#fandom challenges

[ofmdjanuaury]

Welcome to OFMD AU-gust! Check out the prompts and start creating 💙

Rules and text version under the cut!

RULES:

Any OFMD fan creations count! Fic, art, dioramas, bakes…

You can do one day or all of them, and use as many prompts from the day as you want!

Tag everything #OFMDAU-GUST

Every time you post something, try and comment on someone else’s, too!

You can post any prompt any day AFTER that prompt’s official day! So you can post Improv fics any day after 8/1, but you can’t post theatre fics till 8/31.

HAVE FUN!

Text version of the prompts:

1. Mechanic | Mail Carrier | Improv

2. Fantasy | Solarpunk | Fiber Arts

3. School Staff | Art Model | Taxidermy

4. Social Media | Tentacles | Identity Theft

5. Music/Band | Specific TV Show | Jumanji

6. Journalism | Specific Movie | Planetarium

7. Phone Operator | Rennaissance | Y2K

8. Sports | Ancient | Pacific Rim

9. Medicine | Aquarium/Zoo | Makeup Artist

10. Celebrity | D&D | Gig Worker

11. Science Fiction | Superheroes | Birdwatching

12. Coffee Shop/Bakery | Magical Girl (gn) | Influencer

13. Restaurant | Medieval | Eldritch Horror/Cryptid

14. Science | Place-Based | Weed Guy (gn)

15. Porn Star | Specific Book | Natural Disaster

16. Crime/Mob | Specific Cartoon | Drag/Burlesque

17. Farm/Rural | Time Travel | Polar Explorer

18. Small Business | Apocalypse | Stargate

19. Writer | 19th Century | Escape Room

20. Law | Nightclub | Professional Cuddler

21. Rebels | Zombie | Desert Island

22. Bar | Ghost Hunters | LARP

23. Transit | Daemon | Community Meeting

24. Archeology | Aliens | Paint and Sip

25. Epistolary | Public Access TV | Gas Station

26. Neighbors | Heist | Reality TV Hosts

27. Noir | Grocery Store | Blacksmith

28. Disney | Olympics | Sentinel/Guide

29. Boats | Non-Anglophone Place | Lumberjack

30. Canon-Divergent | Gardening | Kink Club

31. Theatre | Free Space | Someone Else's Universe

(Thanks to yerbamansa for reminding the mod to be accessible!!)

[suzy-queued]

DTIYS3

Thank you Harvey @mikhailoisbaby for putting together this awesome Draw This In Your Style. I'm just inside the wire, but I made it!

[vermillioncontraband]

I realized the last time I watched Metalocalypse fully was when I worked at Blockbuster in 2008.

…which is 15 years now…

Jesus Christ I’m gonna special interest the absolute shit out of the movie now

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

writers whenever they’re starting a new fic: I have these ✨ vibes ✨ now I’ll have to build an entire plot and write an entire fic about those vibes

[itsfirecat]

(text description in ALT and below the cut)

Based on some rumblings I heard, I ended up quickly throwing together a fun little WIP bingo sheet! I'll admit I largely wrote the prompts for writing, but I think a good number of them should also apply to art!

Ultimately, the goal is to have fun, and finish whatever WIPs you can (without burning yourself out or having a bad time). If you needed a sign to pick up that project you've been putting off, the time is now!

3x4 Bingo square titled "Finish your fucking fics february"

the top three across left to right read "Update your oldest WIP", "Finish a WIP that's been buried deep in your drafts", and "Finish a WIP that you haven't posted yet"

the second row reads "Finish a recent WIP", "Finish a WIP you're scared of" and "Finish a WIP that's been haunting you"

the third row reads "Update a partially posted WIP", "Finish any WIP/Free Space", and "Finish the next WIP in a series you've been avoiding"

the last row reads "Update your newest WIP", "Finish a WIP that's been ignored for at least 6 months", and "Finish the next chapter for a fic you've been meaning to for months"

[bebx]

AO3 writers when canon sucks:

[persianflaw]

(graphic by @galerian-ash)

i stumbled upon this really fun challenge today and i wanted to share it with you guys!

from the eventcentral post:

Hi there, and welcome to Seven Wildflowers!

This is a low-pressure challenge that works in the following way: When you sign up you'll receive the name of a wildflower. You then have to take inspiration from it in some way — the name itself, the look and color of the plant, its history or uses, etc. — and create a work of any type. (And, if you'd like, mention which flower you got in the notes when you post your work.)

If the wildflower you receive doesn't do anything for you, just ask for another! You can also ask for multiple names if you'd like to create more than one work.

The deadline to submit your works to the AO3 collection is at 23.59 GMT on the 22nd of June. It will go live at 00.01 GMT on the 24th of June, Midsummer, where tradition dictates the picking of seven different kinds of wildflowers to then be placed under your pillow, in order to dream about your future true love.

Please see the FAQ for more information, and don't hesitate to ask if anything is unclear!

the sign-up page is >>here<<; you can create a fanwork or original work in any medium, and all you have to do is comment on the sign-up page and you'll receive a wildflower (or more than one, if you'd like) to inspire your work. i really like the concept, and i thought some of my mutuals/followers here might enjoy it too!

[ilthit]

Trans characters prompt fest!

[thevioletcaptain]

i genuinely don't care how good a piece of ai generated art or writing looks on the surface. i don't care if it emulates brush strokes and metaphor in a way indistinguishable from those created by a person.

it is not the product of thoughtful creation. it offers no insights into the creator's life or viewpoint. it has no connection to a moment in time or a place or an attitude. it has no perspective. it has no value.

it's empty, it's hollow, and it exists only to generate clicks (and by extension, ad revenue.)

it's just another revolting symptom of the disease that is late stage capitalism, and it fucking sucks.

[possiblyawesometmblr]

jonny sims, learning absolutely nothing from his past: surely i've done it. surely the fandom won't want to kiss a man made entirely out of needles

[lotus-pear]

double black

[braisedhoney]

fighting back? against who? they're so happy—they've been waiting for you.

you are wonderful. don't you know that?

bonus: they play sims together :)

[good-usernames-were-taken]

doing one of these things because I need to be productive

1 note - I'll drink a litre of water

5 notes - I'll go make myself some food

25 notes - I'll care for my plants (also I need name suggestions for a fern)

50 notes - I'll do 30 minutes of studying

100 notes - I'll tidy my room (you can't see the floor.)

300 notes - I'll cook a really pretty and lovely meal for my family

500 notes - I'll do something someone says I should do idk

1k notes - I will complete my to do list (it's endless. This involves making a sculpture, making a canvas painting, completing hours of schoolwork)

I DONT EXPECT LIKE MANY NOTES BUT THANKS RAGHH

no rules

expires march 15th!!

[skitterplant]

Evil artstyle challenge!!

Starring my favorite yellow bastard

If you think the one on the right is any saner than the one on the left you're very mistaken

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

reblog if fanfic writing has been a source of happiness for you and has helped with your mental health

[orionsangel86]

You know every single fandom ever has done the merman AU. There is a mountain of fanfiction and fanart out there for merman AUs. You think of a popular ship, I guarantee you there is merman AU fanworks of it.

OFMD just decided to bring the merman AU to canon for a hot moment. A bold move. A batshit crazy move. A fucking power move in my opinion. Anyone doubting this show was for fandom can no longer doubt it. Call it cringe or embarassing all you like, but I am so fucking impressed they did that. Amazing. 10/10 no notes. Sorry to any Kiwi's present but Rhys Darby makes for a very hunky merman too. They fully dedicated themselves to getting New Zealands funny uncle into a proper silicon merman tale, complete with pretty flowy fins and actual GLITTER and made him swim up to Taika Waititi underwater in a recreation of that scene from Splash. No one is doing it like them. I think the only way a show could top this is somehow bringing omegaverse to the silver screen... but that is perhaps a tad too far across the fandom/canon divide!