#scottuary2025

[scottappreciation]

Scott Appreciation presents Scottuary4!

➤ WHAT IS IT?

Scottuary is a Scott appreciation event running from Feb 1-Feb 28, 2025. The goal is to get as many Scott-centric, Scott-positive fics posted throughout the month of February to boost the tag & show our appreciation. Cards for Readers’ Bingo will be added midway through the month!

➤ HOW DO I PLAY?

To submit a work, simply write for one of the prompts and post your work to the Ao3 collection—you may write as many fics in advance as you’d like, but please reserve posting for February! Once you’ve posted it, share it with us using the #scottuary2025 tag, or mention us at @scottappreciation​.

All fics must be Scott-centric and Scott-positive. Scott does not need to be the POV character, but the primary focus of the fic should be Scott’s emotions/interests/needs/etc.

No character bashing, or hate of any kind, is accepted for this event. NSFW materials are fine as long as they are tagged appropriately and the author is 18+, but please no depictions of noncon at this time. No non-canonical MCD (Main Character Death).

➤ RULES

Download the bingo card before/during February 2025.

Write a fic using one of the prompts, to be posted only once February starts.

Fics must be at least 500 words.

Bingos are achieved by publishing five fics (one prompt per fic), going horizontally, vertically, diagonally, or any five squares set in the same season.

You are allowed to combine spaces for Full Board Bingo, but no more than three tiles/fic.

Please post each prompt fill as a different work, rather than chapters—for related prompts, we encourage publishing them as a series. You can submit them on Ao3 to our Scottuary collection!

The free square still needs a story paired with it to make bingo, but can be for whatever concept you’d like!

When you post a fic, share a link to it + your bingo card with that tile marked off so we can reblog it!

You do not have to complete a full five story bingo to participate! We welcome as few or as many stories as you would like to contribute.

You are more than welcome to combine fills with other February events such as @febuwhump, etc., as long as Scott is the primary focus!

We’re so excited to read all your fics!!

For easier access for translating to another language or visual impairment, the prompts for Scottuary are written out below the cut!

Filling out all five items in a column will give you horizontal bingo, filling out the same number for each row (eg, all the 2s) will give you vertical bingo, and to make a diagonal bingo, use prompts A1-B2-C3-D4-E5 or A5-B4-C3-D2-E1.

A Row:

Predator

Wolf Eyes

Justice

Mistletoe

Scott & Deaton

B Row:

Betrayal

Rage

Graduation

Canon Ships

Only Human

C Row:

Canon Divergence

LA Life

FREE SPACE

Dr. McCall

Family

D Row:

Death

Missing Scene

Pain Taking

Moonlight

Scott + Minor Characters

E Row:

Scott + Foils

Animalia

Open Wounds

Beacon Hills

Prey

[scottappreciation]

Quick question for non-english native speakers: what does foils mean for scottuary?

Thank you for the ask!

A foil is a character who (lifting a bit from Wikipedia here) contrasts with another character, usually the protagonist, in a way that highlights certain qualities about the protagonist. So, for instance, Theo's selfishness and willingness to sacrifice others for his own gain highlights Scott's willingness to sacrifice himself for others. Scott has a lot of foils, and we thought they could be a fun lens you can explore Scott's qualities!

For anyone curious about Scottuary 2025, you can find our intro post and rules here!

[scottappreciation]

hiii i have a scottuary question since this will be my first; could you elaborate on the "you are allowed to combine spaces for full board bingo, but no more than three tiles/fic." rule? i know it's not a contradiction to the one prompt per fic rule, but i also can't tell what it means ;-; very well could be sleep deprivation (happy new year!) scrambling my brain but i thought it couldn't hurt to ask :)

Hi, anon! Thank you for the ask! The wording there is a bit condensed so we're happy to elaborate.

There are 25 prompts on the Scottuary 2025 bingo card, including the free space. If you wanted to fill out the entire board, though, you don't have to write 25 fics. You can write 8, as long as each fic has 3 prompts included (the free space one is a freebie). So you could write one fic that covers, for instance, "wolf eyes," "LA life," and "only human." You can write more than 8 fics if you want to, ofc! The rule is that you can at most combine 3 prompts per fic if you're going for a full board (25 prompt) bingo.

As a final reminder, the 3 prompts per fic rule only counts for full board bingos. For regular bingos, i.e. across rows/diagonally/through the corners, it's 1 prompt per fic.

If there's anything else we can clarify or explain more, please feel free to send another ask! For anyone curious about Scottuary 2025, coming in February, you can find out more information here.