompt fields. It's a prompt. A starting point for inspiration.

I cannot count how many fest prompts I've read through, found a prompt that sang to my muse and started crafting an idea only to then read 'Do Not Write: age gap relationship. Or only X or Y characters' . Who is this prompter to tell me what stories I am allowed to create? That is not how a prompt works! That is how a gift request works. Stop putting me in a fucking box.

[trackmarvel]

Welcome to Track Marvel!

I find Marvel events, whether they be Bingos, Bangs, Prompt Events, Exchanges, Zines, and more, and reblog them here so they are easier to track!

Whether you love the MCU or comics, Marvel cartoons or video games, no matter your ship, this blog is to serve you!

If you would like to make sure your event is reblogged here, please @trackmarvel and/or #trackmarvel to ensure I see it.

If you would like to promote a Discord event, message me so we can figure something out.

gif credit to @scottxlogan @thatisentertainment

[michellemisfit]

michelle are you in MY HEAD?! there were a few prompts i wanted to pic so so so sooo badly but i knew it would suit a fic so much better than art. so with great pain, i let them go! but i'm so excited to see/read all about them!

That’s exactly it!!

Also, having just come off the Big Bang, I was reading these prompts in the wrong headspace, and kept thinking ‘there’s gonna be a huge amount of moments in that fic I can illustrate, that’s so exciting!!’ before realising that Nope! If I claim it, there will be NO moments in that fic at all, because there will be no fic!! 😱 not fair!

But super excited to see what happens with everything I didn’t claim!! ::scratches at carpet::

[shivunin]

My fandom goal for this year is to finish all the prompts in my inbox and post them.

My fandom goal for next year is to get back into actually reading fic and participating in fandom events.

[hitmanexchange]

Welcome to Summer Bonus Missions, a fest to create and share fanworks set during or inspired by the bonus missions of Hitman World of Assassination!

Detailed schedule and rules under the cut!

General Links

Hitman Exchange on Tumblr

2023 Collection

Schedule

August 1 – Collection Opens

August 25 – Work Reveals (16:59 UTC)

August 31 – Creator Reveals (16:59 UTC)

All times are 23:59 UTC unless otherwise specified.

The Basics

Hitman Summer Bonus Missions is a fest for the Hitman fandom to create and share fanworks set during or inspired by the bonus missions of Hitman World of Assassination.

You can pick one (or more, or all!) of the twelve open-ended prompts for the missions. There is no minimum wordcount. Art is welcome.

What is a fest?

A fest is a challenge in which participants create works that fit the theme of the challenge.

Is this a gift exchange?

No, but you can gift your fanwork to someone if you think they would like it.

Fanworks

Minimum Requirements

There is no minimum wordcount. The work needs to be complete and qualify as a fanwork on AO3.

Works need to fit the theme of the claimed mission prompt.

Works need to be newly published for this fest and created by you. AI-generated works are not allowed.

Posting

In order to post, go to your AO3 claims page and click the "fill" button on your claimed prompt. That will take you to a new-works form with the prompt already tickied.

Tagging

Make sure to tag your prompt fills correctly. This means not only remember to add the mission tag, but also, please choose the correct relationship tag if necessary.

A/B is for romantic or sexual interactions, A & B is for platonic or familial interactions. Don't tag both unless your work is deliberately ambiguous.

Deadline

There is no hard deadline, but work reveals are on August 25th, and creator reveals are on August 31st. You can add your works after that, but the anon period is part of the fun!

You may add (more) prompt fills after reveals!

Anonymity

Works are anonymous until creator reveals, the Thursday after work reveals.

You may add your work to the anon collection if you wish to stay anonymous even after creator reveals.

Additional Prompt Fills

You can claim as many prompts as you want, and each prompt can be claimed multiple times.

Be friendly!

Make sure that your fanworks do not contain any hostile elements towards people you disagree with in any part of the fanwork (title, tags, summary, author's notes, body text). Refrain from adding DNI notes.

If you shame or harass other participants, or if there are signs that you have deliberately caused problems in multiple exchanges, the mod will delete your signup.

[wwreversetropefest2024]

Introducing the Wizarding World Reverse Trope Fest, a creative, fun Harry Potter challenge to invert all your favorite tropes ! ✨

Summoning all writers, artists, and podficers to test their creativity! Below are important dates, rules, and information you'll need to know if you'd like to join in with us.

💫 Timeline

Prompting August 1st-17th, 2024

Sign-Ups Open: August 18th, 2024

Sign-Ups Close: November 12th, 2024

Submissions Due: November 13th, 2024

Posting Begins: November 16th, 2024

Creator Reveals: November 24th, 2024

✍️ Prompting

To submit a prompt, fill out a google form after August 1st. Submit as many as you like!

All are welcome to submit prompts, even if not participating in the fest.

Prompts MUST include a common trope (character, setting, relationship) reversed in some way. Once approved, prompts will be added to AO3.

🌙 Sign-Ups

After August 18th, anyone 18 years of age and up are welcome to sign up and claim a prompt!

You must complete the Google Form (after Aug 18th) for your sign-up as well as claim your choice of prompt on the AO3 collection.

You may only claim one prompt at a time. Once submitted, you're free to claim another.

There is no limit to how many people may claim a single prompt.

🎨 Creating

Minimum of 500 words for written fics, no maximum.

Multi-chapter fics must have at least first 3 chapters published at time of deadline.

All eras of the Wizarding World are welcome! (Marauders, Golden Era, and Next Gen etc.)

Tag works appropriately. Follow AO3 guides as well as good conscience tagging etiquette.

📬 Posting

Works will be released anonymously on November 16th, 2024.

Authors revealed on November 24th, 2024.

Additional information is available on our AO3 collection page. But if you have any additional questions, please feel free to reach out!

[galactic-gift-gathering]

😅 I mean…

[themissingmango]

The Hard Deck but as a surf shop! 🌊🏄

[queen-scribbles]

8, 20, 27, and 61 for the fic writer asks! -em

8. Do you prefer the beginning, middle, or end of a story?

Assuming this means "to write", probably the middle bc the beginning and ending have 50/50 odds of giving me trouble, but the middle always flows. (For reading, probably beginnings bc I love seeing the ways people draw you in to the story they want to tell.)

20. Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?

My characters laugh/chuckle/smile a lot. And I have a tendency to, whenever possible with my POV character, go for a $50 word instead of the $10 words just bc a lot of the time I like the way the fancier/rarer one sounds. (loquacious vs chatty for example. Obstinate vs stubborn. That sort of thing. Probably why I like writing characters like Arcann or Adam or Morrigan; bc that fits their speech patterns really well.) I know there's other things-- OH. I do male-female friendships all the damn time.

27. What is your most and least favorite part of writing?

Most: COMBAT SCENES. I love writing combat, so. much. It's so fun. Also the rush of finally getting to drop things on your readers that you've been planning for a WHILE(I apologize to all the tLBT readers for the end of the last chapter, I really do😅, but it was FUN). Snarky banter is also really, really fun.

Least: Feeling too slow in getting to stuff I'm really excited about. No matter how much I'm enjoying the lead-up, if there's a scene I'm looking forward too, I don't feel like I can write fast enough in getting to it. xD It's even worse when I finally get to the scene/dialogue/whatever and then either a) have to leave to do something or b) my hand hurts too much and I have to stop. (I've pushed through the latter one a couple times. Don't do that, kids, you pay for it later.) I never feel like there's enough time.

61. Why do you continue writing fics?

Bc it brings me joy and the sheer volume of muses/ideas would drive me insane if I didn't let it out xD

Fic Writer Asks

[scandalsavagefanfic]

Hi, I hope it’s ok to ask this… I was looking for a Ra’sJayTim fic I read a long time ago, but couldn’t find it and thought maybe, just mayybe you were the author? It was an A/B/O with Jason as an omega, Tim as a beta, and Ra’s as an alpha. Ra’s kidnapped the two Robins and tried to impregnate Jason with both of their DNA for like superior children. Then they get away and are navigating the pregnancy but and it was super angsty. Sorry to bother with a dumb question. Hope you have a good day!!

I really, really, REALLY wish that was my fic because then it’d still be there. Unfortunately, I think you’re talking about Qamar by secondsongbird which was a true masterpiece even in it’s incomplete form, and when I went to grab the link for you I discovered it was deleted. 

If anyone had the presence of mind to download that fic, I would give a prompt fill in exchange. Literally any tags, any ships, anything you wanted, I’ll write it in exchange for a copy of Qamar by secondsongbird. (the same offer goes for Irrecoverable by Belfire. I know that the further we get from it’s deletion, the less likely I am to find anyone who ever read it, let alone saved it, but I still have hope)

Oh and it’s always ok to ask me questions! I’m terribly slow about answering most of them, but I love getting asks (even if it’s helping people find amazing fics that are not mine lol also, super flattered that you though Qamar could have been mine! It was soooo good)