#xmas prompt

[a-random-pillow]

Happy Holidays! Here are some writing prompts to get you in the spirit it!

~Genral~

First Snow of the season

Skiing/Snow boarding

Escaping the weather

Warming Up

Snowed In/Out

Cookies!

Holiday Feast

Sleigh Ride in the snow

Ice Fishing? You find this fun?

Crafts!

Skating

Family form out of town

How many layers do you need?

Hot tub in the snow

~Christmas/X-mas~

Gift Exchange

Staying up to wait for Santa

Christmas movie binge

First Christmas with the in-laws

Trying to find the perfect gift

Arguing over little things

Putting up the lights

It's not perfect but it's ours

We're both alone for Christmas, let's spend it togther!

Fake Partner for that one time a year you see your family for Christmas.

Decorating the tree!

[ky-landfill]

Hello!! Do you ever think about Bruce, Dick, and pre-death Jason all sharing an awkward Christmas together, because I do. So much

[sageandred]

*(These aren't for me.) I was bored and made 1 of my own of these (:

(made specifically for all who reblog) >>>

OTP + CHARACTER ASK

Send a ship + a number and get an answer.

1. Who is the better cook?

2. Who gets up to cook at 2am?

3. Are they into PDA? Who initiates most?

4. Their favorite show to watch together?

5. Who is the cheesier one of the two?

6. Who is always, always running late?

7. Who's clumsier?

8. Who is a morning person? Who is a night owl?

9. Who travels lighter?

10. Who is always reminding the other not to forget important documents/general things before leaving out the door?

11. Who leaves notes in the other one's lunch? (Bonus: what do they say?)

12. Who prefers calling to texting (& vice versa)? Bonus: Who is so bad at texting it made the other think they weren't interested when they first started hanging out? [This could be hypothetical as much as real].

13. Stay home/go-out? What are their date nights like?

14. Who falls asleep during a movie?

15. Who's the first to cry during movies that don't seem sad?

16. Who hogs the covers?

17. Who is more competitive?

18. What are they like when they're drunk? How do they act together? & when 1 is drunk, while the other one's sober?

19. What do they fight about most often? (Alternative: what was their biggest fight?)

20. Who randomly brings home a stray puppy/kitten to adopt?

21. Any routines one has that the other had to get used to (ex. morning, nighttime, sleeping habits)?

22. Love languages? How do they get around differences, if any?

23. Who initiates cuddling more?

24. Sleeping/cuddling positions? (Big spoon, little spoon, etc.)?

25. (a lil sappy, but..) What do they like about each other?

26. Who is prone to road rage?

27. Craziest place they had sex?

28. Who always steals the other's food? How does their partner react to it?

29. First date? (Give as much or little detail)

30. Pet names? Yes or no?

31. How do they spend their anniversary?

32. Who's so affectionate they can't stop touching the other?

33. What is their wedding day like?

34. How do they cheer the other one up during sad times?

35. What are their tastes in music?

36. Who is more protective?

37. Who wanted to see Oppenheimer; who Barbie? Did they switch opinions after?

38. If/when they have kids, what is their parenting style (or pets-who does what)?

39. Do they get along with the other's family? If not, how do they deal with the other's family?

40. Who is the skilled shopper for holidays? Who always waits 'til the last minute to get all of their gifts? (Which one gets stressed out easily)?

[pan-flute-skeleton]

Winter Wonderklok 2023

Welcome to the first ever Winter Wonderklok! A holiday Metalocalypse themed event leading up to Christmas. Twelve days of prompts instead of gifts for your true love. How zazzy is that! You are free to create anything you want. Make art, write stories, put together playlists, design moodboards and overall, take the time to have fun with it. I know this coming out a smidge early, but I want to make sure everyone has time to relax after kloktober, think and create. I made it a point to try and be as broad as possible because I know not everyone celebrates Christmas. Please feel free to adjust to your standards. As a fan creator myself, I do these things for the fun of it and in a way that fits my style. I encourage you all to do the same. Don’t feel like a certain prompt? Do something else entirely! 

There are a few things I would like to clarify and they go as follows:

What do you mean by ‘Rankin Bass?’ Rankin Bass is the production company that produced all of your favorite Christmas movies like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Beautiful puppetry and stop motion pioneers that are cherished to this day. I challenge artists to attempt the style in their own way. Or simply have your character of choice enjoying the specials. However you want to tackle the iconic figures.

What do you mean by ‘Saran wrap ball?’ It’s a type of grab bag game that involves…saran wrap! Who would’ve thought. I will attach a video below for reference on how it’s made and how it’s played. I will say that each house has their own rules so feel free to adjust anything you’d like.

What do you mean by ‘OC Special?’ I am an OC (original character) writer. Many of my friends are too. The few prompts that are labeled ‘OC special’ are meant to encourage use of OCs, interaction with other OCs and even creation of new OCs. I would love for people to take the opportunity to create someone or something new or try something they’ve been meaning to for a while. Challenge yourself! But if that isn’t your style, that’s okay too. If you do not want to use or make an OC, you’re more than welcome to use a canon character of choice instead.

What do you mean by ‘Toys for Tots?’ This is a charity program run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve which distributes toys to children whose families cannot afford to buy them for Christmas. Ongoing for over seventy five years and common enough, but just in case anyone needed a reminder.

I encourage you to use #WinterWonderklok2023 when you post your work. Love keeping things organized. Good luck everyone! Can’t wait to see what you can come up with.

I also want to give a huge shout out to @papabigtoes for all the visuals for Wonderklok. I really could not pull this off without her insane art skills. Thank you a million times over my friend!

Plain text list:

Dec 13 Improvised snowman decoration 

Dec 14 Baking cookies

Dec 15 Hot tub in the snow

Dec 16 Black friday*

Dec 17 Everyone gets socks

Dec 18 Lighting candles

Dec 19 Saran wrap ball

Dec 20 Secret Santa with another character*

Dec 21 Dethfam holiday

Dec 22 Rankin Bass

Dec 23 Homemade gift

Dec 24 Toys for tots*

*=OC Special

[ask-iceking-and-magicbetty]

how are you two are gonna spend christmas??? (i NEED to see a christmas betty plsplspsl)

[mythandral]

thought steph suited dimples, and i have the power, so...

[avocado-writing]

hi avo! would love to see azi, crowley and nightingale building a gingerbread house. 😆 Something so sweet and wholesome turns chaotic and stressful very quickly..

notes: oh absolutely. The universal gingerbread experience.

It started out with a kit, you think, dully. How did it end up like this?

A sweet idea both physically and sentimentally: Aziraphale came home with a gingerbread construction set. He thought it would be lovely, though you suspected he could have just sat down with the individual pieces and happily munched away. But the afternoon was free so the three of you got to work. 

The package indicated it would be made up as a darling little cottage with icing as snow and gumdrop decorations.

You glance up at what you have. 

It did not turn out like that. 

“No my dear, you have to beat the egg whites gently,”

Aziraphale says, voice on the wrong side of snippy, attempting to wrestle the bowl out of Crowley’s arms. 

“I’ll beat something in a minute,” the demon mutters, somehow getting the mixture all over Aziraphale’s waistcoat despite the apron he’s donned. The angel huffs and goes to bite back when you interrupt -

“Oh god help it’s falling—!”

They both rush over to try and steady the foundations of what you already have but it’s no use. The icing crumbles away and the gingerbread tumbles, your already pathetic creation crumbling into nothing but a pile of crumbs. 

Four hours. Somehow, you’ve been at this for four hours. You are losing your grip on your sanity. 

“Oh, sod this,” Crowley mutters, clicks his fingers, and the gingerbread is miracled into completion. It looks lovely: sugar icicles and a peppermint path. The isomalt windows sparkle as if there’s a fire inside. 

“Oh! How gorgeous,” you say, smiling. 

“Really, Crowley. I thought we were doing things the old fashioned way.”

“The old fashioned way can be stuck where the sun doesn’t shine. There, it’s done.”

“It almost seems too nice to eat,” you begin, but then Crowley shoves a rolling pin into your hands. 

“No. None of that. Destroy it, eat it, and let this be over with.”

“Where’s your Christmas spirit, Crowley?”

“Here,” he says, and brandishes a bottle of Baileys at you both. 

You and Aziraphale exchange a glance and agree silently: you can’t argue with that. 

An hour later the remnants of the gingerbread house sparkle in the kitchen while you all get pissed in the front room. It’s decidedly a much better use of your time. 

[seaofolives]

🎭 #torokatober2024 day 12/31: pierrot 🎻

Even the bed creaks stutter with Quatre’s hips, the pressure between his straddled legs bursting in waves. This is where he usually screams.

He doesn’t. The circus grounds are so quiet, and this is their last night together before Trowa goes on tour to the farthest cluster known to man.

Trowa brings him down to his feverish chest, turning them on their sides on his narrow bed, in his cramped tent.

Quatre strokes the glitters on his cheek from tonight’s makeup. He’ll miss him.

Trowa kisses him deeply, his tongue and his hips moving again.

Quatre sighs, his toes curling.

find the list of prompts here!

[ardent-fox]

Galladrabbles: Room for More

Thank you to @dynamic-power for this lovely @galladrabbles prompt! Here's my humble offering of some S1 babies.

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"Gonna pay for that?"

Something undefinable flashes across Mickey's face before he snorts, smirk not quite reaching his eyes. "Think y'know the answer to that, Gallagher."

The sound of his surname cuts deeper than Mickey continuously complicating his job over silly snacks like-

Ian's heart sinks at the essentials stacked inside the box: milk, canned goods, fuckin' tampons for Mandy. At the energy bars bulging from his non-boyfriend's pockets that he'll undoubtedly scarf down in secret later, yet still have room for more.

He waits for Mickey to leave before fishing out a twenty and placing it inside the register.

[burning-academia-if]

going for my go-to ROs🤭🤭

Rook + Snowball fight (I think this will be cute!!)

Lars + Fairy lights (yes, I'm a sucker for soft Lars🤤😩)

Btw, happy holidays em!! Hope you had a good one!!<33

Happy Holidays and New Years!

Here's Lars + Fairy lights and Rook + Snowball fight

Lars + Fairy lights

            “Is…is that a gift?” You sit perched at the edge of your bed with your legs criss-crossed. Seeing Lars in your dorm is weird. He exists in meeting rooms and lectures and blurred out in the dark of night. Not in a cramped room where the ceiling suddenly didn’t look like it was tall enough.

            Said gift wasn’t wrapped or anything. It’s why you knew what it was. Fairy lights. You’d been mentioning getting them forever, but passed on buying some every time. Lars probably got them more as a gift for himself, so he wouldn’t have to hear you bring it up for the millionth time.

            He eyed the room, and you hoped he wasn’t judging it too harshly, “For Christmas. Where do you want them?”

            Lars and Christmas didn’t go together. He had the frost of deep winter, not the cheer of any holiday. It took your brain too long to process what he’d said before you arrived at a halting conclusion, “I didn’t get you anything—”

            “You’ll make it up to me later.” You…didn’t like the sound of that. “Where do you want them? I have somewhere to be soon.”

            “Oh, um. Around the desk, maybe?” Though you scrambled to your feet to help, his raised eyebrow and blank stare made you sit right back down. Not sure what to do with yourself, your hands folded themselves in your lap. It was the pose a kindergartener took during story time. His smirk was telling enough.

            As always, he worked quickly and efficiently. Although you called out instructions, you mostly watched. It didn’t take long before they were set up, a steady glow now warming your desk space. Throughout it, Lars’ expression had softened.

            When he stepped back from his work to look at you, you couldn’t read him, “Well?”

            “It’s…it’s pretty. Thank you.” He nodded once, looking ready to leave as quickly as he’d arrived. “Wait, what do you want?”

            You had no idea what to give someone like Lars. He never mentioned wanting anything, but he had said you’d make it up to him. He paused, thinking. The silence was always his thing and you pressed your lips together to stop yourself from saying something you’d regret.

            Finally, he said, “I’ll think on it.”

            “But—”

            “I have to get going anyway.” It must have been the new lights, which made his features softer. The warm glow eased away the normal edges heightened by hard shadows or bright lights. For a second, you almost thought he wanted to stay around you just a little longer.

            You shook the thought away, “Right. Yeah. I’ll walk you out. Thank you again.”

            Even with him gone, you still felt his presence. You traced the way your new lights dangled, and wondered if you’d ever be able to figure out Lars and what he even felt towards you.

Rook + Snowball Fight

“You were never a good friend. How could you make me a human shield?” You shook off your jacket, where half melted snow slid off in a steady trail. Ahead of you, also brushing off a collection of snow, was your one and only childhood friend and the menace himself.

Glancing back, cheeks red from the cold and bringing out his usually dull freckles, Rook’s grin was grand, “Who else was going to be my partner in crime?”

“One of your other millions of friends.” Your voice was flat. His grin only grew wider.

The series of events was you’d been walking back to the dorms. Right before you could enter said building, however, a person had skidded to a halt in front of you. Rook, obviously. Shouts were following him and you’d seen the decision in his eyes, probably before he even realized what decision he’d came to. And so, you’d been pelted with snowballs and dragged into a snowball fight which Rook had started. Rather a fight, it’d been a war. It always astounded you just how Rook seemed to know everyone on campus, and how it felt like every single one was after him. By the time it was over, both of you were made of ice and draped in snow.

He reached out and ruffled your hair, causing whatever remaining snow to fall off and splat on the dorm floor. You scowled at him, but his expression remained light, “You’re the only one I trust.”

“Who knows. Maybe when you walk out the dorm tomorrow I’ll be waiting with an ambush.”

“You wouldn’t.” He dramatically placed a hand over his chest, spinning away from you. “Have all these years meant nothing to you?”

“Have they meant anything to you?” You asked back, before a shudder ran through you. The chill wasn’t quiet going away. You and Rook’s downfall had actually involved both of you collapsed on the ground, breathing hard from running around. Your clothes were damp, and it was making it impossible to get warm again.

Despite having turned away from you, it was like he could tell, “They mean the world to me. Which is why we should hurry up so you can change clothes. The last thing I need is for you to die from the fucking plague.”

“You get the plague from rats, not from the cold.”

“Actually, the plague came from the fleas on the rats, which the rats gave to us—”

“Congrats on remembering tenth grade history.” Another shudder zipped up your spin and this time Rook was turned towards you. He frowned lightly, and you had another sarcastic remark at the ready that was quickly whisked away by him promptly unzipping his jacket and all but throwing it at you.

You scrambled to catch it, “Take that until we get back to my place. You left some spare clothes there.”

Leaving a spare change of clothes at each other’s dorms had become a just-in-case kind of thing over the past few months. You hadn’t really thought much about it. But hearing him vocalize it made your brain imitate a record scratch. Old feelings of being young and dumb hit you. Specifically, long vanished feelings of being fifteen and almost having a crush on Rook. Almost.

You shrugged the jacket on, frowning the whole time. It smelled like him, but you weren’t about to acknowledge that to yourself either. So maybe you had spent the past few months stopping old feelings from surfacing. Ever since you started at Vales Grove, it felt like old times, always being in each other’s atmospheres.

The two of you in the snow, breathing hard, with Rook laughing and yelling at his friends to stop, had sent you back. Maybe you’d been staring when his eyes darted to you, crinkled a bit from his wide grin. Strands of hair had fallen in his face and you’d had to fight back the urge to push it back. It felt like the last straw.

Mercifully, it didn’t take long to get back to his dorm. You slipped into the bathroom to change, throwing the jacket back at Rook before you did so. You needed a moment.

You hadn’t gotten over your old crush. It made you grimace. Of all the times to notice, it was during a stint of his usual mayhem. Not to mention him using you as a human shield. You couldn’t fathom how many snowballs you’d been pelted with. And yet, when the two of you had gone down he’d thrown an arm out to cushion your fall. You’d been pressed close to his side as a result, his heartbeat loud in your ears. For a second, it felt like you belonged there.

With a steady gaze, you stared at yourself in the mirror. This was fine. It’d be fine. If Rook hadn’t noticed when you were teens, he certainly wouldn’t notice now. You kept telling yourself that as you walked back out.

[aries-rising-on-an-aquarius-tide]

I haven't written anything (at least not to completion) in a very long time. Now that October is basically over, and we're moving into my least favorite season, I thought I would give Holiday Bingo a glance to encourage myself to write as a distraction from the long, cold months.

Most of the bingos for the winter holidays have the same 6 or 8 ideas on them, none of which appealed to me enough to make me feel like writing. So, for the first time ever, I brainstormed my own bingo card of ideas.

I don't have any expectations of anyone else using my card, but if you see something you like, feel free to write it. All I ask is that you DM me a link to your fic so I can do a Master list post. ☺️ Other than that, I don't really have any rules for others' use.

As for me, for this bingo, I will write

- Rolivia/Rolivia + Barba

- Cabenson

- EO

I am not taking any other ships/ship combos at this time. Happy writing, and holiday cheers!

❄️☃️ HeartEyes4Mariska

@thatesqcrush @storiesofsvu

[mythical-bookworm]

Day 10: Family

"Doc!" Marty exclaims, hopping out of his truck. "You said it was an emergency!"

"Indeed!" Doc replies, the Brown family outside. "We must take a picture for the family Christmas card!"

"Oh, cool." Marty says in relief. "Where's the camera?"

"The camera? Why do you want a camera for the picture?"

"To take it...?"

"How are you taking the picture if your in the picture?" Doc asks.

Marty is taken aback. "In the picture-? Doc this is a family-"

Doc raises an eyebrow, making the teen stop.

"Come on come on!" Verne exclaims, dragging Marty over with the rest of the Browns.

Guys I can just picture it 😭

Merry Christmas guys! I hope this makes you cry like it does for me I've had this idea in my head all week and I'm so glad I got to do this.

Time taken: ~3.5 hours

Definitely rushed this uhhhhhh so there are some things a little off but let me tell you this challenge has made me so much faster at drawing humans!

So this will be the last prompt I'm going to do. Thank you everyone for all your amazing support. I hope I made you guys smile and laugh at least once, I know I've made myself do that a few times! I had a great time doing this and I learned a lot.

Guys I might also be crying that I'm done with these prompts these things stressed me out but made me so happy haha.

[pan-flute-skeleton]

12 Days till Winter Wonderklok!

Whoa! Hold on! No need to guzzle. You still have some time......eh let's leave these two to....whatever they're doing.

Anyway, it's your friendly neighborhood Pan Flute Skeleton here to remind you that Wonderklok is coming up. Take this time to challenge yourself, indulge in some fantasy set ups, have fun in the snowy silliness, or even move that icy heart of yours. You are free to do what you want, how you want. I, and everyone else excited for this, look forward to what you have to show. Link to the original prompt list found here.

Again, I'd like to thank @papabigtoes for the Facebones and Dethkones gif. Seeing it in my downloads made me smile every time I saw these two hooligans. Thank you again my friend.

[choicesholidays]

Fics of Christmas Past, a Throwback Event.

A December to Remember 2023. Master List of holiday throwback stories. Thanks to everyone who submitted!

Thanksgiving Throwbacks:

Thankful by @liaromancewriter OH

Thankful: A Bad Romance One-Shot by @angelasscribbles TRR

Thanksgiving in Valtoria Part 1 by @angelasscribbles TRR

Thanksgiving in Valtoria Part 2 by @angelasscribbles TRR

Just Getting Started by @liaromancewriter OH

Thanksgiving by @karahalloway TRR

Timeline Collapse by @aallotarenunelma ITLW/ILITW/ILB

Hanukkah Throwbacks:

Light and Hope by @storyofmychoices MoTY

Christmas Throwbacks:

Christmas Throwback Master List

New Year's Eve Throwbacks:

New Year's Eve in Valtoria by @angelasscribbles TRR

New Year, New Beginning by @trappedinfanfiction OH

New Year's Eve by @liaromancewriter OH

Holiday Edit Throwbacks:

This OH Edit by @liaromancewriter. Submitted by @jerzwriter

[gerec]

X-Men Rare Pairs Fest 2023

Happy Sunday! We're opening up things up little early so you can now visit the X-Men Rare Pairs 2023  homepage and start leaving prompts!

The slightly revised schedule is as follows: Sign Ups Open: Mar 5 (NOW!!!) Start Posting Works: Mar 15 Works Revealed: Mar 31 Authors/Artists Revealed: April 15

Fest Highlights for those who missed the previous post: - Rare Pairs Fest is a prompt fest (vs a gift exchange) for the X-Men fandom - Prompting remains open for the duration of the fest - *NEW* You may begin filling prompts on March 15 and continue through the end of the fest - Fills may be fic or art - All X-Men ‘verses are welcome (comics too!) - All X-Men pairings are allowed except Charles/Erik, though poly ships that include one or both these characters are permitted - Pairings can be romantic or platonic - Crossovers with other Marvel characters permitted as long as one of the pairing is in the X-Men verse (i.e. Storm/Black Panther) - You can request up to 10 prompts (min. one is required) - There is no minimum word count but fills (and art) must be complete when posted - Each prompt can be filled an unlimited number of times by an unlimited number of people - You do not have to write/draw to leave prompts - You do not have to prompt to write/draw a fill

If you have any questions about Rare Pairs Fest, please visit the Collection home page for details or feel free to send me an ask!

Please signal boost thanks!

[homosociallyyours]

Christmas fic prompt:

Under the mistletoad

If Harry doesn't get true love's kiss by 11:59 pm Christmas Eve, his curse-- to turn into a toad at each full moon --will be permanent. With the help of his best friend, Louis, he sets out to go on as many dates as he can to find love.

But could what he's looking for be even closer than he thinks?