The weather is warming, the days are lengthening. But from the not-so-distant future, a cold whisper of a breeze reminds you that spooky season is just over the horizon.
We are pleased to announce the dates and prompts for the 6th annual RIP Roswell event!
October 31: Rest in pieces
Tricks and treats, darkness and shadows, monster mash, fright night, terrible thrills, a town with a dark secret
November 1: La flor de Muertos
Remembrance and forgetting, thinning of the veil, graveyards and altars, calaveras and candlelight
November 2: It came from outer space!
Crash landings, cosmic horrors, when worlds collide, forbidden planets, time warps and paradoxes
November 3: The stinger
Did you miss the afterlife express? Was a prompt missing in action? Just want to make sure you're the final survivor? We'll keep the candles lit for one last night.
Happy Holidays @meggie-jolly!! I hope you enjoy this Michael-centric vid to this is me trying by Taylor Swift. It focuses on Michael's relationships with his family and friends.
Thank you to @rnm-secret-santa for organizing this event!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the inaugural RNM Femslash Exchange! If you haven't had a chance, check out the amazing works below, and show the creators some love ❤️
an inch away from more than just friends (fic •Liz Ortecho/Isobel Evans) by @dr-lizortecho for @shipperqueen6
The Lost City of Oasis (fic •Isobel Evans/Anatsa Mufaro) by @impalachick for @beautifulcheat
Just don't go (see me in the afterglow) (fic •Liz Ortecho/Isobel Evans) by @shipperqueen6 for @impalachick
stardust & cowboy boots (fic •Isobel Evans/Rosa Ortecho) by @beautifulcheat for @primalmusic
a familiar paradise (art •Isobel Evans/Maria DeLuca/Rosa Ortecho) by @primalmusic for @maeglinthebold
And so…they were both tops! (fic •Liz Ortecho/Maria DeLuca, background chaves county polycule) by @maeglinthebold for @dr-lizortecho
Missed out on participating in the exchange? We are planning a prompts-based event for later in the summer, so follow @sapphicrnm and stay tuned for more info!
“Max, Michael, and Isobel are siblings (and aliens). Max had a high school love triangle with Liz and Kyle which continued into adulthood despite starting a semi-relationship with Cam. Kyle also falls for Max’s sister Isobel who also has a girlfriend Anatsa. Their brother Michael is in love with Liz’s two close friends, Alex (high school sweetheart) and Maria (new interest, related to Isobel) who are BFFs (headcanonned as QPR). Maria is also dating Greg (Alex’s brother) and Dallas (sort of family to the sibling trio, his dad was close to Michael’s and Isobel’s moms). Dallas is childhood friends with/maybe qpr-crushing on Heath who is also Liz’s friend/lower-level boyfriend. This basically takes all the main love triangles of the show, changes a few close friendships to qprs, and turns the whole thing into a simultaneous polycule. They’re so busy learning about aliens, keeping secrets about aliens, and fighting both aliens and the military, they shouldn’t have to deal with relationship drama. Also, 6-7 of them are related to members of the 1940s polycule!”
Tripp's Polycule
“Three aliens in a QPR crash land in the 1940s and two of them get human boyfriends (a farmer who is hiding them and a soldier who is supposed to be hunting them). Their story ends in tragedy but for a year, they had a happy polycule hidden from the rest of the world. (The two romances are canon, the qpr is implied/fanon)”
why'd you come? you knew you should have stayed
i tried to warn you just to stay away
and now they're outside ready to bust
it looks like you might be one of us
Slice open your pumpkins, grab your candy and costumes, dust off your creepy décor... and polish up your most ghastly creations! We're down to one week till the 5th annual RIP Roswell! We'll be kicking our spooky shenanigans off next Friday. In case you forgot (or missed it), this years prompts are...
Friday, October 27th: Book of Shadows
Gothic Literature, dark romanticism, the uncanny and macabre, classic horror monsters and tropes
Saturday, October 28th: It’s Hauntingly Beautiful
Ghosts, spirits, messages from beyond, unquiet places, lost and found, the past unburied
Sunday, October 29th: Crystal Ball
Hocus pocus, tricks and treats, mystical abilities and connections, transformations and charms, tarot and palm reading, covens and familiars
Feel free to put your own creative spin on any of the prompts, and as usual all are encouraged to participate and all types of fanworks are welcome. Any questions can be submitted to the ask box and the ao3 collection can be found here.
Please don't forget to tag your spooky creations with #riproswell so we can be sure to see and reblog them.
We can't wait to celebrate our favorite aliens, witches, and mad scientists with you all! 🛸🔮🧪🦇