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It's frustrating that you can come up with the plot of an entire fic in just a few seconds, but writing it all down can take anywhere from never to forever.

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The consumer-minded position of any viewer should be: If the product changes into something I don't want, I won't consume it. I don't understand that "must keep watching no matter what" loyalty. I've dropped shows for becoming too boring, for having a gazillion seasons, for not sitting right with my stomach, for things happening behind the scenes I can't get past, and of course for making drastic changes that affect the core of the show.

Hudson and Rex falls on the latter category. I'm not watching a minute more of that show as it is now. It's a waste of time and there are dozens of other shows I can fill that time with. When fans say that they don't understand why the rest of us are "condemning the show for the changes", aside from the fact that there's real blame to be placed on the production because they are the ones who caused that situation, I really don't understand what they like about this show when it's been stripped of its core. At its core, it was always about Charlie and Rex's partnership. I know I've said it a million times but it's true. Pretending anything else after so many seasons makes no sense. The show never cared enough to explore much else, even Charlie and Sarah's relationship had to be explored so tentatively at first (until Peter Mitchell came in with a bulldozer, everyone say thank you, Peter Mitchell) so as to not "take away" from their partnership (and I assume not to piss off certain people in the production).

So, what is a self-respecting consumer of tv to do when they are being served a subpar product? Turn away from it, of course. And give the feedback that "I won't watch because you did this to the show". Now, not everyone will state this calmly. And you know what? After months, literal months of inquiring about the fate of the show and getting silence and misdirects, we've earned the right to angrily state it. It's the production who lied for months and caused this mess. I'm not saying the fandom would have welcomed the change (most of us wouldn't have) otherwise, but they are the ones who made their position so much worse. And now they and some fans who are truly living in la-la land and have been drowned in misinformation are complaining about our tone or intensity? We didn't create this mess, we just chose not to eat this crap, while they chose to close their nose and swallow it. I hope it tastes as good as it looks.

As another (way better in every way) show says, devour feculence.

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Oddly specific, that one lol

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I’m reblogging so many writing prompts in hopes they’ll spark something, and they will, but ugh I’m still so bitter about the damn show.

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Please refer to the pinned post for more information.

Prompts available in regular text below!

Comfy-vember 2025 - Prompt lists

PROMPT OF THE MONTH:

Talking at night – Hug from behind

"Thank you."

Song: "You'll Be In My Heart" by Phil Collins

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WEEKLY PROMPTS:

Week 1:

Long walk – Protective instincts

"I know you do."

Week 2:

Ugly crying – Pick-a-back ride

"I just wish you would have told me

Week 3:

Noisy party – Bear hug

"I made it for you."

Week 4:

Bandages – Fuzzy socks

"Just stay with me?"

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DAILY PROMPTS:

Day 1: Sunrise

Day 2: Anniversary

Day 3: Smell of home

Day 4: Sleeping on the couch

Day 5: Cool cloth

Day 6: Heartfelt letter

Day 7: Adopted pet

Day 8: Blue sky

Day 9: Sharing secrets

Day 10: Cutting hair

Day 11: Starry night

Day 12: Shelter

Day 13: Hot drink

Day 14: Surprise party

Day 15: Favourite TV show

Day 16: Talking at night

Day 17: Used bookshop

Day 18: Old shirt

Day 19: New tradition

Day 20: Full stomach

Day 21: Sweet dreams

Day 22: Heartbeat

Day 23: Hug from behind

Day 24: Snow/beach day

Day 25: Music on the radio

Day 26: Surprise reunion

Day 27: Forehead touch

Day 28: Washing dishes together

Day 29: Pain relief

Day 30: Homemade cake

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We deserved more jealous haven't-realized-my-feelings-for-you-yet-but-I-get-a-funny-feeling-when-I-see-you-with-other-people Charah.

Inspiration: (x)

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Summer’s winding down, but we’re cranking the heat back up. This month’s theme is all about ignition, sparks, heat, tension, and moments that catch fire (literally or not).

Write whatever the prompts inspire! Fic, poetry, drabbles, art, just tag it with #sparktember and @monthlywritingchallenges so we can find it!

✨ Prompts ✨

1. Strike of a match

2. “Don’t move.”

3. Smoke curling in the air

4. Warm skin in cool night

5. “You started this.”

6. Static before the storm

7. Glint in their eye

8. “I didn’t mean to burn it.”

9. Touch like a spark

10. Heatwave afternoon

11. “Don’t look at me like that.”

12. Flame

13. Flicker of doubt

14. “Say it again.”

15. Glow

16. Sparks in the rain

17. “You’re playing with fire.”

18. Breathless

19. Neon reflections

20. “Prove it.”

21. Candlelight

22. Electricity in the air

23. “You first."

24. Bonfire night

25. Flash

26. “Close the door.”

27. Sudden heat

28. “You wouldn’t dare.”

29. City lights at midnight

30. “One more time.”

Go short, go long, go smutty, go soft, just make it burn 🔥 Have fun writers!

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It’s been months but I still get random sadness over Hudson & Rex and the fact that they ruined so much… ruined charah :(

As much as I keep saying they ruined the show, no, they didn't. They just ended it. There is no Hudson and Rex, there's just a show that pretends that it's Hudson and Rex with some remaining characters who won't even be the same characters, which is something that I'm sure of since them not grieving about Charlie, a person they deeply cared about, makes them soulless. So this is a different show, which is what the production would have done if they didn't want so badly to keep the brand intact. These are facts. Mark is "Hudson" because they want to profit off of the "Hudson and Rex" brand, nothing more. The remaining characters are there to maintain the illusion that this is the same show, not because the production was like, "these characters are too important to be thrown away". But no one, not even Rex (the character, not the canine actor, but also the canine actor) will be the same, character-wise.

So, if we never see Charlie again, then the show has truly ended with S07E02. It's not something to pretend. It's something that the show itself is facilitating with its decisions regarding the characters and the continuation of this production by blatantly disregarding any emotion toward the core of the show. It may sound delusional to some, but it's more logical than one might think. What was the premise? Charlie Hudson and Rex. What will they be showing now? Not Charlie Hudson and Rex. So, it's not Hudson and Rex, the show has ended, and Charlie and Sarah are fine since anything after S07E03 is nonsensical towards the premise of the show.

And that's where fandom takes over. These characters can have any kind of adventure we want. No one can take them away from us, just like no idiotic writer/director/actor/production/network in the past has ever managed to get any fandom to stop writing about beloved characters, making up scenarios about them, dreaming up things about them, and loving them the way they deserve to be loved when canon has failed them. Charlie and Sarah's story has stopped belonging to Shaftesbury and co. for a while now. It belongs to the fandom, purely because it is us that care about them.

So, don't be sad. Be creative. Think of what they're up to now. What have they gotten themselves into? Are they pulling an all-nighter at the precinct? Are they having a cozy night at home, with Rex among them on the couch? Are they having a (thankfully non-murderous) vacation? Are they on their honeymoon? The story is yours. They story is ours.

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Since we're on the topic, the real stretch is not accepting that Hudson and Rex's story ended with S07E02. The real stretch is that Hudson and Rex has become a show that is trying to convince us of the existence of a guy named Mark who had no last name last season (since when do police officers not identify themselves by their last name?), who now has the last name Hudson, with no relation to Charlie (and I'd bet real money that no one from the team will even blink an eye next season at him being named Hudson), who was the only one who cared enough to go to Belize to look for Charlie under the guise of "I know the area" (um, unless Belize is a street corner, no he doesn't know an entire country), and there is a team who up to that point cared deeply for Charlie, all of whom apparently processed their grief in 30 seconds, including his canine partner who should be at the very least visibly upset and looking for Charlie at every corner, and the love of his life who had just moved in with him in a new house is suddenly ready to "move on" after a few months as if the nature of Charlie's "presumed death" and the not knowing what happened to him should not be eating her alive (and it won't, because the show won't let it).

And let's not forget that apparently the Hudson and Rex bond is now transferable by last name. Sorry but as a viewer I cannot suspend my disbelief that much. It's way easier (and plausible) to declare the show dead after S07E02 and decanonize the rest.

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Welcome to Kinktober 2025!

As there wasn’t an official Kinktober prompt list last year, we’ve put together an unofficial one for 2025, along with an AO3 collection. The graphics were all made by @latte-cucumber, and she's also made a banner that you’re welcome to use for your Tumblr Kinktober posts:

More information

Kinktober is an October prompt challenge that’s been running in one form or another since 2016. There are three prompts for each day in October, and the challenge is to use one (or more!) of the prompts to create something for that day. If you don’t want to use any of the three daily prompts, you can swap them out for the bonus prompts at the bottom of the prompt list.

Our askbox is open for questions about how the challenge works or what the prompts mean.

Prompts

Masturbation – Orgasm Control – Incest

Coming Untouched – Ageplay – Kidnapping

Threesome – Nipple Clamps – Alien Abduction

Voyeurism – Sounding – Hypnosis

Finger Sucking – Wax Play – Dacryphilia

Outdoor Sex – Humiliation – Intoxication

Blindfolds – Chastity – Bloodplay

Webcam – Figging – Cages

Exhibitionism – Shibari – Tentacles

Oral Sex – Punishment – Consensual Non-Consent

Come Licking – Handcuffs – Somnophilia

Sex Work – Kneeling – Sissification

Dildos – Dom Bottom/Sub Top – Medical Play

Omegaverse – Possessive Sex – Choking/Gagging

Semi-Public – Object Insertion – Sex Pollen

Remote Control – High Protocol – Fire Play

Messy Sex – Service Kink – Anal Hooks

Size Queen – Dom/Sub – Genital Torture

Creampie – Sensory Deprivation – Electricity

Mirror Sex – Golden Shower – Dubcon

Rimming – Forced Orgasm – Monsterfucking

Quiet Sex – Crawling – Gunplay

Biting – Praise Kink – Enemas

Anal Sex – Gags – Noncon

Double Penetration – Impact Play – Pillory/Stocks

Lingerie – Cuckolding – Sex Robot

Hair Pulling – Animal Play – Gangbang

Multiple Orgasms – S&M – Needle Play

Body Worship – Omorashi – Full-Body Bondage

Breeding – Fucking Machine – Degradation

Hot Tub Sex – Foot Fetish – Writer’s Choice

Bonus prompts:

Aftercare

Fisting

Wall Sex

Sugar Baby

Uniform Kink

Free Use

Temporary/Permanent Marks

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This August we're having a Scortchin' Summer here at the Prompt Foundry!

Folks in the Northern Hemisphere, celebrate the last month of summertime before the weather starts to cool down, and friends in the Southern Hemisphere go ahead and get hype for the warmer weather headed your way!

Feel free to combine different days’ prompts with each other, or combine them with other events (like last year's Aug-UST list).

Use your OCs, your favorite characters from media, your own experiences, whatever tickles your fancy.

If you use this list, please tag me here @thepromptfoundry, I’d love to see your writing and art!

Respond to as many prompts as you want or as interest you, don’t worry about missing or skipping any. Remember, this is supposed to be fun!

If you have any questions or musings, check our FAQ, and if you don’t find your answer, shoot me an ask.

Plain text list below the cut:

1 The blazing sun 2 Sittin' in the shade 3 Cool drinks 4 Hittin' the beach 5 Slatherin' on the sunblock 6 Ridin' the waves 7 Playin' in the sand 8 Sleepin' late 9 Melty icecream 10 Hangin' with friends 11 Blessed air conditioning 12 Sunglasses 13 Goin' camping 14 Bonfires 15 S'mores 16 Bugs 17 Goin' for a ride 18 Havin' a picnic 19 Fun sundresses 20 Shorts and sandals 21 Funky tan lines 22 Backyard barbecues 23 Fireworks 24 Hand fans 25 Tropical fruit 26 Swimsuits 27 Pool Parties 28 Afternoon naps 29 Summer storms 30 Balmy evenings 31 The setting sun

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With the end of July, it is time for me to scale back my involvement with the fandom's efforts to ask for the return of John Reardon. While I'd love to keep being a pain in the ass of the production, it's what I said I'd do in the first place and I think it's a good point to pause, not just for me.

I'm not saying that anyone who wants to continue bothering the production on social media should stop. Far from it. It's good to inform even the last person who would care about this and who wouldn't want to watch the show if they knew what the production did. Just know that filming for S8 has wrapped.

It would be great if the fandom could unite and post all day about John Reardon and Charlie whenever the S8 premiere of Hudson and Rex will air, leaving no space for Mark Hudson and such nonsense on social media. I believe it has been proposed by another person (the account of whom I cannot seem to find anymore) to make that day John Reardon appreciation day.

I'm not leaving, by the way, and this is definitely not my last post on this tag. My asks and DMs are still open, I'll just have less time for any of this.

PS: Shaftesbury, if you're still hanging around, rest assured that if you try to pull the same shit on Reddit (you know what shit) or anywhere else, I'll be there, even if I have to rebuke your bullshit from a remote island's beach.

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reblog if you have skilled writer friends and you're damn proud of them

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Hudson and Rex early S7: Only Charlie can adequately handle Rex.

Hudson and Rex mid S7: The team can adequately handle Rex.

Hudson and Rex S7 finale: Anyone can adequately handle Rex.

...But we're the rude fans who don't get what the show is about and are being negative for no reason.

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Why would Shaftesbury goons be here though?

Because they've already shown they want to be everywhere. Because we already know that they've been monitoring cast and crew's social media accounts, and already one person who spoke about the situation on Reddit was unfollowed by the Hudson and Rex official account on another social medium a couple days later (not hearsay, I saw this with my own eyes). Because they've been trying to hide fan comments for months so that the truth won't break internet containment. And finally, because I had to convince some morons on Reddit that I was telling the truth about certain things a few weeks ago so I posted links that led right back to my Tumblr account. It was a gamble, said morons did not seem to want to consider the proof either way, but it did get other fans to see what was going on.

Anyway, it's hardly a conspiracy, them coming to Tumblr I mean. And there's no goons, I bet they've got like, some overworked intern on it. It's not like they infiltrated some closed space (although if you have one such closed space like a group or whatever, I'd be very careful of accepting "new entries" right now). Again, if you have information you consider valuable, you first evaluate whether that information should be shared and if yes, when it should be shared (I've done that countless times).

But if they're hoping to take down screenshots on Tumblr, they'll come face to face with the highly efficient Tumblr reporting system.

I want to refocus the point here. The point was not that they're checking up on fans. The point was that they took down a crew member's comment because they know it could get them in legal trouble. So, from that, I assume that: a) there has been no settlement with John Reardon so they're afraid he could sue them any moment now (or already has and they're afraid of what his legal representatives will find) or b) it's possible they've tried to stall any legal action from his side because they are also waiting to see how the season will go. If the ratings are shitty, they may be thinking of settling by getting him back.

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[Image description. Image reads “Tropetember Prompt List”, in the background, a picture of a mug placed on an open book in front of a blanket invokes a cozy feel. End id. Thanks to@supericelight​ for the image description!]

Enemies / Friends / Strangers To Lovers 

Casefic // Police / Detective / (Super)Hero // Crime / Mafia / (Super)Villain

Hurt/Comfort / Sickfic / Whump

Coffee Shop / Tattoo Parlour / Flower Shop / Other Retail AU

Rockstar / Actor / Model / Famous AU / Reality TV AU / SocMed AU

High School / College / University AU / 80’s Teen Movie AU

Historical (Regency, Ancient Greece/Rome, Prehistory, etc) / Modern / Futuristic AU

Time Travel / Time Loop (eg. Groundhog Day) / Amnesia / Coma

5+1 / 3+1 (Five Times + One Time)

Accidental Confession / In Vino Veritas (Drunk Confession/Drunk Dial) / Crack / Truth Serum

Business Partners To Friends To Lovers / Competitor Businesses / Office AU

Huddling For Warmth / Sharing A Bed / Touch Starvation

Slice Of Life / Domestic / Found Family

Monstrous (Human/Monster Romance) / Cultural Differences / Language Barrier

Marriage Of Convenience / Arranged Marriage / Matchmaking / Blind Dates

Future Fic / Reunion / Childhood Friends / Friendship Centric

Getting Together / Love Confession / First Kiss / Break Up/Make Up

Body Swap / Psychic Link / Soulmates / Bonding (eg. ABO, Sentinel AU, etc)

Apocalypse / Zombie / Locked In Together / (Natural) Disaster

Science Fiction / Fantasy / Space Opera / Horror

Genderswap / Rule 63 / De-Aging / Age Changes AU

Canon Rewrite / Fix-It / Everybody Lives / Everybody Dies / Major Character Death

Mythology / Supernatural / Fairytale / Wingfic

Accidental Baby Acquisition / (Single) Parent AU / Babysitting

Mutual Pining / Requited/Unrequited Love / Angst With A Happy Ending / Misunderstandings

Fake Dating / Didn’t Know They Were Dating / Accidental Dating / Accidental Marriage

Repression / Emotional Constipation / Sexuality Crisis (Gay Panic)

Holidays & Celebrations / Proposals / Prom / Songfic

Fusion / Crossover / Harlequin / Rom-Com (eg: Hogwarts, Pacific Rim, Daemons, Hunger Games, The Princess Bride, Pride & Prejudice, Goncharov, Love Actually, 10 Things I Hate About You, etc)

FREE SPACE

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