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The theme for September is Coffee Shops. Whether that's in-universe coffee shops (or the closest equivalent), AU coffee shops, workers or customers or both, anything goes as long as it involves the characters interacting with some kind of hot-beverage serving establishment.

Posting guidelines are here, and if you have any recs or prompts you'd like to share, you can leave them in the comments using the templates below:

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This theme will last until 30th September.

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Amnesty month is over, thank you to those who posted! The theme for August is Omegaverse, so sort your characters into Alphas, Betas and Omegas and get creating!

Posting guidelines are here, and if you have any recs or prompts you'd like to share, you can leave them in the comments using the templates below:

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For prompts:

This theme will last until 31st August.

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July is another Amnesty Month. That means that instead of a new theme, the challenge this month is to create new works for any of the previous themes.

You can find the previous themes in the tag list under t.

Posting guidelines are here. Please remember to tag your fandoms and themes!

If you have any prompts or recs for previous themes, you can leave them in the comments using the template below:

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For prompts:

The amnesty period will last until 31st July.

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Another month has arrived, and the theme for June is Time Loops. How do your characters react to living the same day/week/other time period over and over?

Posting guidelines are here, and if you have any recs or prompts you'd like to share, you can leave them in the comments using the templates below:

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This theme will last until 30th June.

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The theme for May is Gender or Sex Swap, where a character's sex and/or gender is changed. Whether that's "magically changed into another sex/gender" or a Rule 63-style AU where they've always been a man/woman/other, any kind of gender or sex swapping is welcome.

Posting guidelines are here, and if you have any recs or prompts you'd like to share, you can leave them in the comments using the templates below:

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For prompts:

This theme will last until 31st May.

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Another new month has dawned, and the theme for April is Crossovers, i.e. characters from different canons interacting with each other. Both in-universe (e.g. the various Star Treks) and out of universe crossovers are welcome!

Posting guidelines are here, and if you have any recs or prompts you'd like to share, you can leave them in the comments using the templates below:

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For prompts:

This theme will last until 30th April.

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Welcome to a new month! The theme for March is Sex Pollen. Whether that's literal pollen or figurative pollen is up to you, just as long as it's some kind of outside force that compels your characters towards sex (with each other). (If you're not familiar with the trope, a more in-depth explanation is here.)

Posting guidelines are here, and if you have any recs or prompts you'd like to share, you can leave them in the comments using the templates below:

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For prompts:

This theme will last until 31st March.

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The response to my last post seemed to be that people want me to continue, so here we are! The theme for February is Soulmate AU. Whether that's marks on the arm, first words, red strings of fate, or anything else you can think of as long as it's some kind of AU involving soulmates.

Posting guidelines are here, and if you have any recs you'd like to share, you can leave them in the comments using the template below:

Additional note: I've decided to ditch the prompt posts going forward, but if you have any prompts you can leave them in the comments of this post using the usual template:

This theme will last until 28th February.

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There hasn't been a lot of activity here recently, so I'm wondering if people are still interested? I'm happy to keep posting monthly themes, but I'd rather not do so into a void, so please comment here if you want me to continue.

If I do, I'm thinking of ditching the prompts (both the suggested ones and the optional posts) because it doesn't seem like anyone's using them. (But if you do find them useful please say so!)

Anyway, I hope you have a good amnesty month, and thanks to anyone who's posted in previous rounds!

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Happy New Year!

As last year, January is Amnesty Month. That means that instead of starting a new theme, you can create for any of the previous themes.

As a reminder, the previous themes are:

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You can find the prompt posts for these themes here. Feel free to add new prompts, or use an old one if you're inspired.

Posting guidelines are here. Please remember to tag your fandoms and themes!

If you have any recs for previous themes that you'd like to share, you can leave them in the comments using the template below:

The amnesty period will last until 31st January.

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If you have any Food and Cooking prompts, here's the place to leave them!

For ease of reading, please use the template below:

If you pick yes for the last option, please specify which archives out of AO3/SquidgeWorld/Ad Astra/etc you are willing to be gifted on and list your username(s).

This post will close on 31st December.

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🎵 It's the most wonderful time of the year! 🎵 The theme for December is Food and Cooking. Your characters can be cooking for each other, taking part in an eating challenge, trying weird alien "food", or anything else you can think of as long as it involves food and/or cooking.

Some possible ideas if you want them:

One character teaches another to cook.

A character tries a kind of food they've never tried before.

Cooking for a friend/partner/family member.

Sharing comfort food after a hard day/traumatic event.

Traditional food from RL or fictional cultures.

Character invites all their friends round for a holiday meal.

For other prompts, or to add your own, there's an optional prompt post here.

Posting guidelines are here, and if you have any recs you'd like to share, you can leave them in the comments using the template below:

This theme will last until 31st December.

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If you have any Epistolary prompts, here's the place to leave them!

For ease of reading, please use the template below:

If you pick yes for the last option, please specify which archives out of AO3/SquidgeWorld/Ad Astra/etc you are willing to be gifted on and list your username(s).

This post will close on 30th November.

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Welcome to a new month! The theme for November is Epistolary, i.e. a work that is composed primarily to entirely of letters or messages. This means your characters can do anything you want, as long as they're communicating about it through writing or messages.

Some possible ideas if you want them:

Characters communicate through letters/messages while apart.

Characters leave passive aggressive notes for each other and/or argue through messages left for each other.

Characters fall in love via letters/messages/etc before ever meeting.

You've Got Mail / Shop Around the Corner AU.

A series of captain's logs / diary entries / etc.

The last message recorded before something terrible happens.

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If you have any Supernatural Beings prompts, here's the place to leave them!

For ease of reading, please use the template below:

If you pick yes for the last option, please specify which archives out of AO3/SquidgeWorld/Ad Astra/etc you are willing to be gifted on and list your username(s).

This post will close on 31st October.

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In honour of Halloween, the theme for this month is Supernatural Beings. Your characters can be being haunted by ghosts, getting turned into vampires or werewolves, dealing with fairies, trying not to get caught up in a war between angels or demons, or anything else you can think of as long as it involves at least one supernatural being.

Some possible ideas if you want them:

Characters explore a haunted house.

Character makes a deal with a demon/fairy/etc and has to deal with the consequences.

Character makes a deal with a demon/fairy/etc and manages to outsmart them.

Character gets turned into a werewolf/vampire/etc. How do they deal with it? Do they get turned back?

An exploration of one or more canon supernatural beings.

AU where one or more characters has always been a supernatural being. How does it change things?

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If you have any Role Reversal prompts, here's the place to leave them!

For ease of reading, please use the template below:

If you pick yes for the last option, please specify which archives out of AO3/SquidgeWorld/Ad Astra/etc you are willing to be gifted on and list your username(s).

This post will close on 30th September.

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It's September again, and this month marks one year since the launch of this comm.

The theme for this month is Role Reversal. What if X and Y had each other's jobs/life experiences/species? How would things change? How would they stay the same?

Some possible ideas if you want them:

How do canon scenes/episodes change with X and Y swapped?

Multiple characters swap roles. Some are better suited than others.

X thought Y had the easier job/life/etc until they tried to step into it.

A curse/spell/etc forces X and Y to walk a mile in each other's shoes.

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If you have any Sports and Games prompts, here's the place to leave them!

For ease of reading, please use the template below:

If you pick yes for the last option, please specify which archives out of AO3/SquidgeWorld/Ad Astra/etc you are willing to be gifted on and list your username(s).

This post will close on 31st August.

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Amnesty is over! The next Amnesty Month will be January.

From this month I'm introducing a new incentive for creators - the person who creates the most fanworks over the month (provided "most" is more than one) will be able to choose a future theme. So if there's a trope or theme you'd like to see, get working!

In honour of the Olympics, the theme for August is Sports and Games. Your characters can be playing them, watching them, trying to avoid them, or anything else you can think of.

Some possible ideas if you want them:

Characters go to the Olympics or other sporting event. (As athletes, spectators, coaches...)

Characters bond over being fans of the same sport and/or team.

Introducing someone to a new sport.

Unusual sports and games in SFF fandoms.

Characters relax by playing or watching a game.

Character's nemesis challenges them to a game and they have to quickly train up and/or get a team together in order to beat them.

For other prompts, or to add your own, there's an optional prompt post here.

Posting guidelines are here, and if you have any Sports and Games recs you'd like to share, you can leave them in the comments using the template below:

This theme will last until 31st August.

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Trope of the Month

Entries tagged with mod post

September: Coffee Shops

August: Omegaverse

July: Amnesty Month

June: Time Loops

May: Gender or Sex Swap

April: Crossovers

March: Sex Pollen

February: Soulmate AU

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January: Amnesty Month

December: Food and Cooking - Prompt Post

December: Food and Cooking

November: Epistolary - Prompt Post

November: Epistolary

October: Supernatural Beings - Prompt Post

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September: Role Reversal - Prompt Post

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