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Just wondering but why the decision to make 2025 the final year after 5 years.

The mods simply have other priorities & keeping up with a ship week has become difficult. This of course wasn't an easy decision to make and discussions of when to end this event began while preparing for the fourth year in 2024. This is probably one of the longer running ship week accounts & many believe that whenever RWBY returns so will this event, but that's very unlikely (the current state of the series had nothing to do with ending this event). Maybe things will change but as it stands now this is the final year of Rosebird Week events. We hope you all can understand! *There will be more posted about the state of this account going forward when the event wraps up in September!*

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There's still a ways to go with THREE MONTHS until the final Rosebird Week begins on September 22nd!

Be sure to check out our Prompt List if you haven't done so already.

This year features the Free/Collab Day prompt, so we encourage you to work solo or with others to create without the limits of a theme!

We hope that you'll be able to join us for one last ride!

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Hello everyone! We’re here to announce our final year of rosebird, Rosebird Week 2025!

The week begins Monday, September 22nd and ends the following Monday on September 29th with eight days of prompts for you to enjoy.

Prompt List:

• Day 1: Dearly Departed

• Day 2: Mementos / Keepsakes

• Day 3: Grimdark Fantasy

• Day 4: Secret Meetings

• Day 5: Noir / Detective

• Day 6: Queen & Knight

• Day 7: Fall from Grace

• Day 8: Free / Collab Day

This final year we wanted to do a special prompt for everyone, so we decided on a collab prompt to go with free day!

Remember to tag your works with #rosebirdweek in the first 5 tags and make sure to check out our rules, especially if you’re unsure of something.

Thanks so much for your participation and reblogs! We hope you enjoy this final year with us!

[rosebird-week]

Hello everyone! We’re here to announce our final year of rosebird, Rosebird Week 2025!

The week begins Monday, September 22nd and ends the following Monday on September 29th with eight days of prompts for you to enjoy.

Prompt List:

• Day 1: Dearly Departed

• Day 2: Mementos / Keepsakes

• Day 3: Grimdark Fantasy

• Day 4: Secret Meetings

• Day 5: Noir / Detective

• Day 6: Queen & Knight

• Day 7: Fall from Grace

• Day 8: Free / Collab Day

This final year we wanted to do a special prompt for everyone, so we decided on a collab prompt to go with free day!

Remember to tag your works with #rosebirdweek in the first 5 tags and make sure to check out our rules, especially if you’re unsure of something.

Thanks so much for your participation and reblogs! We hope you enjoy this final year with us!

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❗ Prompts Poll CLOSED ❗

The voting period for our prompts poll has ended! We're excited to show you all the set of prompts that have been chosen for our Final Year!

Stay tuned for updates. Next is the Prompts List Announcement!!

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There is only one day left until this poll closes!

Now's the chance to get any last minute votes in for your favorite prompts so be sure to check it out!

❗ PROMPTS POLL OPEN ❗

Big thanks to everyone for the positive response so far! We're here to announce that the voting period for our final year's set of prompts has now begun!

There were a ton of great suggestions so check them out & vote for your favorites in our PROMPTS POLL

*Form is open today May 14th and closes on May 21st*

As always if you want to keep up with more updates then be sure to follow us here and on our twitter page

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❗ PROMPTS POLL OPEN ❗

Big thanks to everyone for the positive response so far! We're here to announce that the voting period for our final year's set of prompts has now begun!

There were a ton of great suggestions so check them out & vote for your favorites in our PROMPTS POLL

*Form is open today May 14th and closes on May 21st*

As always if you want to keep up with more updates then be sure to follow us here and on our twitter page

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❗ PROMPTS POLL OPEN ❗

Big thanks to everyone for the positive response so far! We're here to announce that the voting period for our final year's set of prompts has now begun!

There were a ton of great suggestions so check them out & vote for your favorites in our PROMPTS POLL

*Form is open today May 14th and closes on May 21st*

As always if you want to keep up with more updates then be sure to follow us here and on our twitter page

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❗ Interest Check CLOSED ❗

The window to submit prompt suggestions has ended. Thank you everyone for the interest! There were plenty of great ideas sent in and we're excited to make the final year a blast!

Stay tuned for more updates. Next is the announcement for our Prompts Poll!

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There is just one day left until this form closes!

We have received a ton of great suggestions so far and if there's any last minute prompt ideas you'd like to share now's the chance!

❗ ANNOUNCEMENT ❗

Welcome Back Everyone! Rosebird Week 2025 is set to return from September 22nd to September 29th. This will be our FINAL YEAR hosting this event & we hope you'll join us for one last celebration!

We're currently looking for prompts to feature this year so if you’re interested in participating in this event please take a few minutes to fill out our INTEREST CHECK

*This form is open today May 5th & will close on May 12th*

Thank you so much for your time! If you want to keep up with more information as it happens then be sure follow us here and on our twitter page

[rosebird-week]

❗ ANNOUNCEMENT ❗

Welcome Back Everyone! Rosebird Week 2025 is set to return from September 22nd to September 29th. This will be our FINAL YEAR hosting this event & we hope you'll join us for one last celebration!

We're currently looking for prompts to feature this year so if you’re interested in participating in this event please take a few minutes to fill out our INTEREST CHECK

*This form is open today May 5th & will close on May 12th*

Thank you so much for your time! If you want to keep up with more information as it happens then be sure follow us here and on our twitter page

[rosebird-week]

❗ ANNOUNCEMENT ❗

Welcome Back Everyone! Rosebird Week 2025 is set to return from September 22nd to September 29th. This will be our FINAL YEAR hosting this event & we hope you'll join us for one last celebration!

We're currently looking for prompts to feature this year so if you’re interested in participating in this event please take a few minutes to fill out our INTEREST CHECK

*This form is open today May 5th & will close on May 12th*

Thank you so much for your time! If you want to keep up with more information as it happens then be sure follow us here and on our twitter page

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❗ AND THAT'S A WRAP ❗

Thank You to everyone that joined us for yet another great year! With your help we're always able to make this event a blast! There were a ton of amazing creations submitted so we encourage you to check them all out!

Have some work you still want to share? No worries, just tag your post with @rosebird-week and we'll do our best to grab everything!

⚠️ We have one more big announcement to make:

Rosebird Week will return for ONE FINAL year in 2025! It's been such a huge pleasure hosting this event & having you all join us for four amazing years. We hope to make Year 5 the biggest one yet!

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okay so I didn't actually wind up finishing any of the stuff I wanted to for @rosebird-week but I can at least post snippets of what I was working on:

for Private Moments:

“All right, if that’s how you want to be.” Kite smirks. “A girl can have her secrets, after all.”

Raven dramatically rolls her eyes, covering up her sigh of relief as exasperation, and turns to go get her own drink of water. At least, there better be water —

Slam. Something soundless and strong collides with the backs of her knees so hard they buckle instantly, knocking her back down to the ground. Her arms flail out reflexively to catch her, and she does, her open hands smacking against the hard earth. 

“Just not from me.”

Both her palms and her pride smarting, she spins around and rushes her. “Kite!”

Kite doesn’t even look at her as she thrusts a palm out into her forehead and shoves hard, sending her stumbling right back onto her ass. She’s too busy inspecting the photo she’d snatched out of the air, her boot innocently toeing at the dirt. “Don’t yell at me, you’re the one who turned your back.”

Her heart pounds far harder than it ever does in battle as she scrambles back up. Another charge might actually piss Kite off, or worse, let on just how badly she wants her to take her eyes off that photo. She’s not worried that her leader will destroy it. No, the indulgent smile slowly spreading on her face is much more terrifying.

“Aww…” she purrs. “Is this your little partner?”

Raven bites the inside of her cheek hard, trying to look more angry than scared as Kite turns the photo around to face her, thumbnail pressing into Summer’s bare neck.

“She’s so cute. Did you pick her out yourself?”

for Vampire and Hunter:

The silver jewelry hadn’t been enough to throw her off the first time she’d laid eyes on Summer. Maybe a greener hunter would have been fooled, but she’d been taught to notice how all the little chains and trinkets never actually touched her skin, but rested on long chains and shirts, thick sleeves, broad belts. How she moved so deliberately, so carefully, as if they’re a treacherous weight. 

Well. If that hadn’t tipped her off, the way she never ate or drank, always hid herself in that giant hoodie, and never, ever showed all her teeth when she smiled. Not even when it was genuine.

It’s a far cry from the creature in its pitch-black cloak before her now, paler than a corpse and veins dark as midnight with the blood of a creature far older and crueler. In other words…

“You look like shit,” she says, tearing off another bite of garlic bread.

Summer’s lip curls, revealing fangs already straining to grow. “And you’re still an animal.”

for...well, I wasn't sure which day I could fit this into if I did make any progress on it, but it's the one where Summer's face explodes in front of her entire team:

Across the clearing, Summer was sprawled face down in the dirt, motionless as a corpse. Half the Hydra’s heads and legs were just as rigid — and grey, and brittle, and stone, what the fuck — but the other heads were still waving and screeching, more furious than ever. 

Raven was moving before she could think, on pure instinct. She was so accustomed to swinging Omen to open her portals that the loss of it threw her entirely off, and all she could do was run, run, run. 

She dove and rolled past stamping clawed feet, ducked the tails swinging through the air with a force she could hear. One of them flew just a hair too close, and a spike grazed her forehead. She was aware only of her skin splitting apart, of warmth dribbling down her face. She felt no pain. All she knew was the senseless blur of the world around her, the hard and frantic pounding of her feet against the ground. 

The only thing that was clear, standing out in sharp relief against everything else, was the white cloak in a heap in the dirt. Summer’s image seemed to flash, larger and larger in her sight with every step, until Raven was skidding to a stop and dropping to her knees at her partner’s side. 

“Summer?!” Raven rolled her body over, and the feeling of completely limp flesh turned her blood to ice. “Summer! Can you hear me?!”

Not even a moan or a whimper answered her. Summer’s mouth had gone slack, and what she could see of her eyes behind their drooping lids was as dark and dull as the stone behind them. She jabbed her fingers into her partner’s neck, pressing for a pulse. It was there — yes, there, but getting weaker. Or was that just her frenzied imagination? She couldn’t comprehend anything over the shrieking ring in her ears, the pounding of her own pulse. The only thing she could feel was Summer’s warm body in her hands. 

Still warm. Still breathing. 

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Rosebird Week ‘24 Day 8: AU ⚔️🥀[Original]

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This is it! My final piece for Rosebird Week 2024 ♥️ @rosebird-week An AU where Raven & Summer are both Faunus seemed like a fun idea to do! Ty so much for the likes/love & hopefully I can participate once again in 2025! 🌹🐦

Higher Quality of all the content of Rosebird Week 2024 + a Special surprise at the end of the month available for our Patrons!

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I wish I had been able to write or model more for this event, but I've been so under the pump and exhausted lately I just couldn't come up with much. Still, the free day suited me just fine and let me explore using Vroid and mix and match assets, so it was educational too!

This piece is tied to my submission to last year's event, The New Era, this would be Summer & Raven in their quiet Mistrali retreat, away from all the smog, automatons and Atlesian influences. I hope it look good!