#polyshipweek23 day 5

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Expanded Prompts: Day 5–6

April 20 & 21

Dancing: Whether it's a high society ballroom, a living room rave, or the macarena at a dive bar, put your polycule in their dancing shoes. This could be a fun place for worldbuilding — if this is an AU where polyamory is the norm, do social dances look different? Maybe they're all in a musical group or a theatre troupe. Maybe it's a sports AU — ice dancing or synchronized swimming or even dressage. Or maybe you just wanna illustrate a dance party. Don't be afraid to cut loose!

Queerplatonic Partners: A queerplatonic relationship is one that's neither strictly romantic nor strictly platonic, and the exact shape of this kind of relationship is as unique as the people in it. Explore QPPs within your polyship — characters working out the kind of relationship they want, meeting their new partner's Person, building commitment outside of traditional models, how they feel about the assumptions people might make, what queerplatonic partnership means to them — all the little parts of crafting a life together of their own design.

Epistolary/Chatfic/Social Media: For this prompt, we wanna see the receipts! Build a story out of the messages sent between your polycule, be they old-fashioned post or sliding into each other's DMs. Does direct communication make things easier or even more complicated? You decide!

Visual Prompt — Ship Dynamics Meme: Noszle has captured some great archetypes for OT3s and OT4s in cartoon form. Draw your polycule as a Cinnamon Roll Protection Squad, Three Musketeers, 2 Smart + 1 Chaotic, or Dysfunctional Family — or tell us a story that shows off these dynamics. More than four? Go ahead and add 'em in!

Identity Porn: A classic of superhero and spy stories, this trope plays with the complications and consequences of living as multiple personas. Maybe your polycule already has secret identities, or maybe you give them some — whether as caped crusaders, international pop stars, or just regular people with online handles. Have fun with the tension and those juicy reveals!

Mythology AU: For this prompt, give your polycule some mythic proportions. Whether Tam Lin or Tu'er Shen, dryads or dragons or djinn, take inspiration from mythology and folklore for a story or artwork that casts your characters as the legendary beings and heroes of old. [One important note: Please remember to create with respect if you are drawing from cultures not your own!]

Drabble(s): This one's all about precise word count! A Traditional Drabble ™️ is a story of exactly 100 words. For this event, we'll also take double drabbles, triple drabbles, and so on — so long as it's short and a multiple of 100 words!

Visual Prompt — Big Comfy Couch: Another great Draw the Squad from @/fishsticxz-art, this one featuring seven characters hanging out on one very large couch! We love the range of moods and dynamics in this crew — show us how it would map to your polycule. Remember to tag op if you use this template!

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[aiyexayen]

Chapters: 1/1

Words: 8940

Fandom: 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021)

Rating: Explicit

Relationships: Han Ying/Liu Qianqiao/Zhou Zishu

Characters: Han Ying, Liu Qianqiao, Zhou Zishu

Additional Tags: Polyship Week 2023, Polyamory, Under-negotiated Kink, Dubious Consent, Drug Use, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Poisoning, Dom/sub Undertones, Secret Organizations, Undercover Missions, Near Death Experiences, Asphyxiation, (not sexy), Running Away, Starting Over, Dubious Science, Dubious Ethics, in the words of zhou zishu himself:, do you think he is running tianchuang with his dignity?, Set During Zhou Zishu's Leadership of Tian Chuang, Aphrodisiacs, Mild Sexual Content, Mutual Masturbation, house fire, Truth Serum, Deception, Kissing, Getting Together, Developing Relationship, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Trust, Trust Kink, Fluff and Angst, Hopeful Ending, Happy Ending, look in spite of the tags i swear it's sweet, in a fucked up way but look at the characters, Qin Jiuxiao Lives, 5+1 Things, Road Trips, Podfic Welcome

Summary: Five times Zhou Zishu poisoned his lovers, and one time they poisoned him instead.

A story about trust.

[badassbutterfly1987]

Polyshipweek23 Prompts

Day 1: Road Trip / 5+1 Things

Day 2: Second Chances (Lara/Harry/Murphy)

Day 3: Bed Sharing / Outsider POV

Day 4: Soulmates / Specific Job AU

Day 5: Dancing / Ship Dynamics Meme (Harry/Molly/Thomas/Justine)

Day 6: Mythology AU

Day 7: Accidental Family Acquisition / Metamours

(from April 16-22)

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One Month to Polyship Week!

Expanded Prompts: Day 1–2

April 16 & 17

Road Trip: Send your polycule on a journey! This could be a literal road trip — car snacks, squabbles over the aux cable, weird roadside attractions — or something more fantastic. "Road" trip in space? Sailing around the world? Four metamours on a quest to find their missing shared partner? Maybe you wanna draw the squad flying down the highway while crammed into a minivan! Go wherever the road (or the prompt) takes you!

Sedoretu: Maybe you're a long-time Ursula Le Guin fan, or maybe you just read some sedoretu fic or bemusedlybespectacled's primer and got inspired — either way, assign some moieties and see what happens. You can play it straight or mix it up: Maybe your characters are the "wrong" genders or moieties to form a sedoretu. Maybe your polycule has too many members to fit the pattern. Maybe they're a Morning couple looking for a set of lavender marriages with a nice Evening couple. Have fun with this classic framework!

5+1 Things: A classic fanfic trope that lends itself especially well to polyship shenanigans! 5 different dates + 1 group night in, perhaps. Or how about five times Character A got pranked + one time they pranked the rest of the polycule? This trope also pairs well with an Outsider POV — something like 5 times Character A saw their crush kissing someone + 1 time they got a kiss!

Visual Prompt — OT3 Pose Meme: Aren't mcnuggyy's poses just the cutest? Draw one or combine a few or tell us the story of how your polycule got into this position. Remember to tag @/mcnuggyy when you share your creations!

Huddling for Warmth: Another classic trope that's even better polyam style! Perhaps they've gotten trapped in an ice cave on a dangerous expedition. Or they could be getting cozy in a Canadian shack as a surprise blizzard rolls through. Or maybe there's just that one member of the polycule who always seems to be freezing. Whatever the case, bundle those blorbos up!

Second Chances: Get your heartstrings ready for tugging with this prompt! What happens when your partner's new partner is a familiar face? How does the squad support Character A when that person who broke their heart blows back into their life? Whether it's a breakup-makeup story, a surprise encounter with an old flame, or a missed connection that comes back around, this prompt is all about how your polyship navigates trying to start again.

Missing Scene / Epilogue: Sometimes canon just leaves the perfect amount of space for a story. Whether it's a moment of intimacy, a messy argument, or a hilarious and heartwarming get-together, this prompt asks the questions: What happened when the narrative wasn't looking? And what comes after happily ever after?

Visual Prompt — View from Above: Are they posing for pictures, or exhausted after a battle, or maybe out stargazing? It doesn't have to be this exact stock photo pose, just give us a bird's-eye view of the crew!

The ao3 collection is now open for submissions, and we'll start revealing the fics on April 16! We'll be watching the #PolyshipWeek23 hashtags, and you can also @ us when you post for reblogs and retweets. Remember that text prompts can be art prompts and visual prompts can be story prompts — whatever inspires you, we can't wait to see what you come up with!

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