Can't believe it's already Tuesday. Sorry about the mix-up yesterday. I'm ahead of America and scheduled the time wrong.
✎ Today's theme: characters of colo(u)r.
Our BIPOC characters have thankfully had more and more deserved recognition over the past few years. It's time to shine the spotlight on them once again today, whether they're protagonists or minor characters.
You are absolutely free to write and/or request white characters as long as your fill/prompt also stars one or more characters of colour.
Grey areas:
Namely:
1) racebending
2) ambiguous skin tone (i.e. the character's skin colour and/or ethnicity isn't clearly stated or shown by the creators). This is often an issue in older fantasy books.
I'll leave this to your discretion, because these are sensitive topics. I'm certainly not going to police people wanting to write Indian Harry Potter, or something.
A few rules to keep in mind:
✦ No more than five prompts in a row per day✦ No more than three prompts in the same fandom per day✦ If one or more of your prompts is filled today, then you may prompt again✦ Use the full names of the fandom(s) and character(s) in your prompts✦ For prompts, no spoilers until one month after the release date (use a spoiler tag to hide part or all of the text)✦ For fills, warn for spoilers, and either leave blank space before the text or hide the text under a spoiler tag✦ Include a warning in the subject line for any possible triggers
Please remember to use the proper format for prompts.➔ ➔ ➔ Fandom [/ Crossover], Character [+ or / Relationship], PromptAgain, please include the full names of the fandom(s) and character(s). This makes it easier to add prompts to the Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet and to find prompts through manual search.(Author's choice prompts and original fills are also more than welcome! ❤)
Examples:
For a single fandom:✧ Frasier, Frasier Crane +/ Cam Winston, they plan a party together. Hilarity ensues.✧ Becker, John Becker + /Jake Malinak + Margaret Wyborn, Jake decides to pursue a new career. ✧ author's choice, any +/ any, wandering the hills at nightFor multiple fandoms / crossovers:✧ any fandom/any andom, any & any, character meets their long-lost sibling
We use AO3 to keep track of filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and (cross-)post it to AO3, please add your story to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2022 collection. For more information, please go here.
A backup version of this community is available on Dreamwidth.
If the plot bunnies aren’t biting you today, feel free to check out our Lonely Prompts Spreadsheets (here and here) or the community's archive calendar. You can browse the main themed posts and Saturday free-for-all posts for prompts to fill (and fills to read). Or you can check the Sunday posts for requested prompts (and fills written that week). There's also LJ’s advanced search options — however, it currently seems to only search entries, not comments.
While the above are available options, the simplest method might be to bookmark prompts that you like as you find them and return later when inspiration strikes. (There are no rules against multiple fills for the same prompt, by the way!)
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Tuesday: Characters of Colour/Color
Jan. 23rd, 2022 12:18 amCan't believe it's already Tuesday. Sorry about the mix-up yesterday. I'm ahead of America and scheduled the time wrong.
✎ Today's theme: characters of colo(u)r.
Our BIPOC characters have thankfully had more and more deserved recognition over the past few years. It's time to shine the spotlight on them once again today, whether they're protagonists or minor characters.
You are absolutely free to write and/or request white characters as long as your fill/prompt also stars one or more characters of colour.
Grey areas:
Namely:
1) racebending
2) ambiguous skin tone (i.e. the character's skin colour and/or ethnicity isn't clearly stated or shown by the creators). This is often an issue in older fantasy books.
I'll leave this to your discretion, because these are sensitive topics. I'm certainly not going to police people wanting to write Indian Harry Potter, or something.
A few rules to keep in mind:
Please remember to use the proper format for prompts.➔ ➔ ➔ Fandom [/ Crossover], Character [+ or / Relationship], PromptAgain, please include the full names of the fandom(s) and character(s). This makes it easier to add prompts to the Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet and to find prompts through manual search.(Author's choice prompts and original fills are also more than welcome! ❤)
Examples:
For a single fandom:✧ Frasier, Frasier Crane +/ Cam Winston, they plan a party together. Hilarity ensues.✧ Becker, John Becker + /Jake Malinak + Margaret Wyborn, Jake decides to pursue a new career. ✧ author's choice, any +/ any, wandering the hills at nightFor multiple fandoms / crossovers:✧ any fandom/any andom, any & any, character meets their long-lost sibling
We use AO3 to keep track of filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and (cross-)post it to AO3, please add your story to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2022 collection. For more information, please go here.
A backup version of this community is available on Dreamwidth.
If the plot bunnies aren’t biting you today, feel free to check out our Lonely Prompts Spreadsheets (here and here) or the community's archive calendar. You can browse the main themed posts and Saturday free-for-all posts for prompts to fill (and fills to read). Or you can check the Sunday posts for requested prompts (and fills written that week). There's also LJ’s advanced search options — however, it currently seems to only search entries, not comments.
While the above are available options, the simplest method might be to bookmark prompts that you like as you find them and return later when inspiration strikes. (There are no rules against multiple fills for the same prompt, by the way!)
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