"i'm great at boats!"

Promptathon takes place on Dreamwidth, but you don't need an account to prompt, fill, or join in. Anonymous comments are enabled; if you comment anonymously please consider including your online handle(s) in your comment so we know who you are and can credit you!

Leaving Prompts

Please post each of your prompts in a separate comment to the dreamwidth post.

You can leave as many prompts as you want. We’re serious. Keep coming back. We want as many prompts as we can possibly get.

Prompts can be anything – simple or elaborate, words or pictures, songs or poems, lyrics or phrases, anything that could inspire a fanwork. Use your imagination. Go wild! You can also re-use prompts from any of our previous events, whether they were filled or not.

Please put a spoiler warning at the start of your prompt if it contains spoilers/speculation relating to any films/tv shows released in at least the last six months or any not yet released. 

Submitting Fills

You can post your fills anywhere, but you must leave a comment on the dreamwidth post in a reply to the prompt that you are filling in order for your fill to be included on the masterlist at the end.

The subject line of your comment should be: ‘FILL: title, rating’ to make your fill easy to spot among all the prompts.

You can post your entire fanwork in the comment if it’s short enough AND/OR you can post your fanwork anywhere else on the internet and post a link to it in your comment.

Your comment must also include: > Title > Author/Online handle (if you’re posting anonymously/without a Dreamwidth account) AND your tumblr handle (if different) for masterlist purposes > Rating (ie film ratings or AO3 style ratings) > Any warnings OR 'no AO3 warnings apply' OR you can say ‘choose not to warn’ (please use the AO3 warnings or take a look at our comm guidance if you’re stuck) > A spoiler warning if your fill contains spoilers/speculation relating to any films/tv shows released in at least the last six months or not yet released

Following these guidelines 1) makes it easier for people to find your fills during the event using this post as a one-stop shop and know what they’re clicking on, and 2) makes it a LOT easier for your mods to create a masterlist at the end, and without missing any of your fills. Thank you!

If commenting with a link to a fill posted elsewhere, consider including a teaser to catch people’s attention! For example, the first few paragraphs. If you’re posting on AO3, we have a ‘Community: be_compromised’ tag and a promptathon collection if you'd like to use them. If you’re posting on tumblr, we track #be_compromised and #clintasha, and we’ll reblog to the be_compromised tumblr. We want people to be able to find and appreciate your fills <3

There’s no length requirement on fanworks submitted. You can create drabbles and three sentence fics to epics. Feel free to create vids, art, fanmixes, moodboards, anything at all; promptathon is all about sharing ideas and getting creative! Fills do not have to be complete or completed during the promptathon. You can fill as many prompts as you want, and prompts can be filled multiple times by whoever wants to fill them. You can fill more than one prompt in one fill, or make a series out of fills for various prompts. Zero pressure; all fun.

Questions and Squee

We have an FAQ post for promptathon here, where you can also ask any extra questions in the comments. Or you can @ a mod (inkvoices, gsparkle, or CloudAtlas) on our comm discord.

We welcome reactions, discussion, and cheerleading in comment replies to individual prompts, and we love comments, kudos, and reactions to fills. (This is where posting each prompt separately and labelling the subject line of fills helps to keep things organised.) We also have a be_compromised discord server if you prefer to chat in a chatroom-style space. However, all prompts and fills will be in this post as a one-stop shop. Commenting, cheerleading, and enthusiasm is a huge part of fandom and everyone is very welcome to join in! Yes, even if you don’t post any prompts or fills.

Event Rules

Our Community Rules apply to this event. To summarise: > No character or ship bashing. This is a positive fandom space. > No plagiarism, or use of AI please - we want to see what YOU create. > Please no RPF (Real Person Fanfiction) or any gossip/speculation about actors’ off-screen non-work lives, as the primary focus of this community is fictional characters. > Please include a rating for fanworks and a warning OR say that you ‘choose not to warn’. > Be kind and have fun!

What's the tag to get reblogged? ✍️

🍁 The tag is #flufftober2026

Make sure there is NO SPACE between flufftober and 2026! We will NOT be checking other variations of this tag!

🍁 It's also good to mention us: @flufftober

🍁 We try to reblog regularly, but tumblr likes to be difficult and wonky. If you're absolutely certain a post has slipped past us, please send us an ask with the link to your post.

🍁 Please make sure that all info is easy to find, either in the post or the tags. It takes a lot of time and energy to research every other post. So, please make sure to at least include the following very clearly:

💜 the day/alt/challenge prompt 💜 the fandom(s) (add "original work" or similar if applicable) 💜 the characters and/or ship(s) (add "oc" or similar if applicable)

What about the ao3 collection? 📝

🍁 The collection's name is Flufftober 2026 (either as flufftober2026 or as flufftober_2026)

🍁 Our collections will never close, so you can always add any late entries.

Deadlines are my nemesis 🥹

Don't worry, late entries are always welcome!

🍁 Reblogs will become less regular after the event has ended.

🍁 We will stop checking the event tag after a few months, so please make sure to tag us: @flufftober

Prompts

1. “This is so romantic.” - “You’re so weird.”

2. New Opportunities

3. Signature Move (a dance move, a gesture, etc.)

4. Season Tickets (for a sports team, a theme park, etc.)

5. Reading Nook

6. Pet Shop

7. Pass

8. Cure

9. String (of Fate)

10. “Are you sure?”

11. Baking Together

12. Building a Winter Home for the Wildlife

13. Creating a new Playlist

14. Under the Sea or Up in the Sky

15. Watching a Game/Show/Concert

16. Practicing Together

17. “Absolutely not!” - “Absolutely yes!”

18. Herbs & Leaves

19. Group Activity

20. Flying a Kite

21. Bucket List

22. Old Love

23. Crush

24. Trust

25. Ring

26. Road Trip

27. “I hate to ask, but-”

28. Harmless Addiction (to coffee, to a TV-show, etc.)

29. Doing something daring

30. Beach Day or Hiking Trip

31. So long, Goodbye, Farewell

Prompt Extras

Last Year's Favorites

Alt 1. Pillows, Plushies, Piles of Blankets

Alt 2. “Is that my hoodie?” - “... No?”

Alt 3. Fake Relationship

Alt 4. Set up by Friends

Alt 5. Late Night Talks

Alt 6. In Vino Veritas

Alt 7. “Stay?”

Well, hello there, Southern Hemisphere!

Alt 8. Hay Fever

Alt 9. Baby Animals

Alt 10. Making Daisy Chains

Alt 11. Sun Showers & Rainbows

Alt 12. Barbecues & Baked Potatoes

Alt 13. The Scent of Freshly Cut Grass

Alt 14. Flowering Bulbs & Fruit Blossoms

Alt 15. Burning Off, Bushfire Prep, Bonfires

- Burning Off: burning the underbrush, clearing dead leaves, etc.; burning in a small, controlled way so that if/when a real fire comes in the hotter, drier summer, it won't have as much to burn.

- Bushfire Prep: is all of the above, but also things like checking your smoke detectors, making sure your telephone tree of your neighbours has all up-to-date numbers, etc.

Challenge

Use one or more prompts from this year’s list to:

C 1. Create a FIX-IT

C 2. Create something for a RARE PAIR and/or CROSSOVER SHIP

C 3. FINISH an older WIP (published or not)

C 4. Create something for a CHARACTER who deserves more love

C 5. COMBINE with a prompt from a previous year

C 6. Create something for a SHIP you’ve never used before but always wanted to